“Two wives,” from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Leslie: Marry women of your choice. Two, three, or four. However, if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly [with them], then only one or [a captive] that your right hand possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing […]
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Cleveland Mosque Leader Could Soon Be Deported
Fawaz Damra update. From NewsNet5.com, with thanks to Anthony: CLEVELAND — An Ohio mosque leader may be leaving the country earlier than expected. NewsChannel5 learned that Imam Fawaz Damra’s appeal was dropped in the Court of Appeals. That means his citizenship remains revoked and the deportation process could begin soon. A judge revoked his citizenship […]
Charen: Our enemies are stupid
Mona Charen sounds an optimistic note in this syndicated column (thanks to all who sent this in). But this appeared on the 8th; in the intervening days, it looks more likely that the 7/7 bombings will just win the jihadists more concessions. By committing such atrocities, the Islamists manage to stiffen whatever small residue of […]
Free Speech Near Death in Holland
From Rogier Van Bakel at Nobody’s Business: This one slipped by me when it happened three days ago, but it’s still plenty jawdropping today, so what the hell. A Dutch public prosecutor is seeking a two-week suspended prison sentence and 40 hours of community service for a man charged with discrimination. The suspect’s crime: displaying, […]
Spencer: Karen Armstrong’s Fantasies About Islamic Terror
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer in FrontPage on Karen Armstrong’s response to 7/7, which is sadly typical of the response in certain quarters: In the wake of the 7/7 London bombings many politicians and pundits have raced to renounce the phrase “Islamic terrorism.” A London Anglican priest named Paul Hawkins said in a sermon: “We […]
Moderate Muslim held over Bali bomb link
Another reason to regard Muslim condemnations of terrorism coming in the wake of the London bombing with at least a measure of suspicion. From AAP, with thanks to Twostellas: Police have detained a member of one of Indonesia’s largest moderate Muslim groups, accusing him of helping the alleged mastermind of the Bali bombings and other […]
Los Angeles: Islamic converts, robbery suspects, found with list of addresses including the locations of an recruitment center and National Guard facilities
Jihad in Los Angeles? “Suspect Possessed a Military Sites List,” from the LA Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: It started late Tuesday night, when police closed in on two men they suspected in 10 robberies across the South Bay. But the case took a strange twist hours later, when a search of one […]
Bruno: Advice to President Bush
The insightful European analyst Wolfgang Bruno offers the President some much-needed advice: Dear Mr. Bush: I was one of the Europeans who supported your re-election the past fall. In my view, a good leader needs at least two basic qualities: The courage to do the right thing, and the wisdom to understand what the right […]
Boylan: London Bridge is Falling Down…Falling down…
Patrick Boylan has kindly sent us this piece about intelligence failures among our dhimmi leaders, subtitled “A Brief Analysis of Intelligence Failures And Terrorist Attacks on London.” As Imam Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of England, declared that terrorists “act in the name of Islam,” ignorantly confident that most Muslims throughout the world deplore such […]
Al-Qaida nukes already in U.S.
“Terrorists, bombs smuggled across Mexico border by MS-13 gangsters.” So says Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin at WND, with thanks to Tombeth: According to captured al-Qaida leaders and documents, the plan is called the “American Hiroshima” and involves the multiple detonation of nuclear weapons already smuggled into the U.S. over the Mexican border with the help […]