From AINA , with thanks to Nicolei, who comments: “It seems that the Arabs’ cry for the “right to return” applies only to the Palestinian Arabs.” Demonstrators from both Turkmen and Arab Shiites ethnic groups turned out for a rally held in the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk Friday night, to denounce the a transitional […]
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Thousands rally against Musharraf
Tiny minority of extremists update: tens of thousands of demonstrators in Pakistan from “an alliance of Islamic parties.” From CNN, : LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people from all religious parties have staged a rally in Karachi against Pakistan’s president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, declaring him unacceptable because of his pro-American policies. During […]
Environments of Hate
From the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (thanks to RB) comes “Environments of Hate: Indoctrination in the Arab World and Propaganda Advocacy in Americas University Classrooms,” a wonderful article from the courageous Lebanese speaker and writer Brigitte Gabriel: I’m honored to bring Columbia a unique perspective concerning the academic freedom issue. I see similarities between […]
Pakistani commission says government biased against religious minorities
“Pak commission says govt. biased against minorities,” from Expressnewsline, with thanks to Fanabba: The Pakistan National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) has, in its ‘Human Rights Monitor – 2005’ report condemned the preferential treatment given to Muslims by allowing them only to become head of state and suggested that the policy of exclusivism should […]
Buying Big Guns? No Big Deal
From CBS’s 60 Minutes, with thanks to Sparta: (CBS) Fifteen years ago, Osama bin Laden sent one of his operatives to the United States to buy and bring back two-dozen .50-caliber rifles, a gun that can kill someone from over a mile away and even bring down an airplane. In spite of all the recent […]
Switzerland: tourist brochure dhimmitude
In a story about the still-unsolved synagogue arson in Switzerland, a curious paragraph. From Israel National News, with thanks to Alain: Switzerland has a large Moslem population of some 500,000 – and the city of Lugano has a strong representation thereof. On the day before the double arson, the Neue Zurcher Zeitung reported that Lugano […]
More anger over NY woman ‘imam’
More reverberations over the Muslim woman who led prayers in New York last Friday. “Anger over NY woman ‘imam,’” from the Calcutta Telegraph, with thanks to Nicolei: She is being called the “shock Imam”, having stunned Muslim clergy across continents. In India, the shade of opinion over a Muslim woman leading namaz ranges from anger […]
Iran to set up secret nuclear faculty: intelligence source
Golly, those pious mullahs couldn’t be trying to deceive anyone, could they? From AFP, with thanks to Nicolei: VIENNA : Iran is to establish a secret nuclear engineering faculty within a year to provide engineers for what the United States claims is a covert project to develop atomic weapons, a Western intelligence source told AFP. […]
Saudi prof sentenced to 275 lashes for insulting Sharia
If calling the method for determining the beginning of Ramadan and Eid “primitive” gets 275 lashes, how many would you get for questioning Sharia provisions on jihad and dhimmitude? “Ministry Intervenes as Writer Sentenced to 275 Lashes,” from the Arab News, with thanks to JJP Mackie: RIYADH, 21 March 2005 – The case of a […]
Jihadists kill Iraqi women as ‘betrayers’ of Islam
“Rebels kill Iraqi women as ‘betrayers’ of Islam,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist. THE terrible screams will haunt Najat al-Alloussi every time she remembers her last telephone conversation with her kidnapped daughter. “Mama, mama,” cried Hadeel, 24. “They have just executed my husband in front of my eyes. Please help me. […]