Just days ago, it had sounded like this plan had faltered when the Taliban refused to agree to a cease-fire before starting talks. These are no small fish, either; some are prominent detainees considered “high-risk.” It is less clear from this report whether their release would be part of a quid-pro-quo exchange of actions for […]
Archives for 2012
NBC whitewashes Shafia honor killing: no mention of Islam in story of girls killed because they “betrayed Islam”
Mohammmad Shafia murdered his daughters and his first wife and then raged about his daughters: “God’s curse on them for generations….There can be no treachery, no violation more than this. They committed treason from beginning to end. They betrayed humankind. They betrayed Islam.” Midday Monday I got this email, with the subject line “URGENT: NBC […]
Spencer: Taliban: New and Improved?
In FrontPage this morning, I discuss the Taliban’s recent efforts to present a kinder, gentler face to the West: Apparently the Taliban are softening, even allowing girls to get an education. Clearly this heralds an opening to the West, a heady indication that their most repressive days are past them, and that soon they will […]
Spencer: New York officials apologize for telling the truth
Yesterday afternoon Human Events posted my piece about recent shameful events in New York: The mainstream media, led by the New York Times, and the Islamic supremacist Hamas-linked hate group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) are doing all they can to whip up a frenzy about the NYPD”s showing of a relatively tepid but […]
Michael Coren and Robert Spencer discuss Islam and the Shafia honor killings
I appeared tonight on the Michael Coren Show on Sun TV and discussed the Shafia honor killings and the media whitewash of Islam’s role in them. Video courtesy Blazing Cat Fur.
US, UN helped Muslim now accused of aiding jihad terror move to Colorado
No doubt it never entered their mind that he was anything but a “moderate.” An update on this story. “US, UN Helped Colo. Man Now Accused of Terrorism,” from the Associated Press, January 31 (thanks to Kenneth): A man from Uzbekistan that the United States and the United Nations helped relocate to Colorado now faces […]
Hamas-linked CAIR pressures retired general, critic of Islam, to back out of West Point event
Another defeat for the freedom of speech and another victory for Hamas-linked Islamic supremacist thugs — courtesy the U.S. Military. “CAIR pressures retired general, critic of Islam, to back out of West Point event,” by Caroline May for the Daily Caller, January 31 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The Council on American-Islamic Relations announced Monday night […]
The New ‘Egyptistan’
I just received an email from a friend who lives in Egypt, which ends with the following anecdote: I went to the veggies market last Friday, I usually go on Friday anyway, but this time for the first time the merchants stopped selling anything when they heard the call for prayer!!! Most of them left […]
Iranian supreme leader: “Everyone is against the satanic US and Israeli dominance and cannot tolerate the cancerous tumor of Israel”
No one can claim this one was taken out of context. This is from Iran’s own English-language propaganda outlet. “‘ME nations battling Zionist autocracy’,” from PressTV, January 30: Ayatollah Khamenei said the Zionists, US, and Western powers feel weak in the face of Islamic Awakening and “this feeling of weakness and defeat will grow by […]
Hizballah: Muslim Brotherhood would cancel Camp David accords
Probably. “Brotherhood would cancel Camp David Agreement, says Hezbollah official,” by Haitham Dabbour for Al Masri Al Youm, January 30: Tehran “” Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will eventually cancel the Camp David Agreement, despite the group’s announcement that it respects international agreements Egypt has signed, said Amin al-Sayed Ibrahim, head of Hezbollah’s political council. Speaking to […]