More on this story, and what continues to be Pakistan’s most prominent export. “Times Square Bomb: U.S. Officials Finding Foreign Links to New York Bomb Plot,” by Richard Esposito, Pierre Thomas, and Brian Ross for ABC News, May 3: Federal authorities are closing in on the man they say tried to set off a car […]
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Officials seeing Times Square car bomb as part of international plot
And still the only groups to have praised the attempted attack and claimed responsibility are Islamic. “Officials increasingly see international plot in Times Square bomb attempt,” by Spencer S. Hsu, Anne E. Kornblut and Ellen Nakashima for the Washington Post, May 3 (thanks to Sr. Soph): The failed car bombing in Times Square increasingly appears […]
Speaking to the superspooks
Last week, somewhere out West Last Friday I had the pleasure and honor of giving an all-morning seminar to a select group of U.S. intelligence officers at an undisclosed location somewhere on the West Coast. Among the people to whom I was speaking were heroes who have been under fire from Islamic jihadis and have […]
Italy: Trial opens for Muslim father who murdered his daughter in honor killing
The victim’s “only guilt was being free.” “Italy: Slain Moroccan woman’s memory ‘honoured,’” from AKI, May 3 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Udine, 3 May (AKI) – As the trial of a Moroccan man accused of stabbing his daughter to death in an honour killing opened in the northern Italian city of Udine on Monday, a […]
Crimes punishable by death in the UAE include…apostasy
But wait! I thought all the learned analysts had assured us that there is no death penalty for apostasy in Islam! Isn’t that right, Mr. Kruse?
SIOA Freedom Buses are rolling again!
You have a right to be free. The freedom of conscience is guaranteed by the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18, which declares that people have the right to change religions or have no religion at all. Muslims have a right to this freedom. Yet all too often they are harassed or threatened […]
A brief debate with Tarek Fatah
The slick and self-proclaimed moderate Muslim Tarek Fatah recently attacked the great and courageous ex-Muslim Wafa Sultan, thereby exposing himself as an enemy of those who are truly interested in defending human rights against the global jihad and Islamic supremacism. And now in an exchange with my friend Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, an Iraqi who writes […]
Undead jihad leader: “The time is very near when our fedayeen will attack the American states in the major cities”
He was widely believed to have been killed in a missile strike. Instead, he is promising to please Allah by doing some killing of his own. “Pakistan Taliban leader threatens US cities,” by Sajjad Tarakzai for AFP, May 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has […]
Ex-Muslim criticizes Obama for failing to speak out about Muslim persecution of Christians
Find out why Obama doesn’t care about oppressed Christians in our new book. “Obama Failing Persecuted Christians Worldwide, Says Ex-Muslim,” by Michelle A Vu for the Christian Post, via AINA, May 3: While the U.S. president has consistently sought dialogue with the Muslim world, he has not put in the same effort to protect oppressed […]
Obama promises Abbas privately that he will throw Israel under the bus at the UN
One thing you can say about Obama’s posture toward Israel: he is consistent. Get details in the forthcoming book The Post-American Presidency. “US gives Abbas private assurances over Israeli settlements: Exclusive: Americans consider withholding veto protecting Israel at UN if building goes ahead at Ramat Shlomo,” by Rory McCarthy in The Guardian, April 29 (thanks […]