Still more evidence that Islamic supremacists, not supporters of democracy and Western notions of human rights, have the upper hand in the countries that went through the vaunted “Arab Spring.” “Will gays be ‘sacrificial lambs’ in Arab Spring?,” by Catriona Davies for CNN, May 27: (CNN) — The uprisings bringing political change and demonstrations across […]
Archives for May 2011
Egyptian Christians: “We did not risk our lives to bring Mubarak down in order to have him replaced by Salafists”
Yet it looks as if that is what is happening. I tried to tell you. “Christians worry Egypt being hijacked by Islamists,” by Sami Aboudi for Reuters, May 26 (thanks to Kamala): CAIRO (Reuters) – Last January, Nazih Moussa Gerges locked up his downtown Cairo law office and joined hundreds of thousands of fellow Egyptians […]
Afghanistan: Jihadists kill eight American soldiers
Where is that “moderate Taliban” that Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton were so enthusiastic about? “Eight US soldiers killed in Afghan blasts,” from AFP, May 27 (thanks to Jaladhi): KABUL: Eight soldiers killed in a bombing in southern Afghanistan were Americans, the Pentagon confirmed, in one of the worst single incidents in recent months. Pentagon […]
Mumbai jihad plotter dreamed that mass murders at newspaper that published Muhammad cartoons would get him tomb near Muhammad’s
Somehow “David Headley,” nee Dawood Gilani, got the idea that massacring people would get him rewards from Allah. It is a pity that all the Islamic spokesmen in the West who assure us that this is a Misunderstanding of Islam spend all their time trying to silence the non-Muslims who dare to point out that […]
Iranian intelligence minister: “The recent events”¦show that the future of the world, including the US and Europe, belongs to Islam”
Triumphalist chest-thumping from a man who certainly sees which side has been racking up most of the victories lately. But the game isn’t over. “World’s future belongs to Islam,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, May 27 (thanks to Twostellas): (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – “The recent events “¦ show that the future of the […]
Pakistan: Christian sisters kidnapped, forced to marry a wealthy Muslim
“And the government, said Father John, ‘is complicit.’” He says that “the kidnapping of young women has become ‘common practice’, because the authorities and police are ‘puppets in the hands of extremists.’” “Faisalabad: Christian sisters kidnapped, forced to marry a wealthy Muslim,” by Jibran Khan in Asia News, May 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Faisalabad […]
G8 leaders to tie Arab Spring aid to reforms, but how specifically?
The concept is promising, and intended to be reassuring, but two factors make it less so: One is the collection of human rights train wrecks that continue to benefit from international aid, like Pakistan, and the Palestinian Authority. The pledge that “no, really, we’re working on it” seems sufficient to mollify the West and keep […]
Coptic Christian in U.S. loses Egyptian citizenship: he “showed allegiance to Judaism”
Not Israel — as the semantic shell game of claiming to oppose “Zionism” versus “Judaism” often proceeds — but Judaism itself. One step forward in Imbaba, two steps back in Cairo. “Coptic Christian in US has Egyptian nationality withdrawn,” by Shaimaa el-Karanshawi and Emad Khalil for Al Masry Al Youm, May 22 (thanks to Weasel […]
Egyptian army orders reconstruction of church destroyed by Muslims
Islamic law forbids the construction of new churches or the repair of existing ones. The Muslims who attacked the church undoubtedly had that in mind: once it was destroyed, it would stay that way. But if nothing else, the army seems to have calculated that leaving matters there would reward and embolden the Tiny Minority […]
U.K.: Muslims who savagely beat, slashed face of religious education teacher were under surveillance as jihad suspects
And they did wage their jihad, as a pack of cowards outnumbering one unarmed man. An update on this story. “Men who beat up RE teacher were terrorist suspects,” by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, May 25: The Security Service had placed a listening device in a car driven by one of the men as […]