Amid all the enthusiasm for this plan, as noted in the article below, no one seems to have considered anything about the Islamic legal doctrine regarding treaties, which allows Muslims to conclude only temporary truces with the infidels, in order to allow the Muslims time to gather their strength and fight again more effecively sometime […]
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Girl sprayed in face with acid: “I will go to my school if they [Taliban] kill me”
The price of trying to get an education More on this story. “Acid attack girl vows to continue school,” from the Gulf Times, November 15 : KABUL: An Afghan teenager whose face was burned in an acid attack by suspected extremists vowed from her hospital bed yesterday to continue going to school even if it […]
Somalia: kidnapped nuns “safe,” according to “elders”
Somalia+Nuns=Bad Mixture Hopefully these nuns will fare better than Sister Leonella (pictured above), who was murdered by being shot in the back two years earlier, also in Somalia, due to “anger” at the Pope’s remarks. More on this story. “Kidnapped nuns safe – Kenya,” from News24, November 15 : Isiolo – Two Italian nuns kidnapped […]
Peshawar: The return of the Long-Haired Men
Beware of guys like this roaming around the markets Long-haired men with flowing beards — indicative of the Taliban — have reappeared in Peshawar, worrying locals and business owners of renewed threats, violence. “Long-haired men reappear in Peshawar markets,” by Daud Khattak for the Daily Times, November 15: * People alarmed at presence of men […]
CIA director: “[E]very major terrorist threat confronting the world has ties to Pakistan”
However, he was also quick to clarify that the Pakistani government has been “extraordinarily helpful” — except, of course, when forewarning al-Qaeda of US strikes. Friend and Ally Update: “Every major terror threat involves Pakistan: CIA,” by Anwar Iqbal for the Dawn, November 15 : WASHINGTON, Nov 14: CIA director Michael Hayden has warned that […]
New Muslim channel aims to provide non-Muslims with a “better understanding” of Islam
When will we get Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Buddhist stations dedicated to offering the world a “better understanding” of their principles — you know, to clear the air? Oh, never mind: those religions are not perpetually misunderstood. “New Muslim TV channel to be launched in SA,” by Suthentira Govender for the Times, November 15: An […]
Somalia: Jihadists flog 32 people for dancing
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Al-Qaeda threatens Yemeni government with further attacks to deliver a “taste of horrors”
US embassy attack Al-Qaeda also officially claims the US embassy attack of September (surprise, surprise). “Qaeda says 7 ‘martyred’ in attack on US embassy in Yemen,” from AFP, November 15: DUBAI (AFP) “” An Al-Qaeda group says seven of its fighters were killed when they attacked the US mission in Yemen in September and also […]
Egyptian “lawyer” to Israeli women: “Leave the land so we won’t rape you”
“[Y]oung Arab men should sexually harass Israeli girls wherever they may be and using any possible method, as a new means in the resistance against Israel” — and this from a female lawyer no less. “Egyptian Lawyer Nagla Al-Imam Suggests Arab Men Should Sexually Harass Israeli Women and Declares: Leave the Land So We Won’t […]
International wine fair in Morocco is “a provocation for Muslims and an affront to their religion”
“Morocco is an Islamic fortress targeted by those who want to tamper with the taboos of Muslims.” “Moroccan Muslims object to wine fair,” from UPI, November 14: CASABLANCA, Morocco, Nov. 14 (UPI) — Muslim scholars in Morocco have raised objections to an international fair for wine producers in the city of Casablanca. The fair, hosted […]