Archives for 2006

Hudood laws are laws of what is forbidden (haram) and permitted (halal) in Islam, and the prescribed punishments: stoning for adultery, amputation for theft, etc. And here a hardline Muslim leader in Pakistan says that initiatives to reform these laws must be resisted — because such initiatives are…un-Islamic. An update to this story: “Changes to […]

Another illustration of the impossibility of distinguishing a jihadist from a peaceful Muslim — particularly when the proper probing questions aren’t even being asked. And with the Western anxiety to win hearts and minds by employing Iraqis, they aren’t. By Qassim Abdul-Zahra for Associated Press: BAGHDAD, Iraq – Authorities arrested the head of the mess […]

A once-reliable dhimmi seems to have turned on them, and Blackburn Muslims are enraged. From the Daily Express: AN unholy alliance of Muslims and far-Right extremists was last night threatening Jack Straw’s future as an MP as he was accused of playing the race card in a bid to salvage his career. Protesters took to […]

Walid Phares goes to the heart of the matter in this World Defense Review piece fisking a Washington Post article: In an article titled “Al Qaeda finds new partner: Salafist group finds limited success in native Algeria” (The Washington Post, October 5, 2006) by Craig Whitlock, Western sources, including French and American, assert that the […]

I am slated to appear on the Rusty Humphries Show today at 12:30PM PDT, discussing my new book and other related matters. UPDATE: This is a taping for a segment that will run tonight at 7:35PM PDT.

“The seminars will expand the students” knowledge on the acts of the Zionist regime and its malicious intentions” — I guess they’ll be reading the New York Times. From Dudi Cohen in Ynet News, with thanks to Sr. Soph: The Iranian Education Ministry was expected to launch on Monday a special seminar aimed at familiarizing […]

Friend and Ally Update by Christina Lamb in the TimesOnline, : THE British general commanding Nato troops in Afghanistan is to confront Pakistan’s president over his country”s support for the Taliban. Among the evidence amassed is the address of the Taliban’s leader in a Pakistani city. Lieutenant-General David Richards will fly to Islamabad tomorrow to […]

Somalia’s new ruling jihadists have declared an inner spiritual struggle against Ethiopia. “Somali Islamists declare “jihad” on Ethiopia,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: MOGADISHU – Somalia’s powerful Islamists today declared holy war against Horn of Africa rival Ethiopia, which they accused of invading Somalia to help the government briefly seize a town […]

Jihad Watch reader Ray has pointed out to me an interesting congruence. Was this the call? “Islamist Websites Monitor No. 2: Abu Hamza Al-Muhajir: American Military Bases are an Ideal Environment for Trying Out Biological and Dirty Bombs,” from MEMRI: On September 28, 2006, Islamist websites posted an audio recording by commander of Al-Qaeda in […]

“Jihad fighters detonated the bomb as a message to all the corrupt people.” Not that a bomb in a coffee shop is corrupt in any way. Coffee Jihad in Gaza. By Ali Waked in Ynet News, : After the Palestinian branch of al-Qaeda took responsibility for killing a senior Palestinian intelligence officer and four of […]