Who is responsible for these injuries? Terry Jones? No — despite the best efforts of Barack Obama, General Petraeus and so many others to portray him as responsible for any violence in the Muslim world that may occur in response to his Qur’an-burning. Obama and Petraeus and the rest have forgotten, or want us to […]
Archives for September 2010
September 11: Join Us at Ground Zero for Rally of Remembrance — Yes to Freedom, No to Ground Zero Mosque
Rally of Remembrance: No to Ground Zero Mosque September 11, 3pm Park Pace and West Broadway, Ground Zero Dedicated to the men, women and children who lost their lives; those brave people who gave their lives, and to the heroes who responded to the emergency 11 September 2001 Please join us on September 11th at […]
Plea deal possible for airline “underwear jihadist”
A plea deal. For an enemy combatant and jihadist who came so close to massacring hundreds, in a case that could not be more airtight in terms of evidence and witnesses. It should not be within the realm of possibility that Abdulmutallab could ever be a free man again. And yet, somehow, it is. What […]
Florida pastor says imam lied to him about Ground Zero mosque deal
It’s just difficult to imagine a “misunderstanding” arising over such a major point. Jones called off the Qur’an burning for the moment; now the onus ought to be on Imam Muhammad Musri to come clean about what he told Jones. Hopefully, there were witnesses. For something this important, there should have been, and must be […]
Islamic supremacist Ground Zero imam says no deal to move mosque
Pamela Geller has updates: apparently Rauf has denied Terry Jones’s claim that he has agreed to move the mosque, and rejected Trump’s offer for a buyout. Our rally is at 3PM Saturday at Park Place and West Broadway. See you there.
Florida pastor calls off Qur’an-burning, says mega-mosque to move away from Ground Zero
This is momentous, if it turns out to be true. I will keep you posted. “Fla. Minister Cancels Burning of Qurans on 9/11,” from AP, September 9: GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 9) — The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy says he is canceling plans to burn copies of the Quran on […]
Russia: Suicide car bomb at city’s central market kills at least 17, wounds 133 in northern Caucasus
Once again, jihadists target civilians directly, seeking to be “victorious with terror,” as Muhammad described himself (Sahih Bukhari 4.52.220), and embracing the Qur’an’s promise of paradise for those who “slay and are slain” in the cause of Allah (9:111). Apologists will insist Islamic warfare forbids the killing of “innocents,” and hope listeners will project their […]
Ground Zero imam issues veiled threat: if mega-mosque isn’t built, “anger will explode in the Muslim world”
Here again, as in the case of cartoon controversy (which Rauf referenced) and the reaction this week to the Qur’an-burning in Florida, the response should be, If Muslims react violently and irrationally, they bear the full responsibility for doing so, and we will not change our actions in the face of threats of violence. “Imam […]
Obama asks Florida pastor to call off Qur’an-burning: “You could have serious violence in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan”
He could have said, and should have said, that while he disagrees with the idea of burning the Qur’an, he would defend the liberty of Americans and the principle of freedom of expression. He could have said that anyone who murders an innocent person in Pakistan or Afghanistan or anywhere else because of this is […]
Petraeus on Qur’an burning reinforces lesson that if Islamic supremacists “are sufficiently violent Western governments and elites will fold like a cheap suit”
Petraeus, instead of standing for the freedom of expression and teaching about American values, is reinforcing the idea that violent intimidation works. “David Petraeus And The Koran Burnings,” by Erick Erickson in RedState, September 8 (thanks to Inexion): David Petraeus is right. That church burning the korans in Florida will incite muslims to kill Americans, […]