The slick and smug imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, former front man and continuing board member for the Ground Zero mosque project, and the posturing adolescent Reza Aslan, appeared together last night at UCLA. It was a revealing harmonic convergence of stealth Islamic supremacists. If I weren’t speaking in Ohio tonight, I would have been there […]
Archives for May 2011
Indonesia’s Islamic Defenders Front to hold mass prayer service to “express gratitude to the late martyr Sheikh Osama bin Laden”
The turnout for this event and its reception in Jakarta will bear watching as one potential indicator of the strength and support (or tacit acceptance) of this subset of the Tiny Minority of Extremists. “Radical Indonesian Muslim Group to Hold Mass Prayer for bin Laden,” by Tara Kelly for Time, May 4: The Islamic Defenders […]
Flashback to 2006: “Pakistan truce gives Taliban a free hand in N. Waziristan, even bin Laden immune there if he is ‘peaceful'”
This story, now almost five years old, is worth revisiting in the aftermath of bin Laden’s death in a mansion under the noses of Pakistan’s military elite. We first posted it in September of 2006. The link no longer works, but the story was originally run by ABC News under the title “Bin Laden Gets […]
Ground Zero Mosque documentary, Spencer, Geller at Ohio University tonight
Our documentary film, The Ground Zero Mosque: Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks, has now been shown to enthusiastic crowds in Washington, DC; New York City; Boston; Los Angeles; Santa Ana, California; McAllen, Texas; the University of Delaware; and last Sunday in Tampa, Florida. Tonight Pamela Geller and I will bring the film to Ohio […]
Somalia: Al-Shabaab jihadists forbid residents from following bin Laden coverage, lob hand grenades into homes of those who disobey
Nothing says “Religion of Peace” like a grenade through the window. Somalia’s jihadists have longer-standing issues with television, both as a source of unapproved information and of impious frivolity and vice, just as the Taliban have in Afghanistan. But this ban extends to radio (targeted earlier for playing music) as well. It is not surprising […]
Iranian MP: Bin Laden was a “puppet controlled by the Zionist regime,” used “to present a violent image of Islam after the September 11 attacks”
And the Islamic Republic of Iran has never, ever, ever presented a violent image of Islam. Never. Ever. “Iranian MP: Bin Laden was Zionist puppet,” by Dudi Cohen for YNet News, May 4 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Iranian officials have begun to hypothesize on the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, pronounced dead by […]
Pakistan shocked — shocked! — at accusations it was lax or worse on bin Laden pursuit
Aww, guys! How could you Americans say that about your buddy Pakistan? And now, look what you’ve done. There’s “now ‘total mistrust’ between the United States and Pakistan.” And that’s supposed to be America‘s fault. But, as we all know, this is nothing new. From September, 2006: Osama bin Laden, America’s most wanted man, will […]
Hamas and Fatah sign reconciliation agreement
Hamas benefits from the chance to ride the coattails of Fatah’s undeserved “moderate” reputation. Fatah benefits from momentarily neutralizing its rival, and having recourse to (and plausible deniability for) the services of a group that continues to fire at will at Israel. And if they can keep the deal up, both benefit from the ability […]
Iraqi television calls bin Laden “a saint”
“Even serious people view him as an actual mujahid, a shahid who should be celebrated as such.” The aftermath of bin Laden’s death ought to be an instructive moment for the world on the phenomenon of the Tiny Minority of Extremists. Hence the other problem discussed below: the ongoing persecution of Christians by Muslims in […]
CIA confirms: Pakistanis not notified of OBL takedown over fears they would “jeopardize the mission”
So why are we still giving them billions every year? “CIA: Blitz, Pakistan Not Warned To Avoid Alerting Bin Laden,” from AGI, May 3 (thanks to C. Cantoni): (AGI) Washington- The CIA did not inform Pakistani authorities of the blitz over fears that they could “jeopardize the mission”. Leon Panetta, head of the CIA and […]