Let me defend you or I will kill you Friend-and-Ally update. “Al-Qaeda helps curb Saudi unrest,” from Press TV, December 7: Saudi security services have formed a military militia loyal to Saudi Arabia comprised of al-Qaeda members, according to opposition sources. The militants are being used to support Saudi Arabia against domestic revolts and foreign […]
Archives for 2008
Canada defends Saudi policy of shunning tourists who visited Israel
“Jews not welcome” (nothing new here). Meanwhile, the Saudis — their king no less — have been fervently calling for “interfaith dialogue” with “our brothers” (Christians and Jews). This is not all that inconsistent, however, as these “dialogues” have never been hosted by the Saudis on Saudi ground (not only Jews, but Christians and, naturally, […]
Iranian prof who “Islamized” Iran’s universities now teetering on the edge of heresy
Soroush appears to be calling for genuine reform — and note that it is by rejecting a literal understanding of many key Islamic texts, just as discussed here. And of course some are following the predictable path and calling for his death, although he has received aid on that score from an unexpected source: Ayatollah […]
Spencer on Sharia Finance and Jihad Watch
In the hallway of the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on November 6, after I spoke at Frank Gaffney‘s Coalition to Stop Sharia Press Conference.
Female doctor from London beaten, held captive by relatives in Bangladesh for forced marriage
How many others like Humayra Abedin are there in the U.K.? Or would asking that question be “Islamophobic?” “London doctor is held as forced marriage hostage,” from The Independent, December 7 (thanks to Fugue): British lawyers were this weekend working frantically to rescue a London doctor who has been beaten and held captive in Bangladesh […]
Whitewash in progress!
A few days ago, Jihad Watch went down for a few hours, and in between emails to the tech people I worked on the Blogging the Qur’an segment posted this morning. In this course of doing so, I made an interesting discovery, and sent this note to Pamela Geller — which is expanded below now. […]
What if Muhammad never existed?
The above picture from Tom Gross Media shows “Salman Rushdie’s coffin being prepared at the ‘International Exhibition of the Koran’ at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran” in September 2008. Note also the coffin for the state of Israel in the background — as well as the caricature of Bill Clinton. Old grudges die […]
“He decided there should be some meaning to his life and jihad was his calling”
Finding meaning in life “He had always been a religious Muslim” — that little detail is buried way down in this AP story, while his having been a “crook” is in the headline. That’s par for the course in the mainstream media these days, but it raises questions. How is it that a “low-level thief” […]
Philippines: Display of national dish containing pork a focal point for “tensions” between Muslims and Christians in southern city
There is a matter of fundamental importance missing from the story below, and that is the existence of specific injunctions in sharia law against the display of alcohol or pork by unbelievers. Umdat al Salik, a Shafi jurisprudence manual certified as reliable by Al-Azhar University in Cairo, states: “The subject peoples must “pay the non-Muslim […]
Jewish Museum of Tolerance Is Intolerable to Muslims
It is apparently built on a centuries-old Muslim grave. Yet, as this report notes, for decades, Muslims have shown absolutely no concern for this area — until now when Israelis want to make use of it. More on this story. “Jewish Museum of Tolerance Is Intolerable to Muslims,” by Julie Stahl for CNSNews, December 5: […]