The author asks: “Should the immigrants adopt the values of their adoptive land — or, to the contrary, should society change to accommodate the newcomers who now form part of it?” Liberal democracies depend on the premise that there are unalienable human rights that a government cannot violate and retain a legitimate right to rule. […]
Archives for March 2010
U.K.: 15% increase in non-Muslims’ use of Sharia courts
Lending legitimacy to a system that does not deserve it, and would seek to subjugate them if it were strong enough. “Fears over non-Muslim’s use of Islamic law to resolve disputes,” by Afua Hirch for the Guardian, March 14: Campaigners have voiced concerns over a growing number of non-Muslims using Islamic law to resolve legal […]
Morocco continues mass deportation of Christian aid workers over “proselytizing”
The propagation of non-Islamic faiths is forbidden under Islamic law, and “moderate” Morocco seems to be taking the opportunity to purge Christian aid workers in general. “Christian aid worker purge? Morocco orders dozens in five cities to be deported,” by Eric German for the Christian Science Monitor, March 11: Rabat, Morocco – Moroccan authorities have […]
Iran works on new missile base with help from North Korea
A “peaceful nuclear program” characterized by secrecy and subterfuge, and an advancing missile program with help from a country that has spent decades playing a nuclear shell game: sure, those are completely unrelated. “Iran’s secret nuclear base,” by Marco Giannangeli for the Sunday Express, March 14: Iran’s lurch towards becoming a nuclear power took another […]
Egypt: Copts ask, “is the State Security there to protect all citizens or just the Muslims?”
Note the prominence of the Orwellian-sounding “reconciliation” proceedings, where, as described in this report, “Coptic victims give up all criminal and civil charges against the perpetrators.” “Muslim Teacher Sexually Abuses Christian Children In An Upper Egyptian School,” by Mary Abdelmassih for the Pakistan Christian Post, March 14: Cairo: March 14, 2010. (By Mary Abdelmassih for […]
Report: Regional al-Qaeda honcho takes over Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab
An update on this story. “Al-Qaida vet ‘takes over Somali jihadists,” from UPI, March 11: MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 11 (UPI) — The reported takeover of Somalia’s al-Shebab Islamists by al-Qaida veteran Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the 1988 [sic] U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa, could rally the divided jihadists as they brace for […]
Senior Palestinian Authority official says Israel “playing with fire,” calls on Muslims to “converge on al-Aqsa to save it”
Remember, the Fatah guys are the “moderates.” Partners for peace and all that. And in this case, the “provocation” du jour is the renovation of a synagogue situated in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem — still enough fuel for some quality conspiracy paranoia. It never takes much. “PA calls Arabs to ‘defend al Aksa’,” by […]
Israel nabs senior Hamas boss
Maher U’dda is implicated in the deaths of over 70 Israelis through the years. But that won’t stop Hamas and others from maligning Israel as the aggressor, and possibly retaliating. “Israelis nab senior Hamas leader,” from CNN, March 14: Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli forces have arrested a senior Hamas operative they say is responsible for […]
India: 2 arrested in new Mumbai jihad plot
Acting, according to police reports, on instructions from jihadist groups in Pakistan. “2 Indians arrested in alleged Mumbai terror plot,” from the Associated Press, March 14: MUMBAI, India – Indian police said Sunday they prevented a major terrorist strike in Mumbai by arresting two men who were preparing to attack several targets in the city, […]
U.S. terror mom brainwashed 6-year-old son
Today’s New York Post has a cover story on the family of Jamie Paulin-Rodriguez filled with eye opening details about what her conversion meant for her son. The 6-year-old son of a Colorado nursing student who ran off to Europe to join a terrorist murder cell was brainwashed into a hate-filled Islamic fundamentalist zombie, his […]