The New York Daily News recounts Customs inspector Jose Melendez-Perez’s encounter with Al-Qahtani, a man officials suspect was planning to be the 20th hijacker. A U.S. customs inspector praised for keeping the 20th hijacker in the 9/11 plot from getting into the country told Congress yesterday that the “hostile” Saudi gave him the creeps and […]
Archives for January 2004
Muslim Britain: More people attend mosques than Church of England
Muslims in Great Britain are asking for greater representation in the House of Lords, based on the apparent fact that there are more practicing Muslims in Britain today than practicing Anglicans. This from the Hindustan Times, with thanks to the many who sent this to me: More people in Britain attend mosques than the Church […]
Al-Qaeda’s “Voice of Jihad,” issue #9
MEMRI reports that “the online magazine ‘The Voice of Jihad,’ which is published by Al-Qa’ida members in Saudi Arabia and describes itself as a ‘biweekly dealing with Jihad and the Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula,’ devoted its ninth issue to two main subjects: Osama bin Laden’s most recent speech, excerpts of which were broadcast on […]
Picking jihad over children
Reem Raiyshi and her son (AP, via LGF) Reem Raiyshi, the young Palestinian mother who murdered four people in a suicide attack last week, is being viewed as less than heroic by many Palestinians. This from the Philadelphia Inquirer, with thanks to Jean-Luc: Wind whipped a chilly Gaza street, kicking up dust around Um Zayad, […]
Small Blast Damages French School
Last week Aissa Dermouche’s car was blown up. This week a school he used to head was bombed. Why? Reports on the car bombing suggested that it is all because Dermouche, a Muslim, supports France’s headscarf ban. Now evidently that explanation has gone down the memory hole. In any case, welcome to the new France. […]
Hamas offers 10 year truce with Israel in exchange for full withdrawal from West Bank and Gaza Strip
I have long maintained that a great deal can be discovered about the motives and goals of radical Islamic terrorists by studying Islamic religious sources “” an idea which most people, particularly those in positions of influence, continue to disregard. But here is more evidence of its truth: Hamas is proposing a 10-year truce in […]
Pro-terrorism pop stars sell hate in U.S. Muslim neighborhoods
Last week I posted a piece about jihadis spreading their message through pop songs in Iraq. Now the terrorist top 40’s jihad jingles have spread to the U.S. and Canada: Pro-jihadi activists in North America, including U.S. and Canadian citizens, use Arab pop stars as a tool to disseminate their propaganda, reports the premium online […]
Bush: Bin Laden Aide Is Caught in Iraq
The President is saying that a senior member of Al-Qaeda has been caught. This just in from AP: The minister in charge of Iraqi police said Monday that al-Qaida was probably behind some suicide bombings in Iraq, and President Bush praised the capture of a senior member of Osama bin Laden’s network. “There is a […]
9/11 ringleader Atta raised enough red flags at customs, still got in
Muhammad Atta shouldn’t have gotten into the United States at all. This from AP: A border agent said Monday that the suspected ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks raised enough red flags at customs “” including having the wrong student visa “” that he should been prevented from entering the United States. Customs agent Jose […]
Jakarta Bomb Suspect Wanted to Kill Americans
Islamic law forbids Muslims to kill fellow Muslims intentionally. This is based on a Qur’anic verse: “If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein forever” (Sura 4:93). But unbelievers have no such protection. This from Reuters: A young Islamic militant accused of involvement in last year’s bombing of a […]