From the Wishful Thinking Department comes this one from the Dutch Disease blog (thanks to Cid Martel): Holland’s number one entertainment store, Free Record Shop, has started selling the Qu’ran and the Bible in one package along with a brochure written by an imam and a protestant. “There’s a lot going on in the world […]
Archives for 2005
U.N. Procurement Scandal: Ties to Saddam and Al Qaeda
The UN’s ties to the global jihad may have involved more than just condemnations of Israel and glorification of terrorists. From FoxNews, with thanks to Olivia: NEW YORK “” The scandal engulfing the United Nations Procurement Department now appears to be bottomless. It also shows signs of growing more sinister, especially where it involves a […]
Church in Qatar may irk Muslims
Islamic tolerance alert: let them put a mosque in Rome, and then these Christians will have a case when they complain about Qatar — what’s that? There is a mosque in Rome? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? From AP, with thanks to Twostellas: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates “” Qatar may be best known […]
Bomb hidden under toddler
Apparently you’re never too young to join the jihad. From Ynet News, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: Five wanted terror suspects have been arrested in overnight searches conducted by the IDF in a village north of Nablus in the early hours of Saturday. In a house where the suspects were hiding 10 Kg (about 22 […]
Fitzgerald: Turkey: prove it
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the present Western stance toward Turkey, as epitomized by former General Brent Scowcroft, and recommends an alternative: “Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc has said, “˜we have always felt contributions of the United States to Turkey`s EU process.” Arinc hosted dinner in honor of Brent Scowcroft, chairman of […]
Islamic Radicalism ‘Doomed To Fail,’ Bush Says
Bush continues to repeat portions of his speech from several weeks ago. It is good to see him being more forthright about who the enemy is. He would be foolish, of course, to place too much hope in the adherents of the supposedly un-distorted idea of jihad to rush to his side. From the American […]
Shopkeeper denies involvement in plot
Baltimore tunnel plot update from the Sun-Sentinel, : Speaking for the first time since he was swept up in a terror probe, the owner of a Southeast Baltimore convenience store said yesterday he knows of no plots to blow up a Baltimore tunnel, and he criticized federal authorities for acting on a tip about which […]
Muslim arrested in New Zealand with 1.3 million counterfeit American dollars
He “could not give ‘any logical explanation’ for having the money.” What kind of logical explanation could there be for having over a million dollars’ worth of counterfeit bills? “NZ Customs seize huge stash of counterfeit cash,” from NZPA, with thanks to Cindy: A smuggler arriving from Sydney has been caught at a New Zealand […]
Ohio Terrorism Suspect Facing Possible Deportation
“Ohio Terrorism Suspect Facing Possible Deportation: Kent Man Jailed For 3 Years For Suspected Al-Qaida Links,” from AP, : CLEVELAND — A man from Ohio jailed for three years on suspicion that he has links to al-Qaida associates could be deported to his native Yemen within weeks unless a federal court agrees his safety would […]
Why Muslims are rioting in Egypt
By all accounts, it’s all because of a DVD that was shown in a Coptic church which Muslims think insults Islam. And the play depicted on that DVD, by the way, was performed once, two years ago. How exactly does it insult Islam? According to this CNN story (thanks to Special Guest): The riot was […]