Mark Steyn issues a call to Europe in the Chicago Sun-Times (thanks to Bryce): Ever since 9/11, I’ve been gloomily predicting the European powder keg’s about to go up. ”By 2010 we’ll be watching burning buildings, street riots and assassinations on the news every night,” I wrote in Canada’s Western Standard back in February. Silly […]
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Muslims ‘scorn’ Europe’s ways, ‘conspire to take it over’
I am quoted in this WND article, “Radical Islam blamed for French rioting: Muslims ‘scorn’ Europe’s ways, ‘conspire to take it over,’” saying a lot of things I have never said; I think they have mixed up my article on the French riots with someone else’s. But anyway, the statements of Tancredo and Pipes are […]
Fitzgerald: But what have you done for civilization lately?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the acadhimmic cliche of a high Islamic civilization that far surpassed the rest of the world — a cliche that has passed into the popular consciousness: One of the most important means of softening up the Infidels has been the rewriting, both of Islamic cultural achievements, and […]
Rajavi: A declaration of war on the international community
The state-run Iranian media maintains its harsh rhetoric with ire directed at opposition leader Maryam Rajavi for her condemnation of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s “wipe Israel from the map” speech. From Iran Focus: “Maryam Rajavi has written a letter to the leaders of the European Union, saying that Iran is the enemy of peace, democracy and humanity”, […]
Bosnia: jihadist planning suicide attack on a European embassy
More on how Bosnia has become a staging ground for the launching of jihad attacks in Western Europe. “Bosnia: Terror Suspect Was Planning Suicide Attack On A European Embassy, Press Reports,” from AKI, with thanks to Nicolei: Sarajevo, 21 Oct. (AKI) – One of the three terrorists arrested by the Bosnian police for planning terrorist […]
Pipes: Europe Under Siege
Daniel Pipes ably traces Europe’s ongoing descent into Eurabia in FrontPage: Two recent stories dramatically illustrate Europe’s looming immigration problem. One concerns a gang estimated to have smuggled 100,000 illegal immigrants, mainly Turkish Kurds, into Great Britain. These economic migrants paid between £3,000 and £5,000 to be transported via an elaborate and dangerous route. The […]
Fitzgerald: Clash of civilizations? Yes and no
UPDATE December 17, 2005: Certain parties are trying to make use of selected quotes from this article to attempt to discredit Jihad Watch, Mr. Fitzgerald, and me. For a clarification of my — and our — position on these matters, please see here. — Robert Spencer Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald explores some […]
Europe: The Manic-Depressive Continent
Here is the fourth in European writer Wolfgang Bruno‘s new series of essays. Everybody experiences ups and downs. The mood swings of people suffering from manic depression are far more extreme than those experienced by average people. Europe is probably the only case where an entire continent suffers from this condition. At the beginning of […]
Denmark Tries to Act Against Terrorism as Mood in Europe Shifts
Denmark struggles with speech issues. What is sedition? What constitutes incitement? These issues will be paramount in the western world for a long time to come. From the Washington Post, or as Hugh Fitzgerald calls it, the Bandar Beacon, with thanks to Kemaste. COPENHAGEN — Said Mansour, a slightly built man with a bushy beard, […]
Terrorists’ aim is to end western civilisation, says ex-Mossad head
From the Scotsman, with thanks to Two Stellas. THE former head of Mossad, the Israeli Secret Intelligence Service, says we are in the throes of a new world war where the objective of the terrorist is not regime change or territorial gains but despatching western civilisation into history. Efraim Halevy, who recently stepped down as […]