Two common variations on that tactic are accusations of incitement or complaining loudly about fears of a “backlash.” There has emerged a standard operating procedure: Deflect attention, and silence the discussion by claiming victim status. And so it also happens in Australia, which is feeling the ripple effect of European declarations of the failure of […]
Archives for February 2011
Shocker: Australian senator gets death threats for criticism of Islam as a “totalitarian, political and religious ideology”
Once again, the argument amounts to: “say Islam is a Religion of Peace, or we’ll kill you.” It is worth recalling that slander (ghiba) in Islam refers to things that may well be true, but that a person does not want known or spoken of: Slander (ghiba) means to mention anything concerning a person that […]
Taliban reportedly shifting focus to “soft targets”
Attacking “soft targets” saves the Taliban the effort, for the moment, of bypassing fortifications they would encounter in government and military facilities, or the time spent waiting to get a man in place on the inside. It also helps them demoralize the local population into submission by giving the impression they can strike anytime, and […]
Clinton: Split Taliban from al-Qaeda for peace in Afghanistan
This report explains: “Key civilian leaders under President Barack Obama have put a focus on political reconciliation, arguing that many rank-and-file Taliban are simply seeking a livelihood and can be co-opted.” The purpose of jihad in all its forms is to impose Islamic law. The refusal to acknowledge that reality leaves officials desperately chasing rabbits […]
Good news: Pakistani official will not face blasphemy charges. Bad news: She’s still living under a death fatwa.
Sherry Rehman only sought to revise Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. According to most reports, she wanted to remove or restrict the death penalty as a punishment. Even at that, she “blasphemed” the blasphemy law — now virtually an object of worship in its own right in Pakistani politics — and is now marked for death, like […]
Chechnya calls for female state workers to wear hijab
It’s really something of a formality to ask at this point. As Human Rights Watch reported in November: Chechen women have essentially become the target of a quasi-official “virtue” campaign. For several years, the Chechen authorities have discriminated against women who refuse to wear headscarves, prohibiting them from working in the public sector. That does […]
Al-Qaeda second banana Zawahiri tells Egyptians to establish Islamic state
He says that secular government is opposed to Islam. One might reasonably expect the leading Islamic spokesmen in the West to get busy refuting that idea on Islamic grounds. But they won’t, because they can’t. “Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri Tells Egyptians to Establish Islamic State,” by Vivian Salama for Bloomberg, February 20: Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri urged […]
UK Islamic supremacists to hold White House “rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and Âestablish the Islamic state in America”
Choudary was invited to come to Washington by the Islamic Thinkers Society, an Islamic supremacist group based in New York that echoes Choudary’s open call for Sharia, including its bloodthirstiest aspects: the ITS threatened my life a few years ago. “Extremist cleric to lead White House protest calling for Muslims to ‘rise up and establish […]
Another propaganda flick on Muslim victimhood, featuring Danny Glover
You may remember Danny Glover from such films as New York’Ta BeÅŸ Minare (Five Minarets in New York). That was a Turkish film, supposedly about “America’s paranoia with the Islamic world after 9/11.” The one below is homegrown: That’s the short version. In the long theatrical trailer, you get the full quote of the blond […]
Caucasus: Jihad against skiing
The intrepid mujahedin, keeping the world safe from Russian tourists riding in a minibus to a ski resort. “Four Russian tourists killed on way to Caucasus ski resort,” from the Telegraph, February 19: At least four tourists from Moscow have been killed by militants in Russia’s North Caucasus region on their way to a ski […]