Pakistan’s blasphemy laws deserve no excuse here on claims that they are being “abused.” The laws themselves are inherently abusive. They are designed to keep non-Muslims afraid and erring on the side of keeping quiet, as well as to quash dissent among Muslims; they are a violation of freedom of conscience, and therefore can never […]
Archives for July 2011
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb launches attacks on Mauritanian army
Think jihad globally, wage jihad locally. Before it was al-Qaeda’s franchise in northwestern Africa, the group was the Algerian-based Salafist Group for Call and Combat. Thus, AQIM is another instance of jihadist groups in purportedly “local” conflicts finding common cause with fellow believers across the globe. The reason for that is, of course, the common […]
An interview with an Egyptian jihadist–why Sadat was murdered
Buried deep down in this mainstream media treatment are some interesting if not troubling revelations regarding a jihadist in Cairo named Aboud Al-Zomor, who was recently released from prison by the post Mubarak regime. Any emphasis added below is my own. Excerpts from “Sadat’s assassination plotter remains unrepentant”, MSNBC, 5 July 2011: Egyptian authorities…believed Zomor […]
UK: Islamic group calls for Sharia in three Muslim areas
And independence from British law. It is likely that this is already to a great degree the de facto situation in these areas; Muslims Against the Crusades is just being forthright about it. “Dewsbury, Bradford and Tower Hamlets … where Islamic extremists want to establish independent states with sharia law,” from the Daily Mail, July […]
Pakistan: Taliban turns the lights out on the Shia
This is not going to sit well with the Taliban’s Shi’ite paymasters in Tehran. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Taliban Terrorists Breaks the Electricity Supplies for Shia Regions,” from Ahlul Bayt News Agency, July 5: (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The residents of Upper Kurram Agency has been facing the terrible situation because of the two weeks […]
Canada: Hindus protest Muslim prayers at public school
The Hindus have a great deal of historical experience with Islamic supremacism, and don’t want to see it advancing in Canada. An update on this story. “Hindus protest Muslim prayers at public school 283,” by Tom Godfrey for the Toronto Sun, July 4: TORONTO – Hindus from across Toronto plan to protest outside a North […]
Iran’s Supremo: “The uprisings of the nations in the region are clear signs of the definite fulfillment of God’s Qur’anic promises”
How odd that the Supreme Leader is so happy about this flowering of secular democracy in the Middle East. He has the crazy idea that the uprisings have something to do with Islam. He must be some kind of Islamophobe. “‘Uprisings testify to Qur’an promises,’” from PressTV, July 5: “The uprisings of the nations in […]
Bat Ye’or: Europe is obeying a fundamental law of dhimmitude
In “On Geert Wilders’s Acquittal” in Hudson New York today, the pioneering historian Bat Ye’or explains that while the Wilders acquittal was welcome, Eurabia is still advancing: The acquittal of Geert Wilders has deeper meanings for Europe’s future than it appears at first glance. As Geert Wilders said: it is a victory for truth. But […]
Spencer: Afghanistan: Mission Unaccomplished
In Human Events this morning I discuss the failure of our Afghan mission — a failure which comes as no surprise to anyone who knows about the doctrine of jihad: Shortly after President Obama announced a drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, a group of jihad/martyrdom suicide bombers entered the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul last […]
Australia: New South Wales police given authority to remove face veils for identification on traffic stops
In the West, the female face is not a private part. This necessary and eminently logical move comes in the aftermath of the Carnita Matthews case, which set up a perfect Catch-22 wherein the defendant would not remove her niqab for reasons of Islamic “modesty,” and then won an appeal because she could not be […]