Guerrillas, not terrorists. And of course the judge has probably no idea what a “mujahid” is. From Reuters, with thanks to Teri: MILAN, Italy (Reuters) — An Italian judge has dropped terrorism charges against five North Africans accused of sending suicide bombers to Iraq, saying they were guerrillas, not terrorists — a ruling that drew […]
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Paris mosque a recruiting center for the Iraqi jihad
Didn’t the local imam tell them Islam was a religion of peace? (Yes, for all you unblinking literalists out there, that was sarcasm.) From “France detains 7 terror suspects,” an AFP story, with thanks to M. Gozlan: FRANCE’S domestic counter-espionage service (DST) detained seven people, including two women, who were allegedly seeking to go to […]
Fitzgerald: Why the Copts are so upset
The reaction of the Coptic community in America to the murders of the Armanious family is extremely telling in itself. Surely what is of note in this case is that the Copts in Jersey City seem to have little doubt as to who carried out, or was behind, the murder. Consider the fury expressed against […]
Farah: Jihad in Jersey City
Joseph Farah at WND asks the right questions about the investigation of the murders of the Coptic family in Jersey City: I want you to try to imagine how the major media might cover the following story. A Muslim family of four, known for boldly proselytizing the Islamic faith in the shadow of where the […]
More information on the Jersey City murders
An informed source close to the investigation of the murders of the Coptic family in New Jersey has given me some more information: The police and prosecutor are “very scared” of this case. The Muslim community in Jersey City is putting enormous pressure on City Hall to softpedal the case. Says my source: “They [police […]
Britain Arrests Freed Gitmo Detainees
From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: LONDON – After enduring up to three years of imprisonment and interrogation at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, four Britons returned to England on Tuesday and were immediately arrested by antiterrorist police. Moazzam Begg, Feroz Abbasi, Martin Mubanga and Richard Belmar were arrested under […]
Armanious case update
Late last night I posted some new information on the case of the Coptic family murdered in New Jersey. In case you missed it, it is here.
Fitzgerald: MESA Nostra
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald introduces you to the Middle East Studies Association: “Mesa” or “MESA” is the acronym of the Middle East Studies Association, the professional group of those who at American universities and colleges are charged with the responsibility of teaching the American young, those trusting, innocent, infinitely malleable young, with […]
Saudi Court sentences 12-year-old boy to 80 lashes
Sharia alert. From “Saudi Court in Makkah Lashes 12-Year-Old Boy 80 Times,” from the Saudi Institute, with thanks to Ali Dashti: (Washington DC- January 24, 2005) “¦ A 12 year old boy was lashed 80 times in the street by a Saudi court hours after he was arrested at the annual Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj), Saudi […]
Tunisian Progressive: ‘Islamism is The Mother of All Big Lies’
And a wildly successful one indeed. No tiny minority of extremists here: the Islamic reformer Saad Eddin Ibrahim complains that 150,000 mosques in Egypt are against him. In the words of the Tunisian human rights activist Abu Khawla (Muhammad Bechri) in MEMRI, with thanks to Romy: “The mosque (especially the Friday prayer sermon) is particularly […]