Sheikh Ahmad al-Ghareeb has ties to a Sunni organization that enjoys good relations with Shi’ite Hizballah. The targeted mosques were critical of Hizballah. “Suspect arrested over Lebanese mosque bombings,” from the Associated Press, August 24: BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces arrested a suspect Saturday in connection with the devastating double bombing the day before that […]
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Egypt: Islamic supremacist groups ask for truce
This means they are losing, and they know it. Islamic law only allows for a truce if Muslims are weak and need to gather strength to fight later more effectively, or if they’re fighting non-Muslims whom they think may accept Islam: “If Muslims are weak, a truce may be made for ten years if necessary, […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Lifestyle: The Persecution No One Dares Name
Here, from PJ Lifestyle, is my review of Raymond Ibrahim’s Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians. In recent protests over the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood supporters looted, burned and destroyed 58 churches, Christian schools, and other Christian installations. Many members of the Brotherhood have decided to scapegoat the […]
Modern, moderate Malaysia: Catholic Church loses latest court battle over use of word “Allah” for God
Arabic-speaking Christians were using the word “Allah” to refer to the God of the Bible since before the invention of Islam. This does not in reality signify their Islamization or dhimmitude; it is just the word they have used. But now Islamic supremacists in Malaysia have made it into an issue, and the controversy has […]
Berkeley prof: “The Egyptian military and the elite have hitched its horse onto the Islamophobic wagon and will ride it into power, wealth and destruction”
The hate-filled Bazian comes out against those Egyptian Muslims who oppose the Islamization of Egypt. If you’re against the Muslim Brotherhood and Sharia, you must be a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe,” even if you’re a Muslim in Egypt, right? “Berkeley Prof: Anti-Morsi Egyptians Are Islamophobic,” by John Rossomando for IPT News, August 26: Egyptian President Mohamed […]
Indonesia: Sharia police injured when music fans fight back
Racist, bigoted Islamophobes come out against Sharia in a big way in Aceh. “Aceh Shariah Police Injured After Music Fans Fight Back,” by Nurdin Hasan in the Jakarta Globe, August 26 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Banda Aceh. Several Shariah police officers were injured in the early hours of Monday morning after more than […]
Syria: UN inspectors mandated only to determine if chemical weapons were used, not who used them
Yet that is the decisive point. But it appears that the desired conclusion has already been reached, and the facts just don’t matter. “U.S. Talks Tough on Syria, Ramps Up Attack Planning,” by Adam Entous and Sam Dagher in the Wall Street Journal, August 25 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): On Sunday, the U.N. said its […]
Fort Hood jihad murderer’s glowing evaluations before attack may be used now to prevent him from getting death penalty
“He has a keen interest in Islamic culture and faith and has shown capacity to contribute to our psychological understanding of Islamic nationalism and how it may relate to events of national security and Army interest in the Middle East and Asia.” He did indeed contribute to “our psychological understanding of Islamic nationalism and how […]
Egypt’s Salafist Party to fight to keep Sharia provision in new constitution
Political Islam is not dead, contrary to the overconfident predictions of those who not too long ago were denying its very existence and claiming that the Muslim Brotherhood was, in James Clapper’s words, “largely secular,” or at least “moderate.” “Egyptian Salafist Nour Party to ‘protect Islamic identity’ in new constitution,” from Albawaba, August 26: Egypt’s […]
Portland, Oregon: Would-be jihad mass murderer is repentant, wants to speak to young Muslims “to help keep them away from the path of extremism”
Whether or not Mohamud is sincere in his remorse, his declarations here give the lie to his defense team’s claims that he was entrapped by the FBI. “Man convicted in Portland bomb plot apologizes,” from the Associated Press, August 24: PORTLAND (AP) “” A young Somali-American man convicted of plotting to bomb a 2010 Christmas […]