Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update from AFP: WASHINGTON (AFP) – The conflict in Iraq has all the makings of a civil war, which can nonetheless be avoided, according to a new US Defense Department report to Congress. “Conditions that could lead to civil war exist in Iraq. Nevertheless, the current violence is not a civil war, and […]
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Israel discards prior objections, accepts Indonesian peacekeepers
Turkey will also be contributing troops. An update on the foxes guarding the henhouse in southern Lebanon from Haaretz: “Indonesia says will send troops to Lebanon by end of Sept.” JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia said Saturday it will send up to 1,000 troops to southern Lebanon by the month’s end, after Israel dropped objections to […]
U.S. Muslims Warn of Threat From Within
This is the sort of thing we need to see on a much larger scale — if and when it is sincere. From AP, with thanks to JS: After the Sept. 11 suicide hijackings, distraught U.S. Muslim leaders feared the next casualty would be their religion. Islam teaches peace, they told anyone who would listen […]
Three good ideas for fighting the jihad
I have been advocating measures like these for quite some time. It is nice to see them articulated elsewhere. “The West Needs To Fight Islamofascists With Big Ideas,” by Youssef Ibrahim in the New York Sun, with thanks to all who sent this in: 1.The West needs strategies conveying to the vast majority of the […]
Tehran enforces Islamic dress code
Sharia crackdown in Iran. From the Telegraph, via the Washington Times, : LONDON — Police in Iran’s capital, Tehran, have stopped almost 64,000 women and warned them against breaching strict Muslim dress codes in the last month alone. The authorities have chosen the height of summer for a new crackdown to ensure that women cover […]
Fitzgerald: Carter and Brzezinski, together again at last
Should Carter alone be blamed for the triumph of the Khomeini regime in Iran? Why not the other great architects of the Abandonment of the Shah, and of the Resistible but Hardly Resisted (by America) Rise of Ayatollah Khomeini? Why not bring along Zbigniew Brzezinski, he who loves that word “strategic”? And of course there […]
Fitzgerald: A tribute to Carl Ernst
I suspect that Carl Ernst’s Following Muhammad would not be recognized by Snouck Hurgronje, or St. Clair Tisdall, or Sir William Muir, or Tor Andrae, or Maxime Rodinson, or David Margoliouth, or Joseph Schacht, or Ignaz Goldziher, as presenting a recognizable view of Muhammad. On the other hand, the straightforward presentation of Muhammad’s life as […]
Highly Enriched Uranium Found at Iranian Plant
The claim that Iran is 5 years or more from having its own nuclear bomb seems a little shakier. August 1939 Alert from the New York Times, aka the New Duranty Times: VIENNA, Aug. 31 – The global nuclear monitoring agency deepened suspicions on Thursday about Iran’s nuclear program, reporting that inspectors had discovered new […]
Another call in Gaza for a caliphate
This one comes in addition to those already made last week. From WorldNetDaily: “Global jihad group debuts in Gaza” A new Palestinian terror group aligned with the ideology of al-Qaida has been formed in the Gaza Strip and may plan attacks not just against Israel but also aimed at other “enemies of Islam and their […]
Aussie PM won’t apologize for telling Muslims they should adopt Australian values
At last: a non-Muslim political leader with some courage and common sense. It is telling that in stating what everyone would have taken for granted up to about a generation ago, Howard has insulted the Muslims in Australia. Anti-dhimmitude from John Howard: “PM stands by Muslim converts,” from AP, with thanks to JE: Prime Minister […]