By Cindy Wooden for the Catholic News Service: ROME — Christians must distance themselves from anyone or anything that insults Islam’s prophet Mohammed and should come to a greater appreciation of his role in bringing millions of people to recognize the one God, said a German Jesuit scholar. But Christians cannot share Muslims’ recognition of […]
Palestinian diplomat raps attempt to link terrorism to Islam
From the Muslim World News: VIENNA, AUSTRIA — Palestine’s permanent envoy to the United Nations (UN) and Ambassador to Austria Zohair Al-Wazir condemned any attempts to link terrorism and Islam on Friday. “The Palestinian people are a stark reminder of life under occupation and state terrorism as practiced by the Israeli against them, their sanctities […]
Iran Stepping Up Nuclear Work
“The inspectors found that Iranian engineers were already using roughly 1,300 centrifuges and were producing fuel suitable for nuclear reactors, according to diplomats and nuclear experts here.” By David E. Sanger in the New Duranty Times: VIENNA, May 14 “” Inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency have concluded that Iran appears to have solved […]
Crimes of the Obvious
Once again, pointing out the obvious has got some poor soul in trouble. This from WRAL Raleigh-Durham: Words like “bomb” and “die” draw attention to the small sign in front of Good News Independent Baptist Church. Rev. Gary Murrell put up the sign, which on one side claims the message of Islam is “submit, convert […]
The Washington Times – A Swing and a Miss
The Washington Times runs a commentary piece today that reassures me that Jihad Watch and our fellow subversives will be in business for some time. Nothing new here, just a bland recapitulation of the usual establishment bromides about “Islamism”; the need for “modernization”; how the Quran sets out a “just war” theory; etc. Yawn. No […]
U.S., Germans Fear Imminent Attack
From ABC News’ The Blotter: U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the advanced planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany. Law enforcement officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that U.S. air marshals have been diverted to provide expanded protection of flights between Germany and the United States. […]
FBI Arrests 6 In Alleged Terror Plot Against N.J. Soldiers
From WNBC, NewsChannel 4, New York: Six men from New Jersey have been arrested in an alleged terror plot against soldiers at Fort Dix, according to law enforcement sources. Investigators said the men planned to use automatic rifles to enter Fort Dix and kill as many soldiers as they could at the New Jersey military […]
National Review – Coming Around?
Greg here. My erstwhile employer – National Review – has for the most part shown itself on the wrong side of the Islam question, generally supporting a D’Souza-esque interpretation. A piece in NROnline today, however, “Islamic Apologetics” is encouraging. It picks up on the Armstrong-Spencer Financial Times tangle and generally sorts things out pretty well. […]
West should not fear facing “radical” Islam: Blair
From AFP, Berlin: British Prime Minister Tony Blair says a decade in office has taught him that the West should not be afraid of standing by its values in facing up to radical Islam. “The West must show that it believes in its own values,” Blair told journalists from several European newspapers, including yesterday”s edition […]
Iran arrests student editor over insulting Islam
From AFP: TEHERAN – Iran has arrested the editor of a student paper after the publication of material deemed insulting to Islam in four reformist papers at a prestigious Teheran university, press reports said on Saturday. “Ahmad Ghassaban the editor of Sahar (Dawn), a student paper in Amir Kabir University, was arrested on Thursday,” the […]