A prominent Canadian Muslim lobbying group, the Canadian Islamic Congress, has decided to make those Canadian politicians who voted against the imposition of Sharia law pay for their decision at the ballot box. Their target: the same Liberal Party which regularly embraces every form of “diversity” imaginable. Not good enough for the CIC, according to […]
King Abdullah’s “Jihad”
Author Claude Salhani, writing in today’s Washington Times, delivers a sparkling endorsement of King Abdullah of Jordan’s recent efforts to counter Islamic extremism in his own kingdom and throughout the Middle East. Jordan’s King Abdullah is on a campaign, one could say a “jihad of sorts,” to reaffirm Islam’s traditional principles. Jihad, remember, means “struggle” […]
Australian Muslims: Anti-terror laws “incite hatred”
In reaction to Prime Minister John Howard’s accelerating anti-terrorist campaign, Australian Muslim groups have voiced their displeasure by charging the prime minister with “inciting hatred”. Following the example of their American cousins, the Muslim groups have decided that such reasonable anti-terrorist efforts as controlling immigration and jailing those who incite violence represents racist hatred, per […]
New questions raised concerning Flight 93 memorial
The crescent shape of the proposed memorial designed to honor the heroic passengers of Flight 93 – which bears an uncanny resemblence to the symbol of Islam – has stirred up a significant amount of controversy. However, the disturbing implications of the memorial may extend past its questionable shape, as theorized by bloggerAlec Rawls: The […]
Jihadi veteran sentenced in Britain
There may be no better example of the the international nature of the jihad than Andrew Rowe. Mr. Rowe, a British citizen, converted to Islam at 19 and embarked on an eight-year campaign that took him to many of the world’s hot spots, including Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, and Malaysia. Rowe was sentenced yesterday to 15 […]
Madrassas don’t preach jihad, says Pakistani official
It is hard to believe the line fed to those of us in the West that Pakistan’s President Musharraf is a “close ally” in the war on terror when you read statements such as this coming from officials in his own government. From the Khaleej Times: JIHAD is not being taught as a subject at […]
King Abdullah meets with rabbis
Jordan’s King Abdullah made a long list of promises yesterday to a gathering of Washington D.C.-area rabbis, including a pledge to counter the proliferation of extremist Islamic thought throughout his kingdom, while also helping to repair relations with world Jewry. According to the Washington Times, Abdullah stated: “We face a common threat: extremist distortions of […]
Saudi Arabia fears Iranian encroachment
The House of Saud has always feared – above all other threats – an expansionist Iran. The Iranian revolution in 1979 sent the Saudi monarchy into a panic, mostly stemming from their eternal mistrust of their native Shi’ite minority, which is the majority population of the oil-rich Hasa province. All throughout the 1980s, the two […]
Pakistani groups call for the execution of “blasphemer”
More tolerance in Pakistan, as 22 religious organizations have called for the execution of Younis Masih, a 40 year old Christian who was jailed after allegedly making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, per Pakistan’s Daily Times: Difa-e-Islam Mahaz (Front for Islam’s defence), an alliance of 22 Sunni religious organisations, demanded that alleged blasphemer Younis […]
Switzerland prevents visit by Islamic scholar
Egyptian scholar Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim, on his way to attend a two day convention in Switzerland held by local Muslim organizations, was denied entry into the country by Swiss autorities. While the government has not yet issued a statement on why Ghoneim was not allowed into the country, it may have a little something to […]