Charles at LGF has alerted us to a new warning from Al-Qaeda that differs from their many ballyhood but ultimately empty warnings issued since 9/11 in one significant detail: in several places, including a Yahoo group, Muslims are being ordered to leave New York and Los Angeles. Says a message in the Yahoo group: this […]
Archives for 2003
Ramadan Perverted?
“We usually celebrate Ramadan at the end of the month,” says taxi driver Abdullah Hissein in Iraq, in a story about Iraqis cheering the downing of a U.S. helicopter there yesterday. “Now we are celebrating in the beginning after these infidel Americans were shot down.” (Thanks to Little Green Footballs for this one.) Meanwhile, in […]
In search of moderate Muslims
I recently came across a description of the Jihad Watch and Dhimmi Watch weblogs as “exclusively devoted to presenting the negative and most deplorable face of Islam.” That is in fact not the case. These weblogs, and the Jihad Watch organization (which is now being formed) in general, are devoted to bringing public attention to […]
A Crusader issues a challenge
When George W. Bush called the war on terror a “Crusade,” he upset nearly everyone “” Muslims because they have long historical memories, and Western non-Muslims because their history embarrasses them. No one particularly noticed that there are in fact no more Crusaders. But it turns out that there are “” Knights Templar, in fact. […]
Adventures of a Muslim radical
How do jihadist movements get recruits? Pravda (yes, Pravda) gives a hint in this profile of young Chechen Muslim radical named Ruslan. Accompanied by a smart photo of a young man in fatigues giving what appears to be a fascist salute, the article says that “the life of Ruslan is typical for most Chechen young […]
Afghanistan’s New Constitution: Freedom or Dhimmitude?
Funny thing about some of the stories flooding news outlets worldwide this morning about Afghanistan’s new constitution. The CNN story says: “‘The draft is based on Islamic principles and recognizes that no law can be contrary to the sacred religion of Islam,’ Afghanistan’s 35-member Constitutional Review Commission said in a statement Monday, adding that the […]
Dhimmitude in Iraq
The headline is “Iraq’s Christians run gauntlet of anti-US hostility,” and the article is also full of evidence that radical Muslims in Iraq are trying to reinstitute the legal provisions of dhimmitude, the institutionalized subjugation of Christians, Jews, and other non-Muslims. “Before the war,” it says, “the Oro family ran a popular entertainment empire, serving […]
Dhimmitude in Indonesia
It’s interesting that a proposed new Indonesian law restricting Christianity is entitled the Religious Tolerance Bill. It is useful to bear in mind that when many Muslims speak of Islam as a tolerant faith, they mean the tolerance that Muslim masters had for the dhimmi Christians and Jews: the tolerance of a superior for an […]
Dhimmitude in the libraries: an antidote
Not long ago the local paper here in Secure Undisclosed Locationville ran a large photo of a pair of hijab-wearing Muslim ladies happily looking at a book. The caption explained that the local library had recently accepted a donation of books on Islam from the Council on American Islamic Relations’s Library Project. The library was […]
“Anti-Semitism is the kind of thing you do to establish your ostensible Islamic credentials”
In a recapitulation of the dubious accomplishments of the now ex-prime minister of Malaysia, the notorious Mahathir Mohamad, the New York Times lets it slip (in a quotation from “Jomo K. Sundram, a critic of Dr. Mahathir and a professor of applied economics at the University of Malaysia”): “Anti-Semitism is the kind of thing you […]