Archives for 2005

A few weeks ago I published an article in FrontPage entitled “The Million Dollar Qur’an Challenge,” in which I laid claim to the million dollars offered by Islamic apologist Jamal Badawi, according to NorthJersey.com, to anyone who could show that the Qur’an teaches religious warfare. But alas, the Jihad Watch learjet has gone back to […]

A consideration of the recent request from Al-Azhar that the Vatican apologize for the Crusades, from Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer at FP: Ever mindful of keeping the West on the defensive and portraying it as the guilty party in today”s global jihad, Al-Azhar (the highest ranking religious authority in Egypt and most respected Sunni […]

Jihad Watch Advisory Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald takes on this outstanding display of dhimmitude from the eminently cloudy-minded Thomas Friedman at the New Duranty Times: Everyone will have his own startling encounter with Islam — the real thing, not what Muslim apologists, hoping to give everyone a carefully-circumscribed “peek into the Koran” (and let’s […]

From AP, : JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) Indonesia plans to formally outlaw the al-Qaida-linked terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, a move that will make it easier for authorities to arrest and prosecute militants in the world’s most populous Muslim nation, a top security official said Monday. Banning the organization which is listed by the United Nations as […]

From our new Monsters in the Closet Department comes this contribution from Attallah Quiba, the PA’s ambassador to Sri Lanka. Arafat, you see, couldn’t have done something as prosaic as die; had he not been murdered, he would clearly have lived to be 562. From Bernama, the Malaysian National News Agency, with thanks to Teri: […]

The illustrious Samuel Berbano gives us another one for the Here We Go Again Department, in the Iowa State Daily, with thanks to the Norwegian Kafir: Although dispelling stereotypes among a large population is not child’s play, some Islamic students on campus say the solution could be as simple as ridding a common childhood fear. […]

Plot against European embassies in Yemen. “Terror Suspects Admit Yemen Embassy Plot,” from AP: SAN’A, Yemen – Eight suspected Al Qaeda members, including an Iraqi with Swiss nationality, admitted in court Monday to planning attacks on Western embassies here, while six convicted terrorists were sentenced to two years in jail in another case. The trials […]

From the Dutch Blog Zacht Ei, with thanks to Ali Dashti: All hail Mrs. Verdonk A few months ago, our immigration secretary Rita Verdonk was lambasted in the press for daring to comment on an imam who refused to shake her hand. Now, it seems more people are willing to stand up for their right […]