Well, there’s a return on investment. More on this story. “Karzai surrounding himself with anti-US advisers,” by Kathy Gannon for the Associated Press, June 23: KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai is increasingly isolated and has surrounded himself with an inner circle of advisers who are urging him to move closer to Iran and Pakistan […]
Archives for June 2011
Muslim Marine reservist arrested with “suspicious items” near Pentagon videotaped himself shouting “Allahu akbar” after firing at Marine museum
Yonathan Melaku turns out to be yet another Misunderstander of Islam. How unfortunate for Hamas-linked CAIR that so many Misunderstanders are coming out of the woodwork on the day of their big “Islamophobia Report” coming-out party. More on this story. “Man arrested in Pentagon scare charged in DC-area shootings at military sites,” from NewsCore, June […]
Will the Islamophobia never end? Two Muslims arrested for jihad plot against Seattle military recruiting station
Misunderstanders of Islam abound — and these guys’ timing couldn’t be worse, what with Hamas-linked CAIR issuing its big “Islamophobia” report today. Hamas-linked CAIR devotes its time and energy (and enormous financial resources) to defaming freedom fighters instead of to doing anything to ensure that Muslims in the U.S. stop misunderstanding Islam and thinking that […]
Hamas-linked CAIR teams up with UC Berkeley prof who called for “intifada” in U.S. for defamatory “Islamophobia” report
Hamas-linked CAIR has teamed up with the aptly-named professor Hatem Bazian, who some years ago called for an “intifada” in the U.S., to produce a defamatory report on “Islamophobia” that attempts to ascribe — much like the Wilders trial — any criticism of Islamic supremacism and the global jihad to “hate.” Yes, of course. Anyone […]
Pakistani man sentenced to death over “blasphemous” text message
Well, apologists do tell us Sharia is adaptable to the modern age. The unnamed writer of this article notes how more serious cases take forever in Pakistan while authorities are swift and severe in prosecuting a “blasphemous” text message and similar, but lower-tech cases. The reason for the discrepancy is simple: laws like this that […]
Geller on the Geert Wilders verdict: West 1, Islam 0
In “Geert Wilders Verdict: West 1, Islam 0” at Big Government today, Pamela Geller makes some important observations about the Geert Wilders verdict: The judges in the Court of Amsterdam delivered their verdict Thursday morning in the heresy trial of Dutch Freedom Party politician Geert Wilders. Wilders has been found not guilty of all charges […]
June 24th “Rally for Fatima” at NOW Conference: Protest Feminist Silence on Honor Killings and Fatima Abdallah’s Cover-Up
Pamela Geller has the details: Does being a Muslim mean you can get away with murder? RALLY FOR JUSTICE FOR FATIMA at the NOW Conference Friday, June 24th, 1:00 – 2:00 Embassy Suites Tampa – USF/Near Busch Gardens 3705 Spectrum Blvd.Tampa, Florida 33612 2011 Stand against Islamic supremacism, gender apartheid, and Islamic law in American […]
The West dodges a bullet: Geert Wilders acquitted of all “hate” charges
In a great victory for decency and sanity, the Court of Amsterdam has acquitted Geert Wilders of all charges. Wilders remarked: “I am delighted with this ruling. It is a victory, not only for me but for all the Dutch people. Today is a victory for freedom of speech. The Dutch are still allowed to […]
Ibn Warraq: Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. (Part 4)
Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. by Ibn Warraq Part I here. Part II here. Part III here. Patrick Sookhdeo does put forward some positive proposals to combat this ideology, which threatens Western civilization immediately, and the rest of the world in the long-term. Some general strategies […]
Shovel jihad: Yemen prison break involved digging tunnels, coordinated attacks from outside
More on this story. It is not entirely clear whether the “daggers” the inmates attacked guards with were conventional or improvised weapons. But as this report details, there was much more going on than that, and therefore an even higher level of coordination, some means of communication with the outside, and clearly a channel for […]