Honor hit man? Hired hit men for honor. “Brothers arrested over string of recent ‘honor killings’ in Lod: Police suspect the two were hired hit men in a string of so-called ‘honor killings,’ offering their services to locals who wanted to attack their family members,” by Yaniv Kubovich and Noah Kosharek in Haaretz, October 21 […]
Archives for 2010
Video released of failed Dallas bomber expressing his devotion to jihad, bin Laden
As this story notes, he stated in his perfunctory apology that “Osama bin Laden is a bad man. I hate terrorism and will have nothing to do with this again.” That is what he said to try and get a reduced sentence (which, unfortunately, he did), after trying to kill — and fully believing at […]
Failed Dallas bomber is latest in a long line of jihadists claiming mental illness while on trial
Often, such claims reach a willing audience: those who want to believe with all their might that the case at hand has nothing to do with Islam. Fixating on mental illness as a possible cause allows courts and the media to sidestep Islamic texts’ open exhortations to despise, attack, and kill unbelievers. And undoubtedly, at […]
Campbell’s Soup partnering with Hamas-linked ISNA to sponsor Islamic conference — FDI/SIOA calls for sensitivity and counterterror training at Campbell’s
The Campbell’s Soup/ISNA story keeps getting media attention, and now it has come to light that Campbell’s is doing more with ISNA than just getting halal certification: it is partnering with the Hamas-linked group to sponsor an Islamic conference in Montreal. On the 25th of September 2010, there was in Montreal what “they” have sold […]
Jihadist cleric Al-Awlaki lunched at Pentagon after 9/11
And if you had questioned the wisdom of inviting him, you would be an “Islamophobe.” I’ve often pointed out that the U.S. Government behaves as if any Muslim who is not actively engaged in lighting a fuse is ipso facto a “moderate.” This demonstrates the disastrous short-sightedness of their analysis. “EXCLUSIVE: Al Qaeda Leader Dined […]
If Islam were treated equally, Muhammad would be fair game, and Wilders would be exonerated
Common sense. “If Islam were treated equally, Mohammed would be fair game,” by Lorne Gunter in the National Post, October 20 (thanks to Twostellas): During the controversy over cartoons of Mohammed that appeared in a Danish newspaper in 2005, I received an email from a reader insisting, “This is about treating Islam equally! I am […]
Judge to failed Dallas jihadist: “I can’t for the life of me figure out what moved you in this direction”
Last fall, Hossam Smadi drove away from a gleaming skyscraper in the heart of Dallas believing he was going to kill thousands of people in it. The bomb was inert, and authorities caught him red-handed. He had been under surveillance for months for an expressed desire to “commit violent jihad.” Indeed, this is what he […]
Brown University: Truth about Islam presented as evidence of media bias against Islam
No one at Brown was able to counter this nonsense, but in reality it is easy to find Muslim sources proclaiming that Islam is a total way of life and that Islam “must be a complete and total way of living.” But Nancy Khalek doesn’t like the implications of that, and so she pretends it’s […]
Texas: Imam who donated to terror-tied Islamic charity arrested for marriage fraud
Well, they got Capone on tax evasion. “Arlington imam, wife accused of marriage fraud,” by Jason Trahan for The Dallas Morning News, October 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): A prominent Islamic scholar who has battled accusations of extremist beliefs has been arrested along with his wife on federal charges that they married […]
Canada-based jihadist has only pretended to renounce jihad to advance his “public image”
What a shock, eh? War Is Deceit Update: “Khadr has never renounced jihad, says expert on evil,” by Steven Edwards for Postmedia News, October 19 (thanks to Joel): NEW YORK — There is no evidence Omar Khadr has ever independently sought to promote peace with the West and renounce Muslim jihad, the internationally acclaimed psychiatrist […]