Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. by Ibn Warraq Part I here. A ranking US Defense Department official, speaking at a recent conference: “We are not at war with jihad. Jihad is a legitimate component of Islam.” The muddled thinking behind such statements is clear: “We must […]
Archives for June 2011
United We Stand: First Transatlantic Anti-Islamization Conference Coming to France July 2
First Transatlantic Anti-Islamization Conference Coming to France July 2 The human rights organizations Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) will hold their first-ever transatlantic summit in Strasbourg, France, on July 2. SIOA and SIOE are the foremost organizations in America and Europe that are dedicated to defending human rights, religious […]
Iraqi Kurdistan considers ban on female genital mutilation
“Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report last year that showed that there are at least four factors driving this: a link to Kurdish identity, a religious imperative, social pressure, and an attempt to control a woman’s sexuality.” Regarding the religious imperative for female genital mutilation, particularly for Islamic countries outside of Africa such as […]
Four U.S. congressmen sponsor bill to cut aid to Hizballah-led Lebanese government
Last year, there was also a measure that attempted to cut aid to Lebanon’s army over concerns about collusion with Hizballah. As Hizballah’s tentacles lengthen their reach, the response from the Washington must evolve as well to ensure, in Rep. Berman’s words, that “no US taxpayer funds benefit the terrorist organization Hezbollah or any party […]
Egypt: Growing calls to delay elections to give groups other than the Muslim Brotherhood time to organize
For obvious reasons, the Muslim Brotherhood is miffed, as hurrying the elections along would stack the deck in their favor. That was also the case with the hasty referendum on constitutional amendments held in March, which was promoted in part by Islamic groups including Ikhwan members as a way to keep Egypt’s Christians in line. […]
Pakistan: Forced conversions of Hindu girls to Islam “extremely common”
Once again, while we’re told there is “no compulsion in religion” (Qur’an 2:256), there are in reality numerous means of coercion, many of which are enshrined in Islamic law. Qur’an 9:29 itself offers unbelievers the options of conversion, subjugation, or war — but hey, no compulsion or anything. And so it is easy for the […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram’s jihad escalates with simultaneous attacks on bank, police station
These are becoming a daily occurrence, as Boko Haram continues to focus its attacks on institutions and practices that are contrary to government by Sharia alone. “Nigerian Islamists kill 7 in police station, bank raid,” by Pius Utomi Ekpei for Agence France Presse, June 20: Suspected members of the radical Boko Haram Islamist sect on […]
Spencer interview: Abedin/Weiner: A Marriage Made by Hillary Clinton and the Muslim Brotherhood?
In “A Marriage Made by Hillary Clinton and the Muslim Brotherhood?” in FrontPage tonight Jamie Glazov interviews me about the strange case of Huma Abedin, Anthony Weiner and Hillary Clinton: Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Robert Spencer, the director of Jihad Watch and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide […]
Pakistan: Jihadists kidnap nine-year-old girl, try to use her as suicide bomber
When the promise of the virgins of Paradise is not enough, these scoundrels resort to kidnapping and booby-trapping children. “Girl, nine, used as human bomb,” from the Independent, June 20 (thanks to S. J.): A girl of nine has told how she escaped Pakistani terrorists who tried to use her as a human bomb. Sohana […]
Islamic scholar: “Jews have had no special merit that entitles them to any right over the Holy Land”
I have in the past tangled with deceptive Islamic supremacists such as Khaleel Mohammed and Sheikh Abdul Hadi Palazzi, who have made a comfortable living speaking to Jewish groups and telling them that the Qur’an promises the Holy Land to the Jews. This is not the case, as I demonstrated here — and today an […]