Al-Barqawi update: they might as well put a revolving door on his cell. “Al-Zarqawi Mentor Arrested for Contacts With “terrorist” Groups, Jordanian Government Says,” from AP, with thanks to Mackie: AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – The spiritual mentor of al-Qaida’s reputed leader in Iraq was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion he made contacts with terror groups […]
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The Muslim hate crime that wasn’t
A superb piece from the always superb Michelle Malkin, with thanks to EPG: The grievance industry went into overdrive last month when burned Korans were reportedly discovered at a local mosque in southwest Virginia. The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations issued an immediate press release on June 16 calling for “Americans of all faiths to […]
“Jihad is a modern form of totalitarianism challenging traditional Islam”
In an otherwise insightful and informative article, “Jihad knocks on House of Saud’s door” (from Asia Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist), Rabbi Moshe Reiss goes out of his way to assert that today’s jihad is at odds with “traditional Islam.” I have seen this asserted hundreds of times, but never adequately explained. Often […]
Zarqawi’s ex-guru slams Iraq attacks
Primarily because they kill Muslims. To his credit, however, al-Barqawi also condemns the abduction of relief workers, which would include non-Muslims. To this Zarqawi could respond from Islamic tradition: Mawardi in al-Akham as-Sultaniyyah (4.2) allows for the killing of women and children who are perceived as aiding the war effort against the Muslims (cf. ‘Umdat […]
Policeman killed in southern Thailand
Thai jihad update from AFP, with thanks to Twostellas: BANGKOK : A policeman was killed on Tuesday in troubled southern Thailand, the first member of the security forces to be decapitated in a string of such brutal attacks over the past month, police said. The body of 44-year-old Sergeant Samphan Onyala, who was on duty […]
Evangelist inroads in Muslim Morocco
We hear a great deal about Westerners converting to Islam. Here is the other side of the story. When will we hear of these converts to Christianity becoming Christian terrorists, as John Walker Lindh, José Padilla, Richard Reid and others did when they converted to Islam? What’s that? You mean, converts to Christianity don’t as […]
U.S.: Photo Not of Iran Chief
Here is some evidence to back up Ahmadinejad’s claim, which I posted about here several days ago, that he was not the hostage taker in the infamous photo. But again, as I posted at the same place on July 1, it doesn’t really matter if he was in the photo or not. What matters is […]
Iran slams ‘Zionist’ campaign
Why so many allegations of Ahmadinejad’s involvement with hostage taking and murder? Why, it’s all because of the Zionists, of course! Fever dreams from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi, via AP, with thanks to Mackie: Iran hit back against claims that its ultraconservative president-elect was involved in taking American hostages a quarter-century ago, […]
Cola wars as Coke moves on Baghdad
Coke is back in Iraq, and the conspiracy theorists are out in force. From the Guardian, with thanks to Anthony: Coca-Cola has returned to Iraq after an absence of nearly four decades, triggering a cola war in a lucrative but potentially hostile market. Coke ended its 37-year exile last week by setting up a joint-venture […]
Evidence links Ahmadinejad to Vienna hit
More news about Iran’s new Thug-in-Chief, from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to The One Who Must Not Be Named: Austrian authorities have classified documents suggesting that Iran’s president-elect may have played a key role in the 1989 execution-style slayings of an Iranian Kurdish leader and two associates in Vienna, a newspaper reported Saturday. Austria’s […]