Barbarity upon barbarity from those who style themselves as the warriors of the one true God. “Terrorists sexually Humiliated guests before killing them,” by Santosh Mishra for the Mumbai Mirror, December 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): Disturbing photographs made available to this newspapers by police sources indicate that several of the guests […]
Archives for 2008
Fitzgerald: Are Muslims who kill Infidels “insane”?
When a Jordanian soldier shot and killed Israeli third-graders who had come from their school to visit a “Peace Garden” planted on both sides of the Israel-Jordan border, he was described as “insane.” When an Egyptian soldier, on the other side of Israel, opened fire on a group of Israeli tourists and killed men, women, […]
Fitzgerald: Israel in a state of confusion
“The enemy is in a state of confusion and doesn’t know what to do” — from this article, quoting Hamas If the “enemy” is Israel, the statement is true. And it is just as true if the “enemy” is not Israel alone, but all the Infidel states, and their conventional, ill-informed, whistling-in-the-dark political and media […]
Fitzgerald: Olmert: The schlemiel as head of state
Ehud Olmert said this week to the people of Gaza: “Don’t let Hamas, which is acting against the values of Islam, put you in danger. Stop them. Stop your enemies and ours.” Olmert did not have to say that Islam explains the endless hostility toward Israel. That would be asking too much, and at this […]
Fitzgerald: Carl Ernst for the King Faisal Prize!
Carl Ernst is the one who pushed on unwitting colleagues the notion that incoming freshmen to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill should be forced to read that comically bowdlerized version of the Qur’an, Michael Sells’ Approaching the Qur’an: The Lyrical Suras. Carl Ernst is also the one who schemed to have Omid […]
Bangladeshi police seize explosives, books on jihad in raid
“You got jihad books in my explosives!” “You got explosives in my jihad books!” But they don’t mix well. “Bangladeshi Police Seize Explosives, Books on Jihad in Raid,” from the Associated Press, December 25: DHAKA, Bangladesh “” Police in northern Bangladesh arrested three suspected militants tied to a banned Islamic group and seized a large […]
“Christians have been here longer than Muslims, 600 years longer. We are the roots of Iraq”
The historical presence of non-Muslims in lands currently controlled by Muslims is obvious, but often overlooked. And the fact of their presence is crucial in answering the skewed or nearsighted historical narratives that inform many a discussion on foreign policy: It can be employed to highlight the double standards that exist with respect to Islamic […]
Well done, good and faithful servant: UNC academic propagandist receives award from Iran’s Thug-In-Chief
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Carl Ernst flew to Tehran on Tuesday night to accept an award from Iranian Thug-In-Chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Even though Ernst reportedly “cringes” at some of Ahmadinejad’s “policies,” UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp decided that this was an “academic honor,” not a political one, and so had no objection […]
Lebanese army finds, defuses Katyusha rockets aimed at Israel
Complications from Hizballah, just as Israel considers an operation in Gaza. “Lebanese army finds seven missiles pointed at Israel,” from Agence France-Presse, December 25: Lebanese security forces found seven missiles directed at Israel in southern Lebanon on Thursday, an army official said. The Jerusalem Post reports that the missiles were Katyusha rockets, and may have […]
Hamas: Israel “is in a state of confusion and doesn’t know what to do”
As they ramp up their jihad on Christmas Eve. “Hamas mocks Israel’s nonresponse to Kassams,” by Khaled Abu Toameh in the Jerusalem Post, December 25 (thanks to Dan): Hamas on Wednesday remained as defiant as ever and said it would continue to fire rockets at Israel as an act of “self-defense.” Hamas also mocked what […]