The Optimistic Conservative has an illuminating take on the Ground Zero mega-mosque and how Islamic supremacists gradually assert themselves ever more strongly. “God and Man at Ground Zero,” by The Optimistic Conservative, August 13 (thanks to Doris): Here’s my bottom-line problem with the concatenation of events and trends surrounding the Ground Zero mosque: I see […]
Archives for August 2010
Salon: Opposition to Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero is all Pamela Geller’s fault
It’s in “How the ‘ground zero mosque’ fear mongering began,” by Justin Elliott in Salon, August 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): To a remarkable extent, a Salon review of the origins of the story found, the controversy was kicked up and driven by Pamela Geller, a right-wing, viciously anti-Muslim, conspiracy-mongering blogger, whose […]
Harry Reid abandons Obama, says build the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque somewhere other than Ground Zero
Fighting for his political life, Reid sides against his boss and with the American people. “Reid: Build mosque elsewhere,” from AP, August 16 (thanks to Urban Infidel): WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top Democrat says a mosque should not be built near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada on […]
Michigan high school football team practices from 11PM to 4AM to accommodate Ramadan fasting Muslim players
The team is predominantly Muslim, but there is at least one non-Muslim player on it, and he is going along, so all is well. The only problem here is that it discourages non-Muslims from playing on the team, and reinforces the ever-reinforced and ultimately Islamic supremacist principle that non-Muslims must accommodate Muslim practices — never […]
Shelter helps abused Muslim women in Kabul? No. In Riyadh? No. Where? In Tulsa.
Question for the Tulsa Muslim community: Why does such a relatively small population need a dedicated Muslim women’s shelter for domestic abuse? Where are husbands getting the idea that good women are obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded, and from those from whom you fear disobedience — oh, wait… “Tulsa shelter helps […]
Iran: Final verdict on woman sentenced to stoning postponed; execution put off until after Ramadan
The delayed execution will likely be taken as a gesture of compassion in some circles, but the Iranian authorities are still toying with the defendant, who doesn’t know if her end will come the day after Ramadan ends, or at any arbitrary point after that, and at this point, whether she will be shot, stoned […]
“We have to build everywhere”: Hamas joins Hamas-linked CAIR in crowing over Ground Zero mega-mosque
A victory mosque — and more are to come: “We have to build everywhere.” Meanwhile, CAIR’s chest-thumping over Obama’s blessing on the mosque is here. “Hamas nod for gz mosque: Terror group’s leader: ‘Have to build it,’” by S.A. Miller and Tom Topousis in the New York Post, August 16 (thanks to all who sent […]
How about that: Holiest month in Religion of Peace brings uptick in jihad attacks in Iraq
A phenomenon we have seen across the Islamic world, and have noted here at Jihad Watch since the site’s inception nearly 7 years ago. And somehow, it keeps happening. “Attacks in Iraq Rise During Ramadan,” by Anthony Shadid for the New York Times, August 15: BAGHDAD — Roadside bombs, booby-trapped cars and hit-and-run attacks reverberated […]
Afghanistan: Clerics twist Karzai’s arm for return to “strict Islamic law”
Sharia, that is. And a disastrous precedent exists in the language of the U.S.-backed, post-Taliban constitution: “No law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam” (Chapter 1, Article 3). Thus, where there is any doubt or conflict in the Afghan government, Islamic law wins by constitutional fiat. What […]
Sam Harris: Ground Zero mega-mosque will be seen “by many millions of Muslims as a victory–and as a sign that the liberal values of the West are synonymous with decadence and cowardice”
In “What Obama Got Wrong About the Mosque,” August 13, Sam Harris breaks with the Leftist pro-Islamic supremacism lockstep that usually prevails at the Daily Beast and offers some common sense about the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero: After weeks of dodging the issue, at a White House Ramadan dinner Friday night, President Obama […]