John Stone is a former treasury secretary and National Party senator in Australia. And he seems to be a clear-eyed and courageous thinker. “John Stone: One nation, one culture,” from The Australian, with thanks to Buck: SINCE the London bombings several columnists – from Tariq Ali in The Guardian to Phillip Adams in The Australian […]
Nelson: Time to rethink our multicultural society
We may well think about reviving the melting pot ideal ourselves as Fraser Nelson writing in the Scotsman suggests for the British. TONY BLAIR faces two enemies in his new war against British terrorism: the seed of jihad, and the fertile ground on which it is sown. The last mission of his premiership will be […]
Tancredo: If They Nuke Us, Bomb Mecca
We at Jihad Watch think that there are many other ways to put pressure on jihadists short of this and that these other tactics should be tried first. We hope and pray that Muslims repudiate and renounce jihad ideology before it comes to this. From Fox News: DENVER “” A Colorado congressman told a radio […]
UK Defense Secretary John Reid: Britain would not have been safer if it stayed out of Afghanistan and Iraq
At last someone sounds a common sense note amid the calls for appeasement. “UK Said at Risk for Backing War on Terror,” from AP, with thanks to The One Who Must Not Be Named: Britain’s close alliance with the United States has put it at particular risk of terrorist attack, two leading think tanks said […]
Swedish journalist: Islam is a dangerous religion
Here is a translation of this Swedish article, courtesy a tea-loving snail. There are several imperfections in this article, but it is nonetheless refreshing to see this coming from Europe, which is still generally manifesting a dangerous unreality about the overall situation: Ulf Nilsson: Islam is a dangerous religion. A great victory for terrorism, it […]
Exhibit on jihad in Kashmir
An announcement from the Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism, or FACT-USA (thanks to Looney Tunes): Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism, or FACT-USA, is showing an exhibit on Kashmir, depicting the effects of terrorism on the Hindus of Kashmir, in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill. The exhibit will be shown on July 11 and 12, in the Rayburn […]
Future doesn’t belong to ‘aggressive’ Islam: bishop
Yes, but now that he has said this, will the future belong to Muskens? From Expatica, : AMSTERDAM – Islam won’t dominate the future because it is too aggressive, Archbishop Martinus Muskens of Breda has claimed. In the quarterly magazine of Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Roman Catholic bishop writes: “I saw early on that […]
Fallaci: “The trial is nothing else but a demonstration that everything I’ve written is true”
From the Wall Street Journal, “Prophet of Decline: An interview with Oriana Fallaci” NEW YORK–Oriana Fallaci faces jail. In her mid-70s, stricken with a cancer that, for the moment, permits only the consumption of liquids–so yes, we drank champagne in the course of a three-hour interview–one of the most renowned journalists of the modern era […]
Muslim Feminist Faces Ostracism and Death Threats for Praying Among Men
Asra Nomani is courageous, and deserves full support. “The Woman Who Went To the Front of the Mosque: Feminist Faces Ostracism — or Worse — for Praying Among Men,” from the Washington Post, with thanks to Ruth King: MORGANTOWN, W.Va. It was two days after she appeared on “Nightline” talking about her fight to change […]
Parker: Let insults flourish; see alternative
From Kathleen Parker’s syndicated column, picked up here from the Myrtle Beach Sun News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: Let’s hear it for outrage to religion. So goes my prayerful response to news that Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci will be prosecuted on charges of “outrage to religion.” Apparently, the outspoken Fallaci, now in her 70s, has […]