Al-Shabaab is suspected to be doing what it does best here: asymmetrical warfare and the deliberate targeting of civilians. As demonstrated by the advance of Kenyan and Ethiopian troops, the jihadists don’t seem to do as well when they have to fight like men. “Blast kills three at Mogadishu football match,” from Agence France-Presse, February […]
Nigeria: Boko Haram targets police station, bank
Boko Haram consistently targets people, practices, and institutions that would stand in the way of their imposition of Sharia. In doing so, they are destroying the physical and social infrastructure of the land they would then rule in pious squalor. Jihad causes poverty. “Gunmen attack police station, bank in nothern Nigeria,” from Agence France-Presse, February […]
Iran says no execution order for apostate from Islam; attorneys say order remains in effect
And — surprise! — the tacked-on charges of being a Zionist, traitor, rapist, and brothel owner, which had fallen out of the discussion as the pressure on the Iranian government lessened and the case simmered on a back burner, have reappeared. Even CNN noted that, in a 2010 Iranian Supreme Court brief, the only charge […]
Pakistan: Pepsi banned by Islamic supremacist group at Punjab University
It is unclear how directly the salesman is quoting Jamat-e-Islami’s reasons for banning it, but could this involve the old conspiracy theory that “Pepsi” stands for “Pay Each Penny to Save Israel?” In any case, you can love death, but not Pepsi Cola. Nor are you off the hook if you would love death and […]
Karzai: “Our people’s emotion in this regard is legitimate and respectable”
Sure, uh, it’s just the ensuing reaction that has been utterly irrational, murderous, self-destructive, and downright psychotic. “One US soldier killed; Karzai calls for calm in Qur’an protests,” by Subel Bhandari for Deutsche Presse-Agentur, February 27 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): KABUL (dpa): One US soldier and an Afghan protester were killed in the […]
France: “Muslim fundamentalist” father pours gasoline on, tries to set fire to daughter who was “too emancipated”
These things keep happening, but you’re not supposed to notice that. “Father tries to set 23-year-old daughter alight,” from The Local, February 27 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A man was being held by police on Monday after allegedly trying to set fire to his grown-up daughter in central Paris. Le Parisien newspaper reported […]
Syria: Armed mob attacks monastery for first time in anti-Assad revolt
We are all too likely to see more of this, despite the sheer absence of logic in it. Not that logic has ever stopped a really convenient excuse for jihad: just look at the Qur’an-rage histrionics in Afghanistan. “Syria: Armed Attack On Catholic Monastery,” from the Voice of Russia, February 26 (thanks to The Religion […]
Pakistan’s latest recipient of blasphemy charges: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg
“A case was registered under Section 295-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PCC) which deals with blasphemy.” The charges against Zuckerburg and Fleming Rose are a publicity stunt at best, but now is as good a time as any to remind that while this case is silly, Asia Bibi is languishing in prison under the […]
Afghanistan: Seven U.S. troops wounded in attack on NATO base; Afghan intel officer identified as Interior Ministry assassin
Apology after apology has only conveyed the message that Afghans are justified in their all-consuming rage and ongoing lethal tantrum. “Seven U.S. soldiers wounded after Afghan NATO base attacked,” by Fraidoon Elhaam and Hamid Shalizi for Reuters, February 26: KUNDUZ/KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Seven U.S. military trainers were wounded on Sunday when a grenade was […]
Afghanistan: Gunman who murdered 2 U.S. troops had keypad combination for secure area
The decision by NATO to pull all of its foreign advisers out of Afghan ministries underscores how highly placed the assassin and his potential enablers were. Video reporting from ABC News indicated the officers had disarmed in the secure area, and were shot in the back of the head by the cowardly mujahid who then […]