World leaders issue their usual expressions of sorrow and outrage (not reproduced below; why bother?) — but what will they end up doing to try to prevent another attack like this? Not much in the way of actual focus on the real perpetrators. “‘I will kill you all’: at least 35 die in Moscow airport […]
Archives for January 2011
Thailand: Jihadists murder nine Buddhist hunters with roadside bomb
Jihad against Buddhist wild pig hunters. “Bomb kills 9 civilians in restive Thai south,” from Reuters, January 25 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): YALA, Thailand (Reuters) – A powerful roadside bomb killed nine civilians and wounded two others in Thailand’s restive deep south on Tuesday, an attack blamed on separatist insurgents, police said. The victims were […]
Arizona: Accused Islamic honor murderer says he ran over his daughter by accident while spitting at another woman
You see, your honor, I was busy showing my hatred and contempt for a different woman Not guilty by reason of spittle! This utterly contemptible defense contradicts Almaleki’s earlier statement: in November 2009, the Arizona Republic reported (thanks to Pamela Geller) that, according to state prosecutor Stephanie Low, Faleh Almaleki admitted that he ran over […]
Kyrgyzstan: Mosques come under scrutiny after playing role in jihad plotting
Kyrgyz authorities are being more realistic about this than their American counterparts. “Kyrgyz Mosques Under Greater Scrutiny As Ties Between Islam, Extremism Emerge,” by Daisy Sindelar for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, January 23: […] In Kyrgyzstan, where 85 percent of the population is Muslim, many looked to mosques as a place for reconciliation after the […]
Spencer: King’s Hearings On Muslim Radicalization: Useless
Exposing the King hearings in a featured article at Human Events this morning: What has happened to Peter King? The New York congressman’s much-anticipated and controversial hearings on “radicalization” within the American Muslim community are shaping up to be useless, or worse. King said Tuesday, according to Politico, that “he’s not planning to call as […]
Nigeria: Muslims kill 6 in machete attacks on Christian villages; the Associated Press tells us “6 dead in religion-torn central Nigerian region”
“Religion-torn.” It just might as well be followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as any other set of beliefs. We don’t even get the usual, catchy, alliterative “sectarian strife.” No, religion did it. The headline could have been: “Muslims claim retaliation in machete attack on Christian village, 6 dead.” But stories like this are par […]
Hizballah moves closer to control of Lebanese government
There’s really only one appropriate soundtrack for this development (Hint: not “Love Train”). An update on this story. “Hezbollah moves toward Lebanon government control,” by Zeina Karam for the Associated Press, January 24: BEIRUT – Iranian-backed Hezbollah moved Monday into position to control the next Lebanese government when the Shiite militant group secured enough support […]
Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar complains of “Zionist plot” to defame Islam, divide Arab world
Of course, of course. We should know by now that everything is a Zionist plot to defame Islam. “Political motives behind anti-Islam campaign – Egypt”s Al-Azhar,” from KUNA, January 24 (thanks to JCB): CAIRO, Jan 24 (KUNA) — The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb said Monday the defamation campaign targeting Islam in the […]
Suicide bombing at Moscow airport: Authorities had been looking for three suspects
And suspicion rests on the Caucasus jihadists. An update on this story. “Moscow reels as terrorism returns to capital (Wrapup 3),” from RIA Novosti, January 24: Moscow saw its second suicide attack in less than 12 months on Monday as a terrorist assault on the Russian capital’s busiest airport left over 30 dead, officials said. […]
FBI: 1998 embassy bomber “wanted to learn to fight so that he could kill Jews”
He also traveled in a burqa on occasion to avoid detection. An update on this story. “Life sentence likely for Guantanamo detainee in NY,” by Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays for the Associated Press, January 24: NEW YORK – After his capture in the 1998 bombing of a U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Ahmed Ghailani recalled […]