Archives for 2004

Another unfortunately familiar story of professorial dhimmitude, courtesy Alyssa Lappen at FrontPage (thanks to EPG): He denounces American “imperialism” on Al-Jazeera Television. A former Zionist, he refers to jihadist suicide bombers as “martyrs.” He praised Mideast scholars for ignoring the issue of terrorism, and he regularly repeats the most twisted and paranoid claims of Islamist […]

From Daniel Pipes in FrontPage, with thanks to EPG. The FP article has many links. Yasser Arafat died last month. This month, his death is prompting plans for a foreign aid bounty of $500 million to $1 billion a year for the Palestinians. That’s the scoop Steven R. Weisman published in the New York Times […]

From AP, : WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Islamic extremists with links to international terror groups are believed to be using New Zealand as a safe haven, the nation’s top spy agency has warned. Security Intelligence Service Director Richard Woods said in his annual report to Parliament that “increased vigilance and effort” was needed to […]

“It is a process of the Netherlands, of Germany, of France redefining who and what we are. Right now, we don’t know who we want to be. All we know is that we don’t want it to be Muslim.” From the Washington Times, with thanks to Anthony: AMSTERDAM – Parliamentarian Geert Wilders sees himself as […]

Update on the British controversy over terror suspects being held without trial. From AFP, with thanks to Anthony: LONDON (AFP) – Prime Minister Tony Blair warned that Britain would be in danger if foreign terror suspects were freed after the nation’s highest court ruled that detaining such people indefinitely without trial or charge violated their […]

From CP (Canadian Press), with thanks to Anthony: Ontario Muslims should have the same rights as other religious groups in the province to seek arbitration based on religious laws for family disputes and inheritance cases, concludes a report by former attorney general Marion Boyd. Some Muslim groups called Boyd’s report “naive,” and said she fell […]

Metin Kaplan update. From The Turkish Weekly: Metin Kaplan, who was arrested in Istanbul after being extradited by Germany, is being tried on grounds of attempting to establish a religious law state by destroying the constitution,- supported jihad in his first testimony which he used words of Galileo, Socrates, Mehmet Akif Ersoy and verses of […]

From Expatica, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BRUSSELS — The Belgian state is to fund the wages of 245 imams in a bid to end discrimination against the Islamic faith. Although Islam has been recognised as an official religion in Belgium for the last 30 years, it hasn’t been given the perks of other […]

From Expatica, with thanks to Susan: Awa is accused of twice setting fire to his 16-year-old girlfriend in his Leeuwarden home in August this year. He allegedly acted out of jealousy because the girl had kissed another boy. Awa is also accused of assaulting a 15-year-old girl. The youth admitted on the first day of […]

More indication that the problem of jihad terrorism, and the attendant questions about the Islamic presence in Europe, is not a matter of race. From the Times Online, : THE most wanted terrorist in Iraq is recruiting cell members in Britain and Europe. Terrorism experts believe Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is preparing his new recruits for […]