Timed with Ramadan and the Jewish High Holy Days. “Sources: Subway threat made,” from Newsday: A “credible threat” to the subway system has prompted a vast mobilization of police officers, law enforcement sources said today. Hundreds of officers were expected to be dispatched as early as this afternoon to every station in Manhattan — and […]
Hamas’ West Bank battle plan exposed
WND has a revealing story about how Hamas plans to continue the jihad now: JERUSALEM — After declaring Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip a victory for their “resistance operations,” Hamas is now planning to focus attacks on the West Bank, where it will fire rockets and carry out guerrilla operations against nearby Jewish towns […]
Man beheaded on eve of Ramadan in south Thailand
Ramadan mubarak! From Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas: BANGKOK (Reuters) – Suspected Muslim militants beheaded a villager in southern Thailand on the eve of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, police said on Wednesday. Militants also raided an outpost, wounding five soldiers and escaping with five guns, according to an army radio message monitored by […]
US car theft rings probed for ties to Iraq bombings
Cars stolen in the US used in car bombings in Iraq. From the Boston Globe, : WASHINGTON — The FBI’s counterterrorism unit has launched a broad investigation of US-based theft rings after discovering that some of the vehicles used in deadly car bombings in Iraq, including attacks that killed US troops and Iraqi civilians, were […]
Al Qaeda says kidnapped two US Marines: Web site
This may be more deception, or it may be Sunnis enacting Al-Sadr’s call to his Shi’ites to seize hostages in order to force the release of prisoners. From Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda has kidnapped two Marines in western Iraq and issued a 24-hour ultimatum to U.S. forces […]
Gunmen told: take British hostages
In an act of pure 7th-century diplomacy, Al-Sadr calls for British hostages to be seized, so that he can use them to buy back two of his top men, held in Basra by the British. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Granny Weatherwax: THE radical Shi”ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr has authorised his militia to kidnap […]
Family of convert from Islam to Christianity threatened to murder him
After all, the Muslim Prophet Muhammad said, “Baddala deenahu, faqtuluhu” — if anyone changes his religion, kill him (cf. Bukhari vol. 9, bk. 84, no. 57). As far as many Muslims are concerned, this command is not a dead historical relic, but a live mandate. “From Muslim leader to evangelist for Christ,” from Compass Direct: […]
Four soldiers, teacher killed in Thai Muslim south
Thai jihad update from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BANGKOK, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Four Thai soldiers and a teacher were killed by suspected militants in Thailand’s restive Muslim south where nearly 900 people have been killed in 21 months of violence, police said on Tuesday. The soldiers, riding on two motorcycles, were […]
Bangladesh bombs spotlight Islamic “Holy Warriors”
“Their calling card was a bomb and a written declaration of war on Bangladesh’s constitution and democracy.” How long will it take the governments of the world to realize that the jihad movement from Indonesia to England has the same goal — to restore the caliphate and institute Sharia wherever possible — and respond accordingly? […]
Pakistan: Woman says Muslims raped, tried to convert her
From Compass Direct, with thanks to Nicolei: September 27 (Compass) — A Pakistani woman has charged three men with raping her earlier this month and threatening to kill her if she did not convert from Christianity to Islam. Ribqa Masih, 22, testified at last Thursday”s court hearing that Ghulam Abbas and Mohammad Kashif drugged and […]