Illustrating the polar difference between western and Islamic concepts of honor, Sharon Lapkin writes in FrontPage: When Israel began erecting a separation barrier in late 2003 to protect its citizens from the seemingly endless procession of suicide bombers, Palestinian society responded by redirecting its destructive urges inward. All revolutions are said ultimately to turn upon […]

From the UK Telegraph: The Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has caused outrage by accusing Israel of murdering Yasser Arafat. He used what was billed as a speech on democratic reform to accuse Israel of a “methodical and organised” killing. Mr Assad, who himself is suspected of ordering the killing of the Lebanese prime minister Rafiq […]

Sabotage has not been confirmed or denied in this particular case as yet, but attacking the oil and gas supplies of the infidels is certainly part of jihad strategy as witnessed in the web posting urging attacks on the Alaska pipeline. From AP: TBILISI, Georgia — Explosions hit natural gas pipelines running through southern Russia […]

Nihad Awad and other members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) arrive in Baghdad to plead for reporter Jill Carroll’s release and two Marines are reported slain in a suicide attack in yet another day of kidnappings, violence and mayhem in Iraq. From the Los Angeles Times: BAGHDAD “” On a day that members […]

From MEMRI: A three-volume treatise by Sa’id ibn Nasser Al-Ghamdi, titled Deviation from the Faith as Reflected in [Arab] Thought and Literature on Modernity, has recently gained publicity in the Arab world. The book, published in December 2003 inSaudi Arabia, is based on Al-Ghamdi’s 2000 doctoral dissertation, submitted to the Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic […]

Yesterday it was revealed that Danish Muslims traveling abroad to drum up cartoon rage have taken it upon themselves to embellish the truth a bit. From Brussels Journal: …Meanwhile, the Danish tabloid Extra Bladet got hold of a 43-page report that Danish Muslim leaders and imams, on a tour of the Islamic world are handing […]

More on the Pakistan airstrike from Reuters: ISLAMABAD – A dinner invitation to al Qaeda’s second-in-command triggered a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan’s tribal region but Ayman al-Zawahri failed to show up, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Sunday. Pakistan condemned Friday’s strike, which killed at least 18 people, including women and children, and summoned U.S. ambassador […]

From AP: PESHAWAR, Pakistan Chanting “Death to America,” angry anti-U.S. Islamic groups staged nationwide protests Sunday against a purported CIA airstrike that Pakistan says killed innocent civilians instead of the apparent target – top al-Qaida lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri. President Gen. Pervez Musharraf meanwhile, warned his countrymen not to harbor militants, saying it would only increase […]

From The Guardian: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the hardline President of Iran, launched an angry tirade against the West yesterday, accusing it of a ‘dark ages’ mentality and threatening retaliation unless it recognised his country’s nuclear ambitions. In a blistering assault, Ahmadinejad repeated the Islamic regime’s position that it would press ahead with a nuclear programme despite […]

From ITN: Al Qaeda in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the downing of a US military helicopter near the northern city of Mosul which killed two pilots. “Our lions in Mosul … succeeded to shoot down a US helicopter on Friday by targeting it with medium-sized weapons,” said an Internet statement attributed to al Qaeda. […]