While Algerian Muslims are enjoying a peaceful Ramadan enforced with bayonets (see below), Swedish Muslims are “trying their best to instill the Islamic values and Ramadanian traditions into their young generations.” Are any of those Ramadan traditions the ones that inspire radical Muslim Algerians to wage “Jihad against Satan and his followers” during the holy […]
Archives for 2003
A quiet, secure Ramadan, armed to the teeth
Islam Online reports that “political analysts believe the security measures taken by Algerian authorities during Ramadan – when attacks of armed groups against civilians and police forces usually intensify – have largely contributed to limit the scope of such attacks and allowed citizens to enjoy quiet, secure Ramadan nights.” The story explains that “armed groups […]
Dhimmitude at the NYPD
The Qur’an is now on display in a glass cube atop a brass pedestal at One Police Plaza in New York City. This one speaks for itself.
More on the threat
First it came from various jihadist websites (see “Al Qaeda warnings and the Qur’an,” below); now it is coming from all over: Al Qaeda is planning a major attack in early November. Of course, these threats have proven worthless many times before. It may be that Al Qaeda has been decimated to the extent that […]
Seven planes?
9/11 or its aftermath may have been planned to be much larger, according to a report today in World Net Daily. Says Roger Cressey, the former director for counterterrorism for the National Security Council: “Our assumption at the White House at the time was that there were more attacks planned. Maybe not on 9-11 but […]
Attempted honor killing in Scotland
“A devout Muslim who tried to hire a hitman to avenge a perceived stain on his family’s honour was facing a possible lengthy jail term yesterday after being found guilty of incitement to murder.” “Mohammed Arshad, 49, a businessman and leading member of the Tayside Asian community, was outraged by his daughter’s secret wedding and […]
An Iraqi mujahid
This AP profile of a “resistance fighter” in Iraq spells out why exactly he is resisting. Contrary to the beliefs (stated in the story) of American analysts that most of the resistance comes from supporters of Saddam, the Iraqi Muslim cleric Abdel Jawad Mohammed Safo says that “he believes many of the resistance fighters are […]
Black Hawk Down in Iraq
“An Army helicopter crashed Friday into a riverbank near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, killing at least four U.S. soldiers, the military said. Another American was killed and nine were wounded in attacks in the northern city of Mosul, raising concerns that the insurgency was spreading north. . . .” “‘Death was in the cause […]
Bush’ speech and what is needed
In his speech today on democracy in the Middle East, President Bush said: “Some skeptics of democracy assert that the traditions of Islam are inhospitable to the representative government. This ‘cultural condescension,’ as Ronald Reagan termed it, has a long history. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, a so-called Japan expert asserted that democracy in […]
Dhimmitude in Dearborn
Imad Hamad of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) wanted the Crestwood Board of Education in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, to make Eid (Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim holy day marking the end of Ramadan) a day off from school. So Hamad wrote in a letter to school board president Ron Panetta: “We are urging you to […]