“New Guidelines Target Those Who ‘Foment, Justify or Glorify’ Violence,” from the Washington Post, or as Hugh calls it, the Bandar Beacon: LONDON — People who “foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence” will be deported and banned from Britain under new guidelines released Wednesday by the country’s top law enforcement official. Home Secretary Charles Clarke […]
Archives for 2005
Islam truth and myth
The Washington Times interviews Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer. Here and there I remember saying things in a slightly different — and certainly fuller — way, but that sort of thing often happens with interviews: Robert Spencer has written five books about Islam. His newest book is “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the […]
Spencer on radio Wednesday
I just arrived back in Secure Undisclosed Locationville and have more radio appearances scheduled to discuss jihad, dhimmitude, related current events, and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Two interviews today: 5:20 PM EDT: WKCT “Drivetime with Roy Brassfield” 9:35 PM EDT: The Rusty Humphries Show (Nationally Syndicated)
Judge rejects bail for Lodi men
From the San Francisco Chronicle: Sacramento — A federal judge ordered a Lodi father and son charged Tuesday with lying to the FBI to remain jailed after refusing to consider whether they should be able to post bail, but he didn’t rule out attorneys fighting for the men’s release in the future. Hamid Hayat, 22, […]
Asher Ragen: The Unbearable Ease of Destruction
Asher Ragen is a Ph.D candidate at Harvard’s School of Near Eastern Studies, and a reservist in the IDF. Here he offers an indelible perspective on the Gaza withdrawal. As family after family is evicted from a home and a community, as the synagogues are emptied and the nurseries abandoned, the scale of destruction and […]
Australian Prime Minister Backs Surveillance in Mosques
He has angered Australian Muslims by saying this, but we have already seen evidence that the jihad ideology has been taught in some Australian mosques. How, since neither Australian nor any other Muslims have actually declared Osama bin Laden and his ilk to be unbelievers, can anyone be sure that it is not being taught […]
Witness: Islamic Jihad Planned Strike In U.S.
A startling new Al-Arian update from the Tampa Tribune (thanks to Sr. Soph). Chuckles from the defendants’ supporters? Because they are only too ready to believe that American officials are lying and trumping up their case against the Rumpled Academic. Unfortunately for them, however, much of Sami’s jihad activity seems to have been captured on […]
Palestinian Cleric: We Will Enter Palestine as Conquerors, Not Through Negotiations But Through Jihad
From MEMRI: On August 19, Palestinian Clerics Association Deputy Director Sheikh Muhammad Ali was interviewed by Hizbullah’s Al-Manar TV. In the interview, he discussed Jihad as the duty of all Muslims, and the coming conquest of all of Palestine through Jihad, not negotiation. He went on to explain in detail the prophetic tradition of “the […]
PA won’t disarm Hamas, Islamic Jihad
From the Jerusalem Post: Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced on Monday that they have reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority according to which the two groups would not be disarmed. The agreement was reportedly achieved during talks in Damascus between PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and leaders of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Qurei met […]
German Foreign Minister voices alarm at escalation in Iran dispute
From Expatica with thanks to Sr. Soph. BERLIN – German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer voiced alarm Sunday at the risk of military conflict over Iran’s nuclear research and called on Tehran to be reasonable. In remarks aired Sunday on a current-affairs programme on Germany’s ARD public television network, Fischer said he wished that the Iranian […]