The export of the jihad is coming home to roost for our certified ally, Saudi Arabia. From Reuters: Foreign Al Qaeda militants waging a campaign of suicide car bombings in Iraq plan to send some fighters home in preparation for similar operations in their own countries, the Iraqi interior minister said. Interior Minister Bayan Jabor […]
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California: Jury throws out Muslim man’s lawsuit
Easa Begzad will not get one million dollars from the Hayward, California, Police Department to compensate for insults to Islam made by two Hayward police officers. But it seems that he will not because the officers were able to convince the jury that they didn’t make the remarks. Does that mean that if the jury […]
Revealed: British link to Bali bombs
Malaysia’s “Demolition Man,” who was apparently behind the latest Bali bombings, studied in Britain. What? You mean the “Demolition Man” isn’t desperately poor and reacting to his economic disadvantage? He’s motivated by a totalitarian supremacist ideology that is rooted in Islam? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? From the TimesOnline, : TERRORISTS struck again […]
Norway criticized for Christian quota
From the Aftenposten (thanks to Sr. Soph). From the looks of this, it would appear that the governments of Saudi Arabia and Iran are also in conflict with the United Nations convention. Norway’s Constitution requires that over half of the government cabinet are members of the state church – the Norwegian Helsinki Committee says this […]
Fitzgerald: Dominique de Villepin and his EU referendum
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin’s anxious push to get Turkey into the European Union: News item: “Paris, France (AHN) – French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin is calling once more for Turkey’s European Union (EU) membership bid to be approved by national referendum in France. During […]
Growing number of Latin women take the shahaddah
Are more Hispanics converting to Islam? A director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says so, along with a reminder of the sufferings that American Muslims have endured. From the Sun-Sentinel, with thanks to Sparta: Ramadan, which begins around Oct. 4, depending on when the new moon is sighted, is a monthlong holiday in […]
Algerian Rebels Said to Reject Amnesty
The jihad, it is not something one gives up lightly. But American policymakers still seem to think they can buy off jihadists with money, or concessions, or hearts-and-minds initiatives. From Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ALGIERS, Oct. 1 (Reuters) – An Internet statement attributed to Algeria’s largest outlawed Islamic militant group, aligned with […]
Outspoken Israeli imam raises fears of Jerusalem jihad
The Times of London is afraid that jihad might break out in Israel. Gosh! Not in Israel of all places! It’s unimaginable! AN Israeli-Arab religious leader who preaches holy war is attracting support from hundreds of people, fuelling fears among Israel’s security services that Al-Qaeda is poised to establish a foothold in the country. Sheikh […]
Fitzgerald: How to deal with the Saudis
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald explains how the U.S. ought to be behaving toward the Saudis: The Administration continues to believe it needs Saudi goodwill, and is afraid of offending it. This is wrong. This is getting it backwards. Saudi Arabia sells oil. All of its income comes from oil. Until recently it […]
IslamoChristianity at NYU Catholic Center
I just received this email from a regular reader of Jihad Watch, with whom I have corresponded often in the past: I am rather upset this wonderful morning in NYC. I arrived this morning at a Catholic retreat sponsored by Pax Christi at the NYU Catholic Center. The retreat was titled “Peacemaking Beyond Ourselves, Beyond […]