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 […]
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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, […]
Geller: Victimizers Play the Victim
In “Victimizers Play the Victim” in Human Events today, Pamela Geller discusses the ongoing campaign by Islamic supremacist groups, abetted by the mainstream media, to divert attention away from Islamic jihad activity and claim privileged victim status for Muslims in America: Muslims in the U.S. are not the ones living under death threat. People who […]
Germany: Merkel speaks at event honoring Motoonist Kurt Westergaard
Predictably, “Aiman Mazyek of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany said in a statement: ‘Merkel is honoring the cartoonist who in our view trampled on our Prophet and trampled on all Muslims’.” Are your prophet and religion really so fragile that one man’s drawing can “trample” them? No, the real issue is a wounded […]
“We, as Muslims, need to tear a few pages out of the Quran”
Brava! Now, why are voices like this so rare among Muslims in the West? “Get Over the Quran Burning,” by Asra Q. Nomani at the Daily Beast, September 8 (thanks to Axel): On the plan to burn Qurans this weekend, I say to Muslims: Let’s get over the symbolic insult and deal with the very […]
McCarthy: On the Ground Zero mosque, Americans are rejecting the opinion elites
And it’s about time. “This Is Where We Begin to Say No: On the Ground Zero mosque, Americans reject the opinion elites that empower the Islamists,” by the peerless Andrew McCarthy at National Review, September 8: […] Americans have had our fill. We are willing to live many lies. This one, though, strikes too close […]
L’shana tova!
Wishing a happy and sweet new year to all Jewish Jihad Watchers, and to all Jihad Watchers of whatever background who are friends of Israel. Israel is, as we have maintained for years, on the front lines of the global jihad, and stands today more threatened than ever before, while dhimmis and collaborators all over […]