The White House also went out of its way to portray a situation in which the scales were more level where casualties were concerned in the New Year’s church bombing in Egypt. And if Sharia is mentioned at all in most media coverage, it is the province of a Tiny Minority of Extremists promoting their […]
Archives for January 2011
Egyptian security guards withdrew an hour before jihad bombing at church
Support for jihad in high places. “Egyptian Security Guards Withdrew One Hour Before Church Blast, Say Eyewitnesses,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, January 2: (AINA) — The car explosion that went off in front of Saints Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria killed 21 and injured 96 parishioners who were attending a New Year’s Eve Mass. […]
Obama condemns Egypt church attack without naming perpetrators, says Muslims were injured also
“The perpetrators of this attack” — who were they, Mr. President? Christian extremists? Tea party types? “The attack on a church in Alexandria, Egypt caused 21 reported deaths and dozens of injured from both the Christian and Muslim communities.” Yet he admits that “the perpetrators of this attack were clearly targeting Christian worshipers,” so why […]
“I accuse the millions of supposedly moderate Muslims among us; those who’ve been growing more and more prejudiced, inclusive and narrow minded with every passing year”
Common sense, articulated courageously. “J’accuse,” by Hani Shukrallah in AhramOnline, January 1 (thanks to Rafael): […] I accuse a government that seems to think that by outbidding the Islamists it will also outflank them. I accuse the host of MPs and government officials who cannot help but take their own personal bigotries along to the […]
D.C. Imam says Iran’s Khamenei is “the best leader in the world”
This man thinks it would be great if the U.S. were like Iran Imam Musa wants to establish an Islamic State of America by 2050. And apparently, it will look a good deal like the Islamic Republic of Iran, with its stonings, oppression of non-Muslims and women, and ruthless suppression of political dissent. “Top American […]
Al-Azhar condemns Egypt church bombing: “Islam specifically prohibits any attacks on religious places”
Al-Azhar is the foremost authority in Sunni Islam, and a case can be made from the Qur’an for what they say: “For had it not been for Allah’s repelling some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and oratories and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft mentioned, would assuredly have been pulled […]
Taliban whine that French aren’t paying attention to them
They might kill the hostages as a result of this. “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and […]
Just-released New York 2009 report: Hate crimes against Jews: 251. Hate crimes against Muslims: 11.
And yet we endlessly hear about “Islamophobia,” as if Muslims were huddled in their homes, cowering in the darkness as roving bands of Islamophobes marauded outside, throttling any hapless Believers who dared to stray outside. In reality, Jews are far more likely to be victimized in hate attacks — and yet there is no hand-wringing, […]
Egyptian President Mubarak on church bombing: “This blind terrorism does not differentiate between Copts and Muslims”
Oh, really? And when did these “blind” terrorists bomb a mosque? This statement by Mubarak is just more avoidance of the real problem. “Mubarak blames ‘foreign hand’ for church attack,” from AFP, January 1: Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused “foreign hands” of carrying out a deadly New Year’s day attack on a church early […]
This just in: poverty doesn’t cause jihad terrorism
The U.S. has spent and will continue to spend billions on the assumption that poverty causes jihad terrorism, but again and again over the years we have posted studies that show that jihadis are generally better educated and wealthier than their peers. Here is yet more evidence. The Economist, of course, doesn’t dare consider how […]