A few days ago Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American Islamic Relations was on Tucker Carlson’s MSNBC show to discuss Pope Rage, and Carlson did a fairly good job pressing him on some points — although Hooper was so combative that Carlson twice had to calm him down and reassure him that he agreed […]
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Indonesia executes Christians
An update on this story from The Daily Telegraph, with thanks to TD: THREE Indonesian Christians who were on death row for inciting violence against Muslims in 2000 were executed by firing squad, their lawyer said. “They have been executed. Their bodies are now undergoing an autopsy at the police hospital,” lawyer Roy Rening said. […]
U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11: Musharraf
And there have been several occasions since then when the threat might have been profitably renewed, given the widespread support in Pakistan for the jihad, even at the highest levels of the Musharraf government. “CORRECTED: U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/11: Musharraf,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: NEW YORK (Reuters) – […]
Pakistani clerics, scholars demand pope’s removal, warn West of consequences
Enraged over the Pope’s suggestion that Islam might be violent, Islamic clerics and scholars demand his removal and threaten jihad violence if their demand goes unheeded. Pope Rage Update from AP: LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) “” About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting Thursday in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of Pope Benedict XVI for […]
Ahmadinejad, at UN, calls for the coming of the Mahdi
But he didn’t mention that the Mahdi will make war against Islam’s enemies and Islamize the world. “Iran leader’s U.N. finale reveals apocalyptic view: Ahmadinejad evokes return of messianic Islamic ‘madhi,’” from WND: WASHINGTON — While most of the reporting and analysis of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the U.N. focused on what he […]
Indonesian jihad chief: naked women worse than the Bali bombings
Abu Bakar Bashir, whose outrageous utterances we have covered here since the beginning, didn’t specify which naked women he meant. “Alleged Indonesian terror chief says naked women worse than Bali bombings,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: JAKARTA, Indonesia – Alleged terror leader Abu Bakar Bashir said TV shows featuring scantily […]
The Thug-In-Chief speaks
A few observations on Brian Williams’ fawning interview with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Brian Williams: Mr. President, thank you so much. I was interested. You wanted to be able to gesture with your hands while you spoke. What else should Americans know about you as a person, sir? For pete’s sake, what kind of a leadoff question […]
Is Islam Dying? Europe Certainly Is
Paul Belien makes some interesting observations in the Brussels Journal (thanks to Mackie): Dr Koenraad Elst, one of Belgium’s best orientalists and an occasional contributor to this website (if I had time I would translate more of his Dutch-language contributions into English), told me last week that he thinks “Islam is in decline, despite its […]
Men ‘murdered six-year-old girl in honour killing arson attack’
Eurabia Alert from the Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in: Two men murdered a six-year-old girl by setting fire to her house to warn her brother off a relationship he was having, a court heard yesterday. Alisha Begum suffered 95 per cent burns and died after a masked man burst into her […]
Spencer: The Guardian of Islamic Extremism
No, not me. Karen Armstrong is the guardian of Islamic extremism, so called because of her recent attack on the Pope and justification of Pope Rage in The Guardian. Here is my response, from this morning’s FrontPage (links in the original): As the global Muslim reaction to Pope Benedict XVI”s recent remarks on Islam threaten […]