Note that while the jihadists issue threats, they portray them as a response to Israeli threats. Nothing is ever their fault, and they never initiate anything, no matter what your lying eyes tell you. “Gaza ‘will be a graveyard for Israelis,’” from Press TV, December 14 (thanks to Mackie): The military wing of the Islamic […]
Archives for 2008
Surprise, you’re divorced! Saudi women need not be present when judges grant their husbands a divorce
Saudi women are being allowed to discuss divorce publicly, which, while it does constitute progress on a glacial time scale, also points to the low expectations that oppression and inaction breed. This development’s significance depends on its being a step to something more concrete than simply talking. Otherwise, it simply looks like a cynical attempt […]
Hyderabad: Scores of young Muslims have “disappeared” to Pakistan for jihad training
More madrassas emerge as centers of “misunderstanding” Islam, somehow missing the concept of jihad as an “interior spiritual struggle” (as apologists insist that it is to non-Muslims). Funny how that keeps happening. “Mumbai attacks How Indian-born Islamic militants are trained in Pakistan,” by Damien McElroy for the Telegraph, December 13: Indian authorities have denied that […]
Mall of America moves to accommodate Minnesota Muslims
By setting aside prayer rooms for those Muslims — most of which are Somali — who are still here and have not migrated back to Somalia for the jihad. “Mall of America Moves to Accommodate Minnesota Muslims,” by Mohamed Hassan for Mshale, December 13: BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — On the day Muslims around the world began […]
Islamic organizations use billboards to reach out, educate
More on Muslim attempts to “reach out and educate” Americans here. “Islam using billboards to reach out, educate,” by Sherri Day for the Tampa Bay News, December 13: SEFFNER “” The billboard sits along the eastbound side of Interstate 4, just west of McIntosh Road. But unlike other signs hawking fast food joints, gas stations […]
The demise of the Egyptian bar
Which belonged to a different era, that is, a few decades ago when Egypt “was very liberal, very tolerant. You had the bars, you had the synagogues, you had the churches, you had the mosques. Everyone was absolutely allowed to practice religion, to go and drink or whatever.” “Religion, decrepitude threaten downtown Cairo bars,” by […]
Voting continues for the 2008 Jihad Watch Awards!
Voting will continue until Thursday night. (And no, Governor, while a BMW would be nice, I can’t add you to the ballot.)
Seattle Jihad Barber killed in Somalia fighting for al Qaeda
American barber turned jihadist Two years ago, after the FBI went looking for Shumpert (AKA Amir Abdul Muhaimin), CNN reported that “scores of Seattle residents came to Shumpert’s defense, signing a petition supporting leniency and writing letters saying he was a positive influence on their community.” Apparently such goodwill (if not naivety) was, once again, […]
Largest Bangladesh Islamic party seeks to introduce “a blasphemy law and military training for students of Islamic seminaries”
Which is not surprising since four years ago Bangladesh was deemed “the next favoured destination of the Al Qaeda.” “Bangladesh Islamist party pledges military training in seminaries,” from New Kerala, December 12: Dhaka, Dec 12 : Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party, has pledged the enactment of a blasphemy law and military training for […]
Spencer: The Kathy Shaidle Interview!
The blazingly magnificent Kathy Shaidle emailed me a few questions about my book Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs: Is Islam itself the problem? Obviously “the problem” is rooted within Islamic texts and teachings that mandate warfare against and the subjugation of unbelievers. Ibn Warraq’s observation that there are […]