Your stolen passport may be a jihadi’s ticket into a Western country. “Spain Dismantles Passport Ring For Islamic Cells Abroad,” by David Roman for Dow Jones Newswires, December 1 (thanks to Twostellas): MADRID -(Dow Jones)- Spanish police arrested seven men in Barcelona, suspected of stealing passports for radical Islamic cells in Thailand and Pakistan, and […]
Spain: Judge rules violent demonstration by Muslims at Córdoba cathedral was not intended to offend religious sentiments
If you review the facts of the case stated below and in initial reports following the incident, you may want to read the judge’s assessment sitting down: “There isn’t so much an intention to minimize or harm the religious sentiments of the Catholic religion so much as an attempt to favor, not to say clearly […]
Spain arrests U.S. citizen and Misunderstander of Islam for financing jihad
Former resident of Texas. One wonders if, when he was there, everyone who knew him assumed that he was a “moderate,” and that it would be “Islamophobic” even to consider any other possibility. “Spain arrests American al-Qaida suspect,” by Daniel Woolls for Associated Press, September 29 (thanks to JCB): MADRID – Spanish police have arrested […]
Spain: Nightclub changes its name from Mecca after Islamic supremacists threaten “a great war between Spain and the people of Islam” over name
As long as Westerners keep bowing to violent intimidation, Islamic supremacists will keep engaging in it. “Nightclub forced to change its name from Mecca after threats from Muslim extremists,” by Tom Worden in the Daily Mail, September 16 (thanks to Kristian): A popular Spanish nightclub has been forced to change its name from Mecca after […]
Brazening it out: Spanish “activists” sue Israel for crimes against humanity over jihad flotilla
The jihad flotilla group has been exposed as having clear, long-standing ties to terrorism and jihad, but that doesn’t stop these predatory “activists” from claiming victim status and trying to demonize Israel yet again. “Spanish activists sue Israel over Gaza flotilla raid,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, July 23 (thanks to Twostellas): Two Spanish activists who […]
Spanish parliament rejects burqa ban
An update on this story; a ban on burqas in government buildings may still be forthcoming. “Spain parliament rejects burqa ban _ for now,” by Alan Clendenning and Harold Heckle for the Associated Press, July 20: MADRID — Spain’s Parliament on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban women from wearing in public places Islamic veils […]
Proposed burqa ban moves forward in Spain
An update on this story. “Spanish parliament to debate ban on public burqas,” by Harold Heckle for the Associated Press, July 18: MADRID – Spanish lawmakers will debate barring burqas in public, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the grounds that the body-covering garments are degrading to women, the leading opposition party said […]
Spanish senate votes to ban burqa
Following a trend of local burqa bans within the country. “Spain’s Senate Votes to Ban Burqa,” by Raphael Minder for the New York Times, June 23: MADRID — In a significant escalation of Spain’s debate over how to handle radical Islam, the Senate on Wednesday narrowly and unexpectedly approved a motion to ban Muslim women […]
Barcelona plans ban on Islamic face veil
“It should not be possible that someone enters into a place without being identified,” or, for that matter, only identifiable as the possession of someone else, which is what the niqab reduces a woman to in public. “Barcelona plans Islamic veil ban,” from Expatica, June 14 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Barcelona plans to be the […]
Spanish city bans Islamic face veils at town hall
“[Spokeswoman Inma] Martos told The Associated Press the idea behind the ban is that such veils are degrading to women.” But it will be predictably spun as “Islamophobic” and, of course, “racist.” “Spanish city bans Islamic veils at the town hall,” from the Associated Press, May 28: MADRID — The Spanish city of Lleida has […]