Archives for 2005

They’re looking for incitement to religious hatred, eh? Have they looked at a book that calls Jews (and Christians) apes and pigs (2:62-65; 5:59-60; 7:166) and says they are under Allah’s curse (9:30) and are the “vilest of creatures” (98:6)? And that believers must wage war against them (9:5, 9:29)? Just wondering. Oh, and while […]

Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock compares the rights of homosexuals in the West and in the Islamic world. This weekend’s Gay Pride festivities in New York City climaxed with Sunday”s 36th annual parade down Fifth Avenue. As usual, the raucous affair thrilled some and rattled others, but everyone walked away intact. One would have to fantasize […]

This is sure to irk the Turk. From AZG Armenian Daily, with thanks to Anthony: The International Association of Genocide Scholars, president Robert Melson, vice-president Israel Charny, collectively edited and sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the 6th session of the IAGS in Boca Raton, Florida, on June 6. Below […]

Al-Arian update from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: The government tapped former university professor Sami Al-Arian’s phones, planted microphones at his think-tank and intercepted his faxes and computer conversations because they suspected him of terrorism ties, a retired FBI agent testified. A lot of work to build a case for one man.

Either they are just feigning this whole initiative, or they’re trying to convince the jihadists to stop attacking for the time being because they are gaining what they want through diplomacy. Is the PA going to convince them to accept a two-state solution or some other form of lasting peaceful coexistence with Israel? Don’t hold […]

Jihad Jack Thomas update from AAP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Terror suspect Jack Thomas pleaded not guilty in a Melbourne court today to receiving money from al-Qaeda…. Justice Bernard Teague ordered Thomas, who also faces charges of providing support to al-Qaida and falsifying a passport, to reappear in court on January 30. He […]

Can Turkey’s entry into the EU be stopped? Does Europe wish to survive? From DPA, with thanks to Anthony: BERLIN (DPA) — Germany’s conservative opposition has again thrown into question the mandate for the European Union membership talks with Turkey. Talks between the European Union (E.U.) and Turkey are due to begin on October 3. […]

Sharia alert from Amnesty International via Iranian.ws, with thanks to Anthony: Amnesty International is calling for a sentence of eye gouging against a man in Iran not to be carried out. The 28-year-old man, known only as Vahid, has been sentenced to have his eyes surgically gouged out for a crime committed when he was […]

From the Straining Out A Gnat And Swallowing A Camel Department: “Hundreds Attend Dedication Of Iranian-Christian Church,” from NBC11.com, with thanks to Susan: Hundreds of people gathered for a special dedication of the Iranian Christian Church in the South Bay. It is the largest one in the Bay Area. Nearly 600 Iranian Muslims who converted […]

This will be an interesting test of Pakistan’s attachment to the Sharia — not the tribe-ordered gang rape, which is some barbaric local custom, but the enforcement of Sharia evidence laws (requiring four Muslim men who saw the act to establish that it actually happened) by the court that overturned the original convictions. Mukhtaran Mai […]