Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer in FrontPage on the Newsweek Qur’an flushing imbroglio: When in April EBay offered a consecrated host for sale, imagine if Catholics had rioted and seventeen people were killed. The media would have been full of stories about the dark side of the “Christian Right.” Imagine if, when Muslims desecrated the […]
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Italy: Police detain terrorist suspects
European jihad update from AP, : Police were targeting a group in Milan composed mainly of Tunisians and accused of planning attacks against Italian targets, RAI radio and news agency ANSA said. In Turin, authorities were acting against a group suspected of having links to a subversive Moroccan group identified as the Moroccan Islamic Combatant […]
BP: Personnel Failures Led to Texas Blast
Texas Refinery blast update. This is the one in which terrorism was ruled out before an investigation was made. There seem to be quite a few unanswered questions remaining, but lucky for them, the investigators seem to have been right about there not being terrorism involved — just gross, enormous negligence and incompetence. From AP, […]
100 Israeli terror victims to be flown to Florida for Islamic Jihad trial
Now this will be most interesting. Sami Al-Arian will be confronted with the fruit of his labors. From Haaretz, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Some 100 survivors of terror attacks, relatives of those killed, police investigators, Magen David Adom paramedics, and ZAKA volunteers will testify in what American authorities regard as the most important […]
Afghanistan, Pakistan Angry at Newsweek
Muslim mobs have murdered innocent people, and Afghanistan and Pakistan want Newsweek to pay. I certainly don’t think anyone should mistake Newsweek for journalism in the future, but the idea that it should pay for this murderous madness is just one more manifestation of the collective unwillingness to hold Muslims accountable for their actions. From […]
Qaeda recruiting Canadian Muslim converts
How do they recruit these converts? What use do they make of the Qur’an in doing so? How are those who proclaim themselves to be moderate Muslims combating this recruitment? These are all forbidden subjects. From the Pakistan Daily Times, with thanks to Nicolei: MONTREAL: Canadian converts to Islam have become a major source of […]
Pakistan: No reform of madrassas
They have been called “universities of jihad,” and they’re going to stay that way. But note that they are not teaching terrorism — they no doubt do not believe that what the jihadists do constitutes terrorism. “Clerics adamant against ‘interference’ in madrassas,” from the Pakistan Daily Times, with thanks to Nicolei. ISLAMABAD: Leaders of madrassas […]
Pakistan: Militant group’s student wing denounces ”liberalism”
Will democracy take root in the Islamic world? Not if these students have anything to say about it. From Pakistan’s Daily Times, with thanks to Nicolei: LAHORE: Talaba-e-Jamatud Dawa will organise a series of seminars from May 17 to June 4 against liberalism, secularism and the establishment of the Aga Khan Education Board, said the […]
Al-Arian trial finally to begin
After months of jockeying and posturing, Al-Arian is finally fit to be tried. “Ex-professor’s trial to begin,” from the Kansas City Star: MIAMI – After 814 days in prison, many of them spent in solitary confinement, former college professor Sami Al-Arian goes on trial this week. He is charged with commanding a terrorist cell that […]
Dhimmitude from Paul Marshall at NR
Paul Marshall in National Review yesterday fired off a stinging rebuke of Newsweek for its concocted Qur’an flushing story. Equally disturbing is the fact that Newsweek reporters seemed to have little idea how explosive such a story would be. While noting that, to Muslims, desecrating the Koran “is especially heinous,” Thomas looks for explanations, including […]