Archives for 2005

Jihadwatch Director Robert Spencer will take part in a panel discussion; thanks to Drudge’s weather report, he knew to leave his umbrella in Secure Undisclosed Locationville. Radical Islam’s Penetration of Western Civilization 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Nessah Educational and Cultural Center 142 So. Rexford Dr. Beverly Hills, California The panel will consist of […]

Thanks to Jimmy the lgfer who first alerted me to this salient detail about the valedictorian accused of plotting to kill President Bush. The school has been in the news before. From AP He attended the Islamic Saudi Academy and graduated as valedictorian. The private school’s teachings have come under scrutiny since the Sept. 11 […]

“Give peace a chance,” by James Carroll in the Boston Globe, recounts a Jewish/Christian/Muslim meeting in Jerusalem to stand “against a global holy war.” In Jerusalem this week, Jews, Christians, and Muslims have gathered to examine the ways their own respective theologies — “I’m saved, and you’re not!” — have sacralized this habit of negation, […]

I have often noted in speeches and writings that the Islamic jihad ideology mandates that Muslims must wage war against non-Muslims after first inviting them to become Muslim. If they refuse, they must be fought until they convert or submit to second-class dhimmi status, paying the special tax for non-Muslims — jizya — and submitting […]

This is what has come from Musharraf’s repeated assurances that he is fighting against “extremism” in Pakistan. From the Indo-Asian News Service, with thanks to Fanabba: Islamabad, Feb 22 (IANS) In what is seen as the first signal of Pakistan’s assertion against US policies in its area, Islamabad has ordered the army to shoot at […]

Ranking House Dhimmicrat Charlie Rangel repeats what by now are well-worn pieties re Islam. From NewsMax, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Top House Democrat Charlie Rangel said Tuesday that it was an act of discrimination to label groups like Hezbollah “Islamic terrorists.” Asked about the refusal by some European governments to declare Hezbollah an […]

More on this case, just in from AP, with thanks to JJP Mackie: ALEXANDRIA, Va. “” A former Virginia high school valedictorian who had been detained in Saudi Arabia as a suspected terrorist was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and with supporting the Al Qaeda terrorist network. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 23, […]

He may have been part of the Virginia jihad network. From CNN, : WASHINGTON (CNN) — An American detained in Saudi Arabia for 20 months without being charged is being sent back to the United States where he is expected to be charged Tuesday, his father and a family friend told CNN…. Abu Ali’s family […]

Bat Ye’or will be appearing on the Dennis Prager radio show on KRLA today. The show begins at 2PM Eastern Time, 11AM Pacific Time. Further details at www.dennisprager.com. Callers welcome: 1-877-243-7776. Tell Prager you saw it on Jihad Watch!

Europe is becoming a major recruiting center for the global jihad. From Asia Times, with thanks to Chris: RABAT – When he was arrested in Dubai in July 2001, Djamel Beghal, a French Algerian already known to French services, confessed he had been ordered by Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant, Abu Zubeida to set up […]