On campus; are these our best and brightest?

"Brilliant, and one can only ask, “Are these the smartest of the smart?”  Ironically, perhaps the only rational participants in these disturbances are the non-student professional agitators bedecked in their balaclavas whose mission is just to create violent chaos.  They at least have a chance of succeeding." 

 Useful Idiots for Hamas - Robert Weissberg  . . ."Current disturbances lack this rational: self-interested elements and many participants are clueless when asked to explain their action.  In a nutshell, while anti-war protestors wanted to end the draft and avoid Vietnam, and blacks demanded more educational resources, today’s protestors want to eradicate a country of nine million people possessing the most powerful, nuclear-equipped army in the Middle East. Moreover, this mission is to be accomplished by shouting “Death to America” and disrupting classes." . . .

Bill Maher Rips Biden Student Loan Forgiveness: ‘My Tax Dollars Are Supporting This Jew Hating?’ (legalinsurrection.com)  . . ."During Friday night’s panel discussion, while discussing the anti-Israel unrest occurring at top universities in recent weeks, Maher said he gets “so incensed” at how many of the students participating receive federal aid.

“When I read about the college loans… ‘Biden administration’s student debt cancelation will cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion. That’s a lot of debt forgiveness,” Maher said.

"Maher continued, “Colleges constantly raise tuition, then the kids take out more loans, then the government comes by and pays those loans. Okay, so my tax dollars are supporting this Jew hating? I don’t think so.”

"Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway said the student loan handout was unfair, telling Maher “You can’t have plumbers and pipefitters playing for the student loans of doctors and lawyers.”

“ 'I’m all for the government trying to help people who need it, but he did that as a political play and everybody knows it. He’s bleeding young people support.” Conway added." . . .

Pro-Hamas protestors get Columbia to cancel commencement, but run into trouble when they try to shut down the Met Gala - Monica Showalter

Which raises questions about what the university's priorities are, and how embarrassing it is that a commercial venture like Anna Wintour's Met Gala understands that if you want to hold and event, you keep disruptors out, you don't 'negotiate' with them, you don't kowtow to them, because the show must go on. What's Columbia's excuse?

NY schools collaborate to hold special graduation for non-straight students   "A City University of New York system school in Manhattan is among the latest institutions to offer a “Lavender Graduation” for students who identify as LGBT." . . .

UCSC pro-Hamas occupiers demand school cut ties with Hillel

'ALL THESE IDIOTS GET ADMITTED': Alan Dershowitz on student protesters: WATCH   "Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nick Giordano engages in a candid conversation with Professor Alan Dershowitz as they delve into the turmoil unfolding across college campuses nationwide, especially within the esteemed ‘Ivy League’ institutions. Rather than nurturing the next generation of leaders, these campuses have regrettably evolved into hubs of radical indoctrination that perpetuate anti-Americanism and antisemitism. Professor Dershowitz, acclaimed author of War Against the Jews, articulates the urgent need for accountability among college administrators and faculty members, who have enabled this chaos by their inaction, and in some cases encouragement." . . . 

New York justice; not a shining city on a hill.

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

New York judge threatens to go banana republic on Trump over gag orders - Monica Showalter   . . ."If that judge lets his desire to jail Trump get the best of him, the U.S. will become a laughingstock globally as the first nation that willingly chose to give up its superpower status and become a banana republic. Its credibility will be zero, and don't imagine anyone will do anything but laugh when the ruling Democrats speak of 'democracy.' The judge is threatening to jail the former president if he doesn't stop commenting on problems with his courtroom, which he wants everyone to think are on the up-and-up despite the ugly facts that he doesn't want to get out to the public. Such a sensitive soul he is. That's a banana republic right there. Anyone can be jailed for anything in such places and they often are. After that, the Navalny "solution" can happen and somehow, the security cameras weren't working.

"It's disturbing as heck what these people will do to him if they get away with it -- and why voters must vote against this kind of political score-settling no matter what this partisan judge does to Trump. The kinds of charges being leveled at Trump are genuinely out of control and badly in need of some checks and balances. The last check and balance left is from the voters."

Has Leftist Lawfare Created the Police State Yet? - Greg Salsbury

. . ."So, what happens when we follow this path to its end? It is likely that at least one of the kangaroo courts will convict Donald Trump for something criminal. They were giddy about hitting his finances for hundreds of millions of dollars of ridiculous verdicts, but they know that isn’t enough. They need him in jail, and it is more likely than not that they will put him there.

"Our mainstream media will cheer. It will be a travesty and a very dark day for America, but don’t expect the left to treat it that way. Anyone who points that out and refuses to acknowledge Donald Trump as a “criminal” or even “felon” will likely be given the J6 treatment by the cabal."

Pulitzer Prize for Gaza Coverage by the Times Fails To Include Story on Rapes by Hamas

Neighbors of Hamas.

Maggie Hroncich; The New York Sun  "The New York Times was awarded a coveted Pulitzer Prize on Monday — one of three the newspaper won — for its “wide-ranging” coverage of “Hamas’ lethal attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israel’s intelligence failures and the Israeli military’s sweeping, deadly response in Gaza.” 

"Yet the Times’s list of winning Israel and Gaza work, which topped the International Reporting category, notably excluded the chilling December report by Jeffrey Gettleman, Anat Schwartz, and Adam Sella about Hamas displaying “a pattern of rape, mutilation and extreme brutality against women in the attacks on Israel.”

"The Times did not include the Hamas rape piece as part of its package of Gaza stories it submitted to the  Pulitzer Committee for consideration for the International Reporting award. A source familiar with the matter tells the Sun that the piece was submitted for another category and did not win, and noted that the Times has some 1,700 war coverage stories, many of which are not included in the prizes.  

"The Hamas rape article, “Screams Without Words,” caused an uproar among the Times’s anti-Israel staffers, who tried to find problems with the article and leaked about internal feuding to the Intercept, a left-wing publication. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Times launched an internal investigation to try to find the leakers. It was inconclusive. " . . .

Ms. Hroncich is from Pittsburgh and a graduate of Hillsdale College. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Federalist, and The Daily Signal.

In French and Arabic: these are the people our campus protestors support. Picture these people coming through your neighborhood. TD

Hamas meets Israeli concert-goers. Source

Shocking video of family held captive by Hamas after killing teenage daughter - BBC News (youtube.com)

'Squad' member caught at fundraiser hosted by Islamic leader who praised Hamas attack on Israel

  Brandon Gillespie, Fox News (msn.com)

. . ."October 7th was the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust," he continued. "The atrocities of that day shock the conscience, which is why we can never forget the pain Hamas has caused for so many innocent people." . . .

Toon added by TD

"A member of the far-left "Squad" facing a tough challenge from within his own party recently attended a fundraiser co-hosted by an Islamic leader who said he was "happy to see" the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians.

"Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who represents New York's 16th Congressional District, attended the May 1 fundraiser at a private residence in Fairfax, Virginia, and didn't seem to mind the presence of Nihad Awad, a highly controversial and antisemitic figure who serves as the national executive director and co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

"Awad faced sharp scrutiny last year after expressing his pleasure with the Hamas attack that resulted in the deaths of nearly 1,200 Israelis, including women and babies, and claiming Israel "does not have a right to self-defense."

" 'The people of Gaza only decided to break the siege – the walls of the concentration camp – on Oct. 7," Awad said during the 16th annual Convention for Palestine on Nov. 24 near Chicago. "And yes, I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land and walk free into their land that they were not free to walk in."

"He continued, "And yes, the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense, have the right to defend themselves. And yes, Israel as an occupying power does not have that right to self-defense."

"The Biden administration later scrambled to distance itself from CAIR following Awad's comments, stating it was removing the group from its publicly listed pledge to fight antisemitism." . . .

Rep. Bowman Pulls Fire Alarm Again While Trying To Flush Urinal   Babylon Bee parody

"First, he thought the fire alarm was a lever that would open the door of the Capitol complex, and today he thinks the fire alarm will empty the urinal after he drains his swamp? I'm not buying it! In fact, I'm launching a formal inquiry!"

Students Chanting "Intifada" Clueless To Its Evil

Jew hatred: Everything, everywhere, all at once - Lynne Lechter

Toon added by TD

. . ."What began as covert propaganda in government schools, grades K-12, has now reached its zenith as even many college Marxist professors and administrators have participated in the anti-Israel protests mayhem. 

"American companies are being threatened with boycotts if protestors' demands are not met. McDonald’s, for example, where free burgers were passed out to Israeli soldiers, drew protests for that and has been threatened with boycotts. It responded to these boycott threats, by buying back all the McDonald's franchises established in Israel. One hopes the Israeli sellers, forced to sell, got great prices and that no Jew goes through a McDonald’s drive-through ever again." . . .

"We have already seen President Biden’s feckless delayed response. Biden equated the global raging antisemitism with Islamophobia.

"Does anyone recall Americans or the world calling to kill Hamas?  No, I don’t think so."

"Sadly, these adults know exactly what they are calling for. Thank you Douglas Murray. As an aside, I would love to hear Mr Murray read american Romantic poet Emerson's 'Concord Hymn'--By the rude bridge that arched the flood." Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood. And fired the shot heard round the world."

Biden Wants Hamas ‘Refugees’ - The Congress should do no further business until Biden's plan to import Gaza refugees is dead.

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

It’s not enough to “pause” Biden’s plan as the Republican senators proposed. It’s not enough that Trump has declared that Biden’s plan is crazy. The plan needs to be killed outright. 

 . . ."Let’s remember the March 20, 2024 poll taken by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. It found that 71 percent of Gazans support the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel during which 1,200 Israelis were killed, rape was used as a weapon of war, and about 240 hostages were taken. (About 130 hostages are still held by Hamas along with bodies of those hostages killed since October 7.)

"The poll also found that 90 percent of Gazans believe that Hamas committed no war crimes in that attack but that Israel has committed them in its response to the October 7th attack. It’s no wonder that no Arab countries — not even Jordan whose population is about half “Palestinian” — will take a single Gaza refugee.

"Look around at the Arab countries and you can see why. Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia all fear what Biden should but isn’t sentient enough to understand. They all fear that with the Gaza refugees will come Hamas terrorism and instability that could overthrow their own governments.

"Egypt, with a population of about 105 million, already has about nine million refugees from other Arab countries, including over five hundred thousand from Sudan. It is especially vulnerable because the Muslim Brotherhood — which ruled Egypt from 2012 until being thrown out by General (now president) Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in 2013 — is closely tied to Hamas. The Brotherhood is still an underground power in Egypt despite the El-Sisi regimes’ efforts to suppress it over the past ten years.

"El-Sisi’s government has labeled the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization which it is. People smugglers are reportedly charging $5,000 per adult and $2,500 per child to smuggle anyone across Egypt’s barriers around the Gaza Strip.

"Why would Biden & Co. even consider bringing potential Hamas terrorists into the United States and welcoming them as refugees? We labeled Hamas a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. Biden wants to ignore that designation." . . .

Noncitizens do vote in U.S. elections -- here's how they do it

 Illegal noncitizen voters were three times more likely to be Dems than GOP

Washington Times

"Eloy Alberto Zayas-Berrier was part of the Mariel boatlift that brought 125,000 Cubans, including criminals and mental hospital patients, to the U.S. in 1980.

"He has been in a bizarre legal limbo ever since. He can’t qualify for U.S. citizenship, and Cuba has refused to take him back, so he is stuck on “parole.” He remains in the U.S. with only the barest legal protections and cannot obtain a green card. He is decidedly not a citizen.

"That did not stop him from showing up at an early-voting location in North Carolina on Nov. 5, 2016. He registered, claimed to be a citizen, and cast a ballot on the same day.

"Mr. Zayas said he accompanied a friend who was planning to vote. He said the poll worker encouraged him to sign up and vote, too.

"He showed his government-issued work permit as identification. The poll worker filled out a form for Mr. Zayas, who cannot read English. He registered as a Democrat.

"To hear the fact-checkers, Mr. Zayas is rarer than a lightning strike. They say noncitizens don’t vote in U.S. elections because they have too much to lose.

"Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson disagree." . . .

Iranian University Offers Scholarships to US Students Expelled Over Pro-Hamas Protests

 The Western Journal (msn.com)   "Are you a college student? Has your anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian, pro-Hamas protesting been so egregious that it's gotten you expelled from a U.S. university? The Islamic Republic of Iran has got good news for you!

In perhaps the surest sign of who's on the right side of history when it comes to the anti-Israel riots that have spread like far-left chickenpox across American college campuses, a school in the Middle East's premier pariah state has said it will give scholarships to students kicked out of college for their roles in the demonstrations, Newsweek reported Wednesday.

Shiraz University \-- described by Iranian state-run English-language outlet PressTV as an "internationally renowned university" -- said that it would be offering scholarships to those who've managed to get themselves booted from U.S. schools.

According to PressTV's report, Mohammad Moazzeni, head of the university, announced it "has expressed readiness to grant scholarships to the students expelled for pro-Palestine demonstrations in the United States and Europe."

What we've taught in our schools is bearing itself out on our streets - Washington Times     . . ."What we teach in colleges will be practiced in our culture. Solomon was clear: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart.” The moral to this is that there is great power in ideas and that power can be wielded for either noble or nefarious ends.

"Richard Weaver warned of the same in 1948 when he wrote his seminal work, “Ideas Have Consequences.” His thesis was so simple that you hardly need to read beyond the cover to understand it. Ideas matter. They always bear fruit. There is no such thing as a neutral idea. All ideas are directional. Good ideas bear good culture, good government, good community, good church and good kids. Bad ideas bear the opposite. If you want to live in a good society, you must teach your progeny what is good. It’s like your grandmother said: “Garbage in, garbage out.' ” . . .

MSNBC's Joy Reid will love this!   WATCH – Anti-Israel Protester at UCLA Encampment: ‘We Don’t Like White People’ (breitbart.com)   "As frat boys counter-protesting radical Palestinian supporters marching on the University of Mississippi campus are accused of “racism” for mocking the left-wing anti-Israel activists, virtually no condemnations are heard from these same voices in response to a pro-Palestinian woman outright denouncing “white people” at the UCLA encampment in Southern California. 

"In a viral clip that has been making the rounds on social media in recent days, an anti-Israel protester at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) can be heard dismissing a counter-protester because he is a “white person.”

“ 'You’re just a white person; you’re a white person [so] get out — we don’t like white people,” the keffiyeh-wearing woman insisted before chanting, “Free Palestine” as she waved a Palestinian flag." 

Pro-Palestinian activists in US cheer Hamas taking hostages from music festival: ‘Honor our martyrs’ | Fox News  "Pro-Palestinian protesters cheered an individual lauding Hamas terrorists taking festival attendees hostages in Gaza, as activists gathered outside the Israeli consulate in New York on Sunday. 

"One video from the event showed a man speaking in the center of a crowd, followed by a young woman who praised the Islamist "martyrs." 

" 'When the Palestinians broke through the fence… as you might have seen, there was some sort of rave or desert party where they were having a great time until the resistance came in electrified hang gliders and took at least several dozen hipsters," the man said to cheers. "But I'm sure they're doing very fine despite what the New York Post says." 

"The Israelis "were so arrogant" in thinking they were safe, "but just less than 24 hours ago, on the land, from the sea and from the air, the people of the Gaza Strip- [loud cheers] …our young people are riding their bikes through these settlements where they were told they could never go because of apartheid," the male speaker said." . . . 

Are there any decent Democrats in this country?

If so, then why are they still Democrats? TD

Pro-Hamas Protests Funded by Biden's Own Political Donors (breitbart.com)

. . ."Politico reported Sunday (original links):

Two of the main organizers behind protests at Columbia University and on other campuses are Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow. Both are supported by the Tides Foundation, which is seeded by Democratic megadonor George Soros as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and it in turn supports numerous small nonprofits that work for social change. (Gates did not return a request for comment, and Soros declined to comment.)

Several other groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests are backed by a foundation funded by Susan and Nick Pritzker, heir to the Hyatt Hotel empire — and supporters of Biden and numerous Democratic campaigns, including $6,600 to the Biden Victory Fund a few months ago and more than $300,000 during the 2020 campaign.

"The fact that Democratic Party mega-donors are behind the antisemitic protests may also spur Jewish voters — roughly 70% of whom vote Democratic — to consider changing their votes in 2024." . . .

. . ."The university also hosted a “Resistance 101” training in March which included a speaker from the Canada-based group, Samidoun. The group has publicly celebrated the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel." . . .

DNC Prepares for Violent Pro-Hamas Protests; Sarah Arnold

Pro-Hamas Students Reportedly Trained by Left-Wing Groups Nine Months Before College Protests (townhall.com)  . . ."According to a Wall Street Journal report, many of the pro-Hamas agitators have been consulting with groups such as National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) and Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network for up to nine months. The protestors were reportedly trained on how to encourage college students to join in on the demonstrations and planning such turbulent events." 

Former Obama Education Secretary Attends Encampment with Radicals (breitbart.com)  "Arne Duncan, former President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Education, was photographed at an anti-Israel encampment next to a Chicago alderman who has received criticism for speaking in front of a burned American flag." . . .

I'm sure Obama fanboy Stephen Colbert will adore Duncan and Bill Ayres.

AF Branco Townhall

Americans Overwhelmingly Describe Trump As Strong Leader, A Stark Contrast of What They Think About Biden

"With just months until the presidential election, Biden has to decide whether he should condemn the pro-Hamas protests or turn a blind eye in hopes of securing their vote." 

Sarah Arnold (townhall.com)   "Americans have overwhelmingly voiced who they feel can confidently lead the United States back to health— and it’s not good news for Democrats. 

"A new Economist/YouGov poll found that the majority of Americans believe former President Donald Trump is a strong leader the U.S. needs, while President Joe Biden is one of the weakest presidents they have seen. 

"Fifty-eight percent of respondents view Trump as the most robust presidential candidate, while 35 percent see him as “very strong.” Meanwhile, only 42 percent of likely voters say Trump is a weak leader, with 32 percent saying he is “very weak.”

"On the contrary, a massive 64 percent of respondents view Biden as a weak president, with 45 percent of Americans saying the 81-year-old commander-in-chief is “very weak.”

"Biden has failed to show up for the nation on several fronts including foreign policy and the southern border, resulting in Americans have increasingly lost confidence in his ability to turn the country around. 

"For instance, the nationwide pro-Hamas college campus protests have become an issue for the president’s second-term aspirations. 

"Republicans have accused Biden of being weak and unwilling to take a stronger, more forceful stance on the pro-Hamas students terrorizing the university’s Jewish communities. 

"The protestors have continuously said they are not afraid of Biden, given his lack of crackdown on crime and illegal immigrants entering the U.S." . . . 

Has Leftist Lawfare Created the Police State Yet?

"The message to Joe Citizen is clear: “If we can take down these people, including a U.S. president and billionaire and anyone who supports him, just imagine what we can do to you.' ” Greg Salsbury*

Ric Grenell exposes Jack Smith as the king of sleaze - Monica Showalter  "Ric Grenell, President Trump's former ambassador to Germany, and Director of National Intelligence, knows a thing or two about Jack Smith, having lived in Europe when Smith was active in prosecuting war crimes in The Hague.

"Now that Smith has been caught tampering with evidence in his case against President Trump, Grenell's put out a devastating series of tweets about Smith's history of dishonest behavior.". . .

. . ."But it's unmistakeable that Smith moves crooked and he's been caught way too often. It's helpful that Grenell is speaking out since no one else has the kind of information he has and the press is ignoring the story. There seems to be quite a dirty backstory to Smith and his sleazy doings against President Trump. Keep an eye on anything else Grenell may be posting because there could be more bombshells. Based on the behavior thus far seen, Smith needs to be yanked from the Trump case immediately."

President Trump Calls For Jack Smith to be Arrested After Special Counsel Admits HE LIED TO THE COURT About Classified Docs Seized from Mar-a-Lago   . . ."Jack Smith admitted he lied to the Court about the classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago in a motion filed late Friday night.

"Special Counsel Jack Smith on Friday evening responded to Trump’s co-defendant Walt Nauta’s motion to extend a deadline for disclosures in the classified documents case.

"Recall that Walt Nauta, a former White House employee and Navy veteran who worked valet for Trump and served as a personal staffer at Mar-a-Lago was indicted along with Trump last year.

"In a motion filed late Friday, Jack Smith admitted the FBI messed with the boxes containing “classified” documents they seized from Trump and can’t be sure the order or the placement of the documents." . . .

*Has Leftist Lawfare Created the Police State Yet? - Greg Salsbury

. . ."Could it be that the average non-leftist citizen now feels both powerless and terrified to object to any of these injustices? They see the brutal treatment meted out to President Trump, his associates,  and his legal team, on the one hand, versus the reverence for a president whose family has inexplicably received millions of dollars from foreign sources and for violent protesters who have magically escaped jail time, or of crack-using, tax-dodging Biden family members." . . .

Democrats should fear ‘lawfare’ tactics being turned against them | The Hill

. . ."Unhinged partisan politics is quickly propelling our nation down the path of the normalization of the weaponization of law to take out a political opponent — a path that is destructive to all.

"New York Times columnist David Brooks said the quiet part out loud recently while on left-of-center “PBS Newshour”: “if you look at democracies in decline, then it is a pattern that people in office use their power to indict and criminalize and throw in jail the people who were in office before them of the opposing party. And so we are a nation, democracy in decline.”

"While he may have been trying to project such unethical and illegal behavior onto Trump and the Republicans, it perfectly defines what the Democrats are now trying to do to Trump.

"As I write this, the Biden White House, the Democratic National Committee, Democratic politicians, most of the mainstream media, most of academia and most of Hollywood seem thrilled that Democratic district attorneys, attorney generals, special counsels and judges such as Alvin Bragg, Letitia James, Fani Willis, Jack Smith, Arthur F. Engoron and Juan Merchan are seemingly working as one to bankrupt Trump, keep him off ballots, wound his campaign — or send him to prison." . . . 

Prosecutor Jack Smith Admits to Tampering With Trump Evidence - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics   . . ."In other words, two years after I pointed out that the photo of documents spread all over the floor in Mar-a-Lago meant that they had been deliberately mishandled by someone or someones trying to frame Trump — to convey the impression that Trump was guilty of mishandling the documents — mishandling of documents once again hits the headlines.

"This time, the allegation is directly about Trump’s obsessive prosecutor, with the Western Journal article saying this:

Smith has revealed that at some point after boxes of documents were seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, the order of the documents changed, which the court did not learn about until now.

The revelation was contained in a new court filing….

The filing admitted the current order of documents in the boxes does not match scans that were made earlier….

POWERFUL: Former Atheist Leader Shares Christianity With Richard Dawkins, and the Room Erupts

 POWERFUL: Former Atheist Leader Shares Christianity With Richard Dawkins, and the Room Erupts – RedState

While Hirsi Ali may have some things left to figure out, I wouldn't dare nitpick her words. Spiritual maturity doesn't happen overnight, and it is clear her conversion is genuine. To see her speak with such grace despite the pushback she was getting from Dawkins was inspiring.

"With all the insanity in the world, it's easy to lose sight of what truly matters. Former "New Athiest" movement leader Ayaan Hirsi Ali provided a powerful reminder when she shared her conversion to Christianity with Richard Dawkins. 

"Dawkins is an infamous atheist who has mocked Christianity as "nonsense" for decades, along with other figures like the now-deceased Christopher Hitchens. Originally from Somalia, Hirsi Ali left her home country in her early 20s and dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of women subjugated by Islam. That led to her being put on an Al-Qaeda hit list, as well as being targeted legally by Muslim groups. At one point, she was sued for discrimination for pointing out that Islam's Muhammad married a six-year-old when he was 53. She ultimately won that battle despite the court chastising her use of language. 

"For years, Ali was a thought leader and lecturer in atheist circles, having rejected religion due to her experiences with Islam. That all changed in late 2023, though. In an essay, she shared her fear of what she described as the global rise of Islam and authoritarianism, concluding that Judeo-Christian values were the only possible defense. That led some to question whether her conversion was purely pragmatic and political. 

"Ali put those questions to bed in her exchange with Dawkins. Even as he continued to trash Christianity during their conversation, she spoke with humility, and shared a powerful testimony of salvation." . . . 

Final thought from this post:  "While the above poster  may not have bought the argument, I think Hirsi Ali is correct. What we are seeing on college campuses and in society more broadly is a crisis of purpose. Having rejected Christianity, people are left desperately trying to fill the void in their lives with something else. Atheism and "reason" were never going to be enough, and the far-left's joining of Islam with oppression ideology has provided a new shiny object."