Priorities, in an update on this story. No one seems to grasp that looking the other way from extrajudicial killings of allegedly deficient Muslims will eventually come back to bite them, because they have approved the practice in principle. “Iraqi murders put gay and emo youth on edge,” by Mohammed Tawfiq for CNN, March 12: […]
Archives for 2012
Pakistan: Another Christian woman charged with blasphemy
Blasphemy laws: keeping Pakistan safe from devout Christian women. You can learn a lot about someone by what and whom they are afraid of. “Yet another Christian woman charged with blasphemy,” by Asher John for Pakistan Today, March 13 (thanks to Kenneth): LAHORE – Police in Khichiwala, Bahawalnagar district have charged a young Christian woman […]
Hamas-linked CAIR holding rally for accused jihad synagogue bomb plotter
Hamas-linked CAIR once again reveals its true colors. Entrapment? The great terror investigator Steven Emerson gives background on Ferhani: Manhattan Terrorism Plot: Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh were arrested last May for plotting to bomb synagogues and attack Jews. The arrests marked the end of a seven-month sting led by New York police officers. In […]
Former Hamas-linked CAIR official running for president in Egypt, pledges to “complete the implementation of Islamic law in Egypt”
What he says is not so surprising. Who he is is what is noteworthy here. “Egyptian Presidential Candidate Bassem Khafaji Pledges to ‘Complete the Implementation of Islamic Law in Egypt,’” from MEMRI TV, March 7 (thanks to Benedict): Following are excerpts from Egyptian presidential candidate Bassem Khafaji, which aired on Al-Nas TV on March 7, […]
Netanyahu: Iran owns and operates Islamic Jihad
Astroturfing the “Palestinian” jihad from Tehran. “PM: Iran owns and operates Islamic Jihad,” by Herb Keinon for the Jerusalem Post, March 12: Islamic Jihad is a wholly owned Iranian subsidiary, so not only did the violence in the South not push Iran off the agenda, it instead thrust Iran front and center, Prime Minister Binyamin […]
Christians, Jihadists, and the Fate of Syria
On Stonegate Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I discuss why Syria’s Christian minorities prefer the dictator Assad to the “opposition” — why it is better for them to accept the devil they know rather than risk the return of the ancient demon their forefathers knew. What is the alternative to Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria? A simple […]
Pakistan: Muslims torture woman, shave her head, and parade her through the streets for converting to Christianity
Muhammad said, “If anyone changes his religion, kill him,” and every school of Islamic jurisprudence still mandates death for apostates. So the Muslims who tortured Seema Bibi but did not kill her must have been moderates. More terrifying Islamophobia, and more on this story. “Christianity to Islam, and back: 60-year-old woman disgraced for reconversion,” by […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder three more Christians hours after jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murder 10 at church
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Gunmen kill three near Nigerian flashpoint city,” from AFP, March 12 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours after 10 people were killed in a suicide bombing and related violence at a church, an official said Monday. […]
Robert Spencer: Why Can’t Non-Muslims Criticize Islam?
At Atlas Shrugs this morning I discuss the peculiar tendency that many anti-jihadists have to believe that their efforts are not quite legitimate unless a “moderate Muslim” is fronting them: …Islamic law forbids non-Muslims to criticize Islam, and Islamic supremacists routinely accuse Americans who dare to speak out against the jihad and Islamic supremacism of […]
Freedom spreading: Q Society of Australia opens Adelaide chapter
Last December I spoke for the Q Society in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Cairns. I hope to get to Adelaide someday.