Archives for 2007

As the West continues to acquiesce to Islamic mores, we will see this kind of thing closer to home. “Woman caught with bomb under burqa: official,” from AFP (thanks to Sr. Soph): ASADABAD, Afghanistan – Afghan intelligence agents said Monday they had detained a woman hiding a bomb-filled waistcoat of the type used in Taleban […]

But no strings can be attached to it. Oh, no. How dare you even suggest such a thing, you insolent infidel! “U.S. Officials See Waste in Pakistan Aid,” by David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger for Associated Press (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” After the United […]

Here, courtesy Ron Paul and John Stossel, is a Christmas Eve repast of common but false assumptions about the global jihad and what we can do about it: “Ron Paul on War,” by John Stossel. Stossel starts us off by asking Paul: Some people say that if we don’t attack the enemy there, they’ll attack […]

Expect American Muslim spokesmen such as Ibrahim Hooper and Salam Al-Marayati to condemn forthwith this abuse of a holy place. Gentlemen? “Pakistani militant among 3 killed in J&K,” from Rediff (thanks to Twostellas): A Pakistani militant belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit was among three killed in two separate encounters on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir, […]

Omar Bakri is at it again, fighting against pernicious jahiliyya. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Hate cleric Omar Bakri calls for ‘ban’ on Christmas,” from the Daily Mail (thanks to WriterMom): Hate preacher Omar Bakri, who is barred from Britain, is calling on Brits to boycott Christmas. Using the internet to post a rant against the festive […]

Un-neighborly, yes. In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon wrote that if the Muslims had won the Battle of Poitiers, “the Arabian fleet might have sailed without a naval combat into the mouth of the Thames. Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the […]

The remaining Christians in Turkey celebrate Christmas while suffering from increasing persecution. From AKI (thanks to Sr. Soph): Istanbul, 24 Dec. (AKI) – Turkey’s 100,000-strong Christian community was on Monday hoping that Christmas this year would pass uneventfully without further sectarian attacks such as that earlier this month against an Italian Catholic priest – the […]

British Jihad Update. “British man appears in court charged with preparing terrorist attack,” from the Associated Press: A 38-year-old man appeared in court Monday charged with preparing a terrorist attack. Hassan Muhammed Sabri al Tabbakh, of Birmingham in central England, is accused of compiling a document with instructions on how to make a bomb and […]

Barry Rubin takes a look back at a year in the seeds were sown for a great deal of future trouble: While 2007 didn’t greatly change the Middle East compared to some of its predecessors, here are some of its significant trends which will continue to dominate the year to come. 1. Hamas takeover of […]

“An explosive device fashioned from a 60-millimetre mortar round and ball bearings attached to a timing device were recovered from his room.” Of course, Al-Azhar’s Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi insists this is all a mistake. (Getting caught usually is.) An update on this story. “Philippines ‘bomb plotter’ Islamic envoy: Egypt cleric,” from Agence France-Presse: CAIRO […]