Boko Haram appears doing everything it can to spark a civil war in northern Nigeria. The central government’s unwillingness or inability to respond to it leaves a vacuum that will lead to Boko Haram’s targets defending themselves independently from a government that can’t or won’t. If the government is trying to keep the peace or […]
Nigeria: Gunmen storm church, kill 6 as Boko Haram’s 3-day ultimatum for Christians to leave expires
The mujahedin certainly like their cowardly ambushes, here attacking Christians in a church with their eyes closed in prayer. The jihadists never seem to do as well when they have to face a regular army and fight like men. An update on this story. “Gunmen kill six in attack at Nigerian church: pastor,” by Aminu […]
Belgium: Salafist twerps reportedly harass passers-by in Antwerp
There is curiously little on this story elsewhere, but it does call attention again to the existence of “Shariah4Belgium,” a group reminiscent of the former “Sharia4UK.” They opened a Sharia “court” in Belgium last year. The “4” means they’re cool, or something. “Belgium police detain members of Islamist group over harassment in Antwerp,” from United […]
Egypt: Priority-impaired Islamic parties ready to do battle against bikinis
Tourism is already tanking. People will stay home and watch a DVD about Egypt if they fear harassment and abuse if they visit, even if they have no intention of hitting the beaches or bars. They’ll hit the beach somewhere that hasn’t been known inflict virginity tests on female detainees. Like Key West. Dar al-Margarita, […]
Mauritanian group declares jihad against France: “the jihad will be exported everywhere it is necessary”
France, they explain, is “hostile to the interests of Islam.” Another “defensive jihad” found its excuse. “Radical Islamist group threatens France,” from Agence France-Presse, January 3: Bamako – The Mauritanian Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou, presumed leader of an armed Islamist group active in west Africa, has again threatened France with war in a video seen […]
Egypt’s Salafists: No Coptic president of Egypt
Not that anyone is surprised to hear that from the Salafists. But everyone is surprised at their showing in the election. They were widely described as a marginal Tiny Minority of Extremists. With the Muslim Brotherhood’s Kiss Freedom and Justice Goodbye Party, the Salafists’ al-Nour party will be writing the next constitution. A democracy is […]
35 Jamaat al-Fuqra “terror training camps” still operating in the U.S.
When this report was brought to our attention, we checked the date twice. This story has been going on for many years, and what is most noteworthy is how little seems to have changed each time it resurfaces. “35 terror training camps now operating inside U.S.,” from World Net Daily, January 2: WASHINGTON — A […]
Fashion police: Algerian police confiscate Israeli-made clothing from stores
But of course. This is absolutely, positively the most important and productive thing one can do with a police force: keep Algiers safe from Israeli clothing. “Algerian police confiscate Israel-made clothes,” by Roi Kais for YNet News, January 4: Over the past few days Algerian police forces have confiscated Israeli-made women’s clothing items from a […]
Tortured 15-year-old Afghan bride was sent back to her husband and in-laws when she tried to flee
“Even the local authorities have blamed the department for women’s affairs for not trying to solve it locally between families in the traditional way.” Her other option would probably have been prison. Up to 350 woman and about 114 girls are known to be locked up for “moral crimes” in Afghanistan. Among the girls, “80 […]
We tried to tell you: Report for policymakers on Capitol Hill details spread of “Islamist Winter” following Arab Spring
Well, we could have told them that a lot sooner. You can’t say we didn’t try. “The Islamist Winter: New Report Suggests Extremist Views Winning in Libya,” by Catherine Herridge for Fox News, January 4 (thanks to Twostellas): The Arab Spring may quickly become an Islamist Winter in Libya, reads a new report circulated among […]