It has nothing to do with Islam and jihad, but I have a piece in Crisis Magazine this morning about the Eastern Catholic Churches, entitled “We Are Non-Roman Catholics.” If you’re interested in the strange and rare creatures that are non-Roman but Catholic Churches, take a look.
Archives for 2011
When you care to send the very best: Iran may have sent Libya shells for chemical weapons
War is deceit: “The stockpile’s existence violates Gaddafi’s promises in 2004 to the United States, Britain and the United Nations to declare and begin destruction of all of Libya’s chemical arms.” That raises two questions: what else haven’t we found in Libya, and what might Iran pass to its proxy jihad groups? “Iran may have […]
Pakistan: Christian woman in jail since February released after blasphemy charges are finally dropped
While the release of Agnes Bibi (not Asia Bibi, who is still in prison) is very welcome news, her case must not be upheld by any government authority as an example of the Pakistani system “working,” when the very law under which she was imprisoned should not exist. It can never be “correctly” applied, because […]
Nigerian security agency says politicians supporting and funding Boko Haram
Feeding the crocodile, in hopes that it will eat them last? “Nigeria security says politicians sponsor Islamists,” from Reuters, November 21: ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian politicians are funding members of a radical Islamist sect responsible for dozens of shootings and bombings this year in the north and capital of Africa’s most populous nation, the state […]
Kashmir: “The rights of Christians are being sacrificed on the altar of political expediency and convenience”
The same could be said in many places, and especially with regard to U.S. foreign policy in Muslim countries. In Kashmir, the Grand Mufti and the courts are being allowed to act with impunity against other Kashmiris’ freedom of conscience, now stretching laws that are either abusive or prone to abuse to accuse the pastor […]
Spencer off to Australia
I’ll be boarding the plane tomorrow for my first-ever speaking tour of Australia. I’ll be speaking in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Cairns. Details in the video, filmed in my office in Jihad Watch headquarters, and more specifically here. Put another shrimp on the barbie for me, and save me a Foster’s!
Keystone Kops: FBI twice declined to investigate NY jihad bomb plotter Muhammad Yusuf
Why did they conclude he wasn’t a serious threat? Perhaps because he had no ties to al-Qaeda or some other jihad terror groups. He was just a guy with lengthy collections of jihad hadiths on his website. And that’s just religious verbiage, right, FBI? No one pays attention to that stuff, eh? “New York bomb […]
Is Stephen Walt responsible for inspiring NY jihad bomb plotter Muhammad Yusuf?
The Breivik thing just keeps on going, and probably will forever: Leftists and Islamic supremacists note the fact that the Norwegian mass murderer mentioned me (along with many others such as John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and Charles Darwin) in his ideologically incoherent “manifesto” to try to portray me as his “inspiration” or “mentor.” In reality, […]
CIA agents spying on Hizballah and Iran caught, feared dead
Why was the CIA lazy? Perhaps because no premium is put on gather information on Hizballah and Iran in this administration — the name of the game is outreach. “Exclusive: CIA Spies Caught, Fear Execution in Middle East,” by Matthew Cole and Brian Ross for ABC, November 21 (thanks to all who sent this in): […]
Mother of NY jihad bomb plotter: “My son was a normal American guy….Then he became a Muslim and he changed.”
Muhammad Yusuf’s mother, Carmen Sosa, says he began changing when he converted to Islam and started reading the Qur’an. Her account here contradicts that of the unnamed New York authorities who said that he wasn’t very religious, and was a drinker and marijuana user. I wonder who knows him better: his mother, or some politically […]