An overview of the Abu Bakar Bashir trial follies, which we have covered here from the beginning. From the Toronto Star, with thanks to Witness: In this nation, too, official and populist indifference greeted early American warnings of homegrown terrorism. That didn’t change until after the bombings in Bali (2002) and two in Jakarta (at […]
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Thailand: Muslims sabotage “good neighbor” outreach effort
“Blast injures four in Thailand’s restive south,” from China View, with thanks to JS: BANGKOK, Four soldiers were injured Monday in a blast in Thailand’s Muslim-dominated South, less than 24 hours after three bomb rocked the region, sources to Xinhua said. In Yala, one of the three southernmost border provinces in the kingdom, an explosion […]
“A thorough examination of the expansionist, religious-cum-political ideology of Islam is vital to any successful defense against its jihadist expression”
In her latest Washington Times column, “Preserve free speech,” Diana West puts her finger on the problem with National Review’s Rich Lowry’s facile dismissal of books which, in his view, attempt to “discredit Muhammad and Islam.” Of greater concern is the philosophical battle National Review declined to fight, and the reasons the magazine declined to […]
Terror cover-up in Texas City?
Disturbing questions about the Texas City refinery blast. From Joseph Farah’S G2 Bulletin in WND, with thanks to Romy: Within hours of the explosion of the Texas City oil refinery that killed 15 and injured more than 100, FBI officials were ruling out terrorism as a cause. Despite the fact that a jihad group was […]
Did Osama bin Laden order beheading of three Britons?
From the Times Online, : THE families of three Britons beheaded by Islamic terrorists are hoping that their killer will finally reveal if Osama bin Laden ordered their captives’ murder. Authorities in Chechnya are questioning one of the kidnappers who had agreed to release the telephone engineers in exchange for a £3 million ransom. Days […]
Belgian non-profit groups ‘finance terror’
Eurabia alert from Expatica, : BRUSSELS – Belgian anti-terrorism experts are investigating possible links between some of the country’s not-for-profit groups and known terrorist organisations, it was confirmed on Wednesday. Several newspapers from the Sud Presse publishing group reported that Justice Minister Laurette Onkelinkx had received 86 separate files on groups thought to be helping […]
LeVine/Kahn, Round II
Tzvi Kahn takes on our old pal Mark LeVine once again in “The Marxist Strikes Back” in FrontPage (thanks to Rebecca Bynum). Kahn rightly denies plagiarizing me, a charge that LeVine irresponsibly made in his response to Kahn’s first piece. And he scores a few direct hits: In his long and rambling response to my […]
Filipinos Decry Anti-Muslim Profiling Memo
From IslamOnline, with thanks to Twostellas: MANILA, A controversial memorandum by the Justice Department on monitoring Filipino workers returning from the Middle East, students coming back from Pakistan and reverts to Islam as an anti-terrorism measure, drew fire from the country’s Muslims as well as migrants’ watchdogs. Note the use of the term “revert” rather […]
UK: Muslims’ fury as Pope ‘compared to Prophet’
All right, so Jalal Chaudry spoke imprecisely from a Muslim perspective. But his comments are an “insult to all Muslims”? Here’s one from the Touchy Touchy Department, via the Scotsman, with thanks to Twostellas: A MUSLIM leader was at the centre of a furious row today after being accused of comparing Pope John Paul II […]
The unreported race riot in France
“Mugged by la Réalité: The unreported race riot in France”: Olivier Guitta writing in the Weekly Standard (thanks to Ted Robertson): Fredric Encel, Professor of international relations at the prestigious Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris and a man not known for crying wolf, recently stated that France is becoming a new Lebanon. The implication, far-fetched […]