Well over 200 people shoehorned into the St. Luke’s Theatre on West 46th Street in Manhattan Sunday night to see the New York premiere of our AFDI/SIOA documentary, The Ground Zero Mosque: Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks. Some came from as far away as California, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The huge crowd gave the film […]
Archives for February 2011
Hamas-linked CAIR rep confronts Allen West, gets strong dose of reality
Someone who is apparently a representative of Hamas-linked CAIR tries to lie about the Qur’an and violence in Islam, and play the victim card, at a town hall meeting with Representative Allen West (R-FL). But West is different from others Hamas-linked CAIR has pulled this with: he is informed, determined, and clear-sighted. Watch the fun […]
Qaradawi: Kill Gaddafi
“The most influential Sunni Muslim cleric in the world” misunderstands Islam, calls on the warriors of Islam to murder Gaddafi. From “Libya in crisis – live updates,” from the Guardian, February 21 (thanks to Axel): 9.22pm: A prominent Egyptian cleric, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has called for a fatwa against Muammar Gaddafi. He made a public statement […]
Iran’s Supremo warns against U.S. attempt at “hijacking the glorious popular movements” in Islamic world
They are popular movements, and they’re Islamic movements, because if the people express their will, they will choose an Islamic state. “Imam Khamenei warns of hijacking uprisings,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, February 21: (AhlulBayt News Agency) – “The elite’s guidance is needed to assist the people of nations to prevent the arrogant apparatus […]
Egyptian man names daughter “Facebook”
A few thoughts about this: 1. The poor girl. 2. The Facebook crowd is already on the ropes, as evidenced by Islamic supremacist Sheikh Qaradawi addressing a huge crowd in Tahrir Square the other day while his men barred Google Leftist Wagdi Ghonim from the stage. Maybe the girl would have been better off being […]
UK: Muslims slash teacher’s face and fracture his skull “for teaching other religions to Muslim girls”
Gary Smith was not proselytizing; he was just teaching a world religions course. But for Akmol Hussein, Sheikh Rashid, Azad Hussain, and Simon Alam, such a distinction is so exceedingly fine as not to matter at all. And non-Muslims who proselytize for their religions among Muslims face a death penalty according to Islamic law, but […]
Rumors sweep Tripoli that Gaddafi has fled city, and maybe even the country
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s “plot against Libya” victimhood rhetoric doesn’t seem to be carrying the day. “Gaddafi’s Son: Last Gasp of Libya’s Dying Regime?,” by Vivienne Walt in Time Magazine, February 21: After the bloodiest few days in Libya’s modern history “” in which over 200 people are estimated to have been killed in clashes with […]
Egypt court approves first Islamic Party
There will be much, much more of this sort of thing to come. “Egypt court approves first Islamic Party,” from Afrique en ligne, February 21: Cairo, Egypt – Egypt’s administrative court on Saturday approved the country’s first party with religious reference. The ‘Wassat’ or Middle Party, which has Islamic reference, had sought in vain for […]
Italy: Muslim steals vehicle, rams airport door, attacks police officer with knife
But don’t worry: it’s not “terrorism.” The man “seems to have simply been overcome by a fit of rage.” Of course. How often have you gotten ticked off when the coffee pot at the office is empty again, and gone out and stolen a car, rammed it into an airport door, and then tried to […]
California mosque distributes literature accusing Zionists of complicity with Nazis in Holocaust
Blaming the victim, and joined by one of the victims to do it. Islamic Antisemitism Update: “Steinberg criticizes flier at Muslim center,” by Stephen Magagnini for the Sacramento Bee, February 21 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg has condemned literature distributed at an event at a local Muslim group’s center last […]