And the government complies. So what if he “took orders from bin Laden” and deemed the latter “lovely“? “Gov’t lifts restrictions on Aussie linked to al-Qaeda,” from USA Today, November 20: Australia announced today that it’s lifting the restrictions that were imposed on David Hicks after he was released from Guantanamo Bay and returned to […]
Archives for 2008
NY Times says Iran has fuel for one nuclear weapon
But Iran will have to take “additional steps.” “Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon,” by William J. Broad and David E. Sanger for the New York Times, November 19: Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the […]
Australia: Report finds imams sanctioning marital rape, domestic violence, welfare fraud
Islamic Apologetics Rule #7734: Anytime Islamic practices garner bad publicity (child marriage, domestic violence, etc.), they must be blamed on “culture.” “Local Muslim clerics accused,” by Barney Zwartz for The Age (thanks to JE): SOME Muslim religious leaders in Victoria are condoning rape within marriage, domestic violence, polygamy, welfare fraud and exploitation of women, according […]
Tampa Mayor proclaims “Unindicted Co-Conspirator in Hamas Funding Case Day”
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) with dhimmi academic John Esposito at CAIR’s banquet in Tampa That is, “Council on American-Islamic Relations Day.” “CAIR urges Muslims to define themselves,” from WMNF, November 17 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held its 6th annual banquet Saturday at the Tampa Convention Center. Speakers included Georgetown […]
‘Stealth Jihad’ Reveals A New War on U.S. Soil
Rowan Scarborough reviews Stealth Jihad in Human Events: Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Robert Spencer [whose “Jihad Watch” is featured weekly in HUMAN EVENTS] has been a one-man warning system against radical Islam. A scholar who has spent most of his professional life studying Islam, his string of books dissects the world’s largest religion […]
International Islamic organization attempts to criminalize criticism of Islam at the UN
This is a key element of the Stealth Jihad: the attempt to silence those who speak about the ideological underpinnings of jihad terrorism. Most Americans probably aren’t aware that there are serious discussions at the UN about criminalizing discussion of the motives and goals of Islamic jihadists, and even fewer probably realize what the implications […]
US airstrike deep inside Pakistan kills six jihadists
Just as Pakistani officials meet with NATO brass to “discuss” these strikes within Pakistan. Friend and Ally Hanging By a Thread Update: “Suspected U.S. Airstrike Kills 6 Fighters in Pakistan,” by Candace Rondeaux for the Washington Post, November 20: KABUL, Nov. 19 — A suspected U.S. airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory Wednesday killed six insurgent […]
Somalia’s prime minister affirms sharia is law of the land, dodges question on whether stonings would take place under new constitution
He said: “I don’t want to anticipate any points on that. This I leave for the constitutional experts engaged in the draft. It will be submitted to the population and they will be the ones deciding.” Here is proof again that “democracy” alone (in the sense of collective decisions made by a head-count) is not […]
Britain’s sharia courts: “There is no outside monitoring, no protection, no records kept, no guarantee that justice will prevail.”
Any attempt at monitoring, protection, record-keeping or other oversight would be immediately seized upon as Islamophobic, racist (though they never say which race), colonialist, and just earth-shatteringly gauche. “Britain Grapples With Role for Islamic Justice,” by Elaine Sciolino for the New York Times, November 19: LONDON “” The woman in black wanted an Islamic divorce. […]
Senator calls on Justice Dept. to cut off outreach efforts with Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups
In my book Stealth Jihad I discuss Muslim Brotherhood efforts to insinuate Islamic law, bit-by-bit and piece-by-piece, into the United States, and to foster acceptance of the idea that American law must give way whenever Islamic law contradicts it. Groups that are assumed to be “moderate” are fronting this effort — but now one Senator […]