Archives for 2005

Last April I wrote here about a professor at Colgate University, Omid Safi, who in a fine example of how indoctrination and propaganda have replaced genuine intellectual inquiry, was requiring his students to write brief reports on a person selected from a list he provided, which he had labeled “Islamophobes, Neo-cons, Western triumphalists, etc.” I […]

The president of the American Coptic Association calls for more action on the murders of a New Jersey family that may have been killed by a Muslim or Muslims angry with their proselytization efforts. From AINA, with thanks to Robert M.: Jersey City — Monir A. Dawoud, M.D., acting president of the 31 year old […]

Good thing the Saudis are holding that counterterrorism conference, eh? It will help them zero in on the Jews and Christians who are the real terrorists, according to Sheikh Musa Al-Qarni on Saudi TV. Note his repeated references to this posture toward Jews and Christians being fixed in the Qur’an. From MEMRI, with thanks to […]

Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute, eh? Not any more. In a story entitled “Rice: $100 A Month To Terrorists ‘on Pension,’” Israel National News (thanks to Marsha) is reporting that Condoleeza Rice is pursuing a proposal to raise money for danegeld, er, that is, a pension fund for jihad terrorists who […]

The Vice President of the Jihad Watch Board of Advisors, Hugh Fitzgerald, comments on the new moderate face Mahmoud Abbas is showing to the world: Abbas’ good behavior will last just as long as he needs to get the Israelis to retreat from their perfectly justified — legally, morally, historically — presence in Gaza. Sharon, […]

In the midst of a discussion about the Muslim Boys article I posted here Saturday, a poster identifying himself as from England at the Islamic Forum (thanks to Jeff Lastname for the link) declares his support for Al-Qaeda: i would happily like to see these gangs looked up, they are abusing Islam and i driving […]

I wrote about this website over a year ago. From AP, : KELOWNA, British Columbia (AP) — A Web site with links to al Qaeda is operating through a server in western Canada, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Technology Review magazine’s February edition reports. The Web site based in Kelowna, British Columbia — about 170 […]

Sharia alert. “Indonesia seeks to save kissing for marriage,” from IOL, with thanks to all who sent this in: Jakarta, Indonesia – Call it a kissing crackdown. Indonesia’s government is considering a law banning unwed couples from pecking in public – and harshly penalising those who do, The Jakarta Post reported on Saturday. The campaign […]

Another piece about the implications of the Shi’ite victory in Iraq. From ABC News (Australia), with thanks to JE: Senior leaders in Iraq’s Shia Muslim community are demanding the country base its laws and new constitution on the principles of Islam. The main Shia coalition is expected to be the biggest winner out of last […]

This is one of the problems of framing the present conflict as a “war on terror.” Anyone can commit “terrorism.” But it is only jihadists, not Zionists or anyone else, who are committing violence in countries around the globe in the name of their totalitarian and expansionist ideology. From CNN, with thanks to Ted Robertson: […]