Archives for 2006

This report is only marginally in English, but its point is clear: Syed Munawar Hasan is protesting against the Musharraf regime on Islamic grounds, once again illustrating how the jihadist appeal is always based on a call to loyalty to the Qur’an and Sunnah. “ISG report a cover up of American war crimes: JI,” from […]

The New York Times today recommends six books that “provide more information about Islam and its history.” The list includes books by, predictably enough, John Esposito, Karen Armstrong, and Vali Nasr. Here is a better booklist (scroll down past mine to see many worthy books by a variety of authors). And it’s just for starters. […]

She was born in the Ottoman Empire, and was responsible for some of its finest cuisine. You can find the recipe in this book.

Could Ban Ki-moon conceivably be not a dhimmi? From Reuters: UNITED NATIONS – Incoming United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran on Thursday it was unacceptable to deny that the Holocaust took place or to call for Israel to be wiped off the map. Ban was responding to a question asked at a news conference […]

Ayaan Hirsi Ali explains in the LA Times (thanks to Doc Washburn) why Muslims deny the Holocaust. Her points are well taken, but the main reason why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is denying the Holocaust is so that he can portray the founding of the State of Israel as a reaction to an event that was trumped-up […]

If this turns out to be true, it doesn’t come solely out of a willingness to put partisanship before national security. It comes from a lack of awareness that Hamas poses any national security threat at all. And that in turn is a result of believing one’s own PC line. “Hamas confirms meeting with group […]

Otis B. Driftwood: It’s all right, that’s in every contract. That’s what they call a sanity clause. Fiorello: You can’t fool me! There ain’t no Sanity Claus!

This is the government with which everyone wants to enter into negotiations. By Ali Waked in Ynet News, with thanks to Kemaste: Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Friday that he and his followers chose to be in the Hamas movement to be shahids (martyrs) and sacrifice their lives for Allah and not to be […]

Not only does this call into question the whole U.S. enterprise in Iraq, but it will no doubt be conducted with no effort whatsoever made to determine whether or not these officers hold to the ideology of the “insurgency.” After all, why should such an inquiry be made, when the Iraqi Constitution stipulates that no […]

Is lamb “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun […]