This is the kind of law that the OIC is working through the UN to pressure Western states to adopt. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Dubai: “Briton fined AED3,000 for insulting Ramadan,” by Claire Ferris-Lay for ArabianBusiness.com, July 20 (thanks to Twostellas): A British expat has been fined AED3, 000 for insulting Ramadan on a […]
Archives for July 2011
Al-Qaeda members part of new Libyan government recognized by U.S.
But they say they’ve renounced al-Qaeda, so all is well. They couldn’t be lying, of course. And if they’ve renounced al-Qaeda, that must mean they’re moderate, right? That must mean they’ve renounced jihad, and Islamic supremacism, and the oppression of women, and dhimmitude, and the denial of the freedom of speech and the freedom of […]
How to handle Islamic supremacists with Western citizenship
It was without any doubt a catastrophic mistake to invite millions of followers of a religion that has a strong negative attitude towards us non-believers and our democratic values to the West. Now they are here; their many children and grandchildren are here, and they all have Western citizenship. When we ask them to integrate […]
Ibn Warraq: The Judeo-Christian Origins of Islam (Part 8)
The Judeo-Christian Origins of Islam by Ibn Warraq Part 8 Part 1 here; part 2 here; part 3 here; part 4 here; part 5 here, part 6 here, part 7 here. B. OLD TESTAMENT. The Koran has references to only the Pentateuch and the Pslams. Moses” name appears 136 times in the Koran, allusions far […]
FBI arrests chair of “Kashmiri American Council” for working as unregistered ISI agent for two decades
What happens in Pakistan’s double game doesn’t stay in Pakistan: “The money Fai’s Pakistani handlers arranged to be funneled to the group was then used ‘to contribute to U.S. elected officials, fund high-profile conferences, and pay for other efforts’.” “FBI arrests VA man charged as unregistered agent of Pakistani ISI,” by Laura Rozen for The […]
Russia’s chief mufti wants less media coverage of “terrorism” and “extremism”
Why, something to hide? Talgat Tadzhuddin’s call for less coverage brings to mind a strange reversal of the “tree falling in the forest” question: Move everyone out of earshot of trees falling in the forest, and for good measure, stop discussing falling trees. Because we can’t hear them anymore, no trees are falling in the […]
Germany: Raid targets jihadist fund-raisers
Neither the raid nor the target were small operations: “The raids by around 60 police officers in Baden-Württemberg under the code name ‘Iron’ recovered propaganda material and close to €10,000 in cash.” “Raid targets suspected Islamist fund-raisers,” from The Local, July 19 (thanks to Twostellas): German police raided eight apartments and an office in the […]
Cain would “make it crystal clear [that] if you mess with Israel, you”re messing with the United States of America”
Honoring an alliance and recognizing that Israel and the U.S. face a common foe in the global jihad. “Cain: I would attack Iran to protect Israel,” by Ben Birnbaum for The Washington Times, July 18 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday he would attack Iran to prevent it from acquiring […]
Malaysian newspaper owned by ruling party warns that Jews may try to take advantage of recent turmoil
Utusan Malaysia, a newspaper owned by Malaysia’s ruling party UMNO, has come up with a (not so) novel ‘theory’ (if we can call it that) as to what might be happening with the recent spurt of overt dissent in Malaysia, specifically the march for fair elections that occurred about 10 days ago here in Kuala […]
FBI called Muslim leader after arrest of Miami imams to reassure him that there was no “rudeness” or violation of mosque sanctity
In a sane world, in the wake of these arrests the Muslim community would be working to reassure the FBI of its loyalty to the U.S., and working with agents to identify and track jihadists and jihad sympathizers. Instead, the FBI is rushing to assure Muslims that they weren’t rude while arresting men who are […]