More disquieting developments in Florida, reported by Joe Kaufman in FrontPage (good news links in the original): Watching the ball drop, twirling a noisemaker, kissing your sweetheart, and making a resolution that rarely comes to pass — everyone looks forward to the memory of a new year. But one group will be ringing in the […]
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“What my friend and I were doing is part of our individual freedom.”
So was the defense of a Bahraini woman who said she had the right to have sex with her boyfriend in a parked car. The presiding judge disagreed. From GulfNews: “[T]his is a democratic and free country,” the student, who is above the age of 21, told the judge sentencing her. Police said they found […]
Non-Muslims Slam State-Ordered Muslim Burial
An anti-dhimmi update to this Dhimmi Watch post. From Reuters: KUALA LUMPUR, 30 December 2005 “” Leaders of Malaysia’s non-Muslim religions condemned yesterday the state’s decision to give a man a Muslim burial against his Hindu widow’s wishes, and called for a review of their constitutional rights. “We are concerned that the fundamental rights of […]
Home Depot jihad?
Ali R. Warrayat sounds crazier than a bedbug — and “deeply religious.” What does this all add up to? Probably just a lone nut doing nutty things. With enough fuel from his religious texts to stoke the fires of his hatred. “Crash into store was a personal statement,” from the East Valley Tribune, with thanks […]
Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims credit for attacks in northern Israel
War escalation alert: “Al-Qaida in Iraq took credit for Katyusha attack,” from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Yacob: Al-Qaida in Iraq, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, on Thursday took responsibility on their website for the Katyusha attacks in northern Israel on Tuesday…. On Tuesday it was reported that six Katyushas landed in northern Israeli […]
Fitzgerald: No Islamic country can ever hurt the West?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald dismantles another prevailing dhimmi assumption: We”re often told that the defense against global jihad is disproportionate, and its advocates fear-mongers, because “no Islamic country can ever hurt the West.” Really? What about Islamic “groups” then? What about communities of Muslims, living in the West, working actively to transform […]
Fury in Malaysia over Islamic bill on polygamy, divorce
Sharia Alert from “moderate” Malaysia, via AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: KUALA LUMPUR – A rebellion is stirring in Malaysia over new legislation which critics say undermines the rights of Muslim women by making it easier for men to take multiple wives and claim property after divorce. The government was forced to strike down […]
Pakistani Killed Daughters to Save ‘Honor’
Why shouldn’t he be calm and unrepentant? By his lights, he has done a good and even holy thing. More on this story from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: MULTAN, Pakistan – Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters […]
Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts
I believe we can win this war without discarding our own Constitution. I also think that narrow understandings of probable cause in jihad cases could be the death of us. From the New York Times, with thanks to JE: WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 – Defense lawyers in some of the country’s biggest terrorism cases say they […]
Palestinians blame WND for Bethlehem religious rift
Yes, you see, WND made it all up: not only the present difficulties, but 1,400 years of oppression, jizya and dhimmitude. From WND, with thanks to Twostellas: JERUSALEM — An article published Sunday by WorldNetDaily quoting Bethlehem residents as saying local Muslim persecution prompted tens of thousands of Christians to flee the city is “all […]