Progress. Up to this point Blair has been certain that Islam had no problems at all, but that there was just this pesky Tiny Minority of Extremists that had hijacked the religion. Now for him to be asking if “Islam” — not “radical Islam” or “hijacked Islam” — can come to terms with the modern […]
Archives for 2006
Iraq’s Christians flee as jihad intensifies
The New Duranty Times notices the plight of Iraqi Christians that we have been chronicling here for several years now. This is the fruit, of course, of the resurgent jihad in Iraq since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. “Iraq’s Christians Flee as Extremist Threat Worsens,” by Michael Luo in the New York Times, with thanks […]
Death-Defying Feat
Conservative Book Club Editor Elizabeth Kantor interviews me about The Truth About Muhammad: You’re now the author of several books about Islam. Did your research for The Truth about Muhammad turn up anything new? If readers have already bought The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and tens of thousands of them have), why do should […]
“You Can Spy on the Enemies’ Airports Directly by Controlling the Cameras’ Direction”
Osama promised not long after 9/11 that many more planes would be falling out of the sky. And evidently jihadist planning is still going in that direction. “Mujahideen Gather Information on Anchorage International Airport,” from MEMRI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: On October 17, 2006, an Islamist website posted a message titled “You Can […]
French UNIFIL commanders say they’ll shoot at Israeli overflights of Lebanon
They won’t rein in Hizballah, but they’ll fire on Israeli planes flying over Lebanon. What did you expect from the UN — and the Eurabians of France? “Peretz: French UNIFIL commanders say will shoot at IAF overflights,” from Haaretz, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Commanders of the French contingent of the United Nations force […]
Peace Be Unto Him
That should be “peace be upon him,” but anyway, here is a very fine review of my new book The Truth About Muhammad by William Tucker in The American Spectator: “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.” — James Joyce If you want to spend a depressing afternoon, try flipping through […]
Nigeria: Christian teacher on trial after punishing Muslim student
“The committee members told me that these Muslim students were dangerous, and I should be careful in the way I handled them.” Islamic Tolerance Alert from Compass Direct, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: October 16 (Compass Direct News) — A Christian high school teacher at Government College in Keffi, in the northern state of […]
Sunni mujahedin declare separate state within Iraq
Just as predicted here, the tensions between the different factions in Iraq are increasing. “Fanatics lay claim to separate Sunni state,” by Oliver Poole in the Telegraph, with thanks to Ruth King: An alliance of Sunni insurgent groups claimed yesterday to be establishing a separate Sunni state in the west of Iraq in the latest […]
Kyrgyzstan Declares War on Imams
“Kyrgyz secret services have decided to establish total control over the activity of Islamic clergy” — because they know that the clergy fuels the jihad. Western authorities, meanwhile, persist in ignoring this fact. From AxisGlobe, with thanks to A Girl Scout: Kyrgyz secret services have decided to establish total control over the activity of Islamic […]
Boycott Indonesia–Stop Murdering Christians Now!
Rusty says: “Civil war is in the air in Indonesia. Christians are daily being slaughtered and the government does little to protect them.” And he has the details here.