WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 — A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on the government of Tunisia to respect the religious rights of women in that nation who choose to wear an Islamic headscarf, or “hijab.” Media reports indicate that Tunisian police are stopping women on the streets and asking them to […]
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Fitzgerald: Stop giving things to universities
WHAT: Muslim Brotherhood Official to Visit NYU Law School’s Center on Law and Security WHEN: Thursday, October 19, at 6:00 pm WHERE: NYU School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Sq. South CONTACT: Journalists wishing to attend the Open Forum should contact the Center on Law and Security at 212-992-8854 or email cls@juris.law.nyu.edu. The forum […]
Report: Hizballah used cluster bombs
Little and late. Nor does the report apparently take any notice of the now well-documented fact that Hizballah deliberately operated from civilian areas in order to provoke attacks they could use for propaganda, while Hizballah deliberately targeted Israeli civilians. “Report: Hizbullah used cluster bombs,” by Hilary Leila Krieger for the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to […]
Britain ‘is main target for al Qaeda terrorists’
You’d think that with all their appalling efforts to do apparently anything to accommodate Muslim sensibilities, they would get a break from Al-Qaeda. What they don’t realize is that all that accommodation only emboldens the jihadists. From the Daily Mail, with thanks to Mackie: Britain has become the main target of al Qaeda, which views […]
Terror suspect contributed to school ‘religion guidelines’
Well, this explains a lot. “Terror suspect contributed to school ‘religion guidelines’: Issued by Clinton, rules let students pray to Allah, but banish Christmas,” by Bob Unruh for WorldNetDaily.com (thanks to Davida): A man arrested as a terror suspect for allegedly trying to transport $340,000 from a group tied to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, and […]
French TV station wins Palestinian boy libel case
Get the whole shameful story from “Camera Obscura: How French TV fudged the death of Mohammed Al Durah” by Richard Landes in The New Republic. “French TV station wins Palestinian boy libel case,” by James Mackenzie for Reuters, with thanks to Warren: PARIS (Reuters) – Broadcaster France 2 won a libel case on Thursday over […]
Canadian Muslim part of Somalia’s new ruling hardline Muslim group
Many Westerners still believe that the global jihad will founder in the face of the many lures and pleasures of the contemporary relativist materialism that comes from the West. Here is more evidence that that isn’t so: a man who forsook Canada in order to live amid the danger and poverty of Somalia, dedicating his […]
Hamas: we thought they would all play the dhimmi
Hamas is shocked! — shocked! — that anyone opposes their nifty family-friendly program of murder. After all, even mom and sis and the kids can join in. “Hamas ‘shocked’ by global opposition,” by Nidal al-Mughrabi for Reuters, with thanks to Doc Washburn: GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Palestinian government, said […]
Muslim teacher awarded cash for ‘injured feelings’
Aishah Azmi, so we’re told Hey, if hurt feelings are this lucrative, I’m starting to feel a little bit picked-on myself. After all, I get death threats and assaults on my good name and character on a regular basis, just for speaking honestly about the nature of Islam and jihad. Isn’t that worth a few […]
Female Muslim preacher threatened with death for arguing that niqab is not obligatory
Egypt has had its own ongoing controversy over veiling, and a matter of common sense has taken center stage: the use of the niqab to conceal identity, leading in this case to concerns about men posing as women to gain access to women’s-only dormitories. “Muslim preacher threatened with death in veil row,” from Gulf News: […]