No surprise here, except for those who still think that negotiations or gestures of good will can win over the jihadists. From HiPakistan: ISLAMABAD: Taliban have vowed to continue their jihad and not miss any opportunity to oust the occupation coalition forces from Afghanistan. We will not care about our lives and we want to […]
Taliban Say Cut Throat of Afghan Christian
Where is the vaunted Islamic tolerance we hear so much about? An apparent member of Afghanistan’s tiny minority of Christians has fallen prey to the nation’s Tiny Minority of Extremists. Note also the way the murder was carried out, cf. Qur’an 8:12 and 47:4, as well as Nick Berg, Paul Johnson, etc. From Reuters, with […]
Mullah Omar wounded in US bombing raid
The elusive Omar This just in from Bloomberg.com: Mullah Mohammad Omar, the fugitive leader of the Taliban, was wounded in a U.S. bombing raid earlier this month that killed four of his bodyguards, Deutsche Presse- Agentur said, citing a newspaper report in Pakistan. Omar was injured in the legs and left side of his body […]
Sharia alert: Living in fear of Pakistan’s new ‘Taliban’ regime
The seriousness of those who want to impose Sharia and all its restrictions (including the prohibition of music) upon Pakistan (where dhimmi Christians already have it bad enough) is illustrated by this Telegraph story about the terrorization of a Pakistani pop singer. It also contains interesting information about how these radical Muslims want to force […]
Freed from Gitmo, many rejoin Taliban
Here’s a “bombshell” from Donald Rumsfeld: terror suspects freed from Guantanamo Bay have been rejoining Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. This is no surprise, really. Two weeks ago we posted a story about the same thing happening in Afghanistan. Why should it be any different at Gitmo? From the New York Daily News, with thanks to […]
New film depicts life in Taliban Afghanistan
A new movie, Osama, shows life under Afghanistan’s Taliban government — the society that radical Muslims around the world will emulate if ever given the chance. This from the New York Post, with thanks to the many people who alerted me to this film. OSAMA Quietly devastating. In Dari, with English subtitles. Running time: 82 […]
The jihad goes on, vow freed Taliban
This story underscores the fact that we are in an ideological struggle that we are doing little to win. These men have been in prison, but once freed, they immediately go right back to the jihad. Nothing has been done to convince them that, say, jihad is best performed by resisting worldly temptations, as many […]
Virginia Jihad Defendants Waive Jury Trial
AP reports that “Four members of what the government calls the ‘Virginia jihad network’ have waived their right to a jury trial on charges they conspired to aid Taliban forces fighting the United States.” The unusual move by the defendants, set to go on trial Feb. 9, puts the verdict solely in the hands of […]
Freed Taliban “seeking revenge”
Saddam has been captured, but the jihad continues. Although the jihadis have received a huge blow, the ideological basis of the global jihad movement, which is not based on the charismatic appeal of any leader but on elements of Islamic theology and law, ensures that the movement will continue. Jihadis fought for Saddam despite his […]
Security alert in Scotland: “Tartan Taliban” questioned, released
Most Americans have heard of John Walker Lindh, the “Marin County Mujahid” who converted to Islam as a teenager and had gone to Afghanistan to join forces with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda by the time he was in his early twenties. Few know that there are many such Westerners — including the Australian Jack Jihad […]