To illustrate the same point several days ago, we noted the silence of CNN’s website in the midst of another wave of jihadist attacks against Christians in Iraq. Dancing with the Stars merited a mention, along with Sarah Palin on baking cookies and other human interest pieces. Another escalation in the latest violent campaign to […]
Archives for 2010
Spain: Judge rules violent demonstration by Muslims at Córdoba cathedral was not intended to offend religious sentiments
If you review the facts of the case stated below and in initial reports following the incident, you may want to read the judge’s assessment sitting down: “There isn’t so much an intention to minimize or harm the religious sentiments of the Catholic religion so much as an attempt to favor, not to say clearly […]
India: Muslim police officer destroys evidence in case where Christian professor’s hand was chopped off for “blasphemy”
This story is all the more noteworthy in light of past coverage, which has also shown that the assailants, whom politically correct dogma would cast as part of a Tiny Minority of Extremists, are not isolated and did not come up in a vacuum. Rather, they have considerable support in the community. One attacker even […]
UK: leading “human rights organization” gave $322,000 to jihadist cleric al-Awlaki
Moazzam Begg of Cageprisoners wrote about al-Awlaki that it “was evident that he commanded a large following and great respect amongst many Muslims.” Indeed so. “Top charities give £200,000 to group which supported al-Qaeda cleric,” by Jason Lewis for the Telegraph, November 6 (thanks to Kowtow): The radical cleric accused of inspiring the cargo bomb […]
Stop the presses: Pakistan supported jihad outfits as hedge against India and Afghanistan
And they may still be doing it. “Pakistan used terror as a hedge against India: Clinton,” from the PTI, November 13 (thanks to I.): Islamabad used to support terror outfits as a hedge against India and an unfriendly Afghan regime, so that the two neighbours of Pakistan do not undermine it, U.S. Secretary of State […]
Hizballah top dog says his group is ready for another war with Israel
Another chapter in the unending jihad looms. “Hizbullah: We are ready for another war with Israel,” from Jerusalem Post, November 11 (thanks to Elvis): Nasrallah says group will “cut the hand” of anyone who tries to arrest any member of the party in connection with Hariri assassination. Hizbullah is ready for another war with Israel, […]
Malaysia: Hindu mother loses case against Muslim father who converted her children to Islam without her knowledge or consent
“Shamala and Dr Muhammad were married under civil law in 1998. In November 2002, he became a Muslim and converted their two young sons (then aged four and two) without Shamala’s knowledge or consent.” That means they’re Muslim, because under Islamic law Islam always takes precedence over the claims of any non-Muslim. “Hindu mum loses […]
Jihadis murder 18 in massive suicide attack on Karachi’s main anti-terrorist agency
The Taliban yet again show that the Pakistani government’s promises to eradicate them have been hollow. “Bombing of Karachi’s anti-terror HQ kills 18,” by Amanda Hodge in The Australian, November 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): MILITANTS have destroyed the headquarters of Karachi’s main anti-terrorist agency in a massive suicide blast that killed […]
Chicago police spotted jihadi running children through military drills in a park
Not exactly touch football. “Chicago: Front line in war on terror,” by Annie Sweeney and Hal Dardick for the Chicago Tribune, November 11 (thanks to Esther): On a summer day last year, David Coleman Headley, like many fathers, took his children to a Chicago park. There, Headley ran his children through military drills, including maneuvers […]
Jihadist cleric Omar Bakri gets life sentence, vows not to serve any time at all
Longtime Jihad Watch readers will remember Bakri, who used to be an open and complacent jihadist in Britain. A few years back he held a conference honoring the “Magnificent 19,” and there is no telling how many of his proteges and disciples are still active in the U.K. “Radical Lebanon cleric Omar Bakri jailed for […]