Friends say religion, anger over Iraq drove bomber. From the Winnipeg Sun, with thanks to Anthony. LEEDS, England — Shahzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old son of an affluent Pakistani-born businessman, turned to Islam, the religion of his birth, a few years ago. The transformation was gradual, but then his relentless reading of the Qur’an and daily […]
Fighting Terror: We Need to Deal With Underlying Causes, Factors
Ali Kazak, head of the General Palestinian Delegation to Australia & New Zealand and Ambassador of Palestine to Vanuatu & East Timor writes in Arab News, with thanks to Skeet Street. Attacks against Muslim minorities and their mosques and schools whenever there is a terrorist attack in the West illustrate the dangerous level of hatred […]
Dear Moderate Muslims
Doug Giles writes in Townhall: Dear Moderate Muslims, What’s up? I see that you guys have been in the news a lot lately. I thought I’d write you a letter and ask you some questions because it seems as if some Muslims are involved in some very bad stuff around the globe, i.e. targeting and […]
Gartenstein-Ross: Toward Intelligent Anti-Terror Policing
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross writes in FrontPage: Twice since 9/11 we have witnessed high-profile reminders of our mass transit system’s vulnerability to terrorist attack. And while the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings and the July 7 atrocities in London loom largest in our memory, they are not the only indications that such attacks are possible in […]
Parker: If Islam is not the problem, then what, pray tell, is?
Kathleen Parker writes in her syndicated column carried in the Houston Chronicle, with thanks to all who sent this in. As Brits stiffen their upper lips and politicians hustle to reiterate that Islam is not the problem, cognitive dissonance grips the planet. If Islam is not the problem, what is? And are we not inviting […]
Are you ready? Tomorrow you will be in Paradise . . .
What motivates a suicide bomber? Nasra Hassan interviews a young Muslim who survived his intended ‘martyrdom’ and describes the terrorists’ rigorous training. From the UK TimesOnline, with thanks to Cliff May. …”How did you feel when you heard that you”d been selected for martyrdom?” I asked. “It’s as if a very high, impenetrable wall separated […]
Youmans: Blaming Islam is the wrong way to fight terrorism
William Youmans of CAIR (San Francisco Bay Area chapter) writes in San Francisco’s SFGate: British officials deserve praise for their responsible remarks following the attacks in London last week. By embracing the views of Islam’s moderate majority, they steered clear of the trap American commentators often fall into — holding Islam and Muslims accountable for […]
Egyptians Won’t Hand Over Chemist
An update on this story and this one from Fox News, with thanks to THE ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED. CAIRO, Egypt “” Egypt is not prepared to hand over to Britain a biochemist detained in connection with the London bombings, security officials said Saturday as British investigators attended interrogation sessions. Magdy Mahmoud Mustafa […]
Dozens Killed in Iraqi Gas Station Bombing
From AP via Fox News: BAGHDAD, Iraq “” A suicide attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body Saturday at a gas station near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad, triggering a huge explosion in a fuel tanker and killing at least 54 people, police said. Eighty-two people were injured. Police Capt. Muthanna Khaled Ali said […]
Minibus Explosion in Turkey Leaves 5 Dead
Two bombings in Turkey to report. The minibus explosion could have been perpetrated by Kurdish separatists, but the one in Kusadasi, featuring a female suicide bomber, was almost certainly jihad motivated. From AP: ANKARA, Turkey – A bomb destroyed a minibus Saturday near a popular Aegean Sea beach in western Turkey, killing five people, including […]