That media dhimmitude looks even more disgraceful in light of this. From Reuters: ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen accused of plotting with al Qaeda to kill President Bush admitted his guilt, an FBI agent testified on Tuesday, but the man’s lawyer said the confessions should be disregarded because they were extracted during Saudi […]
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Copts fear Christian conversion sparked unsolved murders
More details on the Armanious case from Maria Sliwa in WorldNetDaily: Family members who viewed the bodies say they suspect the brutal slayings were a warning not to proselytize to Muslims. They say that the body of Sylvia Armanious was clearly the most viciously attacked in the killings, causing them to wonder if it was […]
More cyber jihad: Faith Freedom forums hacked
A message at Faith Freedom (thanks to Norwegian Kafir): The FFI forum is temporarily unavailable. Someone probably gained admin privileges in the forum via a security vulnerability in phpBB. To prevent further damage, the script has been taken off-line. The forum will be back when the extent of the damage has been determined and phpBB’s […]
1993 World Trade Center bombers write letters extolling jihad
From the Jails Are Not Correctional Facilities Department: the 1993 World Trade Center bombers are writing letters in Arabic newspapers exhorting Muslims to wage jihad — and even corresponding with other jihadists. This is the kind of thing that comes from not recognizing the true character of the struggle we’re in. If these guys are […]
Pipes on media dhimmitude
Regarding the Ahmed Omar Abu Ali case. From “Big Media Demagogue an Assassination Plot” in FrontPage, with thanks to EPG: While still living in the United States, Abu Ali developed ties to the “paintball jihadists” of northern Virginia, nine of whom have served time in jail. In 2000, he went to study Islam at its […]
The tears of Iran
FrontPage today features an interview with the magnificent Iranian activists Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi and her husband Elio Bonazzi. FP: In what ways do you think that the West fails to understand Iran? BZB & EB: We usually refer to the concept of “cultural imperialism” to explain the failure of most Westerners to understand not only Iran, […]
“He never gave the first impression he was a terrorist”
From the He-Was-Such-A-Grand-Fellow-This-Is-Discrimination Department, a Saajid Badat update. “Dark Secrets of the Trainee Islamic Priest,” from The Scotsman, with thanks to Nicolei, who comments: “Saajid Badat could have been a character out of Fox’s ’24.’ His case should lessen optimism that Western schooling and exposure to Western culture can cultivate moderate Muslims. His ‘piety,’ along […]
Egyptian Christians protest at “kidnapping”
More Islamic tolerance in Egypt. From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: CAIRO, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Hundreds of angry Christians demonstrated at a church southwest of Cairo in protest at what they described as the kidnapping and forced conversion of two young women to Islam, police sources said on Monday. It was the second incident […]
Christian sentenced to seven years in jail on blasphemy charges
Another story about Bashir Masih, underscoring how Pakistan’s blasphemy law is used as a weapon against the disadvantaged. From Asia News, with thanks to Emergency Room: Multan (AsiaNews) — Pakistan’s blasphemy laws strike Christians again. Bashir Masih, a 30-year-old Christian, was sentenced to seven years in jail for desecrating the Qu”ran. “It is a tragic […]
Online roundtable discussion
Honored guests of Jihad Watch are invited to attend a roundtable discussion about current events in the Middle East and to explore ideas about to combat the imperialism and oppression of Islamic jihad, Tuesday night beginning at 10:00PM EST. It will be held at http://fruitofislam.com/Kafir_Nation/index.php. Just so there’s no misunderstanding, I must note that I […]