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Archives for 2005
Paris: Playwright’s writings of despair in Muslim world elicit threats
From Religion News Service, with thanks to Sheik Canuck: The letter arrived just a week after Aziz Chouaki spoke about his writing on a French Jewish radio show. “Aren’t you ashamed of speaking to Jewish people?” asked the chilling missive, which threatened to unleash an “Islamic revolution” against Chouaki, a 53-year-old playwright. “Are you with […]
Texas: Muslim indicted in killing of Christian
From The Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise, with thanks to Twostellas: A Port Arthur man was indicted Thursday on capital murder charges associated with an October 2003 shooting that might have been a hate crime targeting a Christian. Kerron Lavern Otis, 36, is accused of killing 55-year-old Frederick Wayne Arnold and stealing his car. Arnold was shot […]
Jihad Unspun: tsunami a warning from Allah to return to Islam
Dr. Abu Ziyaad in “Jordon” sees the tsunami as punishment for non-Muslims and a test for Muslims, with the underlying lesson to both being (in the words of the prophet Muhammad to the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius): embrace Islam and you will be safe. He sees a return to Sharia as the best earthquake insurance, since […]
Iraq: Troops sweep up 49 terror suspects
This AP story says that only 2, not all 700, electoral workers in Mosul resigned after the jihadist threats. BAGHDAD “” U.S. troops rounded up 49 suspected terrorists near Saddam Hussein’s hometown yesterday, one day after Iraq’s most violent rebel groups warned voters against participating in crucial elections for a constitutional assembly on Jan. 30. […]
No charity for dhimmis
IslamOnline’s Live Fatwa section (thanks to Hugh for the link) gives some indication of why Muslim countries seem to be lagging behind non-Muslim countries in aid to the victims of the tsunami: Muslims should not give charity to non-Muslims. Name Mary – Profession Question It is permissible for us, as Muslims, to make du`aa” for […]
Top Annan aide calls Sharon an assassin
But no doubt he was chummy with real assassins like Yasir Arafat and Sheikh Yasin, who gloried in their murders of civilian non-combatants. From the New York Sun, with thanks to Kemaste: UNITED NATIONS – Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, yesterday urged that Secretary-General Annan fire his top adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, for […]
“It is unfortunate that because of these despicable crimes, every Muslim now is a suspect”
What is this — profiling? Who said this, anyway? Daniel Pipes? Franklin Graham? Me? No, it was the Governor of Riyadh, Prince Salman. But of course, when the Prince says, “How can anyone claiming they serve Islam kill the innocent? These are acts of outlaws and should not be associated with Islam, even if those […]
Happy New Year
We’re taking down the streamers and emptying the punch bowls now that the ball has dropped here in the Jihad Watch offices in Secure Undisclosed Locationville, and we just received this message: jewboy website i take it? Well, no, but thanks for asking. I see that the new year has not brought any increased awareness […]