From the Barnabas Fund via ReligionJournal, with thanks to EPG and RB: Some 3,000 Christians in the UK are in danger because they have chosen to convert from Islam. Some are being actively harassed and persecuted, but many church leaders seem more interested in defending their attackers than in standing up for the rights of […]
Archives for 2005
Turkey: Guides twist Gallipoli into a “holy jihad”
From our Fabricating History Department comes one from the Australian Advertiser, with thanks to Twostellas and RB: THE Anzac legend is being corrupted by unlicensed Turkish tour guides who claim the Gallipoli campaign was a “holy jihad” decided by the hand of Allah. In lectures delivered on the battlefields, the guides tell their audiences that […]
Legislator Proposes Teaching Islam in Philippine Colleges
Another for our ever-expanding Taqqiya Department from IslamOnline, with thanks to Ali Dashti and RB: ILOILO CITY, Philippines, As part of Muslims’ unrelenting efforts to wash away misconceptions about their religion, a Filipino Muslim lawmaker has recently tabled a bill on the inclusion of the basic teaching of Islam in the college curriculum. “I believe […]
Indonesia: controversy over new “Islamic village”
Officials are trying to allay fears that the village, which already has many non-Muslim residents, will henceforth be exclusively for Muslims. “Betawi village is open to all religions, ethnic groups,” from the
Iraqis hold anti-Jordanian protests over bombing
Sunni-Shi’ite unrest, culminating in a call for foreign jihadists to leave Iraq. From Reuters, with thanks to RB: BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thousands of Iraqi Shi’ites protested on Monday after hearing reports that relatives of a Jordanian suicide bomber suspected of killing 125 people in the town of Hilla celebrated him as a martyr. After breaking […]
French trial highlights role of friendship in Muslim militant groups
Suicide bombing plot against the US Embassy in Paris — planned by a group of friends. From AP, with thanks to Twostellas and RB: PARIS (AP) The plot was bold and horrific: send a suicide bomber strapped with explosives into the U.S. Embassy in Paris. The six-week trial that culminates Tuesday with the verdict opened […]
Kashmir jihad financed from London?
“Three Islamic suspects appear in London court,” from AFP, with thanks to Twostellas and RB: LONDON (AFP) – Three people suspected of financing “terrorism” were charged in court here with providing illegal support to an Islamic fundamentalist group leading a rebellion in Indian Kashmir. Mohammed Ajmal Khan, 30, Palvinder Singh, 29, and Frzana Khan, the […]
Spanish Islamic Commission: Thanks for telling apart Islam, terrorists
From Australian AP with thanks to Nobody and RB: THE Spanish Islamic Commission has thanked the country for the “exemplary” way in which it has made a distinction between Islam and terrorism after the March 11, 2004 attacks in Madrid. “We feel deep and strong solidarity with the victims and their loved ones who have […]
Government Report on U.S. Aviation Warns of Security Holes
Stemming in no small part from a general inability or refusal to recognize what we’re up against. This also includes the inability or refusal to name the foe as he names himself. From the New York Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: WASHINGTON, March 13 – Despite a huge investment in security, the American […]
The Stages of Jihad
A new essay by European author Wolfgang Bruno with a useful summation of themes that will be familiar to longtime Jihad Watch readers — including the three stages of jihad that I outline from Islamic sources in Onward Muslim Soldiers: When Dutch Islam critic Theo van Gogh was murdered, comments were made that “jihad had […]