He had the intent to kill 289 people, and has certainly shown no remorse, but wants to be let off easier because he happened to fail. “Underwear bomber challenges life sentence,” by Tresa Baldas for the Associated Press, February 13 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): DETROIT — Confessed underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is […]
Senior Saudi cleric says Twitter blasphemer should be killed even if he repents
Compare and contrast. If these are the principles that inform the functioning of your society, you have a problem. An update on this story. “Reprieve unlikely for Saudi writer after cleric backs death sentence,” from Emirates 24-7, February 13: A senior Saudi Muslim cleric indicated on Monday that a local young man who offended Prophet […]
Report: Iran preparing suicide attack boats in Gulf
Small boats with large warheads. Call it “Operation Death Dinghy.” “U.S. Navy: Iran prepares suicide bomb boats in Gulf,” from Reuters, February 12: Feb 12 (Reuters) – Iran has built up its naval forces in the Gulf and prepared boats that could be used in suicide attacks, but the U.S. Navy can prevent it from […]
Iran warns Hamas against any “compromise” in fighting Israel
A new angle for conspiracy paranoia is born: “Always be wary of infiltration by the compromisers in a resistance organization, which will gradually weaken it.” If the agreement with Fatah crashes and burns, it could set up a purge within Hamas. “Iran warns Hamas against any ‘compromise’ with Israel,” from Agence France-Presse, February 12: Iran’s […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood lawmaker says U.S. aid “guaranteed” by Camp David Accords, and cuts to aid would jeopardize peace with Israel
Blackmail, plain and simple. The Accords are really wired for it, a package deal tying many other conditions into the peace treaty other than an agreement between one state and another, and many conditions are quite open to interpretation, with compliance in the eye of a hostile beholder. “Brotherhood lawmaker: US aid to Cairo ‘assured’,” […]
Afghanistan: Two 10-year-old suicide bombers arrested… again
What they say echoes what other would-be child suicide bombers say they were told: “They told us the bombs would not kill us, only the Americans would die and you can come back to us.” What intrepid, manly mujahedin, lying to children to send them to their deaths. “Police arrest two Afghan boys for suicide […]
Bangladesh: Muslims vandalize Hindu temples
As noted just yesterday, these are more fruits of the partition of Muslim territories from India. The religious cleansing of those regions continues. “Bangladesh: JeI activists vandalise Hindu temples,” from ZeeNews, February 11 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): New Delhi: Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists vandalised several Hindu temples in the Hathazari area of Chittagong in […]
It begins: Muslims in Maldives smash Buddhist statues in National Museum
It’s not so much an Arab “Spring” as a Sharia Slinky, and down it goes, step by step. An update on this story. “Trouble in paradise: Maldives and Islamic extremism,” by Amal Jayasinghe for Agence France-Presse, February 12: MALE “” At the Maldives’ National Museum, smashed Buddhist statues are testament to the rise of Islamic […]
Islamic coup in Maldives: members of new president’s cabinet have demanded Sharia law
An alternate headline, with reference to the country’s capital: “Muslim males mull making Male more Muslim.” “New Maldives leader names conservatives to Cabinet,” from the Associated Press, February 12: MALE, Maldives (AP) “” The Maldives’ new president expanded his Cabinet on Sunday to include religious conservatives who have been demanding the introduction of strict Islamic […]
Al-Qaeda’s former second banana backs Syrian rebels; jihadists, weapons flowing over border from Iraq
The aim of jihad in all of its forms is the imposition of Islamic law, and Zawahiri knows that the success of the Syrian rebels will not bring about a Western-style liberal democracy in Damascus, but an Islamic regime controlled by Sunnis. “Al Qaeda leader backs Syrian revolt against Assad,” by Martina Fuchs for Reuters, […]