“Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews…” — Qur’an 5:82 “Egyptian Cleric Ahmad ‘Eid Mihna: The Jews Are Behind Misery, Hardship, Usury, and Whorehouses,” from MEMRITV, January 10 (just posted): The following are excerpts from an address delivered by Egyptian cleric Ahmad ‘Eid Mihna, which aired on Al-Shabab TV […]
Archives for March 2010
New Jersey Misunderstander of Islam arrested in Yemen after trying to shoot his way out of the hospital
Yet another U.S.-born Muslim in Yemen fighting against his native country. Why is it that all those moderate and peaceful American mosques are doing such a miserable job teaching Islam to Muslim converts? “FBI Probes N.J. Man Linked to Al Qaeda, Hospital Attack in Yemen,” from FoxNews, March 11: A suspected Al Qaeda militant who […]
Rifqa Bary’s lawyers “ignoring the Islamic aspects of the case, although Islam’s death penalty for apostasy is the only thing that makes sense of why she is in danger”
A wrongheaded legal strategy. “Rifqa Bary Facing Shariah, Deportation,” by Pamela Geller at Newsmax, March 11: Rifqa Bary is the 17-year-old girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and fled from her family in fear for her life. For over nine months now, the Islamic machine has been trying to make an example of her, […]
“I came to know her as a middle aged sociopath woman desperate for love, lonely and isolated”
Dr. Rusty Shackleford over at the Jawa Report has interesting background on the Jihad Jane case: “I turned in Colleen ‘Jihad Jane’ LaRose to the FBI — A Jawa Report Exclusive.” Be sure to take a look.
Afghanistan: Women crowd secret shelters with scars from “fists, knives, burns, electrical cords”
Here is another report that describes the prevalence and severity of domestic violence in a Muslim country without considering Islam’s role. The broadcast version of the story, aired tonight, mentioned attempts to convince men that such behavior was un-Islamic and not what Muhammad would want; even that is absent from the online version excerpted below. […]
Sweden acknowledges Armenian genocide; Turks irked
But, of course. “Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide,” by Karl Ritter for the Associated Press, March 11 (thanks to Rich): STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey as genocide, prompting the Turkish government to recall its ambassador in protest. The measure passed […]
Ahmadinejad: “With God’s grace,” Israel “will be annihilated”
There just isn’t much that’s peaceful about the Iranian regime, but they expect us to believe the nuclear program is. “Ahmadinejad: Israel reached the end of its road,” from Al Bawaba, March 11 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday warned Israel that initiating a new war in the Middle East would […]
Thailand: Jihad against telephone repairmen
And 61-year-old salesmen. Such intrepid mujahedin! “Suspected Muslim separatists kill four in Thailand’s deep South,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, March 11 (thanks to Twostellas): Pattani, Thailand – Suspected Muslim separatists on Thursday shot dead three Thai telephone repairmen and a 61-year-old salesman in two incidents in the violence-racked southern province of Pattani, officials said. Assailants […]
Calling out Grover Norquist
Last week Pamela Geller wrote this at The American Thinker: The Freedom Defense Initiative, a new organization I started with author and scholar Robert Spencer, hosted its inaugural event to an enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on February 19. But this event was at CPAC, not of CPAC. Could this be […]
U.K.: British Airways employee charged with “preparation of terrorist acts and fundraising for the purpose of terrorism”
An IT developer — another case of someone being educated and gainfully employed, but who still managed to “misunderstand” Islam. An update on this story. “British Airways employee faces terrorism charges,” from CNN, March 11: London, England (CNN) — A British Airways employee appeared in court Thursday on charges related to terrorism. The Metropolitan Police […]