On September 15, 2004, DePaul professor Thomas Klocek got into a conversation with Palestinian Islamic supremacist students who were distributing jihadist anti-Israel propaganda. “It was very one-sided,” Klocek recalled of their literature, “and I wanted them to think about the bigger reality.” In the course of their discussion, he appears to have said that all […]
Archives for 2010
Abigail Esman’s Radical State: How Islamic supremacism is overwhelming democracy
After 9/11, you may recall, the United States was going to bring democracy to the Islamic world. Nine years later, we have Sharia Constitutions in both Iraq and Afghanistan. A Shi’ite client of the Iranian mullahs rules shakily in Iraq, while in Afghanistan the U.S.-backed president is increasingly hostile to America and even threatens to […]
Virginia jihadist who tried to murder President Bush says his life sentence is too harsh
Ahmed Abu Ali was valedictorian in 1999 of the Islamic Saudi Academy in Northern Virginia. Apparently he misunderstood all their instruction about how Islam is a Religion of Peace. Courtroom Jihad, tying up Infidel time and resources: “Terrorist to appeals court: life term is too harsh,” by Larry O’Dell for The Associated Press, December 9 […]
Geller: Assimilation won’t stop jihad
How the jihad plot in Oregon explodes a common assumption. “Assimilation Won’t Stop Jihad,” by Pamela Geller in Human Events, December 10: Cell phone video emerged Wednesday of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, the Muslim in Oregon who attempted to bomb Pioneer Courthouse Square at a point when 25,000 infidels had gathered there during a Christmas tree […]
South Korea brushes aside jihad terror financing fears, to partner with Malaysia on Islamic finance
If the Norks don’t get them, this will. “South Korea to Learn From Malaysia on Islamic Finance,” by Manirajan Ramasamy and Frances Yoon for Bloomberg, December 10: Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) — South Korea wants to learn about Islamic finance from Malaysia, President Lee Myung Bak said today following a local newspaper report that parliament had […]
Pakistan: Jihad-martyrdom bomb outside hospital murders 10
Yet another holy and sacred mass-murder in Pakistan. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update: “10 killed in blast at Pakistan hospital,” from AP, December 10 (thanks to Twostellas): PESHAWAR: A car bomb exploded outside a hospital for Shiite Muslims that is under construction in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people, police said…. The attack comes […]
Indonesia: Couple caned for extramarital kiss
What fun they’ll have in France. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia. “Couple Caned in Indonesia over Extramarital Kiss,” from AFP, December 10 (thanks to Twostellas): Indonesia. Two people were caned in Indonesia’s staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Friday after being caught having an extramarital kiss, a prosecutor said. Hundreds of people gathered to watch […]
Pro-polygamy economist discovers that polygamy has “institutionalized women into subservience”
It should have been obvious that polygamy reduced women to the status of commodities, but it wasn’t obvious to Shoshana Grossbard. Give her credit for acknowledging it now. “Polygamy’s many wives don’t capture ‘market value,’” by Daphne Bramham for Postmedia News, December 8 (thanks to Benedict): VANCOUVER – Economist Shoshana Grossbard admits she was naive […]
Iran dashes hopes that woman sentenced to be stoned to death has been released
No mercy. “NOT free: Iran dashes hopes that woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery has been released,” from the Daily Mail, December 10 (thanks to Alan of England): An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning has not been freed, state television said on Friday, quashing a rumour that brought joy to […]
Australian Anglican Archbishop ripped over pro-Islamic stand
Whitewashing jihad, engaging in witless moral equivalence. “Australian Anglican Archbishop Ripped over Pro-Islamic Stand,” by David W. Virtue for Virtue Online, December 9 (thanks to Benedict): The leader of the Australian Anglican Communion, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall condemned attacks on Christians and Muslims in Pakistan in the December issue of FOCUS, the newspaper of the Anglican […]