When Pamela Geller devised the ad above and we tried to run it in Seattle (in response to bogus “Palestinian” ads claiming that “Palestinians” don’t have equal rights in Israel), Seattle transit balked, saying that the statement wasn’t true. We then provided proof from statements by Mahmoud Abbas and other “Palestinians,” and the ads ran […]
Archives for 2013
Interfaith outreach in Syria: Muslims kidnap Christian priest
Maybe they just want to start a “dialogue.” “Al-Qaida group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria, activists say,” from Reuters, July 30: AMMAN: Al-Qaida-linked fighters in the rebel-held eastern Syrian city of Raqqa on Tuesday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. Members of the Islamic State […]
“Why hunt down German Nazis, but release Muslim Nazis?”
Obama has pressured Israel into releasing 100 jihad terrorists from prison as a gesture of good will to the “Palestinians,” who will, of course, not reciprocate with any gesture of good will of their own. Here, a rabbi who lost his family in a jihad attack explains why this is a bad idea. –˜Why Hunt […]
US releases five prisoners from Guantanamo as goodwill gesture to Taliban
That makes the total of jihadis returning to the jihad from prison 755. Will the Taliban return the gesture with an act of good will of their own? Not on your life. They’ll just laugh at the foolish kuffar. “US releases prisoners from Guantanamo,” by Orly Azoulay for Ynet News, July 29: Without much publicity […]
Major attack on Pakistani prison holding Taliban jihadis
Al Qaeda released 500 in Iraq last week. This could be 250 more. Note that the gunmen were wearing police uniforms — which means they were either police, which could well be since there is no effort made to keep jihadis out of such groups, or were just deceiving their targets. After all, Muhammad said, […]
White House hurries to do Hamas-linked CAIR’s bidding, condemns Egypt’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood
About the violence against Christians and others by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood the White House was silent. CAIR’s demand for this is here. “White House condemns Egypt’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood,” from Reuters, July 29 (thanks to Kenneth): The White House condemned the Egyptian military’s bloody weekend crackdown on demonstrators on Monday but took […]
Robert Spencer confronts Reza Aslan on Reddit, Aslan runs
UPDATE: I see that Reddit is a waste of time: most of my comments have now disappeared because they received so many negative votes. There’s the Left’s idea of a debate again. I won’t be going back. —- Reza Aslan was dropping in at Reddit today, and Jihad Watch reader Russ alerted me to that […]
The problem with Reza Aslan’s book about Jesus is not that he is a Muslim. The problem with it is that he is dishonest.
The Leftist media is in an uproar over Reza Aslan’s recent interview on Fox News — see the Huffington Post’s account here. Many people have sent me tweets and emails skewering Fox’s supposed inconsistency for giving Aslan trouble for writing about Jesus as a Muslim but welcoming me writing about Muhammad as a Christian. This […]
Sharia in action in Saudi Arabia: rights activist gets 7 years jail, 600 lashes for insulting Islam
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam,” said Barack Obama. America, behold your future. “7 years jail, 600 lashes for Saudi rights activist, lawyer says,” from AFP, July 29 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A Saudi court sentenced on Monday a rights activist to seven years in jail […]
Robert Spencer at PJ Lifestyle: Why It May Be Easy for Huma Abedin to Stand by Her Man
In PJ Lifestyle I discuss the strange marriage of Carlos Danger and his Muslim Brotherhood wife: One thing the mainstream media knows about Huma Abedin is that she is elegant. Time reported on how Weiner’s “elegant and accomplished wife”¦ declared her love and support for him, visibly pained at having to speak in public as […]