Secular democracy on the march! Here is another I-Tried-To-Tell-You Alert: “Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Hussein Yaaqub: Results of Egyptian Referendum Were in Favor of Islam, and Whoever Is Unhappy about It Is Free to Leave to Canada or the US,” from MEMRITV, March 21 (thanks to John): Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by Egyptian […]
Archives for March 2011
OIC to convey strong condemnation of Qur’an-burning to UN Secretary General, demand UN action against free speech
Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN condemned “this reprehensible act” as “the work of extremists.” He didn’t mean, of course, any of the recent jihad attacks or plots. What he had in mind was the burning of the Qur’an in Florida, which, as you can see in this story, the OIC is exploiting to renew its […]
Don’t overstate anti-Muslim bias
CNN allows a rare voice of common sense to break through amid its recent barrage of Islamic victimhood posturing stories and Islamic supremacist propaganda. “Don’t overstate anti-Muslim bias,” by William J. Bennett and Seth Leibsohn for CNN, March 26 (thanks to AINA): (CNN) — Almost two weeks after the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on […]
Taliban jihadists abduct 50 Afghan policemen
Afghan doughnut shops decimated. “Taliban militants abduct 50 policemen in Afghanistan,” from Reuters, March 27 (thanks to Ima): ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) — Taliban insurgents abducted around 50 off-duty Afghan policemen in an ambush in a volatile province in northeastern Afghanistan, the militant group and provincial officials said on Sunday…. The policemen were abducted by militants […]
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Uprisings have shown that Muslims “want modernity, jobs and democracy more than they want an Islamic caliphate”
I am writing this in an airport lounge somewhere in the United States, and Fareed Zakaria is on CNN explaining it all for us at high volume on the TV overhead. I was doing my best not to pay attention, but I just heard him say, in a piece asserting that al-Qaeda’s influence is waning […]
Islamic ambassadors to Vatican demand Vatican condemnation of Qur’an-burning
Terry Jones is neither a priest nor a Catholic, but the Islamic Republic’s Ahlul Bayt News Agency cannot be expected to have mastered the intricacies of Christian sectarianism. But note in any case that we have never seen such outrage and indignation from Islamic ambassadors or any other Muslims regarding any of the jihad terror […]
Moderate Abbas adds a new condition for “peace”: Release all jihad terrorists
The mask drops yet again, but no one in the West will particularly notice or care, as always. “Abbas adds a new condition for “peace”: Release all terrorists!,” from Elder of Ziyon, March 26 (thanks to Inexion): Mahmoud Abbas, that intransigent leader that the world considers “moderate,” had added another condition for “peace” with Israel: […]
Yemen: Islamic supremacists clash with government forces
Secular, pro-democracy forces nowhere in evidence, but no doubt — if we are to believe the learned analysts — certain to triumph. “Islamists Clash With Security Forces In South Yemen,” from AGI, March 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): (AGI) Sanaa – There have been clashes between Islamist groups and Yemeni security forces attempting to regain […]
Geller: Stop Al Jazeera’s expansion in the United States
In “Stop Al Jazeera’s expansion in the United States” in the Daily Caller, March 26, Pamela Geller explains why al-Jazeera should not be allowed an expanded presence on American airwaves: Al Jazeera is planning to expand into the United States, and the chattering classes are treating it as a simple free speech matter. Let’s not […]
Syria: Government tries to appease Islamic supremacists by freeing 260 of them from prison; they burn Baath party building and police station
Assad too will discover the appeasement only emboldens those who see the world only in terms of strength and weakness. “Mourners burn building in Syria,” from Reuters, March 27: DAMASCUS – Thousands of mourners at a funeral for a Syrian killed in anti-government protests burned a ruling Baath party building and a police station on […]