The New York Post reports on questions being asked at the State Department. The State Department has launched an investigation into whether hard-line Islamic employees at the U.S Embassy in Egypt are working behind the scenes to deny visas to Coptic Christians, The Post has learned. State Department officials are closely examining 15 to 20 […]
Archives for 2005
Israel prepared for ‘collapse’ in PA
Peace In Our Time Update from TurkishPress.com, with thanks to Mackie: JERUSALEM – Israel is prepared for a possible “collapse” in the Palestinian Authority that could render Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas incapable of imposing law and order, a senior official said Sunday. “We are prepared for a possible collapse in the Palestinian Authority that could […]
Women Driving a Family Issue, Says Sultan
If husbands and brothers want it, then what could be a problem? The wishes of the women involved don’t seem to matter at all. From Arab News, with thanks to Sr. Soph: JEDDAH, 26 December 2005 “” Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, yesterday emphasized the government’s readiness to open […]
Fitzgerald: A Baker’s Half-Dozen of Lessons for Boxing Day
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald offers some considerations on the Boston mosque: When a Mosque Project is proposed on land owned by the government (federal, state, local) or that requires any government permission (as zoning and building permits): 1) Investigate everyone connected with the mosque, not merely the front men. 2) Find out […]
Bahrain: Official labels calls to desist from greeting non-Muslims nonsensical
Fareed Al-Miftah is a refreshingly sensible fellow. But his view has significant opposition among Muslims. From GulfNews, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Manama: Bahrain’s Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Shaikh Fareed Al Miftah has shrugged off as “nonsensical” calls not to offer festive and New Year greetings…. “There is no problem with giving or receiving gifts, either.” […]
Iraqi worshippers risk their lives to celebrate Christmas in church
Christians still under fire in Iraq as jihadists identify them as unbelievers at war with Islam, and continue to impose Sharia upon the country. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Twostellas: IRAQIS gathered for Christmas behind Kalashnikovs yesterday. Midnight Mass was cancelled because of bombing fears and curfews, but the country”s rapidly dwindling Christian minority […]
Shiites: Iraq Elections Were Fair
In an article published on April 1, 2003, I wrote that “there is no reason to think that any secular democracy established in an Islamic country will escape pressure from Muslims who want to restore Shariah. None has so far.” That pressure, of course, could just as easily come from within democratic structures as from […]
Boston: Mosque on hold
Charles Jacobs of the David Project writes in to the Boston Globe with some disturbing information about the Islamic Society of Boston’s associations. THE STORY on the lawsuit filed against us by the Islamic Society of Boston (”Praised by beacon, mosque project stalls amid rancor,” Page A1, Dec. 18) did mention that the society’s founder, […]
Indonesian religious police emboldened by tsunami
Residents of Indonesia’s Aceh Province, already burdened with the devastating effects of last year’s catastrophic tsunami, are now being forced to deal with an emboldened Taliban-style vice squad, according to the San Francisco Chronicle: The morality enforcers, a squad of men clad in green trousers and white shirts and women in white head scarves, stride […]
Dutch struggle with terrorism case
The American war on terror is not the only Western effort against jihad being hamstrung by overzealous rights advocates and their elitist sycophants in the judiciary and legislature. In the Netherlands, the recent case of suspected terrorist Samir Azzouz, as summarized by The New York Times, seems oddly similar to the trial of Sami Al-Arian […]