The Western intelligentsia’s response to this savagery will likely be to call for voluntary self-censorship so as not to offend Muslims — rather than to call for a robust defense of the freedom of speech and resolute stand against these violent attempts to make the non-Muslim world conform to Sharia blasphemy laws. “Niger protests over […]
Mali: Jihadists murdered UN peacekeepers because they were “enemies of Islam”
Not that this has anything to do with Islam, of course. Obama has no doubt already dispatched John Kerry to Bamako to search out this Sultan Ould Bady character and explain to him how he is misunderstanding his peaceful religion. Ben Affleck is no doubt already there. “Jihadist claims responsibility for attack on UN in […]
Nigeria: Islamic jihadists loot and vandalize Catholic parish
Remember: Christians in the West are not to speak of such things. To do so would harm the “dialogue”: “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop […]
Niger: Muslim leader defends child marriage — “We Muslims have the right to marry when we want or give out our daughters at any age we want”
Few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage: “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with […]
Jihad escalating in Niger: Armed jihadist inmates murder two prison guards
Two jihad groups claimed credit: Movement for Oneness [Tauhid] and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) and Signatories in Blood. Here again we see murderous thugs claiming the mantle of the Islamic concept of jihad that they supposedly misunderstand — according to Muslim spokesmen in the West. Yet no Muslim organization in the West is making […]
Niger: Islamic supremacist bombers murder 20 in raid on army base and uranium mine, seize hostages
“Thanks to Allah, we have carried out two operations against the enemies of Islam in Niger. We attacked France and Niger for its cooperation with France in the war against sharia.” Yet we’re constantly told by Islamic spokesmen in the U.S. that Sharia is benign and completely compatible with American Constitutional freedoms. How very odd […]
Niger: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers attack uranium mine, military barracks
“A spokesman for the Niger government, Morou Amadou, said the attacks were by Islamist militants, probably from al Qaeda’s north Africa wing, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) or its spin-off West African group The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), which seized control of neighboring north Mali last year.” Unity […]
France: Sahel no longer safe after jihad attack
Hard to imagine that the Sahel was ever all that safe, but now the jihad there is stepping up in intensity. “France: Sahel no longer safe after al Qaeda attack,” by John Irish and Abdoulaye Massalaatchi for Reuters, January 9 (thanks to Ken): PARIS/NIAMEY (Reuters) – France said on Sunday the African Sahel region was […]
Niger: Muslim groups urge boycott of vote on constitution that would separate powers of Islam and state
Sharia is a comprehensive set of laws designed to address every facet of human existence. Now, if you say that with a smile and stop there, you’re well on your way to a fruitful career in lobbying or the mainstream media. Not so much if you continue with the observation that Sharia’s existence as a […]
“Soldiers of Islam” abduct employees of French firm in Niger
Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Al Qaeda says it abducted employees of French firm in Niger,” from CNN, September 22: (CNN) — Al Qaeda’s North African wing, known as al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, said it is responsible for last week’s kidnapping of five French nationals in Niger, the Arabic-language […]