Jihad Watch Board member Tashbih Sayyed reflects on some recent veil controversies and their implications: Recent events in Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States underline the fact that Muslim immigrants who subscribe to the Islamist ideology and insist on maintaining an “Islamic” identity that is different and distinct from the mainstream culture […]
Archives for 2006
Pitt and Jolie target for al-Qaeda terror attack
They killed Daniel Pearl. Now they threaten the lives of those who dare to tell the tale. From the Daily Mail, : Hollywood golden couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have stepped up security after becoming potential terrorist targets. The movie stars – who are currently in India – have been receiving death threats from […]
Hamas Urges Women, Children to Shield Gunmen in Mosque
So that they can use as a propaganda tool any retaliation by Israel — but of course, they knew the Israelis wouldn’t retaliate under such circumstances. By Julie Stahl for CNSNews.com, with thanks to all who sent this in: Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – At least a dozen Palestinian gunmen eluded Israeli capture in the Gaza Strip […]
Jack Straw says he doesn’t regret remarks on women’s veils
Update on the Straw Veil Flap from the Associated Press: LONDON: Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday that he had no regrets about the article he wrote on Muslim women’s veils that triggered an emotionally charged debate around Britain and as far away as the Middle East…. “I would write the same column again,” […]
Al-Hilali: “We consider ourselves as servants to Allah firstly, and servants to Australian society secondly”
…which the Sydney Morning Herald reports as an expression of loyalty to Australia. “Sheik calls for ‘ethical’ trial,” by David Braithwaite and Jacqueline Maley in the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to David: Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly would quit and place masking tape over his mouth for six months if an impartial panel found […]
Somali Muslims fan anti-Ethiopian sentiment
Somali Jihad Update from the Mail & Guardian Online: Thousands of angry Muslims marched through southern Somalia on Friday protesting alleged Ethiopian and United States aggression as fears rose of all-out war between powerful Islamists and the weak government. Amid soaring tensions following the collapse of peace talks this week in Sudan, at least 3 […]
Turkey in Transition: Less Europe, More Islam
An article about the slide of Turkey away from the secularism on which it was founded, by Annette Grossbongardt in Spiegel Online (thanks to JS): For almost half a century, Turkey has been pursuing European Union membership. With negotiations now started though, enthusiasm is waning. And the influence of Islam is on the rise. Turkey’s […]
Charles Rangel, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee
If the Democrats win control of the House as expected, Charles Rangel (D-NY) will become the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Here is the text of a Dhimmi Watch post from February 2005: Ranking House Dhimmicrat Charlie Rangel repeats what by now are well-worn pieties re Islam. From NewsMax, with thanks to the […]
John Conyers, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
If the Democrats capture control of the House as expected, John Conyers (D-MI) will chair the Judiciary Committee. John Conyers introduced H. Res. 288 in May 2005. While it speaks of all three “Abrahamic” faiths, it is clearly designed, under the guise of “tolerance” and condemnation of “bigotry,” to stifle free discussion of the elements […]
Malaysia: non-Muslim students in government school forbidden to bring food
Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia. “Parents unhappy about school directive on food,” from New Straits Times, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: SHAH ALAM: A primary school here has told non-Muslim pupils that they cannot bring “wet food” to the Children’s Day celebrations today. And their parents are not pleased. It is understood that teachers […]