Archives for 2006

The intifada continues in France. And this latest round of bus attacks shows that it is spreading to previously unexpected places. “Youths torch buses around Paris,” by Cecile Brisson for AP: PARIS – Youths forced passengers off three buses and set them on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first […]

More evidence of support for the jihad in high places in modern, moderate Indonesia. From AP, with thanks to DFS: Two Islamic militants jailed for the Bali bombings that killed 202 people were freed yesterday and nine others had their sentences reduced to mark the end of the Islamic fasting month, officials said. Indonesia traditionally […]

It turns out that the Somali cabdrivers in Minneapolis who refused to carry passengers with alcohol were inspired by the Muslim Brotherhood, as part of a larger effort to bring Sharia to the United States. For what may seem to be a pragmatic and fair solution — the airport’s initial plan to color-code the cabs […]

In Mason, Ohio, as well as in many other places around the country, religious observance suddenly appears to be acceptable in public schools, after decades of court rulings against it — provided, that is, that the religious people in question are Muslim. “Parents Claim Discrimination Against Christian Students,” from WCPO.com, with thanks to Janet Levy: […]

All too often this happens: the victim of rape is punished — in part because, after all, she must have brought it on herself, and also because the moral crime involved is that which results from her own impurity, however unwilling she was. “Teenage girl murdered by brother in ‘honor killing,’” from AFP, with thanks […]

Anti-dhimmitude from Australia’s Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward. “Sheik’s sexist comments create storm,” an update on this story from AAP: Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward believes the comments are an incitement to crime. “Young Muslim men who now rape women can cite this in court, can quote this man … their leader in […]

It appears that Musharraf’s recent book-tour attempts to present himself as only a reluctant anti-jihadist have not mollified the Islamic hardliners in Pakistan. “Pakistan Islamists slam Musharraf, US in Eid sermons,” from AFP, : ISLAMABAD – President Pervez Musharraf led millions of Pakistanis in prayer on the Muslim holiday of Eid Al Fitr Wednesday, amid […]

One will recall that the original deadline was June 29 for Iran to respond to the incentives package proposal, some of which it is apparently receiving anyway in spite of its lack of compliance. Western diplomats said they would expect that response in “weeks, not months.” Nearly four months later, nothing has happened. Well, one […]

Anti-dhimmitude from Argentine prosecutors. By Oscar Serrat for AP, with thanks to Looney Tunes: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentine prosecutors asked a federal judge on Wednesday to order the arrest of former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven others for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed scores of people. The decision […]

Women are abandoned “meat” and temptations from Satan. All this justifies Sharia provisions about veiling, of course, and thus is part of the overall imperative to impose Sharia on the rest of us. Taj Din al-Hilali has a history of outrageous statements. By Richard Kerbaj in The Australian, with thanks to David: THE nation’s most […]