Hysterical passengers? A dry run? An attempt to strike terror in the hearts of the infidels (cf. Qur’an 8:60)? From AP, with thanks to Cindy: Two men wearing traditional Islamic clothes were arrested on a train bound from Frankfurt to Amsterdam Tuesday after a scare over a suspicious package, police said. The men were arrested […]
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Monthly bonuses for terror suspects
Of course, those jihadists who have been rehabilitated from their errant ways will require cash money to live accordingly. From ADNKI: A Saudi minister has promised to sponsor the weddings of five Saudi nationals who were released from the American detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The assistant minister of interior for security affairs, Prince […]
Islamic Society of Boston suing for libel
They’re suing “a group of journalists and scholars who the Muslim leaders allege sought to ruin the reputations of the society and its leaders and prevent construction of a major mosque in Boston.” The discovery process should be most interesting indeed. I am glad to see Charles Jacobs saying that he will not be intimidated, […]
Senior British Muslim Warns on Terror Laws
There is jihad and there is jihad, you see. There are “illegitimate attacks against peaceful democracies” and then there are “legitimate acts of resistance against illegitimate regimes around the world.” In other words, in Jafar’s view terrorism is justified against, say, Israel, the Indians in Kashmir, and perhaps the Philippines in Mindanao, the Russians in […]
Egyptian Christians insult Islam; Muslims riot
This AP piece on the Muslim anti-Christian riots in Egypt, “Egypt’s Christians, Muslims Clash Again,” (thanks to Bryce), suggests by its headline and the lead paragraphs about the destruction of a Muslim’s cafe that the violence is being perpetrated by both sides. Then you read on and find out that the Muslim protestors in Egypt […]
Fitzgerald: Advice for prospective candidates
Planning to run for office? Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald has a few words for you: I don’t know what Democrats, or Republicans, hoping to run for Congress in 2006, or 2008, or 2010, are now doing. But whatever else they are doing, they should realize that there are certain things about Islam […]
White House urges Abbas act against Islamic Jihad
Don’t hold your breath, Steve. From Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must crack down on Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the wake of the suicide bombing in Hadera, Israel, last week, White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Monday. “Palestinian President Abbas earned […]
Al-Qaeda could spread avian flu, report warns
Flu jihad? From the National Post, with thanks to Judy: TORONTO – A newly disclosed Canadian intelligence study says al-Qaeda might try to spread the deadly avian flu virus as part of its campaign to sow terror in Western nations. The report by the federal government’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre describes the avian flu as […]
Spencer: Open Season on Muslim Women
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the implications of a new multiculturalist handbook in Australia that instructs police to be lenient with Muslims who beat their wives. (News links in the original.) Can wife-beating be justified under any circumstances? According to some in Australia, yes “” if the couple is Muslim. The Australasian Police Multicultural […]
Pipes: Iran’s Final Solution Plan
Daniel Pipes in FrontPage provides some important background to the Thug-In-Chief‘s recent saber-rattling regarding Israel (many good links in the original): “Iran’s stance has always been clear on this ugly phenomenon [i.e., Israel]. We have repeatedly said that this cancerous tumor of a state should be removed from the region.” No, those are not the […]