From CNN, with thanks to Teri: BANGKOK, Thailand — Thousands of teachers in Thailand have walked off their jobs to protest a lack of security in the country’s south. More than 300 schools in Pattani province, a region hard hit by a Muslim insurgency, closed their doors Thursday. But others in Yala and Narathiwat provinces […]
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Israeli-Arabs Planned Suicide-Bombing “Honeymoon”
From Israel National News, with thanks to Teri: The Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem was to be the target of choice for an Israeli-Arab couple who planned to blow themselves up following their wedding. Israeli security forces thwarted their plans. It was released for publication on Wednesday that the GSS recently arrested an Arab resident of […]
Iran mullahs deny death row girl is mentally ill
Oh. I guess they think that makes it all right. Leila M update, from Persian Journal, with thanks to Anthony: An Iranian mullah judiciary official today denied reports that a young woman, who has been sentenced to death for prostitution, is mentally disabled. Leila Mafi, 21, was sentenced more than a year ago by a […]
A Sad New Carol: Go Ye From Bethlehem
From the New York Times, with thanks to Anthony: BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Dec. 20 – In the town where Christians believe Christ was born, the Christians are leaving. Four years of violence, an economic free fall and the Israeli separation barrier have all contributed to the hardships facing Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, one of the […]
Christian Orphans Stuck in Limbo in Iraq
From the Washington Times, with thanks to EPG: AL QOSH, Iraq “” Compared with the ferocity of war in much of Iraq, the isolated Monastery of the Virgin Mary “” 25 miles north of Mosul “” exists in tranquility. Surrounded by desert, this cool shelter “” complete with olive trees, honeybees and a Chaldean church […]
Australia vilification case: Playing with fire
Andrew Bolt on the shameful conviction of the two Christian pastors in Australia. From The Herald Sun, with thanks to JE: HOW odd that a Christian pastor has been found guilty of vilifying Islam after quoting the Koran. Is this really what Premier Steve Bracks intended with his absurd racial and religious vilification law? Pastor […]
Jihadist group behind Mosul carnage
From Asia Times, with thanks to EPG: At least fourteen American troops and several others were killed on Tuesday in an attack on an improvised dining hall of a US military base at Mosul in northern Iraq. An organization called Jaish Ansar al-Sunnah (JAAS) has claimed responsibility for the attack. While JAAS has projected the […]
Where is Christmas in Saudi Arabia?
Their sensibilities cannot be offended in Saudi Arabia, and their sensibilities cannot be offended in Europe, as we have documented here with several recent stories. So in both Christmas is increasingly furtive. From AP, with thanks to EPG: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — It’s beginning to look a little bit like Christmas in Saudi Arabia, […]
Web video teaches terrorists to make bomb vest
It would have been interesting to know if anyone else in this Islamic chat room took issue with the posting of the video, saying (as we always here from Muslim apologists in America) that “Islam forbids suicide.” Somehow I doubt it. From MSNBC, with thanks to Eschwapp: Posted in a militant Islamic chat room three […]
Iranian TV Drama Series about Israeli Government Stealing Palestinian Children’s Eyes
The propaganda jihad in Iran. From MEMRI, with thanks to EPG: Iran’s Sahar 1 TV station is currently airing a weekly series titled “For You, Palestine,” or “Zahra’s Blue Eyes.” The series premiered on December 13, and is set in Israel and the West Bank. It broadcasts every Monday, and was filmed in Persian but […]