Haze Motes, call your office. The latest from “moderate” Malaysia, from AsiaNews, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews/Agencies) – The Malaysian government has decided that the public celebration of Christmas on December 25 in the presence of King Syed Sirajuddin and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi will be done without any reference to Jesus […]
Archives for 2004
Illiberal Europe
This is already happening, with the closure of free speech in Britain. From Emanuele Ottolenghi in the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Behind Europe’s commitment to liberal democracy lurks an illiberal tradition. Every time freedom has failed in Europe, it is to that tradition — of violent repression, totalitarianism, xenophobia, and intolerance — […]
Top PA official: “Two States” Just a Temporary Solution
The jihadist goal of destroying Israel and reclaiming all the land for the Dar Al-Islam remains. From Arutz Sheva: A top PA official has reiterated the end-goal of the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel: a Palestinian state instead of Israel. In a seeming re-affirmation of the PLO’s 1974 “destroy Israel” program, commonly known […]
Al-Jazeera: “All Intifada, All the Time”
Ariel Cohen on Al-Jazeera at Tech Central Station: While the West is basking in the tunes of Christmas carols, a different tune is being played by the two leading Jihadi TV channels, al Jazeera and al Manar. The radical Sunni al Jazeera, broadcasting from Qatar, the flagship of anti-Western Islamist propaganda, is funded and tolerated […]
On the Air, Palestinians Soften Tone on Israelis
The New York Times (thanks to JJP Mackie) takes notice of taqiyya, and of violent Palestinian rhetoric that we have noted here many times: RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 10 – It was another inflammatory broadcast on Palestinian public television. “We are waging this cruel war with the brothers of monkeys and pigs, the Jews and […]
Spencer on radio now
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer is on now with Brad and Britt on WZTK. (Apologies for the short notice.)
Muslim Scholar Gives Up Notre Dame Post
SOUTH BEND, Ind.(AP) A Muslim scholar whose work visa was abruptly revoked after he was hired by the University of Notre Dame said Tuesday he has resigned his appointment. “I’m abandoning the idea of moving to the United States,” Tariq Ramadan told The Associated Press from Geneva. “I want to maintain my dignity.” Ramadan notified […]
British National Party leader detained after calling Islam ‘wicked faith’
There is a great deal to condemn about the BNP, a white separatist party with a history of neo-Nazi dalliances. But this is a free speech issue, and if even the obnoxious don’t have it, no one has it. LONDON (AFP) – The leader of the rightwing British National Party(BNP), Nick Griffin, was arrested Tuesday […]
Dallas: A tribute to the great Islamic visionary, Ayatollah Khomeini
Rod Dreher and several others have kindly alerted me to this conference that was held in Dallas last weekend: a “Tribute to the Great Islamic Visionary,” Ayatollah Khomeini. Dreher comments at the Dallas News blog (thanks to R. Solomon): Take a look at who the guest speakers were. There was Imam Yusuf Kavakci of the […]
Hugh Fitzgerald on “Islamophobia” at the UN
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald regards the UN’s conference on “Islamophobia” with a gimlet eye: “When the world is compelled to coin a new term to take account of increasingly widespread bigotry — that is a sad and troubling development,” Annan said. “Such is the case with “˜Islamophobia.” The word seems to have […]