It is not at all established that “Islamophobia” really is growing, but in any case, if it is, it is because of Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood jihadist; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas underwear jihadist; Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square jihadist; Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and Osama bin Laden on 9/11; the London jihad bombers of […]
Archives for September 2010
Surprise, surprise: Pakistan acquits Danish embassy jihad bombing suspects
This couldn’t have anything to do with sympathy for the jihad of these men at high levels in Pakistan, now, could it? Naaaah. Unthinkable! “Pakistan Danish embassy bombing suspects acquitted,” from Reuters, September 25 (thanks to Mukund): A Pakistani court acquitted on Saturday three men accused of involvement in a 2008 suicide car-bomb attack on […]
8,080 computers, worth $1.8 million, paid for by American taxpayers, go missing in Iraq
I’ve often noted the futility of such gift-giving. Attempts to win hearts and minds do not address the Islamic underpinnings of the hatred and contempt so many Muslims feel for America; a free laptop isn’t going to change that. “U.S. Gift for Iraqis Offers a Primer on Corruption,” by Steven Lee Myers in the New […]
Pakistani Islamic supremacist warns that 86-year sentence for jihadist Aafia Siddiqui will intensify hatred of U.S. in Islamic world
Why? I thought that the jihadists were just a Tiny Minority of Extremists. But anyway, the idea that defending ourselves against jihadists will intensify anger against us in the Islamic world shows the hollowness of any argument predicated on the idea that we should change our behavior in any way so as to appease Muslim […]
Business as usual: Australian jihad suspect blames informant
We see this claim routinely made wherever an informant is involved in uncovering a jihadist plot. The informant, so it goes, enticed them into participating in jihad, echoing the standard elementary-school defense and classic abdication of responsibility: “but he made me do it!” And it is, indeed, a flimsy argument. Are we to believe at […]
Swedish police arrest “Canadian man” after plane bomb threat
UPDATE: More recent reports indicate the bomb threat may have been a hoax, and an unfortunate waste of the time and resources of law enforcement. The points about the nature of the reporting, however, still hold: A man. A Canadian man. A Canadian citizen around the age of 30. Of Pakistani origin. Those four things […]
White House kills al-Awlaki’s father’s lawsuit, saying it would reveal state secrets
The ACLU is not pleased, but Justice Department spokesman Matthew Miller says rightly: “It strains credulity to argue that our laws require the government to disclose to an active, operational terrorist any information about how, when and where we fight terrorism.” Now if only they would speak honestly about what is the cause, motivation, and […]
Taliban blow up two more girls’ schools in Pakistan
The total number of schools that the Taliban has bombed is now approaching 1,000. And despite the singularity of this barbarity, there are still many in the U.S. who dare to label the political opposition, which has never bombed any school or anything else, or even the anti-jihad movement, which is working in defense of […]
Video surfaces of Taliban stoning woman in northwest Pakistan
WARNING: The video above is graphic, and beyond disturbing. It is footage of a woman dying under a barrage of stones. But it must be exposed: This is Sharia. This is an act Muhammad approved of and participated in, according to canonical Islamic sources including Sahih (“sound,” “reliable”) Bukhari. This is Islam’s “justice,” “compassion,” and […]
Pakistan “erupts” over jailing of female jihadist, with shouts of “Death to America”
As ever, “eruptions” are awfully easy to come by there. An update on this story. “Pakistan erupts over jailing of scientist Aafia Siddiqui,” from Agence France-Presse, September 24 (thanks to PRCS): Pakistani police used tear gas to disperse protesters who shouted “Death to America” in outrage after a US court jailed a woman scientist for […]