Archives for 2005

From the VOA, with thanks to Skeetstreet: The group called the Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign held a registration meeting recently in Iran’s capital, Tehran. The group’s aim is to boost its roll of volunteers willing to carry out suicide attacks in Israel and Iraq. The Committee for the […]

From the Keystone Kops Department, via Expatica, : AMSTERDAM “” Wanted by police, a main suspect of the alleged terror network Hofstadgroep reportedly visited Muslim friends in the Netherlands last month. Nouredine el F. fled the country on 1 November, the day prior to the murder of Theo van Gogh last year. Telephone calls bugged […]

France tries to gain control over the training of imams. A most interesting experiment. Do they have the will to follow it through and make it work, by ensuring that the jihad ideology is not taught and that imposition of Sharia is not encouraged? “Muslim finance law agreed,” from French-News.com, with thanks to dwntmpo: After […]

Of course, this has nothing to do with terrorism “” you can gather material for pipe bombs and put pictures of Osama bin Laden and Iraqi beheadings on your wall and it will still have nothing to do with terrorism. But what is to have prevented jihad terrorists from obtaining some of these licenses? From […]

He’s really sorry now, but last month he stabbed an MP. Oh, never mind: that was just an “opportunistic stabbing.” From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: FORT BRAGG, N.C. “” A military jury sentenced a soldier to death Thursday for a grenade and rifle attack on his own comrades during the opening days […]

“Five held in France for recruiting Iraq fighters,” from AFP, : PARIS, April 28 (AFP) – Five suspected Islamic militants have been detained in France by intelligence agents who believe they were part of an operation to send volunteers to fight against the US army in Iraq, officials said Thursday. The four suspects arrested Sunday […]

This is a curious story. Why would they announce his death if he is not dead? If he died, and the death were verified, there would certainly be displays of mourning from the tiny minority of extremists worldwide — and if the media cared or dared to notice these displays, we would get some idea […]

Good thing “there are not now and never have been, in recent times, ‘Muslim militants’ in Kosovo, aside from a handful of individuals and some Saudi and other Gulf Arab-state cells operating through relief agencies.” “Terrorism: Al-Qaeda Threatens Europe from Balkans, say Experts,” from AKI, : Belgrade, 28 April (AKI) — A group of prominent […]

“Mauritania: Terrorist cell said linked to Al Qaeda dismantled, police,” from IRIN, : NOUAKCHOTT, 28 April (IRIN) – The government of Mauritania claims to have arrested the leaders of a terrorist cell that the US military has linked to Al Qaeda. The detainees are allegedly part of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), […]

I have noted many times that there is evidence that most — up to 75% — of the women imprisoned in Pakistan are there because of rape. Islamic evidence laws disallow a woman’s testimony in such cases, and require testimony from four male witnesses of the act to establish the rape. If such witnesses are […]