Background here: Los Angeles: Hizballah apologist to get “human relations” award. Kudos to Steven Windmueller for showing some backbone. Meanwhile, in a most telling admission, Commission President Adrian Dove says, “We were looking to find anybody from the Muslim community that was discouraging terrorism” — and the best they could come up with was Maher […]
Archives for 2006
Thomas Haidon: Some reflections on the death of Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed and Islamic reform generally
Thomas Hamza Muhammad Haidon is a Muslim reformer in New Zealand. He here offers a series of provocative observations on the recent murder of his friend Mohammed Taha in Sudan, and the prospects for reform in Islam. The Islamist junta of Sudan is often considered the second most despotic republic in the Muslim world. An […]
UK Home Secretary Reid jeered during speech to Muslims
“John Reid should not come to a Muslim area, we do not want to see him.” So evidently Abu Izzadeen does not accept British sovereignty over East London. “Barracked” is the Queen’s English for “jeered” or “heckled.” “Reid barracked during speech to Muslims,” from the Times Online, with thanks to Churchill: The Home Secretary was […]
FBI Raids Missouri Islamic Leader’s Home
No reasons given for the search, but it may be linked to this. “FBI Raids Mo. Islamic Leader’s Home,” from AP, with thanks to Mackie: COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — FBI agents searched the home of a prominent Islamic community leader and Iraq war critic, a bureau spokesman said, declining to reveal any reasons for the […]
Muslims’ fury as they are told to keep watch on their kids
Bad dhimmi! How dare John Reid suggest that Muslims take some responsibility for violence committed in the name of Islam! What is he, some kind of Islamophobe? From the Daily Mail, with thanks to all who sent this in: The Home Secretary has urged Muslim parents to watch out for signs that their children are […]
Carey backs Pope and issues warning on ‘violent’ Islam
Carey continues to veer from anti-dhimmitude to dhimmitude and back again. “Carey backs Pope and issues warning on ‘violent’ Islam,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to all who sent this in: THE former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey of Clifton has issued his own challenge to “violent” Islam in a lecture in which he defends […]
Cathy Young, useful idiot
Someone is asleep at the switch over at CAIR. You’d think with all their money, they’d be able to hire some help to monitor the foes of jihad more closely, but for some reason only yesterday (thanks to D. C. Watson for the heads-up) did CAIR get around to noticing Boston Globe writer Cathy Young’s […]
Thai Military launches coup, Muslim general takes power
“Recently, Sondhi urged negotiations with the separatists in contrast to Thaksin’s hard-fisted approach.” Yeah, those origami were pretty tough. “Thai Military Launches Coup, Takes Power From Prime Minister Thaksin,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: Across the capital, Thais who trickled out onto barren streets welcomed the surprise turn of events […]
Al-Qaida warns Muslims: Time to get out of U.S.
Two considerations about this: 1. There were warnings in November 2003 to Muslims to leave major American cities. For whatever reason, they came to nothing. I am not saying this is another empty threat — I have no information on it one way or the other — but when Ibrahim Hooper leaves the country, I’ll […]
Jihad Watch Board member Tashbih Sayyed honored as Muslim reformer
From Reuters: Author Salman Rushdie (C) poses with fellow honorees Salim Mansur (L), Tashbih Sayyed (2nd L), Wafa Sultan (2nd R) and Nonie Darwish before the American Jewish Conference’s 30th Annual Dinner, ‘Profiles in Courage: Voices of Muslim Reformers in the Modern World,’ in Beverly Hills, California, September 17, 2006. Rushdie was presented with the […]