Translating Jihad has now posted the complete subtitled video of the statement by the hijabbed Kuwaiti “activist” Salwa al-Mutairi, calling for the revival of the Islamic practice of using captive non-Muslim women as sex slaves, in accord with Qur’an 4:3. “Video: Kuwaiti Activist: ‘I Hope that Kuwait Will Enact a Law for…Sex Slaves,’” from Translating […]
Archives for June 2011
Ibn Warraq: Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. (Part 3)
Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. by Ibn Warraq Part I here. Part II here. Dr Patrick Sookhdeo superbly summarizes the historical roots and the theological components of the Islamists” ideology in this way: “¢ Historically Islam continually faces the same challenges which it is facing today […]
Action Alert: Write to Tampa’s Chief Medical Examiner, asking him to reopen the honor killing case of Fatima Abdallah
In “Honor killing cover-up in Florida?” in WND today, Pamela Geller gives the details of this curious case: A Muslim woman shunned by her devout Muslim family for her “shameful” divorce dies a sudden death after “throwing herself on the floor” in front of her family, and it’s classified an accident. That’s what Florida law […]
Australian defense minister: Motive of Afghan soldier who turned gun on Australian soldiers “may never be known”
The elephant in the room then hurried off to the airport. It had other important meetings to sit in on in Washington and London. “Motive for digger’s murder ‘may never be known’,” from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 21 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy): Defence Minister Stephen Smith says the motive for the murder of an Australian […]
German state interior ministers warn of rising numbers of “radical” Salafist Muslims
This report mentions that “Salafism is a strict adherence to the Koran and the earliest principles of Islam,” perhaps inadvertently hitting the nail on the head in describing Salafism’s appeal to former “moderates” and contradicting the claim that “extremism” must be rooted in a “misunderstanding” or later innovation. “Salafist threat growing, interior ministers say,” from […]
Suicide lederhosen? “German man” extradited from Austria in plot to recruit jihadists to fight in Afghanistan and Pakistan
An update on this story. “Yusuf O.” was with the German Taliban Mujahedin; strange as that may sound, Yusuf has a lot of company in German jihadists, frequently affiliated with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and other “misunderstanders” of Islam. There is even reportedly an entire village of German jihadists and converts to Islam in […]
Indonesia: Another top jihadist goes on trial
Abu Tholut was charged with “helping set up a terrorist training camp for a group that plotted attacks on foreigners and assassinations of the country’s moderate Muslim leaders.” Not that those leaders have been particularly helpful if one is, say, a Christian or Ahmadi. This jihadist group targeted Muslims as well, however. Fellow jihadist Abu […]
The imam Justin Elliott explains Islam for you (courtesy the Saudi-funded John Esposito)
I just heard from Justin Elliott of Salon magazine, who is evidently preparing a hit piece [UPDATE: Thin gruel, but here it is] involving my speculations concerning Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin. It reminded me that in all the excitement I let slip the chance to make any timely comment on his June 16 piece, […]
Stop the presses! Malaysia’s Prime Minister says he stands for ‘moderation’
This is precisely the sort of meaningless, taqiyya-laced press release that Muslim-led governments like Malaysia’s are notorious for. “Najib’s call to stand united against extremism gains support”, from The Star Online, 21 June: CYBERJAYA: African nations have expressed interest and responded positively to the global movement of moderates. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak […]
Spencer: Is Sharia Really Benign? Wake up.
In Human Events this morning I take apart one of the many whitewashes of Sharia that are being published these days: Now that 20 states are considering legislation to outlaw Islamic law (Sharia), Islamic supremacist advocacy groups in the U.S—particularly the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)—have launched an energetic media campaign to whitewash Sharia […]