At the risk of sounding like a talking parrot, I must repeat something I said in Islam Unveiled and many times since then: Islamic reformers will always face an uphill battle, because jihadists will use the Qur’an and Sunnah against them, and charge them with straying from Islamic authenticity. From ChannelNewsAsia.com, with thanks to Twostellas: […]
Archives for 2005
Poll: Fewer People Link Islam, Violence
Watch for the sleight of hand. From AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: WASHINGTON – The percentage of Americans who believe Islam is more likely than other religions to inspire violence has declined in the past two years, according to a poll taken after the London bombings. Just over a third, 36 […]
Al-Arian moderated discussion that showed terror as “path to liberation”
Sami caught red-handed again. Note also that unindicted deported co-conspirator Fawaz Damra was once known as a moderate Muslim leader. “Al-Arian linked to pro-terrorists,” from AP, with thanks to Skeetstreet: TAMPA – (AP) — Jurors in the terrorism conspiracy trial of Sami Al-Arian were shown a video Tuesday in which the former college professor moderated […]
Fitzgerald: The New Iraqi Constitution
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald comments on the Sharia leanings of Iraq’s new Constitution: The Shari’a in Iraq will be akin to the American Constitution — the final authority against which all laws will be measured. Great. This was all perfectly predictable. It was completely expected, even if the Constitution is tinkered with […]
ACLU Sues N.C. To Allow Qur’an For Oaths
Other texts are mentioned here, but the one that caused the controversy in the first place was the Qur’an. Why is this a bad idea? Because, as I discuss in reference to Islam in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), the idea that all these texts teach the same values is a […]
Islam Dominates Iraq’s Draft Constitution
Have our men and women fought and died in Iraq in order to establish another Sharia state in the Islamic world? Where are all the people who were crowing that “we won” not too long ago? Has the Administration’s unwillingness to face the facts about the origins and goals of the Islamic jihadists contributed to […]
Criticism of suicide bombers censored at the UN
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the World Union of Humanist, Secular and Rationalist organisations, with 100 member organisations in about 40 countries. Here is a press release from them (thanks to Looney Tunes): CRITICISM OF SUICIDE BOMBERS CENSORED AT THE UN IHEU today attempted to call on the United Nations to condemn […]
New Jersey: Five Muslims with maps of the NYC subway system and NY landmarks arrested by Terrorism Task Force
Five Egyptians with maps of various tempting terror targets. “Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video,” from ABCNews, with thanks to LB: FBI and law enforcement officials told ABC News the five men — four illegal immigrants and one law enforcement fugitive — were arrested Sunday night following a tip to the Newark Police Department. […]
Iran: Public execution for the teenagers convicted of rape
Sharia alert: teenagers hanged. I am not minimizing the heinousness of their crime, if they really committed it. I am questioning the punishment, particularly if Outrage!’s accusations are true. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to all who sent this in: IRAN has publicly hanged two male teenagers convicted of raping a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint. […]
Pope won’t call Islam religion of peace
Many people have sent me reports on the Pope’s words. Some have bewailed his apparent lapse into dhimmitude. I tend to think that his reluctance here to “apply generic labels” is actually a sign of just the opposite: after all, this is a man who chooses his words very carefully. From WND, with thanks to […]