But wait — the mainstream media, government officials, and Muslim spokesmen in the West constantly tell us that bin Laden twisted and hijacked Islam, distorting its true, peaceful teachings. How could an “introspective Muslim scholar who argued his points by using sayings of the prophet Muhammad” do that? Why do so many other “introspective Muslim […]
Archives for 2012
Robert Spencer: Sex, Jihad and Islam
At Atlas Shrugs this morning I discuss Islam’s moral critique of the West: They hate us because we”re pigs. No, not the apes and pigs into which Allah transforms the Sabbath-breaking Jews in the Qur’an (2:62-66; 5:59-60; 7:166), but pigs as in”¦dogs. Wolves. Immoral, lecherous, lustful, fornicating creeps. Western immorality is a frequent feature of […]
Danish Defence’s Intelligence Service: Terror threat against Denmark decreased thanks to USA
As far as I know, our pacifist, ungrateful Leftist Government has still not expressed its gratitude to American politicians, nor to the American troops and their families. Personally, I think the threat will continue to grow, but definitely not as fast as it would have if the USA had spent its military budget on welfare. […]
Berlin: ‘tense armed calm’ after German killed Muslim in self-defence
Putting different German sources together (here, here, here, here, here and here) it seems that this is what happened: In Neukölln, Berlin, a group of young Turks got into a fight amongst each other because they could not agree on who should retrieve a ball that had flown across a fence. Two Germans, Sven N. […]
Indonesia: Leading cleric says Lady Gaga concert “intended to destroy the nation’s morality”
Wait ’til he finds out the meat dress wasn’t halal. “Lady Gaga’s Jakarta Concert Is Haram, Declares MUI Chairman,” by Anita Rachman & Arientha Primanita for the Jakarta Globe, March 18: A high-ranking member of Indonesia’s highest Islamic authority has urged Muslims not to attend Lady Gaga’s upcoming concert in Jakarta, declaring that the pop […]
Libyan police “too scared” to jail thugs who desecrated British WWII graveyard, said to be linked to al-Qaeda
They are setting a precedent that will quickly come back to haunt them. An update on this story. “Libyan police too scared to arrest cemetery vandals despite capturing three who desecrated graves,” from the Daily Mail, March 17: Police in Libya captured three members of an armed mob that desecrated British war graves in Benghazi […]
Indonesia: Police kill five suspected of plotting attacks on Bali resorts
“It was possible the group had been planning to carry out attacks on Thursday, the eve of Nyepi, or the annual Day of Silence marking Bali’s Hindu New Year.” “Indonesia police shoot dead suspected militants in Bali: media,” from Reuters, March 18: (Reuters) – Indonesian counter-terrorism police have shot dead five men suspected of planning […]
Pro-Palestinian Israeli women activists complain of sexual harassment from Palestinians
Ever get the feeling you’re just being used? “Israeli leftist activists: We are being sexually harassed in the West Bank,” from Haaretz, March 18 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The activist sent the letter to her friends at Anarchists Against the Wall, in which she wrote of the incidents of sexual harassment she had […]
Pakistan: 50% of women in urban areas “get beaten by their husbands”
The elephant in the room is Qur’an 4:34, and somehow, once again, people in the Muslim world are following what it says, and not some fanciful rationalization from the HuffPo Tafsir Bureau. That tactic is nothing new, of course, but helping to perpetuate the real and ongoing suffering of untold numbers of women by turning […]
Indonesia: Thugs in “luxury minivan” attack church with air rifles
The attack destroyed some windows, but what is worse than this particular incident is that it may not be the last. As this report notes, the getaway vehicle yielded more information on the church and other planning documents. Like the Yasmin Church in Bogor, it has been “put on the map,” so to speak, for […]