UPDATE: It turns out that Israel is listed on the World Chess Federation’s Europe page. By what calculus they determined that Israel is in Europe but “Palestine” is in Asia is unclear. In any case, if Israel is a recognized member of the World Chess Federation, why is it allowing the Israeli team to be […]
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UK: Marks & Spencer apologizes after saying Muslim staff may refuse to serve customers pork and alcohol
“Where we have an employee whose religious beliefs restrict food or drink they can handle, we work closely with our member of staff to place them in suitable role, such as in our clothing department or bakery in foods.” This is all to the good, for having Muslims in checkout lines telling non-Muslim customers that […]
NYPD increases security at synagogues after terror bombing on bus in Israel
Nothing to be concerned about. Bill de Blasio, friend of Israel’s most vicious enemies, will soon be the Mayor of New York, and he will put a stop to this. Not to do so would be “Islamophobic.” “NYPD on alert after failed terror bombing in Israel,” by Jamie Schram and Bruce Golding for the New […]
World Youth Chess Championships in UAE obliterate Israel, list Israeli players as from the nation “FIDE” (World Chess Federation)
UPDATE: An attendee at the WYCC championships has sent me an email explaining that this was done at the request of Israeli security: I am qualified to comment, because I attended the entire WYCC, I was physically present and observed when the Israeli delegation registered on site, and I spoke repeatedly and at length with […]
“We are preachers of Sharia and not frauds”: Al Qaeda apologizes for deadly Yemen hospital attack
They really meant to hit the ministry of defence, not the hospital at all, you see. And now they will pay blood money, in accord with Sharia provisions, for they are “preachers of Sharia and not frauds.” Will Sharia advocates in the U.S. such as the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and Reza Aslan now explain […]
Anticipating Islamic jihad attacks, Nigeria boosts Christmas security
St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla after the 2011 bombing It’s getting to be an annual tradition: “The militants have struck every Christmas for the past three years, most dramatically in 2011, when they bombed three churches. One of them, on St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, on the edge of Abuja, killed 37 people […]
Syria: Islamic jihadists murder 12 people by firing mortar shells at church
Gregory III And the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch, Gregory III, says that over 1,000 Syrian Christians have been killed, and 450,000 displaced. Where are the world’s “human rights” organizations? “12 killed in attacks against church in southern Syria,” from Xinhua, December 22 (thanks to Pamela Geller): DAMASCUS, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — Syria’s armed rebels fired […]
Israel: Bomb attack on bus, Hamas and Islamic Jihad thrilled
Racing toward the Third Intifada. “Hamas, Islamic Jihad ‘welcome’ terror attack on Bat Yam bus,” from the Jerusalem Post, December 22 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The Hamas and the Islamic Jihad “welcomed” the terror attack on a Bat Yam bus on Sunday, but did not claim responsibility for the bombing, Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported. […]
UK: Marks & Spencer faces boycott from customers furious over its accommodation of Sharia
I’ll drink to that “The spokesman said the policy applied throughout its 700-plus stores and to other religions as well. For example, Christians who did not want to work on Sundays and religious Jews who chose not to work on Saturdays would also be excused.” That is not at all the same thing. Different groups […]
Libya: Jihad/martyrdom suicide bomber murders 13 people at army checkpoint outside Benghazi
Root cause: “Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed…” (Qur’an 9:111) But don’t talk about that. To do so would be “Islamophobic.” “At least 13 killed in Benghazi bombing,” from Al Arabiya, December 22 […]