An interesting dilemma for Israel. From AP: JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel agreed Sunday to transfer the equivalent of about $60 million Cdn in desperately needed tax money to the Palestinian Authority, but said it might freeze payments after the Islamic Hamas group forms the next Palestinian government. Israel’s monthly transfer of the taxes and customs […]
Oil Graft Fuels the Insurgency, Iraq and U.S. Say
Tim Russert discussed with this story from the New Duranty Times on Meet the Press this morning. This is how he put it to New House Majority Leader Rep. John Boehner, R-OH, “So, we liberated a country and now the oil sales, or a portion of them, is going to finance an insurrection, to kill […]
Kidnapping foreign visitors: an Islamic perspective
The Christian Science Monitor has chosen to print parts of an article by Mustafa Abu Sway originally printed in the Palestinian daily, Al-Quds, perhaps in the hopes that it may convince the kidnappers of Jill Carroll to release her. Needless to say, we here at Jihad Watch are not holding our collective breath. JERUSALEM — […]
UK: Lord Ahmed lashes out at West’s double standards
From the Khaleej Times: DUBAI “” The Rt. Honourable Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, Member of the British House of Lords, has vehemently criticised Western double standards in dealing with the Muslim world, saying that western intervention was always selective and self-seeking… He also drew attention to the chaos and disorder that mark present day Afghanistan. […]
It’s official: Iran Ends Voluntary Cooperation With IAEA
From AP: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Sunday it has ended all voluntary cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog but would still hold talks with Moscow on a proposal to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia, reversing an earlier decision to abandon those talks… President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had ordered the move Saturday in response to the […]
Rumsfeld: we must prevent the rise of a “global extremist Islamic empire.”
From AP, “Rumsfeld: Iran regime sponsors terrorism” MUNICH, Germany – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld urged America’s allies to increase their military spending to prevent the rise of a “global extremist Islamic empire.”… “We could choose to pretend, as some suggest, that the enemy is not at our doorstep. We could choose to believe, as […]
Jordan: Editors arrested over cartoons
From AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph. TWO Jordanian tabloid editors have been arrested after their newspapers published controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed… Jordan’s King Abdullah II said yesterday that insulting the Prophet Mohammed was “a crime that cannot be justified under the pretext of freedom of expression”. His words were seen by security […]
“We don’t want that in Australia…”
“Sheikh’s plea to Australian media,” from AAP: A SENIOR Islamic cleric has called on Australia’s media not to publish the cartoons which have sparked riots across the Muslim world. Sheikh Fehmi El-Imam, the general secretary of the Board of Imams of Victoria, warned reprinting the cartoons here could “disturb people who can do things that […]
Exhibition will combat myths about Islam
From the UK Independent, with thanks to Archduke. Europe’s biggest exhibition of modern-day Islam will take place in London a year after the 7 July bombings in an effort to depict the religion in a positive light. The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is set to launch the event which hopes to “combat the myths, […]
Banks cater to expanding Muslim population
From the Washington Times: A financial firm plans to open an office in Fairfax County in early March to sell mutual funds to the Washington area’s Muslims, joining banks and investment houses that find the growing U.S. Islamic population can no longer be ignored. Saturna Capital Corp. plans to sell its Amana mutual funds to […]