Archives for 2005

He was a devout Muslim with no history of militancy? Didn’t he learn in his devout Qur’an reading to treat the unbelievers with tolerance and respect? Or did he learn to make war against them, as is commanded by Sura 9:29 and other passages of the Qur’an? “Palestinians Arrest 2 for Israel Bombing,” from AP, […]

Honor killing in Germany. “I’m not saying you should murder, but Hatin’s lifestyle just didn’t fit the way traditional Muslims live.” From Deutsche Welle, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: On a cold afternoon this week, Hatin Sürücü gazed gravely from a large poster behind a bus stop lined with flowers, cards and candles. To […]

From C-Span: On Sunday, February 27 at 7:30 am Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis Bat Ye’or Description: Bat Ye’or talks about her new book, “Eurabia,” at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. She looks at the relationship between European and Arab countries since the mid-20th century and argues that Muslims living in Western Europe have significantly […]

I told you so update. Note that Sharia is being presented as an improvement for women upon their situation in Saddam’s relatively secular Iraq. From the Christian Science Monitor, with thanks to all who sent this in: BAGHDAD — Covered in layers of flowing black fabric that extend to the tips of her gloved hands, […]

Syrian intelligence behind the Iraqi jihad? But wait: the Syrians are secular Arab nationalist Baathists. Surely they wouldn’t have anything to do with the mujahedin, would they? Remember the words of Michel Aflaq, founder of the Baath Party: “Islam is Arab nationalism” (see Sylvia Haim, Arab Nationalism, 1962, p. 64). From AP, with thanks to […]

The jihad cannot end, and cannot be subject to negotiations. The Western nations continue to imagine that they can negotiate with the adherents of a totalitarian, intransigent, violent ideology. This is how such negotiations will always end. From Reuters, : “Islamic Jihad claims responsibility (for the bombing) in Tel Aviv,” a spokesman told Reuters. “This […]

It was certain to happen; the only question was when. From the New York Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 26 – A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up tonight among a crowd of young Israelis waiting to enter a nightclub near Tel Aviv’s beachfront late, shattering a truce that […]

No satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon has yet been found. “On November 22, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security sent an intelligence bulletin to police agencies to alert them that terrorist groups have shown an interest in using laser beams to try to bring down airliners.” From AP, with thanks to Bruce: ROMULUS, Mich. […]

It is unfortunate that the only people saying things like this are Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose name is already so closely associated with racism and anti-Semitism. It further obfuscates the fact that Europe is facing an ideological threat, and that the only reason to object to Muslim population growth in Europe is not because Muslims […]

Here is another case of dhimmitude coming to the UK. Islamic law stipulates that a dhimmi who does not behave respectfully toward a Muslim voids his contract of “protection.” Riaz Burahee probably thought that 92 threatening phone calls was a perfectly reasonable response to an insult from a Jew. It reminds me of a recent […]