Archives for 2003

Recently on the Michael Medved Show, Salam Al-Maryati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council criticized my characterization of radical Islam as a widespread global movement, and suggested that it was in fact a marginal radical fringe. He brushed aside my statements that moderate Muslims need to do more to convert radical Muslims to a more […]

While Saudi officials complain about FBI efforts to investigate Saudi terrorism, World Net Daily has a new report stating that the Saudi terror crackdown is “just talk”: in fact, sources say that “Islamic radicals and Saudi leaders have ‘reunited’ to save the kingdom following a three-day meeting last weekend of royal family members, Muslim clerics […]

This from the Boston Globe: The FBI is investigating a Saudi college student and his American wife who recently videotaped a Jewish school in Baltimore and said they sent the footage to Saudi Arabia, according to law enforcement officials and community leaders who know about the case. The Saudi man, who came to the United […]

Says Reuters: “A senior al Qaeda militant orchestrated the bombing of a residential compound in Saudi Arabia earlier this month by telephone from Iran, a Saudi newspaper says. “Okaz newspaper, quoting informed sources on Sunday, said the militant network’s security chief Saif al-Adel gave orders for the attack in the capital Riyadh by satellite phone. […]

“A Muslim may not declare that he is not a Muslim, save where he has been certified as such by a Syariah court.” This is Malaysian law, which also prescribes jail for those who leave Islam: an ex-Muslim is “to be detained at an Islamic Guidance Centre for up to 36 months for religious instruction […]

“The FBI, in an unprecedented move that has strained relations with a close ally in the war on terrorism, has subpoenaed records for dozens of bank accounts belonging to the Saudi Embassy, part of an investigation into whether any of the hundreds of millions of dollars Riyadh spends in the United States each year end […]

“Muslim prayer leaders in Turkey will this week use a sermon marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan to condemn terrorism and call for unity in the wake of four deadly bomb attacks in Istanbul.” This from Reuters. “Anatolian news agency said on Sunday Turkey’s religious affairs directorate had revised the planned reading […]

“The Homeland Security Department has decided to stop a program that required thousands of Arab and Muslim men to register with immigration authorities after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials said on Friday.” If that phrase, “Arab and Muslim men,” had any substance, the program was wrongly conceived from the start. Arab men (and women […]