Archives for 2005

“Three Women Arrested, Charged,” from Compass Direct, with thanks to Nicolei: June 23 (Compass) — A Muslim council has accused three Indonesian women of attempting to convert Muslim children. Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun were arrested on May 13 and taken to the Indramayu State Prison, where they await trial. Dr. Zakaria […]

A prime entry from our Too Stupid For Words Department, from the Nashville Tennessean, with thanks to zzzadig. The police didn’t respond fast enough? What could they have done if they had gotten there sooner? Put the defaced Qur’an on life support? Pounded its chest and brought it back to life? Come on. Police should […]

The Muslims in Bangladesh who did this consider the Ahmadiyas heretics, and thus justifiably to be killed. Not a few would-be Muslim reformers in Bangladesh and elsewhere suspect this would be their fate also, and thus keep silent. From DPA via M&C, with thanks to Twostellas: Dhaka – Suspected Islamic militants on Friday burned down […]

An older but important piece from The Guardian of Istanbul via the Taipei Times, with thanks to Twostellas: Birgul Isik had not expected to find her oldest son waiting for her at the bus station when she and four of her children returned from Istanbul to the central Anatolian province of Elazigon on Tuesday. She […]

Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer will be on the John Batchelor Show tonight at 11:20 PM EDT. For convenience’s sake, here is the infamous flag-trampling video that led to the death threats, which we are set to discuss.

Yes, I know it’s the same joke over and over. Just in case you hadn’t noticed, I am trying to make a point. Anyway, it wasn’t a Baptist hideout, of course, it was an Islamic jihadist hideout. But it could just as well have been Baptists, right? Right? They’re secretly sharpening their knives even now. […]

See: a posture of strength works. These guys don’t want to be the next Yassin. Their work is disrupted, for which all decent people can rejoice. “Jihad chiefs avoid rally after Israel death threat,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Islamic Jihad activists marched on Friday, vowing […]

What’s that? Hamas isn’t a right-wing Christian group? It’s a Muslim group? Oh, well, then, they are reacting to illegal occupation and oppression. Give them a state! What’s that? They celebrate the murder of innocents on buses and in restaurants? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? “Hamas leader urges more violence,” from UPI, : […]

Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald begins a series of reflections on what to do in Iraq now. There will be some unavoidable overlap in the material in each section, as each will provide a look at the problem from different but interlocking perspectives. Here is part 1: It has apparently become Holy Writ […]

No, it wasn’t really right-wing Christians. It was that other religious group — you know, the one that presents a much smaller threat. Iraqi jihad update, “Car bombings kill at least 17 in Baghdad: Onslaught follows deadly blasts that already rocked Iraqi capital,” from CNN, : BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Four car bombs exploded Thursday […]