A Stop the Presses Alert from IranMania.com, with thanks to John: LONDON, September 4 (IranMania) – Iran’s Supreme Leadery hailed Palestinian militants for “expelling the’ Zionist’ regime from Gaza” and called for the “continuation and fortification of resistance and Jihad,” or holy struggle. “The only way to confront the ‘Zionist’ enemy is the continuation and […]
New York Times: Muslim Leaders Confront Terror Threat Within Islam
This is just the thing I have been calling for for years: for Muslims to devote their efforts to convincing not gullible non-Muslims, but their fellow Muslims, that Islam teaches peace. This is the fundamental problem that shows the bankruptcy of most claims by American Muslim groups to Islamic moderation: their evidence that Islam teaches […]
Swedish Cultural Symbols Targeted by Attackers
The indispensable Scandinavian blogger Fjordman reports: When a volcano is about to erupt, it will give out small warning signs some time in advance. Immediately before the eruption, these signs will be obvious to everybody, but even before that you can get some indication of what’s going on, if you know what to look for. […]
Senior Kuwaiti Official: “Katrina is a Wind of Torment and Evil from Allah Sent to This American Empire”
Funny how no Muslim leaders identified the South Asia tsunami as punishment from Allah for violence committed in the name of Islam. For the jihadist, natural disasters suffered by Muslims are a sign that they should practice Islam more fervently; natural disasters suffered by non-Muslims are a sign of Allah’s wrath for their unbelief. But […]
Jihadists rejoice over Hurricane Katrina
Islamic schadenfreude in “Katrina Prompts Global Support for Victims” from AP, with thanks to DC Watson: Islamic extremists rejoiced in America’s misfortune, giving the storm a military rank and declaring in Internet chatter that “Private” Katrina had joined the global jihad. With “God’s help,” they declared, oil prices would hit US$100 a barrel this year.
Sweden threatened with jihad
Sweden will “suffer in the name of Allah.” Did Allah not, in the view of these people, create the Swedes? Yes, but they think he did so only for torture and destruction. From YnetNews, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A group using the name of Iraqi jihad group Ansar al-Sunnah has released videos showing […]
Muslim Leaders Pin Hopes on Abdullah
Including prominent American Muslim “moderate” Muzammil Siddiqui. I wonder if Siddiqui endorses this kind of spreading of Islam by Saudis: calls for violent jihad and restoration of the caliphate. From Arab News, with thanks to Mackie: JEDDAH, 1 September 2005 “” Prominent Muslim leaders have emphasized Saudi Arabia’s significant role in spreading the message of […]
Egyptian presidential candidate: ‘World must convert to Islam’
From the He Said It Department: “‘World must convert to Islam,’” from MWEB, with thanks to VBT: Cairo – Osama Shaltut claims to descend from the Prophet Mohammed and the centrepiece of his campaign for the Egyptian presidency is a promise to convert the entire world to Islam. The 66-year-old leader of the Solidarity Party, […]
Stop the presses: Jihad ‘does not equate with holy war’!
The world will be glad to hear this: it turns out that it has all been a misunderstanding. That’s right! Osama bin Laden, you see, has been proceeding according to a faulty view of jihad! Of course, regular Jihad Watch readers have read this kind of thing from Muslim spokesmen dozens of times. It is, […]
Hamas bombmaker vows to destroy Israel
Now that the Israelis have left Gaza and everybody is happy, here’s a Peace In Our Time update: “Hamas Bombmaker Vows to Continue Attacks,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A shadowy Hamas bombmaker who tops Israel’s most-wanted list on Saturday issued his first videotaped statement since going into hiding more than a […]