Archives for 2008

Call it a day Well after midnight last night I completed the 83rd and final weekly segment of the Jihad Watch Blogging the Qur’an series, which began a year and a half ago, in May 2007. This Sunday that segment will go up, and thus endeth the series. Although the series was inspired by Slate’s […]

Clinton for sale By posting this am I saying that Bill Clinton is different from any other powerful politician, in taking money from foreign donors who obviously hope to influence the political process? No, in this Bill Clinton is not singular. But look at this list: $10 million to $25 million from the Kingdom of […]

Imagine the bombs going off in your neighborhood Attention all shoppers. Suspicion falls upon the local jihadists. They deny any involvement. “2 bomb blasts hit south Philippine city, killing 2,” by Jim Gomez for Associated Press, December 18: MANILA, Philippines — Two crude bombs packed with nails exploded minutes apart Thursday at a department store […]

All we hear from CNN is that “gunmen” did this, and that “violence against women” — by whom? For what reason and from what cause? — “has been an ongoing problem in Iraq.” But the fact that Nahla Hussain was beheaded places suspicion upon those who believe that it is a divine command to “strike […]

Another secular Bosnian impervious to jihadist influence But don’t be concerned. Everyone knows that Bosnian Muslims are modern, moderate, and secular, and have no interest in waging jihad against the West. “American Makeover,” by Julia Gorin, December 17: Bosnian wants her husband back from Guantanamo soon (Nov. 26): SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Hajj Boudella’s children will […]

This morning my friend Paul Weyrich, the great conservative leader, one of the founders of the Heritage Foundation and CEO and Chairman of the Free Congress Foundation, died at age 66, after for many years heroically battling an array of serious illnesses. Paul Weyrich’s impact on the national stage is well known. In 2007 when […]

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The great hero in action My column in Human Events today: The Islamic world’s latest hero is Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the reporter for Cairo’s Al-Baghdadia TV channel who threw his shoes at President Bush at a press conference in Iraq on Sunday. Hasan Muhammad Makhafa, a wealthy Saudi, went on Dubai’s Al-Arabiya TV to call al-Zeidi’s […]

Welcome to Eurabia! “Unrest continues near vacated Malmö mosque,” from The Local, December 18 (thanks to Patrick Poole): Fresh disturbances erupted on Wednesday evening near the basement location which had previously served as a mosque in Malmö’s RosengÃ¥rd district. Fireworks were aimed at police and several fires were lit when police arrived to blockade the […]

Protection money. I.e., the madness of appeasement. Aethelred the Unready Alert: “Taleban tax: allied supply convoys pay their enemies for safe passage,” by Tom Coghlan in the Times, December 12 (thanks to David): The West is indirectly funding the insurgency in Afghanistan thanks to a system of payoffs to Taleban commanders who charge protection money […]