Still more Islamophobia. Oh, when will it end? “Pakistani man tied to Times Square bomber pleads guilty,” by Basil Katz for Reuters, August 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Pakistani immigrant pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court to running an illegal money-transfer business that provided $7,000 to […]
Archives for August 2011
Episcopalians to mark 9/11 with Qur’an readings, events with Hamas-linked ISNA chief
“Meditations for a Time of Crisis” indeed. “The greatest memorial to those who died 10 years ago will be a world more inclined toward peace.” Indeed, indeed. I don’t see how such a world can be brought about without understanding why 9/11 happened. As long as they’re having Qur’an readings in Newark, I suggest these […]
Bombing at mosque in Pakistan, at least 30 dead
We’ve long noted here at Jihad Watch the propensity for Muslims to increase jihad attacks, not to mention murder and mayhem in general, during the ‘holy’ month of Ramadan, AKA ‘Bombadan‘. So when it’s a Friday, during Ramadan, and you’re in a mosque in Pakistan Muslim-occupied India, the chances of being struck by a mujahid […]
Pakistan passes over Shahbaz Bhatti, assassinated Christian minority affairs minister, for posthumous civil award
Pakistan urgently wants Shahbaz Bhatti to be forgotten, along with the injustices he fought against. Speaking of his murder carries the risk of bringing up the blasphemy law, and criticism of it, for which Bhatti and others have died or incurred death fatwas. Authorities have been busily sweeping his case under the rug, blaming “internal […]
Philippines: MILF gets a divorce
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Iran seizes 6500 Bibles, citing rich missionary conspiracy
As the propagation of non-Islamic faiths is forbidden under Islamic law, missionary work is banned. But that won’t stop the mullahs from being paranoid about it, and taking the opportunity to remind the unbelievers of their place in the Islamic Republic of Iran. “Iran Seizes 6,500 Bibles to Stop ‘Deceiving’ Christian Missionaries,” by Fionna Agomuoh […]
U.S. general says Boko Haram trying to link up with al-Qaeda
Other reports have surfaced in recent weeks about potential al-Qaeda inroads into Nigeria, and this story provides further evidence. This evolutionary path has become a common phenomenon among jihadist groups: you know you’ve hit the big time when you can link up with the best known brand in jihadist terrorism, al-Qaeda: Just ask al-Shabaab, Abu […]
U.N. tribunal publishes full indictment of Hizballah members in Hariri assassination, nothing happens
The developments in this case from the U.N. increasingly have an air of “Hi, we’re with the United Nations. Remember when we indicted these people for homicide? Anybody?” Hizballah’s parasitic pseudo-state has succeeded for the moment in partially devouring its host. In a Hizballah-dominated government, the political will to challenge a band of thugs who […]
UK: Imprisoned jihadists complain that prison walls too high, inspectors agree with them
The poor jihadi dears might get claustrophobia, doncha know. Absurd Britannia Update: “Our prison walls are too high to look over, moan terror suspects,” by Jack Doyle in the Daily Mail, August 18 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Suspected terrorists are complaining about a fence around the exercise yard in their high-security prison which […]
The Lone Wolf Jihad
As we near the ten-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 strikes, the Obama administration is stressing that the threat remains, but in a different form. In a speech at a Chamber of Commerce event yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said: [T]he U.S. has a “layered system of security that would give us multiple […]