Archives for 2005

Anti-dhimmi Christmas (and Hanukkah) wishes from Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald: While wishing all who observe the day the merriest of Christmases (or Hanukkahs, which custom now holds to be “happy” rather than “merry”) I also wish that you give a sobering thought to those who, though they may ardently desire to, cannot […]

Can you feel it? The Christmas cheer just keeps spreading in Indonesia. From AP, with thanks to JE: JAKARTA, Indonesia – Bomb squads searched for explosives Saturday at churches in the capital Jakarta and its satellite cities hours before Christmas Eve celebrations amid fears that terrorists might carry out attacks to mar the holiday. Police […]

Whatever the domestic political motives are behind this, she is right. From NewsMax, with thanks to Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi: Teresa Heinz Kerry says she is “outraged” that President Bush didn’t react more forcefully to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent recommendation that Israel be “wiped off the map,” saying that the way to deal with Iranian threats […]

That is the original headline of this piece from ChannelNewsAsia (thanks to Daryl), and it is of course quite true. The “true voice of Islam,” whatever that may be, could be decisive in the success or failure of the global jihad. But this article once again assumes that the jihadists are twisting the true peaceful […]

An update to this Dhimmi Watch post. From the AP: U.S. and European officials have agreed with Libya on setting up a fund to offer financial assistance to the families of AIDS-infected children in the Libyan city of Benghazi, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said Friday. The move is part of international efforts to secure the release […]

In her landmark work “Eurabia,” author Bat Ye’or points out that the most effective agents of dhimmitude are often Christian clerics who defend the excesses of their Muslim overlords, usually at their congregation’s expense. A good example of this phenomenon is Jerusalem Patriarch Michel Sabbah, whose latest Christmas message not only praises the “efforts” of […]

New arrests of Al-Qaeda related militants reported in Europe, according to the Associated Press: Police in southern Italy arrested three Algerians Friday on international terrorism charges and accused them of planning attacks in Iraq and Italy, police and the Interior Ministry said. The three were arrested in a nationwide sweep against an extremist group in […]

All right, let’s go through this one more time. Are there any Muslims who are hoping to launch a chemical or nuclear attack against the United States? Yes. Is there a strict wall of separation in the American Muslim community between them and peaceful Muslims? No, there isn’t. Is there any easy way to tell, […]

Before Libi was canned, he had giant plans. From UPI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Before he was captured last spring, Osama bin Laden’s top operational commander planned to assassinate U.S. President George Bush, it was reported Friday…. The capture last May of al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader, Abu Faraj […]

Just in case you missed it last night. Story here.