Why not? They’re not the enemy: “Last year, during my visit to Washington, in a very important briefing a day before I met U.S. President [Barack Obama], his national security adviser Tom Donilon, and senior White House officials, generals, and intelligence officials, the national security adviser met with me. He told me: ‘The Taliban are […]
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Pakistan: Christians celebrate Christmas with heavy police protection
The police were there to guard against any “untoward incident.” Odd that police were needed. Would the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims not have been sufficient to keep the “extremists” in check? “Christmas celebrated amid security,” from APP, December 26: ISLAMABAD / LAHORE / PESHAWAR: Christians across Pakistan on Wednesday celebrated the annual festival of […]
Iraq: Muslims shout “Allahu akbar” after Christmas bombing in Baghdad
Proving Allah is greater by means of blood and death. Warning: video is graphic. More on this story, thanks to David Wood.
Two Taliban rockets land in U.S. embassy compound in Kabul
Merry Christmas from the people whom Obama says are not the enemy. “Two rockets land in US embassy compound in Kabul, no injuries: US,” from AFP, December 25: KABUL: Two Taliban rockets landed inside the US embassy compound in Kabul early on Wednesday, causing no casualties but underlining Afghanistan’s continuing security problems as many foreigners […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Lifestyle: The Hypocrisy of the Fatwa Against Terrorism
Qadri In PJ Lifestyle today I explain why Dr. Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri’s 300-page obfuscation cannot be considered a true reformist document. Last week, after jihad terrorists Mujaahid Abu Hamza and Ismail Ibn Abdullah (formerly Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale) were convicted of murder for beheading British soldier Lee Rigby on a London street, I had […]
Hamas leader: “We are at the threshold of a global Islamic civilization era”
Fathi Hammad must be some kind of Islamophobe. “Hamas Minister: First Israel, then the World,” by Dalit Halevy and Maayana Miskin for Israel National News, December 24: The ultimate goal of the Hamas movement is to establish Islam worldwide, Hamas minister Fathi Hammad declared during a recent public address in Gaza. “We shall liberate our […]
Christmas in Iraq: Islamic jihadists murder at least 34 people with bomb attacks in Christian areas
“At least 34 people were killed in bomb attacks in Christian areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, some by a car bomb that exploded near a church after a Christmas service.” But remember: no one cares. Caring would be “Islamophobic.” “Christmas bomb attacks kill 34 in Baghdad’s Christian areas,” from the Reuters, December 25 (thanks to […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Magazine: The Jihadist Cleansing of Christianity from Muslim Countries
In FrontPage this morning, I explain why no one cares. Fox News reported that in Iraq, “Christians are afraid to put up a Christmas tree or other decorations, according to one Christian pastor in Iraq. Such displays of faith in an increasingly extremist nation can bring threats and violence, say human rights groups. Christian churches […]
Merry Christmas in a time of persecution
The Byzantine icon above is the work of the 16th-century iconographer Theophanes the Cretan. Many Muslims around the world today would consider it offensive and insulting to Islam. Muslims in Crete just last month vandalized churches and burned icons like this one for precisely that reason. Why would such Muslims think that an icon like […]
Denmark: Islamic demonstration on Christmas Eve — “Allahu akbar!”
From the Danish award winning blog Uriasposten.net: A demonstration from Avedøre Station City earlier today (December 24th). There were shouts of “Takbir” (conquer) and “Allahu akbar” (God is greater).