The pompous Tariq Ramadan, grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, explains in this SwissInfo interview how it is and how it should be. Swiss intellectual Tariq Ramadan tells swissinfo that Muslims in Europe should not be defined by religion, but seen as members of the society in which they live. Ramadan, who recently […]
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The day one man infected a community with hatred
Contrary to the impression one may get from this article, hatred is not an STD. Nor can it be transmitted through sneezing or coughing, or by handshakes or other casual contact. The gorilla in the living room of this article is why so many of his hearers believed the teachings of Abdul Nacer Benbrika. If […]
Car Torchings Rise Slightly in France as Police Fan Out in Paris to Face Feared Attacks
Police fan out in Paris! Today is November 12. The rioting began on October 27. Police are just fanning out now? French Surrender Alert from AP, : PARIS (AP) – The number of cars torched overnight in France climbed slightly over the previous night to 502 in a 16th night of unrest that took its […]
Anti-dhimmitude: Return of the caliphate undesirable
When I saw this article, “No middle ground” by Irfan Husain, this morning in Dawn (thanks to D.C. Watson), I realized that I had let go by the egregious piece by Osama Saeed to which it is replying, which appeared in The Guardian not too long ago. (Like so many other stories, I set it […]
Hugh Fitzgerald explains what this site, and open comments, are for
Recently Jihad Watch has been embroiled in controversy over the comments field. Not only did CAIR try to trump up a case against me using not my words, but those of unmoderated commenters here, but also I have been receiving a series of emails complaining about various commenters who have been banned and various comments […]
Washington-area Muslim Cleric Condemns Amman Bombings, But Supports Palestinian Suicide Bombers
An important revelation from the Counterterrorism Blog : Brian Hecht of The Investigative Project has this comment on the reaction to the Amman bombings by one Washington-area Muslim cleric: This morning’s Washington Post (“Bombing Victims Mourned in D.C. Area”) reports on a sermon at Dar al-Hijrah Mosque in Northern Virginia, in which their Imam, Shaker […]
Welsh convert to Islam held for gun-smuggling in Afghanistan
Now why would a Welsh grandfather end up gun-smuggling in Afghanistan? Well, he was a convert to Islam. Yet somehow all the peaceful teachings of the religion that we keep hearing so much about don’t seem to have had much of an effect on him. The problem of the radicalization of converts is ongoing. Some […]
Spencer book on the New York Times bestseller list for 12th week
After a one-week hiatus, my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) has for the week of November 20 once again made the New York Times Bestseller List (paperback nonfiction). It is at number 21 in its twelfth week on the list. There have been no new reviews, and no major media […]
Indonesia: jihadist was planning Christmas attacks against churches
I have recently been corresponding with a befogged leftist who thinks current jihad activity is attributable entirely to American foreign policy. Well, Christian churches in Indonesia, those bastions of American power and arrogance, were on the target list for this Christmas in Indonesia. “Azahari was preparing Christmas terrorist attacks against churches,” from AsiaNews, with thanks […]
Fitzgerald: Learn from each other
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald explores some lessons contained within the chill that has gripped Dutch public discourse: The lesson of the death threats against politicians in the Netherlands is this: Learn from each other. Every other Infidel country should be paying close attention to what is happening in the Netherlands. Every other […]