Because they knew that not to do so would be “Islamophobic.” “In Hasan Case, Superiors Ignored Their Worries,” from AP, January 11 (thanks to all who sent this in): WASHINGTON — A Defense Department review of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, has found the doctors overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan’s medical training repeatedly voiced […]
Archives for 2010
Fitzgerald: Who Should Replace The Irreplaceable Michael Leiter?
In the summer of 2009 Columbia, the magazine put out by the university for its alumni, carried an article about one alumnus, Michael Leiter, Columbia ’91. He had graduated magna cum laude. He had gone on to Harvard Law School. He had clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. In short, he had the right […]
Fitzgerald: A little addendum to Cardinal Vlk
There’s a great deal to like in this statement, and much of what there is to like about it is obvious and has been stated here: the recognition that Muslims wish to conquer the continent of Europe is perhaps the most important part of the statement. And there is also the recognition that such conquest […]
U.K.: March through Wootton Bassett by Anjem Choudary’s Islam4UK canceled, group to be banned
Sanity, in an update on this story. Authorities would do well to ensure Islam4UK does not merely reconstitute itself under a new name, starting a slow-moving, but high-stakes game of “whack-a-mole” with successor groups. “Muslim Group Cancels Wootton Bassett March,” by Adam Arnold for Sky News, January 10 (thanks to Gymgal): Muslim group Islam4UK has […]
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art censors its own collection, lest displaying images of Muhammad offend Muslims
Pre-emptive capitulation: Good dhimmi! “‘Jihad’ jitters at Met,” by Isabel Vincent for the New York Post, January 10: Is the Met afraid of Mohammed? The Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly pulled images of the Prophet Mohammed from its Islamic collection and may not include them in a renovated exhibition area slated to open in 2011, […]
Yemeni president open to “dialogue” with al-Qaeda members who “renounce violence”
Gee, what could possibly go wrong there? “Yemen’s president open to dialogue with al-Qaida,” from the Associated Press, January 10: SAN’A, Yemen – Yemen’s president said he is ready to open a dialogue with al-Qaida fighters who lay down their weapons and renounce violence, despite U.S. pressure to crack down on the terror group. The […]
Malaysia: Even more more churches firebombed over use of “Allah”
In addition to the four already reported. This is why the Malaysian government had to appeal to Muslims not to boil with rage over a court decision allowing a Catholic weekly to use the word “Allah.” The decision is suspended, pending appeal, but in any event, the government’s call for restraint turned out to be […]
Flight 253 jihadist was “singing like a canary” until he was read his rights like a civilian criminal
Suicidal. “Detroit bomber ‘singing like a canary’ before arrest,” by Philip Sherwell in the Telegraph, January 9 (thanks to Banafsheh): President Barack Obama is under fire over claims that the Christmas Day underwear bomber was “singing like a canary” until he was treated as an ordinary criminal and advised of his right to silence. The […]
Surprise, surprise: “moderate” Muslim TV channel in UK linked to jihadist cleric al-Awlaki
“A trustworthy source to the two million-plus population of Muslims in the UK” gave a platform to the bloodthirsty jihadism and hatred of al-Awlaki. The only ones who should be surprised by this are those who really believe that Islam is a Religion of Peaceâ„¢. “UK Muslim TV channel linked to al-Qaida cleric al-Awlaki: Satellite […]
Rockets hit US consulate site in Afghanistan
Surely if we build more roads, schools, and hospitals in Afghanistan, this sort of thing won’t happen — right? That is the bedrock assumption that the learned analysts make, and it is draining American resources. No one, of course, is considering the possibility that no matter how helpful we are to the Afghans, they will […]