The headline is at odds with the text of the article — probably a typo — over whether Al-Awlaki was addressing Muslims in the U.S., or calling for Americans in general to convert to Islam. In the latter event, such a call would not be surprising, because Muhammad required Muslims to invite an enemy to […]
Archives for 2010
Spanish parliament rejects burqa ban
An update on this story; a ban on burqas in government buildings may still be forthcoming. “Spain parliament rejects burqa ban _ for now,” by Alan Clendenning and Harold Heckle for the Associated Press, July 20: MADRID — Spain’s Parliament on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban women from wearing in public places Islamic veils […]
Pakistan: Christians murdered outside courthouse had been acquitted of blasphemy
But enraged Muslims in the area demanded blood for (alleged) pamphlets. “2,000 Muslim militants go on rampage in Faisalabad; acquitted Christians murdered,” from Catholic Culture, July 21: Two Pakistani Christians acquitted of blasphemy charges were murdered on July 19 as they left the courthouse. A police officer who accompanied them was injured in the attack. […]
Another Afghan soldier turns gun on Americans during weapons exercise
“Earlier this month, an Afghan soldier killed three British service members with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade and in November, an Afghan policeman killed five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Helmand.” And here is yet another. The rate of various failures of discipline among Afghan soldiers — defections, disappearances (including those 46 or more […]
Hizballah’s jihad theme park
Fun for the whole genocide-minded family. “Hezbollah Opens Jihad Theme Park,” by Max Fisher at the Atlantic Wire, July 20 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, after decades of anti-Israel and anti-U.S. violence, has decided to try something new and open an amusement park. The million-dollar attraction, enticingly named “Museum for […]
Washington Post columnist on Ground Zero mega-mosque: “there’s a profound cultural tone-deafness in pursuing this project at this time and in that place”
In “Balancing rights and prudence” at the Washington Post’s On Faith panel, July 20, Tom Flynn not only comes out against the mega-mosque at Ground Zero, but admits that Islamic supremacism in its political manifestation is “not a distortion of Islam; it is a particular understanding of Islam that crops up far too frequently to […]
Fitzgerald: What To Do About Pakistan’s “Mistrust”
Another day, another Donors’ Conference, in downtown Kabul. Again, it will be the non-Muslim nations who will commit, and actually deliver, still more tens of billions to a place, Afghanistan, that was never a nation but always a collection of warring tribes – and even warring families, and individuals. Afghanistan is of no real consequence […]
Pakistan: After Muslims call for murder, two Christians shot dead outside courtroom where they were to face blasphemy charges
An update on this story. They would have faced the death penalty in court as well, and remember: this is all about the alleged distribution of Christian literature. Blood for pamphlets. “Pakistan: Christian brothers shot dead for ‘blasphemy’,” from AdnKronos International, July 20: Faisalabad, 20 July (AKI) – Two brothers were shot dead outside a […]
Dutch government helping pay for Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero — with Dutch taxpayer money
Yes, you read that right. And Wilders, only Wilders, is standing up to this breathtaking short-sighted idiocy: “‘Netherlands Subsidising Mosque by Ground Zero,’” from NIS News, July 21 (thanks to Fjordman): AMSTERDAM, 21/07/10 – The Party for Freedom (PVV) is demanding clarification by the Dutch government regarding reports that the Netherlands is co-financing the construction […]
JFK Airport jihad terror suspect says he doesn’t believe in jihad
That is, he believes in the Inner Spiritual Struggle, but not in jihad warfare. It’s a rather transparent and flimsy defense, but it may well fly given the general prevalence of the Religion of Peace farrago. “JFK Terror Suspect Says He Doesn’t Believe in ‘Jihad,’” from Bloomberg, July 20: July 20 (Bloomberg) — A former […]