From Fjordman: Document.no, Norway’s largest independent weblog, reports that in Norwegian kindergartens, pigs in traditional fairy tales are now quietly being replaced with other animals. A person who visits kindergartens to read fairy tales experienced that in stories by Asbjørnsen and Moe, the Norwegian equivalent of the Brothers Grimm, the word pig had been replaced […]
Archives for 2006
Christians Flee Growing Islamic Fundamentalism in the Holy Land
“The plight of Christian Arabs remaining in the PA is, in part, attributable to the adoption of Muslim religious law in the PA Constitution. Israel, by contrast, safeguards the religious freedom and holy places of its Christian (and Muslim) citizens.” Justus Reid Weiner reports for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (thanks to Looney Tunes): […]
Boston city official getting free trip to Mideast from Islamic Society of Boston?
More on the close, perhaps too close, relationship between the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Islamic Society of Boston. Did a city official get a free trip in whole or partial payment for the sweetheart real estate deal the ISB received from the city? “BRA official’s travels to Middle East raise accounting questions,” by Charles […]
Longtime Aide Parts With Dhimmi Carter Over Book
Dhimmi and Rosalynn Carter with future Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer, 1984: Mr. Carter, I’ll be glad to advise you on Israel Kenneth W. Stein has had enough of Dhimmi Carter’s distortions. “Former Aide Parts With Carter Over Book,” by Brenda Goodman and Julie Bosman in the New Duranty Times, aka the New York Times, […]
Ahmadinejadization…Ahmadinejadiza-ay-tion is making me late…
In this week’s Jihad Watch videoblog at HotAir, I discuss the thrills and perils of…Ahmadinejadization.
The Ellison Qur’an swearing-in follies
In “At swearing in, congressman wants to carry Koran. Outrage ensues,” Jane Lampman in The Christian Science Monitor (thanks to Long-time reader #6,004) discusses the controversy that has arisen over Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison’s apparent plan to be sworn in on the Qur’an, and Dennis Prager’s protest: When America’s first Muslim congressman, a Democrat from […]
Which One God?
In “Which One God? Comparing the Muslim and Christian conceptions of God,” the renowned and pioneering historian Bat Ye’or reviews — in, of all places, National Review — Mark Durie’s important new book Revelation? Do We Worship the Same God?, which, alas, does not seem to be available at Amazon. With the passing of time, […]
Egyptian journo: Baker report indicates “the end of America”
Certainly it indicates a resurgence of appeasement-mindedness and unreality. And certainly it will indicate “the end of America” unless, before it is too late, officials shift American policy to a defensive anti-jihad posture, and abandon futile Wilsonian hearts-and-minds and democracy initiatives. “Arabs Say Report Shows Bush’s Failure,” by Maggie Michael for Associated Press, with thanks […]
Venomous propaganda indeed
In an article called “Venomous propaganda” in Pakistan’s The News (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist), Burhanuddin Hasan discusses the America’s Truth Forum Symposium that was held in Arlington, Virginia last April, although he thinks he’s discussing the America’s Truth Forum Symposium that was held in Las Vegas last month. And that’s just the beginning of […]
Hardliners turn on Ahmadinejad for watching women dancers
Could the world be saved from nuclear war by…dancing girls in Doha? By Robert Tait in The Guardian, with thanks to Morgaan Sinclair: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who flaunts his ideological fervour, has been accused of undermining Iran’s Islamic revolution after television footage appeared to show him watching a female song and dance show. […]