Malika El-Aroud, apparently Yes, that Malika El-Aroud (with highly appropriate “red-eye” in the photo): The one collecting $1100 a month in unemployment benefits while agitating for jihad online. An update on this story. “Belgian police arrest ‘al Qaeda legend’,” from CNN, December 11: (CNN) — Belgian police Thursday arrested a woman they called an “al-Qaeda […]
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Indonesia: Muslims burn Christian church, riot
Indonesia? — that paradigm of Muslim tolerance and moderation? And the reason? A school teacher somehow or other — it’s often easily and unwittingly done — “insulted” Islam, and was thus deemed a “blasphemer.” But surely these enraged Muslims were among that “minority” of “misinterpreters” of Islam? Nope: it was Indonesia’s ulema who “mobilized” the […]
Somalia: Jihadists destroy Sufi graves
For being “against Islamic law.” Will the Muslim world find this, the willful destruction of graves belonging to self-identified Muslims (Sufis) at the hands of jihadists, anywhere near as offensive as Israel’s attempts to build a “museum of tolerance” atop a long-abandoned Muslim graveyard? “Somalia: Islamists Destroy Graves, Kill Robbers,” from All Africa, December 10 […]
Australia: Court gives Islamic school project go-ahead
Wonder what role Sheik Feiz Mohammad will play in this school? More on this story. “Court gives Islamic school project go-ahead,” from ABC News, December 11: The Land and Environment court has given a conditional go-ahead for an Islamic school to be built at Bass Hill, in Sydney’s south-west. The court has said it will […]
Mumbai terrorist group expanding “well beyond South Asia”
Mumbai: a taste of things to come, internationally? “Group blamed for Mumbai attack also operating in Mideast,” by Jonathan S. Landay for McClatchy Newspapers, December 10 (thanks to JCB): WASHINGTON “” A United Nations Security Council committee put three Pakistani leaders of the group Lashkar-e- Taiba and a Saudi operative on a terrorist watch list […]
Pakistani government bans statements of banned outfits from media
Presumably “banned outfits” is a reference to those numerous jihadi groups operating within Pakistan — many of which have recently been dubbed by the Pakistani government as “patriots“? “Govt bans statements of banned outfits in media,” from GEO TV, December 11: ISLAMABAD: The government has banned the statements of banned outfits from being aired on […]
Mumbai Terror Group Trained American Jihadists
“There’s been hardly any mention of the extremist group’s deep ties to American-based jihadists.” By Noah Shachtman for the Danger Room, December 10 (thanks to all who sent this in): A growing chorus of intelligence officials in the U.S. and in south Asia have pinned the Mumbai attacks on the Kashmir-based militants Lashkar-e-Taiba. But there’s […]
Israeli Law Center: Israeli banks transfering money to Hamas
A press release from “Shurat HaDin — Israel Law Center — is a Tel-Aviv based lawyers’ organization that utilizes legal proceedings and lawsuits to fight the scourge of international terrorism. Shurat HaDin aims at obstructing and economically harming the terror organizations, their leaders and their financial patrons on behalf of terror victims. The organization has […]
Belgian police arrest 14 al-Qaeda suspects
“16 raids in Brussels and one in the eastern city of Liege.” “Belgian police arrest Al Qaeda terror suspects,” from Agence France-Presse, December 11 (thanks to Alex): AFP – Belgian police on Thursday arrested 14 suspected Al-Qaeda members, including a man believed to have been planning a suicide attack, officials announced, as EU leaders gathered […]
U.N.: Pakistani charity a jihadist front
A charity as a front group for jihadist activity: Funny how that keeps happening. “UN says Pakistan charity front for terrorist group,” by John Heilprin for the Associated Press, December 10: UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. Security Council panel has declared a Pakistan-based charity a front group for the terrorist organization blamed in the attacks […]