The Dallas News (thanks to Anthony) speaks out about the Khomeini tribute held recently by Muslims in Dallas. Khomeini led the 1979 Iranian revolution that overthrew the corrupt shah and replaced the government with a brutal Islamic theocracy that today is locked in battle with reformers seeking to end a quarter century of repression. Khomeini […]
Archives for 2004
Spain: Early release of ‘wife-beating’ imam slammed
I wrote about this case in Islam Unveiled. It is interesting in light of the way Muslims in the West tend to downplay the existence and implications of Qur’an 4:34. From Expatica, with thanks to Anthony: MADRID-The Spanish deputy prime minister has attacked the decision to free a controversial imam who was jailed for writing […]
Toronto Mosque Hailed as Flexible Model for Muslims in the West
Ron Csillag of Religion News Service (thanks to Anthony) makes much of this mosque where women pray together with men. And gee, it all sounds swell — until one realizes that the article says absolutely nothing about these modern, progressive Muslims addressing and fighting the roots of Islamic terror. We have yet to see a […]
Indonesian Muslim cleric delivers edicts from Osama Bin Laden: witness
No surprise here. Search for “Abu Bakar Bashir” in the Jihad Watch archives. From China’s Xinhuanet, with thanks to Anthony: JAKARTA, Dec. 21 (Xinhuanet) — Indonesian Muslim Cleric Abu Bakar Ba’ashir had delivered edicts from Osama Bin Laden to kill citizens of the United States and its allies in Indonesia, a witness said on Tuesday. […]
Tourists cancel Indonesian holidays after terror warnings
No surprise here. From AFP, with thanks to Anthony: Warnings from foreign governments of an imminent terrorist attack in Indonesia have led to a spate of cancellations from visitors planning to travel to the country, tourism officials in Jakarta said. “At least 500 tourists have cancelled their planned trip to Indonesia for the December 2004 […]
Spanish Police Break Up Islamic Terror Cell
From The Scotsman, with thanks to Anthony: Spanish police have broken up a radical Islamic cell that was trying to buy explosives for a terrorist attack in Spain, the Interior Ministry said today. Three Moroccans, identified as Majid Bakkali, Mohamed Douha and Abdelkader Farhaoui, were arrested in different towns in the north-eastern region of Catalonia. […]
Can Europe meet this crisis with its secular vision of tolerance?
I doubt it can, and I doubt it will survive without recovering its own spiritual resources — as I argued in Islam Unveiled. Rónán Mullen explores this idea in the Irish Examiner: “Christian Europe may have to rely on Muslims to keep the faith.” (Thanks to Anthony for the link.) HERE”S a question to ponder […]
Spencer: Death Knell of the West
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer writes in FrontPage this morning about the terrible implications of the Australian religious vilification case. Two Christian pastors in Australia have been found guilty of religious vilification of Muslims. The decision threatens us all. One of the pastors, Daniel Scot, is Pakistani. He fled his native land seventeen years ago […]
Terror suspect faces Dutch court in February
I put this up so that you will remember that there was a plot to destroy the Dutch Parliament and the charming Schiphol Airport. One of these days such plots will succeed somewhere, and people will say, “We didn’t know there was a threat!” From Expatica, with thanks to Anthony: AMSTERDAM “” An 18-year-old man, […]
Holland: Dutch Alderman Ahmed Aboutaleb blasts government for weak reaction to van Gogh murder
A strange story from Expatica, with thanks to Anthony: AMSTERDAM “” Alderman Ahmed Aboutaleb has launched a blistering attack on the Dutch government for the way Cabinet ministers reacted to the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. Moroccan-born Aboutaleb is in charge of Amsterdam City Council’s Social Affairs Department and has been under 24-hour guard […]