While Obama reaches out to Iran, Iran reaches out in a different way. “Report: Iran hacked U.S. Navy computers,” by Josh Peterson in the Daily Caller, September 28: As President Obama appeals for better relations with Iran, unnamed U.S. officials are pointing fingers at Iranian hackers for spying on U.S. Navy computers. U.S. officials are […]
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Iran: Shoe thrown at Rouhani by protesters chanting “Death to America” after Obama call
But those shouting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” were outnumbered by pro-Rouhani protesters. Given the Iranian regime’s history of manufactured demonstrations, it is hard to know what to make of this. If the pro-Rouhani demonstrators were genuine, it is also unclear whether they were happy that Rouhani had brought the weak and feckless […]
Pakistan: “I asked my imam to condemn the Peshawar church blast” — he wouldn’t
In this most revealing article, an idealistic Pakistani Muslim tries to get people to attend a vigil for the victims of the Peshawar church jihad attack, and only gets 40. Then he tries to get an imam to condemn the attack and gets a runaround. He is still trying, and eventually he may succeed — […]
“I am a Christian, and if you want to kill me for this, I do not object to it”
“Sarkis ‘is a Martyr in Christ in the full sense of this word, since he was murdered solely because of religious hatred!’” And yet so many in the West think that the hatred is on the part of those who report about these murders, not on the part of those who commit them. “One of […]
Obama won’t negotiate with terrorists: talks with Iran’s President Rouhani, snubs Republicans
After all, who are the real terrorists, as far as Barack Obama is concerned? “It’s a three-decade first: Presidents of U.S., Iran talk directly, if only by phone,” by Chelsea J. Carter for CNN, September 27: (CNN) — U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone Friday with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — the first direct […]
“We knew our Muslim neighbours all our lives…We had excellent relations. It never occurred to us that Muslim neighbours would betray us.”
The above photo and caption are from the June 19, 2013 New York Times. It illustrates how the call to jihad can override all existing loyalties — such that a Syrian Alawite can suddenly be murdered by his Sunni friend. There are innumerable other examples, such as Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s 9/11/11 throat-slitting murder of his Jewish […]
Robert Spencer takes on MPACUK’s Asghar Bukhari on viciously biased Voice of Russia program
This Voice of Russia show features Yelena Ananyeva, the head of the department of British Studies at the Institute of Europe (Russian Academy of Sciences), Asghar Bukhari, founding member of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee, UK, and me, and is a textbook example of how the mainstream media bias and unwillingness to let the truth […]
UK: Jihadis who beheaded soldier on London street plead not guilty
Adebolajo is on video holding a bloody cleaver and referring to the Qur’an to explain why he murdered Rigby, and he pleads not guilty. “Lee Rigby: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale deny murder,” by Vikram Dodd for the Guardian, September 27: The two men accused of murdering a soldier in broad daylight near Woolwich barracks […]
Pakistan: Jihadists murder 19 with bomb on bus carrying government officials
Only in the 11th paragraph does AP get around to telling us what kind of “militants” carried out this attack, and why: “Militants in northern Pakistan who are trying to overthrow the government and establish a hard-line Islamic state have been waging war in the northwest against the military.” “Bomb on government bus kills 19 […]
Kenya mall jihadis tortured their non-Muslim hostages before murdering them
“O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that Allah is with the righteous.” — Qur’an 9:123 “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah ; and those with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves.” — Qur’an 48:29 “Kenya shopping […]