“Obviously this was done intentionally in order to create an unpleasant feeling.” Now that the generals are out of the way, it is only a matter of time before Turkey throws off the last vestiges of Kemalist secularism and abandons all remaining pretense of friendliness toward Israel. “Israelis held in Istanbul airport,” by Attila Somfalvi […]
Archives for September 2011
Muslim Brotherhood MAS, Hamas-linked CAIR sponsor “Muslim Family Day” at Six Flags
The Muslim American Society is the Muslim Brotherhood. “In recent years, the U.S. Brotherhood operated under the name Muslim American Society, according to documents and interviews. One of the nation’s major Islamic groups, it was incorporated in Illinois in 1993 after a contentious debate among Brotherhood members.” — Chicago Tribune, 2004, via the Muslim Brotherhood’s […]
Sweden: Malmö police to learn ‘polite’ Arabic
Maybe they will learn some really useful phrases for Malmö, such as “Please, sir, may I, a lowly representative of the local kuffar constabulary, enter your emirate?” and “Please, sir, would you kindly stop beating up those Jews?” “Malmö police to learn ‘polite’ Arabic,” from The Local, September 5: Police who patrol Malmö’s RosengÃ¥rd district […]
Malaysia’s Ambassador to U.S.: Bush’s “policies towards Islamic countries were very worrying,” but Obama “has been implementing changes to build better relations with Islamic nations”
Obama’s incessant pandering to the Islamic world pays off with a pat on the head from Dr. Jamaluddin Jarjis. “We should support Obama’s Muslim policy, says envoy JJ,” The Star, September 4 (thanks to Wimpy): ROMPIN: Malaysians should support President Barack Obama’s policies on improving ties with Islamic countries, said Malaysian Ambassador to the United […]
Honor killing in Jordan: “I was enraged and shot her dead because she did something shameful.”
She had just given birth to twins, and her father shot her. Yes, murders happen everywhere, and cases of parents killing their children exist across the world, but the crucial difference here is how the killings are rationalized and often praised, and how often they fail to be punished on a level that fits the […]
Netherlands: Cabinet investigating whether Iranian government played a role in hacking Dutch government websites
Analysts noted that the nature of the attack requires access to infrastructure that a couple of small-time vandals would not have. “Dutch study possible Iran hacking of government web sites,” by Gilbert Kreijger and William MacLean for Reuters, September 4: AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government said on Sunday it was investigating whether Iran may […]
Indonesia: Ministry of health approves “guidelines” for female genital mutilation
Under pressure from Muslim organizations, which must be under the spell of greasy Islamophobes — after all, everyone knows that this practice has nothing to do with Islam, right? Right? The smooth deceivers just keep forgetting to tell Muslims that. “Fears Indonesian Female Circumcision Guidelines Could Increase Practice,” from the Jakarta Globe, September 2 (thanks […]
Pakistan: Mosque of “heretical” Muslim sect demolished after Islamic clerics protest and Muslims issue death threats
We’ve also seen Muslim death threats in the U.S. this week — over a coloring book. The intimidation, the thuggery, the hatred, contempt and menacing of unbelievers is the same the world over — yet the world looks the other way, or kowtows to the Islamic propaganda machine that spuriously claims that Muslims are the […]
Iran: “Some of these rebels who intended to play water fight were arrested by police on Friday”
The “rebels” are now considered part of a broader Western “soft war” conspiracy to corrupt Iranian youth. If this hasn’t been pinned on Israel yet, someone in Tehran must be asleep at the switch. An update on this story. “Iranian police arrest water pistol ‘rebels’,” from Reuters, September 4: Iranian police have started cracking down […]
NYT op-ed defends Sharia in America without ever addressing its contents
As is often the case, we hear what Sharia supposedly isn’t. We don’t hear about what it is. This editorial depends entirely on an analogy of Sharia to Jewish laws, without ever addressing a single tenet of the former system of laws. The author doesn’t even take the usual time to dismiss concerns about its […]