Then, why the secrecy and subterfuge on the nuclear program? In all likelihood, somewhere around the time of an Iranian nuclear test, we’ll hear about the other side of the coin, a monumental “BUT…” and some claim of extenuating circumstances. “Iran says making nuclear bombs a ‘great sin’,” by Caroline Copley for Reuters, February 29: […]
Archives for 2012
Singer Erykah Badu banned from Malaysia over temporary “Allah” tattoo
Badu deserves partial credit if she got a tattoo (rather, temporary body art) in non-Roman characters and actually knows what it says, unlike so many hipsters with “exotic” tattoos that may actually say “I have gout.” The case is also a study in how multiculturalist arrogance — the presumption of open-minded enlightenment — can actually […]
Indonesia: Rival “militant Islamic groups” clash
The very idea of jihad to impose Sharia is ultimately the Achilles heel of Islamic governance. Since Sharia is a total system of government for every aspect of life, there can always be more to enforce. Someone will always want more of it, or want to do things differently, and someone will always be willing […]
Yemen: Al-Qaeda inflicts 80 lashes on 4 people accused of drinking alcohol
Now, remember: you can’t suppose that of these tenets of Sharia that keep being enforced in locations far removed from one another actually have anything to do with Sharia. They only happen in extreme cases, you see, or under “extreme interpretations” of Sharia. You’re not supposed to notice that wherever there is a resurgence of […]
Egypt: Copts protest disappearance of Christian girls… again
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Coptic Pope Shenouda III warned in 1976: “There is a practice to convert Coptic girls to embrace Islam and marry them under terror to Muslim husbands.” This practice has reportedly intensified since the revolution. “Egypt’s Copts protest ‘disappearance of girls’,” by Mohamed Abdel Salam and […]
Two Bibles ‘containing terror codes’ found in Bin Laden compound — will apologies and riots ensue?
The English-language Bibles were full of highlighting and folded-over pages. Maybe they were being used to plot. In any case, they were all marked up. Was Osama thinking of converting? Was he going into Islamic apologetics and proselytizing Christians? Was he planning to send jihadis posing as Christians into churches the West? We may never […]
Al-Arabiya: US in talks to swap jihad terror Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman & 49 others for 19 Americans held in Egypt
About to get a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card? Al-Arabiya is reporting, in Arabic only so far, that the U.S. is talking with the Egyptian government to free the blind Sheikh and 49 other Egyptians currently imprisoned in the U.S. in exchange for the freedom of the 19 Americans the Egyptians are holding. The blind Sheikh, Omar Abdel […]
Afghanistan: “NATO officials promised to meet Afghan nation’s demand of bringing to justice, through an open trial”
Afghanistan takes a breather from its self-immolation in rage to issue a statement. Who in the U.S. military establishment will be the fall guys? The people who followed orders? The people who gave them? And who will conduct the trial, and what range of punishments are possible? NATO must know full well that it is […]
Tawriya – New Islamic Doctrine Permits ‘Creative Lying’
Today at Stonegate Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I document and describe a Muslim doctrine of deception that has rarely if ever been named in English — one that makes taqiyya seem like child’s play: Perhaps you have heard of taqiyya, the Muslim doctrine that allows lying in certain circumstances, primarily when Muslim minorities live under infidel […]
Inside details of Pennsylvania Sharia case: Pamela Geller interviews victim of Muslim attacker cleared by pro-Sharia judge
In “Exclusive Interview: Infidel Victim of Pennsylvania Sharia Judge Reveals Inside Details of Case” in the American Thinker today, Pamela Geller interviews Ernest Perce, who was attacked by a Muslim for wearing a “Zombie Muhammad” costume on Halloween. A judge then cleared the attacker and lectured Perce about Islam. This is why anti-sharia legislation is […]