From the LA Times: BAGHDAD, Iraq “” Shiite Muslim religious leaders ratcheted up their rhetoric against the United States during Friday prayers amid ongoing sectarian violence and faltering talks over the creation of a new Iraqi government… One leading Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Muhammad Yacoubi, called on Washington to remove Khalilzad, who is perceived by some […]
U.S. Warns of Possible Terrorist Attacks in Indonesia Tomorrow
From Bloomberg: The U.S. cautioned its citizens about possible terrorist attacks taking place in Indonesia tomorrow, following a similar warning from the Australian government yesterday. Attacks on Western targets may occur “any time, anywhere” in Indonesia, the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta said in a statement on its Web site. Intelligence reports indicate Sunday April 2, […]
McCarthy: Cold Comfort on Islam and Apostasy
Former federal prosecuter Andy McCarthy has a must read piece at NRO: Here’s a riddle: What begins with words “In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate,” a formal Islamic salutation also commonly used by militants in their warnings, fatwas, and claims of responsibility regarding terrorist acts? What extols the virtues of “rightful jehad” […]
Pacifist hostage thanks his rescuers, reluctantly
Here is an interesting piece in the Sunday Australian revealing the split within the infidel ranks over Christian pacifism. Freed British hostage Norman Kember arrived home at the weekend, and tried to defuse a row over his response to the SAS mission that rescued him. Speaking at Heathrow airport after being reunited with his wife […]
Afghan Court Drops Case Against Christian
Dismissing this particular case on a technicality isn’t nearly good enough for the other prisoners of conscience in Muslim lands, but it is difficult to envision the Afghans expunging Sharia from their Constitution at this stage of the game. From AP: KABUL, Afghanistan – An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man […]
Bound, Blindfolded and Dead: The Face of Revenge in Baghdad
The New Duranty Times reports on the escalating Sunni-Shia violence in Baghdad: BAGHDAD, Iraq “” Mohannad al-Azawi had just finished sprinkling food in his bird cages at his pet shop in south Baghdad, when three carloads of gunmen pulled up. In front of a crowd, he was grabbed by his shirt and driven off. Mr. […]
Blair – The Qur’an “is practical and way ahead of its time”
From the Muslim Weekly, with thanks to RB who advises it might be best to “have a lie down before you read this.” The Prime Minister during his speech “Not a clash between civilisations, but a clash about civilisation” spoke forcefully about the problems of terrorism. The talk given to the Foreign Policy Centre and […]
Taliban Man at Yale
John Fund updates us on Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former Taliban spokesman now Yale undergrad, in the Opinion Journal: Something is very wrong at our elite universities. Last month Larry Summers resigned as president of Harvard; today Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi will speak by video to a conference at Columbia University that his regime is cosponsoring. […]
Jordan’s Islamists see a path to political power
Islamists see this as a path to political power worldwide. For $200…”what is democracy?” Right you are! From the Boston Globe: AMMAN — In the lobby of the House of Arkam school, a map shows a green wave washing over the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa. ”The Muslims Are Coming!” declares a banner above […]
Charles criticises cartoons on Middle East tour with Camilla
England’s Prince Charles picked up an honorary degree from Al-Azhar University in Cairo and delivered an “impassioned” speech as well. From the TimesOnline: The Prince of Wales took a swipe today at the publication of the Danish cartoons which sparked a wave of violent protests in the Islamic world for their satirical treatment of the […]