Archives for August 2005

Here is more evidence that Ayaan Hirsi Ali is right. (“Pronouncing talaq” is all a Muslim husband need do to divorce his wife. If he says “Talaq” to her, she is divorced.) From the Times of India, with thanks to Vikrant: HYDERABAD: Plunging the bride bazaar of Old City to newer depths, marriage brokers last […]

“War is deceit,” said Muhammad. From AP, : Abdul Rauf Noormohamed pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of making false statements to federal agents and now faces up to five years in prison…. When Noormohamed was arrested, FBI agents said he named five relatives and two others as members of bin Laden’s al-Qaida […]

The Rumpled Academic again confronts the fruit of his labors. Al-Arian update from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: TAMPA, Fla. — A witness to a double suicide bombing in Israel described pools of blood and raining body parts Monday at the trial of a former college professor accused of helping the […]

Britain continues to show signs of waking up. “More extremists to be expelled,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Sr. Soph: The Home Secretary said that further expulsions were imminent and that it would be “absolutely foolish” to assume that there will not be a third terrorist attack in London. The security services and immigration […]

Just a few appearances here and there today, but you may wish to catch one: 9:35 AM EDT: CFMJ: “The John Oakley Show” 4:22 PM EDT: Webcast: Rightalk.com “Hoist the Black Flag” 9:30 PM EDT: WJGR “The David Allen Show“

Not quite like green stamps. “Two arrested for selling Al Qaeda coupons,” from IANS, with thanks to The One Who Must Not Be Named: Two people have been arrested Sunday in connection with the sale of coupons bearing the name of Al Qaeda in some Muslim-dominated areas of this West Bengal capital over the past […]

“Italian Police Arrest 141 in Anti-Terror Raids,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: ROME “” Italian police have arrested 141 people in raids at Islamic gathering places across the country, but the country remains at an “elevated risk” for a terrorist attack, the government said Monday. Police sweeps recently, including raids […]

The heroic Ayaan Hirsi Ali writes in Opinion Journal (thanks to Andy) what I have been saying for quite some time: “Shariah endangers women’s rights, from Iraq to Canada.” In every society where family affairs are regulated according to instructions derived from the Shariah or Islamic law, women are disadvantaged. The injustices these women are […]

Reciting the Qur’an, were they? Didn’t they realize that its peaceful words would rebuke them? What’s that? They were quoting it in support of their violent activities? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? From Arab News, with thanks to Eschwapp: SANAA, 16 August 2005 “” A Yemeni security court yesterday began the trial of […]

In this article, Jim Remsen of the Philadelphia Inquirer asks a local imam about some things he read in my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). “Where is the Koran on violence? The debate rages on whether Islam’s holy book promotes it. A local imam explains the scripture” from the Philadelphia […]