Here is a superb riposte to the ADL’s smear of AFDI/SIOA, within a larger and likewise excellent expose of how far the ADL has departed from its founding principles. “Anti-Defamation League Has Strayed from Its Charter,” by William A. Levinson in the American Thinker, November 13: The Anti-Defamation League’s original charter is simple, straightforward, and […]
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Israel rushes new airliner defenses into place after jihadist groups obtain Libyan surface-to-air missiles
The costs of the Great Libyan Jihadist Garage Sale continue to spread. Just the other day, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb affirmed that it had acquired part of Gaddafi’s former arsenal. “Israel rushes airliner defenses as Libya leaks SAMs,” by Dan Williams for Reuters, November 11: TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel has accelerated the installation […]
Nigeria: Any Christian found by Boko Haram “who could not recite the Islamic creed” was killed on the spot
That was not a trivia or informational question. They were demanding the shahada, or Islamic statement of belief. Any Christian who was not willing to abandon his beliefs and bear witness that “there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah” was killed. In other words, Boko Haram was seeking out […]
Malaysia: Sultan decides to sweep church raid “inspection” affair under the rug
No one on either side of the issue will be prosecuted (for now), but the Muslims present at the function that was raided — no, “inspected” — will still have to attend counseling to “restore their faith.” An update on this story, though we certainly haven’t heard the last of it. Malaysia’s Islamic supremacists will […]
U.S. denies asylum to gay Saudi diplomat who could be executed under Sharia
Dr. Phylis Chesler hits the nail on the head: “This is further proof that the Obama administration’s foreign policy is one of self-destructive appeasement and that despite its presumed commitment to civil rights and human rights, that commitment does not extend to Muslim women, Muslim dissidents, or Muslim gays — nor does it extend to […]
Bahrain says Iran-linked “terror cell” uncovered
Bahrain has been curiously excluded from all the excitement about the “Arab Spring.” One explanation that has arisen is an alleged agreement between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, wherein the Saudis green-lighted airstrikes on Libya in exchange for muted criticism of Saudi assistance to the Sunni regime in Manama in crushing a Shi’ite uprising. The […]
Germany: 3,000 women face forced marriage annually — mostly Muslims
Is anyone going to stand up for the human rights of these women? Or does this not matter, because as everyone knows, Muslims are victims, never the victimizers? Eurabia Update: “Young women face forced marriage in Germany,” from Agence France-Presse, November 12 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): More than 3,000 women and girls in […]
Iran to women: No skiing unless with a male guardian
There Is No Fun In Islam* Update and Sharia Alert from the Misunderstanders of Islam Republic of Iran: “Iran to women: No skiing unless with a male guardian,” by Thomas Erdbrink in the Washington Post, November 10: TEHRAN “” The first snow of the season fell in Tehran this week, but female ski bums planning […]
Egyptian Muslims protest at French embassy over Muhammad cartoon; jihadist groups demand criminalization of such content
That is the goal: enforcing reverence through fear. “Cairo Islamists protest French paper’s prophet cartoon,” from Agence France-Presse, November 11: Hundreds of hardline Islamists protested outside France’s embassy in Cairo on Friday against a French satirical newspaper that published pictures of the Muslim prophet, the state MENA news agency reported. The news agency quoted Khaled […]
Rumors of imminent Israeli strike on Iranian nuke facilities continue to circulate
There is suddenly a concerted effort to light a fire under the comfortable seats of the Security Council and break it out of the endless cycle that has gone on for several years now, of reports, attempts at incrementally more restrictive sanctions, a waiting period to see how it goes, followed by another report, and […]