Good news for the world’s dhimmis? “Iran’s vice president for legal and parliamentary affairs Mohammad-Ali Abtahi said here Saturday that the real Islam is the religion of freedom and peace which does not contradict principles of human rights.” In a meeting with a UN official, Abtahi explained that “The (Iranian) government has done its best […]
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Not just Osama
“Answering Osama bin Laden’s call for a holy war in Iraq, hundreds of followers from at least eight nations have entered the country and are playing a major role in attacking Western targets and Iraqi civilians, U.S. and Iraqi officials say.” This quote is from a Los Angeles Times story that is circulating over the […]
Al-Qaeda to wage “psychological warfare”
“Al-Qaida is not only operating in Iraq against coalition forces, it is preparing for the next stage of guerrilla warfare: winning the hearts and minds of ordinary Iraqi Sunnis and wearing down the will of the American public,” according to the Jerusalem Post. How will they win these hearts and minds? By appealing to their […]
“Slavery is a part of Islam. Slavery is part of jihad”
“Slavery is a part of Islam,” says a leading Saudi government cleric. “Slavery is part of jihad, and jihad will remain as long there is Islam.” And he is the author of textbooks that are used to teach Muslim students in Saudi Arabia and the United States. The Saudi Information Agency reports that leading government […]
Three sentenced in Virginia for jihad work
A United States District Court has “sentenced three American members of Lashkar-e-Toiba, including a Pakistani-born American citizen, for plotting ‘jihad’” in Kashmir. Lashkar-e-Toiba, “Army of the Pure,” is a radical Muslim group dedicated to restoring Islamic rule not only in Kashmir, but in all of India. “The three have been sentenced by a Virginia court […]
30 Egyptians at Guantanamo
It seems that 30 of the prisoners at Guantanamo are Egyptians. According to Middle East Newsline, “the Egyptians were captured in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 and suspected of fighting for Al Qaida and the then-ruling Taliban movement.” Just another illustration of the global appeal of the call to jihad.
Malaysia fumes over terror warning
As fires still burn in Riyadh, the Saudi Arab News has posted a story about the latest from Kuala Lumpur: “Malaysia criticized the United States yesterday for issuing a safety warning to Americans in the country, saying security nationwide is adequate and ruling out fears that it will hurt foreign tourist arrivals.” After U.S. intelligence […]
Ramadan in Saudi Arabia
Evidently it isn’t just in Algeria that some Muslims think Ramadan is a perfect time for “Jihad against Satan and his followers.” In Saudi Arabia, “three explosions rocked a residential compound in the Saudi capital Saturday night, and a government official said the attack came after gunmen broke into the compound and exchanged fire with […]
More Ramadan threats
Northeast Intelligence Network reports more on the latest threats: a radical Muslim source “mentioned in its Friday issue that the Al Qaeda Network under Osama bin Laden’s leadership plans for the direction of a deathblow to the Americans during this Ramadan season.” . . . In case you’re counting, Ramadan ends this year on November […]
Dhimmitude in Norway
The bishop of Oslo, Gunnar Staalsett, has “warned Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Erna Solberg of the dangers of criticizing Islam after she told Norway’s Muslims that they should modernize their religion. Staalsett fears that the statement will create a warped view of Islam.” What kind of warped view of Islam? Solberg said […]