General Aslam Beg “Why don’t moderate Muslims speak up in favor of US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair when they resolve ‘to crush global terrorists who hate freedom?’” Arnaud de Borchgrave asks this question, which has occurred to many of us. Then he supplies a disquieting answer from Pakistani General […]
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“I strongly encourage young Muslims to join the jihad for Allah’s sake”
How do radical Muslim groups get recruits? With rhetoric like this: “I strongly encourage young Muslims to join the jihad for Allah’s sake, to protect our land and to drive Christians and Jews out of Muslim countries.” This comes from an Al-Qaeda recruitment video obtained (how?) by NBC News. The “jihad for Allah’s sake,” jihad […]
Islamic Jihad: Talks won’t stop attacks
In Onward Muslim Soldiers I explain what should be obvious to everyone by now: that the jihad ideology of radical Muslim groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad poison prospects for a negotiated settlement in Israel. Here is more evidence: “A Palestinian militant group participating in Egyptian-mediated ceasefire talks vowed fresh attacks on Israel and said […]
Jihad in Iraq: the New York Times Interview
“We want the world to know that Bush, the biggest criminal of all, and Blair, that monkey of the desert, will not be able to control the Iraqis. We will not allow them to kill Iraqis. I am speaking before God, on my behalf and that of the other mujahedeen.” This quote comes from a […]
Hamas accused of Canadian plot
“The terrorist group Hamas recruited and trained a Palestinian-Canadian to carry out attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Canada and the United States, an Israeli embassy official said yesterday.” So says the National Post, with thanks to LGF. “In what is being described as a new direction for the radical Palestinian group, Hamas allegedly […]
Chirac: There’s something about the veil
Chirac French President Jacques Chirac, of all people, has “denounced Muslim head scarves on schoolgirls as offensive and expressed concern about Islamic fundamentalism Friday as momentum grew in France to bar all religious symbols from public schools.” This from Reuters. What’s offensive about them? “Speaking on a visit to Tunisia, Chirac said the strictly secular […]
Egypt: Christian convert held for altering IDs
Dhimmi news from “secular” Egypt: “Christian groups have raised concerns about a woman being held in a Cairo jail for illegally altering her identity card to reflect her conversion from Islam to Christianity.” This from Middle East Times. “Middle East Concern said Mariam Girgis Makar has been held for six weeks, after she was accused […]
Jihad in Russia: Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 37 on Train Near Chechnya
“A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded commuter train in southern Russia today, killing at least 40 people in what President Vladimir V. Putin denounced as a terrorist act intended to disrupt parliamentary elections here this weekend.” So says the New York Times. “The explosion, which occurred at 7:42 a.m., wrenched apart the […]
Dhimmitude at National Defense University
This morning the Washington Post contains a story about the ongoing debate over the role of Islam in Iraq’s future government. It quotes Judith S. Yaphe, who is identified as “a senior research fellow at National Defense University and a former senior CIA Iraq analyst.” She says that Islam is “the first problem and a […]
Dhimmitude in Germany: jihad school to keep operating
“The King Fahd Academy in Bonn,” according to Newsweek, provoked an uproar two months ago when German television reporters infiltrated its classrooms and videotaped a teacher inciting a holy war ‘in the name of Allah’ and advocating martial-arts training–including the use of crossbows–for young students. Local German officials announced their intention to shut the school […]