DC Watson sends one last valentine to the outgoing Board Chairman of the Council on American Islamic Relations, Omar Ahmad: The Council on American Islamic Relations has announced the retirement of its Chairman, Omar Ahmad. Parvez Ahmed, who will be assisted by Vice-Chairman Ahmad Al-Akhras, will replace him. “¢ http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=1580&theType=NR The announcement describes Ahmad’s eleven […]
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PA Website Publishes “Protocols”
From WND, “Official PA site publishes ‘Protocols’ in Arabic,” . JERUSALEM — An official Palestinian Authority information website directly affiliated with President Mahmoud Abbas has published on its Arabic language section a copy of the ”Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” a classic anti-Semitic forgery, while the English section does not contain the work, WND […]
UK student warned to stop protesting anti-Semitism
More news from the New Britain, from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: As students bought lunch and coffee at London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) campus, the Islamic call to prayer, “Allahu Akbar,” blasted repeatedly through several speakers situated around the student union. “If you want to work for […]
Indian Muslims Protest Alleged Quran Abuse
They will have the US at war with Islam if they have to drag it into such a war kicking and screaming. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: CALCUTTA, India – Muslim protesters burned, spit and urinated on a U.S. flag Friday in eastern India, accusing Americans of desecrating Islam’s holy book as […]
London: “USA watch your back, Osama is coming back”
Pro-jihad demonstration in London. “Protest against USA draws about 100 in London,” from AP, : A hundred or more people protesting the alleged desecration of the Quran gathered outside the US Embassy Friday, chanting “kill, kill George Bush” and other anti-American slogans. Many in the crowd covered their faces with scarves. A man with a […]
Pakistani Muslim clerics: suicide attacks in Kashmir OK
Did you hear about the Pakistani fatwa the other day saying that suicide attacks were against Islam? Well, it didn’t please everyone: note that here it is a question of against whom the attacks are directed. The acts are good if they kill the right people. “Suicide attacks in J&K justified: Pak clerics,” from ANI, […]
Hitchens: Why does the New York Times insist on calling jihadists “insurgents”?
In “History and Mystery” in Slate (thanks to Dave Washburn), Christopher Hitchens skewers the dhimmi editorial policies of the New Duranty Times, pointing out the importance of something I have emphasized many times — that we should listen to how the jihadists themselves characterize what they are doing, and respond accordingly: When the New York […]
House Resolution Urges Respect for Koran; Condemns Religious Intolerance
Shameless political pandering. Why does this need a House resolution? Why do desecrations of things cherished by other religions not inspire similar resolutions? Why does the House not say anything about the desecration of Christian and Jewish symbols in the Islamic world? From CNSNews.com, with thanks to Kaosktrl: (CNSNews.com) – An Islamic civil rights group […]
Jihad by Satellite
Steven Stalinsky in FrontPage details jihad TV in America: Rep. Steven Rothman, a Democrat of New Jersey, and Rep. Joe Knollenberg, a Republican of Michigan, yesterday sponsored a MEMRI briefing on Arab and Iranian satellite channels available in America. Their broadcasts have the potential to incite viewers to jihad and contain messages of hate against […]
Saudis Shred Bibles, Rights Campaigners Claim
Another sidelight to the Qur’an desecration stories. From CNSNews.com, with thanks to DB: “The Muslims respect the Koran far more than Christians respect the Bible,” says Danny Nalliah, a Sri Lankan-born evangelical pastor now based in Australia. During the 1990s, Nalliah spent two years in Saudi Arabia, where he was deeply involved with the underground […]