Under German privacy laws, he can only be identified by his first name and last initial. It makes for a sort of Jihadists Anonymous, in this case: Hi, Hussam! But the question that authorities are undoubtedly interested in is: who is a Friend of Hussam S.? An update on this story. “Terrorism suspect on trial […]
Archives for 2011
Texas: Convert to Islam made farewell video with jihadist imagery
But, while representing himself in court, Barry Bujol claims he was just a disgruntled taxpayer. More on this story. “Texan tells court he did not want to help al-Qaida,” by Dane Schiller for the Houston Chronicle, November 7 (thanks to L): When Barry Bujol walked out of his Hempstead apartment in the early morning hours […]
IAEA: Iran on brink of building nuclear weapon
Here is the fruit of political correctness, willful ignorance, dithering, and reaching out in naive “friendship” to the mullahs: “IAEA says foreign expertise has brought Iran to threshold of nuclear capability,” by Joby Warrick in the Washington Post, November 6 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Intelligence provided to U.N. nuclear officials shows that Iran’s government has […]
UK: Family of convicted jihadist faces eviction — police claim he used the property as al-Qaeda base
“The women and two children in the house are totally innocent and should not be punished. We shouldn’t face collective punishment.” That’s how this case should be decided. If they really are completely innocent, they should not be punished. But if they hold to the same jihad ideology, the place could end up being used […]
“Muslims should not follow the tradition of western culture of celebrating birthdays as it against the Sharia law”
Stop having fun, Infidel children Here is yet another indication that the benign, happy-face version of Sharia that Islamic supremacists and the mainstream media are purveying in the U.S. today is not quite like the real thing. There Is No Fun In Islam* Alert: “Birthday bashes against sharia: Darul Uloom Deoband,” from the PTI, November […]
Ron Paul: Drone attacks are reason “people of Pakistan can’t stand our guts”
It doesn’t seem to occur to him, or to Barack Obama or to so many others, that Muslims may not be simply passive reactors to American actions. They may have reasons for doing what they do that have nothing to do with what America has done or not done. And indeed, the Islamic doctrine of […]
‘Progress’, Malaysian Muslim style: two more Buddhist temples face imminent demolition
Funny how those Malaysian Muslims keep finding excuses to demolish one ‘infidel’ house of worship after another. This time, the pretext is a new Malaysian mass transit line, and wouldn’t you know it, there’s not one, but two pesky temples that are somehow right in the way of this new line. And of course, those […]
Trial for “Texas man” who wanted to “die with the brothers for the cause of Allah” set to begin
“Texas man” – Could be anybody An update on this story. “Texas man’s terrorism trial to start Monday,” by Juan A. Lozano for the Associated Press, November 7 (thanks to D.C. Watson): HOUSTON (AP) “” A Texas man accused of trying to sneak out of the U.S. to join al-Qaida fighters in the Middle East […]
Abbas to build homes for prisoners freed in exchange for Gilad Shalit
This pledge follows earlier promises of thousands of dollars in grants, according to this report. Where is he getting the money for it? It also follows praise from Abbas for the former prisoners’ “steadfastness in the face of Israeli arrogance.” Remember, this is the “moderate” guy. “Abbas to build homes for prisoners released for Schalit,” […]
Report: Pakistan transporting nukes “in low-security vans on congested roads”
The report has resulted in more of Pakistan’s new top export: angry denials, often blaming conspiracies. But when the supply of anything becomes too plentiful, it becomes cheap. “Pakistan rejects report of unsafe nukes,” from Agence France-Press, November 6: Pakistan on Sunday angrily rejected a report that it had been moving its nuclear weapons in […]