More demands and tirades are issued forth from the unobstructed mouth of Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. From The Scotsman: Iran’s hard-line president has called for the Bush administration to be tried on war crimes charges related to Iraq and denounced the West for its stance on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme. “You, who have used nuclear […]
Loathing to integrate
Fleeing war and government instability, many Yemeni immigrants arrived in the United States during the 60s and 70s. According to this report from The Yemen Times, those immigrant’s dreams of prospering while maintaining their Arab-supreme identity have been dashed on the rocks of an overwhelming, yet inferior, culture. Due to the lack of modern education, […]
Restraining order violated by alleged slaveholder
An update to this modern-day slavery case. From the The Rocky Mountain News: A Saudi woman accused of keeping an Indonesian nanny as a virtual slave in her Aurora home was ordered Tuesday to post $5,000 bail for violating a restraining order that forbade her from contacting the alleged victim. Prosecutors have said Sarah Khonaizan, […]
Sinful animals roaming the earth
Iranian leaders still haven’t learned that when referring to non-Muslims, the politically correct term is “the other“. From ADNKI: Iran’s religious minorities have slammed recent controversial remarks by a top aide to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing non-Muslims as “sinful animals who roam the earth and engage in corruption.” Kurosh Niknam, the […]
Going door-to-door
Can’t get to the mosque for an earful of jihad? No problem. In Kuwait there are traveling preachers who’ll bring it to your front door. From ADNKI: Kuwait City, 22 Nov. (AKI) – Five extremist ‘preachers’ have been arrested for going door-to-door spreading the doctrine of the terror group al-Qaeda among the inhabitants of a […]
Sunni Leaders: Resistance is a right
From AlJazeera.Net: Iraqi politicians have saved a reconciliation conference in Cairo from collapse with compromise language saying all peoples have a right to resist, Sunni Arab politicians say. On Monday, all parties to the three-day meeting called by the Cairo-based Arab League agreed to the formula: “Resistance is a legitimate right of all peoples”, said […]
Iran Is Building Nukes in Underground Locations
According to Alireza Jafardazeh, a spokesman for an Iranian opposition group, Iran has built dozens of underground tunnels and facilities for the construction of nuclear-capable missiles. From ABC News: Speaking this morning at the National Press Club, Jafarzadeh described an “extensive large-scale operation” for the development of nuclear-capable missiles “in the most sophisticated, hidden way” […]
Mayor Ken Livingstone to launch Islam Awareness Week
From the Community Newswire, with thanks to DP111. Shafeeq Sadiq, national co-ordinator of Islam Awareness Week, said: “We need to remember the positive spirit that embraced the nation, and especially the capital, after London won the Olympic bid. “It is with such optimism and hope that we will defeat terrorism.” Now in its 12th year, […]
Terrorists to have therapy
Jihadists just need a good dialog to convince them of their errant ways. From the Gulf News: The Saudi Ministry of Interior is carrying out a comprehensive orientation programme aimed at conducting dialogue with people arrested in connection with the security events and terrorist acts which took place recently in Saudi Arabia. The programme was […]
“She used Islam as a stunt to get a judgment in her favour”
Australian model’s ploy is successful. From the AAP, with thanks to sheik yer’mami. Australian model Michelle Leslie has used Islam to obtain a favourable outcome from the Indonesian courts and cannot continue to parade the catwalk in her underwear, an Islamic leader says. Leslie, 24, is expected to return to Australia this week after serving […]