Sorry for the short notice, but I am scheduled to appear on Fox News with Neil Cavuto around 4:15 EDT this afternoon, to discuss (briefly) the recruitment of non-Arab converts to Islam by jihadist groups. Meanwhile, I have been doing a great deal of speaking lately, including talks in Los Angeles Monday night and Stamford, […]
Archives for 2006
Muslims express fury over pope’s remarks
This AP image is making the rounds. “How dare you say Muhammad spread his faith by the sword?” What is the over/under for increased rage after Friday sermons?
Turkish official compares pope to Hitler
Coming from a Turkish official is that a compliment or an insult? From AP Turkey’s ruling Islamic-rooted party joined a wave of criticism of Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, accusing him of trying to revive the spirit of the Crusades with remarks he made about Islam. A party official said the pontiff would go down […]
Oriana Fallaci has died
In Florence. She was one of the most fearless and courageous defenders Western civilization had in these latter days, and the West rewarded her by hounding, persecuting and vilifying her. Such is the state of the society and culture she loved and tried to save from itself. I was surprised and honored when she named […]
Attacks on Yemen oil plants kill 5
Oil Weapon Update from AP: SAN`A, Yemen – Suicide bombers tried to strike two oil facilities in Yemen with explosives-packed cars, but authorities foiled the attacks and four bombers and a security guard were killed, the government said Friday. The attempts came ahead of this week’s presidential elections, in which President Ali Abdullah Saleh faces […]
Khamenei: Islam’s “eternal lessons” are “faith, resolve, jihad”
Khamenei emphasizes that these are the “lessons” of Islam to all of humanity. From the Islamic Republic News Agency: “Supreme Leader considers faith, resolve, Jihad as Islam’s eternal lessons” Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a message to the 7th annual meeting of the nationwide universities independent students Islamic association […]
Report: Latest al-Qaeda tape makes France a target
Another sign that France’s years of courting the Islamic bloc have come to naught, though that country’s “holier-than-thou” attitude among Western countries with respect to affairs concerning the Muslim world will almost certainly remain firmly in place in spite of this threat. It also comes alongside the GSPC’s announcement yesterday that it has formalized a […]
Jihadists in Algeria pledge allegiance to bin Laden
Expect Sheikh Qaradawi and the head of the Muslim Brotherhood to denounce the GSPC forthwith for misrepresenting Islam and jihad. “Islamists vow to pursue jihad,” from SA: Dubai – A radical Algerian Islamist group known as the GSPC pledged its allegiance to al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and vowed to pursue jihad in Algeria, according […]
Head of first modern Islamic terror group and endorser of suicide bombings demand apology from Pope for suggesting Islam is violent
From the Who’s-Kidding-Whom Department: the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which has sprung Hamas and Al-Qaeda, and Sheikh Qaradawi, who has endorsed jihad-martyrdom suicide bombings, are demanding the Pope apologize for suggesting Islam is violent. And the Hizballah News Agency, aka Reuters, reports it all, of course, with a straight face. Lombardi’s dhimmi backpedaling, […]
Jihadists behead photographer in Jammu & Kashmir
The misunderstanders of Islam are busy in India these days. “Abducted photographer beheaded in J&K,” from the Times of India, with thanks to Arjun: SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday recovered the body of a photographer whose head had been chopped off after being abducted by militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, triggering anti-Pakistan protest […]