Archives for 2005

Signs are already emerging that Turkey’s entrance into the EU will not change Turkey as much as it will change Europe. And look: it was half a sentence. Someone in Turkey is paying very, very close attention to these matters. From Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA), with thanks to Kemaste: (dpa) – Pressure from Turkey has […]

Left: Elvis impersonator and Iraqi Benjamin Nissan votes in Skokie, Illinois. Right: Iraqi expatriate Abbis Kadhen votes in Nashville, Tennessee. (Both photos Reuters) And people say there’s no clash of civilizations. I just hope this vote doesn’t lead Iraq to Heartbreak Hotel.

The print edition of the Wall Street Journal today carries on pg. B5 an advance report of a Freedom House study on Saudi mosques in the U.S. WASHINGTON — Mosques across the U.S. continue to carry books and pamphlets describing non-Muslims as “infidels” and promoting intolerance against Western society, according to a forthcoming study by […]

From WND, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: As the Iraqi national election approaches, terrorist insurgents and Kurdish paramilitary groups continue to target the ChaldoAssyrian Christian minority, trying to prevent them from freely participating in the vote, according to a human rights group. “These Christians have endured suicide bombings at their churches, acid thrown on […]

“Nicaraguans seize missile during sting,” from the Washington Times, with thanks to Radwick: Nicaraguan police, with U.S. assistance in a sting operation, thwarted black marketeers trying to sell SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles capable of downing commercial aircraft earlier this month, raising fears that some missiles already have been sold to terrorists, The Washington Times has learned…. […]

“Duke is under fire for comments he made about Islam not being a peaceful religion.” Times are exceedingly tough when you can come “under fire” for telling the truth. From WND, with thanks to all who sent this in: The dean of a Bible college has stirred up a controversy in Tennessee after challenging a […]

The Vice President of the Jihad Watch Board, Hugh Fitzgerald, considers the wisdom of a continued American presence in Iraq: The adventure in Iraq, which in its First Stage (the war to locate and destroy major weaponry and arms stores, and to overthrow one of the most sinister dictators around) was justified, in its Second […]

Gaza votes for jihad terror. From AFP, with thanks to Teri: GAZA CITY (AFP) – The radical Islamist movement Hamas was celebrating a landslide victory in the first ever local elections in the Gaza Strip, winning 77 out of the 118 seats up for grabs, election commission sources said. The mainstream Fatah faction of Palestinian […]

Little Green Footballs has a review from The Claremont Review of Books of The Palestinian Authority by Edward Said. This is the last book by the man who, in Charles’ words, “did more to intellectualize and legitimize the Arab world’s hatred of the Western world than any other human being.” From the review by James […]

Death is the traditional penalty for blasphemy, as well as the current penalty in Pakistani law. Such laws are frequently used against Christians and other religious minorities there — which is why State ought to make their repeal the price of friendship with the United States. From AP, “Militants threaten Christian man in Pakistan after […]