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Sunday, August 31, 2008

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Sunday, August 31, 2008

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UK: Muslim women caught on tape promising death and destruction to Christians, Brits, ex-Muslims, moderate Muslims, Muslims working in banks, adulterers, fornicators, gays, and women wearing short-sleeves and make-up

Living up to the Koran's dictum: "The Believers, men and women, are protectors one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil" (9:71). "Revealed: Saudi women preaching hate in the British mosque that promised to clean...

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Morocco: Muslims have "qualms" over "debauched," "dissolute," and "cynical" Western style concerts

Jihad against music on the way. "Morocco music festivals bring culture clash," by Alfred de Montesquiou for the Associated Press, August 30CASABLANCA, MOROCCO -- This is an overwhelmingly Muslim country, but you wouldn't know it from the music festivals. The...

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Turkish raid on al-Qaeda cell

If you're going to resurrect the caliphate, might as well focus on where it last stood. "Turkish police arrest 21 al Qaeda suspects," from France 24, August 29:Turkish police on Friday arrested 21 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in a major...

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Turkey goes over to the dark side

Darth Spencer says: Welcome to the dark side "Ahmadinejad got something just as valuable: a chance to spin his own image, court popularity and bash the United States and Israel." Courtesy our friend and ally, Turkey. "Then, as he...

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Pakistan: "Nobody has ever known [Peshawar] so fearful" of Taliban takeover

Here is the ultimate consequence of a series of "truces" with jihadists in the Northwest Frontier Province. "Pakistani city of Peshawar could fall to Taliban as fear and attacks grow," by Nick Meo for the Telegraph, August 30: When the...

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Venomous Islamophobes raid mosques in Gaza -- no, wait...

Actually it was the Palestinian police. Don't they know mosques are holy places? Ibrahim Hooper, call your office! This outrage must not go unprotested! "Palestinian police arrest 10 in Hamas mosque raids," from AFP, August 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph):...

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Iran: World War III will break out if you attack us

Summer 1939 Alert: "World War III will break out in case of aggression on Iran," from IRNA, August 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): World War III will break out in case of aggression on Iran, Deputy Chief of Staff of...

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He plagiarized his jihad book, so he couldn't be a jihadist

Because if he copied it, he couldn't possibly agree with or want to implement its contents, right? Right? I hope the silliness of this defense is seen for what it is. Belal Khazaal Update: "Man 'a plagiarist, not a terrorist,'"...

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Yemeni columnist: International Islamic terrorism is as Saudi as crude oil

Hassan Al-Haifi speaks here of "the Wahhabi misguided rendition of Islam," but the only indication he provides of what exactly he thinks is misguided about it is that the Wahhabis fought and are fighting their fellow Muslims. Meanwhile, he takes...

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Imam: having sex-slaves "may no longer be fashionable," but it's still legal in Islam

A very revealing piece on sharia, marriage, and concubinage, as they relate to this story. "Why we passed Fatwa on Islamic preacher with 86 wives –Imam Ashafa," by Emeka Mamah, Kaduna for Vanguard, August 30:Mohammad Nureen Ashafa is the Imam...

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Australian Arab leader defends blood libels

How could he not do so? The idea that Allah cursed the Jews and transformed some of them into apes and pigs is thrice repeated in the Qur'an: 2:63-66, 5:59-60, and 7:166. Also, this is a Tiny Minority of Extremists...

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Stanley Fish: Random House dropping Aisha novel wasn't censorship

It wasn't censorship. Fine. It was cowardly, it was craven, it was a manifestation of dhimmitude, and it most certainly was "an episode in some 'showdown between Islam and the Western tradition of free speech.'Â" I am not so much...

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Pakistani lawmaker on honor killing: "These are centuries-old traditions, and I will continue to defend them"

More on this story. And as I noted there, these are more than just tribal traditions. A manual of Islamic law certified by Al-Azhar as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy says that "retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills...

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

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Morocco: Authorities break up jihadist network calling itself "Conquest of Andalusia"

The known Tiny Minority of Extremists increase in number again. "Morocco 'breaks terror network'," from BBC News, August 29: The Moroccan authorities say they have broken up a militant cell operating in several towns in the kingdom. The group allegedly...

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Jihadists hide in house in Jammu, take civilian hostages

Feel the love. "House siege second major attack in three months," from the Times of India, August 28 (thanks to Ravtish): JAMMU: The fidayeen took care to save their ammunition, even as army officers chalked out strategies to neutralize them...

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Saudis distribute anti-terror cartoons

"Terrorism" snuffing out the light of Islam, Saudi Arabia Another chickens coming home to roost moment. Of course, if the Saudis were remotely serious about condemning terrorism, they wouldn't be teaching their children to hate non-Muslims and that jihad...

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Pennsylvania Leftist useful idiot guilty of aiding Hamas

A member of the International Solidarity Movement. Left/Jihad Nexus Update: "York County native gets 31/2 years for helping Hamas," by Nichole Dobo for The Evening Sun, August 23 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): A 33-year-old York County native was sentenced Thursday...

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Fitzgerald: Muslims and America

"We have a message: Muslim Americans are as American as apple pieÂ" – from this article in The Guardian about Muslims at the Democratic National Convention in Denver If Muslims are "as American as apple pie," are they as American...

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Iran gives Hizballah advanced missiles to hit Israel

Another warning of Israel's destruction if the U.S. and/or Israel dare to attack Iran. However, this one has a curious hollow ring. "Report: Iran supplied Hizbullah with advanced missiles," by Roee Nahmias for YNet News, August 29 (thanks to the...

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Turkish army chief warns against Islamization

When he says that the military will take seriously any attempt to undermine Turkey's secular principles and turn it into an Islamic state -- which does seem to be the ultimate goal of Prime Minister Erdogan and the ruling party...

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Finnish jihadists back Russia

And at least one of them was or is KGB. We have noted many times over the years how eager Russia is to help Iran and other jihadists, despite facing its own jihadist troubles in the Caucasus. And now this...

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Fitzgerald: Greater Jihad and Lesser Jihad

"There are, according to Khan, two kinds of Jihad. The greater Jihad, in which a person fights their animal tendencies, and a lesser Jihad, in which they fight on behalf of their community." -- from this article Again and again...

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Senior Iraqi official arrested on suspicion of links to Iranian-backed jihadists

A supposed ally turns out to be working for the other side. Funny how that keeps happening. "Senior Iraqi official suspected of militia links," by Robert H. Reid for the Associated Press, August 28 (thanks to JCB): BAGHDAD - A...

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U.K.: Yet another misunderstander of Islam arrested in plot against Brown and Blair

An update on this story. "Fifth Arrest in Suspected Plot Against British Leaders," by Alan Cowell for the New York Times, August 27: LONDON — British counterterrorism police officers investigating a suspected conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown and...

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Vatican warns of growing "Christianophobia"

Not too sure if the word "phobia" is suitable in this instance, as no one fears cheek-turning Christians -- at least not the way bomb-laden or sword-waving Muslims tend to instill fear. "Anti-Christianism" or perhaps even "Misochristianism" may better capture...

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Creationism leads to terrorism?

This entire op-ed could be summed up in one sentence: "If only we could get people to not take the Koran so darn literally, jihad would stop." Note, however, how Christianity is constantly conflated with Islam in regards to violence...

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American woman defends hijab, says it makes women feel "free"

Yet, oddly, she herself has only worn it once, to experiment. "Behind the veil lives a thriving Muslim sexuality," by Naomi Wolf for the Sydney Morning Herald, August 30:A woman swathed in black to her ankles, wearing a headscarf or...

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Pakistan: five women buried alive for honor

Sharia Alert -- we are constantly told in the West that honor killing has nothing to do with Islam, but Muslims somehow seem to keep misunderstanding that. I've said this before, and I will keep saying it: A manual of...

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Friday, August 29, 2008

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Friday, August 29, 2008

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Israeli Arabs create jihad cell near Ramallah to assassinate Jewish pilots and scientists

Arab citizens of Israel continue to pose a threat to their "nation." "Israeli Arab Members Of Islamic Jihad Cell Plotted To Target Air Force Pilots & Scientists," from Infolive, August 28:Two Israeli Arabs suspected of setting up an Islamic Jihad...

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Venezuela cozies up to Iran, Hizballah

¿Por qué no te callas, Hugo? Jihad accelerating in South America, thanks to a short-sighted non-Muslim dictator. More on this story. "Venezuela Tightens Ties With Iran, Hizbullah," by Hillel Fendel for Israel National News, August 29 (thanks to Bob):...

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"Defending Islam," hacker defaces thousands of Dutch websites

Defending Islam by defacing and breaking things. More on this story. "Defending Islam, hacker defaces thousands of Dutch websites," by Andreas Udo de Haes for IT World, August 28: August 28, 2008, 09:54 AM — WebWereld Netherlands — A 'hacktivist'...

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Mookie calls it quits

When his future gleamed brighter "Sadr said the militia would now focus more on cultural programmes. 'We have set a cultural programme for the Mahdi Army...'" A "cultural programme"? He doesn't mean a series of Mozart concerts, or Shakespeare...

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Hey kids! Enjoy a fun-filled summer at Camp Jihad!

Canoeing! Exploring! Automatic weapons training! Parody by Jihad Watch reader Bob, sung to the tune of 'Camp Granada' with apologies to Allan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah Here I am at Camp Jihad, Gaza Things are fun and en-ter-tain-ing...

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UK: Shia man forces boys to flagellate themselves

And prosecution insists that his actions had nothing to do with Shia rituals or practices (at least they did arrest him, always a good sign for otherwise dhimmified regions). "Shia Muslim convicted of child cruelty after forcing two boys...

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Yemen arrests 30 Misunderstanders of Islam plotting attacks on Saudi Arabia

Al-Qaeda hates the House of Saud for what they see as its hypocrisy. "Yemen says 30 al-Qaeda suspects planned attacks in Saudi Arabia," from Middle East News, August 28: Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 suspected members of...

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Whitewashing jihad to a sexy modern soundtrack

A Shafi'i manual of Islamic law that was certified in 1991 by the clerics at Al-Azhar University, one of the leading authorities in the Islamic world, as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy, stipulates that Â"the caliph makes war upon...

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Bosnia: gay "festival" during Ramadan angers the faithful

They must not have gotten the memo that "jihad" is but another word for gay love. "Gay festival during Ramadan angers Bosnia Muslims," by Maja Zuvela for Reuters, August 29:SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Plans to hold Bosnia's first gay festival during...

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Malaysia: relentless "Muslim youth" still protest Avril Lavigne concert

First she was proclaimed too sexy, and that, among other things, jumping and shouting on stage were "banned" under sharia. Then, in an effort to not appear "closed-minded" or "childish," the Malysian government reversed the decision and allowed the show...

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UK: Muslim council chiefs order non-Muslim concillors to fast during Ramadan

Councillor Stephanie Eaton says: "Our community consists of a huge number of different religions, all of which should be valued, and no one religion should be accorded more status or influence than others." She is, of course, right about that,...

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Fjordman: On Science and Religion

Here's the latest from Fjordman: First of all, I'd like to say that I published an essay recently on why I don't think Islam can be reformed. All of my essays can be republished online for free, but this one...

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£20,000 from BBC charity appeals ended up in the hands of the 7/7 jihadist bombers

The chickens of multiculturalism are coming home to roost. "BBCÂ's Terrorists in Need: How did cash from the network's telethons for children end up in the hands of the 7/7 London bombers?," by Mike McNally for Pajamas Media, August 27:...

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BBC presenter complains: TV not showing humanity of Taliban

Compassion. "TV reporters are not showing the Taliban's humanity, says BBC presenter," from the Daily Mail, August 25 (thanks to Anne Crockett): A BBC presenter has attacked coverage of Afghanistan's ongoing war, claiming TV reporters are not covering the 'humanity...

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

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Iraq: girl suicide bomber may have been forced into it by husband's "female relatives"

And you thought your in-laws were bad. "Girl suicide bomber shows 'al Qaeda's desperation,'" from the New Zealand Herald, August 27:Police say they wanted to show "the desperate level al Qaeda has reached" when they released video footage of...

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MILF murders government ceasefire monitor

...which apparently indicates that the ceasefire is over -- as if that weren't obvious already. "MILF rebels execute govÂ't ceasefire monitor," from AFP, August 28 (thanks to Mackie): Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas have executed a member of the...

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"We have a message: Muslim Americans are as American as apple pie"

"'We have a message: Muslim Americans are as American as apple pie,' Lalani said. 'Ignoring us is the politics of exclusion and exclusion, I would suggest, is un-American.'" Fine. I don't want to ignore Muslim Americans. I want to ask...

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Ambushed French patrol may have been betrayed by its Afghan interpreter

As I have pointed out many, many times, there is no reliable way to distinguish a peaceful Muslim from an actual or potential jihadist. There is no Islamic group anywhere in the world that has pronounced takfir upon Muslims who...

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Muslim Brotherhood denies links to American Muslim groups -- but its leader says otherwise

Taqiyya Alert: In an editorial on the Brotherhood's own site, Ikhwan web, Khaled Salam claims that "Islamophobes" are responsible for linking the Muslim Brotherhood with American Muslim groups. "Muslim Brotherhood Hits the Obama Campaign Trail," by Khaled Salam for IkhwanWeb,...

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Muslim Obama supporter declares white people deserve and want to have their ears and noses cut off, and that Muslims shouldn't worry, "because God wants you to do it"

More Islamist skeletons in Obama's closet? And you thought Rev. Jeremiah Wright was bad? Wait till you see what this Obama supporter has to say about whitey. And then they wonder why Obama keeps distancing himself (at least publicly) from...

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Canadian intelligence officials ask Muslim leaders for help, get none

What are the implications of this for the idea that the jihadists constitute a Tiny Minority of Extremists among Muslims? Why, none, of course. The article here seems to consider the possibility only that Canadian officials have alienated the Muslim...

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It's a wonderful life...in Iran: Iranian propaganda tent outside DNC

Looking at the Left (thanks to Pamela) has this one and more pictures of the Iranian exhibit outside the DNC, in the shadow of the Colorado state capital building. Zombie has more at LGF. The exhibit is devoted to...

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"One day, there will be a Caliphate in Europe"

A Muslim in Europe says 9/11 was justified and discusses the Muslims' plans for Europe. This video has been up for awhile, but it has just been posted today at Islam in Europe, where I saw it (thanks to...

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Thug-In-Chief: "The Zionist regime has always shown that it only understands the language of the gun"

Yet another example of the projection and displacement of responsibility that we see so often from Muslim leaders: the Israelis have made concession after concession, endeavoring to show good faith for negotiations for a lasting peace, while both Fatah and...

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Spencer: Obama bin Biden Ends War On Terror

"See that guy Spencer, Barack? He thinks he's Freakin' Batman!" Now, don't get all excited about the title of this article. I'm not saying that Obama and Biden are like Osama bin Laden. (But just try saying that last...

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Sharia finance on Fox News

Here is Allyson Rowan Taylor of Shariah Finance Watch, discussing the phenomenon on Fox News. It is surprising and encouraging to see this topic aired on TV news at this juncture -- bravo, Allyson!...

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Pakistani villagers rise up against Taliban

Backlash. "Pakistan: Border Villages Rise Up Against Taliban," by Ashfaq Yusufzai for IPS, August 26 (thanks to Will): PESHAWAR, Aug 26 (IPS) - "We are trend-setters. Others are following us," boasts Rauf Khan, mayor of PakistanÂ's Buner district, where villagers...

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U.K.: Convert to Islam is fourth arrest in plot against Brown, Blair

Confirmed: Not a Methodist, in an update on this story. Just another "misunderstander" of Islam, and one more misguided interior spiritual struggler in the ranks of the Tiny Minority of Extremists. "White Muslim convert arrested over 'Gordon Brown assassination plot',"...

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Counter-terror officials "increasingly concerned" about Hizballah activity in Venezuela

No word on how long that concern has been present, or increasing. But we reported on this here in 2006. "Hezbollah presence in Venezuela feared," by Chris Kraul and Sebastian Rotella for the Los Angeles Times, August 26: BOGOTA, COLOMBIA...

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Pakistan: Attack in Peshawar targeted principal officer of U.S. Consulate

More on this story, and an update on Taliban encroachment in and around Peshawar: It looks like the latest truce between Pakistan and the Taliban, signed in July, is yielding familiar results. "U.S. Diplomat Attacked in Peshawar," by Jane Perlez...

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Buffalo: Principal of Islamic school ousted after taking student as second "wife"

Many aspects of this story raise an eyebrow, but one item in particular is that "Interviews with several Muslims reveal a mixed view on additional marriages under Islamic law. Some said it is not allowed under United States law and...

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Russia: bank cards with zero annual percent now available to Muslims

Leave it to the Russians to shrewdly give in to sharia, only to profit. "First Bank Cards for Muslims Issued in Russia," from IC, August 27:For the first time ever in the banker history in Russia special plastic cards for...

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Dad Arrested for Kidnapping Daughter to Stop Marriage to Non-Muslim

Islamic law, of course, forbids a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man. Sharia Alert: "Dad Arrested for Kidnapping Daughter to Stop Marriage to Non-Muslim," from AP, August 27: FRANKFURT, Germany — Prosecutors in Stuttgart say they have charged a...

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Sharia law firm represented by porn stars

Just another example of the hypocrisy sharia legalism breeds. On the one hand, the Muslim in this story makes it a point to follow the letter of the law, by wanting all women to wear burqas (to preserve their "modesty"),...

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Swiss government pro-minaret

And why not? Surely Muslims allow churches to flourish and tower high in Dar al-Islam, allowing Christians to exclaim five times a day, on megaphones, that "Jesus is the Son of God!" Oh, they don't; oh, some Muslim nations don't...

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Egyptian convert from Islam to Christianity: "My family has threatened me with death"

As Muhammad said, baddala deenahu faqtuhulu: If anyone changes his religion, kill him. "An Egyptian Muslim's long journey towards Christianity," from AFP, August 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): CAIRO (AFP) — Maher al-Gohari converted to Christianity 30...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

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The rally was a blast

And shots were fired at U.S. consulate staff in Peshawar. Pakistan Jihad Update: "Blast at Pakistan rally, shots fired at U.S. vehicle," from Reuters, August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A blast hit a rally promoting...

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"The Muslim faith disqualifies him from leading the Muslim nation because he is comparable to an infidel"

Infidel "Those who applaud the new government and those who are against it must stop and turn to the strict application of Sharia." That is always and everywhere the goal. Note here, yet again, the strong Islamic content of...

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Al-Qaeda group on Facebook: "hey lets shave bush's head off....:p"

Some of the posts on "The Wall" at this Al-Qaeda Facebook page appear to be tongue-in-cheek, but not all of them. There is also jihad recruitment propaganda from YouTube, posted there by the site administrator, Abdul Wahab Al-Nasralla. Via...

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Jihadists blow up barber shop in northwest Pakistan

Opening soon in the North West Frontier Province The Taliban soldiers on in the North West Frontier Province, defying the ban that was just put on the group. They don't like barber shops because men run the risk of...

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Tar Heel jihadist gets 33 years

The headline to this WXII story is "Former Student Sentenced In UNC Crash." Crash? There was no "crash" in the sense of an accident. Taheri-azar, by his own admission, was trying to kill students by hitting them with the SUV,...

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Somalia: "Unknown armed groups" fire on airplane

Gee, who could they be? "Somalia: Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Bullet Damages," from the Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu), August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): A plane that transports Khat to Kismayo town has unpredictably landed at KM50 airport in...

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Iraq: Suicide bomber targets police recruits, kills 28

A strike against the governing order. "Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq recruits," from Reuters, August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowd of...

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Osama bin Laden: "Battle, animosity, and hatred -- directed from the Muslim to the infidel -- is the foundation of our religion"

A new review for The Al Qaeda Reader, from the Terrorism and Political Violence journal, which was just brought to my attention by a terrorism analyst. Good to know that, while some in the government are still quarreling over...

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"Man," probably a Methodist, arrested by terror police in UK

Actually, it's unlikely that he was a Methodist, since this story starts talking about jihadi websites. But rest assured, I will not rest in my determination to find a living, breathing illustration of what everyone knows to be true: that...

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Pipes on how the Muslim world perceives Obama

Definitely not as a Christian; sometimes as a Muslim apostate. Always as the best thing for Islam, no matter how much he "distances" himself from the faith. "Obama through Muslim eyes," by Daniel Pipes for the Jerusalem Post, August 25:How...

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Indonesian ulema: invoking name of Allah sufficient in court case

The problem with this, of course, is that, not only does Islam permit deception (taqiyya), but Allah himself is described in the Koran as one of the "best deceivers" (3:54), though English translations are fond of euphemizing and translating m-k-r,...

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Taliban was "underestimated"

And this "excess of confidence" was nourished by their general ignorance of the nature of the jihad ideology, and of the tenacity and patience it would inspire in the Taliban. "Taliban threat Â'underestimated,Â'" by John Thornhill in Financial Times, August...

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Fitzgerald: What is worrisome about Obama

There are many things to worry about Barack Obama in his view of the Middle East and in his view of Islam, including his being opposed to the war in Iraq for all the wrong, and none of the right,...

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Somali pirates funding mainland jihad

As random and destructive as Islamists may appear, they are often, one way or another, "supporting" the greater jihad -- which is precisely why they can get away (from an Islamic perspective) with being destructive and violent. These Somali pirates,...

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Iraq: Two teenage girls attempted suicide bombing attacks

Not just one, as we noted yesterday. "Two girls attempting suicide bombings caught by Iraq's Diala police," from KUNA, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD, Aug 25 (KUNA) -- Iraqi police said Monday that they arrested two teenage girls...

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Fitzgerald: Yee at the DNC

"That they'll now read from the Quran at a national political convention — that shows we have come a long way in this country," he says. "That I'm here — that shows it, too." – Former accused jihadist spy and...

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US, Iraq agree: No foreign troops in Iraq after 2011

Will all the Sharia supremacists be gone from Iraq by the end of 2011? Of course not. The Iraqi Constitution already stipulates that no law can be made that contradicts Sharia -- a stipulation that Donald Rumsfeld long ago declared...

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Spencer: Questions for Obama and McCain

And Biden, too. My FrontPage article today: As the Democratic National Convention proceeds this week and the Republicans are gearing up for their own party, we are still not hearing the candidates being asked genuinely tough and illuminating questions about...

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Biden: Tehran's favorite Senator

"See that man, Barack? That's Ahmadinejad. He's tough, but reasonable. We can talk with him." "Biden's political games have made him Tehran's favorite senator." "Biden's Blink on Iran," by Michael Rubin in the Washington Post, August 26 (thanks to...

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Marisol Seibold wants your jihad news!

Yesterday I requested that those of you who are kind enough to send us links to jihad-related stories please send them to me at director@jihadwatch.org and to Raymond Ibrahim at topicsforjw@gmail.com. Please send them also to Marisol Seibold at marisolseibold@hotmail.com....

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UK: sharia courts "order[ing] wives to be more attentive to their husbands' needs"

Ten currently operate in the UK, with around 95 per cent of their cases dealing with matrimonial issues. "Sharia courts rule on sex lives in Britain," by Graham Tibbetts for the Telegraph, August 26 (thanks to Shechild):Unofficial Sharia courts are...

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CAIR tries "to force" movie-maker to change title of movie

Which is "Towelhead." The person who came up with that title is an "Arab-American," and sees nothing wrong with the title, which she selected to highlight racism in her novel by the same name. CAIR, however -- and true to...

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Fitzgerald: The rich Muslims should pay for the poor Muslims

Â"Gulf oil producers are expected to earn a record $562 billion in 2008Â…Â" -- from this news article That nearly $600 billion is just this yearÂ's take. And it just counts the Gulf Arabs, not other Muslim states with plenty...

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Iran beating up tourists for not observing dress code

I just canceled my plans to vacation in lovely Qom. Sharia Alert: "Iran: Beating up tourists in Shiraz," from the National Council of Resistance of Iran, August 24 (thanks to Islamo-Nazism): Last week six women and a man touring the...

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Swiss foreign minister: We could negotiate with bin Laden

Credentials on neutrality: Your mileage may vary with jihadist organizations. Of course, there are many other reasons besides the flag with a big cross on it that Al-Qaeda would not appreciate Switzerland's traditional status in the West as a...

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Stop the presses: Sharia law hinders Bahrain's adherence to convention banning discrimination against women

And what is particularly useful and revealing in this article is the item-by-item description of the Sharia-based objections. "Call to review women's rights," by Rebecca Torr for Gulf Daily News, August 24: Bahrain could be forced to pass a family...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Islamic hackers attack Dutch websites in retaliation for Fitna

Watch Fitna Free speech is under concerted assault by the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which is putting pressure on the UN and Western governments to criminalize speech about Islam that they deem offensive (which includes speech about Islam...

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Pirates running wild, seize eight ships

Pirates running wild Piracy as a jihadist activity has a pedigree at least as old as the Barbary conflicts with Europe and the new United States, and the Islamic slave raiding pirates vividly described in Giles Milton's book White...

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Islamic Jihad holds kidnap training

...while the former University of South Florida professor who heads it up travels to Egypt to try to make peace among the warring factions of Palestinian Arabs -- a quixotic mission if I ever heard of one. "Report: Terrorists hold...

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Iraq: Teenage girl in suicide vest

Yet another child pressed into the service of the jihad. "Iraqis show video of teenage girl in suicide vest," by Karin Laub for Associated Press, August 25: BAGHDAD - Iraqi police publicly questioned a teenage girl after she was allegedly...

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Former accused jihadist spy, now DNC delegate: "That they'll now read from the Quran at a national political convention — that shows we have come a long way in this country"

Reversal of fortune Yee was not exactly cleared. Back in March 2004, AP reported that "in dismissing the charges, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, which operates the detention center, cited 'national security concerns...

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Raymond Ibrahim wants your jihad news!

Al-Qaeda's nemesis I am very pleased and honored to have Raymond Ibrahim, the author of The Al-Qaeda Reader, writing at Jihad Watch. And now Raymond wants to hear from you. Have you ever wondered what those "thanks to..." parenthetical...

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Leader of Muslim Brotherhood-linked organization gets standing ovation at Democratic Convention

Mattson, standing tall The Muslim Brotherhood is engaged, in its own words, in "a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and Â'sabotagingÂ' its miserable house by their hands and the hands of...

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Saudi Arabia: Islam religion of "peace," "tolerance," and "pluralism"

Fresh pile of taqiyya, attempting to set the "record straight" about Islam once and for all from the Saudi Gazette. "Islam and concept of peace," by Dr. Ghulam Mursaleen for the Saudi Gazette, August 25:According to Islamic belief, AllahÂ's original...

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Muslim Brotherhood top dog admits "relationship" between Brotherhood and CAIR

Habib, before the squirming The stalwart Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey recently interviewed Mohammed Habib, who, he says, "is slated to become the next Supreme Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood." Toward the end of the interview Sandmonkey asks Habib an uncomfortable...

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Jihadists gaining in Somalia again -- control key Somali port

In the Fall 2007 issue of the Journal of International Security Affairs, I published an article, "Somalia: Rise and Fall of an Islamist Regime." But the fall of the short-lived Sharia regime there -- a regime that had been lauded...

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Meet Obama's good friend and possible cousin: sharia-advocate Raila Odinga

The importance of the following opinion-letter is that it reminds us of Kenyan sharia-advocate, Raila Odinga -- who claims to be Obama's cousin. According to Atlas Shrugs, Raila Odinga has even stated that he has a "close personal friendship"...

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Aafia Siddiqui: Devout Muslim or terrorist?

Aafia Siddiqui's supporters should explain why they believe that a devout Muslim would be incapable of plotting to blow up the Statue of Liberty. After all, devout Muslims who explain and justify their actions by reference to Islamic texts and...

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In Iraq, it's all over but the suicide bombing

Iraqi Jihad Roundup. "Suicide-bomber driven car injures three policemen, a civilian," from KUNA , August 24 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): IRBIL, Aug 24 (KUNA) -- Three Iraqi policemen and a civilian were wounded when a suicide bomber drove a car...

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Russia selling advanced weapons systems to Syria

It is odd that Russia is abetting the jihad in some areas and fighting it in others, but then again, so are the U.S. and the Europeans. "Mideast: Russian Weapons To Syria, Concern In Israel," by Aldo Baquis for ANSAmed,...

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Pakistan bans Taliban!

Speaking of getting around to things a bit late. In any case, the group may be banned, but the ideology isn't -- and it has many, many adherents in Pakistan. "Pakistan bans Taliban militant group," from AFP, August 25 (thanks...

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MILF linked to Al-Qaeda

No surprise here. Philippine Jihad Update: "MILF raiders linked to JI," by Paolo Romero for The Philippine Star, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): Rogue commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have strong ties with extremists, including the...

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US puts up "wanted" posters of Osama bin Laden

It's hard to believe that they're only now beginning to publicize the large rewards they're offering for Osama, Mullah Omar, and our boy Adam. But in any case, I've imagined above what the wanted poster for Osama might look...

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Iraq: Woman with bomb vest changes her mind

Sometimes, human nature cannot quite give way altogether to violent fanaticism. "Iraqi woman with bomb vest turns herself in," from The Associated Press, August 24 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD: U.S. military officials say a woman wearing a bomb-laden vest...

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The jihad will not be canceled for low ratings...

...even as the short attention span of the mainstream media and the popular culture turns elsewhere....

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Jihadist was a journalist

Given the state of journalism these days, I see no reason to doubt this. Belal Khazaal Update: "Alleged jihad writer 'was a journalist,'" by Margaret Scheikowski for AAP, August 25 (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): POLICE did not check information...

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Â'We are in power to implement ShariaÂ'

A clear statement of intent, and a warning for prospective dhimmis, in Nigeria's Kano state. "Â'We are in power to implement Sharia,Â'" by Nasiru Muhammad for the Daily Triumph, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): KANO state governor, Malam Ibrahim...

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Egypt: Muslim security forces assault and beat Coptic women trying to repair church floor

Of course, the Muslims are only behaving according to the rules of Islam. As for fixing -- let alone building -- churches, the second "righteous caliph," Omar, clearly addressed this in his famous pact, which governs relationships between Muslims...

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Malaysia: Avril Lavigne concert still on

No longer deemed "too sexy" Update to this story. "Malaysia relents - bans all bans on Avril Lavigne concert," from the Bangkok Post, August 25:Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Malaysian authorities have reversed their decision to cancel a concert by...

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War Is Deceit Update: Taliban impersonators blamed for burning of girls' schools in Pakistan

But do they do the Taliban? Because the saintly Taliban would not and could not do this. Right? "Â'Taliban not burning girlsÂ' schools,Â'" from APP, August 24 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): ISLAMABAD: Various gangs of criminals are active in...

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Now there will be peace: Israel releases 200 more Palestinian Arab prisoners

Dhimmi Madness Alert: despite the fact that Israel has received warnings of terror attacks by released prisoners, they're releasing more. "Israel releases Palestinian prisoners," from AP, August 25: OFER PRISON, West Bank - Israel has begun releasing nearly 200 Palestinian...

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Monday, August 25, 2008

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Gulf States to rake in $562 billion in oil money

Financial Jihad: this will free up a billion or two for dawah and other stealth jihad activity in the West. "Gulf States To Earn Record USD 562 Billion In Revenue," from ANSAmed, August 22 (thanks to Insubria): DUBAI, AUGUST 22...

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Blogging the Qur'an: Sura 40, Â"The BelieversÂ"

"No one can dispute about the Signs of Allah but the unbelievers. Let not, then, their strutting around through the land deceive you!" Â"Everything has an essence,Â" said Ibn Abbas, Â"and the essence of the QurÂ'an is the family...

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Questions for the candidates

"These questions are getting tough" Not two hours ago I said I wouldn't be inundating this site with election news, but that could change if some interviewer or debate moderator had the good sense and chutzpah to ask Obama,...

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Sharia Finance Watch has a new home

The superb Sharia Finance Watch site has moved. Find it here, and bookmark it. Here is what they are about: Shariah Finance Watch is a blog that wants to educate the perils of the West conforming to the laws of...

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Biden denies existence of a war on terror

"See that, Barack? That's a Religion of Peace that has been hijacked by a Tiny Minority of Extremists" Now that Obama has made his momentous choice, here is a blast from the past: "Biden wages war on 'war on...

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Why so little election news here?

At Jihad Watch you are not going to see anything like the great quantities of Election Blah that is currently being slathered all over other websites. We are not going to endorse any candidate, and we have already pointed out...

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Meet Ingrid Mattson, appearing today at the Democratic National Convention

Just in case you missed this news item: "Convention interfaith event announced," by Electa Draper for The Denver Post, August 8: The Democratic National Convention Committee today announced the program for its first-ever interfaith gathering, which kicks off at 2...

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Senator Barack Obama and DNC called upon to 'un-invite' and denounce Ingrid Mattson

Update to this story. "DNC Invites Radical Islamic Speaker to 'Interfaith' Gathering," from CNW, August 24:Contact: Meredith Turney, 208-659-1057; www.WatchObsession.org DENVER, August 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- Kicking off their week of inclusion at the Democratic National Convention, the party will...

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"My dad said he'll kill me for defying him": Another child bride in Yemen

Speaking of child marriage, this article claims: "The ruling [in Yemen] abides by an interpretation of the Koran that claims there is no prescribed age for marriage." We're told it's "an interpretation" of the Qur'an, but that wording stops deliberately...

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Saudi Court will hear 8-year-old girl's divorce case

Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and consummated the marriage when she was nine. His example in all things is considered normative in the Islamic world. Sharia Alert: "Court to consider divorce for 8-year-old girl," from Agence France-Presse, August...

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Egypt organ donation ban: Â"We are afraid that in future there will be hospitals for Christians and hospitals for MuslimsÂ"

Unbelievers are unclean (Qur'an 9:28); why would a self-respecting Muslim want to accept an organ donated by one? An update on this story. "Egypt transplant ban sparks discrimination row," from Russia Today, August 21 (thanks to Bob): Human rights activists...

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

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Jihad leader asks terrorists to shun violence

But only as a matter of tactics, not as a matter of principle. "Militant leader asks terrorists to shun violence," from the Times of India, August 24 (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): SRINAGAR: United Jihad council, an amalgam of 13...

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New York: Egyptian national with Sudanese passport builds unmanned drone designed to carry 600 pounds of explosives -- FBI says no terrorism

Just a random Egyptian national with a Sudanese passport in Calverton, Long Island building a random unmanned drone that carries random explosives. Heck, have a little sense of perspective! If you think this has anything to do with terrorism, next...

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Raymond Ibrahim interview on the Gathering Storm yesterday

Can be heard here....

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South Africa: Muslims travelling to Uganda to aid in "relief work" busted on terrorism charges; Muslims infuriated at insinuation

"Terror claim angers Muslims" by Steven Tau for The Citizen, August 23:JOHANNESBURG - The arrests of two South Africans in Uganda on suspicion of terrorism has left the local Islamic community angered, frustrated and in fear for their safety. The...

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Threatening letter to McCain: "Allahu akbar"

"Akeem Ramsel El" appears at very least to be a Nation of Islam member -- and by the signoff of his letter, it also appears that he had jihad on his mind when he wrote to McCain. "Exclusive: Man Who...

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"The Martyrdom seekers of the organisation of al-Qaeda in Britain will target all the political leaders ... [and] all Embassies, Crusaders Centers and their Interests through out the country, with the help of Allah."

Nope. Not Methodists. An update on this story. "Terror suspects linked to threat against Brown," by Damien Francis for the Guardian, August 23: Three men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences have been linked to an investigation into threats to...

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Somalia jihadists: "We aim to implement Islamic Sharia in the country and any force that tries to stop (us) will regret (it)"

That's what the jihad is all about, anywhere it arises: Imposing Islamic law. And it's another reason the drive in some quarters (like the U.S. government) to replace "jihadist" with terms like "hirabi" is useless and counterproductive: If taking up...

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Homosexual Muslims wage "a jihad for love"

No comment. "Documentary explores gay Muslims' lives in 'Love,'" by David Wiegand, for the San Francisco Chronicle, August 23:The men and women who tell their stories, sometimes tearfully, in Parvez Sharma's documentary "A Jihad for Love" have one thing in...

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UK: Event to "learn more about Islam" devoted to music, bbqs, horse riding, petting zoo, and "bouncy castle"

And to do "some myth-busting" about the perpetually misunderstood faith. Taqiyya Alert: "Chance to learn about Islam," by Hazel Ettienne for Huddersfield Daily Examiner, August 23:PEOPLE are invited to an open day at a Huddersfield mosque. TheŠHanfia Educational Institute and...

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Elijah Mohammed's son to hold annual convention in Detroit about having "a winning spirit for success"

And, absolutely no talk of politics, or the White Devil. Honest. Incidentally, his name is Warith Deen Mohammed, which literally means "Inheritor of Muhammad's religion." "Muslim leader brings convention to Detroit," from AP, August 21:DETROIT - The leader of one...

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Indonesia: Christian seminary students living in tents, forced to move school across Jakarta after Muslim rampage

An update on this story. "Attack forces Indonesian Christians off campus," by Sarah Schonhardt for the Associated Press, August 22: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Hundreds of Christian theology students have been living in tents since a mob of angry Muslim...

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

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Jeffrey Imm: UK: New Documentary to Show Growing Islamic Supremacism in Mosques

Jeffrey Imm of the Anti-Jihad League of America, a longtime friend of Jihad Watch (whom I thank for links on practically a daily basis), here provides a report on ongoing jihadist activity in British mosques: The UK's Security Service MI-5...

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Fitzgerald: That genocidal hadith and the minds of Muslims

Robert Spencer reports that Â"the MSA of the University of Southern California became a focal point of this effort [to repudiate the genocidal hadith about Muslims killing Jews to bring on the end times] because it hosts a major online...

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"Man" charged with lying to FBI about raising funds for jihadist charity

A random man who might as well be a Methodist has randomly lied to a random law enforcement agency about his fundraising activities on behalf of a random charity that just happens to have connections with random terrorism that just...

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Leader of Muslim Brotherhood-linked group to speak at Democratic National Convention

From the DNC website (thanks to Steve): Democratic Convention To Highlight Diverse Community Of Faith Leaders Working Toward Common Good August 16, 2008 First-Ever Faith Caucus Meetings to be Held at Democratic Convention Invocators and Benedictors to Include Pastor Joel...

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Spencer: Random House and the Islamic War against Free Speech

In FrontPage today I discuss more implications of the Random House decision to drop Sherry Jones's silly and stupid novel The Jewel of Medina: Although when Random House canceled publication of Sherry JonesÂ' trashy novel about MuhammadÂ's nine-year-old wife, Aisha,...

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Bolton, Spencer, Pamela

Late last night I was on KFNX with Pamela hosting, following the illustrious John Bolton. It was late, and I spoke freely. You can listen here....

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Gulf News editor defends Muslims accused of terrorism, descries "harsh" sentences

Oddly enough, instead of targeting the Amish, "Sentences show anti-terrorism law targets Muslims," by Dr Abdul Hadi Al-Timi (Abu Dhabi Editor), for Gulf News, August 21:Dubai: The recent sentencing of two British Muslims under anti-terrorism law will not be the...

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Pakistani lawyers: "United States of Al Qaeda, Allah willing"

Now that Musharraf is gone, even those classes one would have thought were least "radical" -- lawyers -- prove to be al-Qaeda supporters. "Pro-Al Qaeda signs at lawyersÂ' rally," by Rana Tanveer for the Daily Times, August 22:LAHORE: Protesting...

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USC MSA removes, does not repudiate genocidal hadith

A third IslamoFascism Awareness Week is coming up, and this time at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, with which Jihad Watch is affiliated, we are focusing on the genocidal aspect of the jihad and the unsavory nature of the Muslim...

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Oxford study: Engineering degrees "over-represented" in jihadist organizations

Another blow to the "poverty-causes-terrorism" angle. And, as with the case of the MIT jihadist, it underscores how little attention is given to the question of who our own educational institutions may be equipping with knowledge they can later use...

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Bahrain: judge "powerless" to keep kidnapper father locked up

Since tribal loyalties are far more powerful than the rule of law. Not to mention, in Islam, the law often works in favor of the man, even in child custody cases. Hence, this "powerless judge" (another oxymoron made possible by...

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Senior citizen to be put to death if he doesn't divorce 76 of his 80 wives

Update to this story. "Death verdict for man with 80 wives," from SMH.com, August 23:LAGOS: An Islamic body in Nigeria has issued a death sentence on a man who married 80 women against the maximum of four allowed by Islam,...

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Indonesia warns about upcoming German conference, insisting that there must "be sensitivity because such an event will only worsen misunderstanding"

Not to mention lead to Muslim riots meant to demonstrate that Islam is a religion of peace. Update to this story. "Anti-Islam congress counterproductive to interfaith dialogs," from Antara News, August 22:Jakarta, (ANTARA News) - Indonesia, the world`s largest Moslem...

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Italy's former Prez admits they tried to bribe jihadists and buy safety

And it didn't work, of course. It never does. Aethelred the Unready Alert: "Italy's ex-president admits terror deal," from the Jerusalem Post, August 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): A former Italian president says his country had allowed...

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