“A man with 10 wives would collapse and die, but my own power is given by Allah” His own words. “Nigerian preacher with 86 wives gets court reprieve,” by Tume Ahemba for Reuters, November 13: LAGOS, Nov 13 (Reuters Life!) – A Nigerian court said an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives should be released […]
Archives for 2008
Fatwa bans emoticons
Haram Move over Mickey Mouse. The original, and very lengthy, fatwa is here. Here are some of the pertinent excerpts as posted by the Jawa Report: “Fatwa: Emoticons are Un-Islamic,” from the Jawa Report, November 12 : “Emoticons are forbidden because of its imitation to Allah’s creatures whether it is original or mixture or even […]
Breaking News: Political correctness “hampering battle against extremism” in UK
The EU terror-chief agrees. Meanwhile, the US government is nervous about using words such as mujahid, umma, and caliphate. “Political correctness ‘hampering battle against extremism,’” by Matthew Moore for the Telegraph, November 13: Attempts to turn young people away from Islamic extremism are being hampered by politically-correct language, according to a new report. Ministers last […]
Afghanistan: Suicide attack kills 9, including US soldier
As the Taliban has made clear (for now), it is not interested in negotiating with infidels. Would that infidels exhibited the same sort of decisiveness. “Convoy attack kills US soldier, 8 Afghan civilians,” by Fisnik Abrashi for the Associated Press, November 13: KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy passing […]
Taliban stops executing people long enough to ask UN to block executions of Taliban prisoners
Jihadist hypocrisy alert. “Taliban urge world to block Afghan executions,” from Reuters, November 13: KABUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban, notorious for summary public executions, urged the United Nations on Thursday to press the Afghan government to stop executing prisoners on death row, citing concern about fair trials. Afghanistan resumed executions this week after […]
Taliban denies negotiating with Karzai government; Karzai to brief British on secret negotiations with Taliban
Cognitive dissonance. “Taliban Denies Negotiating, or Being Willing to Negotiate, With U.S., NATO, or Karzai Government,” from MEMRI, November 12 : In a statement published in the latest issue of the Taliban monthly Al-Sumud, Taliban Deputy Commander Mullah Berader claimed that “the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] is not conducting any negotiations with the Americans, NATO, or […]
Iran’s new missile brings Israel within reach
But relax: soon we will talk all this out and smooth it over. More on this story. “Iran test-fires new missile, Israel within reach,” by Zahra Hosseinian for Reuters, November 12 (thanks to all who sent this in): TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran said it test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile on Wednesday and that […]
Pakistan: Christian doctor accused of blaspheming Islam freed, but in hiding
Pakistan’s blasphemy law, which is based on Islamic law, continues to be a source of human rights abuses. An update on this story. “Christian doctor accused of anti-Islam blasphemy freed (but in hiding),” by Qaiser Felix for Asia News, November 12 (thanks to Religion of Peace): Lahore (AsiaNews) — A Christian man acquitted on blasphemy […]
Here and there and everywhere
Due for an oil change Tuesday night I spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. It was a great evening. The Conservative Union students who invited me were outstandingly well organized, and had publicized the event efficiently; the event was attended by an overflow crowd, standing all around the doorway and in the aisles; some […]
Union of Good goes bad
Global Relief Foundation, Holy Land Foundation, and so many others, and now yet another Islamic charity is shut down for funding jihad terrorism. One would think that since this keeps happening, someone would get a clue — this charitable support comes from people who believe that by paying zakat to aid jihad, they are discharging […]