The claim of cause and effect does not add up rationally: a Danish caricature of Muhammad leads a successful kickboxer to plot to “kill as many Australians as possible to advance the cause of Islam.” There is much more to the story, including Fattal’s stint in a Lebanese prison where he appears to have been […]
30 U.S. car buyers named in money laundering scheme that sent $300 million to Hizballah
Even in Tulsa. “Terrorism investigation in Tulsa,” from Fox23, December 16 (thanks to Kenneth): A Tulsa auto business is among companies named in a federal complaint that accuses 30 U.S. car buyers of being in league with a money laundering operation that pumped more than $300 million into the financial system to benefit the militant […]
Saudi Arabia: 42 Ethiopian Christians arrested for prayer meeting
If Muslim migrants were subjected anywhere in the world to the injustices Christians and other expat workers face in Saudi Arabia, it would be front page news. By contrast, these stories quietly trickle out and go largely unreported. Even so, behavior like this from the Saudis does not create the image of a strong, confident […]
Amnesty International urges Saudis not to carry out punishments prescribed in the Qur’an
Not that they said so outright, of course. Missing as usual from the report below is any mention of the Islamic texts that serve to explain the persistence of a cruel and unusual practice and the opposition to abolishing it. Qur’an 5:38 prescribes amputation for theft. Qur’an 5:33 prescribes amputation of the hand and foot […]
Saudi woman beheaded for sorcery was killed “in three stages,” “the beheading was performed gradually”
More details are emerging about this story, and they are predictably awful. In this case, the headline from Pravda (“Truth”) is, well, truth. “Saudi Arabia executes 73rd victim of Sharia laws,” by Sergei Balmasov for Pravda, December 16 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): In Saudi Arabia, Sharia court sentenced a woman accused of engaging […]
Egypt: “He has to be slaughtered today, that means he has to be slaughtered today”
More on the collective extrajudicial punishment inflicted on Copts in yet another recent incident in Egypt, “while the security forces stood there watching.” “Family of Murdered Egyptian Christians On the Run Due to Muslim Terror,” by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency, December 15: (AINA) — Two weeks after the murder of two […]
Kentucky: Iraqi “refugee” pleads guilty to trying to kill U.S. soldiers by aiding al-Qaeda
An update on this story. “Iraqi pleads guilty to trying to kill US troops,” from Reuters, December 16: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iraqi living in Kentucky pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he tried to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq, aided al Qaeda operatives there and taught how to make roadside bombs, the Justice […]
Kuwait: Top Islamic scholar misunderstands Islam, says women unfit to run in elections
Ajeel al-Nashimi, who is “head of Sharia Scholars League in the [Gulf Cooperation Council] countries” and “a former dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies” makes some lame excuses about women’s physical stamina, saying they are not cut out for the late nights. Of course, because after all, all children sleep through the […]
Nigeria: Leaflets threaten new wave of church bombings in city struck last Christmas Eve
Even before any potential bombings, the threats attempt to intimidate and terrorize the population, and they generate costs of time, manpower, and money. Jihad causes poverty. “Bomb threats in Nigerian city hit by Xmas 2010 blasts,” from Agence France-Presse, December 16: Fliers threatening bombings of churches and other areas have been posted in the Nigerian […]
“Moderate” Palestinian Authority TV glorifies violence: “Oh AK-47, make sounds of joy”
Surely it’s been said before, but: with “moderates” like these, who needs “extremists?” “PA TV glorifies violence: ‘Boom out loud, oh voice of the machine gun”¦ Oh AK-47, make sounds of joy,’” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, December 15: A new Palestinian Authority TV music video honoring Arafat glorifies […]