Here’s an outstanding example of both dhimmi police work and dhimmi reporting: Reuters reports that “a car exploded in northern Italy early on Thursday, killing the 33-year-old Kuwaiti driver in what police said appeared to be more of a suicide bid rather than an attack on a nearby synagogue. “‘We think we’re dealing with a […]
Archives for 2003
Preschool jihad
France has closed two nursery schools because, well, they were radical Muslim institutions. Don’t laugh: in an environment where children are made to memorize the entire Qur’an before they learn their multiplication tables (and before they have a ghost of a chance of understanding what they’re memorizing), it’s quite possible that radical Muslims could be […]
Yale welcomes Ba’athists
Iraqi Ba’ath Party members are not, of course, generally radical Muslims; Saddam Hussein was very tough on Islamic radicalism. Nevertheless, at this point, with Ba’athists fighting alongside jihadis against American forces in Iraq, it is a peculiar manifestation of the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” mentality that Yale played host to a couple […]
Bungling the war on terror
Sami Al-Arian (l) and James Yousef Yee (r) (AP) Some documents have been shredded relating to the prosecution of Sami Al-Arian, the former professor who is accused of running a Palestinian Islamic Jihad cell in Florida. It was an accident, says the clerk’s office for the Middle District of Florida, but it could severely damage […]
Pakistan: Muslim mob attacks church
A church in the Pakistani village of Dajkot was attacked during a prayer service by a mob of Muslims. The “well attended prayer meeting” was interrupted by Muslims shouting, “You infidels, stop praying and accept Islam!” The mob “entered the church and started beating the worshipers. The Muslim attackers desecrated the Holy Bible and broke […]
Recruitment and training for jihad in non-Muslim countries
“Police are investigating whether Jack Thomas, the Melbourne man allegedly linked to al-Qa’ida, trained with a Jemaah Islamiah terrorist at a boot camp in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.” This from The Australian, with thanks to Jean-Luc. “Sources have confirmed Mr Thomas, who is also known as Jihad Jack, has figured prominently in investigations.” […]
Bangladesh may be emerging terrorist sanctuary
The tiny minority of extremists may have found a new South Asia home base: “Bangladesh may be emerging as a haven for Islamic terrorists in South Asia, intelligence reports say.” This from Straits Times, with thanks to nicolei. “A report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) expressed concern about serious attacks by radicals on […]
Jihad conference in Texas
Hot on the heels of news about a jihadist conference in Florida, “the director of a U.S. group that seeks democratic reform in Saudi Arabia complained yesterday about an upcoming conference in Texas that will feature addresses broadcast from Riyadh by clerics who have praised holy war and Osama bin Laden.” “Ali Ahmed, head of […]
Al-Qa’ida Preparing Big Operation in February
Of course, we have heard threats before, and nothing happened. Muslims were warned to leave New York, Washington, and Los Angeles in November; can they come back yet? Maybe only until February: MEMRI says that “the London-based Arabic daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported that ‘information sources close to Al-Qa’ida said that the organization, headed by Osama […]
An American Muslim fed up with CAIR, AMC, and MPAC
Esam Sohail in FrontPage makes a most welcome and long overdue statement: Silence in the war on terror is something Americans of Arab and Muslim descent cannot afford anymore.” He details some of the “dubious pronouncements” of, among others, Abdurrahman Alamoudi (formerly of the American Muslim Council, Nihad Awad of the Council on American Islamic […]