“Berlusconi Demands Minister’s Resignation After Libyan Protests” from Bloomberg: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi asked Reforms Minister Roberto Calderoli to resign late yesterday after a mob attacked an Italian consulate in Libya angered about the T-shirt worn by the minister on Feb. 14 depicting a Danish cartoon of the prophet Muhammad. About 1,000 protesters staged […]
Show support for Denmark
The Canadian Coalition for Democracies is sponsoring this email drive for people to voice support for Denmark: Denmark is, at this moment, the proverbial “canary in the mine” of the Islamofascist war on Western democracy. We must not let history repeat itself. If Britain had heeded Churchill’s warnings and stood firm against Hitler, World War […]
Hamas taps moderate for Palestinian prime minister
There’s that word, “moderate” again. A terrorist elected by popular acclaim must perforce become a moderate, right? From the Bandar Beacon, also known as the Washington Post. JERUSALEM — Hamas leaders say they have agreed to nominate Ismail Haniyeh, a powerful party figure in the Gaza Strip, as prime minister when the Palestinian parliament convenes […]
Russia: Peace process needs Hamas
From AP: MOSCOW, Russia — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that next month’s Moscow talks with Hamas leaders were aimed at bringing the militant Palestinian group into the Mideast peace process. “We are counting on all this to foster progress toward a situation in which Hamas will be a legitimate, integral and useful […]
Cleric offers reward for killing Prophet cartoonist
From Ireland Online: A Pakistani cleric offered a 1.5 million rupee (€28,000) reward and a car for anyone who kills the cartoonist who drew Prophet Mohammed. Another Islamist leader was put under house detention, amid fears of more deadly demonstrations today, officials said. The cleric did not name the cartoonist, and several cartoonists submitted images […]
California man trained to commit jihad in U.S., prosecutors say
Update on the Hamid Hayat case from the San Jose Mercury News: SACRAMENTO – Vastly different pictures emerged today of a man charged with attending an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan, with government attorneys portraying Hamid Hayat as a trained terrorist intent on attacking Americans while his defense described him as a directionless young man prone […]
Congress moving toward ban on aid to Hamas-led PA
Mr. Fitzgerald, call your office. As reported in the Jerusalem Post: The US Congress is moving closer to banning financial aid and restricting ties with a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. The House of Representatives approved a non-binding resolution on this issue Wednesday, and the process of passing a binding bill against ties with Hamas is gaining […]
Flemish coastal towns ban Islamic burka
From Expatica, with thanks to Sr. Soph. BRUSSELS “” Three Belgian coastal municipalities are moving to ban Muslim women from wearing a burka. The municipalities of De Panne, Koksijde and Nieuwpoort have drawn up a proposal that will be presented to town councils in the near future. The proposal was drawn up on request from […]
Bawer on Norwegian dhimmitude
Bruce Bawer,the author of While Europe Slept, writes at his website: In a 2005 book, Eurabia, a scholar who goes by the nom de plume Bat Ye”or wrote illuminatingly about what she called “dhimmitude” — the relegation of non-Muslims, in the Muslim world, to the subordinate social position of “dhimmis,” individuals who have no rights […]
McCarthy: Your Honey Or Your Lyin” Eyes?
Who you gonna believe? Andrew McCarthy has some clear-eyed analysis over at National Review Online: So here we are again, a dazed planet brushing ourselves off and surveying the wreckage from the worst spree of Islam-inspired rioting, bombing, murder, and mayhem since … well, since the last one. And the one before that. The ongoing […]