More evidence that it is well-nigh impossible to tell whether a Muslim organization in the West is a friend or foe of the global jihad. From Reuters, : COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark charged a Muslim organization, the Danish Al-Aqsa Association, on Wednesday with funding terrorism by channelling funds to Palestinian militant group Hamas, the prosecutor […]
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Muslim nations urge moderation within Islam
Hey, this is great. We’re all set now. I can retire from this work and pursuing my lifelong dream of learning to play the fluegelhorn. From AP, with thanks to Kemaste: MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Leaders and ministers of more than 50 Muslim countries urged their nations to fight terrorism and called for moderation within Islam, […]
UK: Police sponsor jihad conference
Yes, you read that right. In “This Shameful Ranting Must Stop” at Current Viewpoint, Carol Gould tells the story. (Thanks to Melanie Phillips.) Just before going back to the USA after five months in the UK I attended the “˜Global Peace and Unity” Conference at London’s Excel Centre presented by the new Islam Channel and […]
Fitzgerald: China and the jihad
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses China, jihad, and realpolitik: There has never been a major terrorist attack in China, though the suppression of Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang, and their dilution by non-Muslim Han, could both be considered acts more dangerous to Islam than anything the governments of Western Europe have done. Might […]
UN to jump into the Muhammad cartoon controversy
Just what we need: the UN is stoking the Muslim hysteria over the cartoons of Muhammad that appeared in a Danish newspaper. “The UN is Appeasing Muslims – Again,” from Fjordman: My translation of this article in the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende, via Antipsykopatisk Senter: FN bekymret over profet-tegninger UN Concerned over Prophet Cartoons by […]
Just on my way out
From the hate mail bag today: I’m sorry you have such extreme beliefs as the extremists you spend so much time thinking about. My response: Yeah, I’m just on my way out now to cut off some heads and fly an airplane into a skyscraper. Sometimes I enjoy finding new ways to say “Your moral […]
The UN: at the vanguard of the resistance to the global jihad
Just kidding. The fact that a state like Algeria could block something like this is just one indication of just how deeply dysfunctional the UN is. “Algeria vetoes U.N. anti-terror statement,” from Ynet News, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: The U.N. Security Council did not issue a statement condemning Monday’s terror attack in Netanya, […]
Kaufman: Acquitting a Terrorist
Joe Kaufman surveys the Al-Arian wreckage at FrontPage: “Today, the United States Department of Justice is announcing the indictment of Sami Al-Arian and seven co-conspirators.” That’s how United States Attorney General John Ascroft began his press conference, back in February of 2003. It was a momentous day in the war on terrorism, a triumph of […]
Russia’s Muslims Want Christian Symbols Removed From Coat of Arms
But remember: those who would resist such a move are the bigots, not the Muslims involved. Didn’t you get a copy of the script? From the Moscow News, with thanks to all who sent this in: A group of top Muslim clerics have demanded that Orthodox Christian symbols be removed from the Russian coat of […]
Denmark: Muslims offended by “Jewish cookies”
Another Oh-For-Pete’s-Sake Alert. “Denmark’s offensive Jewish cookies,” from the European Jewish Press, with thanks to D. C. Watson: A group of Danish Muslims refuse to eat traditional “Jewish” cookies because they feel offended by the name. According to the daily Danish newspaper B.T., Ole Poulsen, head of the public food consumer department said that the […]