The government failure to act quickly after the devastating Pakistan earthquake has only strengthened popular support for Islamic groups which provided rapid and efficient aid operations. A hearts and minds update from The Telegraph: A growing number of Islamist leaders say the earthquake was divine retribution for the pro-US policy of President Pervez Musharraf and […]
Islam in the heart of Europe
This article from the Yemen Times celebrates Islam’s influential role in Western society, in particular that of Great Britain. When mentioning Ramadhan, most attention is focused on Muslims of the Middle East or Southeast Asia. What is forgotten is how the millions of Muslims in the western world spend this holy month of Ramadhan. Here, […]
Educators say it’s a way to promote good will
It appears that a good number of the 10,000 Saudi Students bound for the United States will reside in Oregon. From The Oregonian: Students from Saudi Arabia are enrolling at Oregon universities in numbers not seen since before Sept. 11, 2001. More than 80 total have begun fall classes at Portland State University, the University […]
Monthly bonuses for terror suspects
Of course, those jihadists who have been rehabilitated from their errant ways will require cash money to live accordingly. From ADNKI: A Saudi minister has promised to sponsor the weddings of five Saudi nationals who were released from the American detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The assistant minister of interior for security affairs, Prince […]
Rajavi: A declaration of war on the international community
The state-run Iranian media maintains its harsh rhetoric with ire directed at opposition leader Maryam Rajavi for her condemnation of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s “wipe Israel from the map” speech. From Iran Focus: “Maryam Rajavi has written a letter to the leaders of the European Union, saying that Iran is the enemy of peace, democracy and humanity”, […]
Friday Night Jihad Watch Updates
It is always a pleasure to report the outcome of past Jihad Watch posts, especially when justice is served. Tonight, Jihad Watch would like to report two such updates. The first is an October 2004 Jihad Watch post concerning a Rafil Dhafir, a Muslim doctor accused of sending money to Iraq. As it turns out, […]
Enter Saudi petro-dollars
From an April 18th Jihad Watch archive it was reported that the Philippine government was having talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the terror group which has for decades been attempting to take control of the southern island of Mindanao from the rest of the Philippines. On October 13th the Philippine government agreed “to […]
Bakri reaches his UK followers via the Internet
And what is the message the portly cleric wishes to convey? Why the glorification and urging of jihad, of course. From the Times Online: THE exiled radical Islamist cleric Omar Bakri Mohammad is continuing to reach his followers in Britain through websites and internet chatrooms. After a period of silence that came after Bakri Mohammad’s […]
Zawahri urges aid for Pakistan quake victims
From Reuters: In a video tape aired on a Qatari satellite channel, Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the leading figures in Osama Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network, called on the world Muslims to send aid to the devastated Pakistani victims after a deadly earthquake hit South Asia earlier this month, killing more than 40,000 people, and driving […]
Over 10,000 Saudi Students bound for the United States
How else should we reward our certified ally in the war on terror? From Asharq Al-Awsat: More than 10,000 Saudi students will travel to the US to attend university as part of a government-sponsored program following the adoption of new measures by the Ministry of Higher Education aimed at facilitating travel procedures for Saudis. In […]