But what will they want in return? Or will they help out from the kindness of their hearts? This request could end up being a pivotal element in the effort to make Western finance fully Sharia-compliant. “US seeks 300 billion dlrs from Gulf states: report,” from AFP, November 20 (thanks to all who sent this […]
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Florida school board chooses not to reappoint Hamas supporter to “diversity committee”
Why was this guy on the committee in the first place? An announcement from Americans Against Hate: School Board Chooses Not To Reappoint Hamas Supporter To The School Board’s Diversity Committee (Fort Lauderdale, FL) On Tuesday, November 18th, the day his term ended, members of the Broward County School Board made a conscious decision not […]
Settling for a spitball
A letter to the Jerusalem Post, November 21 (thanks to Mladen), regarding the Israeli government’s response to the jihad against Israel: Sir, – Jay Goldstein’s letter (“…means our 10 for your one,” November 19) proposed firing 10 bombs for every rocket fired from Gaza. I’ll settle for even one bomb for every rocket from Gaza. […]
Stealth Jihad exposed on radio
Yesterday I was on five radio shows and one TV show discussing the stealth jihad in America, but in all the excitement of madly rushing to catch planes (missed one, another was canceled yesterday — I should have stuck to the Maxwell), trains, and cabs to get where I was supposed to be, I wasn’t […]
UK Sharia judge calls for legal recognition of polygamous marriages
Here is a prime example of the stealth jihad in action: a “Sharia judge” in Britain uses the laws and customs of a Western pluralistic society in order to advance acceptance of an Islamic legal principle that has not hitherto been considered acceptable in that Western society. Rosa Freedman makes some good points against this […]
Ruth King: Fear of Islam? You Betcha!
At Family Security Matters, Ruth S. King examines the upcoming synagogue/mosque “Week of Twinning”: A full page ad in the New York Times of November 11th heralded November 21-23 as a “Week of Twinning” when Canadian and American synagogues and their respective rabbis and an equal number of mosques and mullahs will “join together to […]
Pakistan: Proposed law to improve women’s rights causes “uproar”
“The proposal has prompted widespread opposition in the Islamic world.” And why is that? After all, isn’t Islam and Islamic law supposed to “elevate” women? The problem is, that “elevation” is not established by standards outside of Islam, where there can be no higher “elevation” than to act in lockstep with Allah’s will. Hence, anything […]
Not “a shred of evidence” that al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui was tortured
The similarities between Aafia Siddiqui and Safia Jilani continue: both appear to be making up stories of suffering, and both are receiving “treatment” for (fictitious?) traumas “suffered.” Of course, claiming torture is an old jihadist strategy. And if that doesn’t work, you can always insist on wanting to “get on with your life,” to get […]
Pakistan: “Unknown miscreants” destroy girls’ school
Maybe they were Buddhists? Disgruntled nuns? At any rate, two women were also killed during clashes — though none were sprayed in the face with acid, this time. “Pakistan: Girls school destroyed by militants,” from AKI, November 20 : Mingora, 20 Nov. (AKI/DAWN) – Four militants and two women were killed and several others sustained […]
Pakistani government condemns US strike against “stronghold of Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters”
“Summons” and scolds US ambassador (once again). More on this story. “Pakistan protests US drone attacks, Taliban warns of reprisals,” from AFP, November 20: ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistan’s government on Thursday condemned the latest US missile strike in its territory while a militant Taliban group warned that another drone attack would bring reprisals within the […]