The Iranians will negotiate in perpetuity in order to put Europe between themselves and the US, but that won’t stop them from pursuing nukes. From Xinhuanet,”Iran likely to resume uranium enrichment” BEIJING — Iran announced on Saturday it will likely resume activities related to uranium enrichment, after talks with European negotiators yielded no results in […]
Sina: The Golden Rule and Islam
A provocative article by Ali Sina of Faith Freedom, exploring the implications of something we have discussed here in a different context on occasion: I have pointed out that Islamic law is at variance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in several important particulars; Ali here emphasizes and explores the core reason why this […]
Pakistani jihadist preaches jihad against India to university students
Of course, he no doubt means an internal spiritual struggle against India. “Hizb commander preaches jihad against India to PU students,” from ANI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A senior functionary of the Hizbul Mujahidden, a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, preached the students of the Punjab University to carry out jihad in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Malaysia ‘no’ to UN secretary-general’s plan on terrorism
Indicating anew that the problem is not terrorism. It is jihad. From the Malaysian StarOnline, with thanks to Nicolei: NEW YORK: Malaysia has made it clear it cannot support the United Nations secretary-general’s recommendation on the definition of terrorism as it did not clearly differentiate between terrorism and the legitimate struggles of people fighting for […]
Saudis Arrest 40 Christians for Praying
No Christian praying allowed, from Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei: Riyadh – Saudi Arabia has detained 40 Pakistani Christians for holding prayers at a house in the Muslim kingdom, where practicising any religion other than Islam is illegal, newspapers said on Saturday. A group of men, women and children were attending the service in the […]
Leading Iranian mullah: “Fight the Jews and Vanquish Them”
“Ayatollah Nouri-Hamedani: ‘Fight the Jews and Vanquish Them so as to Hasten the Coming of the Hidden Imam,’” from MEMRI, with thanks to Rebecca Bynum: The official Iranian news agency Fars, which is close to the conservative circles in Iran, recently published a statement by Ayatollah Hossein Nouri-Hamedani, one of the Iranian regime’s leading religious […]
The worst-ever article on Islam?
Daniel Pipes opines that this could be the very worst article on Islam, and with good reason: “It has every platitude, inaccuracy, and banality in the book, from mistranslating the word Islam to getting the number of Muslims in the United States wrong to that hoary business about “A Muslim can’t be a terrorist, and […]
UN Human Rights Commission finally approves watered down resolution condemning abuses in Sudan
From AP: GENEVA – The UN Human Rights Commission on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning abuses in Sudan, passing by consensus compromise wording on how to improve the situation in the embattled Darfur region. The resolution had support from Sudan and other African nations, the United States, the European Union and others. It was approved […]
When no news is bad news
Things not going so well? Well, maybe we could reexamine our basic premises in fighting the war on terror, and deal more forthrightly and thoroughly with the role of Islam in inspiring jihad violence. Maybe we could reconfigure our global alliances and foreign aid distribution based on a pro-jihad/anti-jihad division. Maybe we could stop playing […]
Akbar Convicted of Murder in Grenade Attack
Hasan Akbar’s jihad has reached its conclusion. From AP, with thanks to Rebecca Bynum: FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army sergeant was convicted Thursday by a military jury of premeditated murder and attempted murder in a grenade and rifle attack that killed two of his comrades and wounded 14 others in Kuwait during the opening […]