Yes, you read that right. And Wilders, only Wilders, is standing up to this breathtaking short-sighted idiocy: “‘Netherlands Subsidising Mosque by Ground Zero,’” from NIS News, July 21 (thanks to Fjordman): AMSTERDAM, 21/07/10 – The Party for Freedom (PVV) is demanding clarification by the Dutch government regarding reports that the Netherlands is co-financing the construction […]
Archives for July 2010
JFK Airport jihad terror suspect says he doesn’t believe in jihad
That is, he believes in the Inner Spiritual Struggle, but not in jihad warfare. It’s a rather transparent and flimsy defense, but it may well fly given the general prevalence of the Religion of Peace farrago. “JFK Terror Suspect Says He Doesn’t Believe in ‘Jihad,’” from Bloomberg, July 20: July 20 (Bloomberg) — A former […]
New German study: boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent
It appears yet again that the more observant and devout one is in Islam, the more likely one is to Misunderstand the Religion of Peace. “A new German study shows that boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent,” from the National Secular Society via Muslims Debate, n.d. (thanks to […]
Al-Qaeda’s second banana says victory coming for the jihadists in Iraq and Afghanistan
Of course, with his enemy not pursuing victory and preparing to leave Iraq soon, it isn’t hard for Zawahiri to see victory in sight. Regarding Afghanistan, he says: “We will show you who will be soon fleeing Kabul, in defeat, fear and humiliation.” Given Washington’s openness to find an accord with a mythical “moderate Taliban,” […]
UK: New report says counter-terror efforts are alienating Muslims
We hear this kind of thing in the U.S. as well, although usually in opposition to a specific counter-terror measure rather than as a comprehensive criticism of the government’s entire approach: CAIR has opposed virtually every counter-terror measure that has come down the pike, and other Islamic advocacy groups have joined in also to oppose […]
Spencer: After Mubarak
In FrontPage this morning I discuss what could follow the end of Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Egypt, and how the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to take advantage of the situation: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak has been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, and is not expected to live beyond a year. After that, the uneasy equilibrium […]
Spencer: Muslim Beheads Wife, Claims Victim Status
At Human Events today I discuss Muzzammil Hassan’s grotesque attempt to portray himself as the victim of the wife he beheaded: In February 2009, Aasiya Z. Hassan, a 37-year-old Muslim woman, was founded decapitated in Orchard Park, N.Y., a village near Buffalo. Her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, admits that he beheaded his wife. Yet now, […]
Why is Geert Wilders “anti-Islam,” and what is his message to the Muslims?
Freedom fighter Geert Wilders makes an important and illuminating statement at MuslimsDebate.com: “Muslims Debate asked Mr. Geert Wilders why he became anti-Islam and what is his message to the Muslims?” I first visited an Islamic country in 1982. I was 18 years old and had traveled with a Dutch friend from Eilat in Israel to […]
Islamophobia running rampant: face veils banned in Dubuque Syria
It seems doubtful that the cries of “Islamophobia” will be as shrill against Syria as they have been against Europe. “Syria bans face veils at universities,” by Albert Aji for Associated Press, July 19 (thanks to Choi): DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from the country’s universities to prevent what it […]
Indonesian Muslim murders, slices up wife with kitchen knife because of her nagging
“Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34 And what if the beating doesn’t work? Yaya Sujana found a solution. People will say, of course, that this […]