A good and wide-ranging interview about my new book Did Muhammad Exist? (get it here) and other issues. “Did the Prophet Muhammad Really Exist? This Is Robert Spencer’s Shocking Answer,” by Billy Hallowell in The Blaze, May 5: Did the Prophet Muhammad really exist? This question, which may seem bizarre on the surface, is at […]
Archives for May 2012
Bonn, Germany: Police: “We no longer accepted the provocations from Pro NRW by ending the event sooner than planned.” Hundreds of Muslims organised armed attack via Facebook.
Muslim school leader “disagrees” with free speech. 7-minute German news with English subtitles. JihadWatch on the case: “Bonn, Germany: Muslim “lone wolf” tries to make his brothers and sisters stop using violence (to avoid losing the politicians’ sympathy)” + “Muhammad cartoon demonstration in Bonn, Germany: Muslims shooting at the police. Police to free speech activists: […]
Two “Belgian” jihad terror suspects arrested in Yemen
Europe’s new export: jihad. Note that Reuters puts “terrorism” in sneer quotes when what should really be between quotation marks is “Belgian,” since Ebrahim Bali and Ezzeddine Tuhairi almost certainly do not think of themselves as such. Nonetheless, the Belgian government, as full of witless Eurodhimmis as every other European government, is going to bat […]
Non-Muslim female attorney for 9/11 plotters says all women in courtroom should wear hijab to avoid tempting her clients
Cheryl Bormann has clearly imbibed the Islamic idea that the responsibility for men resisting temptation lies entirely with women. Men have no responsibility to control themselves at all. “Attorney in hijab defends call for other women at 9/11 hearing to wear ‘appropriate’ clothing,” from FoxNews.com, May 6: The defense attorney who wore a traditional Islamic […]
Yemen: Muslims enraged by murder and corpse desecration trampling of Qur’an
As the body of a Salafi was being dragged through the street, a copy of the Qur’an fell out of the dead man’s pocket, and was inadvertently trampled by those who were dragging the body. Muslims are outraged! Not that a body was dragged through the streets, midn you — what’s another body? — but […]
Revealed: U.S. secretly releasing top Taliban jihadists in exchange for ‘peace pledges’
Yeah, this is gonna work. Fantasy-Based Policymaking Update: “Revealed: U.S. secretly releasing top Taliban insurgents in exchange for ‘peace pledges,’” by Suzannah Hills for the Daily Mail, May 7 (thanks to David): Senior detainees are being secretly released by the United States from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgents to […]
Prison double standard: Hair dye for 9/11 mastermind KSM, but not for Blago
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, putting the U.S. and the West on trial at Guantanamo Bay, has his beard dyed henna in imitation of Muhammad: “At a Hearing, 9/11 Detainees Show Defiance,” by Charlie Savage for the New York Times, May 5 (thanks to Anne Crockett): GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed fingered his long, henna-dyed […]
Bonn, Germany: Muslim “lone wolf” tries to make his brothers and sisters stop using violence (to avoid losing the politicians’ sympathy)
More on the violent Muslim attack on free speech in Bonn, Germany, on May 5th (JihadWatch: “Bonn, Germany: Club-wielding army of 600 Muslims attack as Muhammad cartoons are shown publicly. 29 policemen hurt, 109 arrests.” and “Muhammad cartoon demonstration in Bonn, Germany: Muslims shooting at the police. Police to free speech activists: “Shut up!” Peaceful […]
Syria: Muslim Brotherhood now “the dominant force of the exile opposition”
But note that they’re playing down their influence and have accepted a secular public face for the Syrian National Council. In other words, this is playing out much the same way as the “Arab Spring” did in Egypt and Tunisia: pro-democracy liberals were out front at first, while the Islamic supremacists worked behind the scenes. […]
Muslim Brotherhood-linked ICNA promotes donations to jihad
No surprise, except to the incurably blinkered. “ICNA Relief Promotes Jihad Donations,” from IPT News, May 2: The charitable wing of a major American Muslim organization is promoting donations to extremist causes, undercutting a nationwide campaign to improve its image. The website link from the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Relief division hints at […]