I’ve been on the road, speaking in Birmingham, Alabama, and haven’t had time to comment on the Washington Post piece that Pamela Geller responds to in this article: “Defending Shariah in America,” in the American Thinker, March 4. But she says everything that needs to be said about it anyway: America, apologizing to brutal murderers […]
Report: Kenyan police seeking another British female convert to Islam
Samantha Lewthwaite’s denunciation in 2005 of her husband, who was one of the 7/7 bombers, as “brainwashed” can be found here. Now, she is described “no small fish” in the global jihad. “War is deceit,” Muhammad said (Sahih Bukhari 4.52.267). An update on this story. “The 7/7 widow and a boom in British jihad,” by […]
U.K.: Al-Qaeda seeking female recruits for suicide bombings
Al-Qaeda did not invent the jihadist ideology that drives it, but it is an effective transmitter of tactics to distant theaters of jihad, most notably in the case of suicide bombings. Here, a tactic associated with the Palestinian jihad and the Chechen “black widow” jihadists threatens to make inroads in Britain. “Al-Qaeda bid for Brit […]
Bridge for sale: Muslim Brotherhood assures German foreign minister it is committed to peace with Israel
The message changes with the audience. When the Brotherhood’s members are talking among themselves, or to Arab and Muslim audiences, there is a very firm, if not openly antisemitic, line against peace with Israel. It is plausible, though, as part of the Ikhwan’s gradualist approach, that the Camp David Accords will see an incremental erosion, […]
Spencer: Taliban: New and Improved?
In FrontPage this morning, I discuss the Taliban’s recent efforts to present a kinder, gentler face to the West: Apparently the Taliban are softening, even allowing girls to get an education. Clearly this heralds an opening to the West, a heady indication that their most repressive days are past them, and that soon they will […]
How Circumstance Dictates Islamic Behavior
Preach peace when weak, wage war when strong Has there ever been a time when one group of people openly exposes its animosity for another group of people””even as this second group not only ignores the animosity, but speaks well, enables, and legitimizes the first group? Welcome to the 21st century, where Western politicians empower […]
Hamas-linked CAIR praises Muslims for turning in Florida jihadist, then criticizes FBI for “entrapment”
This is not as self-contradictory as it seems: Hamas-linked CAIR is nothing if not consistent. The consistency here is in Hamas-linked CAIR’s ongoing efforts to make people think that Muslims are aiding anti-terror efforts, while in fact opposing those efforts in every particular. Both these tendencies are abundantly established. The goal is to make Muslims […]
State Dept.: Muslim Brotherhood gave assurances on observance of treaty with Israel. Muslim Brotherhood: oh, no we didn’t
War is deceit: the agenda is the same, but the message depends on the audience. More on this story. “Brotherhood: We did not promise to honor Israel peace treaty,” by Roi Kais for YNet News, January 7: The Muslim Brotherhood denied on Saturday that it had assured Washington it would uphold the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace […]
Reza Aslan vs. reality: “Nonsense” that incoming Middle East regimes want to destroy Israel
Expert on nonsense The clownish boy Reza Aslan, a deceptive Islamic supremacist, continues to make ridiculous statements, and continues to gain entree where such ridiculous statements, as opposed to reality, are fashionable. “The future of the Arab Spring in 2012,” by Reza Aslan in American Public Media Marketplace, January 4: Pundits and politicians are already […]
Report: Secret talks between U.S. and Taliban may lead to transfer of Taliban prisoners to Afghan prisons
The Taliban don’t want this so they can visit. They know that in Afghan custody, they stand a good chance of seeing the detainees escaping or being released outright. Failing that, they can attempt to organize a prison break of their own, which they did in Kandahar “with inside help.” “Exclusive: Secret U.S., Taliban talks […]