I suspect that this is true in large part because of politically correct niceties that make it impossible for the Fibbies to speak openly and honestly about the true causes and goals of Islamic terrorism. By starting with the unsupportable but also never-to-be-questioned dogma that contemporary terrorism has nothing to do with Islam, they doom […]
Archives for June 2005
Latest Al-Zawahiri Video on Al-Jazeera: “Reform and Expelling the Invaders from the Lands of Islam will Only be Accomplished by Fighting for the Sake of Allah”
From MEMRI: On Friday June 17, 2005, Al-Jazeera TV released a tape of an address by Al-Qa’ida deputy leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri. The following are excerpts from the speech by Al-Zawahiri aired by Al-Jazeera: Al-Zawahiri: “True reform is based on three principles: “The first principle is the rule of Shari’a[Islamic law], because Shari’a, which was given […]
How U.S. could be beat
EMP Threat. Something more to worry about from the G2 Bulletin (subscription only). Joining Sen. John Kyl, who warned of how an electromagnetic pulse attack threatens U.S. survival, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, chairman of the House Projection Forces Subcommittee, says an EMP attack — even by an underfunded, unsophisticated terrorist group — has the potential to […]
Lodi Mysteries
Daniel Pipes on his weblog discusses of the unexplained aspects of the Lodi California jihad case. The arrest this week of five men of Pakistani origins in Lodi, California, on what are likely to be terrorism-related charges (terrorism was initially a formal part of the picture but was then retracted) has prompted extensive media coverage. […]
Baghdad diner bombed; U.S. troops press offensive
From Reuters: BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber who walked into a Baghdad restaurant popular with police outside the Green Zone government compound killed 23 people on Sunday, the bloodiest attack in the capital for six weeks. The al Qaeda group in Iraq led by Jordanian Abu Musab al- Zarqawi claimed the bombing as U.S. and […]
Yemeni appeal court acquits 11 of terror charges
Yemen continues to be a jihad playground. From DPA, . SANA – A Yemeni appeal court on Saturday confirmed a lower court verdict acquitting 11 Islamic militants of plotting terror attacks and upheld convictions against five of them for forging travel documents. Presiding judge of the Sana Court of Appeals Saeed al-Qataa ordered the immediate […]
Muslim anger at bid to serve drink outside
From the UK’s Evening Times, with thanks to Miss Jessel. MUSLIM charities have tried to stop an Italian restaurant serving drink on a terrace, claiming it is offensive to Glasgow’s Asian community. Gambrino Pizzeria in Kelvinbridge wants to use the pavement outside its premises as an eating and drinking area and has applied to Glasgow […]
Prove me wrong, please
I got an email this morning making reference to my explanation of Dhimmi Watch (see above left): Do you think the Quranic command that they should “feel themselves subdued” (Sura 9:29)(your translation)is a permanent, eternal and absolute command required to be applied and implemented under all circumstances, time and space, or was it specific to […]
Arizona: Iranian Poll Monitor Interview
A very enlightening discussion from Publius Pundit who reports an interview he conducted with one Mojtaba Agha, who was monitoring a polling station for Iranians in Tucson. Agha has taught at California State University in Hayward and the University of Phoenix, and is now a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona. According to Mojtaba, […]
Pakistan: Draft of law finalised to abolish marriages to Quran
Change comes slowly to Pakistan’s rural areas. From the Daily Times, with thanks to LH. ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has drafted a law abolishing the un-Islamic and inhuman custom of so-called marriage of a girl to the Holy Quran and recommended life imprisonment for persons involved in this practice. This practice, commonly […]