Rania al-Baz (Arab News) Battered Saudi wife and former TV presenter Rania Al-Baz has left Saudi Arabia and will not go back. After all, with Sura 4:34 (the wife-beating verse) still part of the Qur’an, what’s to prevent this sort of thing from happening again and again, to other women as well as to Rania […]
Archives for 2005
Islam permits killing of “infidel” civilians: Zarqawi tape
Zarqawi: Islam permits the killing of “infidel” civilians. CAIR: Islam forbids the killing of “innocent” civilians. See the difference? CAIR and other self-professed moderate Muslim organizations in the West have simply not addressed Zarqawi’s argument, or formulated any argument that will deter Muslims from committing violence in the name of their religion. From AFP, with […]
MI5 unmasks covert arms programmes: Document names 300 organisations seeking nuclear and WMD technology
Nuclear and other WMD jihad update from The Guardian, with thanks to Sr. Soph: The determination of countries across the Middle East and Asia to develop nuclear arsenals and other weapons of mass destruction is laid bare by a secret British intelligence document which has been seen by the Guardian. More than 360 private companies, […]
Al-Qaeda ad for ‘virtual jihad’
The exponents of the Internet Jihad are looking for help. From the Hindustan Times, with thanks to Jihad Watch News Editor Eric Schwappach: Al-Qaeda is undeterred by the massive worldwide hunt for its leaders and operatives. It has gone into top gear recruiting more volunteers to boost its “virtual jihad”. It is advertising on the […]
Memo: NYC Attack Was Scheduled for Sunday
The latest on the possible NYC subway jihad from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: NEW YORK – Details emerged about an alleged plot to attack the city’s subways with bombs hidden in bags and possibly baby strollers as local and federal officials jostled over the credibility of the threat. A Department of Homeland […]
Rushdie: Look to the Muslim diaspora to save Islam from its own Dark Ages
My neighbor here in Secure Undisclosed Locationville, Salman Rushdie, with whom I frequently swap stories across the back fence, says in the Sunday Times (thanks to JE) that Muslims outside Islamic countries can spearhead a new, modern formulation of Islam that will allow for peaceful coexistence with non-Muslims. Salman, I think there very well may […]
Defining The Enemy
An editorial in Investor’s Business Daily (thanks to Paul Sperry) ably sums up what was good and what was bad about the President’s speech Thursday — and says what I have been saying all along: War On Terror: Understanding what motivates the enemy is essential to defeating it. The commander in chief took a major […]
3rd Suspect Nabbed in Subway Terror Plot
Here’s the latest from AP: NEW YORK – The investigation into an alleged plot to bomb the city’s subway moved forward on several fronts Friday as a third suspect was arrested in Iraq and authorities looked into whether a fourth person had traveled to New York as part of the scheme, officials said. A law […]
Informant: N.Y. Subway Plotter Is in U.S.
“You f””-ing can’t stop us now; it’s too late.” From ABC, : Oct. 7, 2005 “” A source for information that has led to the terrorism scare on New York City’s subways has identified at least one of the attackers by name and claims that the man already is in the United States, ABC News […]
Spencer book on the NYT bestseller list for the eighth week
My book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) is on the New York Times Bestseller List (paperback nonfiction), again at number 15 for the week of October 16. This is its eighth week on the list and third in the top 15.