"'Sheikh Google' is the real threat to young Muslims." — Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal, British Muslim mother, Daily Telegraph.

In this mailing: Burak Bekdil: "Zionist" Olive Trees in Turkey Irfan Al-Alawi: "Sheikh Google's" Radical Islam "Zionist" Olive Trees in Turkey by Burak Bekdil  •  November 16, 2014 at 5:00 am "Islamic state in Palestine in place of Israel and the Palestinian territories, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel." — Hamas Charter. Turkey's supreme court declared the olive grove to be "under state protection," after it was totally destroyed. Some Turks are prepared to hate even olive trees because "they are Jewish." The uprooted olive trees of Yırca, Turkey, on November 7, 2014. (Image source: Greenpeace Turkey) Islamists often come in two flavors: Those who would decapitate an infidel, take out his heart and eat it in front of cameras, like the jihadists in Syria; and those who have the same sentiments and goals but pursue smarter means to Islamize the whole universe through "de jure" methods, including the ballot box. Turkey's leaders fall into the second category, but some Turks these days feature a third flavor: Non-Violent Idiocy. Hamas's infamous charter, proclaimed in 1988, is a must-read for self-declared Western intellectuals who tend to "angelize" the terrorist group in order, often, to reinforce their own intellectual identities. The charter (or the Covenant) calls for the eventual creation of an "Islamic state in Palestine in place of Israel and the Palestinian territories, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel." Continue Reading Article  "Sheikh Google's" Radical Islam by Irfan Al-Alawi  •  November 16, 2014 at 4:00 am "'Sheikh Google' is the real threat to young Muslims." — Hifsa Haroon-Iqbal, British Muslim mother, Daily Telegraph. These mild legal outcomes indicate that U.S. officials do not appreciate how inflammatory the materials are. (Image source: muslimvillage.com) As informed Muslims know, present-day radical Islamists have proven adept at using the internet – far more than have their moderate and Western opponents. "Internet savvy" jihadism appears as evidence of the youthful constituency of the extremists. They have grown up with the internet, video games, and other online diversions. When fanatical ideology takes hold of them, the internet is one of the obvious places for the process to begin. In an important 2003 article in The Weekly Standard, entitled "The Islamic Terrorism Club," Stephen Schwartz, wrote about some of the more obnoxious pro-jihad Arabic-language websites then operating from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The jihad-net expanded considerably in the decade that followed. Even before September 11, 2001, however, many Muslims who opposed the fundamentalists were focusing on Islamist websites in English, as a means to anticipate threats from radicals. Continue Reading Article

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