Tiny Minority of Extremistsâ„¢ Update: “Mideast: Salafist Spokesman,11,000 Support Al Qaeda In Gaza,” from ANSAmed, April 19 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – GAZA, APRIL 19 – In the Gaza Strip, Al Qaeda “can currently count on 11,000 supporters”, said a spokesman for the local Salafist movement, Abu al-Hareth, in an interview with the press agency […]
Archives for April 2010
Orlando Sentinel defames SIOA, shills for Hamas-linked CAIR
UPDATE: Was the Orlando Sentinel embarrassed by this shoddy hit piece? They have just removed it from their site. Let’s hear it for the last shreds of journalistic integrity. (Thanks to Morgan for the heads-up.) ——————————- They call this journalism. “Miami-Dade Transit Drops Anti-Islam ads,” by Jeff Kunerth in the Orlando Sentinel, April 19: Miami-Dade […]
Relief: West Virginia imam explains Islam for us
Once again we are bidden to ignore the evidence of Muslim behavior around the world, and believe instead the smooth deceptions of a kindly man who explains it all for us. “Open house educates public on Islam,” by Ann Compton for The Daily Athanaeum, April 18: West Virginia University students got a chance to experience […]
The same day that burqa-clad suicide bombers murder 41 in Pakistan, Quebec Muslim women protest ban on face coverings
Somebody opposes the niqab ban Irony. “Bill discriminates against Muslims: protesters,” from CBC News, April 18 (thanks to Patrick): About 60 women, a third donning the Muslim veil, demonstrated Saturday in front of Montreal City Hall and demanded the province scrap legislation that would require anyone receiving public services to show their face. Bill 94 […]
Osama bin Laden’s Facebook page draws 1,000+ fans before it’s shut down
Of course, Osama probably wasn’t operating it. But a clear jihad sympathizer was, and he attracted a large number of Islamic supremacist fans. “‘Osama Bin Laden’ Facebook Page Shut Down: Facebook Page in Terrorist’s Name Drew Hundreds of Fans,” by Lara Setrakian for ABC News, April 17 (thanks to all who sent this in): A […]
Yemeni lawmaker: “When a certain age [for marriage] is set, it violates the rights of others. For example, imagine a young man of 13 or 14 years of age who wants to have sex. … This is a violation of his rights”
How ’bout that logic. And the priorities. Hamzi at once argues in the name of “freedom” for the absence of a minimum age of marriage, and insists it’s not really a problem anyway. Then, what accounts for the ferocity of the opposition? Muhammad’s example does, along with the esteem in which his conduct is held […]
Taliban commander: Goal of fighting is to impose Islamic law
How about that. That, after all, is the aim of jihad in general. And while this story makes a point of branding the Taliban’s enforcement of sharia as “antiquated and regressive,” the penalty it singles out as an example, amputation, is found in the Qur’an more than once (5:33, 5:38). The reporter probably thought she […]
Gates: Hey, actually we are prepared for Iran’s nukes
Looks as if someone got a tongue-lashing in the Oval Office. Unless you’d prefer to believe that some plans were drawn up with remarkable swiftness. An update on this story: “Gates says US is prepared on Iran’s nuclear plan,” by Calvin Woodward for Associated Press, April 18: WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates asserted Sunday […]
What Pat Condell knows about Islam
“Through my studies, I became aware that this is the time for jihad and fighting the infidels, and I saw that a jihad was going on in Afghanistan…I was happy to be in a place where I could kill unbelievers”
How is it that Abdul Baseer could memorize the Qur’an and miss all of its teachings of peace, and get the idea that jihad had something to do with killing unbelievers? How did this obviously pious and serious Muslim become a Misunderstander of Islam? You’d think that accounts like this would create some cognitive dissonance […]