Update on this story. From The Scotsman, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A passenger who caused a British Airways jet to return to the UK after US authorities objected to the man landing in New York was questioned and released by police. The 747 jumbo jet was almost halfway into its journey yesterday when […]
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Arrested MS-13 member wanted in police slayings
More on the MS-13 gang in Boston that has been linked to Al-Qaeda. From the Boston Herald, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: The reputed MS-13 gang member arrested for sneaking into Texas illegally alongside a Bangladeshi Muslim last month is an accused cop killer suspected of killing two police officers in Honduras, the Herald […]
22 Nabbed in German Terror Raids
22 jihadists behind bars. Note the wide range of nationalities. The tiny minority of extremists certainly gets around. From AP, : ULM, Germany “” German police stepped up their crackdown on Islamic extremism Wednesday, detaining 22 people during raids of apartments and mosques allegedly used by a network that provided financing and other support to […]
British Flight Forced to Turn Back
From AP: LONDON – A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the passengers to land, saying he posed a terrorist threat, the airline said. Flight BA175 was three hours into its journey to John F. Kennedy International Airport when […]
Bat Ye’or interview tomorrow
Bat Ye’or will be interviewed live tomorrow, January 13, regarding her new book Eurabia. The audio will be streaming live at 3:00 PM EST at www.vcyamerica.org. On the right hand column there is a “Listen Live” button.
Media dhimmitude: “Of course it’s a double standard”
There is a worthwhile article in the Washington Times today, “One subject publishers in Britain will not touch” (thanks to Steve), about anti-Semitic and anti-Israel prejudices in the British media — which attitudes of course play into the hands of the global jihad. At one point the piece quotes the always superbly insightful Melanie Phillips […]
What’s Wrong with Turkey?
Gamaliel Isaac refutes Mustafa Akyol’s apologetic for Turkey in FrontPage today. You can find links to the original articles in the original at FP. In my previous article, Turkey’s Dark Past, I exposed the falseness of the claims of Mustafa Akyol that “Turkey has had an Islamic heritage free of anti-Westernism and anti-Semitism” Mr. Akyol […]
Spencer: The Muslim Public Affairs Council’s War on Steve Emerson
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer examines MPAC’s campaign against Steve Emerson in FrontPage today. The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) has identified its chief enemy. At a conference on “Countering Religious & Political Extremism” held on December 18 (and later televised on C-Span), it distributed a 48-page booklet attacking not bin Laden, or Zawahiri, or […]
“The Islamic orientation makes us say that the occupiers have intervened in the affairs of elections, and our religious duty forces us to make this most important matter clear”
A revealing interview with Abd al-Hadi al-Darraji. “RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq Speaks With Al-Sadr Aide,” from RFE/RL, with thanks to Kemaste: RFI: Are there any conditions for your participation in the elections? Have you specified any conditions under which you would participate in the elections? Al-Darraji: Yes, Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr has laid down the principal […]
Iranian Official Denies Executing Minors, Stonings
Contrary to numerous reports, they’re not stoning people or executing minors in Iran after all. It was all just propaganda, you see. From Radio Farda, with thanks to Kemaste: Speaking in Tehran, judiciary spokesman Jamal Karimi-Rad dismissed such reports as foreign propaganda intended to distort the image of the Islamic republic. Agence France Presse says […]