Basketball jihad. But of course, he didn’t know. No one ever does. “Olajuwon’s mosque donated money to alleged terror fronts,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: Washington “” A mosque established and funded by basketball star Hakeem Olajuwon gave more than $80,000 to charities the government later determined to be fronts […]
Archives for 2005
Myth of Islamic Tolerance now at book page
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer’s new essay collection,
“˜Italian journalist hostage in Iraq is alive and well”
What’s this? Jihadists … not telling the truth? From AFP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ROME – The Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who was kidnapped in Baghdad last week, has been seen and is in good health, her employer said on Wednesday. “A person has been able to see Giuliana twice, first on Monday […]
A bit more about Omid Safi
A couple of final reflections (for now, at least) on my man Omid Safi, the Colgate University professor who in his course, Namecalling 101, is busy indoctrinating his hapless students into the names they should use for those who discuss Islamic jihad honestly (“Zionist,” “Christian triumphalist,” etc.) and introducing them to the perils of “Islamophobia,” […]
‘Jihad’ Bank Leaves U.S.
Good news from the New York Post, : February 9, 2005 — A top Middle Eastern bank is closing shop in New York and around the United States in the wake of allegations that it supports terrorism and administers a “life insurance” plan for Palestinian homicide bombers. In announcing the closures yesterday, the Jordan-based Arab […]
PA Religious leader: Goal is Israel’s Destruction
While Sharon and Abbas are busy bringing peace to our time, the jihad message of Palestinian Authority TV has not changed. Note the invocation of the example of Muhammad as a conqueror. From Palestinian Media Watch, : The following is the text of the Friday sermon, February 4, 2005: To view click here Preacher Ibrahim […]
Anti-dhimmitude in Germany: Armenian genocide back on school curriculum
My heart skipped a beat when I saw that genocide was back on the German curriculum, but don’t worry: they’re just teaching about it, and reversing an earlier decision, under Turkish pressure, to drop this teaching. From DPA, with thanks to Cathy J. Palmer: BERLIN – Defusing a row after alleged Turkish pressure forced removal […]
Omid Safi speaks!
I just got this message from Omid Safi: Put this on your webpage: You and I are not friends, and we are not friendly. I oppose, challenge, and stand up to the thinly veiled bigotry that you foster. For my part, I will spend my life standing up for women’s rights, for rights of the […]
What they played in Rotterdam instead of Submission
Bowing to Muslim pressure, The Netherlands’ principal film festival cancelled a showing of the murdered filmmaker Theo van Gogh’s Submission, an exposé of the mistreatment of women mandated by Islamic law. But they did show Yasmin (thanks to Twostellas for the link), a film that so distorts the reality of anti-Muslim bigotry in England that […]
Illegal entrants from states that sponsor terrorism released into US
“Non-Mexican illegal aliens a U.S. security headache,” from Reuters, with thanks to EPG: WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of people from countries other than Mexico illegally crossed the Mexican border into the United States last year, creating a growing security headache for U.S. authorities. Mexicans caught by U.S. border patrols trying to enter the country […]