Prelude. “Israeli, Lebanese soldiers exchange fire on border,” from Reuters, August 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): EDAYSEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Israeli artillery shelled a Lebanese village on Tuesday, wounding two people, after Lebanese Army troops fired warning shots at Israeli soldiers along the usually quiet but tense frontier, witnesses said. U.N. peacekeepers […]
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Three Muslims from the UAE become first non-U.S. citizens to train at NASA
Shamma al Qassim, Hazza Bani Malek and Hamad Rajab at the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, CA NASA chief Charlie Bolden said it: “Perhaps foremost, [Obama] wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about […]
Spencer: Gingrich Sounds the Alarm about the Stealth Jihad
In Human Events this morning I discuss Newt Gingrich’s recent speech at the American Enterprise Institute: Newt Gingrich has become the first major politician to acknowledge that the problem America faces today from Islamic jihadists is not simply one of terrorism, but of a larger attempt to insinuate elements of Islamic law (sharia) into American […]
Giuliani against the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero: “This is an Imam who has supported radical causes, who has not been forthright in condemning Islamic (terrorism)”
What Giuliani said is obvious. Why can’t other politicians in New York see it? “Rudy: GZ Mosque is a ‘desecration,’ ‘decent Muslims’ won’t be offended,” by Maggie Haberman at Politico, August 2 (thanks to S.V.): […] “It sends a particularly bad message, particularly (because) of the background of the imam who is supporting this. This […]
Two Misunderstanders of Islam guilty in JFK Airport jihad bombing case
They conspired to create mass mayhem by blowing up “buildings, fuel tanks and pipelines at the airport” — in the name of Allah. “Two men guilty in New York airport bomb plot case,” from Reuters, August 2 (thanks to Davida): NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Islamist militants were found guilty on Monday by a federal […]
Brazil offers haven to Iranian woman awaiting death by stoning in adultery case
Doesn’t Lula realize how “Islamophobic” this is? “Brazil offers haven to Iran woman in adultery case,” from AP, July 31 (thanks to all who sent this in): SAO PAULO – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered on Saturday to provide refuge to a woman who has been sentenced to death in Iran following […]
Fitzgerald: Just one question for the New York Times
If only those who write for The New York Times, such as Laurie Goodstein, could understand that they have a responsibility not to credulously accept such efforts as this transparent propaganda video at face-value, but to find out about the Muslims who actually appear on it, as is done here. Read what The New York […]
NYC Landmarks Commission set to ignore the will of the people, OK construction of Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero
Travesty. “Landmark Preservation Committee expected to OK mosque construction near Ground Zero,” by Samuel Goldsmith for the New York Daily News, August 2 (thanks to Twostellas): The Mosque planned for Ground Zero is expected to pass a major hurdle Tuesday. Board members at the Landmarks Preservation Commission intend to vote unanimously against granting protected status […]
New York Times touts Muslim video rebutting “militants” and featuring rogue’s gallery of Islamic supremacists
The New York Times trumpets this MPAC video as a rebuttal of Islamic “militants,” although it is long on vague generalities but (surprise, surprise) short on Qur’anic specifics, which are the only thing, could they be produced, that might actually induce an Islamic supremacist or jihadist to reconsider his position. And that’s the best that […]
Islamic Facebook launched; Islamic airline to follow?
What fun it will be Imagine an airline only for Muslims. How wonderful, how pure it would be! The layoffs among TSA officials working security for the non-Islamic airlines, however, would be devastating. “Islamic Facebook launched,” from Iran’s Ahlul Bayt News Agency, August 2 (thanks to Twostellas): A group of South African Muslims, upset about […]