An update on this story. “300 Muslim Lawyers Storm Egyptian Court, Prevent Lawyers for Christian From Entering,” by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency, March 16: (AINA) — More than 300 Muslim lawyers inside and outside a courthouse in the southern Egyptian province of Assuit today prevented defense lawyer Ahmad Sayed Gabali, who […]
Archives for March 2012
Head of Iran’s Basij forces: “We must raise public hate … and create the environment for the destruction of America.”
How many other countries out there employ this sort of rhetoric, about destroying other countries? No nukes for you. “Iranian military commander: We must destroy America,” by Reza Khalili for the Daily Caller, March 15: The head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force says his country has no choice but to destroy America in order to […]
Pamela Geller: HuffPo Equates Freedom Fighters with Taliban
HuffPo Equates Freedom Fighters with Taliban by Pamela Geller John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus, has written a curious apologia for the irrational murders and riots taking place in Afghanistan in response to the inadvertent burning of Qur’ans at Bagram Airfield. In “America’s Image Problem in Afghanistan” in the Huffington Post, Feffer says […]
Indonesia: “Spiritual group” leader gets 4 years in jail for “blasphemy”
This story affirms in its own words what blasphemy prosecutions boil down to: sacrilege by disagreement, noting that “The defendant and the panel of judges still have a difference of opinion.” Such laws are a supremacist tool to keep dissenters and non-Muslims fearful and erring on the side of silence. “Spiritual Group Leader Gets 4 […]
Indonesian church bomber: “Conscience” told him to bomb church in revenge
Pretexts for revenge are a renewable resource, and, combined with an obsession with honor and shame, an endless supply of excuses for violence and collective punishment. Therein lies an inherent and profound source of instability within the society. “Indonesian court hears militant behind church blasts,” from Agence France-Presse, March 15: A convicted Indonesian terrorist said […]
Iran: More churches forbidden to hold services in local language
Linguistic apartheid. Islamic law forbids the propagation of non-Muslim religions, and this measure has been taken to that end, as well as to disrupt the worship of Farsi-speaking Christians. “More Churches are forced to cease Persian language services in Tehran,” from the Farsi Christian News Network, March 12 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): FCNN […]
Philadelphia: Feds arrest Uzbekistan native on charges of funding Islamic Jihad Union
Another arrest, in an update on this story. “FBI: Port Richmond man funded terror group,” from WPVI, March 15: PHILADELPHIA – March 15, 2012 (WPVI) — Federal authorities have arrested a Port Richmond resident and charged him with providing material support and resources to a terrorist organization based in Uzbekistan. Bakhtiyor Jumaev, 45, of the […]
Two Misunderstanders of Islam arrested for “jihad mission” to blow up Italian synagogue
Yet more Muslims misunderstand Islam and get the crazy idea that it has something to do with hating and brutalizing Jews. “Man arrested, suspected of planning Milan-synagogue attack,” from ANSA, March 15 (thanks to David): Man arrested, suspected of planning Milan-synagogue attack (ANSA) – Milan, March 15 – Police arrested a suspected terrorist in the […]
Pakistan: Muslim jailed for life for burning Qur’an
They didn’t kill him. They must be moderates. But note well: this is the kind of treatment Islamic supremacists would love to see imposed in the West upon those who “offend Islam.” Sharia Alert from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan: “Pakistani Muslim jailed for burning Koran,” from AFP, March 15 (thanks to David): MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, […]
Israel: Game called on account of rain — of rockets
And yet the world sides with the bloody jihadist savages who perpetrate this and a thousand other murderous little inconveniences. (Thanks to Anne Crockett.)