Naive? Maybe. “Israel Security Council: Obama Naive on Muslim Brotherhood,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu in Israel National News, January 3 (thanks to Twostellas): Israel’s National Security Council thinks that President Barack Obama is naïve in his attitude towards the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, which stated Sunday it can’t fathom the idea of recognizing Israel. Dr. Rashad […]
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Report: Al-Qaeda’s former second banana sends veteran jihadists to establish presence in Libya
They already have quite a few friends there. Along with the havoc they can wreak within Libya, it would be a handy forward operating base for striking in Europe, noting that one of the major figures named below has already spent time in the United Kingdom. This development may also be a chance to bolster […]
Hamas marks 24th anniversary, boasts of killing 1,365 Israelis
Weary dhimmi Western authorities are ready to talk with Hamas, despite its unmitigated bloodlust. It is useful to recall why Hamas is considered a terror group in the first place: consider the “Glory Record” that used to be on its website. You can still see it here, via the Wayback Machine. Just in case that […]
64 companies have pulled ads from All-American Muslim
Islamic supremacists such as Dalia Mogahed, Hamas-linked CAIR and Reza Aslan and their Leftist Useful Idiots such as Russell Simmons, as well as Useful Idiot far-Left “journalists” such as Michelle Goldberg and Adam Serwer, are in a fine froth about the Lowe’s decision to drop advertising from All-American Muslim. It’s bigotry, you see, for a […]
Algeria’s failed Islamic movements try to capture “Arab Spring” momentum, offer guidance on how to “organize and participate in unrest”
They lost trust because of their brutality. But no, seriously, this time will be different. “Insight: Algerian Islamists hope for “Arab Spring” revival,” by William Maclean for Reuters, December 8: LONDON (Reuters) – Algeria’s Islamists, in the political wilderness since their last attempt to win power dissolved into civil war, are now trying again, galvanized […]
Transcript: Spencer/Fawstin/McCarthy on moderate Muslims, Restoration Weekend 2011
Q and A: This was originally supposed to be a continuation of my print debate at National Review (here and here) with Andrew McCarthy on Islam vs. Islamism. It was changed at the last minute into this panel with the peerless artist Bosch Fawstin and the Baroness Caroline Cox. While the change was disappointing on […]
Iranian women fight so-called “family protection” bill that would allow men unlimited “temporary” marriages and ease requirements for polygamy
If there were truth in advertising, it would be the “Free Sex for Me, But Not for Thee Act of 2011.” Not all Iranian women are willing to see the bill sail through unchallenged, knowing how they will be victimized by it. An update on this story. “Iranian women fight controversial ‘polygamy’ bill,” from Payvand […]
“Promoting sharia in any form is a reckless pursuit on the part of democratic governments”
When I spoke in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane during my speaking tour of Australia, Vickie Janson of the Q Society, the human rights organization that brought me out, gave this eye-opening address at the beginning of each event: On behalf of the Q Society of Australia it is my pleasure to welcome you all […]
Robert Spencer in Melbourne, Australia, November 26, 2011
Robert Spencer in Melbourne 26/11/11 by PJG (longtime Jihad Watch commenter) On a day of relentless spring rain, Melbourne — or a select contingent thereof – welcomed Robert Spencer for his first talk in his first ever visit to Australia, courtesy of the Q Society of Australia. The 250-seat room was full to capacity, booked […]
That’ll fix it: U.S., U.K., and Canada announce more sanctions against Iran
The never-ending cycle of incrementally more restrictive sanctions against Iran will not end in Iranian cooperation, transparency, or the halting of its nuclear program. It will end in an Iranian nuclear test, followed by a war of endless finger-pointing in the West over how it could ever have happened and why firmer action was not […]