The LA Times reports on a group of Muslim football teams with some provocative names: “Monikers for the flag-football teams include Mujahideen, Intifada and Soldiers of Allah and are accompanied on the league’s Web site, http://muslimfootball.com, by logos of masked men, some with daggers or swords. “An organizer of the Jan. 4 event, geared for […]
Archives for 2003
How the Saudis built a global terrorist network
After 9/11, Saudi Arabia, “America’s longtime ally and the world’s largest oil producer had somehow become, as a senior Treasury Department official put it, ‘the epicenter’ of terrorist financing.” Of course, this is common knowledge by now, but U.S. News and World Report has a detailed report on how it happened, and what exactly the […]
Australian imam: gays should be beheaded
Rexhep Idrizi (Photo: kitezh.com) Many Americans on the Left like to equate radical Muslims with Christian conservatives. Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, even George W. Bush — they’re all our own version of the Taliban, you see. I have encountered this phenomenon on many a radio call-in show, and I always try to point out one […]
Bin Laden’s plans for Iraq
According to Newsweek, Al-Qaeda has shifted its primary focus from Afghanistan to Iraq. At a meeting during Ramadan, “according to Taliban sources, Osama bin Laden’s men officially broke some bad news to emissaries from Mullah Mohammed Omar, the elusive leader of Afghanistan’s ousted fundamentalist regime. Their message: Al Qaeda would be diverting a large number […]
Honor killing in the Netherlands?
Maja Bradaric (Photo: Dominicus College) A 16-year-old girl was murdered in Holland, and about all that authorities have revealed about why is that it wasn’t an honor killing, as was previously reported in the Dutch media: “The authorities have denied a newspaper report on Monday that there was a family link between the culprit and […]
Terrorists “regrouping in Indonesia”
With Abu Bakar Bashir’s already light sentence reduced even further, terrorists in Indonesia are “regrouping, retraining, and recruiting” “” and “could be planning more deadly bombings.” So says AP, with thanks to nicolei. “Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, has emerged as a key battle ground in the United States-led war on terrorism since […]
“The Egyptian Constitution Should be Amended to Remove Islam as the Official Religion”
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’dawi She has spoken courageously for years, and now she has done it again: MEMRI reports that “the Egyptian author Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’dawi, known for her fervent Arab-nationalism and feminism, gave a comprehensive interview to the liberal Arabic website www.elaph.com on September 20, 2003.” “Al-Sa’dawi called for amending the Egyptian constitution and eliminating […]
Jihad recruitment network in Europe
“A string of recent arrests of terror suspects has shown that Al Qaeda and groups linked to it have established a network across Europe that is moving recruits into Iraq to join the insurgency against American and allied forces, European intelligence and law enforcement officials said this week.” This from the New York Times. “Over […]
CAIR demands apology from Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey This morning I posted at Jihad Watch a New York Times article in which a mujahid quotes this part of Sura 9:5 of the Qur’an: “Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them.” He was using this verse to explain why he was in Iraq fighting Americans. I also posted a story about a […]
Jordan’s radical Muslims denounce France on veil
As Jacques Chirac speaks out against the veil, the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan speaks out against France: “Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood Movement Saturday condemned France’s trend towards banning Muslim women from wearing the veil, or headdress.” This from UPI. “Spokesman for the movement, Yahya Shaqra, accused France of applying ‘double standards’ by its plans to […]