He didn’t know! He didn’t know! Mohamed Elibiary, who is no less a personage than “the country’s leading Muslim deradicalization expert,” was quite unhappy with this post, in which I noted that he was one of the speakers at a December 2004 conference in Dallas entitled “A Tribute to the Great Islamic Visionary,” Ayatollah Khomeini, […]
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Your action needed: Muslim Brotherhood-linked thugs of ISNA warring against free speech, trying to bully Dallas Morning News
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is a premier stealth jihad group in the United States today. Federal prosecutors in 2008 rejected claims that ISNA was unfairly named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Hamas terror funding case. ISNA has admitted ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. The Muslim Brotherhood is […]
Jihadist “chatter” online shows “marked increase” in discussions about evading airport security
This report comes just as the Transportation Security Administration has decided to give 10,000 of its workers access to secret intelligence. Some impeccable timing there at the TSA. “Terror Talk Growing Louder on the Web,” from CBS News, February 12: (CBS) CBS News has learned that U.S. Intelligence officials are seeing a marked increase in […]
Push continues for expanded Sharia courts in Kenyan constitution: “It is clear that the Muslim community is basically carving for itself an Islamic state within a state”
“Christian leaders point out that the ‘Harmonized Draft’ of the constitution discriminates against non-Muslims and contradicts its own Article 10 (1-3), which states that there shall be no state religion, that the state shall treat all religions equally and that state and religion shall be separate.” An update on this story. “Push for Islamic Courts […]
Palestinian “moderates” claim responsibility for stabbing of Israeli soldier
But…but…they really, sincerely, deep down, want peace! Note that Fatah is supposed to be the “moderate” Palestinian faction, the one the U.S. is helping as over against Hamas. An update on this story. “Fatah wing claims responsibility for Wednesday stabbing attack,” from the Ma’an News Agency, February 10 (thanks to Maxwell): Bethlehem – Ma’an – […]
Fjordman: Review of Christopher Caldwell’s Reflections on the Revolution in Europe
Review of Christopher Caldwell’s Reflections on the Revolution in Europeby Fjordman This is a review of Christopher Caldwell’s 2009 book Reflections on the Revolution in Europe. Let me first start with the positive: Mr. Caldwell is not a bad man. He sees through the rhetoric of Tariq Ramadan, for instance, which makes him superior to […]
“The problem is jihadists; these people are fighting for God, not for freedom, and that is a whole different kind of challenge”
A surprisingly forthright article in the Monitor about the presence of jihadists in Chechnya, which the mainstream media usually does not acknowledge. “20 insurgents killed as Jihadist attacks rise in Russia’s Caucasus,” by Fred Weir for the Christian Science Monitor, February 12 (thanks to Larry): One of the biggest thorns in Russia’s side since the […]
Indonesia: Muslim clerics allege Valentine’s Day leads to “free sex”
All of the possible bad puns aside, there is the usual question of priorities. Again, imagine if the same clerics tackled so-called “extremism” in Muslim communities with such directness and zeal. “Indonesian clerics warn against Valentine’s Day’s ‘free sex’,” from Agence France-Presse, February 13: Muslim leaders in Indonesia told the faithful not to celebrate Valentine’s […]
Obama’s national defense report ignores Islamic jihad, focuses on climate change
This is not just a question of which side is he on. This is a question of which planet is he on. “Obama’s National Defence Review ignores Iran and Islam in favour of… climate change!,” by James Corum in the Telegraph, February 11 (thanks to Pamela): Under American law, every four years the US Defence […]
Taliban Rape Tapes: A “Muslim Abu Ghraib”
Unspeakable barbarism among the Taliban, the students of Islam. “Taliban Rape Tapes: A ‘Muslim Abu Ghraib,’” by my friend the bestselling novelist Brad Thor at Big Journalism, February 12: With breaking news out of Palestine today that a top aide to President Mahmoud Abbas has been literally caught with his pants down, rape tapes seem […]