Archives for 2005

Bat Ye’or explains what is going on in France. From World Magazine (scroll down), with thanks to Ruth King: Egyptian-born scholar Bat Ye’or has written extensively about the treatment of dhimmis, or non-Muslims, under Muslim domination. Her latest book, Eurabia (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005), chronicles Arab determination to subdue Europe as a cultural appendage […]

A message from the courageous and clear-thinking Andrew Whitehead of the Anti-Council on American-Islamic Relations (ACAIR) about the recent attacks on me by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): Since April of 2003, Anti-Council on American-Islamic Relations (ACAIR) has been bringing you the facts about America’s largest Islamic hate group: the Council on American-Islamic Relations […]

Chirac turns on his own men. From the Telegraph, with thanks to Sr. Soph: After 16 nights battling urban violence by rioters, Jacques Chirac’s government is confronting angry new protests – from the police themselves. Officers at the forefront of attempts to control the wave of riots and arson attacks across France are furious at […]

Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald offers a few reading suggests for the military and others: Anyone who has gone to Iraq and has not yet read the books of Robert Spencer, Bat Ye’or (I’d give someone The Dhimmi first, then Islam and Dhimmitude and The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam and then, […]

“SOS as pirate motherships take to the high seas seeking cargo and hostages,” from the Sunday Herald, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Global piracy is now one of the biggest threats to world shipping, far eclipsing the risk from terrorism, and Somalia — a war-torn realm in almost complete anarchy — has fast become one […]

The jihad intensifies in the Philippines. “Twenty slain as soldiers, Muslim extremists battle in Philippines,” from AFP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) – As many as 20 people are believed to have been killed as fighting between soldiers and members of an Al-Qaeda-linked Muslim militant group went into its third day […]

Moderate Jordanians express their moderate indignation at Zarqawi for killing other Muslims in moderate terms. “Jordanians turn against al-Qa’eda leader over bombings,” from the Telegraph, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Sympathy for al-Qa’eda’s leader in Iraq turned to hatred in his home town yesterday as clan members and ex-neighbours dismissed the justification for the […]

“Paris Stays Calm Despite Fears of Violence,” from AP, with thanks to JE: PARIS – The French capital was calm overnight, with authorities reporting on Sunday almost no urban violence despite fears of a rampage that had prompted thousands of police to fan out at high-profile targets such as the Eiffel Tower. Across the country, […]

A shameful story from Afghanistan. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to JE: SHE risked torture, imprisonment, perhaps even death to study literature and write poetry in secret under the Taliban. Last week, when she should have been celebrating the success of her first book, Nadia Anjuman, was beaten to death in Herat, apparently murdered by […]

In an article last week I argued that “France has not neglected its sizable Muslim minority,” and then detailed some official efforts to accommodate and pacify that minority. That is true, but it does not of course mean that racism does not exist in France, or that the French citizenry has in general been welcoming […]