Concepts such as “equality of woman and man,” “de facto equality,” “gender equality in society,” and “domestic violence” were removed from the draft law. Funny how that keeps happening: resistance to reforms in favor of protection and expansion of women’s rights in Islamic societies routinely invokes Islamic law and principles. The proverbial elephant in the […]
Hamas gives talk show to female jihadist involved in 2001 Jerusalem pizza restaurant bombing
The “Breeze of the Free” smells a bit like brimstone. “Female terrorist hosts talk show on Hamas TV,” by Khaled Abu Toameh for the Jerusalem Post, March 2: Ahlam Tamimi, the Palestinian woman who helped plan the suicide bombing attack at the Sbarro restaurant in the center of Jerusalem in 2001, is now hosting a […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram lives up to name, burns down 7 schools
Jihad causes poverty, courtesy of the group whose name translates as “Western Education is Sacrilege.” The great irony is that Boko Haram is dependent on people who can read and write, and use technology. It would be one thing if the jihadists stuck to dumbing down themselves. If there are going to be jihadists, let […]
My jihad can beat up your jihad: Suicide bombing on rival group kills 23 in Pakistan
As was also recently on display in Indonesia, and has been on display in the Palestinian territories for many years, jihadist groups eventually turn on each other, guaranteeing continued instability even after they would ever run out of infidels to target. “Suicide bomber hits Pakistan militant base, 23 killed,” from the Associated Press, March 2: […]
Nigeria: Blown tire foiled jihadist plot to crash church sanctuary with car, then detonate suicide bomb
“The issue is impunity, as there seems to be no consequence for the violence.” More on this story. “Targeted Christians: Boko Haram strikes again as a Nigerian church is bombed, killing four,” by Mindy Belz for WorldMag, February 29 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A Sunday morning bombing outside the headquarters of a leading […]
UN Special Representative for Afghanistan: Punish Qur’an burners
Like NATO, the UN must know full well that it is validating a process which, for many of its backers, can only rightly end through retribution in blood, and even that will not be the end. It will never be enough, because the response is not rational in the first place (41 dead at last […]
Afghanistan: Gunman in Afghan National Army uniform kills 2 NATO soldiers
Maybe the next apology will quell the bloodlust. No one has worked up an apologies-to-bloodshed exchange rate. But these murders by ANA forces have happened before the latest round of Qur’an Rage, and would certainly would have happened without the excuse du jour found in the Qur’an burnings: investigators now say this attack had been […]
German Interior Ministry: Nearly 1 in 4 non-German Muslims “rejects integration, questions western values and tends to accept violence”
Stand by for angry denials, claims of “incitement,” fears of “backlash,” allegations of “Islamophobia” and racism, and in all likelihood, someone will play the Hitler card. “Many German Muslims ‘refuse to integrate’,” from The Local, March 1 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Nearly every fourth non-German Muslim rejects integration, questions western values and tends […]
Egypt: Christian man jailed for 6 years for “contempt of religion,” insulting Muhammad
There is an alarming similarity of practices developing between East and West, which groups like the OIC are exploiting to their purpose: the criminalization of hurt feelings, but only hurt feelings of a certain approved pedigree. “Egypt Christian man jailed for insulting Prophet,” by Joseph Mayton for Bikya Masr, March 1: CAIRO: Egypt has jailed […]
Dearborn pays $100,000 to Christian whose free-speech rights were violated at Arab-American festival
The backdoor enforcement of Sharia suffers a costly setback. An update on this story. “Dearborn Pays $100,000 In Lawsuit By Evangelists,” from WWJ and the Associated Press, March 1: DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) – The city of Dearborn has paid $100,000 in legal fees to attorneys for a Christian evangelist whose free-speech rights were violated at a […]