Making Mormon and by pure coincidence, Muslim polygamy acceptable to the masses, Burbank is doing its part. From the Salt Lake Tribune: PASADENA, Calif. – Imagine a Hollywood meeting where the pitch is ” ‘The Brady Bunch’ times three!” and you see why polygamy has never been the subject of a TV series or movie. […]
McCarthy: Sanctimony and Silence
Andrew McCarthy asks the tough questions at NRO no one in the Bush administration or its defenders wants to answer about that little Dubai port deal. Bush was re-elected in large measure due to public support for the Bush doctrine, a doctrine that seems to have been abandoned the day after the election. Here’s McCarthy: […]
Pakistan report
Here are two stories that reveal how “fighting insurgents” while ignoring Islamization is a losing strategy, even in Pakistan. The first story, “Up to 30 Islamist rebels killed in Pakistan” is from Reuters. PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Up to 30 foreign militants and their local supporters were killed in an air and ground attack by Pakistani […]
Madrid Train Bombers “Were Planning Further Attacks”
From AKI, . Madrid, 10 March – Almost two years to the day since al-Qaeda linked bombers killed 191 passengers and injured almost 1,000 in devastating train bombings the Spanish capital on 11 March, 2004, it has emerged that the bombers had planned to carry out further attacks in Spain, according to disclosures published on […]
Russia says deal “impossible” if Iran ignores IAEA demands
From Iran Focus: London, Mar. 11 — Russia has said that a deal with Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is “impossible” unless Tehran suspended its uranium enrichment activities, a request that has been outright rejected by Iranian officials, the Russian News & Information Agency quoted a Russian negotiator as having said on Saturday. […]
Palestinian Authority Faces Budget Crisis, Official Says
From our “cry me a river” department, brought to us by (who else?) the New Duranty Times: JERUSALEM, March 10 “” In the last two weeks, the Palestinian Authority has been given about $70 million “” more than $40 million released by the World Bank, nearly $21 million from the European Union and $10 million […]
Africans vote to keep UN force out of Darfur
From the UK TimesOnline: SUDAN last night thwarted a Western drive to get the African Union to agree a timetable for United Nations peacekeepers to take over in Darfur, where the United States says “genocide” is taking place. Resisting intense lobbying by Western powers, the 53-nation African Union extended its own beleaguered mission in the […]
Explosives found in India rail station
From AFP: New Delhi – Police found a cache of explosives Saturday at a railway station in Mumbai, India’s financial hub, four days after a series of deadly blasts in a holy Hindu city blamed on Islamic militants. Officers discovered explosives and components for making an explosive device inside a bag on a commuter railway […]
For Muslim Who Says Violence Destroys Islam, Violent Threats
The New Duranty Times is carrying profile on Wafa Sultan, the brave Los Angeles psychologist who gave an interview to Al Jazeera, for which she is receiving threats. LOS ANGELES, March 10 “” Three weeks ago, Dr. Wafa Sultan was a largely unknown Syrian-American psychiatrist living outside Los Angeles, nursing a deep anger and despair […]
Germany to outlaw the Qur’an?
A translation of this Jyllands Posten article, “The Quran reported to the Police” is here, with thanks to all who sent this in. A broad alliance of grass-roots movements have gone to the prosecutors of several states to hinder the dissemination of the Quran. According to the indictment, the Quran is not just a religious […]