Hanadi Jaradat was a murderer. She blew herself up in a restaurant in Haifa last October, killing 21 people. For that she has been lionized in an exhibit in the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm — at least until Zvi Mazel, the Israeli ambassador to Sweden, got there. In a blow for decency and […]
Archives for January 2004
4-nation effort to spell out meaning of jihad
In my line of work, I hear it all the time — from Muslims and non-Muslims alike: “jihad doesn’t mean ‘holy war.’ The Arabic word means ‘struggle.’ In Islam jihad primarily means the struggle within the soul of the believer to conform his life to the will of Allah.” In Onward Muslim Soldiers I discuss […]
Indonesia: Radical Muslim groups getting more vocal
In Indonesia, radical Muslims are strong and getting stronger. This from Straits Times, with thanks to Nicolei: LAST month, Indonesia’s Defenders of Islam Front (FPI) set up an ‘immorality watch’ squad to bring to book perpetrators of vice. Over a hundred supporters of Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir rallied in Jakarta and picketed the Supreme […]
Aussies al-Qaida terror tourists
Australian Islamic leader Sheikh Mohammed Omran is now claiming that Australian authorities have known since 1991 that Australians were going to Afghanistan to get training in terrorism — but did nothing to stop it. This from the Herald Sun, with thanks to Jean-Luc: Melbourne Islamic leader Sheikh Mohammed Omran told the Herald Sun he was […]
Bassam Madany’s review of Onward Muslim Soldiers
Bassam Madany’s review of Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer’s book Onward Muslim Soldiers can be found at Middle East Resources: The title of this book could conceivably be a headline for a news item in a Western newspaper. Throughout the closing days of 2003, and early in 2004, we have lived with a heightened sense […]
Iraqi Sharia alert: women losing rights
I have stated for quite some time that any democracy movement in Iraq or anywhere in the Muslim world would always be under pressure from Muslims who considered that no government was legitimate unless it obeyed the Sharia. The Sharia for significant numbers of Muslims is the law of God. That being the case, they […]
Jihad in Germany
A Tunisian man who was trained by Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan has been charged in Germany with trying to form a group there that would attack American and Jewish targets. Where did he go to find recruits for this endeavor? You guessed it — to a mosque: The prosecutors’ office said the 33-year-old man, named only […]
Virginia Jihad Activist Pleads Guilty
Randall Todd “Ismail” Royer, formerly of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), has pleaded guilty to charges connected to his attempt to join the global jihad. This from the Washington Post, with thanks to LGF: A key member of an alleged Virginia jihad network pleaded guilty to federal weapons and explosives charges today, denying […]
Anti-dhimmitude in Britain: prison officer wins Bin Laden joke case
Remember the British prison official who was fired for insulting Osama bin Laden in the presence of a group of Muslims who may have heard him? It was an astonishing story in that it demonstrated the craven dhimmitude of the British officials involved, as well as a strange amnesia regarding the universal Bin-Laden-is-a-heretic stories that […]
Tajikistan: pastor at prayer shot dead
Christian missionary activity in Muslim countries has always been dangerous. Islamic law forbids any Muslim to convert to another religion, on pain of death. And dhimmi laws for Christians forbid proselytizing. This just in from Tajikistan, via the Barnabas Fund: “A pastor who was also an active missionary has been shot dead while he was […]