MEMRI reports that “recently, a manuscript museum opened at the new Alexandria Library, which was renovated by the Egyptian and Italian governments via UNESCO. In the November 17, 2003 issue of the Egyptian weekly Al-Usbu’, correspondent Jihan Hussein reported that the museum had added ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ to the display case […]
Archives for 2003
More on dhimmitude in the schools
Hans Zeiger in Oregon Magazine offers a more balanced appraisal of the California public school Ramadan assignment than did the Chicago Tribune and LA Times: “At Royal Oak Intermediate School in Covina, California, students in Len Cesene’s seventh grade history class fasted last week to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Mr. Cesene’s 12 […]
Egyptian officials revoke church license to build after demolition of church
The U.S. Copts Association reports that “in yet another demonstration of the discriminate nature of the local governments of Egypt, local officials revoked a building license granted to the Brethren Church of Assiout. U.S. Copts Association received notification that after waiting for several years for permission to demolish and rebuild their church, the Church of […]
Jihad at the Pentagon
Evan D. McCormick, the Henry M. Jackson National Security Fellow at the Center for Security Policy, writes in Front Page that “when federal authorities arrested a Muslim military chaplain nearly one month ago at Guantanamo bay on suspicions of espionage, the danger of our radical Islamist enemies infiltrating the American infrastructure at dangerous levels came […]
Saudi Interrogators Try Gentler Approach
“Saudi Arabia, known for harsh criminal penalties such as beheadings, is trying a gentler approach to get information from some al-Qaida captives.” AP says that “Saudi interrogators often bring clerics and a Quran to their prison interviews to establish a religious connection, a technique that has proved successful in eliciting information from terrorist suspects and […]
Jihad in Paraguay
“International law-enforcement authorities combating terrorism have growing concerns about a major influx into the Latin American nation of Paraguay of Arabic-speaking visitors carrying European passports.” This from WorldNetDaily, with thanks to Mary Beth Roderick. “Some of these ‘Europeans’ could not even speak the language of their so-called mother land, according to a report in the […]
New article
Human Events this morning carries a new article by Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer: “On a Collision Course: Democracy and Islam.”
Indonesia: Christians in precarious situation
Joko Harmono reports in Christian Monitor that the situation of Christians in Indonesia has not improved since the Malino Accord of December 2001. In fact, since then “there have been repeated provocative violations of the agreement. In January and February 2002 there were some promising signs that perhaps the Malino Accord could produce a lasting […]
Dhimmitude in Nigeria: Christian nurses fired for refusing headscarves
Many support the struggle of Muslims in France to change the country’s secular laws so that they can wear headscarves as a matter of individual conscience. Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, who wears one in Iran but not in Europe, has called on European countries to allow the headscarves in the name of personal freedom. […]
“It’s the normal thing for people to do in Afghanistan”
The Toronto Star profiles “Abdurahman Khadr, the 20-year-old Canadian released last month from the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo.” This is an article-length exoneration of Khadr. I don’t know the details of his case, so it may well be accurate. But it is interesting for its glimpse into the recruitment of jihad warriors in Afghanistan, […]