“The PM also appealed to the Muslim community to remain calm and give the government time on their grievances.” Grievance? Al-Faisal is a jihad terrorist, but who cares? Muslims, after stabbing and looting and destroying, have grievances! Violent intimidation works again, courtesy Obama’s friend Raila Odinga. “Kenyan PM orders investigations into Muslim riots,” from Xinhua, […]
Somali jihadis nearing Kenya
Dominos. “Al-Shabaab rebels seize town close to Kenyan border,” from the Daily Nation, November 29 (thanks to Maxwell): Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents have captured a key town close to the border with Kenya. The al Qaeda linked rebels are said to have driven out combatants of Hizbu-Islam, another Islamist group opposing the Transitional Federal Government of […]
Al-Qaida Continues to Use Charities
Al-Haramain is just the tip of the iceberg. From AP, with thanks to Ali Dashti: NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Al-Qaida has siphoned millions of dollars from Islamic charities that help poor Muslims in Africa and Asia, and U.S. and Saudi government efforts to cut the flow have largely failed, Western diplomats and former charity workers […]
Al-Qaeda hiding in plain sight
This article about Al-Qaeda activities in East Africa assumes that the group only gets members by bribing poor Muslims, deceiving people, or playing on resentment and anger. While noting that radical Muslims preached to the locals, it doesn’t explore in any depth the possibility that the group’s carefully structured Islamic theological and legal arguments might […]
Kenya: Islamic schools under scrutiny
It is becoming ever clearer that many Islamic schools around the world have become breeding grounds for terrorists. Now Kenya is taking action: “The Government is investigating Islamic schools (madrassas) suspected of harbouring terrorists, Muslim leaders have claimed.” This from the East African Standard, with thanks to Nicolei. “The Ministry of Education has reportedly released […]