“A Milan court convicted five North African men of having ties to Al Qaeda and sentenced them to four to eight years each in prison.” This from the LA Times, with thanks to Nicolei. The men were found guilty of links to a cell that sent would-be terrorists to Afghanistan, Tunisia and Algeria, the Italian […]
Female genital mutilation in Italy
Female genital mutilation is not strictly speaking an Islamic practice. It is not found in the Qur’an or in generally accepted ahadith. However, it is widespread in some Muslim countries (most notably Egypt), and is often justified on Islamic grounds — as I demonstrate in Islam Unveiled. Now it has come, in a supposedly modified […]
Muslim suicide explosion near a synagogue? What a coincidence!
Here’s an outstanding example of both dhimmi police work and dhimmi reporting: Reuters reports that “a car exploded in northern Italy early on Thursday, killing the 33-year-old Kuwaiti driver in what police said appeared to be more of a suicide bid rather than an attack on a nearby synagogue. “‘We think we’re dealing with a […]
“Do you know the anthem of the jihad against the Americans?”
Italian authorities have been wiretapping jihadists, and now the Alphabet City Yahoo group has posted some of the transcripts. (Thanks to LGF.) These are extraordinarily revealing in all sorts of ways. Italy’s Il Nuovo explains: “Here is the text of intercepted conversations from the inquiry into the recruitment of future Islamic terrorists in Italy. It […]
Dhimmitude in Italy — and Egypt
Not only has Italy banned the crucifix from a classroom — now they’ve thrown the Pope’s “Jubilee Cross” into the garbage. The classroom crucifix ban accedes to the wishes of “Muslim activist” Adel Smith, who was offended by the thought of his daughter having to gaze in class at a “miniature cadaver.” Smith pressed all […]