Libbi’s in the can. From AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Authorities arrested al-Qaida’s No. 3 commander, who was a close associate of Osama bin Laden and had a $10 million bounty on his head, and said today they now were “on the right track” to catch the fugitive […]
Archives for 2005
Fitzgerald: American foreign policy: Islam’s good friend
Hugh Fitzgerald takes issue with Rayan El-Amine’s view of American foreign policy: “American foreign policy that has waged wars directly or indirectly on the Arab and Muslim world for decades for geopolitical reasons without any regard for its inhabitants.” In 1956 Eisenhower and Dulles forced Britain and France to end the Suez Campaign, thus saving […]
Watson: “Kingdom of Heaven”, another attempt to alter history?
DC Watson takes aim at the PC flick Kingdom of Heaven: Some Muslims are upset, now there’s a surprise. Not about something that happened yesterday, last week, or last year, but about events that occurred nine centuries ago. They’re still angry about history. It would be alarming to learn that intelligent, refined Muslims were still […]
Bomber Kills 50 at Iraqi Police Center
Today’s Iraqi jihad update. From AP, : IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — An Iraqi carrying hidden explosives set them off outside a police recruitment center Wednesday where people were applying for jobs, police said. The U.S. military said at least 50 Iraqis were killed, making it the deadliest insurgent attack in Iraq in more than two […]
UK terror suspect in two suicide bids
Doesn’t he know that the Qur’an forbids suicide? From the Times Online, : A terror suspect accused of breaching his control order has made two attempts to take his own life since being put back behind bars, it emerged today. Mahmoud Suliman Ahmed Abu Rideh, 33, was sent back to jail last week after allegedly […]
New Duranty Times loves Reza Aslan’s new book
This is the state of the free press today: if you write a book that dares to suggest that Islam and the theology and ideology of jihad might have something to do with today’s terrorism (which, of course, the terrorists themselves insist), the New York Times and the lemmings that follow in its wake will […]
Irshad Manji and Islamic history
Here I go again. People will say: you don’t really support Muslim reformers like Manji and Reza Aslan. If you did, you wouldn’t criticize their work. But in fact, I am all for anyone who will confront and combat the causes of Islamic terrorism. All I want them to do is tell the whole truth. […]
Bush Administration Allied With Sudan Despite Role in Darfur Genocide
From Democracy Now, with thanks to Giaour: The Los Angeles Times has revealed that the U.S. has quietly forged a close intelligence partnership with Sudan despite the government’s role in the mass killings in Darfur. We speak with Ken Silverstein, the reporter who broke the story, Salih Booker, the director of Africa Action as well […]
Jatras: Dhimmitude in Greece
Stella L. Jatras comments on recent developments in Greece and Southern Europe. Yesterday I received a call from my friend in Ottawa who said that one of the Greek publications wrote that Greece’s Muslim population at one time was at 1%. Today, it is at 10%. Within three to four decades, the Muslim population will […]
Jihad Watch billboard in Los Angeles
Photos courtesy of Jihad Watch reader Bar. For details about the Jihad Watch billboard project, see here.