Archive for February, 2009
Chechen leader: Male relatives were right to shoot women with “loose morals”
“The Kremlin has given him its staunch backing, seeing him as the key to keeping the separatists in check, and that has allowed him to impose his will.” Sharia Alert, and Myopia in Moscow. “Chechen leader imposes strict brand of Islam,” from the Associated Press, February 28 (thanks to L.): GROZNY, Russia: The bullnecked president […]
Daniel Pearl’s father: Antisemitism rising on campuses, administrators doing little or nothing
“The verbal abuse is there, the intimidation is there, the feeling of helplessness is there, not only among students but among faculty.” And Judea Pearl doesn’t say so, but it is coming from Muslim students and their Leftist allies. Israeli consul general Avika Tor was hounded off a stage at San Jose State University three […]
Wilders event last night in Washington: the $25 banana!
Last night Geert Wilders spoke at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC — the site of CPAC. Pamela Geller organized a gala event that was sponsored by the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Atlas Shrugs, and Jihad Watch. Here via Pamela is a firsthand account of what happened from a reader of Atlas Shrugs and […]
The Evils of Islamic Political Ideology: Suppression of Women
Here is part two of Alyssa A. Lappen’s interview of Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs at Right Side News (part one is here). In this segment they discuss a longstanding focus of Jihad Watch: Islamic law’s institutionalized discrimination against women, and how it plays out in violent and oppressive behavior today. AAL: Why do you […]
Fitzgerald: Building That Bridge Over The River Kwai, Or, Why Are We In Afghanistan?
The very idea that because Al Qaeda was based in Afghanistan, Afghanistan has a special, irreplaceable importance in the “war against terrorism,” is false. In the first place, the fact that Al Qaeda found Afghanistan under the Taliban (a Taliban nurtured by an American-supported Pakistan, and recognized by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) […]
How U.S. Islamic advocacy groups trump up controversy to advance the stealth jihad agenda
Extraordinarily important observations about a phenomenon that has been far too little noted by law enforcement and government officials. “Are Acts of Staged Controversy an Islamist Strategic Tactic?,” by Madeleine Gruen and Edward Sloan for IPT News, February 27: [...] Minnesota Imams On November 20, 2006, six imams boarded a US Airways jet that was […]
Police in Scotland ordered to give special priority to crimes where the victims are Muslim
Because, you see, this will keep them from becoming “radicalized” — i.e., turning to jihad. Living in a society that treats all equally before the law is not enough: Muslims have to be placed in a special class with rights and privileges beyond those of non-Muslims. And that, of course, is precisely the arrangement envisioned […]
Bombarded Somali government goes dhimmi
The government is “saddened” by the AU peacekeepers’ assertive measures vis-a-vis the Islamists, who, as opposed to the former, intentionally and repeatedly kill and terrorize Somali civilians — with, of course, nary a word from the Somali government (yes, Somalia actually has a government). “Somalia ‘saddened’ by AU peacekeepers’ shelling of Mogadishu residential areas,” from […]
“We will continue to pursue Mr. al-Marri’s case before the Supreme Court to make sure that no American citizen or lawful resident will ever again be subjected to such treatment”
Even though he “pledged to do his [Bin Laden's] bidding in the United States” Ali al-Marri update. “U.S. indictment of enemy combatant unsealed,” by John Schwartz for IHT, February 27 : Ali al-Marri, the only prisoner considered an enemy combatant being detained on U.S. soil, has been indicted on charges of helping the terrorist group […]
Malaysia: Chair of Islamic Dawah Foundation calls on gov’t to rescind permission for Catholic paper to use “Allah,” lest it anger Muslims worldwide
Why would the chair of the Islamic Dawah Foundation be upset about this? After all, Qur’an 29:46 says: “And argue not with the People of the Scripture unless it be in (a way) that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say: We believe in that which hath been revealed unto […]
Obama administration looking to give Pakistan more money
Actually, a blank check would do very nicely, thank you Even though Pakistan is constantly demonstrating its duplicitous nature, its Islamist zeal, including its greater interest to battle India as opposed to its own homegrown terrorists — here is the U.S. government, instead of holding the Pakistani government more accountable, offering it more money. But […]
Taliban attacks school bus
After all, it contained Shias, and “the hardline Sunni Taleban say they consider the Shias heretical.” More blatantly dishonorable jihadi behavior. “Pakistan Shia children ‘attacked’,” from BBC, February 27: Taleban gunmen in north-west Pakistan have attacked a school bus, killing the driver and injuring three pupils in a sectarian attack, police say. Some reports say […]
Unindicted co-conspirator in terror funding case complains about FBI informants in mosques
What do you think CAIR’s objective is here? Obviously they want the FBI to stop placing informants in mosques, and to trust their assurances that they will help them with anti-terror efforts. Yet CAIR has opposed every anti-terror initiative that has ever come down the pike, most notably the Patriot Act. It aided the Flying […]
Pakistan: Charges filed against men who kidnapped Christian sisters, but police ignore arrest order
An update on this story, and another manifestation of a much broader problem in Pakistan: The increasingly strident unwillingness to respect and enforce the rule of secular law. And it is causing them to lose (or give up) ever-larger swathes of their own territory. “Pakistan – Charges filed against kidnappers of young girls,” from Compass […]
Geert Wilders: The World Needs an International First Amendment and a Ban on All ‘Hate Speech’ Laws
I was at this press conference this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Wilders stated the case for free speech forcefully. Will post video when available. Geert Wilders will also be speaking tonight at 6PM EST at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC, at an event sponsored by the David Horowitz […]
U.S. pulling out of Durban II conference!
At last, a bit of good news from the Obama Administration. An update on this story: “U.S. pulling out of “˜Durban II” conference,” by Ron Kampeas for the JTA, February 27 (thanks to Pamela): The Obama administration has decided to boycott the so-called Durban II conference out of concerns for anti-Semitism. Multiple sources on a […]
Egyptian cleric: “The Jews conspire to infect the food of the Muslims with cancer. It is the Jews who infect food with cancer and ship it to Muslim countries”
Bitterly ironic in light of this. Projection Alert: “Egyptian Cleric Ahmad Abd Al-Salam: Jews ‘Infect Food with Cancer and Ship it to Muslim Countries,’” from MEMRI, February 24 (thanks to all who sent this in): Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Egyptian cleric Ahmad Abd Al-Salam, which aired on Al-Nas TV on January […]
Afghans riot over rumor that NATO troops fired guns in a mosque
Hypocrisy Alert: you notice there have never been any riots or protests of any kind when Islamic jihadists have used mosques in Gaza and Iraq to store weapons and launch jihad attacks. “Afghans protest alleged NATO gunshots in mosque,” from The Associated Press, February 27 : KABUL: Hundreds of people blocked roads and fought with […]
Raymond Ibrahim: A Response to the Critics: Taqiyya Revisited (Part II)
[See here for part I.] Regarding my more recent “War and Peace””and Deceit””in Islam,” others have written to me complaining that, by not juxtaposing more “moderate interpretations” to the mainstream ones I delineated (e.g., Tabari, Ibn Kathir, al-Qurtubi, al-Razi, al-Arabi, et al), I am supposedly “distorting.” While there are in fact “moderate interpretations,” most of […]
Obama target of “HIV Jihad”
An Ethiopian man with HIV sent Obama letters tainted with the former’s blood. Officials believe the man is “mentally disturbed” (perhaps not even fit for trial). Yet, this same man “was arrested by police in 2006 after starting a fire in the middle of a crowded Chicago intersection. When officers arrived on the scene, he […]
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