Omid Safi is a professor at the University of North Carolina. He is also a liar who has defamed me, in a manner that is strongly reminiscent of the vicious libels that jihadists and their allies in the West routinely retail against those who oppose the jihad and Islamic supremacism. In a Facebook message that […]
Archives for May 2010
Spencer: Times Square Jihad? What Jihad?
Yesterday in Human Events I discussed the ongoing willful ignorance: Now that would-be Times Square car bomb jihadist Faisal Shahzad has been exposed as an Islamic jihadist, the liberal media are searching for an explanation, any explanation, for his attempted attack that doesn’t involve Islamic jihad. Shahzad himself said he was acting in revenge for […]
Fatwa in India: Illegal for women to work, support family
Destitution before dishonor! For the women, that is — not for the drafters of the fatwa. “Deoband fatwa: It’s illegal for women to work, support family,” by Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui for TNN, May 12 (thanks to Puneet): LUCKNOW: Darul Uloom Deoband, the self-appointed guardian for Indian Muslims, in a Talibanesque fatwa that reeked of tribal […]
Yemen will not extradite al-Awlaki
Earlier, Yemeni authorities claimed al-Awlaki was “just a preacher.” Then, they said they were working on detaining him, but only waiting for U.S. to supply the necessary intelligence. Now, whatever they do, if and when they feel like getting around to capturing him, he’ll supposedly face trial in Yemen. That does not inspire confidence, given […]
SIOA Rally Calls for Halt to Plans for Ground Zero Mosque
From Forbes: NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The human rights group Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) is hosting a rally at Ground Zero to protest the construction of a mosque at the site of the Islamic terror attack that brought down the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. SIOA is one of America’s foremost […]
This is Sweden: Muslims shout “Allahu akbar” as Lars Vilks is attacked
Video for this story (thanks to Anders): The accompanying article, in Swedish, can be found here. Meanwhile, this just might not be the rich tapestry (or mosaic, if you prefer) of diverse viewpoints that idealistic politicians were likely hoping for. There can be no stable society, and therefore no prosperous society, if its members do […]
Motoonist Lars Vilks attacked while giving lecture on free speech
From our Thank You For Proving Our Point Department. Was it a jihadist, or a useful idiot and illiberal leftist? In either case, the perpetrator will scramble to explain how he attempted to defend human rights and tolerance by utterly violating both principles. “Swedish artist attacked during free-speech lecture,” by Malin Rising for the Associated […]
Afghanistan: Jihadists attack a third girls’ school with poison gas
The intrepid mujahedin, attacking schoolgirls with chemical weapons. “Afghanistan: Gas attack targets third girls’ school,” from AdnKronos International, May 11: Kunduz, 11 May (AKI) – At least 30 schoolgirls were poisoned on Tuesday in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the third such attack on a girls’ school in the city in less than a […]
French parliament to declare face veil contrary to national values
“All of France will say ‘non‘ to the full veil and will ask that this practice be prohibited on the territory of the republic.” An update on this story. “Parliament to declare the full veil ‘contrary’ to national values,” from Agence France-Presse, May 11: AFP – France is on course to become the second European […]
Pakistan “under pressure” to stop jihadists — no, wait…
We’re sending mixed signals. No we’re not. Yes we are. Okay, maybe. Definitely maybe. Maybe a little. An all too unsurprising update on this story. “U.S. military tries to reassure Pakistan amid Times Square probe,” by Barbara Starr for CNN, May 11: Washington (CNN) — The top U.S. military officer is reassuring his Pakistani counterpart […]