Archives for January 2004

“Kuwaiti lawmakers warned the government yesterday against bowing to US and Western pressure to change school textbooks to omit references seen as promoting terror and extremism, and insisted they would not accept the ‘Americanization’ of education.” This from Arab News. “Islamist MPs in particular cautioned the government against changing ‘Islamic fundamentals’ in text books, insisting […]

You may have read in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal that the Afghan loya jirga to draft a new constitution is going well. “It’s encouraging,” said the Journal, “that the moderate Muslim tradition that prevailed in the country before the decades of war seems to be re-emerging. The middle ground–that Afghanistan should be a Muslim republic […]

“British Airways on Thursday canceled the same London-to-Washington flight that had been isolated and boarded by U.S. authorities upon arrival the day before, an airline spokesman said.” This from FoxNews. “A spokeswoman for the British Department of Transport said she was unable to comment on matters of security or whether the flight’s grounding was the […]

The Right Reverend John Bryson Chane, DD, Episcopal Bishop of Washington and Dean of the Washington National Cathedral, last week preached a televised Christmas sermon that was so breathtakingly brimful of theological confusion and pandering dhimmitude that I am breathless as I type this. Rapt in wonder at the miraculous works of God, Chane asks […]

Dr. Abu Ziyaad writes a charming piece at the pro-jihadist site Jihad Unspun in which he calls for restoration of the caliphate and the laws of dhimmitude. The caliph was the successor of Muhammad as the religious, political, and military leader of the worldwide Muslim community. Radical Muslims today want to restore the caliphate in […]

“With the nation on high terror alert, the F.B.I. is asking New Jersey Muslims to report any suspicious activity, including threats against themselves, mosques or schools, as well as potential terrorist activity.” This from AP, via the New York Times. Wait a minute. You mean this hasn’t been done on an ongoing basis since 9/11? […]

Terence Jeffrey of Human Events contributes a disturbing piece entitled “Mexican Diplomat Charged With Helping Smuggle Arabs Into U.S.” The real life horror story that began eighteen months ago when an Arab illegal alien named Youseff Balaghi showed up at a San Diego hospital, dying from what the Border Patrol initially””and erroneously””feared was radiation sickness, […]