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 […]
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Prosecutors: Suspects knew terror camps
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 […]
Spanish police inquiry into Al-Qaeda threat to Vatican
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. […]
Islamic Slant In Charter Decried
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 […]
Arab Intellectual: Why Has There Been No Fatwa Against Bin Laden?
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 […]
Israel Hit by Fire From Lebanon
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 […]
Spencer on radio Thursday
It is shaping up to be a busy day discussing jihad, dhimmitude, the impact of these on current events, and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades): 8:00 AM EDT: WVLZ “THE VOICE” on the Southern Roots Radio Network 8:35 AM EDT: WKY “Mark Shannon Show” 10:05 AM EDT: WGST with Guest Host […]
Era of peace begins in Israel
In the wake of the Gaza withdrawal. “Arab Terrorist Murders Old City Student,” from Arutz Sheva, with thanks to Kemaste: Police were looking for an Arab terrorist Wednesday night after he stabbed to death a young yeshiva student and injured another near Jaffa Gate in the Old City. The attacker stabbed his first victim in […]
Jihadist group led from Southern California?
Hizb-ut-Tahrir led from Los Angeles? “FBI Probing O.C. Islamic Scholar: Allegedly Leader Of Radical Islamic Group,” from AP, with thanks to BHall: LOS ANGELES (AP) The FBI has launched an inquiry into the dealings of an Orange County grocery store owner who is allegedly the leader of a little-known radical Islamic group that’s been banned […]
Memo: Suicide bomber tried to enter U.S.
It can’t happen here update from