Muhammad Merah’s murders had everything to do with Islam: he claimed affiliation with al-Qaeda and may have trained with the Taliban, both of which are explicitly and ostentatiously Muslim groups that justify all their actions by reference to the Qur’an and Sunnah. He claimed to be a mujahid, which is a warrior of jihad, which […]
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French police: Toulouse jihad gunman is dead
“You’re what the French call Les Incompetents” – Home Alone One might call what we’ll see next the Jihadist Recycling Program: France will almost certainly now have to deal with calls for revenge for Merah’s death, after Merah himself had his own concocted excuses for revenge. It is the jihadists’ renewable resource, such that they […]
France: Jihadist gunman had been under surveillance, under arrest in Afghanistan
Mohammed Merah appears to have escaped in this prison break orchestrated by the Taliban. He then melted back into French society, until he decided to make another move. That will surely be the subject of investigations to come. “French shooting suspect was under surveillance,” from Reuters, March 21: REUTERS – For Mohamed Merah, the Frenchman […]
Report: Police in flat of Toulouse jihad gunman
So, remember when the Toulouse jihadist said he would surrender yesterday? Well, so much for that. These tactics certainly seem familiar: enter into negotiations to buy time, do the opposite of what one pledged, say one has changed one’s mind, resume negotiations, bluster a lot, lather, rinse, repeat. Authorities say they have had no contact […]
Al-Qaeda’s former second banana urges Afghans to rise up against “Crusader pigs”
What about bunnies? “Zawahiri urges Afghans to rise against “˜Crusader pigs”,” from Al Arabiya, March 22 (thanks to Kenneth): Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Afghans to rise up against “Crusader pigs” in an audio message on Wednesday, after he referred to the burning of the Quran by U.S. soldiers last month. Zawahiri also made reference […]
Shocker: Chechnya’s “Islamic revival” becoming “less voluntary”
Actually, that has been the case for quite some time, as documented by Human Rights Watch and others. It is another example of the pattern in which wherever Sharia experiences a resurgence, tolerance decreases and harassment increases. “Chechnya’s Islamic revival is becoming less voluntary,” from USA Today, March 21 (thanks to Kenneth): SERZHEN-YURT, Chechnya — […]
Pamela Geller speaks on Islamic Jew-hatred to ZOA Philadelphia
Pamela Geller speaks to the ZOA Philadelphia last Monday, in remarks that are especially a propos now, in the wake of the jihadist massacre at a Jewish day school in Toulouse, France.
Muslims in France worry about anti-Muslim backlash after jihad massacre at Jewish school
We see it again and again: every time there is a jihad attack or a foiled jihad plot, the mainstream media focuses attention on the poor victimized…Muslims, churning out story after story about a backlash that never actually materializes, and thereby attempting to shift focus away from jihad mass murder and onto the Muslims as […]
France: Jihad gunman “has no regrets, except not having more time to kill more people and he boasts that he has brought France to its knees”
Jihadists don’t lack for three things: bloodlust, excuses for “revenge,” and hubris. “Toulouse siege gunman ‘planned another attack’,” from France 24, March 21: REUTERS – A besieged gunman suspected of shooting dead seven people in the name of al Qaeda boasted to police on Wednesday he had brought France to its knees and said his […]
Egypt’s Top Presidential Candidate: “˜Sharia Must be Applied”
Yesterday at a conference, Dr. Abd al-Mun”˜im Abu al-Futuh“”the most popular presidential candidate in Egypt and a leading Muslim Brotherhood figure””declared that “Islam must be upheld and Sharia must be applied; nor shall we permit the methods of the former regime””imprisoning our sons simply because they are committed to religion [Islam] and because they go […]