That’s right. The explanation when he was first arrested was: “We suspect him of insulting people.” Insulting whom? The Dutch Reformed Church? No, it wasn’t his equal-opportunity insulting of other religions that got him hauled in. His cartoons poked fun at Islam, and at the time, the double standard kicked in with the full force […]
Archives for 2010
Egypt: Mother of Christian twins seeks intervention of Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar to prevent their conversion by force
An update on this story. This woman and her sons have been given the run-around by Egyptian authorities for years, as they have tried to resist the auto-conversion the state tried to inflict upon the sons because their father converted to Islam. There is supposedly “no compulsion in religion” (Qur’an 2:256) but there are innumerable […]
El-Gamal says he is calling the shots on Ground Zero mega-mosque, and isn’t moving
The waiter-turned-millionaire developer (a transformation not yet satisfactorily explained) Sharif El-Gamal has said that “when you beat up someone physically you get exercise & stress relief,” and he has a history of run-ins with the law. But now the mainstream media is in full-bore whitewash mode, even as he digs in his heels and continues […]
Feds stopping trucks on I-20 in Georgia in counterterror operation
Those Methodists again, no doubt. “Counter-Terror Operation Stops Trucks On I-20,” from WSBTV.com, September 27 (thanks to all who sent this in): DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A team of federal agents stopped tractor-trailers on Interstate 20 just west of Atlanta, inspecting each truck as it passed through a weigh station, and Channel 2 has learned […]
Thailand: Misunderstanders of Islam disguised as cops fire on crowd, murdering five
The Islamic jihadists “began firing on people without distinguishing between Muslims and Buddhists.” They are trying to “strike terror in the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), and if some Muslims get killed in the process, that is collateral damage and does not mitigate the fact that the killers were waging Islamic jihad. […]
Spain arrests U.S. citizen and Misunderstander of Islam for financing jihad
Former resident of Texas. One wonders if, when he was there, everyone who knew him assumed that he was a “moderate,” and that it would be “Islamophobic” even to consider any other possibility. “Spain arrests American al-Qaida suspect,” by Daniel Woolls for Associated Press, September 29 (thanks to JCB): MADRID – Spanish police have arrested […]
Latest jihadist threat tied to German Misunderstanders of Islam training in Pakistan
“Travelers with German passports do not require a visa to enter the United States.” More on this story. “‘Credible But Not Specific’ Threat of New Terrorist Attack,” by Richard Esposito, Rhonda Schwartz, Matthew Cole and Anna Schecter for ABC News, September 28: US and European officials said Tuesday they have detected a plot to carry […]
Chechnya forcing women to wear Islamic dress
It’s bitterly ironic how often we’re told that Muslim women in the West wear Islamic dress freely and proudly. Yet Islamic spokesmen in the West never seem to get around to addressing this kind of coercion. An update on this story. “Chechnya Coerces Women on Dress, Activists Say,” by Sophia Kishkovsky in the New York […]
Intercepted: Plot to launch Mumbai-style jihad massacres in Britain, France and Germany
Hatched in Pakistan. “Multi-Attack Terror Plot On European Cities,” by Alex Watts for Sky News Online, September 28 (thanks to Alan of England): Intelligence agencies have intercepted a terror plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks on Britain and other European countries, according to Sky News sources. Sky’s foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall said militants based in […]
Moscow: Thousands protest against plan to build mosque
A leading Moscow imam, Ildar Ayautdinov, has threatened to have Muslims conduct prayers in Orthodox churches if they don’t get more mosques in Moscow, and added: “There is a need to construct mosques, otherwise something bad will supersede spiritual development.” Something bad, eh? I can’t imagine what! Meanwhile, will Moscow authorities allow a mosque to […]