As expected, the conservative and liberal mainstream media blackout of my new book The Truth About Muhammad is in full swing, but there are still a few local shows that are not recoiling in terror from the issues the book raises (all the while loudly bragging about their fearlessness and rejection of political correctness). Meanwhile, […]
Archives for 2006
Dutch trade union federation wants national Muslim holiday
CNV vice chairman Rienk van Splunder “denies that he is calling into question the Christian tradition of The Netherlands.” And of course he isn’t; the Dutch threw their Christian tradition overboard long ago. Now they will add one Muslim holiday and drop a Christian one. Later there will be another, and then another, and more […]
Hamas readying for war with explosives, arms
Act of war. By Amos Harel in Haaretz: Hamas wants to create a “balance of terror” with Israel in the Gaza Strip, in order to deter the Israel Defense Forces from making a major ground forces incursion into the territory, IDF officers have concluded on the basis of the organization’s greatly accelerated munitions acquisitions over […]
Egypt: Syria pressured Hamas not to free Shalit
Act of war. From the Jerusalem Post, : Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mashaal has asked Egypt to renew its mediation role in prisoner exchange negotiations with Israel, Al-Hayat reported Sunday morning. The London paper cited Egyptian sources as saying that Syrian pressure on Hamas had so far prevented a deal that would bring about […]
Olmert Warns an Iranian Nuclear Weapon Could Fall into Hizballah Hands
He is probably right about this. “Olmert Warns an Iranian Nuclear Weapon Could Fall into Hizbullah Hands,” from Israel National News, : (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told cabinet ministers during Sunday”s weekly cabinet meeting that a nuclear weapon in Iranian hands would make its way to Hizbullah. “Anyone taking the North Korea situation lightly […]
Afghan FM accuses Pakistan of playing down Taleban “terrorism”
What do you expect, Rangeen? From AFP, : KABUL – Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta accused Pakistan on Sunday of trying to play down the threat of “international terrorism” by labelling the Taleban uprising here an ethnic issue. “The Pakistan president wants to play down the issue of international terrorism … to an ethnic […]
Tax-exempt jihad
A look into how the jihad is financed through Islamic charitable giving — the zakat obligation. “Jihadists and Jews” by Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa A. Lappen in the Washington Times: Democratic strategist and former Michael Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich, and the former American Civil Liberties Union president in Massachusetts, Harvey Silvergate, recently joined the […]
Planned US sale of aircraft parts to Iran a component of unanswered incentives package
Appeasement never works, you say? The optimists in Washington seem to think there’s a first time for everything. Not only is the US planning to sell Airbus parts to Iran to shore up its aging fleet of passenger aircraft, but that offer was a significant component of the incentives package (full text available here) to […]
UK: Tories accuse Muslims of ‘creating apartheid by shutting themselves off’
Anti-dhimmitude from the Conservative Party. “Tories accuse Muslims of ‘creating apartheid by shutting themselves off,’” by Patrick Hennessy and Melissa Kite in the Telegraph, : The Conservatives today accuse Muslim leaders of encouraging “voluntary apartheid” in Britain by shutting themselves away in closed societies and demanding protection from criticism. David Davis, the shadow home secretary, […]
Somalia: 4 jihad registration centers opened in Hiran region
Somali Jihad against Ethiopia update, plus an update to this story from Garowe Online: BELETWEIN, Somalia Oct 15 (Garowe Online) – At least 4 centers for jihad registration have been opened in Beletwein, the capital of central Somalia’s Hiran region, a day after the regional Islamist chief declared jihad on Ethiopian troops inside Somalia. Abdurahman […]