“Germany bans groups linked to terrorism,” from DPA, with thanks to Sr. Soph: BERLIN – German Interior Minister Otto Schily Monday banned two organizations, one linked to the Palestinian Hamas movement and the other to the Kurdish PKK, charging them with fomenting extremism in Germany. Police immediately raided 60 premises in eight states, seizing documents […]
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Muslim party seeks Islamic law for Australians
It-Can’t-Happen-Here Update from The Australian, with thanks to Leslie: THE leader of the nation’s first Muslim political party says all Australians should be living under Islamic law dictated by the Koran. The Best Party of Allah in Australia applied for registration in the ACT yesterday, claiming to provide a political voice for Muslims. Founder Kurt […]
Jihadists Seize Key Town in Iraq: Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Black Banner Flying From Rooftops
We won update: “Insurgents Seize Key Town in Iraq: Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Black Banner Flying From Rooftops,” from the Washington Post, with thanks to Sr. Soph: BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 — Abu Musab Zarqawi’s foreign-led Al Qaeda in Iraq took open control of a key western town at the Syrian border, deploying its guerrilla fighters […]
Four killed when blast destroys Gaza City weapons laboratory
A peaceful weapons lab blows up in peaceful post-withdrawal Gaza. From Haaretz, with thanks to Cid Martel: At least four people were killed and 27 more were wounded when an explosion destroyed a weapons laboratory in the home of a senior Hamas figure after nightfall Monday in Gaza City, residents and hospital officials said. Ten […]
Global groups unite against Islamic arbitration in Ontario
Anti-dhimmitude in Canada. It is gratifying to see feminist groups and human rights activists finally waking up to the threat of Sharia. From CBC News, with thanks to Scaramouche: Almost 100 organizations around the globe will protest Thursday against a proposal that would allow Islamic law to be used in family arbitration and mediation cases […]
Flyer Calls for “Jihad” Against the LAPD
Jihad in Los Angeles. From KFI News, with thanks to LB: KFI NEWS has obtained a copy of a flyer that’s been circulated in South Los Angeles, calling on members of two violent street gangs to join the Nation of Islam in a jihad, or holy war, against the LAPD. The telephone number listed for […]
UK Memo Recommends Qaradawi Entry Visa
Suicide bombing? Pah! “UK Memo Recommends Qaradawi Entry Visa: The memo said Qaradawi’s view on Palestine and Iraq are not unusual amongst mainstream Muslims.” That’s true: they’re not unusual. Neither was Nazism among Germans. Both are still abhorrent. From IslamOnline, with thanks to Sr. Soph: CAIRO, September 4, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) — A restricted British memo […]
Hurricane Katrina: Al Qaeda leader in Iraq sees “start of US collapse”
However, not everyone is crowing: Kuwait is sending $500 million in aid. “Hurricane Katrina: Al Qaeda leader in Iraq sees ‘start of US collapse’; Kuwait sends US$500m aid,” from Al-Bawaba, : Al Qaeda group in Iraq, which is led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, on Sunday praised in an Internet statement what it said was the […]
Quakers lift ban on jihadist conference
The cha cha shehada will go on as originally planned. A breathtaking bit of dhimmitude: the jihadists tried to deceive the Quakers, they were exposed, and were then accepted by the Quakers despite their true character. From “Quakers lift ban on Islamist conference” in the TimesOnline, : THE Quaker Movement has reversed a decision to […]
France: Headscarf ban is judged success as hostility fades
After a year, the headscarf ban is judged a success in curbing jihadist sentiments. This article doesn’t explain how officials arrived at this conclusion. Certainly everyone looks more French inside the schools, and that is a powerful visual impression, but has it been accompanied by an abandonment of jihadist teaching in the mosques? From the […]