Get ready for the Islamic Republic of the Netherlands. Piet Hein Donner thinks that there is nothing in Western culture worth fighting for, and given the rotten state of that culture in the Netherlands, I suppose he’s right. But Piet, can you please ship us the artworks and other manifestations of jahiliyya (the pre-Islamic period […]
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Conference: The Jihad Against the West
To understand better who the enemy is in the war on terror, the Ayn Rand Institute and Objectivist Conferences will sponsor a two-day conference, “The Jihad Against the West,” in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 20–22, 2006. Speakers will include · Yaron Brook of the Ayn Rand Institute · John Lewis of the Ashland University · […]
Pope: jihad violence is against God’s nature
Anti-dhimmitude from Pope Benedict XVI, who also quoted Byzantine emperor Michael Paleologos saying some decidedly non-politically correct things about Muhammad. “Pope speaks out on jihad, urges talk,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: REGENSBURG, Germany”” Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that Islamic holy war was against God’s nature and invited Muslims […]
One Arab’s Apology
Just days after running Ralph Peters’ fearless screed against nobody in particular, the New York Post has had the temerity to run a piece by a bigoted Islamophobe who dares to say that in the Qur’an “there’s enough there for someone of extreme tendencies to find their way to a global jihad.” And even worse, […]
Iran sets conditions on enrichment suspension
An interesting pattern continues: The criticism of jihad-friendly elements in Islamic communities has been alleged to beget more of the same. Fighting “terrorism” (i.e., jihad), is “war-mongering against Islam,” and also supposedly creates more of the same. Similarly, Iran will not suspend its uranium enrichment program until the UN drops the threat of sanctions aimed […]
Jihadists try to take U.S. Embassy in Syria
Amid the maudlin, self-pitying outpourings that dominated 9/11 press coverage, jihadists in Syria remind us that it is not time to weep, it is time to fight for our lives. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying the dead of 9/11 should not be mourned. Far from it. But on the December 7s after […]
Al-Zawahiri warns of new attacks
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Somali radio station returns to air minus music
More talk, less rock — in fact, none — on Radio Jowhar. An update on this story from AP: MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali radio station closed by Islamists for playing local love songs deemed to encourage immorality returned to the airwaves Monday after pledging to stop broadcasting music. “We’ve been on air since […]
Howard Calls on Muslims to Accept Israel’s Right to Exist
Partial anti-dhimmitude from Australian Prime Minister John Howard. One hopes he is close to an epiphany that it is not a “hijacking” of Islam by a Tiny Minority of Extremists that is creating problems in his country, and that the resolution of all of the Muslim world’s grievances with Israel would not do away with […]
Iran closes down reformist daily allegedly over nuclear cartoon
“Dozens of violations” suddenly surface as a handy pretext for shutting the paper down following a satirical cartoon. From AP: TEHERAN, Iran – Iran on Monday closed down a prominent reformist daily, the paper’s editor said, because of what journalists said was a cartoon dealing with the country”s controversial nuclear program. The daily Shargh, or […]