What race are Muslims again? Maybe that Nordic giant Ibrahim Hooper can explain to me about “racism” against Muslims. From Islamonline, with thanks to the Norwegian Kafir and RB: THE HAGUE, Along with the media reports which stereotype them as oppressed under Islam, Muslim women in Holland have other more concerns to worry about, a […]
Archives for 2005
Hirsi Ali wins fight over Islam criticism
A victory for the Jihad Watch Woman of the Year (and next year, too), Ayaan Hirsi Ali. From Expatica, with thanks to Filtrat and RB: AMSTERDAM – The Hague Court refused to censor MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Tuesday, dismissing a court challenge to her criticism of the Islam faith and a planned sequel to […]
France: 10 years for US ’embassy plot leader’
From CNN, and RB: PARIS: A French court on Tuesday handed the maximum 10-year sentence to the alleged organizer of a plot to send a suicide bomber into the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Five other defendants in the closely watched case were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one year to nine years imprisonment. Djamel […]
A Sacred, but Not Very Specific, Conversation
He calls it “A Sacred Conversation”: Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa, a Chicago physician and writer, recounts this conversation at AltMuslim.com, with thanks to Nicolei and RB. [An American woman writes]: “I won’t deny that I have hostility towards Islam. I think you should know, however, that before I knew anything about Islam I used to […]
Italy Aims to Begin Withdrawing Troops From Iraq in September
Sgrena: mission accomplished. From the New York Times, with thanks to RB: ROME, March 15 – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said today that he aimed to begin withdrawing Italy’s 3,000 troops from Iraq by September, in a signal that the domestic cost of loyalty to the United States over the war was growing too high. […]
U.S. Report Lists Possibilities for Terrorist Attacks and Likely Toll
An interesting report from the New York Times, with thanks to RB. Now what are they doing on the ideological front to identify and monitor potential sites of jihadist recruitment, and to keep an eye on the recruits? Or is that too un-PC for the DHS? WASHINGTON, March 15 – The Department of Homeland Security, […]
Another kind of Islam?
In “The Region: Another kind of Islam,” Barry Rubin addresses the problem of reforming Islam and ending incitement. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Designnut and RB: A Saudi mother, a college professor, recently wrote about a remarkable experience. Shortly after September 11, 2001, her son came home from fifth grade and sang the […]
Spencer: Jihad Declared in Chechnya
The recent declaration of jihad by Chechen Muslims is puzzling enough in the context of recent (and not so recent) Chechen history. But it becomes crystal clear in light of longstanding practices of the global jihad movement. Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer explains in FrontPage: Stop the presses: Islamic forces in Chechnya have declared jihad! […]
Commenting bug
In the course of an average day I get several emails from people who tell me they can’t comment. I am sorry for this, as it is a mysterious problem that seems to originate with TypeKey. And even I have had the experience of signing in and then getting the message that I need to […]
Two Saudis beheaded for killing Pakistani who witnessed ‘shameful’ incident
Sharia alert: note how the men were executed, and remember that the next time someone is beheaded in Iraq and the talking heads say it’s “un-Islamic.” These men committed the murder to avoid the flogging or prison term they would have gotten for homosexual acts. From CBC, with thanks to Skeetstreet and RB: RIYADH, Saudi […]