On May 25 I posted a link to Alyssa A. Lappen’s superb article, “Turkey’s Forgotten Islamist Pogrom,” which notes: Published this month by Greekworks.com, the work subtitled The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul shows that riots which destroyed 4,500 Greek homes, 3,500 businesses, 90 religious […]
Archives for June 2005
Philadelphia: FBI plans terrorism watch for weekend
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, : John C. Eckenrode, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia office, said the bureau had not received any “specific or credible threats” related to Live 8 or other events. Even so, he said, the FBI’s local antiterrorism command post would be on 24-hour duty in the coming days, and […]
Murdock: Bombers doing far worse to Quran
Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock (thanks to Mackie) notes the hypocrisy of the ongoing Qur’an-abuse controversies: Associated Press reports, among others, document how militant Islamists treat Shiite shrines with all the deference the SS showed synagogues in the 1940s. “¢ June 1, 2005: A suicide bomber blasted the funeral of Mullah Abdul Fayaz, a moderate cleric, […]
The Women’s Role in Jihad Against the Enemy
More peace and tolerance from inside those password-protected Muslim forums, from the SITE Institute, : June 28, 2005 A message posted to a password-protected al-Qaeda affiliated forum, which contains a section concerning women and the Muslim family, titled: “To You, My Muslim Sister: The Women’s Role in Jihad Against the Enemy,” seeks to motivate Muslim […]
Spencer: “Yes, I am a Terrorist”
No, no, it is not I who am a terrorist — it’s a quote from Time’s proto-suicide bomber, Marwan Abu Ubeida. Here is this week’s column in FrontPage: “Yes, I am a terrorist. Write that down: I admit I am a terrorist. [The Qur’an] says it is the duty of Muslims to bring terror to […]
New York Imam Ahmad Dwidar: In 1995, I Heard Sermons Calling on Muslims to March on the White House and Turn It into the Muslim House
A bit more about that “totalitarian ideology” the President referred to tonight, from an interview with the imam of the Islamic Center in New York, Dr. Ahmad Dwidar. From MEMRI-TV, with thanks to Carolyn: Dwidar: In 1995 I heard some sermons, saying that Muslims should march on the White House from some of the mosques. […]
Fitzgerald: First Thoughts On the Bush Speech
The President is speaking about Iraq, and Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald has some initial impressions: I have been watching someone on television positively hallucinating about “winning” some “war on terror” by sticking it out in a country called “Iraq” where there are citizens who think of themselves as “Iraqis” and who are […]
Tolerance and tolerance
Last week I spoke at the New York Tolerance Center about “The True Nature of the Jihad Threat.” News of death threats I have received somehow found their way to the New York Police Department, which — unbeknownst to me until I arrived at the venue — dispatched its “Hercules Team” to ward off any […]
Is Allah God?
In FrontPage today, Daniel Pipes takes up a question that has often been considered by commenters here: is the Allah of Islam the same as the God of the Bible? This is not just a matter for theological wrangling; the policy implications of the question begin to come clear along the middle and particularly at […]
Watson: CAIR”s Amended Motion against Anti-CAIR
DC Watson points out some intriguing new developments in CAIR’s suit against the intrepid Andrew Whitehead and Anti-CAIR: March 31, 2004, Virginia Beach, Virginia: the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) files a civil lawsuit against Andrew Whitehead, the founder of Anti-CAIR (ACAIR), a gutsy organization whose purpose has been to inform the people of […]