Archives for 2006

…who no doubt wish to treat him, once he is “handed over,” with the gentleness and civility for which they have become justly renowned. Note also the paucity of calls from any Muslim groups for Osama bin Laden to be “handed over.” From AP: Pakistani protesters shout slogans to condemn Pope Benedict XVI for his […]

Now if only Christians and Jews (and Hindus and Buddhists and atheists and what have you) would indeed get the bright idea to stand together against the global jihad. From the Pope Is A Zionist Department, via Reuters: Palestinian supporters from Hamas burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration against Pope Benedict’s remarks in the […]

More Pope Rage, this time from Karachi, from Reuters: Supporters of opposition Islamic alliance Muthidda Majlis-e-Amal hold a banner to protest against Pope Benedict’s remarks about Islam during a demonstration in Karachi September 22, 2006. (Akbar Baloch/Reuters)

Palestinian Muslims express their rage — and thirst for conquest — on the Day of Rage. From Reuters: Palestinian Muslims hold up a portrait reading ‘Conquering Rome is the answer’ during a demonstration against Pope Benedict’s remarks about Islam, after Friday prayers in the Al Aqsa compound, a mosque at a holy site sacred to […]

More Day of Rage rage, from WND, with thanks to Davy: JERUSALEM — Pope Benedict XVI’s apologies for worldwide reaction to his remarks about Islam and his invitation today for Muslim leaders to meet with him next week are “mere diplomatic acts” and prove the pontiff does not really regret his words, a prominent Gaza […]

The Day of Rage is in full swing, and we are certain to see more, now that Friday prayers are wrapping up. From Iran comes this gem: Ayatollah Abdullah Javadi Amoli informs the Pope that without the Qur’an, “American Christianity and the Zionists would not left anything of the divine Christianity and Judaism.” Amoli, of […]

This just in from the Islamic Republic of Britain: all graves in this multi-faith cemetery must face Mecca, because otherwise, you see, you’d have Christian graves facing one way and Muslim graves facing another, and that wouldn’t be…tidy. And of course we mustn’t risk offending You Know Who. “A Question of Faith…Or Tidiness?,” from the […]

In traditional Islamic law, Muslims may only agree to a truce (hudna) for up to a 10-year-period, and only when they are at a disadvantage and need to gather strength to fight again more effectively. Thus the offer of a truce is an acknowledgement of weakness by the forces of jihad, and the most unwise […]

“…the CIA program’s former director, Emile Nakhleh, played down the problem and estimated only two to three percent of the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims were politically active.” “‘Political Islam is not a threat,’ Nakhleh, who retired from the CIA in June, said in an interview posted on the web site of Harper’s magazine. ‘The threat […]

Ignore those burning Pope effigies — no one is really angry Consistent with the prevailing assumption among most Western analysts that when Islamic jihadists tell us they are waging a jihad, they are in fact mistaken, and what they are doing has nothing really to do with jihad at all, so now in this ABC […]