An intriguing story from NBC News, : Somewhere north of Tehran, living perhaps in villas near the town of Chalous on the Caspian Sea coast, are between 20 and 25 of al-Qaida’s former leaders, along with two of Osama bin Laden’s sons. Men such as Saif al-Adel, the former military commander of al-Qaida, and Suleiman […]
Archives for June 2005
Delaware: Students harassed, Muslim mom says
Ah, Muslims, those sensitive flowers. From the News Journal, with thanks to Nicolei: A mother of three schoolgirls has filed a federal lawsuit against the Cape Henlopen School District, claiming school officials were disrespectful of their Islamic faith and didn’t stop harassment by other students. The lawsuit, made public Friday in U.S. District Court in […]
Belgium: Moroccan man jailed for anti-Semitic knife threat
Sentenced in absentia? And where is Chbaba B. now? From Expatica, : BRUSSELS “” Antwerp Court sentenced in absentia on Friday a 22-year-old Moroccan man to six months jail and a EUR 550 fine for accosting and threatening a Jewish man last year. It is the first time that such a case of anti-Semitism has […]
Anglicans Consider Divesting in Solidarity With Palestinians
From the New Duranty Times, with thanks to Seymour Paine: LONDON, June 24 – The Anglican Church’s international advisory body voted Friday to urge the church to consider withdrawing its investments in companies that support the occupation of Palestinian territories. The move, presented as a message of solidarity with Palestinian Christians, immediately came under attack […]
US echoes jihadist kidnapping alert for Malaysia
“US echoes Australian warning against travel to Malaysia,” from AFP, : The United States backed a warning from Australia advising against travelling to Malaysia’s Borneo coast, saying it was also concerned that terrorists planned to kidnap foreigners there. The Malaysian Government criticised Wednesday’s Australian travel warning on the east coast of Sabah state, saying that […]
Following the trail of death: how foreigners flock to join holy war
Why do they make their initial contact in a mosque? Don’t the mosque leaders, aware of the Qur’an’s peaceful teachings, turn them away? Why aren’t American policymakers taking note of the implications of this fact? From the TimesOnline, : IN A garden café on the airport road into Damascus clusters of young men gather to […]
Morning Curse
Going through this morning’s email, I just came upon this: curse be on christians and jew .oh muslims they r not ur friends but 2 each other.anyone who befiends them is one of their rank Nothing like a good curse to go with my morning coffee! And “befiends” is good, even if inadvertent. The writer, […]
Jihadists coming from Africa to Iraq
“Terrorists in Iraq seen from Africa,” from UPI, : Military officials say close to a quarter of foreign fighters captured in Iraq come from northern Africa, validating fears that ungoverned swaths of the continent are serving as both a pipeline and safe haven for Islamist radicals. According to a June 17 statement from a U.S. […]
Pakistan: Rape victim could be charged with adultery
…because of the peculiar evidence requirements of Islamic law: the victim’s testimony is disallowed, and she must produce four male Muslim witnesses who saw the act. I discuss this evil law and its effects in Islam Unveiled. “Rapist cop booked under controversial religious law,” from the Indo-Asian News Service via Newz.in, with thanks to Doc […]
Revolution without bullets or ballots
From AsiaTimes (thanks to Lek) comes this profile of the Hizb-ut-Tahrir group, one of the leading global exponents of the ideological jihad: KARACHI – From the shores of the Caspian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, there are violent reactionaries in the Muslim world who will kill and get killed, but beyond these fanatics there […]