Archives for 2005

Today’s New York Times contains a story entitled “A Bloody Crime in New Jersey Divides Egyptians,” by Andrea Elliott. (Thanks to Anthony for the link.) To the outsider, the extent of vitriol and near-paranoia provoked by the slayings seems hard to fathom: the police have yet to make an arrest and believe that robbery was […]

This story gives a few additional details and conflicts with other stories in saying that the jewelry was still in the house, thus making robbery less likely as a motive. So does, for that matter, “ritualistic cutting of the throats.” From the Assyrian International News Agency, with thanks to Anthony: The father, Hossam Armanious, 47, […]

From AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti, who suggests that Chirac may be bowing down to his Muslim masters: PARIS, Jan 20 (AFP) – Under pressure from President Jacques Chirac, his arch-rival Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday dropped plans to present a resolution opposing Turkey’s full entry to the European Union before the national council of […]

Any mention of the death threat the Armanious family received from a Muslim? Any mention of reports that Christian tattoos were sliced off the bodies? Any mention of other indications that this crime was religiously motivated? No. Just the knee-jerk assumption that this is just another excuse to victimize Muslims. This unwillingness to deal fairly […]

The Emir of Jaish Ansar Al-Sunnah has issued a new statement. Is he reading the same Qur’an Bush is reading? From the SITE Institute, with thanks to Ana: Quoting verses from the Qur’an and the Hadeeth, he promises them a place in Heaven, and claims that Hell will be the eternal resting-place of the non-Muslims, […]

Tiny minority of extremists update. Note this: “A section of Islamic seminaries known as qaumi madrasas have become the breeding ground of Islamic terrorism.” How could this happen? Aren’t they reading George Bush’s Qur’an? From India News, with thanks to Ana: India News]: Kolkata, Jan 20 : A Bangladeshi human rights group today claimed that […]

UPDATE 12/12/05: A new article by Daniel Pipes leads me to make this clarification: I do not know the quality of the information I was given by these sources. This has all been an extremely puzzling experience. I was approached with this evidence; I did not seek it out. It was confirmed by several parties. […]

During his Inaugural Address earlier this afternoon, President Bush said this: In America’s ideal of freedom, the public interest depends on private character – on integrity, and tolerance toward others, and the rule of conscience in our own lives. Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self. That edifice of character is […]

Muslims in Britain are pushing for the new religious hatred law, and jihadists will be the happiest to see it instituted, since it will muzzle honest consideration of the Islamic roots of jihad terrorism. However, at least one jihadist group, Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which runs the site Khilafah.com, doesn’t look at the new law with unalloyed joy: […]

The King should apologize to this as soon as international Islamic ulama apologizes to Middle Eastern Christians for conquering their lands and forcing dhimmi status upon them. And will the Moors in turn apologize to the King for conquering Spain 700 years before they were expelled? “King snubs Moroccan plea for apology,” from The Telegraph, […]