In “Samira Munir – Champion for Muslim Women,” Fjordman asks the question: Samira Munir, Norwegian politician of Pakistani origins, died on November 14, 2005. All the details surrounding her death have not been revealed, but the police have hinted that it may have been suicide. It is not impossible that this could be the case, […]
Archives for 2005
T-Shirt Flap Pits Jihadists Against Sunday School Teachers
An update on the three Christian women being persecuted — er, that is, prosecuted — in Indonesia. From CNSNews.com, with thanks to Doc Washburn: (CNSNews.com) – Three Indonesian women sentenced to prison for the “Christianization” of Muslim children have lost their appeal, and observers of the courtroom drama blame Muslim extremists who threatened to kill […]
Islam’s mystical claim on Jerusalem
James M. Arlandson at the American Thinker debunks the Muslim claims to Jerusalem. (Thanks to all who sent this in.) Islam’s militant and mystical claim on Jerusalem falls short. This religion comes too late in history to assert ownership over the sacred city. Military victories are fleeting, so they are insufficient by themselves. And non-empirical […]
No, not the shoes!
Why would Shi’ites attack Allawi? Why would they pelt him with shoes (a “sign of contempt in Iraqi culture”)? These are questions that you folks in the State Department should be eager and ready to answer. Extra credit if you can explain why there would be so much hostility among Iraqis to the very idea […]
Former 9/11 Commissioners: U.S. at Risk
And why are we not as prepared as we should be? Because we have been told, and vilified and marginalized if we do not believe, that we are facing a Tiny Minority of Extremists, shunned and vilified by the overwhelming majority of peaceful Muslims, decimated by the war on terror, reduced to living in caves, […]
The British Dhimmi Awards 2005 — plus some more dhimmiprizes
The Drinking From Home blogspot is accepting nominations for the inaugural British Dhimmi Awards. He already has quite an impressive roster of nominees, including David Farr, who bowdlerized Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great so as to avoid offending Muslims; Burger King, for withdrawing its ice cream after a Muslim complained that the artistic representation of […]
Iran threatens counter-strike
From YNET News: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says recent Israeli statements on Iran’s nuclear project show Israeli government is frustrated from failure to bring international community to pressure Iran: ‘Zionist authorities are well aware that if they make a foolish mistake against Iran, Iran’s harsh response will be destructive and determined‘ – Roee Nahmias An […]
IAEA cannot question A.Q. Khan
A report concerning one of our dear allies in the war on terror. From ExpressIndia: Pakistan has ruled out permission to the IAEA to directly interrogate A.Q. Khan in order to unravel the proliferation network led by him, claiming it has been cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog’s investigations. Reacting to comments by International Atomic […]
Kerala man may lose eye under Saudi Arabian law
Shari’a alert from WebIndia123: A man from Kerala jailed in Saudi Arabia for a brawl that partially blinded a Saudi national may lose an eye if the courts there decide to follow a new law. Naushad, 34, got into a tiff with a Saudi national and damaged the latter’s eye in the ensuing fisticuffs in […]
Iran ‘clean’ of al-Qaeda
Well, there you have it. If Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says their country is free of al-Qaeda terrorists, then it must be so, right? From the AFP: Iran has extradited all foreign members of the al-Qaeda network arrested inside its borders and is not holding any of the group’s leaders, the Islamic republic’s top […]