From Haaretz, with thanks to TTN: Israel has rejected a proposal by the United States to supply the Palestinian police officers in the West Bank with weapons that would assist them in performing their duties. American officials have told their Israeli interlocutors over the past few days that the Palestinian security forces need weapons to […]
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Dhimmi Catholic Newsletter
Another entry in the Worst-Ever Article on Islam contest: “Islam: What Catholics Should Know” comes to us, unfortunately, from American Catholic.Org, with thanks to Andrei Rublev. As time progresses, we Catholics are going to rub shoulders more and more with Muslims, those who follow the Islam religion. After all, there are 1.2 billion Muslims, compared […]
Jihad against tourists in Cairo
This is a report on the second attack: “Second attack takes place in Cairo,” from Xinhuanet, : CAIRO — Egyptian Health Minister MohamedAwad Tag Eddin said Saturday that an exchange of fire between two women near Islamic Old Cairo left one of them dead and the other wounded, the official MENA news agency reported. During […]
Sina: The Golden Rule and Islam
A provocative article by Ali Sina of Faith Freedom, exploring the implications of something we have discussed here in a different context on occasion: I have pointed out that Islamic law is at variance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in several important particulars; Ali here emphasizes and explores the core reason why this […]
Pakistani jihadist preaches jihad against India to university students
Of course, he no doubt means an internal spiritual struggle against India. “Hizb commander preaches jihad against India to PU students,” from ANI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A senior functionary of the Hizbul Mujahidden, a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, preached the students of the Punjab University to carry out jihad in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Mordechai Nisan reviews Eurabia
“The Arabization of Europe” is Mordechai Nisan’s review of Bat Ye’or’s Eurabia in the
Afghanistan: Six arrested for stoning woman to death
An update on this story. Were they arrested because stoning was barbaric and is only practiced by Misunderstanders of Islam? No! They were arrested because they were carrying out an unauthorized stoning: the mullah who authorized the killing was not a judge. Judge Stephen Henley might have called it an “opportunistic stoning.” “Six arrested for […]
Multiple blasts struck Texas refinery
Another update on the Texas Refinery Blast. “Multiple blasts struck refinery,” from AP, with thanks to Bob: HOUSTON – Federal investigators said Thursday that several explosions rocked a Texas City refinery last month in an eruption that killed 15 people, injured more than 100 and filled the sky with black smoke. “We believe that there […]
Turkish official: ‘Europe misinformed about Islam’
The Turk is irked: those nasty white European racists keep misunderstanding Islam, thinking it has something to do with violence. ‘Europe misinformed about Islam,’ from the Turkish Daily News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: Religious Affairs Director Ali Bardakoğlu said yesterday the West and Europe are erroneously informed in their understanding of Islam and Turkey should […]
Egypt: Bomber duo on the run
“Bomber duo on the run: Egypt,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: CAIRO: Egyptian investigators have identified two more suspects from a deadly Cairo bombing this month and said they may be planning more attacks, a newspaper said yesterday. The daily Al-Gomhuria reported both men had “embraced the ideas of jihad (holy war)” […]