Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald begins a series of reflections on what to do in Iraq now. There will be some unavoidable overlap in the material in each section, as each will provide a look at the problem from different but interlocking perspectives. Here is part 1: It has apparently become Holy Writ […]
Archives for June 2005
Right-wing Christians kill 17 in Baghdad — oh, wait…
No, it wasn’t really right-wing Christians. It was that other religious group — you know, the one that presents a much smaller threat. Iraqi jihad update, “Car bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad: Onslaught follows deadly blasts that already rocked Iraqi capital,” from CNN, : BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Four car bombs exploded Thursday […]
Zarqawi Says US Bombing Killed Al-Rashoud
“He responded to God’s call and was seeking his paradise and wanted glory for his religion.” From Arab News, with thanks to Eschwapp: RIYADH/JEDDAH, 24 June 2005 “” A statement posted on the Internet by the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mussab Al-Zarqawi, said yesterday that Abdullah Al-Rashoud, one of the most wanted men […]
Christians riot in Holland! Sixteen killed! Oh…wait…
I have been a bit of traveling. In the last two weeks I have given talks in San Antonio, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Washington, DC; and New York City. I spoke, as it happens, to two Christian and two Jewish groups. And the one question I received from each of these groups most often was: Well, […]
Saudi Arabia: They’re not “infidels.” They’re the “other.”
The participants in the 5th National Forum for Dialogue in Riyadh evidently think it will be better PR for them and the Kingdom of they stop railing against “infidels” and start railing against “the other.” But wait! Isn’t it the West (as the learned Saidists will tell us), in its quest to demonize the “other,” […]
Australia: Muslim books of hate sold
Dagnabbit, those fiendish Christian Reconstructionists are at it again, peddling their hate literature (no doubt featuring sentiments such as “Stone the Muslims!”) right out in the open in Melbourne, Australia. What’s that? Islamic jihadists? Hate material sold in a mosque? Oh! Well, that’s because they are poor and disenfranchised, you see. It’s their culture. How […]
Jihadist suspects held in Amsterdam and London
“Terror suspects held in Amsterdam and London” — no doubt those dastardly Christian Reconstructionists up to their dirty work again. What’s that? Islamic jihadists? Oh, well, then they’re just reacting to American injustice. Set them free! From the Dutch Expatica, with thanks to Dutch Cares: AMSTERDAM “” A 22-year-old man has been arrested in Amsterdam […]
UK soccer team drops sponsor logo to avoid offending Muslims
Clash of civilizations alert. The sponsor doesn’t mind, and the shirts with the logo are still available. But this is an indication of the kind of demands that are beginning to be made, and will continue to be made, and will ratchet steadily up. “Rangers drop Carling shirt logo for its Muslim supporters,” from the […]
Spencer: Ending the Saudi Double Game
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer in FrontPage today on our two-faced friends, the Saudis: When American soldiers raided jihadist hideouts in northeastern Iraq this week, they found a number of foreign passports, including two from Saudi Arabia. Several weeks ago the Syrians arrested 300 Saudis before they could cross into Iraq and join the jihad […]
Fitzgerald: Let’s misbehave
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald evokes the great Cole Porter in reflecting on the dhimmi stance recently taken by the Venice Biennale: Statues, like paintings of any living creature, are forbidden in Islam. If the Bamiyan Buddhas managed for centuries to survive in Islam, it was only because the technical wherewithal was lacking. […]