“Saudi Arabia has arrested two Islamic suicide pilots who were preparing to fly two light aircraft into a packed British Airways (BA) jet, a British Sunday newspaper said, quoting a senior opposition politician.” This from The Age, with thanks to Nicolei and Mrs. Obelix. “The suspected suicide pilots were arrested in the last few weeks […]
Archives for 2003
The difference between jihad and terrorism? The target
Reader “my.joy18” has kindly forwarded to me an Arab News question and answer piece entitled “Sept. 11 Attacks Nothing but Terrorism.” Alas, I have been occupied with many other things the last few days, and didn’t immediately put it up. Now it is gone without a trace. I wonder if that has anything to do […]
The face of Islamic tolerance in Seattle
The Sharia mandates second-class status for non-Muslims, and forbids a non-Muslim man to marry a Muslim woman. This provision seems to have come West already: “A Grant County man has been charged with trying to kidnap his sister from her Sedro-Woolley home in what police believe was an attempt to punish her for marrying outside […]
Going out for a bomb
“Sabih Kahn, 18, founder of a Muslim football league, right, prepares to throw the ball as teammate Muhammad Akhtar, 18, heads down field for a pass during a training session at Heritage Park in Irvine, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003. Critics say names of some of the teams such as Intifada, which is used by […]
Sharia watch: Kuwaiti MP calls for music ban in schools
Radical Muslims are fighting around the world to institute Sharia law, with its institutionalized oppression of non-Muslims — dhimmitude. A new glimpse at what a Sharia state would look like comes from Kuwait, where “an Islamist parliamentarian has said he was coordinating with other MPs to ban music education at schools in Kuwait as ‘anti-Islamic […]
Bush = Trotsky?
Amir Butler, Executive Director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC), has written an op-ed in the Jakarta Post entitled “Trotsky’s idea clearly similar to forced democracy upon Muslim World.” Well, I wouldn’t have thought of comparing Bush to Trotsky, although Woodrow Wilson has crossed my mind. But the main point of Butler’s editorial […]
Jihad to be explained by scholars
At long last, a group of Islamic scholars is going to cut through all the confusion and explain what the word jihad really means: “The Council of Religious Ministers for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore (MABIMS) will publish a comprehensive working paper for explaining Jihad (crusade or holy war) to their Ummah (followers of […]
Port of Miami or Port of Jihadi
By Joe Kaufman and Beila Rabinowitz In December 2002, the Washington Post published an alarming report stating that “U.S. intelligence officials had identified approximately 15 cargo freighters around the world that they believed were controlled by al Qaeda or could be used by the terrorist network to ferry operatives, bombs, money or commodities over the […]
A letter to AP
A letter to AP was recently sent to Jihad Watch from the author of the Letter to Reuters: “Dear Editor: “Your ‘Year in Photos’ has six glaring omissions, therefore, six major distortions. You chose 6 photos depicting ‘Palestinian’ suffering at the hands of Israelis but none of Israeli suffering at the hands of ‘Palestinians.’ I […]
Grassley to review Ford Foundation’s support for Palestinian extremists
We noted the Ford Foundation’s no-strings-attached support for Palestinian terrorists last month; now, Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has taken note as well. Opinion Journal notes that “in response to a Jewish Telegraphic Agency series detailing Ford’s support for Palestinian NGOs crusading against Israel, the Iowa Republican has announced that the Senate Finance Committee will review the […]