I was reading along in yesterday’s FrontPage interview with Jalil Roshandel and Sharon Chadha, coauthors of the new book Jihad and International Security, when suddenly my name came up, in connection with some important observations: Roshandel: I would have to say that I believe that Islam is not the problem. I would also add that […]
Archives for 2006
Kuwait parliament votes to sever diplomatic ties with Denmark over Muhammad cartoons
Cartoon Rage continues. “Prophet drawings anger Kuwait lawmakers,” from AP, with thanks to Drew: KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s parliament voted Tuesday to sever diplomatic ties with Denmark over the controversial cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad and to spend about $50 million to defend the prophet’s image in the West. Karen Armstrong, call your office. Both votes […]
Hamas urges attacks on U.S. targets
“America is offering political, financial and logistic cover for the Zionist occupation crimes, and it is responsible for the Beit Hanoun massacre. Therefore, the people and the nation all over the globe are required to teach the American enemy tough lessons.” But Ghazi Hamad denies that such lessons will be taught. By Ibrahim Barzak for […]
Former Somalia pres declares jihad on Ethiopia
Somali Jihad Update from Garowe Online, with thanks to James: MOGADISHU, Somalia Nov 7 (Garowe Online) – A former Somali president has announced that he is ready to wage jihad against Ethiopian troops who have invaded Somalia, joining Islamist calls and demonstrations for such fight. Abdiqassim Salat Hassan, who was elected as Somali president in […]
U2 rocker campaigns for Gitmo jihadist
A jihadist becomes Bono’s latest fashionable cause. “Bono airs his latest Hicks,” from The Daily Telegraph, with thanks to Templar: IRISH rockers U2 have used the opening concert of their Australian tour to campaign for terrorist suspect David Hicks to be released from Guantanamo Bay. The super group’s frontman, Bono, raised the Hicks case during […]
Thailand Compensates Muslim Victims
Will they compensate the families of all the Buddhists who have been killed by jihadists in Thailand? From IslamOnline, with thanks to PRCS: BANGKOK “” In a practical step in the course of addressing their grievances, the military-backed Thai government agreed Tuesday, November 7, to compensate the families of Muslims killed in army custody, while […]
Jihad finds a strange advocate: the authoritative magazine of Rome Jesuits
A note of surrender from the Vatican. It’s a far cry from the Pope’s speech at Regensburg, and a far cry from earlier publications in the same magazine. “Jihad Finds a Strange Advocate: ‘La Civiltà Cattolica,’” by Sandro Magister in Chiesa, with thanks to Michael Rose: ROMA, November 8, 2006 — The recent October edition […]
Private researchers say prosecutors increasingly rejecting FBI terror investigations
“Prosecutors declined to bring charges in 131 of 150, or 87 percent, of international terrorist case referrals from the FBI between October 2005 and June 2006, according to the report.” By Lara Jakes Jordan for Associated Press: WASHINGTON “” The Justice Department increasingly has refused to prosecute FBI cases targeting suspected terrorists over the past […]
“We have been losing and suffering since President George Bush came to office and it is our chance to change that”
With the new Congress, Muslims in the U.S. need worry no longer about their “eroding civil rights” — nor about any serious anti-terror efforts. “US Muslims Vote for Civil Rights, Iraq,” by Sahar Kassaimah for IslamOnline (thanks to PRCS): Muslims will go out Tuesday to democratically defend their eroding civil rights. WASHINGTON “” One would […]
UK: Row as immigration lawyer twice defies judge to remove veil
Clash of Civilizations Update in the UK. “Row as immigration lawyer twice defies judge to remove veil,” from the Daily Mail, with thanks to Kasper: An immigration tribunal had to be stopped after a lawyer twice refused a judge’s request that she remove her veil. Shabnam Mughal appeared at the tribunal dressed head-to-foot in black […]