Archives for 2008

Such as al-Qaeda leader, Baitullah Mehsud, who apparently sanctioned the disfigurement of unveiled women with acid, and is accused of masterminding the assassination of Bhutto. “[T]he aftermath of the Mumbai carnage has suddenly turned terrorists into patriots.” “Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah ‘patriots,’” by Hamid Mir for the International News, updated December 5 : […]

Once again, in fear of naming an actual enemy, “terror” is anthropomorphized. Can’t blame the Indians for being subtle, though, considering Pakistan has already evoked nukes. “India to take tips from Israel on tackling terror,” from the Times of India, December 5 : New Delhi: A known ‘softie’, India, could now take some tips from […]

So says the defense. “Fort Dix defense: Men were ‘all talk,’” by Troy Graham for the Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5 (thanks to James): Albanians have an expression that defense attorney Rocco Cipparone said perfectly describes the five men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix. “A barking dog doesn’t bite,” he said. “All talk, no […]

Mainstream media bias is nothing new. Richard Nixon complained about it during his 1960 presidential run against John F. Kennedy, and 48 years later, during the late presidential campaign, the cheerleading for Barack Obama was pervasive and all-encompassing. But it isn’t just a matter of presidential politics. Jihad Watch reader James sent me this morning […]

At first, this sounds like another dhimmi gesture. However, the monsignor makes clear that the Church’s backing is only for the mosque’s “cultural and spiritual identity, as well as its own religious identity”; but “if (the mosque) becomes something different [say, a breeding ground for jihadists and terrorists], civil society has a right to intervene.” […]

Riot survivors “We are the victims of any Islamic anger. Two years ago, it was the Danish cartoons. Now they are trying to lay it at the feet of the elections. We have become a convenient scapegoat and target for those with grievances about events both home and abroad,” say Nigerian bishop. This story is […]

Introducing “Osama bin Lego” More on “Muslim outrage” here, here, and here. Yet, for all this (by now hackneyed) outrage, there is also a Lego Nazi: will Germans be outraged? No, you say? The average German knows that being German does not necessarily make one a Nazi? Well and good. Why, then, are Muslims “outraged” […]

Funny how accommodations related to Islamic practices are so often the only “human rights” Islamic groups seem to be concerned with. Fortunately, the European Court of Human Rights grasped in this case that Muslims’ “right” to display religious symbols does not outweigh that of any other groups, which would have set a disastrous precedent in […]

More on an industrial giant in what has become Pakistan’s #1 export: jihad. “Lashkar-e-Taiba Served as Gateway for Western Converts Turning to Jihad,” by Susan Schmidt and Siobhan Gorman for the Wall Street Journal, December 4: Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani group suspected in the Mumbai attacks, has a history of documented links to al Qaeda and […]

Philippines Jihad Update. “Blast in southern Philippines wounds 6 civilians,” from the Associated Press, December 5: MANILA, Philippines: A crude bomb exploded outside a drugstore in the southern Philippines, wounding six civilians, just days after police arrested an alleged foreign bomb maker suspected of helping Muslim rebels. The blast late Thursday was followed by another […]