“For quite some time we have alerted the government to training grounds in some parts of the northern state where people are being trained to cause problems in the country… Nobody did anything about it.” More on this story. “Nigeria: Christian Muslim violence perpetrated by mercenaries?,” by Konye Obaji Ori for Afrik, March 10 (thanks […]
Archives for March 2010
Swedish papers publish Vilks’ Muhammad cartoon in defiance of jihadist intimidation
“A threat against him is, in the long term, also a threat against all Swedes,” they said. It’s also a threat against one of the most fundamental human rights, freedom of speech, which we all have such a tremendous stake in protecting. “Swedish papers publish Prophet Muhammad drawing,” from the Associated Press, March 10 (thanks […]
Jihad Jane arrest raises fears of “homegrown terrorists,” but no one really wants to do anything about it
The one thing that can and should be done would be to call American Muslim groups to account, and demand that they institute in mosques and Islamic schools comprehensive, honest, inspectable programs teaching against the jihad doctrine and Islamic supremacism. But officials will never do this. They would prefer to pretend that the jihad doctrine […]
Pakistan: Jihadists murder six aid agency workers
“Those who kill humanitarian workers must be reminded that they are not only killing their own country’s residents, but also people seeking to improve the lives of victims of poverty and injustice.” They don’t care about that. As far as they’re concerned, the only thing that would improve the lives of their country’s residents would […]
France: 15-year-old Muslim student sprays teacher with tear gas after she describes al-Qaeda as a “terrorist group”
But Charles Krauthammer will tell you that Geert Wilders is “extreme, radical, and wrong.” Eurabia Alert: “Teacher attacked after al-Qaeda comments,” from AFP, March 9 (thanks to Pamela): Lyon, France – A 15-year-old French schoolboy sprayed a teacher with teargas after she described al-Qaeda as a “terrorist group”, she told reporters on Tuesday as prosecutors […]
Pakistani pols who refused airport body scans hailed as heroes in Pakistan
And who was there to hail them as heroes but my old pal, the artless dissembler Hamid Mir! An update on this story, and yet another Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Upset by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes,” by Jane Perlez for the New York Times, March 9 (thanks to David): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — […]
Would-be jihad murderer a heroine in Pakistan, hailed by Prime Minister as a “daughter of the nation”
Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: Aafia Siddiqui is a heroine in Pakistan. One would think that if the vast majority of Muslims there rejected the ideology of Al-Qaeda, as Charles Krauthammer and so many others assume they do, she would not have attained this exalted status. “U.S. Sees a Terror Threat; Pakistanis See a Heroine,” […]
Pakistan: Christians, not Muslims, arrested following attack on Christians
Big surprise here. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Pakistan: Christians, not Muslims, arrested following attack on Christians,” from CatholicCulture.org, March 9 (thanks to Twostellas): In the weeks following a February attack on Christian churches and homes in Pakistan’s largest city, police have questioned 40 Christians and arrested five, according to a report published by the Fides news […]
Fitzgerald: Join today. It’s the last important decision you’ll ever have to make.
Watch out for those in the West who, terminally confused, go off on a Spiritual Search. They try this, they try that. Then the bus stops at Islam, and if they get off, and some do, it’s very hard for them to get back on that bus. For if you are confused and overwhelmed by […]
Saudi king gives Turkish PM award for “service to Islam”
“Erdogan earned the King Faisal International Prize for having ‘rendered outstanding service to Islam by defending the causes of the Islamic nation, particularly the Palestinian cause and the just rights of the Palestinian people.’” Not to mention slowly but steadily dismantling Turkish secularism. “Saudi awards Turkey’s Erdogan for ‘service to Islam,’” from Middle East Online, […]