Archives for 2007

Hizballah did this in Lebanon against Israel. Here is one reason why they may feel free to do this. “Philippines: Muslim rebels use villagers as shields, say officials,” from AFP (thanks to Twostellas): ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) – Muslim insurgents used villagers as shields to evade pursuing Philippine soldiers on Saturday, leaving one dead and five […]

This post could be entitled Why Can’t Muslims Debate? Part II — perhaps this should be an ongoing series. In Why Can’t Muslims Debate? Part I I noted the tendency of self-proclaimed moderate Muslim spokesmen to engage in ad hominem attacks, not just as a secondary feature of their presentation, but as the entirety of […]

Projection Alert. And which American Muslim group met with the Thug-In-Chief? Do they subscribe to his view that “accomplishment of a world without America and Israel is both possible and feasible”? “Ahmadinejad backs from Saudi Arabia,” (yes, that’s the real headline), from the Iranian Students News Agency (thanks to Morgaan Sinclair): TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (ISNA)-Iran’s […]

Apparently he wanted to make sure that he would kill, and thereby increase his chances to gaining the place in Paradise that Allah guarantees to those who “kill and are killed” (Qur’an 9:111). From AFP : PESHAWAR – The suicide bomber who killed 54 people in a Pakistan mosque had packed his explosives vest with […]

That is, martyrdom in the Islamic sense: gaining Paradise by killing and being killed, per Qur’an 9:111. And this is in service of a supremacist and expansionist vision: “A seventh-grade textbook encourages students to “not cease until the redeeming message of ‘there is no god but Allah’ is realized throughout the whole world.” “Iran Educates […]

“Unlike some other European nations, Belgium does not have anti-terrorist laws which allow suspects to be held for longer than 24 hours without charge,” but Belgian authorities are still investigating and gathering evidence. The article makes no mention of what sort of limitations, if any, have been placed on the suspects’ movement and activity in […]

Jihad chic. By Philip Johnston for the Telegraph (thanks to all who sent this in): Two suspected al-Qa’eda operatives released from Guantanamo Bay have walked free from court although they are still wanted in Spain on terrorism-related offences. One of the men, who is accused of distributing extremist propaganda produced by Osama bin Laden, had […]

Arabic-speaking Christians generally use the word “Allah” for God — with the notable exception of the Copts. But they are not referring, of course, to the God of the Qur’an, but to the God of the Bible. And one notable dhimmi bishop in the West has called for Christians to use the word “Allah” for […]

Website postings like the ones quoted in this article are obnoxious and wrong. When I see the like here, I take them down. But Ezra Levant is right: “…when someone hurts your feelings, you can respond, write a letter to the editor, call a talk radio show, start a political campaign. But you don’t go […]

America’s Truth Forum in association with Basics Project present Exposing the Threat of Islamist Terrorism America’s Original Symposium Series on the Threat of Islamist Terrorism Click here to read the Terms & Conditions Saturday February 2, 2008 Ranch of the Lonesome Dove in Southlake, Texas 9am Start (7:45am arrival time to satisfy security check-in) (Texas […]