This one is a real head-scratcher. What on earth could have motivated a Muslim who started screaming “Allahu akbar” and pounding on the cockpit door? It’s a big, deep, wide mystery, but I’m telling you, he just wanted more pretzels. An update on this story. “Suspect in flight disturbance had Calif. ID,” from the Associated […]
Archives for May 2011
US Airways Captain on flying imams incident: “I can promise you the captain didn’t throw those people off because of the way they were dressed. There’s more to the story.”
These imams are demanding all sorts of concessions. It is interesting to note that the orthodox Jews who were removed from a plane in March are not crying victimhood, not claiming racial profiling, not trying to weaken airport security. The contrast is illuminating. An update on this story. “Captain Backs Pilot Who Kicked Muslims Off […]
Pakistan: Tiny Minority of Extremists buys 100,000 Osama bin Laden posters
Is there any other poster outselling this one? Is the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims Who Abhor Bin Laden and Abominate Al-Qaeda buying up Gandhi posters at this clip? Or maybe Justin Bieber posters? “Record sale of Osama posters in Pakistan,” from IANS, May 10 (thanks to Mehreen): ISLAMABAD: There has been a record sale […]
UK: Muslim group “groomed men for jihad”
Groomed for jihad This group, clearly well-groomed for jihad, used the Qur’an and invited this prospective convert to a mosque. How odd that those in the mosque who understood their peaceful religion correctly didn’t explain the True, Peaceful Islam to this hirsute quartet. “Police officer infiltrated group who “˜groomed men for jihad”, court told,” by […]
Seven suspected Misunderstanders of Islam arrested in Paris
“…as France tightened security in the wake of the death of Osama bin Laden.” But wasn’t the death of Osama bin Laden supposed to end the “hijacking” of Islam and calm everything down? “Seven suspected Islamists arrested in Paris,” from AFP, May 10 (thanks to Twostellas): PARIS – FRENCH police captured seven suspected Islamist militants […]
Another imam claims airport profiling
And — purely coincidentally — he was, like the flying imams who made national news a few days ago, on this way to a conference on “Islamophobia.” Abdul-Latif’s victimhood complaint is so flimsy and obviously concocted that even a veteran whiner like Hamas-linked CAIR’s Ibrahim “Honest Ibe” Hooper “suggested it was possible technical problems, rather […]
Illinois: Muslim who plotted to bomb federal courthouse gets 28 years of prison dawah
An “Illinois man,” Michael Finton, who changed his name to Talib Islam and somehow misunderstood his new, peaceful religion to such a degree that he actually thought it had something to do with murdering infidels. Now, how could he have gotten such a crazy idea? An update on this story. “Man sentenced to 28 years […]
Spencer: Obama’s Abominable ‘Respect’ for Bin Laden Burial Rites
In Human Events this morning I discuss Obama’s endless pandering to the Islamic world, as it has most recently manifested itself: After approving the Navy SEALs” mission to kill Osama bin Laden (or allowing Leon Panetta to approve it, as some reports indicate), Barack Obama has been in full retreat mode, doing everything he can […]
Spencer: Fox News Serves Up Taqiyya
In FrontPage Monday I discuss some soothing deceptions that recently appeared at FoxNews.com: Saima Sheikh is media communications leader for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Ahmadiyya, of course, are considered heretics by mainstream Muslims for their belief in “the Messiah, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani” — the 19th century religious leader whom the Ahmadis consider a […]
Spencer: Why Egyptians Want War With Israel: It’s in the Koran
In Human Events Saturday I explore the reasons why some recent polling data turned out the way it did: Fifty-four per cent of Egyptians want to scrap the Camp David accords that have kept an uneasy peace with Israel since 1979″”in yet another blow to the credibility of the many analysts and commentators who assured […]