“Muammar Gaddafi’s beating, abuse and ultimate death in the custody of former rebel fighters was an embarrassment to the previous transitional government. Officials in Tripoli said they were determined to handle his son’s case with more order.” “Gaddafi’s son captured, scared and without fight,” by Marie-Louise Gumuchian for Reuters, November 19: ZINTAN, Libya (Reuters) – […]
Archives for 2011
New York: ConEd asks judge to let it evict Ground Zero mosque developer over $1.7 million owed in back rent
All of the self-righteous bullying over the mosque, and on the other hand, all of the fawning in much of the press, has come to this. An update on this story. “Con Ed bids to zap Ground Zero mosque,” by Dareh Gregorian and Melissa Klein for the New York Post, November 18 (thanks to Awake): […]
Iran reportedly training Gaza jihadists to operate anti-tank weapons
Iran is the Acme Company arming jihadist coyotes bent on devouring the Israeli roadrunner. This was thought to be a more fruitful path than Anvil and Umbrella Jihad. In all seriousness, though, the sophistication of weapons present in the Gaza Strip continues to grow at an alarming rate, as described below. “Iran trains Gazans to […]
U.K.: “Four men” charged with “fundraising for the purposes of terrorism”
No particular ideological affiliation is mentioned here. They’re just four young men who must have gotten their hands on a sinister, cast-off version of Things to Do on a Rainy Day. Tiny Minority of Extremists, plus four: an update on this story. “UK police charge four with terrorism offenses,” from Reuters, November 18: LONDON (Reuters) […]
Tunisia: Islamic party figure who announced aspirations to caliphate selected as prime minister
“Last Sunday, [Hamadi] Jebali, the party’s number two official, alarmed some by bringing up ‘the caliphate’.” The Ennahda party did not sweep him under the rug in embarrassment for reportedly going on about his personal aspirations to be a modern-day successor to the first few rulers of the entire Islamic world after Muhammad’s death, the […]
New Robert Spencer book coming next Spring: Did Muhammad Exist?
UPDATE: A few people have asked me how I could write this book after writing The Truth About Muhammad. It’s simple: The Truth About Muhammad is a biography of Muhammad based on the earliest Muslim sources. That is important because whatever the historical value of that material, Muslims believe it and act upon it. Did […]
Egyptian priest: Muslim Brotherhood “showing their truer, most intransigent face, which they have cloaked so far under a veneer of moderate Islamic political activism”
We tried to tell you. “Islamist parties take to the street against the military, threaten violence,” from Asia News, November 18: Cairo (AsiaNews) — Thousands of supporters of Islamist parties rallied today in Tahrir Square to protest against excessive power wielded by the military. Led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the demonstration saw pro-democracy parties stay […]
Libyan envoy says Qatar is arming “Islamist” groups
Qatar was part of the coalition to support the NTC in ousting Gaddafi, sending six fighter jets. They seem to have to missed the memo that this is all about “democracy.” “Libya UN envoy says Qatar arming Islamists,” from Reuters, November 18 (thanks to Twostellas): TANGIER, Morocco Nov 18 (Reuters) – Libya’s U.N. envoy Mohammed […]
Egypt: “Popular Islamic scholar” crashes concert to preach about the sinfulness of music
Quite the Shoman Noting that Islamic law forbids musical instruments and music itself except in some strictly defined circumstances will bring you swift charges of “ignorance” and “Islamophobia.” I guess this “popular Islamic scholar” is actually an ignorant Islamophobe. Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, […]
Muslim Persecution of Christians, Oct. 2011
On Hudson NY (via RaymondIbrahim.com) I compile last month’s persecution, a snippet of which follows […] Meanwhile, not only are Western governments apathetic, but it was revealed that “Obama’s top Muslim advisor blocks Middle Eastern Christians’ access to White House.” Newt Gingrich asserted that Obama’s “strategy in the Middle East is such a total grotesque […]