Amazing that Zogby would say this with a straight face. Amazing that anyone would take him seriously. Amazing that Reuters would print this bit of propaganda as a news story. Well, that last point is not so amazing, I suppose. But in any case, since when was popularity the index of success in foreign policy? […]
Archives for 2006
The real purpose behind the Flying Imam publicity blitz
As I have pointed out many times now, the main purpose of the USAirways Imam Rage incident is to help push through legislation to outlaw religious profiling in airports, so that no matter how suspiciously a Muslim is behaving, officials will be able to do nothing. Now Katherine Kersten, who is doing marvelous work on […]
Christian converts from Islam in Morocco: “We must, for security reasons, conduct ourselves as a clandestine organisation”
A look at reality for converts from Islam in another Muslim country often advertised as “moderate.” “Morocco’s Christian converts irk the world of Islam,” by Sammy Ketz for AFP: RABAT (AFP) – They might have Islamic names like Mohammed or Ali, but every Sunday these Moroccan converts to Christianity go discreetly to “church” – to […]
FBI: Jailed cleric’s illness triggers al Qaeda attack fears
One can’t put it past al Qaeda to find a way to blame America for Abdel-Rahman’s tumor. From CNN: WASHINGTON (CNN) — The imprisoned blind cleric who inspired the 1993 World Trade Center bombing has been hospitalized, raising fears of new attacks if he dies in U.S. custody, the FBI said in a bulletin. Radical […]
The End of British Multiculturalism?
In this week’s Jihad Watch videoblog at Hot Air, I discuss Tony Blair’s speech from last Friday, which has been trumpeted, unfortunately somewhat inaccurately, as a discarding of multiculturalism.
Islamic caliphate a dream, not reality — experts
This article seems to be devoted to establishing that this “vision that seems to have unsettled Washington” is really nothing to be concerned about: the jihadists can’t establish a caliphate anyway, so why are we bothering to oppose them? And it is indeed unlikely in the extreme that a caliphate will be established that would […]
Fitzgerald: Carterism
An entry in Webster’s Fourth International Dictionary, which became available on-line in 2022: Carterism. An extreme form of holier-than-thou self-righteousness, prompted by a manic desire for self-aggrandizement, and expressed most notably in appeasement of those who, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, actively engaged in the “Jihad of pen and speech.” A term […]
White House denies Saudi plan to aid Iraqi Sunnis
An update on this story. “WHouse denies Saudi plan to aid Iraqi Sunnis,” from AFP, : WASHINGTON – The White House denied Wednesday that Saudi Arabia had warned it would support Iraq’s Sunni minority against its Shia majority if the United States withdrew its forces from the war-torn country. “That’s not Saudi government policy,” said […]
Australia: Church wins hate case retrial
A chance to redress an outrage in Australia. One of the more ridiculous episodes in the first trial is recounted here. “Church wins hate case retrial,” from AAP, with thanks to all who sent this in: AN appeal court has ruled that Victoria’s first racial vilification case, involving a church accusing Muslims of training to […]
Authorities Probe Foreign Student Seeking Commercial Truck-Driving HAZMAT License
But he only wanted to learn how to drive forward — reminiscent of those stories about the 9/11 hijackers telling flight instructors that they didn’t need to learn how to take off or land, but only to fly. By Liza Porteus for FoxNews, with thanks to TJ: NEW YORK “” Mohammed Yusef Mullawala wanted a […]