Archives for 2005

They just have to make sure nobody sees them. From Pakistan’s Daily Times, with thanks to Nicolei: WASHINGTON: Princess Loulwa Al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia denied here on Thursday that Saudi women were not allowed to drive, saying they drove all over the place except in the cities. She told a meeting that in the desert […]

Maybe I was wrong here: maybe the threat to target Muslim holy sites would be an effective deterrent to terrorist activity. Certainly if it has jihadist thugs like the Hizb-ut-Tahrir gang in a froth, it demonstrably rattles them. In any case, I firmly believe there should be a free and open discussion of this question, […]

A welcome bit of French anti-dhimmitude. And there is no legitimate reason why the British can’t do this too — except perhaps suicidal impulses. From The Telegraph, with thanks to Nicolei: The gulf between British and French treatment of preachers of hatred and violence was thrown sharply into focus yesterday when France announced the summary […]

More window dressing from Musharraf. What about homegrown jihadists? After all, the British bombers were Pakistanis, not Arabs who studied in Pakistan. From Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in: RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Foreign students attending Islamic religious schools in Pakistan will be ordered to leave as part of a drive to […]

Haroon Rashid Aswat update. From AP, with thanks to Nicolei: LUSAKA (Zambia): A British man in custody in Zambia in connection with the July 7 London bombings was once a body guard for al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Zambian security officials said on Friday. The security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because […]

Good news from the Times Online, : All three remaining July 21 rucksack bombers are believed to be in police custody tonight after eight days on the run. The suspected Hackney bus bomber is among three men held after dramatic raids in West London today, while the Italian interior ministry reported tonight that it had […]

We haven’t heard much from Iran’s new Thug-In-Chief since the London bombings. Here is an update: “Iran’s New President Glorifies Martyrdom,” from MEMRI, with thanks to Ray: The following are excerpts from a speech by Iranian President-Elect Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, which aired July 25, 2005 on Iranian Channel 1. In it, he praises martyrdom operations and […]

“Why we will never be able to count on what we call ‘the moderate Muslims’ for the war against terrorism.” I have personally encountered the reaction of which Fiamma Nirenstein speaks in this New York Sun article (thanks to waterdragon52) many times: Muslims condemn terrorism, but then make all kinds of excuses and exceptions so […]

Tonight I will once again be sitting in for Laurie Roth as host of her nationally syndicated radio program. I’ll be discussing the fatwa against terrorism issued yesterday by American Muslims, the ongoing situation in London, and much more. I hope you will call in. You can listen at the Laurie Roth Show website, as […]

In “Ethnic communities can be devout and good citizens” in the Financial Times (thanks to EPG), Krishna Guha falls into the extremely common error of thinking of the problem of Islamic terror as a racial one, and failing to recognize or understand the significant differences between the suspicions leveled at the Islamic community today and […]