Archives for 2004

A worthwhile piece from Christopher Caldwell in The Weekly Standard, with thanks to Ruth King: THE SMALL CITY of Schiedam, on the Nieuwe Maas river near Rotterdam, has played a big role in the Dutch imagination of late. Five years ago, the historian/journalist Geert Mak entranced the country with a long narrative called My Father’s […]

Why? Because they conceived of their attack as a religious act. No doubt they were praying for success, and to be accepted as martyrs in Islamic Paradise. From Australia’s The Advertiser, with thanks to Nicolei: THE Muslim militants accused of bombing Australia’s Embassy in Indonesia stopped to pray at a mosque next to a government […]

It’s a common tactic for jihadists and their allies to question the intelligence and knowledge of their opponents. Jihadists, Islamic apologists, and self-aggrandizing snake oil salesmen accuse me of knowing nothing about Islam so often that one would think I had never heard of the word. (I have yet to see, however, any succesful refutation […]

From The Scotsman, with thanks to Teri: FURTHER humiliation was heaped on David Blunkett yesterday as the Law Lords dealt a shattering blow to the government’s anti-terrorist strategy. They ruled that foreign terror suspects cannot be detained indefinitely without trial, presenting Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, and Charles Clarke, the new Home Secretary, with a […]

Journalistic jihad. From The Times via The Australian, with thanks to Meredith: BAGHDAD: Sliding out of the insurgents’ house in Fallujah, the Iraqi journalist headed out of town with the Arab fighters’ threat echoing in his ears: “Interview us or we will kill you.” Before he had reached his car, masked Iraqi fighters sensitive about […]

A cartoon from the Dutch cartoonist ‘AU tochtoon,’ courtesy the excellent Dutch Disease weblog:

More attempts to ensure that democracy fails and Iraq becomes a Sharia state. From Reuters, : SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) – Insurgents have launched attacks on election offices in northern Iraq, killing two people and wounding nine six weeks before Iraqis are due to go to the polls. Police and hospital sources said two people were […]

The Washington Post today contains a story about several men who are being held on secret evidence without charge. There is a full-throttle weepy component to the story, what with the children of one of the men coming to the prison to visit him and not being able to play, but later on we’re told […]

Now available in pdf form at www.dhimmitude.org: the Preface to Bat Ye’or’s critically important book Eurabia (thanks to Andy). Read it here.

This story is surprising on many levels. Chief among them are Prince Charles’s involvement itself; second is the fact that everyone involved seems to take for granted that there is indeed a death penalty in Islam for those who leave it. There is, of course, but when was the last time you heard a Muslim […]