Wait a minute. An Iranian “martyr” in Bosnia? But…but…for years we were told that all the Bosnian Muslims were moderates who loved America and just wanted self-determination! How did an “Islamic martyr” get in there? “‘Documentary film about the Life of the First Iranian Martyr in Bosnia,’” by Julia Gorin at Republican Riot, December 18: […]
Archives for 2010
New book manifests wishful thinking about Muslim Brotherhood’s power in Egypt
In a review of Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution by John R. Bradley in the Fall 2010 edition of Middle East Quarterly, Raymond Ibrahim identifies a chief error that analysts of the Middle East and Islam make all too often: assuming that people in Muslim countries want […]
Modern, moderate Malaysia: 200 arrested for “deviating from Islam”
Isn’t it great that Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange made sure that Oklahoma would be safe for Sharia? The people arrested seem to have committed the crime of being Shi’ites. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia: “Malaysia may charge 200 for deviating from Islam,” from the Associated Press, December 20 (thanks to all who sent this in): […]
Revealed: Kosovo jihadists really were trafficking in Serb organs
A few years back, when I posted here at Jihad Watch some material from the intrepid Julia Gorin and others showing that the “moderate Muslims” of the Balkans were a bit more jihad-minded than most of the learned analysts had been saying, the calumnies came thick and fast. Internet libel artists, one of whom — […]
“We are afraid for our sons and our children. There is no life in Baghdad for the Christians.”
The jihad persecution of Christians in Iraq continues to go largely unnoticed by human rights organizations and international bodies that are supposed to be trying to protect people who are threatened. “Iraqi Christians get set for a grim Christmas,” by Rebecca Santana for the Associated Press, December 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): […]
New book on Muhammad omits “images of Muhammad as war-monger, highway-bandit, misogynist and assassin”
In the Fall 2010 issue of Middle East Quarterly, our great old friend Raymond Ibrahim reviews a new book, Images of Muhammad: Narratives of the Prophet in Islam across the Centuries by Tarif Khalidi, and finds, entirely unsurprisingly for a product of today’s academic establishment, that Khalidi “omits the more troubling images” of Muhammad — […]
UK: Anti-terror cops arrest 12, uh, “people” for planning to set off bombs in “multiple locations”
“This is a large scale, pre-planned and intelligence led operation involving several forces.” Against whom? “People.” “Men.” “Five from Cardiff, four from Stoke and three from London.” “Aged between 17 and 28.” Are we getting any warmer? “Plotters.” “Suspects.” We apparently don’t know much of anything about them. They could be Wesleyan fanatics. Amish separatists. […]
Spencer, Geller, Timmerman speak for Copts on International Human Rights Day
Timmerman, Geller, Stern, Ramelah, Spencer, Alyami Last Thursday I spoke in Washington for the human rights group Voice of the Copts, along with Pamela Geller, Kenneth Timmerman, and others. The talks were filmed, so if video becomes available online I will post it. Here is a message from Dottore Architetto Ashraf Ramelah, the founder and […]
Saudi King floats idea of moving Ground Zero mega-mosque to “less controversial Manhattan location”
Pamela Geller, who is quoted in this article, explains here why this is an offer free people should view with skepticism: “The Saudi offer rings hollow — particularly after the Wikileak bombshell — the Saudis are the ‘chief funders of al-Qaeda.’ And the Saudis are funding over 80% of the mosque building in America. And […]
Muslims in Stockholm jihad bomber’s town get £500,000 to combat terror, and don’t give police a single tip-off
That’s over $853,000, down the drain for wishful thinking. And that’s just in one town. “Muslims in bomber’s town get £500,000 to combat terror… but don’t give police a single tip-off,” by Ryan Kisiel in the Daily Mail, December 18 (thanks to all who sent this in): Muslim groups in the town where the Stockholm […]