Daniel Pipes on his weblog discusses of the unexplained aspects of the Lodi California jihad case. The arrest this week of five men of Pakistani origins in Lodi, California, on what are likely to be terrorism-related charges (terrorism was initially a formal part of the picture but was then retracted) has prompted extensive media coverage. […]
Baghdad diner bombed; U.S. troops press offensive
From Reuters: BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber who walked into a Baghdad restaurant popular with police outside the Green Zone government compound killed 23 people on Sunday, the bloodiest attack in the capital for six weeks. The al Qaeda group in Iraq led by Jordanian Abu Musab al- Zarqawi claimed the bombing as U.S. and […]
Yemeni appeal court acquits 11 of terror charges
Yemen continues to be a jihad playground. From DPA, . SANA – A Yemeni appeal court on Saturday confirmed a lower court verdict acquitting 11 Islamic militants of plotting terror attacks and upheld convictions against five of them for forging travel documents. Presiding judge of the Sana Court of Appeals Saeed al-Qataa ordered the immediate […]
Muslim anger at bid to serve drink outside
From the UK’s Evening Times, with thanks to Miss Jessel. MUSLIM charities have tried to stop an Italian restaurant serving drink on a terrace, claiming it is offensive to Glasgow’s Asian community. Gambrino Pizzeria in Kelvinbridge wants to use the pavement outside its premises as an eating and drinking area and has applied to Glasgow […]
Arizona: Iranian Poll Monitor Interview
A very enlightening discussion from Publius Pundit who reports an interview he conducted with one Mojtaba Agha, who was monitoring a polling station for Iranians in Tucson. Agha has taught at California State University in Hayward and the University of Phoenix, and is now a visiting scholar at the University of Arizona. According to Mojtaba, […]
Pakistan: Draft of law finalised to abolish marriages to Quran
Change comes slowly to Pakistan’s rural areas. From the Daily Times, with thanks to LH. ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has drafted a law abolishing the un-Islamic and inhuman custom of so-called marriage of a girl to the Holy Quran and recommended life imprisonment for persons involved in this practice. This practice, commonly […]
Rice rejects Hamas contact
From the Washington Times: JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday rejected calls for U.S. engagement with the militant Palestinian group Hamas and urged Palestinians not to vote for the group’s candidates in upcoming parliamentary elections. “I frankly don’t think that it is the dream of mothers and fathers around the world that their […]
Iran Moderate Says Hard-Liners Rigged Election
Here’s an interesting development in Iran’s election, from the New Duranty Times, but regardless of the protests, it looks like there will be a run-off between two hardliners, the Mayor of Tehran and Rafsanjani. TEHRAN – The race for the presidency in Iran was thrown into turmoil on Saturday when the third-place finisher accused conservative […]
Iraqis Found in Torture House Tell of Brutality of Insurgents
From the New Duranty Times: KARABILA, Iraq – Marines on an operation to eliminate insurgents that began Friday broke through the outside wall of a building in this small rural village to find a torture center equipped with electric wires, a noose, handcuffs, a 574-page jihad manual – and four beaten and shackled Iraqis. The […]
Al-Jazeera to air video of al-Qaida’s Zawahiri
A new tape surfaces from our old friend the doctor. From Xinhuanet: CAIRO – Al-Jazeera TV channel said Friday that it will air a new videotape from al-Qaida’s number two Ayman al-Zawahiri Friday evening. In the tape which the channel aired an excerpt, the terror network’s deputy leader appeared in a traditional gown wearing a […]