That won’t end well. An update on this story. “Yemenis: Ousted leader undermining al-Qaida fight,” by Ahmed al-Haj and Aya Batrawy for the Associated Press, March 14: SANAA, Yemen (AP) “” It was a stunning attack by al-Qaida in a country that is one of the world’s hottest fronts against the terror group. Militants rampaged […]
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Mali: “Suspected Islamists” hold up Red Cross convoy, tear down flag
Jihad causes poverty. “Suspected Islamists block Red Cross convoy in Mali,” from Agence France-Presse, March 14: Suspected Islamists turned back an International Committee of the Red Cross convoy, tearing down its flag, as it tried to enter Tessalit in northeast Mali, a source said Wednesday. Tessalit was seized on Sunday by Tuareg rebels following weeks […]
Asia Bibi petition: “We refuse to accept that this mother of five children will continue to languish in her putrid, stifling, freezing cell for so long”
Blasphemy laws: Keeping Pakistan safe from devout Christian women. Here is the text of the petition reported on in this story. From UN Watch, March 13: Since June 2009, Pakistani citizen Asia Bibi, mother of five little children, has been imprisoned in appalling and intolerable conditions in Sheikhupura prison in Punjab province. Her crime: being […]
Pakistan running for a seat on UN Human Rights Council; 50 human rights activists sign petition to council for release of Asia Bibi
Pakistan on the Human Rights Council, and Asia Bibi’s release: the former should not happen without the latter, unless the council changes its name to the UN Council for Window Dressing and Hypocrisy. “Petition: Free Pakistani Christian woman set for execution,” from CNN, March 14: (CNN) — Activists presented a petition Tuesday to the United […]
Iran: Many executed for “drug offenses” who were initially arrested for resisting the regime
According to this report, the vast majority of executions in 2011 involved alleged drug offenses. “UN: Iran executes anti-Islam citizens,” by Benjamin Weinthal for the Jerusalem Post, March 14 (thanks to L): BERLIN — Iran executed 670 people in 2011, including more than 20 for offenses against Islam, a UN investigator said in Geneva on […]
Afghanistan: Jihadists murder eight civilians with roadside bomb, anti-jihad demonstrations ensue — no, wait…
There’s the killing of civilians and then there’s the killing of civilians, doncha know. “Afghan officials: 8 civilians killed in blast,” by Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan for the Associated Press, March 14 (thanks to Maxwell): KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) “” Afghan authorities say a roadside bomb killed eight civilians in southern Afghanistan when it struck […]
Saudi Grand Mufti Calls for “Destruction of All Churches in Region”
According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is “necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.” The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response to a question posed by a delegation from Kuwait, regarding the position of a Kuwaiti […]
North Carolina high school students named Jihad and Dorothy charged with felonies for bomb threats
Dorothy isn’t in Kansas anymore. “Butler students charged with making bomb threats,” by Cleve R. Wootson Jr. for the Charlotte Observer, March 14: Matthews police have arrested two Butler High School students in connection with bomb threats made against the school. Jihad Donovan Glover, 18, and Dorothy Nicole Moore, 17 each was charged with three […]
Afghanistan: Jihad car bomb attack on runway just as Defense Secretary Panetta arrives for “surprise visit”
Apparently someone who has access to classified information in Afghanistan is leaking information to the jihadists. What a surprise. “BREAKING NEWS: Car bomb attack on Camp Bastion runway just as U.S. Defence Secretary arrived for ‘surprise visit,’” from the Daily Mail, March 14 (thanks to David): Fears are growing that U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta […]
Egypt: MP proposes Sharia punishments: crucifixion and amputation
From the beginning of the “Arab Spring,” I said here and elsewhere that it was not a democracy movement, as the Western press was claiming, but an Islamic supremacist pro-Sharia takeover that would result in the creation of Islamic states that would be far more hostile to the U.S. and Israel than the Arab nationalist […]