Today on Hudson NY (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discuss how, whether at private Christian institutions on American soil, or at public schools in the Middle East, the cross””the symbol of Christianity””has a way of, in the words of one sheikh, “provoking” Muslims. […] As Newt Gingrich observed regarding this affair [lawsuit against Catholic University of America]: […]
Archives for 2011
Firebombed French mag got message: “You keep abusing Islam’s almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech. Be Allah’s curse upon you!”
Charlie Hebdo’s firebombed offices Now comes the challenge. Will France stand up for the freedom of speech? Will France and the West capitulate to the calls that are sure to come in the wake of this bombing to stop “provoking” Muslims, and to effectively rule Islam off-limits for criticism? More on this story: “French satirical […]
Thailand: Jihadists murder six Buddhist civilians by bombing their car and then raking it with gunfire
Jihad against Buddhist hunters. “Thai police say insurgent bomb kills 6 in south,” from AP, November 2 (thanks to Maxwell): PATTANI, Thailand (AP) “” Police say suspected Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand killed six civilians in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the south. Police investigator Heraman Chedi says the explosion occurred Wednesday in […]
Where are the Muslim Brotherhood and the Obama Administration Taking America?
Reports of “below-the-surface coordination between the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iranian regime and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Libya and Jordan.” “Where are the Muslim Brotherhood and the Obama Administration Taking America?” by Dr. Essam Abdallah first appeared in the pan-Arab Daily Elaph. Here it is from Accuracy […]
France: Muslims firebomb satirical magazine that featured Muhammad as “guest editor”
Firebomb if you don’t find this funny How long is the West going to put up with this? There are two choices: stand up for the freedom of speech and prosecute the Islamic thugs who are trying to destroy it, either by violent or non-violent means; or surrender, and place Islam and Muslims beyond criticism, […]
Study: 62% of Muslims in Canada want some form of Sharia
Sharia is a package deal. Even Imam Rauf knows that. “Just a little” Sharia is a temporary condition on the way to having more, and the “jurisdictional creeping” seen in Britain’s Sharia courts is a prominent demonstration that this remains the case even in the West. To their credit, Muslim women fought in 2005 to […]
Official report released in 2007 Pakistani killing of American officer, long kept quiet
A prior report on this story, referenced below, described multiple gunmen in a “complex, calculated assault,” and stated: “Pakistani officials first attributed the attack to militants, then, when pressed to investigate, to a single rogue soldier from the Frontier Corps, the poorly controlled tribal militia that guards the border region. To this day, none of […]
Convictions upheld for “Miami men” convicted of conspiring to aid al-Qaeda
Not Miami “Virtue and Vice” An update on this story. “Convictions upheld in “˜Liberty City Seven” terrorism case,” by Jay Weaver for the Miami Herald, November 1: Five Miami men convicted of conspiring to support the terrorist organization al-Qaida lost their appeal Tuesday for a new trial. A federal appeals court ruled that U.S. District […]
Whew: Saudi religious police save family from departing housemaid’s “spell”
“The spell was wrapped in a small old piece of paper carrying unreadable language and hidden inside a deserted bathroom adjoining their house.” Then there was the maid who allegedly left “magic items” under the stairs — also the subject of a religious police “rescue.” What a terrible power they have, these housemaids. Protecting Saudis […]
Algeria: Five arrested during Mass for “proselytism”
The pretext for the arrests appears to have been the lack of a permit for the site or the presider. Permit systems such as those in Indonesia, and the one proposed in Egypt, have become a popular modernization in purportedly “moderate” countries of Sharia’s prohibition on building new churches or repairing old ones. The permit […]