“The Afghan war was meant to deprive al-Qa’ida of the protection of its Taliban allies and destroy it as a fighting force. But the Istanbul bombings are the latest example of how the organisation has reinvented itself to continue its jihad.” This from Financial Times. “Al-Qai’da has proved to be a many-headed hydra. One was […]
Archives for 2003
Islamist terror groups trying to undermine counterterrorism laws
From Insight magazine via WorldNetDaily: radical Muslims are buying opposition to anti-terror efforts. “On Sept. 11, 2001, as people around the world opened their hearts and their checkbooks to victims of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, a prominent Muslim activist laid out $3,000 of his own. But he didn’t have the […]
More European dhimmitude: anti-Semitism report shelved
The Financial Times reports that “the European Union’s racism watchdog has shelved a report on anti-semitism because the study concluded Muslims and pro-Palestinian groups were behind many of the incidents it examined.” This is a product of the multiculturalist “Muslims can’t be racists; they’re victims” school. “The Vienna-based European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia […]
Report: Iranians hiding bin Laden
This just in at WorldNetDaily: “Citing an ‘unimpeachable source,’ Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri are in Iran, according to a Fox News analyst. “Al-Zawahiri was seen within the last two weeks, and bin Laden was spotted in July, says the network’s foreign affairs analyst Mansoor Ijaz. “The report dovetails with Pakistani […]
France’s Rushdie affair
FrontPage Magazine’s Stephen Brown has a chilling article about death threats received by the author and publisher of a French translation of Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer’s Islam Unveiled. It seems that radical Muslims in France grow steadily more brazen, and the dhimmi mentality of the non-Muslim population does little or nothing to stop them.
Jihad in Oregon
The case against a group of Islamic terrorists in Portland, Oregon is wrapping up, and some intriguing details have come to light. (Thanks to LGF.) The terrorists, notably American Muslims Jeffrey Leon Battle and Patrice Lumumba Ford, were captured on tape. “The conversations ranged from inquiries about bomb making, to talk of cutting the heads […]
More on Ramadan and violence
Julia Duin gives us a useful piece on Ramadan and violence in today’s Washington Times. In it, Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer explains: “Radicals see jihad not principally as an act of violence or an assertion of power … but as a spiritual act, a holy cleansing of the world’s impurities. In this view, if […]
Not free not to pray — unless you’re a Christian
This AP story chronicles a common sight in Saudi Arabia: “a sweep by the muttawas, or religious police, rounding up Muslim men — Saudis and foreigners alike — and forcing them to go to the mosque at prayer time.” Meanwhile, the article states the plight of non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia with unusual clarity: “Under Saudi […]
Denktas: Attacks “Have Nothing To Do With Islam And God”
The President of the Turkish client state known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Rauf Denktas, “condemned on Friday the bomb attacks that took place in Istanbul, adding that ”those who did that have nothing to do with Islam and God.’ “Issuing a statement about the attack, Denktas said that the bomb attack was […]
More Ramadan dhimmitude at State
The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs Washington File has published a release entitled “Muslims Reach Out to Non-Muslim Americans During Ramadan: Muslims seek to clear up misperceptions about Islam.” It features comments made by Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), on the November 19 “Global Exchange” […]