Saddam in custody As news came out of Muhammad Atta’s having been trained in Iraq, Saddam has been captured. “Without a single shot being fired, U.S. military forces captured former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as he hid in the bottom of a hole in a home near Tikrit, officials announced at a Baghdad press conference.” […]
Archives for 2003
Memo: 9-11 chief trained in Iraq
Atta “Mohammed Atta, the hijacker believed to be the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, was trained in Baghdad by Palestinian terrorist Abu Nidal, claims Iraq’s coalition government.” So says WND. “The leaders says a handwritten secret memo to Saddam Hussein gives details of a visit by Atta to the Iraqi capital in […]
More on the California school case
Here is a report from WorldNetDaily with more on the California judge’s ruling that it’s fine for public school students to be taught Islam out of a workbook that teaches the religion as fact. As I said yesterday, I am an expert witness in this case and so I can’t say much pending an appeal; […]
National Post: Sharia in Canada? Relax
In an unsigned editorial, National Post ridicules the idea that Canadians need be concerned about the prospect of the implementation of the Sharia. The editorial explains that a possible Sharia court in Canada “will invite consenting Muslims to submit disputes about marriage, money and other civil matters to arbitrators schooled in the precepts of Islamic […]
Al-Qaeda suspect identified as Canadian college student
Federal law-enforcement authorities yesterday identified a Somali man arrested this week in Minneapolis on suspicion of associating with the al Qaeda terrorist network as a Canadian citizen and college student.” So says the Washington Times. “Mohammed A. Warsame, who was taken into custody on Tuesday on a material witness warrant, also has been tied to […]
“Jihad is coming”: Hamas vows more suicide bombings
Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi (Middle East Times) Speaking of Islamikazes, Hamas official Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi has announced that “Bodies of Qassam men (Hamas suicide bombers) will continue to blow up in the depth of the Zionist entity.” He said this before what Reuters described as “a cheering crowd in Jabalya refugee camp.” Hamas, “sworn to the Jewish state’s […]
Judge allows public school to teach about Islam
“A federal judge has ruled that a California school district didn’t violate the Constitution when it taught seventh-graders about Islam.” This from AP, with thanks to nicolei. “Parents who sued the Byron Union School District said students were required to participate in role-playing. It included wearing Muslim clothing, saying Islamic prayers and giving up candy […]
The voice behind the intifada
Dr. Mohammed al-Shiekh Mahmood Sayam Dr. Mohammed al-Shiekh Mahmood Sayam, who first called for “intifada against Zionism” in 1987, was recently interviewed by Asia Times Online. The interview reveals a great deal about the radical Muslim mindset. Sayam numbers among his intellectual mentors several of the fathers of modern radical Islam whom I profile in […]
Dutch Liberals to rein in “anti-Islamic” MP
Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Trouw) Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the courageous ex-Muslim Dutch MP whom I profile in Onward Muslim Soldiers, has run afoul of the dhimmis in her own party. “The Dutch Liberal VVD party has moved to stop its outspoken MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali from waging a solo campaign against Islamic schools in the Netherlands. […]
“Human life and dignity are embedded in Shariah”
Did you hear? There was an international human rights conference in Saudi Arabia! There is a very good reason why you probably haven’t. Joseph Kéchichian explains in Gulf News: “Although proceedings ended on October 15, a formal Declaration was not published until December 4 without, it is worth noting, serious analysis.” The conference, Kéchichian explains, […]