Archives for August 2005

Tiny minority of extremists on the move. An interesting assessment from Major General Douglas Lute, who thinks the jihadists will ultimately be driven from Iraq. On what he bases this, I do not know, but it can’t be on the current headlines. From the Guardian, : A senior US military officer yesterday predicted that al-Qaida […]

Eric Schwappach asks some tough questions about Iran’s new Thug-in-Chief: It was recently reported that Islam will be the main source of Iraq’s law and her parliament will observe religious principles. Parliament will also be restricted from passing laws that contradict Islamic ideals. This news will not be greeted well by the country”s women or […]

Qurei represents the entity that Rice is demanding be granted yet more concessions. From WND, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: TEL AVIV — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and members of various Palestinian terror groups this week decided at a meeting “resistance” against Israel would continue and would be coordinated at the national […]

More paranoid anti-Semitic propaganda, ultimately to be used to justify murder. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Kemaste: Representatives of various Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday accused Israel of burying “toxic materials” under the rubble of dismantled settlements to prevent Palestinians from exploiting the land. The allegations were made during a […]

In “Osama’s godfathers” in Canada’s National Post (thanks to Waterdragon52), Salim Mansur identifies jihad terrorists as modern-day Kharijites — a heretical sect from the earliest days of Islam. Mansur did not originate this equation: go onto jihadist websites and you will find numerous articles refuting the assertion that Osama and Co. are Kharijites, and pointing […]

Lodi jihad update from UPI, : Prosecutors in a case against two California men have said the two admitted to knowledge of terrorist camps in Pakistan. The Sacramento Bee reports the admission was contained in a brief filed by prosecutors against Lodi, Calif., residents Hamid Hayat and his father Umar Hayat. The two have been […]

Pope Benedict XVI recently asked Muslim leaders to teach Islam to young Muslims more effectively, so that they would not become terrorists. He thus evidently thinks that Islam is a religion of peace that has been hijacked by a tiny minority of extremists. However, it appears that Al-Qaeda is working hard to convince him otherwise. […]

Here’s a welcome mainstream media notice of how the coming of Sharia to Iraq will erode rights for non-Muslims and women. From the LA Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BAGHDAD “” As Iraq’s transitional National Assembly prepares to approve a new draft constitution as early as today, legal experts and some political leaders […]

In my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and elsewhere I point out how Islamic legal scholars have justified terrorism, and how jihadists use the Qur’an and Sunnah to recruit and motivate terrorists. For this I have been called “Islamophobic,” whatever that means, and many mainstream media outlets on both the […]

More evidence that the jihadists who are determined to destroy Israel — and the West — have only been emboldened, not pacified, by the Gaza pullout. From Reuters, with thanks to Sr. Soph: KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (Reuters) – A rocket fired from Lebanon slammed into a northern Israeli community on Thursday, Israeli military sources and […]