“A young Muslim radicalised in the mosques of metropolitan Britain.” From The Australian, with thanks to Skeetstreet: SHEHZAD Tanweer, Shazzy to his friends, was a cricket-loving sports science graduate whose father ran the local chip shop. The Bradford-born 22-year-old who spoke with a broad West Yorkshire accent, boarded an eastbound Circle Line train from London’s […]
Archives for 2005
Blair: “This is a small group of extremists”
“Blair shocked ‘bombers’ were British,” from CNN (which did indeed put the sneer quotes around “bombers”), with thanks to Anthony: LONDON, England (CNN) — Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed his shock that the four men believed to have carried out last week’s deadly terrorist attacks on London’s transit system were British nationals…. …because he […]
Political Islam in the heart of secular Europe
Maryam Namazie speaks the truth fearless at the International Humanist and Ethical Union Congress in Paris on July 6, at a session entitled “Women’s rights in religious and secular societies.” From Scoop, with thanks to Joe: · Sweet 16 year old Atefeh Rajabi was publicly hanged in the city centre in Neka in Iran on […]
Australia: Sheikh criticised for terrorism comments
This is such a common story: a Sheikh denies Muslim involvement in terror attacks, and “moderate Islamic leaders” refuse to condemn his statements. There is a culture-wide evasion of responsibility and scapegoating of outsiders (particularly Jews) in the Islamic world that only feeds more jihad violence. From Australia’s ABC Online, with thanks to OBL r […]
Working-class neighbourhood obscured terrorist laboratory
As well as a multiculturalist refusal to look a problem in the eye. From the Globe and Mail, with thanks to Z: LEEDS — On a summer evening, the Leeds neighbourhood of Burley takes on a red-brick, working-class charm, as families sit on their front porches and eat fish and chips, and the thin walls […]
Fitzgerald: A simple test needs to be performed
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald proposes a means to evaluate the religious hatred law that yesterday passed in the British House of Commons: A simple test needs to be performed. Someone should compile relevant passages from Qur’an, Hadith, and Sira — the ones that describe non-Muslims being killed (as the Banu Qurayza, or […]
Britain’s Suicide Bombers
It looks as if it may have been four British-born Muslim suicide bombers. Welcome to the future of Western Europe and the U.S. From “What we know so far: police statement on London bombs” in the Times Online, with thanks to Peter: Deputy Assistant Commissioner. Peter Clarke, Head of the MPS Anti-Terrorist Branch and National […]
Explosion rips Israeli shopping mall; two killed
So much for Peace In Our Time, eh, Mr. Abbas? From AP, with thanks to Looney Tunes: NETANYA, Israel (AP) “” A teenage Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis and wounded at least 30 others in front of a crowded shopping mall in this seaside city, the first such attack in nearly five months and […]
Watson: Risk management: Islam, the West’s unmanageable liability
DC Watson on reality and dhimmi wishful thinking: The warnings came for decades. The threats of Islamic terrorism in the West, once thought to be empty, have become all too real for everyone living in the civilized world. While it is absolutely appropriate for Westerners to practice tolerance of immigrants, Islamic migrants, not all but […]
Director of London’s Al-Maqreze Centre for Historical Studies Hani Sibai: There are No “Civilians” in Islamic Law
What was that again about Islam forbidding the murder of innocent civilians? “Bombing is a Great Victory for Al-Qa’ida, Which ‘Rubbed the Noses of the World’s 8 Most Powerful Countries in the Mud,’” from MEMRI, with thanks to Looney Tunes: The following are excerpts from interviews with the director of the Al-Maqreze Centre for Historical […]