CAIR wins yet another. These are presented as rights issues, although in countries that enforce Islamic law women have no freedom not to wear the scarf. “Muslim athlete can wear scarf,” from AP, with thanks to Nick B: A 12-year-old Muslim girl will be allowed to wear her head scarf in an basketball tournament in […]
Archives for 2005
UN report blames Israel, US for lack of Arab reform
Could Muslims have any responsibility for their own plight? Why of course not. From AP, with thanks to Kemaste: The creation of Israel and the US support for its policies in the West Bank are partially to blame for the lack of reform in the Arab world, according to a UN-sponsored report released Tuesday. The […]
Message Affirming Use of Beheadings as Proper in Jihad
From the SITE Institute, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A message was recently posted on a jihadist forum discussing the acceptability of beheadings in jihad. Ultimately, the author sanctioned them as valid, in accordance with the beliefs of Muhammad….he refers to past precedents of executions in history, arguing that these examples in history “prove […]
Wanted Malaysian made bomb for Jakarta blast – witness
Malaysians waging jihad in Indonesia. From Reuters, : JAKARTA, A Malaysian who is one of the most wanted terror suspects in Asia made the bomb that exploded outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta last year, a court witness said on Thursday. Syaiful Bahri told the court that Noordin M. Top, said to be a leading […]
Imams, Rabbis call for synergies between religion and politics
The dhimmi forum we discussed here in January has become a “permanent committee. A broken-English article from Arabic News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: The Judeo-Muslim Permanent Committee, convened Tuesday in Marrakech, called for associating the political action to the efforts of the clergy to promote relations between Islam and Judaism. This meeting, meant to assess […]
Muslims feel stigmatized, say British legislators
From Reuters, with thanks to Skeetstreet: LONDON, British Muslims feel victimized by the “war on terrorism” and community relations have worsened since the Sept 11 2001 attacks on the United States, lawmakers said in a report on Wednesday. The report comes a day after Prime Minister Tony Blair called an election in which the parties […]
Trifkovic: Caving In to Jihad: National Review, CAIR, and My Book
Serge Trifkovic writes about CAIR’s jihad against his book and the NR book appeasement flap in Chronicles (thanks to all who sent this in): By 2003 CAIR felt emboldened to complain about the FBI surveillance of mosques, but remained mute when it was revealed soon thereafter that the Al-Farooq mosque in New York was complicit […]
Four reported dead in Cairo explosion
More misunderstanding of Islam, this time in Cairo. Just in from Ireland Online, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A reported four people were killed and 19 injured when an explosion apparently set off by a man on a motorcycle hit a popular tourist bazaar in Cairo’s Old City today. Two of the dead were […]
Know what the teachers are teaching
The textbook victory in Scottsdale is most welcome, but this whitewash, “What is Islam?” by Semya Hakim in St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN, from Rethinking Schools Online (thanks to Tom), is still more common in schools: The recent attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon have brought to the surface a […]
FBI: Two NY girls planned to become suicide bombers
From the New York Times, with thanks to EPG: Two 16-year-old girls from New York City were arrested last month and charged with immigration violations after the F.B.I. asserted that they intended to become suicide bombers, according to a government document. A spokesman for one of their families, however, said the accusation was false and […]