A few days ago I posted a story from Thailand about the murder of a Buddhist monk. Now two more have been killed, evidently as part of a larger jihadist effort. Note that these “tensions between Buddhists and Muslims” seem to be coming from just one side. Killing policemen would be somewhat expected from a […]
Archives for January 2004
Terror summit in Tehran
Amir Taheri writes in the Jerusalem Post (thanks to Joel) about a forthcoming meeting in Tehran that he says is drawing Islamic radicals from 40 countries, including members of top Shi’ite and Sunni jihad groups. Taheri adds some important considerations about the nature of the Iranian regime today: Militants from some 40 countries across the […]
Female genital mutilation in Italy
Female genital mutilation is not strictly speaking an Islamic practice. It is not found in the Qur’an or in generally accepted ahadith. However, it is widespread in some Muslim countries (most notably Egypt), and is often justified on Islamic grounds — as I demonstrate in Islam Unveiled. Now it has come, in a supposedly modified […]
US wants major Islamic charity group to be branded terrorist
Several Islamic charities in the U.S. have already been closed for terrorist links. Charities collect obligatory zakat donations from Muslims, which are then distributed to radical groups — apparently unbeknownst to many of the donors. Now the Saudis, anxious to improve their anti-terror credentials, have joined the U.S. to go after another. This from the […]
Dawah and jihad in Chechnya?
Traditional Islam teaches that Muslims must call people to accept the faith or at least submit to the Islamic social order — that is dawah. If they refuse, Muslims must fight them — jihad. This is based on numerous passages of the Qur’an and Islamic tradition, including this one. Says the Prophet Muhammad: Fight in […]
Berlin mosque linked to Islamic radicals
While France focuses on the hijab, Germany has found bigger fish to fry. This article reveals that the Muslim Brotherhood is alive and well and still inextricably bound to Islamic radicalism, despite widespread assumptions that it is either moribund or a straitlaced shadow of its former self. This from Expatica, with thanks to Nicolei: Federal […]
Al-Qaida terrorists leaving Iraq?
In Onward Muslim Soldiers I detail how Muslim leaders worldwide declared the Iraq war a jihad — whereupon Muslims streamed into Iraq to fight the Americans there. But a report in WND today suggests that now they may be streaming out again. Why? Too many Muslims are getting killed. No one, apparently, is concerned about […]
CPAC today
I am in Washington today; later this afternoon I’ll be speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on terrorism and Islamic fascism. I believe that jihad terrorism is a human rights issue which should interest both liberals and conservatives. And I have been in touch with people from the far left end of the political […]
The Iran-9/11 Connection?
Could Iran have had something to do with 9/11? Would the Shi’ite mullahs have cooperated and collaborated with the Sunni Wahhabis who perpetrated the attacks? No serious problem on that score: an old saying in Arabic translates roughly as “My brother against my brother; both of us against our cousin.” Anyway, the evidence for this […]
Hambali wanted to attack Australia
It seems that the terrorist Hambali wanted to start the jihad in Australia, but wasn’t able to get it off the ground. This from The Australian, with thanks to Jean-Luc: HAMBALI, Southeast Asia’s most dangerous terrorist, wanted to attack Australia but had failed to establish a local network capable of staging bombings, US interrogators have […]