Ah, but he meant jihad as a spiritual struggle, doncha know. And that part about equipping a holy warrior, that would be with a nice leather-bound Qur’an. Al-Arian update from AP, with thanks to Anthony: TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A former Florida university professor accused of aiding Palestinian terrorists was seen on a video Wednesday […]
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UK turns down French proposal on surveillance of mosques
From IRNA, with thanks to Anthony: British Home Secretary Charles Clarke has poured cold water over a French proposal to control all mosques in EU in the aftermath of last week’s terror attacks in London. Clarke told a press conference after the extraordinary session of the EU Justice and Home Affairs ministerial Council in Brussels […]
Pro-jihad weblogs celebrate London bombings
Quotes from the Al-Hisbah blog from “Radical blogs,” in the TimesOnline, : “London put an end to the Khilafah. It is London that gave the Balfour Declaration to the Jews. It is London that has divided Palestine and occupied Iraq. Oh London, you have paid a small part of that big bill of yours for […]
London bomber was “never expressed an interest in politics but was a devout Muslim”
Yet we are still expected to believe that political concessions will redress the grievances of people like Shehzad Tanweer, and that the bombers just “happen to be Muslims,” as if their religion, as central to their actions as it was, was actually as incidental to those actions as was Tanweer’s enthusiasm for cricket and ju-jitsu. […]
“May God curse the mujahedeen and their leader”
“Bomber kills Iraqi children,” from AP, : BAGHDAD — Tiny plastic sandals, some tattered and stained with blood, lay in a pile near a child’s crushed bicycle. Mothers wailed and beat themselves after a suicide bomber killed 18 children and teenagers getting candy and toys from American soldiers. One of the soldiers was among the […]
“Sassy” suicide bombers
Today’s Muslims aren’t prepared to ignore injustice. So says Dilpazier Aslam in “We rock the boat,” a piece published in the Guardian (thanks to Scott Burgess, who blogs superbly on this here). The Guardian is hanging with an interesting crowd these days. Aslam apparently also writes for the Hizb-ut-Tahrir pro-Sharia, pro-caliphate site Khilafah.com. In this […]
Oh — this is why they call them moonbats
A Jihad Watch reader pointed out to me today that the silly anti-“Islamophobia” site that criticized me for being unsophisticated has taken exception to my post here, in which I note the New York Times’ January 2005 characterization of the now-disbanded Al-Muhajiroun as “Britain’s largest Muslim group.” Now, this “Islamophobia” site generally isn’t worth replying […]
Virginia Muslim leader gets life in prison
“Islamic Scholar Sentenced to Va. Prison,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A prominent Islamic scholar who exhorted his followers after the Sept. 11 attacks to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Ali al-Timimi of Fairfax was convicted in April […]
Amsterdam teen arrested as self-made bomb is found
“The youth converted to Islam at the age of 14 and quickly became radicalised.” How? Where? By whom? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? From Expatica, with thanks to Anthony: AMSTERDAM “” The national detective unit has uncovered a self-made bomb during the arrest of a 17-year-old youth in the Netherlands. The police carried out […]
A call for realism is in order
A call to reject intellectual dhimmitude, from Herb London’s superb FrontPage piece, “Fighting a War Against Fanatics” (thanks to Lawrence Auster): A call for realism is in order. We can no longer tolerate sermons from mosques that justify slaughter or martyrdom. We can no longer allow fanatics to live in our nation or any civilized […]