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Archives for January 2011

Islam and jihad grow in Europe

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Antisemitism increases in Europe concomitant with the growth of Muslim power and influence. “Islam and Jihad Grow in Europe,” by Chana Ya’ar in Israel National News, January 23: The growing demographic picture of millions of Muslim immigrants and their descendants in Europe is beginning to bear bitter fruit in a quiet “under the radar” jihad […]

Robert Reilly, author of The Closing of the Muslim Mind: Exclusive Jihad Watch interview

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Robert Reilly, author of the superb and essential book The Closing of the Muslim Mind, was kind enough to grant Jihad Watch an exclusive interview: In your fascinating new book The Closing of the Muslim Mind, you expand in important ways on the insight Pope Benedict XVI expressed in his famous Regensburg address–that Islam, as […]

Greasy Islamophobes explode five car bombs in Baghdad, killing 6, wounding 30 — no, wait…

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Oddly enough, it was jihadists yet again. “Five Car Bombs Strike Baghdad Neighborhoods,” by John Leland in the New York Times, January 23 (thanks to Ken): BAGHDAD — Shattering a months-long period of relative calm in the capital, five car bombs exploded in different neighborhoods around Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least six people […]

Tunisia to lift ban on pro-Sharia political groups; Islamic supremacist leader says he’s no Khomeini

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“Asked about hardliners who dismiss Western-style democracy and call for the creation of a traditional Islamic state, he said: ‘Our position is very far from this idea, … which we think has no place within the moderate Islamist tendency. It is extremist and … not based on a correct interpretation of Islam.’” Ghannouchi’s statement is […]

Tariq Ramadan: “It is incorrect to say the Coptic community in Egypt is in danger”

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“It is incorrect to say the Coptic community in Egypt is in danger.” Really? Let’s look at the recent record — leaving out the New Year’s Day church bombing in which jihadists murdered 23 Copts: Egypt: Off-duty Muslim police officer boards train, shoots Christians, killing 71-year-old man Copts brace for the worst on Christmas Eve: […]

Jordan: Muslim Brotherhood tries to spin popular protests into advantage for pro-Sharia forces

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This is similar to what is going on in Tunisia. “In Jordan, Islamists try to spin popular protests into political uprising,” by Taylor Luck in the Christian Science Monitor, January 21: Young people in the street waving baguettes and decrying unemployment rates, rising prices, and the government – protests in the Jordanian capital today unmistakably […]

Qaradawi hails Tunisian revolution, says Islamic nations must support it

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As I said yesterday, I’ve been harshly criticized for writing here that Islamic supremacists are trying to take advantage of the “Jasmine Revolution” and impose Sharia in Tunisia; now you can add the internationally influential Islamic leader Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi to the ranks of the greasy Islamophobes: “Some see Qaradawi’s address as an attempt to […]

Egypt blames Palestinian Army of Islam for New Year’s Day church bombing

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This bears out Mubarak’s initial claim that foreign hands were responsible for the bombing, and enables him to continue to ignore the persecution of Christians in Egypt by native Islamic supremacists. “Egypt blames Palestinian group for New Years’ Day church bombing: Al-Qaida-linked Army of Islam said responsible for attack in Alexandria earlier this month that […]

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