Tehran anti-Israel rally with banner in English — Gee, who could the intended audience be? A call to jihad. “Iran orders Muslims to defend Palestinians,” by Dudi Cohen for Ynet News, December 28 (thanks to Michael, who comments: “North Americans should take special notice of this religious edict encouraging violent Jihad in support of the […]
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And now, a word from Damascus
From the Hate Mail Bag: this guy sent me several messages this morning from an IP address that traces to Damascus. This was the best one: What is the guilt of all those innocent people who were killed with F-16 in Gaza; you will pay the price no doubt one day. Muhammad’s Army will return […]
Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh under fire for shaking hands with Shimon Peres
And Tantawi ain’t the only one: Not gonna play well in Cairo “Lo! those who disbelieve, among the People of the Scripture and the idolaters, will abide in fire of hell. They are the worst of created beings.” — Qur’an 98:6. So why would the Grand Sheikh want to shake hands with one of them, […]
UN top dog calls on Israel to stop
Ban Ki-Moon with Saudi King Abdullah: Yes, master Ban Ki-Moon, tool of the largest voting bloc in the UN, the Organization of the Islamic Conference, does his masters’ bidding. “UN chief calls for immediate halt of violence in Gaza, southern Israel,” from Xinhua, December 27 (thanks to Pamela): UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — U.N. […]
Turkey in the European Union: A Bridge Too Far
A book review by Henrik Raeder Clausen: Turkey in the European Union: A Bridge Too Far By Philip Claeys & Koen Dillen ISBN 978-90-78898-13-9 Published by Uitgeverij Egmont, Belgium Public debate about admitting Turkey as a full member of the European Union has been vague and late, the details of the matter as well as […]
Dialogue of Civilizations: Creating an alternative reality
Roy W. Brown was outraged by the speech by Ambassador Taib, adviser to the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, at the UN, Geneva on December 19. Here, in typical post-modernist literary style, he has deconstructed the Ambassador’s speech and put it together again as it would have been given by an […]
U.K.: Model’s death puts spotlight on Islamic polygamy in Britain
What safeguards are in place — are there any? — to keep Islamic clerics in Britain and the state-approved sharia courts from being complicit in the abuses that result from polygamous marriage? Those abuses can range from the failure to inform one wife that there are others, to the settlement of resulting divorces, to fraud […]
Muslim women in Ireland warned that wearing burqa may cause vitamin D deficiency and related disorders
This article is another in a series of several stories that have appeared over the years about vitamin D deficiencies brought on by Islamic prescriptions for veiling. And the problem is not limited to “cold climates.” “Ireland too grey for the burqa,” by Colin Gleeson for the Times Online, December 28: Muslim women who wear […]
Saudi top dog to Bush: Get the Israelis to stop
Going steady The Saudis have told Bush to jump. Will Bush say, “How high?” “Bush, Saudi King talk amid Israel-Gaza bloodshed,” from AFP, December 27 (thanks to Michael): CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) “” Saudi King Abdullah told US President George W. Bush by telephone on Saturday that major countries must take action to halt Israel’s attacks […]
Proportionate response
“The EU also criticized what it called Israel’s disproportionate use of force…” Question: Was four years of war, followed by eight years of occupation of Japan and the destruction of Japan’s native religion (by compelling the Emperor to go on the radio and tell the Japanese that he wasn’t divine) a proportionate response to the […]