Well yes. Maybe he is and maybe he isn’t. That pretty much covers it, doesn’t it? Clearly AP‘s weekend headline writer is not first string. U.S. forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a gunfight “” some by their own hand to avoid capture. […]

From UPI: Christian students and parents cannot sue a school district because some seventh-graders pretended to be Muslims for a history course, a court has ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the role-playing game was not a religious exercise that violated anybody’s constitutional rights. The court upheld a lower court ruling, saying […]

From Hindustan Times: “Women require a balanced diet, rich in calcium and Vitamin D. Women, particularly after menopause, are at higher risk and should maintain a good diet. They should exercise regularly, or at least take to brisk walking, jogging, dancing or simple weightlifting exercises.” “Along with vitamin-rich food, sunlight too plays an active role […]

Here’s an update on the cartoon flap from Islam Online. The Muslim minority in Denmark will send delegations to a number of Muslim countries to meet with senior officials and prominent scholars on the provocative caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) recently published by Denmark’s main daily. Good. Show those Muslim countries what freedom of the […]

So targeting a Muslim wedding in Jordan is a mistake, but hitting a funeral in Iraq is peachy keen, right Zarqawi? In Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated his car in a crowd of Shiite mourners north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 36 people and raising the death toll in two days of attacks […]

Another person who found Osama bin Laden “a very nice man.” From Newsday: In his testimony before a military tribunal, Saifullah Paracha said he first met Osama bin Laden, somewhat by happenstance, on a charity mission to Afghanistan in 1999. “He delivered the Koran and said he was a prophet. He said very nice things. […]

From The Telegraph: A couple of weeks ago one of the nutters who runs al-Qa’eda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, delivered a ferocious denunciation of one of his and his movement’s most bitter enemies: that well-known zealot and extremist Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Her Majesty is also, of course, by the […]

Anti-dhimmitude yes. But why is this listed under “Showbiz News?” Leaflets showing a Muslim fighter holding a rocket launcher outside 10 Downing Street are being probed by detectives amid claims they are linked to exiled preacher of hate Sheikh Omar Bakri. The sickening pamphlets shows a black Islamic flag flying over Parliament and invite people […]

From AP: Jurors in the terrorism-conspiracy trial of a former University of South Florida professor ended their third day of deliberations without a verdict and are breaking for the weekend. The jury is deciding whether Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants are guilty of raising money to support the mission of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. […]