Archives for 2006

The proliferation of local militias will amount to another nail in the coffin of the Iraqi national unity dream that US policymakers continue to chase. Could the Iraqi Shi’ites be emboldened by the utter lack of accountability (not to mention its survivial in the first place) that Hizballah has enjoyed thus far? From AFP: NAJAF, […]

Why should he? The jihad against infidels has been going on for 1,400 years. It is stronger now than it has been for centuries. It isn’t going to end tomorrow. From AP: WASHINGTON – President Bush said Tuesday that the foiled plot to blow up flights between Britain and the United States is evidence the […]

The master of Lebanon Peace In Our Time Update: “Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: The Disarmament of Hizbullah Should Not Be Discussed Now.” from MEMRI: The following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Manar TV on August 14, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1236 . “We are Facing […]

Earlier this afternoon I announced that I would be on this show, but I have just gotten word that I have been dropped from the show because of “technical issues.” Ibrahim Hooper will still be appearing.

Diana West, guest blogging for Michelle Malkin, comments on recent calls for Sharia in Britain: In the wake of the Airplane Plot, the same story reported that Ruth Kelly, who is something official called the Secretary of State for Communities (sounds squishy), met yesterday with British Muslim leaders. They called on the government to sanction […]

The sinful photo Galloping Eurabia Update from the UK: “Passport photograph of girl’s bare shoulders rejected ‘as it may offend,’” from the Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in: A five-year-old girl’s passport application was rejected because her photograph showed her bare shoulders. Hannah Edwards’s mother, Jane, was told that the exposed skin […]

It is good to see Fox picking up on this. Fauxtography Jihad Update from Allah at Hotair: the infamous Green Helmet guy takes a dead child who has already been placed in an ambulance out of the ambulance, and poses him for photographers. See the video over at Hotair.

I am scheduled to appear on CNN’s Paula Zahn Now show tonight to discuss profiling. The show runs from 8 to 9PM EDT; I’m not sure when I’ll be on. Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American Islamic Relations is set to be arguing the opposite side, with his usual witty effervescence. Let’s see if […]

So many analysts who know little or nothing about Islam aren’t aware of how little they know, and make all sorts of false assumptions, some of which have disastrous policy consequences, as a result. From “Bergen: Bin Laden, CIA links hogwash,” from CNN, with thanks to k1911m: …CNN.com asked users to send questions to Bergen […]

This is already being invoked by opponents of profiling as an object lesson in the hazards of assuming that Muslims engaging in suspicious activity are up to no good. But you’ll notice that there is still a great deal unexplained in the case; and anyway if Ali Houssaiky and Osama Sabhi Abulhassan are loyal Americans, […]