“Osama bin Laden, wearing the plain white head cover of a religious teacher, recites a highly charged, inflammatory poem about the condition of the Muslim umma (worldwide community), appalled, mobilized, and seeking vengeance against its enemies. In particular, bin Laden extols the young men in Najd, Saudi Arabia, who have risen up and joined the […]
Archives for 2003
Pakistan: Global Jihad Factory
Pakistan has become a global jihad factory, says B. Raman, a former Indian intelligence official. “Recently I read in the media a memo had been recorded by Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, in which he reportedly expressed exasperation over the fact that the more the number of jihadi terrorists the US forces put out […]
Sharia in Sudan
The unanimous goal of violent jihad groups around the world is to institute Islamic law, the Sharia. Because of Sharia law in Sudan today, a 16-year-old boy named Mohamed Hassan Hamdan faces “judicial amputation” of his right hand and left foot, according to this Amnesty International report. Why amputation of his right hand and left […]
Modern-day jihad: the casualties
Since 9/11 I am aware of several attempts to count the number of people killed by jihad in modern times. It’s an unsettling exercise, for it brings how just how large a threat this is, and how truly global its reach has been. If your idea of “modern times” includes the early 20th century, then […]
Slavery in Saudi Arabia
In Islam Unveiled I explain the theological and legal reasons why slavery persists in some Islamic societies — notably Mauritania and Sudan. I had a little bit of information on slavery in Saudi Arabia in there but for reasons I don’t recall it didn’t make the final draft. Still, slavery was only abolished in Saudi […]
Refugees, Refugees
Here is a press release about a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives by Representatives Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Frank Pallone (D-NJ). The resolution seeks official recognition of “the oppression and expropriation of property faced by the 900,000 Jews who were expelled from Arab nations in the period leading up to and […]
Dhimmitude in New Hampshire
Kaushik Kapisthalam reports that two New Hampshire state representatives, Robert Giuda and Saghir Tahir, “use half-truths and misleading statements to excoriate India, a democratic ally of America, in the name of requesting help for Kashmir while simultaneously white washing the acts of anti-American terrorists.” The article explains how the congressmen uncritically repeat Pakistani military propaganda […]
Christian minorities betrayed
Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo, founder of the Centre for the Study of Islam and Christianity and the Barnabas Fund, has had the courage to state the truth that almost everyone (including many Christians who should know better) wants to ignore: “Western churches are betraying Christian minorities in Muslim countries by trying to appease Islam.” Sookhdeo, whom […]
When jihad fails: Alamoudi’s troubles mounting
Arab News this morning reports that “Abdulrahman Alamoudi’s troubles are increasing.” The high-profile American Muslim activist has already been accused of smuggling, “engaging in illegal financial transactions with Libya, money laundering, failure to report foreign bank accounts, misuse of a passport, and lying in an application to become a US citizen.” Now there is more: […]
Iraq drawing Muslim militants from Europe
Big surprise here: European Muslims are journeying to Iraq for jihad. There has been abundant evidence since last winter that radical Muslims have viewed Iraq as a global arena for jihad, and calls for Muslims to go there to fight have come from imams all over the globe, as I detail in Onward Muslim Soldiers. […]