Humankind cannot bear very much reality, but occasionally it breaks through even to the most hardened Leftist ideologue. Here, reality about the Palestinian jihad breaks through to the Irish Leftist filmmaker Nicky Larkin: “Nicky Larkin: Israel is a refuge, but a refuge under siege,” from the Independent, March 11 (thanks to Ygalg): I used to […]
Archives for 2012
Gingrich: “Anti-Christian bigotry is just fine in the entertainment industry but they have to be very protective of Islam”
Gingrich is absolutely right. A show called “Good Muslim Bitches” simply can’t be imagined: ABC would have been inundated with death threats, as well as charges of “racism,” “bigotry,” and “Islamophobia.” But “Good Christian Bitches”? Why, opposing a show with that title makes you a bigot! “Newt Gingrich rips ABC”s “˜GCB”: No network would run […]
Shocka: Hamas-linked CAIR’s survey misleads about extent of jihadist sentiments in U.S. mosques
In “Islam Expert: Numbers Don’t Add Up in CAIR Survey of US Mosques, Islamic Radicalism” by Jacob Edelist in the Jewish Press, March 12 (thanks to the American Freedom Law Center), David Yerushalmi exposes some of the many flawed and deceptive aspects of the recent Hamas-linked CAIR study of U.S. mosques, which not surprisingly found […]
Iraq police tasked with protecting “social minorities” say they are “powerless” to protect Emo youth subculture from violent persecution
One can’t help but wonder if it is a true lack of capacity, or a lack of political will. More on this story. “Police unable to prevent rising violence against gays, Emo youths in Iraq,” by Lara Jakes for the Associated Press, March 11: BAGHDAD – Young people who identify themselves as so-called Emos are […]
Kenya: Jihad against bus terminals kills 6, injures 63
The intrepid, manly mujahedin don’t generally do as well when they have to fight like men. And so they favor cowardly ambushes against unarmed civilians. “Kenya faces new terror threat as six killed in Nairobi,” by Bernard Momanyi for Agence France-Presse, March 11: Kenya faced a new terror threat on Sunday after a grenade attack […]
Accused 7/7 jihadist was caught fleeing in a burqa
This sort of thing happens from time to time among the intrepid, manly mujahedin, as in the case of the Pakistani Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, and the 7/21 plotter Yassin Omar. More on this story. “7/7 terror accused Briton ‘was arrested while dressed in a burka’,” by Adrian Shaw for The Mirror, March […]
Priest in bombed Nigerian church reports up to 4 suicide bombers; attackers were prevented from entering church compound
Any jihadist attack on a church puts contrasting ideals of martyrdom on display. More on this story. “11 dead after suicide attack on Nigerian church,” from Agence France-Presse, March 11: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Catholic church in central Nigeria on Sunday, killing seven people and sparking panic in which security forces […]
Afghan air force implicated in smuggling of drugs, weapons
Disaster upon disaster. “Afghanistan denies alleged smuggling by air force,” from the Associated Press, March 11: KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) “” The Afghan government has denied allegations that some officials in its U.S.-funded air force have been using military aircraft to ferry narcotics and illegal weapons around the country. The Afghan Defense Ministry called the claims […]
Egyptian parliament to consider cutting off U.S. aid
We can certainly find uses for an extra $1 billion. This move by Egyptian legislators stems in part from the ongoing paranoid tantrum that has seen American NGO workers detained, but would also give Egypt a freer hand in the coming years to toss the Camp David Accords and behave as it wishes toward Israel. […]
Nigeria: Over 5000 children out of school after Boko Haram attacks
Jihad causes poverty. “Nigeria: Over 5,000 Children out of School,” by Kimei Hilton Ndukong for AllAfrica, March 8 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Human Rights Watch says their schools have been destroyed by Boko Haram Islamic militants. Over 5,000 school children in northern Nigeria are now at home after Boko Haram Islamic militants destroyed […]