I have received a lengthy statement from a gentleman named Trevor Stanley criticizing various aspects of Jihad Watch. You can find it in the comments section here. Ordinarily it is wise not to reply to critics, but this message is so lengthy and thoughtful, and it touches on issues that are not only inflammatory but […]
Archives for 2003
More on the hijab: dhimmitude at The Guardian
Madeleine Bunting worries in The Guardian that France’s ban of the hijab will lead to “many more years of confrontation between the French state and Muslims, and a dangerous reinforcement in the Muslim community of the perception of Islamophobia, of exclusion and persecution.” Bunting seems to disregard the confrontational nature of the wearing of the […]
Passing the baton: terrorists’ sons in training
Here is more evidence that jihadis think of themselves as fighting a struggle that did not begin with them and will not end with them, but is part of a 1,400-year-old jihad: “Expecting their own capture or death, South-East Asian Islamic extremists sent their sons to Pakistan for training in how to attack Western targets […]
France condemned for “religion attack”
Our friends at Al-Jazeera report that “an international human rights organisation has condemned France for attacking freedom of religion.” Thanks to nicolei. The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights said on Wednesday a proposed new law which would ban Islamic headscarves and other religious insignia in schools would contravene the most basic human rights. The […]
A holly jihadi Christmas in Jakarta?
“Indonesia’s capital could be the target of a bombing campaign during the Christmas and New Year festivities, a Jakarta police chief has warned.” So says AFP, with thanks to nicolei. “‘Based on intelligence information that we have received, the prominent issue that needs to be addressed is bombings,’ Inspector-General Makbul Padmanegara was quoted by the […]
Egypt: Two Christians rearrested
“Two Christians from Alexandria originally detained in October have been rearrested. They were first arrested as part of a widespread sweep targeting converts from Islam and those who helped them obtain new identities.” This from The Barnabas Fund. “Last night at 8.00pm local time, Aziz Zakher Sarkis and Sharif Kameel Nazer were taken back into […]
“Even God has not given you equal rights”
During Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga council to frame a new Constitution, chairman Sebaghatullah Mojadeddi, who has been described as a “moderate jihadi,” aroused the ire of female delegates by reminding them of Qur’anic and Sharia provisions that discriminate against women. According to the New York Times: “Don’t try to put yourself on a level with men, […]
“Virginia jihad network” member sentenced
“A Pakistani man, who received training to join Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist network in Kashmir, has been sentenced in the US to ten-and-a-half years in prison.” This from IndiaExpress. He is indeed Pakistani, but he has been in the U.S. studying electrical engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. “Mohammad Aatique, 31, was first to be sentenced among a […]
“I did this for you, God!”
Raussi Uthman, a Muslim who “who was convicted of hate crimes for burglarizing and burning down a Jewish temple three years ago, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison.” So says AP. Uthman “also must pay $856,278 in restitution.” The story says that “no one was injured in the fire at Temple Beth El […]
College Film Festival: Kill the Jews
Tatiana Menaker writes in FrontPageMagazine.com that “San Francisco State University has long been a major center of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda.” She reviews a university film festival, “Exploring the Israeli-Palestinian Issue through Film.” Says Menaker: “What is strikingly serious in all these films is that if one were to count the most often used words, […]