Eurodhimmis getting worried — about their own supine lenience. From Reuters, with thanks to Mediawatch: BERLIN (Reuters) – Failed terrorism prosecutions in Germany and the Netherlands this week have highlighted Europe’s patchy record in securing convictions and prompted some to ask if laws need to be tightened. Gee, ya think? Ihsan Garnaoui, a 34-year-old Tunisian, […]
Archives for 2005
Saudi Arabia: Another Maid Fights to Stay Alive After Rape, Torture
Could this kind of thing have anything to do with a mindset that considers unbelievers as the “vilest of creatures” (Qur’an 98:6)? From Arab News, with thanks to Twostellas: RIYADH, 10 April 2005 “” Another Indonesian guest worker is battling to stay alive after being subjected to sadistic tortures and rape by her sponsor. Twenty-five-year-old […]
A Jihadist Appeal to the Left
In “A Terrorist Appeal to the Left,” Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Erick Stakelbeck in FrontPage (thanks to KJL) explain how the jihadist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir is trying to appeal to the American Left: A recently released propaganda video by the Islamic extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is quite revealing. Not only does the video demonstrate the group’s growing […]
“No, no to Satan!”
I told you so update: in Iraq, as all over the Islamic world, there will always be a contingent of people who believe that Sharia is the law of Allah, and that it is therefore much preferable to democracy, which is human-devised law. And they will resist democracy, and fight for Sharia. I am told […]
Message Announcing the Preparation for Jihad to be Carried from Iraq to Saudi Arabia
From the SITE Institute, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A message posted on the internet to an al-Qaeda affiliated website concerning the current preparations for mujahideen in Iraq to travel to Saudi Arabia to “clear the land of al-Haramain (Saudi Arabia) from al-Saud and their masters (the Americans).”… According to the posting, “the country […]
Handshake-gate
“Iranian president denies Israeli handshake: Says incident at pope’s funeral did not take place,” from AP, with thanks to Skeetstreet: TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mohammad Khatami strongly denied shaking hands and chatting with Israeli President Moshe Katsav at Pope John Paul II’s funeral, state-run media reported Saturday. Following the pope’s funeral on Friday, Katsav […]
Pakistan: Protestant pastor, driver killed
From the Qatar Peninsula, with thanks to Twostellas: PESHAWAR: The bodies of a protestant pastor and his driver have been found dumped on a road in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province, police said yesterday. The bodies of Shamoun Barbar, 37, and his driver, identified only as Daniel, were found near the provincial capital, Peshawar, on Thursday. […]
Dutch PM: ‘Disrespectful behaviour, not Islam, is the problem’
“‘Disrespectful behaviour, not Islam, is the problem’: PM,” from Expatica, with thanks to Susan: AMSTERDAM – Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has expressed understanding for people who are offended by the link made between Islam and the problems in Dutch society. “The problem is not Islam but disrespectful behaviour,” Balkenende said in Rotterdam on […]
The Economist sneers at the defenders of Western culture
The Economist, which has shown egregious dhimmi tendencies in the past, does it again in this sustained sneer directed toward those who would defend Europe against Islamization, “Living with Islam: The new Dutch model?” (thanks to Dr JDJ): FOR people who see themselves as the front line in an uncertain struggle to defend western civilisation””a […]
9/11 “” a plan gone horribly wrong: French scholar
Gilles Kepel, who has been saying that jihad violence is on its way out for years, advances his thesis by asserting that Al-Qaeda’s entire 9/11 project was a failure. From Pakistan’s Daily Times, with thanks to Skeetstreet: ISLAMABAD: Al Qaeda’s plan to galvanise jihad internationally and win the sympathies of the Muslim world through 9/11 […]