I’m happy to announce that my old friend and former Jihad Watch colleague Raymond Ibrahim, author of the essential book The Al-Qaeda Reader, has a new and improved, totally renovated website. It’s still at the old address — www.raymondibrahim.com — but has a new design making access to Raymond’s excellent articles much easier. Also included […]
Archives for 2010
UK pol proposes burka ban
Remember: standing up for Western cultural norms is racism. Standing up for Islamic cultural norms is multiculturalist broadmindedness. And so it goes with this, which although similar proposals are being debated in Spain and France, has no realistic chance of succeeding. “Tory MP proposes law to ban wearing burkas,” by Andy McSmith in The Independent, […]
Top Al-Qaeda operative involved in New York subway jihad plot
Shukrijumah seems to be a busy, busy Misunderstander of Islam. “US officials: Al-Qaida operative tied to NY plot,” by Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo for Associated Press, June 30 (thanks to Block Ness): NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. counterterrorism officials have linked one of the nation’s most wanted terrorists to last year’s thwarted plot to […]
Live from New York, it’s The Post-American Presidency!
Pamela Geller discusses our new book, The Post-American Presidency, in this boffo new vlog. Book coming July 27 from Simon & Schuster. Pre-order now. And don’t miss the toon!
Deportation proceedings dropped against ex-Muslim “son of Hamas”
In his book Son of Hamas, Mosab Hassan Yousef says, “I am the son of a people who have been enslaved by corrupt systems for many centuries” (p. 248). One of those corrupt systems, in his view, is the Israeli government: “I was a prisoner of the Israelis when my eyes were opened to the […]
Fitzgerald: Panetta, Amore, e Fantasia
On Fox News, Leon Panetta, the present Director of the C.I.A., spoke about Anwar Al-Awlaki, the Muslim with American citizenship who, though born and raised in the United States, now from his perch in Yemen inspires other Muslims to commit acts of terrorism against Americans. Panetta noted that Al-Awlaki “had declared war on the United […]
Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America forbids Muslims to aid American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq
For to do so would be “helping others in sin and transgression.” The Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America says on its website: “AMJA recognizes that human brotherhood is the basic principle that should govern the relations between all peoples and nations. Therefore, the pursuit of peace and goodwill between all nations should be a […]
Indonesian lawmaker says government supporting Islamic supremacist vigilantes
“The organisation is now part of the conflict management strategy the Indonesian military exercises to maintain its power.” Yes, in modern, moderate Indonesia! “Indonesia army behind Islamist thugs, lawmaker says,” by Presi Mandari for AFP, June 30: JAKARTA (AFP) – An Indonesian lawmaker on Wednesday accused the security forces of secretly supporting Islamist vigilantes as […]
New addition!
I’m happy to say that with this morning’s mail, I was just able to add the book on the right (heh) in the photo above to my shelf of books that I’ve written, cowritten, and edited. It is, of course, The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War On America by Pamela Geller with Robert Spencer […]
Iraqi Christians ask Baghdad government to defend minority rights
This will be an uphill battle, because the Baghdad government has pro-Sharia constituencies that are far more numerous and powerful than the Iraqi Christians. “Iraqi Christian Leaders Call on Baghdad Government to Defend Minority Rights,” from Al-Bawaba via AINA, June 30: On Saturday, the CSI co-sponsored 2nd All-Iraqi Christian Leadership Conference issued an eight-point appeal […]