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Islamic Tolerance Alert: “An 18-year-old Christian woman raped and forced to convert to Islam,” by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews (thanks to all who sent this in): Faisalabad (AsiaNews) — A young Christian woman was kidnapped, raped and forced to convert to Islam by a Muslim man in Faisalabad, Khalil Tahir, chairman of “Adal Trust,” a […]

Islamic Tolerance Alert from Compass Direct: ISTANBUL, October 31 (Compass Direct News) — Islamic militants threatened to bomb a Christian family for refusing to convert to Islam as fighting between militants and government troops resumed in northwestern Pakistan yesterday. “Become Muslim — otherwise, we are going to destroy your house with bombs,” an anonymous caller […]

Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Less than Half of Pakistani Public Supports Attacking Al Qaeda, Cracking Down on Fundamentalists,” from World Public Opinion : Pakistanis show only weak support for using force against Islamic militants and overwhelmingly oppose allowing outside forces to combat al Qaeda on Pakistani territory. A WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that just 44 […]

Why Pakistan’s estimated 20,000 madrassas are the country’s biggest jihad threat. “Pakistan’s problem child recites the Koran,” by Colin Freeman in the Telegraph (thanks to Joe): Like many younger pupils at Karachi’s Jamia Binoria madrassa, 12-year-old Imran Mohammed is a shy, quietly spoken child who is all but tongue-tied in front of his elders. One […]

Things didn’t go precisely the way he had planned. “Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Own Family,” from Associated Press (thanks to DFS): KABUL, Afghanistan – A mother who tried to stop her son from carrying out a suicide bomb attack triggered an explosion in the family’s home in southern Afghanistan that killed the would-be bomber, his […]

While the opponents of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week excoriate us for claiming that women face oppression under Sharia, the jihadists continue to…oppress women under Sharia. “Girls” school blown up in NWA,” from Agence France Presse (thanks to Dav): MIRANSHAH: Pro-Taliban militants blew up a girls’ school in restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said on […]

That would be most welcome progress, if it materializes. “Pakistan plans all-out war on militants,” by Syed Saleem Shahzad for Asia Times: An all-out battle for control of Pakistan’s restive North and South Waziristan is about to commence between the Pakistani military and the Taliban and al-Qaeda adherents who have made these tribal areas their […]

All too unsurprising news from CNN: KARACHI, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 35 people were killed Thursday night in two explosions that went off near a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who returned to the country earlier in the day after eight years of self-imposed exile, police sources told CNN. Bhutto and […]

More on this story. “Islamists damage giant rock Buddha,” by Ben Quinn in the Telegraph: Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite. The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban’s […]

You just never know Only in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Saudi Arabia is everyone just fine with the full covering of the face. “Suicide Bomber in Pakistan Kills 15,” from Reuters (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD, Oct 1 (Reuters) – A suicide bomber wearing a woman’s burqa set off explosives in the […]