Police have refused to handle security, raising the possibility the exhibit may be moved, if it goes forward at all. Civil society cannot survive when the group that shouts the loudest and makes the most threats wins an argument by default. “Palestinian groups threaten Italian ‘Israel Week’,” by Menachem Gantz for YNet News, June 6: […]
Eurabia Update: First halal food supplier opens in Italy
Hamza Piccardo hails his firm as a “triumph of integration.” But in reality it is just another example of what we have seen time and time again: Western adaption to and accommodation of Islamic principles, without Muslims giving an inch in the service of this “integration.” He offers Italian food adapted to halal restrictions, not […]
Italy: Muslim father slits daughter’s throat 28 times to “uphold family honor”
Whenever an honor killing takes place in North America or Europe, the mainstream media tells us that honor killing is a cultural practice that has nothing to do with Islam — despite several facts indicating the contrary. It is no accident or coincidence that Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of […]
Italy: Muslim steals vehicle, rams airport door, attacks police officer with knife
But don’t worry: it’s not “terrorism.” The man “seems to have simply been overcome by a fit of rage.” Of course. How often have you gotten ticked off when the coffee pot at the office is empty again, and gone out and stolen a car, rammed it into an airport door, and then tried to […]
Pakistani Islamic supremacists demand that Italian demonstrators against blasphemy law convert to Islam
The call to convert to Islam must precede jihad violence, according to Muhammad: “Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war…When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any […]
Italy: “Suspected radical Muslim gunman” fires on author’s car
The author’s offense? He “wrote a book on Islam’s uneasy relationship [with] Christianity.” In doing so, he just may have touched on the wild notion that this phenomenon could have something to do with Islam. And so the standard response ensued. “Italy: Protection urged for journalist after suspected radical Muslim gunman targets his car,” from […]
Italy expels Moroccan Misunderstander of Islam who planned jihad attacks on Milan subway and cathedral
They expelled the Misunderstander, but did they expel the Misunderstanding? “Italy expels Moroccan convicted of terrorism,” from The Associated Press, November 26: MILAN — Italian security officials say an Islamic extremist who was part of a cell that planned attacks on the Milan subway and a cathedral has been expelled to his native Morocco. The […]
Italy: 40 Muslim students shouting “Allahu akbar” and “slaughter the Jews” terrorize Israeli student
And, with an indifference reminiscent of officials in Egypt, Pakistan and Indonesia, police did nothing. “Israeli student attacked by Palestinians in Italy,” by Menachem Gantz for Ynet News, November 14 (thanks to Joel): An Israeli student at the University of Genoa in Italy was harassed and threatened by Palestinian students last Tuesday, only to be […]
Pakistani Muslim kills wife by beating her with a brick for opposing the arranged marriage of her daughter
When a culture gives divine sanction to wife-beating (cf. Qur’an 4:34), this kind of thing is going to happen: a cultural atmosphere is created in which the brutalization of women is deemed acceptable. “Pakistani woman killed in Italy over arranged marriage,” from the Telegraph, October 4 (thanks to all who sent this in): A Pakistani […]
Italy arrests “Frenchman” with ties to al-Qaeda
“The suspect had notes and a kit for making bombs.” That will be hard to explain away. “French terrorism suspect arrested in Italy,” by Angela Charlton for the Associated Press, October 3 (thanks to Sr. Soph): PARIS – Italian police have arrested a Frenchman suspected of links to a network recruiting fighters for Afghanistan, a […]