We’ll see how long he remains behind bars, as he intends to appeal and has already gotten credit for time served. Other defendants got light sentences of a few months, also with credit for time served. One was scheduled for release this past Sunday. “Indonesian cleric jailed over church attacks,” from Agence France-Presse, June 14 […]
Archives for June 2011
This week: Spencer in Memphis and Houston
From Faith in Memphis: Robert Spencer, the controversial director of Jihad Watch, is scheduled to address the June meeting of the Memphis chapter of Act! for America. Spencer will speak on “The Global Jihad’s Assault on Western Culture, Christianity and Judaism” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, at Bartlett Station, 5868 Stage Rd. The event […]
Pakistan: Catholic woman kidnapped, drugged, and forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim may now be sold abroad
In Pakistan, our “friend and ally,” “at least 700 Christian girls are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam every year.” And sold abroad or not, any fate for Farah Hatim short of her being reunited with her family and legally recognized again as a Christian, and not a Muslim, is intolerable. There is supposedly […]
Muslim Brotherhood honcho: “Allah has warned us [of] the tricks of the Jews”
Now, now. Remember the Muslim Brotherhood is “moderate” and “largely secular.” Never mind that Mohamed Badie is the head of the Egyptian branch of the movement and should have gotten the memo about all that. Go back to sleep. “Muslim Brotherhood: Anti-Americanism Linked to Anti-Semitism,” from the Investigative Project on Terrorism, June 13 (thanks to […]
Lebanon’s new Hizballah-dominated government immediately sets sights on Israel
The state-within-a-state continues to devour its host, as Lebanon’s transformation into Iran’s latest forward operating base continues. The country runs the risk of becoming like that sad little local station in many television markets that used to have a recognizable identity and original programming, but faded into reruns interspersed with a perfunctory station identification. You’re […]
Ibn Warraq: The Westminster Institute (Virginia): Educating the Public and Government About the Ideology of the Terrorists, and Ways to Counter It (Part II)
The Westminster Institute (Virginia): Educating the Public and Government About the Ideology of the Terrorists, and Ways to Counter It by Ibn Warraq Part I here. 2. ABDULLAH AZZAM: THE DEFENSE OF THE MUSLIM LANDS Abdullah Azzam [1941-1989], who created an organisation that would later become al-Qaeda, was the mentor of Osama bin Laden. Azzam […]
Spencer: Most U.S. Mosques Teach Violence
In Human Events this morning, some inconvenient truths: Last week came new confirmation that mosques in the U.S. aren’t quite holding potluck suppers and teaching civic pieties. A new study has demonstrated that 80% of mosques right in this country are teaching jihad warfare and Islamic supremacism. Researchers Mordechai Kedar and David Yerushalmi reported in […]
U.K.: Islamic hate preacher says government wants “to create a docile brand of Islam but it is not going to happen”
And Abu Izzadeen vowed to “confront” Home Secretary Theresa May if she comes to “Muslim areas” to discuss the government’s new guidelines on Islamic supremacism and non-integration. An update on this story. “Theresa May’s in sights of fanatics,” by Dominik Lemanski for the Daily Star, June 12 (thanks to Twostellas): Islamist fanatic Abu Izzadeen last […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram jihadists open fire on beer garden, killing 4
Boko Haram is frequently portrayed as a loopy, but dangerous fringe group. But the group focuses its attacks on practices that are against Sharia, and their aim is the fundamental aim of jihad in all its forms: to impose Islamic law. “Nigerian Islamists open fire on beer garden, kill four,” by Aminu Abubakar for Agence […]
Indonesian authorities foil jihadist plot to poison police with cyanide
Whew, it’s a good thing they’re working so hard to keep the country safe from Ahmadis and Christians. “Densus 88 Arrests 16 Terror Suspects,” by Farouk Arnaz for the Jakarta Globe, June 13: Counterterrorism police have arrested 16 suspects involved in different terror plots, including a plan to carry out a mass poisoning of police, […]