No public debate over Sharia Law in Iraq. It could provoke rioting and bloodshed. From the Duluth News Tribune, with thanks to Skeet Street. BAGHDAD, Iraq – Shiite legislators have decided not to push for a greater role for Islam in the new Iraqi constitution out of concern that the contentious issue will inflame religious […]
Newsweek to Al-Jazeera: ‘We Are Neutral’ on Quran Descration
Newsmax discusses Newsweek’s interview with Al Jazeera. Full transcript available at MEMRI. Just days after Newsweek “retracted” its Quran-flushing story, a top editor with the magazine seemingly backed away from its flat-out retraction, telling the U.S.-hostile al-Jazeera network that Newsweek was “neutral” on whether Americans had desecrated the Quran. In a May 19 interview with […]
5 children among 14 Shias accused of “˜blasphemy”
They could get three years in prison and a fine. From the Pakistan Daily Times, with thanks to Skeet Street. LAHORE: Five children, three elderly women and six men of the Shia sect have been accused of blasphemy under Section 298(A) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in Haveli Koranga, Khanewal district, for allegedly making […]
Activities of Tampa Terror Cell Outlined
Sami Al-Arian walk watch from AP, with thanks to Skeet Street. TAMPA, Fla. – The Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group responsible for scores of killings in suicide attacks in Israel, once had 40 percent of its overall leadership operating out of a cell in Tampa, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. The Tampa cell was […]
CAIR Distributing Banned Quran
AAH Points to Anti-Jewish Passages from Americans Against Hate, with thanks to Joe Kaufman. Coral Springs, FL – In response to the Newsweek article alleging an incident where a Quran was flushed down a toilet by U.S. interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) has announced that it will be […]
Suicide blast rips through shrine in Pakistan
At least 20 killed during Shiite religious festival near Islamabad, from AP: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A suicide bomber set off explosives Friday in the midst of Shiite Muslims reciting the Quran, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens gathered for a religious festival at a shrine near the capital. The motive was not immediately clear, […]
Sheikh Ibrahim Mudeiris: “America will be destroyed”
Steve Stalinsky, executive director of the Middle East Media Research Institute, writes in FrontPage, “Incitement Official” Under Yasser Arafat, Palestinian Authority sermons were filled with incitement, including calls to kill Jews and destroy America. Few in the West at the time understood the danger posed by these religious proclamations; those intimately involved in the peace […]
Hezbollah warns against disarmament
From our Stop the Presses Department and the Washington Times: BENT JBAIL, Lebanon — Hezbollah, the Shi’ite militia that dominates southern Lebanon, used the fifth anniversary of Israel’s troop withdrawal to warn authorities not to try to disarm its fighters. “Any hand that reaches out to our weapons is an Israeli hand that will be […]
Pentagon says detainee retracts Koran allegation
From Reuters: WASHINGTON – The Guantanamo detainee who told an FBI agent in 2002 that U.S. personnel there had flushed a Koran in a toilet retracted his allegation when questioned this month by military investigators, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “We’ve gone back to the detainee who allegedly made the allegation and he has said […]
Conyers: Full Text of House Resolution 288
From John Conyers’ Website, with thanks to KAOSKTRL. Text of My Resolution Regarding Relgious [sic] Intolerance [Conyers says]I received a large number of comments, and quite a spirited debate, concerning my resolution opposing religious intolerance, including desecration of the Quran. I appreciate all of the comments, both those supporting and opposing my actions. I continue […]