UPDATE: All were freed without being charged. Unfortunately, it was almost entirely predictable that something like this would turn up during the Pope’s visit. It is also not unlike a report from a few weeks ago in which jihadists posing as rail workers were to be pre-positioned to wreak havoc during the 2012 Olympics. What […]
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UK: Police arrest five Misunderstanders of Islam in plot to kill Pope
UPDATE: All were freed without being charged. ————————————– They no doubt want to kill him because of his Regensberg address, in which he quoted the 14th-century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologos: “He said, I quote, `Show me just what (Islamic Prophet) Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and […]
Boston public school apologizes for allowing students to pray in mosque
Yesterday when this story broke I was in transit and so wasn’t able to post it, but by now the whole world has seen the footage above of public school students praying inside a mosque. Now the school has apologized for allowing this to happen, and that’s fine — but why isn’t anyone calling the […]
Kashmir: Muslims attempt to burn another school over its Christian name
An update on this story. Also in this report is news that a priest who had come under threat earlier because his schools’ performance surpassed Muslim ones is now under police protection. “Kashmir: Muslims try to burn a Christian school (only in name),” by Shefali Prabhu for Asia News, September 15: Mendhar (AsiaNews) – A […]
“If there is not a change in personality, then Turkey will become Iran No. 2”
And Obama is chuffed. “Israel analysts see Turkey radicalizing, becoming ‘Iran No. 2,’” from the World Tribune, September 15 (thanks to all who sent this in): TEL AVIV — Israel’s defense community has assessed that Turkey was moving toward becoming a radical and nuclear Islamic state. Officials and leading analysts asserted that the government of […]
Australia: Non-Muslims must cover up at municipal pool to avoid offending Muslims during Ramadan
When in Muslim countries, non-Muslims should conform their behavior to Islamic sensibilities. When in non-Muslim countries, non-Muslims should conform their behavior to Islamic sensibilities. Once you have grasped this basic principle, all will be well. “Cover up for pool event during next year’s Ramadan,” by Padraic Murphy in the Herald Sun, September 23 (thanks to […]
Spain: Nightclub changes its name from Mecca after Islamic supremacists threaten “a great war between Spain and the people of Islam” over name
As long as Westerners keep bowing to violent intimidation, Islamic supremacists will keep engaging in it. “Nightclub forced to change its name from Mecca after threats from Muslim extremists,” by Tom Worden in the Daily Mail, September 16 (thanks to Kristian): A popular Spanish nightclub has been forced to change its name from Mecca after […]
Obama praises Turkey as it steps toward Sharia
In secular Turkey, the military has always been the foremost defender of secularism. It has carried out coups in the past against regimes that tried to weaken Kemalist secularism and impose Sharia. Now Erdogan is moving to make that impossible, and Barack Obama is pleased. More on this story. “Obama welcomes Erdogan’s referendum victory,” from […]
“Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” cartoonist changes name, goes into hiding
Molly Norris conceived of “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” as a joke, but it went viral in part because it was a gesture of defiance in the face of violent threats and intimidation: if Islamic supremacists were threatening to murder Motoonists Kurt Westergaard and Lars Vilks, and anyone else who dared to draw Muhammad, then if […]
Mega-mosque imam skips court date for squalid slums he owns in New Jersey, while his lawyer reminds us Union City’s “worst landlord” is a “man of peace”
And, he added, “integrity!” Said one resident: “he doesn’t take care of this building or the building around the corner, and he’s going to take care of a mosque?” Indeed, the backers of the most aggressive, insensitive, and insulting development project in recent history have shown themselves to be breathtakingly incompetent in all things real […]