Archives for 2005

From Sherrie Gossett in Accuracy in Media, with thanks to Daniel Pipes: While the major media have portrayed the president’s faith based initiative as a pay-off to conservative Christians, a controversial Muslim group accused of having an association with an extreme form of Islam has also been getting federal funds. The group, the Islamic Society […]

“Bush calls on Hizbullah to prove it is not a terrorist group,” from the Lebanese DailyStar: BEIRUT: American President George W. Bush called on Hizbullah to “prove they are not a terrorist group by laying down their arms”. Speaking after a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington, Bush said: “We view Hizbullah as […]

But how committed can Sfeir really be to Lebanese “sovereignty and independence” if he was in Washington to shill for Hizballah? “Sfeir to meet Bush to talk Hizbullah and bilateral relations,” from the Lebanese DailyStar: BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said Tuesday he was in Washington as a “friend of democracy” and to promote […]

From the TehranTimes: TEHRAN (IRNA) — Negotiators from Iran and the European Union will hold their new rounds of negotiations focusing on political and trade cooperation, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said here Tuesday in a statement. “In this round of negotiations, delegates from the two sides will separately discuss political cooperation as well as trade and […]

From Sharon Behn in the Washington Times: Christian groups and some other private relief agencies are being asked to halt their work in the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh and leave the area by March 26, Indonesia’s defense minister said yesterday. The decision likely will target Western and smaller church groups as the government moves […]

Ah, even Saudi Arabia can’t escape the glorious rising sun of modernity, eh? Well, maybe. The headline may be misleading. “87 Percent Saudis Back Women’s Participation in Elections,” from Arab News, with thanks to JJP Mackie and RB: JEDDAH, 16 March 2005 – A survey conducted by an independent agency in Jeddah showed 87 percent […]

From our “We Could Have Told You This” Department, coming from the Herald, and RB: AUSTRALIA could be the target of the next Jemaah Islamiah attack to be launched from possibly Indonesia or the Philippines, new intelligence warns…. Labor foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd told Parliament yesterday new terror intelligence suggested the Philippines and Indonesia […]

I wrote this in this morning’s FP article: Maskhadov was a mastermind of the Beslan school massacre, in which Chechen jihadists held over a thousand schoolchildren and adults hostage for several days, murdering many and engaging in wanton acts of brutality. When one hostage-taker asked Maskhadov and Chechen jihad leader Shamil Basayev why they were […]

The Vice President of the Jihad Watch Advisory Board, Hugh Fitzgerald, here tackles a common false claim: that poverty breeds jihad, and money will restore peace. This constant refrain about young Muslims turning to “militant Islam” or “Islamism” or somesuch because of poverty can be answered in two ways. The first way is to point […]

Islamization in Germany: “Lessons in Islam at Elementary Schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg,” from GermanNews, with thanks to the Norwegian Kafir and RB: Stuttgart. Starting with the 2006/07 school year, Islamic religious education will be offered at public schools in Baden-Wuerttemberg for the first time. According to Ali Demir, the chairman of the Islamic religious community, the […]