From the UK Independent: A Muslim pop singer has been forced to hire bodyguards to protect her during a visit to Britain next month after she received a string of death threats from religious extremists. US-based Deeyah is due in London next month to promote a new single and video, released tomorrow. But the track […]
Steyn: Cheering tidbits lighten otherwise grim week
Yet another very funny piece by Mark Steyn in the Chicago Sun Times, with thanks to Yojimbo. In an otherwise grim week — at least on unimportant peripheral matters like Iranian nukes — three things cheered me up. The first was the decision of Iran’s bakers to rename Danish pastries “Roses of the Prophet Muhammed […]
Paris: Gang suspected of killing Jew nabbed
Here is a typical example of how crimes of this nature, happening all across Europe, are being reported. The fact that Muslims are involved is not revealed until the last sentence in the interview with the family, long after most people have stopped reading. This is from Ynet, with thanks to Hugh. The French police […]
UK: Migrants use gay marriage loophole
From the TimesOnline: LAWYERS are prepared to advise potential immigrants how to gain British citizenship by signing up for “gay marriages” even if they are heterosexual. Undercover reporters were told by six different firms of solicitors how to exploit a loophole in the civil partnership rules to get passports. Immigrants face less rigorous tests if […]
Ijaz: “Islamic truths”
Mansoor Ijaz writes in the LA Times, with thanks to Andy McCarthy. ANOTHER WEEK, another Muslim country burns in rage over months-old Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in an unflattering light. On Friday it was Libya, and earlier in the week it was my father’s homeland, Pakistan, where violent protests […]
Poll reveals 40pc of Muslims want sharia law in UK
From the Telegraph: Four out of 10 British Muslims want sharia law introduced into parts of the country, a survey reveals today. The ICM opinion poll also indicates that a fifth have sympathy with the “feelings and motives” of the suicide bombers who attacked London last July 7, killing 52 people, although 99 per cent […]
Rumsfeld: we need to learn from al-Qaeda
Alas, our love affair was short-lived. From our newly inaugurated “both sides missing the point” department and the Sydney Morning Herald: THE United States lags dangerously behind al-Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday. Modernisation is crucial […]
Cultures collide: Muslim immigrants will be expelled from Europe unless they reverse the growing perception of them as a social threat
Lawrence Solomon writes in the Canadian National Post, with thanks to Stranger. The Muslims refused to assimilate. They were expelled. This was the story in Europe 400 years ago. We are watching the sequel today. Europeans are rarely welcoming to outsiders, even when the outsiders are blond and blue-eyed and come from the country next […]
Russia may sell arms to Hamas
From the Australian: RUSSIA plunged deeper into the maelstrom of Middle Eastern politics yesterday, saying it might sell arms to the Palestinians after talks with Hamas in Moscow early next month. The announcement by Russia’s Chief of General Staff, Yuri Baluyevsky, will outrage Israel. The move came as Israel prepared to impose sanctions on the […]
Muslims Create Islamophobes, Then Want Islamophobes Punished
From Brussels Journal: Last Saturday”s riots in Antwerp, when Moroccan “youths” went on the rampage in Antwerp’s historical center, destroying cars and beating up reporters, has led to frustration among police officers because the authorities prevented them from stopping the violence. Officers complained in today”s papers that they had been given orders to watch passively […]