Archives for 2006

An update on this story. “Brit schools feeding Christian kids ‘halal’ meat for 17 years!,” from Asian News International: London, Dec 18 (ANI): At least four Reading schools have been serving halal meat to the Christian students for at least 17 years, admitted the Reading Borough Council. And, the meat had been offered to the […]

Every year we get a few stories like this. It is by no means a unanimous view among Muslims, but is as always forwarded on the grounds of Islamic purity. This one comes from a weblog, Jundullah Online. “Haqq Means Truth: Wishing ‘Merry Xmas’ is HARAAM for the Muslim” (thanks to DFS): In Christian theology, […]

Cease-fire Update, or in Gaza, a Reloading Update. “Gaza weapons smuggling flourishes,” by Sarah El Deeb for Associated Press: RAFAH, Gaza Strip – In houses along the steel wall separating Gaza and Egypt, the lights are flickering “” a sign that smugglers are digging tunnels below, their powerful drills weakening the flow of electricity. Tunneling […]

He’s making a list…checking it twice… Have you been naughty or nice? Santa wants to know. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s Al Halal wal Haram fil Islam — The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam — can be a useful guide, fitting for holiday revellers wondering what Santa will bring them. Qaradawi’s version of “Dating Do’s and […]

Get it on t-shirts, sweatshirts and other stuff here. (Thanks to Pamela.)

The evidence is overwhelming. Those freshly-painted walls in Mogadishu, “newly reclaimed from the scrub.” The “city transformed.” “Gone are the ubiquitous checkpoints.” Gone “the technicals.” The “infamous Bakaro arms market” is closed. And that’s not all: “For the first time in a generation Somalis can walk around safely, even at night. Children play football in […]

“Mujahedin fighters return to Spain from Iraq: report,” from AFP: MADRID – Mujahedin fighters have returned to bases in Spain after gaining combat experience in Iraq and are now a potential threat to European security, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on Sunday. Potential? Nah, they must be back to reconstitute La Convivencia. According to El […]

Just a Tiny Minority of Extremists traversing what has become known as the “Al Qaeda Pipeline” between Pakistan and Britain. “The Regathering Storm,” by Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau And Mark Hosenball for Newsweek: Dec. 25, 2006 – Jan. 1, 2007 issue – For the past year, a secret has been slowly spreading among Taliban commanders […]

The pro-jihad website Jihad Unspun is running a “never before published” interview with the late Zarqawi, in which the jihadist explains his activity as imitation of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. In the excerpt below he stresses one hadith in which Muhammad says: “I have been sent with the sword, between the hands of the […]

Surely the southern Sudanese, and at least some group in Darfur, can now beg the Americans to come in, and then the Americans should promptly accede. This should be done right now, without the Americans waiting to leave Iraq. Of course, the Americans should leave Iraq, and that prompt withdrawal should be accompanied by similar […]