Archives for 2005

Sneer quotes in the original AP headline. (Thanks to Kemaste for the link.) Anyway, so much for the idea that there are no more secret cells in the U.S. (Of course, it may be that the spokesman in that story was using “Al-Qaeda” in a restricted sense, contrary to the common tendency to use it […]

Busy tourist update. Of course, here is another innocent Muslim engaging in innocent activities and wrongfully arrested. I would find such assertions more credible if law enforcement officials had ever arrested and tried a Muslim that Islamic advocacy groups acknowledged was guilty. From the Charlotte Observer, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Kamran Akhtar, suspected […]

What kind of grudge? What kind of vendetta? No word here. From the New York Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: January 25, 2005 — Investigators probing the slaughter of a family of devout Egyptian Christians believe they may have been victims of a bloody vendetta that predates their immigration to the United States […]

Al-Moayad and Zayed walk watch. Some of the evidence dates from the time before Al-Qaeda was designated a terrorist group, so it is inadmissable, you see. From the New York Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: In an important victory for a Yemeni sheik charged with financing terrorism, a federal judge yesterday prevented prosecutors […]

We have noted similar findings here many times. From MEMRI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Saudi Columnist: ‘The Only Way to End Violence and Terrorism Is to Fight a Cultural and Ideological Battle’ In an article published in the Saudi Gazette, columnist Muhammad Mahfouz, who is also editor of the cultural magazine Al-Kalima, published […]

The truth is beginning to get out. From David Penberthy in the Daily Telegraph, with thanks to JS: HERE’S a challenge for swimwear designers. Britain’s advertising watchdog last week banned a series of television commercials featuring bikini-clad women because they were offensive to Muslims. Stand by for the burqini, a fetching one-piece ensemble made entirely […]

Here and here are two confirmations of this story, one of which is mentioned in its first line. From MSNBC, with thanks to all who sent this in: In France, Tuesday, security agents detained seven people suspected of helping funnel Islamic militants into Iraq. In Mainz, Germany, this weekend, police arrested an alleged al-Qaida operative […]

More evidence of how Muslims in Europe are aiding the global jihad. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: The Danish citizen of Lebanese origin currently the focus of a joint Police-Shin Bet investigation was identified Wednesday as a Hizbullah recruited agent by the name of Iyad al Ashwah, 39, after a […]

“War is deceit,” said the Prophet Muhammad (see, for example, Bukhari, vol. 4, book 52, no. 267). Of course, no one in government or law enforcement in the U.S. seems to have any idea that any Muslim here could be taking that statement seriously. But in the Philippines, they’re starting to get the idea. From […]

A wise column by Geoffrey Robertson in The Scotsman (thanks to Teri), although I doubt that his prediction that a Muslim cleric will fall victim to the statute will prove true in the current climate: TODAY, my friend Salman Rushdie – whose life is still under threat from Islamic extremists – will lead a delegation […]