The Mufti of Australia and New Zealand, Taj Al-Din Hamed Abdallah Al-Hilali (the one who claimed Australia was originally Muslim), has come under fire for his remarks praising jihad and suicide bombing. His defense? His remarks were “taken out of context.” I couldn’t begin to count the times that Muslim spokesmen have told me I […]
CAIR demands that Bush repudiate King
Predictably, the Council on American Islamic Relations wants the President to denounce Congressman Peter King. From HiPakistan, with thanks to Nicolei: An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group on Thursday called on President Bush and other political and religious leaders to repudiate remarks by a New York’s Republican congressman Rep. Peter T. King, who claimed […]
Cleric: Bali bombers are Allah’s fighters, not terrorists
Abu Bakar Bashir Here is an example of why Muslims and non-Muslims so often talk past each other: Abu Bakar Bashir, the Indonesian Muslim leader who is or has been the head of the radical Muslim group Jemaah Islamiyah (although he denies it) has said that “the Bali bombers and an Indonesian bomb-maker killed by […]
Bad dhimmi! Dr. Laura rebuked for “anti-Muslim tirade”
“A controversial Islamic lobby group is demanding an apology from radio counselor Dr. Laura Schlessinger for an alleged ‘anti-Muslim tirade’ on her program this week.” This from WorldNetDaily. This is what Dr. Laura said in response to a caller asking if she should allow her daughter to go on a field trip to a mosque, […]
CAIR to Bush: Be a good dhimmi
From Fox: “President Bush is willing to pose for pictures with American Muslims and publicly praise Islam, but developing a substantive relationship with the Bush administration will take much more work, say some Muslim-American groups.” Said Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): “We need to see regular, productive, policy-based meetings.” You have […]
South African Muslims rally against anti-terror bill
“South African Muslim groups have called on the government to scrap a proposed anti-terrorism bill saying it threatened to undermine the nation’s hard-won civil liberties. ‘We urge our government not to take us back to the dark days of fear, suspicion and injustice,’ a host of Muslim organisations said in a joint statement, referring to […]
More dhimmitude in Britain
Reader Scandinavian infidel last night sent me this story, in which the Muslim Public Affairs Council of the UK calls upon Muslims to protest an illustration in a book: “It has been brought to our attention that a British company has published the above ‘portrait’ of Allah’s last prophet, Muhammad (peace be upon him) to […]
Dhimmitude in Canada: watch your tone of voice there, buddy
“An American evangelist’s television series on Islam in America was canceled by a Canadian station after the first program because Muslims complained his tone and demeanor was an incitement of hatred,” according to World Net Daily. Program Manager Rob Sheppard wrote “a letter of apology” to the Canadian branch of the Council on American Islamic […]
Rod Dreher on ISNA
Rod Dreher reports in the Dallas Morning News about a most revealing interview with Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed, general secretary of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Dreher asked Syeed a question about ISNA’s ties to extremists. He writes: “Dr. Syeed’s revealing reaction – he said that my query reminded him of ‘Nazism’ and […]