The New Duranty Times continues its groundbreaking anti-anti-jihad coverage with this piece, “You Can’t Talk to an F.B.I. Agent That Way, or Can You?,” about how Muslims suffer under anti-terror efforts. (Thanks to Jerry Gordon for the link.) Dressed in a navy suit and red tie, his hair parted neatly on the side, Special Agent […]
Islamists rally on Koran issue in Pakistan/Jerusalem
Still more on the story that never goes away, from Reuters. ISLAMABAD – Thousands of Islamists rallied across Pakistan on Friday to protest against alleged desecration of the Koran by U.S. forces at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. The rallies, called by hardline Islamic groups opposed to Pakistan’s support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, […]
Prayer room at UM-Flint sparks clash
“Some groups say Muslims were monopolizing space,” from the Flint Journal, with thanks to EPG: FLINT – A room for peaceful reflection and prayer at the University of Michigan-Flint has become anything but. Instead, Room 386 at the University Center – known as the Meditation Room – is at the heart of a months-long religious […]
Indian Muslims Protest Alleged Quran Abuse
They will have the US at war with Islam if they have to drag it into such a war kicking and screaming. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: CALCUTTA, India – Muslim protesters burned, spit and urinated on a U.S. flag Friday in eastern India, accusing Americans of desecrating Islam’s holy book as […]
Staged outrage?
“Muslim protests planned in advance?” From WND, with thanks to EPG: JERUSALEM – Muslim protests throughout the Middle East regarding a now-retracted Newsweek report that claimed U.S. Army interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had flushed a Quran down the toilet are being organized by anti-Western jihadists and were planned several months ago with the magazine article […]
Manji: Do Riots Save Islam’s Honor?
Irshad Manji in the LA Times (thanks to JS): As I write, Muslims worldwide are scheduling demonstrations for the end of this month against those who insult Islam. They’ll peacefully protest not just the possibility of the Koran’s desecration at Guantanamo but the proven torture at Abu Ghraib as well as civil rights violations suffered […]
Qur’an allegation may long resonate
“Koran Allegation May Long Resonate,” from the Washington Post, with thanks to John Pardon: “The damage cannot be controlled by the belated retraction from Newsweek under U.S. government pressure,” said Qazi Hussain Ahmad, leader of the major Islamic party alliance in Pakistan, who spoke by telephone from Islamabad. “The desecration of the Holy Koran by […]
CAIR’s Hate Crimes Nonsense
Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha in FrontPage on CAIR’s latest bogus hate crimes report: Should you read Unequal Protection: The Status of Muslim Civil Rights in the United States 2005, an annual report issued last week by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), you’ll learn how the Muslim experience in America is worsening. Specifically, the […]
Muslim double standard on religious desecration?
“Islamic world blasted for protesting Quran ‘story,’ silence on Jewish incidents,” from WND, with thanks to Nicolei: JERUSALEM – With Muslims worldwide protesting a now-retracted Newsweek report that claimed U.S. Army interrogators at Guantanamo Bay had flushed a Quran down the toilet, the father of a rabbi who was murdered while trying to defend a […]
Riots Spread Over Alleged Gitmo Qur’an Desecration
More on the great Qur’an toilet flushing riots of 2005 from the Pakistan Tribune, “Qazi terms sacrilege of Holy Quran as desecration of Ummah,” with thanks to ? (Folks, please bear with me. If I’m unsure about the name, I’m leaving it off – please include a note with the name you want used by […]