The Longest Perspective: Crimes of the Ishmaelites

Rabbi Lazer Brody, a/k/a Rabbi Rambo, provides an intriguing religious perspective on the Islamic uprising. Putatively about cartoons, the current violence involves much more and continues a line of conflict extending back thousands of years--the ancient enmity of the Ishmaelites against the Children of Israel. He writes,

In Hashem's world, what a person reaps is what he or she sows. For such a long time, Ishmael has been the purveyor of anti-Jewish hate for hate's sake alone; it was only a matter of time until the bully would get a taste of his own bitter medicine. We all knew that Ishmael has always been a big bully, but we're astonished at how big a cry-baby he is!

Read it all, and the rest of his fascinating site.