This is a repost concerning my essay recently published by the Middle East Review of International Affairs. As I have learned, and thanks to the commenters who pointed this out, the original posting did not clearly differentiate between my commentary and al-Qaeda’s words, resulting in a very jumbled and incoherent read. This link takes to […]
Archives for 2008
Feds seize 5th Avenue office building owned by Iran
A little touch of Tehran on the Hudson “The move by officials at the Treasury and Justice Departments is designed to stop the flow of funds they say are used to help Iran’s efforts to build nuclear weapons.” Right from New York. “Feds Seize New York Office Building Tied to Iranian Government,” by Lee Ross […]
Stealth Jihad Alert: Georgia judge jails Muslim woman for refusing to remove headscarf at security checkpoint
Stealth Jihad Update: is it a violation of a Muslim woman’s civil rights to have to remove her hijab at a security checkpoint? Or is it simply an unhappy consequence of the situation that her own coreligionists have forced upon us, and which she should be willing to put up with in the interests of […]
Report: 60% of UK Muslim schools linked to jihadists
This shouldn’t surprise anyone who is informed about these issues, except perhaps those who figured it must be more than 60%. Damian Thompson has kindly sent me notice of his report, “Exclusive: 60 per cent of Britain’s Muslim schools have extremist links, report says,” at his Telegraph blog, December 17. Britain’s Muslim schools are facing […]
Human rights advocates denounce UN ban on “defamation of Islam”
At last, a small bit of common sense: “Rights experts attack Islam defamation drive at UN,” by Robert Evans for Reuters, December 17 (thanks to James): GENEVA, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The United Nations should stop passing resolutions, largely promoted by Islamic countries, calling for laws against “defamation of religion”, according to international experts on […]
Grocery Jihad: Gaza rockets pound southern Israel, hit supermarket
Imagine the rockets falling in your neighborhood Here again: jihadists target civilians, and the world yawns. Jihadists launch attacks from among civilians, so that Israel in retaliating hits civilian areas, and the world thunders condemnations. And Israel, of course, doesn’t have the Pallywood propaganda machine churning out material twenty-four hours a day. “Rockets pound southern […]
China: Death penalty for two “bent on jihad”
They killed seventeen people, hoping to sabotage the Olympics. Feel the love! “China hands death penalty to 2 ‘bent on jihad,’” from MSNBC, December 17 (thanks to James): BEIJING – A Chinese court sentenced two people to death Wednesday for what it said was attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics with an attack in the […]
EU Parliament bans showing of Fitna
You can see it here. Assault on Free Speech Update. An announcement from the UK Independence Party (thanks to Paul Belien): SHOWING OF THE FILM FITNA BANNED BY ORDER OF THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS It is with great regret that I have to announce the cancellation of the showing of the film Fitna at the […]
Fitzgerald: Islam, Colin Powell, Wafa Sultan
A Jihad Watch commenter recently defended Colin Powell’s remarks, assailed by Wafa Sultan here and by me here, by saying this: “If Muslims are held in disregard, why not Catholics, or Jews, or whatever religion is out of favor at the moment.” What an absurd remark. Islam is not like these other faiths called religions. […]
“I believe the children are the future…”
Here’s a glimpse into Pakistan’s future. From Reuters (thanks to Brian C. Ledbetter): Students from schools run by Islamic charity organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, December 17, 2008. Pakistan has cracked down on suspected Islamists since the Mumbai attacks, detaining scores of people, many of them members of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an […]