“The Making of the Arab Menace,” from Rayan El-Amine in the Dissident Voice, with thanks to Skeetstreet: Anti-Arabism and Islamophobia are so much a part of the political and cultural discourse on Arabs and Muslims in American society today that most do not even recognize it as racism. The fear mongering of the Bush administration […]
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More justification from a bloody tyranny
“Rafsanjani calls role of Ulema ‘significant,’” from Iran’s news agency, IRNA, with thanks to Skeetstreet: Tehran’s Friday Prayer Substitute Leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here that the Ulema by relying on the potentials of the Islamic countries should guide all Muslim nations round the globe towards prosperity and development. Addressing thousands of Tehrani worshipers at […]
From the hate mail bag
After a brief lull the hate mail has really been ramping up the last few days. Most of it is the same old same old: ranting abuse or windy lectures from people who know a good deal less than they think they do. Then there’s this, which raises the curtain on some key jihadist assumptions […]
Jihad Watch billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles
A knowledgeable and generous benefactor has enabled Jihad Watch to place a billboard in Los Angeles. It is scheduled to go up today on Sunset Strip — Sunset Boulevard, just west of Fairfax Avenue — very close to the Virgin Mega Store and the Directors Guild, as well as to many famous clubs. If any […]
Neo Nazi William Baker Tells Muslim Crowd at Boca Marriott that 9-11 Hijackers Weren’t Muslims
And a lot more corrosive drivel besides. “MIM Exclusive:Neo Nazi William Baker Tells Crowd at Boca Marriott that 9-11 Hijackers Weren’t Muslims,” from Militant Islam Monitor, with thanks to Beila Rabinowitz: BOCA RATON, FL (April 30, 2005) “Islam has come to America to call this country back to its roots,” declared the controversial Bill Baker […]
Fitzgerald: There is a double standard
Jihad Watch Advisory Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald comments on this Arab News piece in which Naushad Shamimul Haque identifies several putative causes of jihad terrorism, including poverty and “the West’s double standard.” From the Arab News, that appears in, and is supported by, one of the richest countries in the world, the main beneficiary […]
Kingdom of Heaven: “It’s basically Osama bin Laden’s version of history”
The new blockbuster movie Kingdom of Heaven is looking more and more like a dhimmi whitewash of history. I have written a column about the film that appeared in Human Events last week; a longer version is slated to show up in FrontPage tomorrow or Wednesday. Meanwhile, tomorrow or Wednesday also I hope to finish, […]
“Alhamdulillah, the catch was great, American casualties were in the tens, apostate Iraqi casualties were even more, by the Grace of Allah”
There is nothing particularly new in this statement from the jihadist leader Abu Asaid Al-Iraqi: he rejoices and thanks Allah that he has been able to kill many Americans. However, it was sent to me this morning around the same time that I received the latest round of an ongoing exchange I am having with […]
Mainstream media ignores conviction of Al-Timimi
In “Convicting the “Paintball Sheikh” at FrontPage (thanks to Romy), Daniel Pipes notes the media indifference to the conviction of Al-Timimi. Which is “the federal government’s greatest court victory against terrorism”? According to an article by Debra Erdley in yesterday”s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, that would be the conviction on April 26, 2005, of Ali al-Timimi. Ali […]
Odyssey of an Al Qaeda Operative
A profile of Moroccan jihadist Karim Mejjati, from the Washington Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — In the post-Sept. 11 world, Karim Mejjati was the perfect undercover al Qaeda operative. The former medical student from Morocco could speak several languages, had many passports and excelled at building bombs. He was […]