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Monday, August 31, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/31/2009

Aug 31, 2009 04:29 am | Robert

Medvedev refers to the jihadists' "unorthodox views on Islam," indicating that like his counterparts in the West, he believes that Islam is a Religion of Peace™. Yet the relative peacefulness of the Islam in the Caucasus was a product of...


Aug 30, 2009 09:02 pm | Robert

Salam al-Marayati of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, a thoroughly unpleasant character with whom I have appeared on many radio shows (on which he invariably likens me to Osama bin Laden, although I have never flown any planes into buildings,...


Aug 30, 2009 06:37 pm | Hugh

"In an exercise of intellectual honesty it would have been appropriate to link to Salam Al-Marayati's entire column instead of selecting one quote then launch into a rant. It would have been even more appropriate if Al-Marayati's latest column on...


Aug 30, 2009 06:04 pm | Robert

A Jihad Watch exclusive from Andrew Bostom, editor of The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism, on the Rifqa Bary case: Last evening I read a particularly illuminating anecdote from Wafa Sultan's forthcoming book (due out October 13th), A God Who Hates,...


Aug 30, 2009 08:31 am | Robert

So he murdered a few Infidels. Who cares? Lockerbie Bomber Update: "Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil,'" by Jason Allardyce for The Sunday Times, August 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): The British government decided it was "in the overwhelming interests...


Aug 30, 2009 08:22 am | Robert

A choice morsel from this morning's Hate Mail Bag. What is he on about? He is referring to the passages in the Qur'an in which Allah curses Jews and transforms them into monkeys and pigs (2:62-65; 5:59-60; 7:166). Feel the...


Aug 30, 2009 08:16 am | Robert

23 families have been forced to move out of an apartment complex because of one other family, identified only as "Lebanese," that subjected them to "harassment, violence and threats" on a "daily basis," including their children "throwing rocks and spitting...


Aug 30, 2009 07:51 am | Hugh

"Executive Director Salam Al-Marayati is the newest blogger for the popular website The Huffington Post. Here is an excerpt from his first blog: 'As Muslims, when we take an oath of citizenship or allegiance, it is tantamount to making an...


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Sunday, August 30, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/30/2009

Aug 29, 2009 09:08 pm | Robert

But...but...they sincerely want peace! "IAF strikes Gaza smuggling tunnel after Qassam attack," from Haaretz, August 30 (thanks to all who sent this in): Israel Air Force planes struck a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip early Sunday, after Palestinian militants...


Aug 29, 2009 05:07 pm | Robert

"I want you to arrange a meeting with the heads of the Five Families. This war stops now." Oh, the Sunnis hate the Shi'ites, And the Iranians hate the Saudis, And the Syrians hate the Iraqis, And everybody hates...


Aug 29, 2009 02:29 pm | Robert

Will the Islamophobia never end? "Taliban kidnap Christians in Waziristan," from the Pakistan Christian Post, August 29 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): Peshawar: August 27, 2009. (PCP) The Taliban of Pakistan have kidnapped 8 Christians in South Waziristan according to reports...


Aug 29, 2009 11:46 am | Robert

Now this will be interesting. Right now Wilders is playing offense: "The PVV leader wants Verhagen to summon the Saudi Arabian ambassador to express his repugnance." But expect the cascade of protests and condemnations -- from both Muslims and dhimmis...


Aug 29, 2009 11:02 am | Hugh

Part One is here, Part Two here, Part Three here, Part Four here, and Part Five here. On August 21, 2009, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war (allusion-hunters welcome), The Times, that of New...


Aug 29, 2009 10:23 am | Robert

As M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus and President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University, will tell you, you're a greasy Islamophobe if you think that Islamic law prescribes the death penalty for apostates. Anyone...


Aug 29, 2009 09:54 am | Marisol

Dear Leader sends Ahmadinejad a care package. "'N Korean arms for Iran' seized by UAE," by Simon Kerr and Harvey Morris for the Financial Times, August 28 (thanks to all who sent this in): The United Arab Emirates has seized...


Aug 29, 2009 08:23 am | Robert

Because, you see, after billions to Pakistan, billions to Egypt, billions here and there and everywhere, we haven't been doing enough to show Muslim countries that we are their friends. "Military chief seeks new plan to woo Muslims," by Thom...


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Saturday, August 29, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/29/2009

Aug 28, 2009 07:57 pm | Robert

What a surprise! "Pakistan: No Military Campaign Against the Taliban," by Bobby Ghosh for Time, August 28 (thanks to John): Despite strenuous entreaties by top U.S. officials, Pakistan has abandoned plans to mount a military offensive against the terrorist group...


Aug 28, 2009 03:25 pm | Robert

It's for incisive work of this kind that the learned analysts make the big bucks. "Report: Iran nuclear program may have 'military dimensions,'" by Yossi Melman for Haaretz, August 28 (thanks to Alexandre): A new report commissioned by the International...


Aug 28, 2009 03:17 pm | Robert

This will air Saturday, August 29 at 7PM EDT. From C-Span (thanks to Bill): The Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs Robert Spencer About the Program From Young America's Foundation's 31st Annual National...


Aug 28, 2009 12:53 pm | Robert

"The war in the tribal areas and Swat is an integral part of the crusade on Muslims across the world." Not that his appeal has anything to do with Islam. "Qaeda's Zawahri calls for Pakistani jihad," from Reuters, August 28...


Aug 28, 2009 12:51 pm | Hugh

Part One is here, Part Two here, Part Three here, and Part Four here. Gates spent his speech -- see here -- ignoring the nature of what Muslims learn about Infidels: Americans are Infidels, and the United States is the...


Aug 28, 2009 12:05 pm | Robert

In 1929 Jews in Hebron were living on land they had "occupied" for 3,000 years. "Remembering the Hebron Massacre: Until 1929, Jews had lived in the city for three millennia," by Jerold S. Auerbach in the Wall Street Journal, August...


Aug 28, 2009 11:48 am | Robert

The strange thing about this case is that self-proclaimed anti-jihadists who have no trouble recognizing Palestinian "Paliwood" War-Is-Deceit propaganda designed to advance the jihad cause by manufacturing Israeli atrocities, and who even recognize fauxtography generated by the Palestinians, Iran, and...


Aug 28, 2009 11:16 am | Robert

A vile game -- and if they win, their prize could be a dead girl. "Rifqa's Apostasy," by Pamela Geller in Human Events, August 28: [...] The Orlando Sentinel is busy propagating the statements of Rifqa Bary's devout Muslim family...


Aug 28, 2009 11:04 am | Robert

Imagine the headline, the international outcry, the outrage, the riots, the panels on "Islamophobia" all over MSNBC -- but relax. None of that will happen. No one will much notice this. But it is useful to keep in mind as...


Aug 28, 2009 10:51 am | Robert

Act of war -- unnoticed. "Somali pirates fire at U.S. helicopter, Navy says," by Mike Mount for CNN, August 27 (thanks to Tee Cee): WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pirates holding a Taiwanese-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia fired on a...


Aug 28, 2009 10:41 am | Robert

The India World Report (thanks to Andrew Bostom) notes a glaring double standard in the Paper of Record: "2 killings stoke Kashmir rage at Indian force" is a story New York times printed on front page headline and continued to...


Aug 28, 2009 10:27 am | Robert

Mike Tyson, yet another Misunderstander of Islam -- the great statement comes at 1:32. (Thanks to LGF2.)...


Aug 28, 2009 10:22 am | Robert

Ah, the exquisite complexity of Islam eludes yet another Muslim, Kadir T., who somehow gets the Islamophobic idea that he has a religious responsibility to wage war against unbelievers. Will the Islamophobia never end? "Germany arrests suspect in plot to...


Aug 28, 2009 10:12 am | Robert

Z Street is a new Jewish advocacy organization; it has already shown courage and vision by supporting Rifqa Bary, the girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and now says she is fighting for her life by fleeing from her...


Aug 28, 2009 10:00 am | Robert

Mad as heck, by golly, and going to court It's all the same jihad, after all. Still, there is a verse in the Qur'an that says "Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs...


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Friday, August 28, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/28/2009

Aug 28, 2009 04:03 am | Marisol

Not surprisingly, authorities have done nothing. Islamic Tolerance Alert. "Bangladesh: Muslims threaten Catholic women of Dewtola village," by William Gomes for AsiaNews, August 27: Dhaka (AsiaNews) - Catholic women of the village of Dewtola can no longer go to mass...


Aug 27, 2009 05:07 pm | Robert

But why? What makes them think they're going to have any inmates who adhere to the Religion of Peace™? Expect the Muslim Council of Britain to take this prison to task for its "Islamophobia" for anticipating that it will have...


Aug 27, 2009 04:18 pm | Robert

I hope Israel will fund new road signs in Iowa written in Arabic and Hebrew -- no English. "The development is seen as part of the preparation for a future Palestinian state" -- and yet the aftermath of the Gaza...


Aug 27, 2009 03:35 pm | Robert

Our good friend and former Jihad Watch writer Raymond Ibrahim appears on Al-Jazeera in these two clips, discussing how Islamic charitable contributions often end up in the hands of Islamic jihadists. And Raymond, with his fine beard, is looking...


Aug 27, 2009 02:05 pm | Robert

Only in the 29th paragraph of this story (I haven't reprinted them all here), when Sharia is mentioned, do we learn that this child marriage had anything to with Islam. Yet only when that is acknowledged and confronted will there...


Aug 27, 2009 12:46 pm | Robert

Yet another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert: "Release the Terrorist, Investigate the CIA," by Andy McCarthy at The Corner, August 27: The Wall Street Jounral [sic] has a terrific editorial this morning on how valuable the CIA interrogation program was in uncovering life-saving...


Aug 27, 2009 11:53 am | Robert

"That is why we must do everything we can to support her and other Muslim girls in danger of honor killing, by building shelters, creating an underground railroad, and supporting their attempts to be free." In "An Underground Railroad for...


Aug 27, 2009 11:49 am | Robert

My new book, The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran, is coming September 21 from Regnery Publishing. What they're saying about the new book: "Unlike most of today's self-styled experts, Robert Spencer won't tell you that 'slay the idolaters...


Aug 27, 2009 11:28 am | Robert

No surprise here. According to Islamic law, dhimmis are forbidden to "ring church bells or display crosses," as well as to "recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays" ('Umdat al-Salik o11.5). The...


Aug 27, 2009 09:28 am | Robert

In "British Lion Muzzled," the featured article at Human Events today, I tell some stories from my recent trip to London -- stories about how Britain is succumbing to Islamic supremacism: [...] Unrecognized inside the mosques we were able...


Aug 27, 2009 09:26 am | Robert

And why wouldn't everything be smooth? -- except, of course, for the non-Muslims who are inconvenienced and feel discriminated against by the preferential treatment that the J. B. Swift company is giving to its Muslim employees. But those non-Muslims...


Aug 27, 2009 09:17 am | Hugh

Part One is here, Part Two here, and Part Three here. Iraq will turn out to be entirely ungrateful to the Americans. Everything that happens there will show that, when the Shi'a refuse to give away any their power, and...


Aug 27, 2009 09:03 am | Marisol

Why? Well, for example, "under the new law women are no longer required to obey their husbands, instead husbands and wives owe each other loyalty and protection." Oh, and a minimum age of 18 for marriage, which would contradict Muhammad's...


Aug 27, 2009 04:04 am | Marisol

And yet he, too, missed the memo about Islam as a "religion of peace." Or he just plain "misunderstood" it. Funny how that keeps happening. "Mohamad Jibril, 'mastermind' of the attacks on Jakarta hotels, arrested," by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia...


Aug 27, 2009 04:01 am | Robert

Was he planning to...take a trip to Sri Lanka? Rifqa Bary Update: "'Apostate' girl's father," by Pamela Geller in the Washington Times, August 27: [...] Rifqa's parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary, signed affidavits declaring themselves indigent. That's why the Florida...


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Thursday, August 27, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/27/2009

Aug 27, 2009 04:04 am | Marisol

And yet he, too, missed the memo about Islam as a "religion of peace." Or he just plain "misunderstood" it. Funny how that keeps happening. "Mohamad Jibril, 'mastermind' of the attacks on Jakarta hotels, arrested," by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia...


Aug 27, 2009 04:01 am | Robert

Was he planning to...take a trip to Sri Lanka? Rifqa Bary Update: "'Apostate' girl's father," by Pamela Geller in the Washington Times, August 27: [...] Rifqa's parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary, signed affidavits declaring themselves indigent. That's why the Florida...


Aug 26, 2009 05:12 pm | Robert

"I was not motivated by a hate for Canada. I am not a lunatic who is hell-bent on the destruction of western civilization." All right. But are you a thoughtful, devout mujahid who is hell-bent on the destruction of western...


Aug 26, 2009 04:13 pm | Robert

Was this an act of abject dhimmitude, not of compassion for a dying man? "Medical advice on Libyan bomber 'in doubt,'" by David Maddox for The Scotsman, August 26 (thanks to Awake): JUSTICE secretary Kenny MacAskill was last night under...


Aug 26, 2009 12:49 pm | Robert

"My marriage is not against Shariah," insisted the randy codger. "The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with...


Aug 26, 2009 11:39 am | Robert

The mentality underlying honor killing is that even a victim of rape is to blame, for she has sullied the family's honor by engaging in sexual immorality. The fact that it was forced upon her makes no difference at all....


Aug 26, 2009 11:29 am | Hugh

Part One is here, and Part Two is here. We did not "walk away" from Pakistan. The government, that is, the military who essentially have always held power in Pakistan, took and took whatever aid they could cajole out of...


Aug 26, 2009 10:41 am | Robert

King: "You're talking about threatening to kill a guy, threatening to attack his family, threatening to use an electric drill on him — but never doing it. You have that on the one hand — and on the other you...


Aug 26, 2009 10:13 am | Robert

Multiculturalism will soon be bringing this kind of fun to the U.S. "Burqa-clad man armed with gun and axe steals £150,000 designer watches," from the Daily Mail, August 26 (thanks to Dionysios): Police are searching for a burqa-clad man who...


Aug 26, 2009 10:00 am | Robert

What? There are no hospitals in Baghdad? Well, Baghdad is a war zone, of course, so maybe he just felt more comfortable going to a calmer place. But do you think a Sunni leader would have opted for Tehran? Iraq...


Aug 26, 2009 04:03 am | Robert

The mother says she never told the Swedish "journalist" that her son's organs had been stolen. And the jihadist's brother says that the family has no evidence that his organs were stolen. But living in the West Bank as they...


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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/26/2009

Aug 26, 2009 04:03 am | Robert

The mother says she never told the Swedish "journalist" that her son's organs had been stolen. And the jihadist's brother says that the family has no evidence that his organs were stolen. But living in the West Bank as they...


Aug 25, 2009 09:56 pm | Robert

Well, I hate to say I told you so, but... June 27, 2006: "Of course, Ahmadinejad may be jumping the gun a bit as far as that is concerned, but he is certainly doing all he can to bring into...


Aug 25, 2009 07:34 pm | Robert

Embarrassingly abject dhimmitude from the man who just days ago was saying that the Koran had "no ethical dimension," was "a depressing book," and was "very one-dimensional," and who even suggested that Muhammad was schizophrenic. If someone wrote that about...


Aug 25, 2009 07:14 pm | Robert

What's that? It isn't going to Hamas? See here and here. Suicidal Short-Sightedness Update: "UNRWA assistance to Palestinian refugees from Iraq," from ReliefWeb, August 23: Damascus, 23 August 2009 - The United States Government has contributed US$957,000 toward the Agency's...


Aug 25, 2009 07:10 pm | Robert

But all those Arab states full of jihadists? No problem! They Sincerely Want Peace Update: "A Jewish state threatens all humanity: Official PA news agency," by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook for Palestinian Media Watch, August 10 (thanks to all...


Aug 25, 2009 06:45 pm | Robert

More suicidal short-sightedness. Here is Kadyrov justifying honor killings. "Putin dashes to Chechnya, shows support for Kadyrov," by Dmitry Solovyov for Reuters, August 25 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin visited Russia's restive Chechnya region on Monday,...


Aug 25, 2009 06:31 pm | Hugh

M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Professor Of Etc., writes as follows: "It is my position that the application of the death penalty for apostasy, meaning a conversion to another faith or a loss of faith, should under no circumstances be subject...


Aug 25, 2009 04:25 pm | Robert

After my recent exchange with M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus and President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University (see here and here), Jihad Watch reader David initiated the following exchange with the august professor....


Aug 25, 2009 04:13 pm | Robert

Leftist/Jihadist Alliance Update: "LoonWatch Explores the Underworld of Anti-Muslim Blogging," by Devon Moore at the Daily Kos, August 24: The anti-Muslim blogosphere is a cesspool of some of the most vile hatred and misinformation on the internet. It is not...


Aug 25, 2009 03:00 pm | Robert

And of course the answer is, Neverrrr!!!!!! Our great old friend Raymond Ibrahim, who graced this site with his incisive and illuminating posts last year, responds to a clueless critic in "When Will Westerners Stop Westernizing Islamic Concepts?" at Middle...


Aug 25, 2009 12:49 pm | Robert

My ninth book, The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran, will be available September 22 from Regnery Publishing. (Get info on the first eight here -- make room on your bookshelf, Zawahiri!) Here is what it says on the...


Aug 25, 2009 12:20 pm | Robert

The New York Times backhandedly notices that Leftist feminists have failed utterly to speak up for the rights of women in the Islamic world, and that only "conservatives" are doing so. "The Feminist Hawks," by Virginia Heffernan for the New...


Aug 25, 2009 10:27 am | Benjamin

Democracy on the march. "Afghan vote: 225 claims of irregularities lodged," from Dawn, August 23: KABUL: Around 225 allegations of irregularities in Afghanistan's elections have been lodged with a complaints investigator, some of which could affect the results, the body...


Aug 25, 2009 10:04 am | Robert

"Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews..." -- Qur'an 5:82 Aftonbladet Blood Libel Update. "Stockholm's rabbi: Large Muslim population intimidates local Jews," by Matthew Wagner for the Jerusalem Post, August 24 (thanks to C....


Aug 25, 2009 09:36 am | Robert

Why 9/11? Why not any other of 364 possible days? "Obama's Plan to Desecrate 9/11," by Matthew Vadum in the American Spectator, August 24 (thanks to Christopher): The Obama White House is behind a cynical, coldly calculated political effort to...


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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/25/2009

Aug 24, 2009 07:42 pm | Robert

Just imagine this: "JBS has created two chapels for Christian workers inside the plant — one for Roman Catholics and one for Protestants. Also, the company has installed holy water fonts for Roman Catholics that allow workers to anoint themselves...


Aug 24, 2009 07:10 pm | Robert

In "Media Distorts Facts of Threatened Muslim Girl Story" at Newsmax (August 24), Pamela Geller shows how the mainstream media has tried to stack the deck against Rifqa Bary from the beginning: The Aug. 21 ruling that allowed Rifqa Bary,...


Aug 24, 2009 06:28 pm | Robert

The canary in the mineshaft. "Stay of Execution," by Frank Gaffney, Jr. at the Center for Security Policy, August 24: The image of a man convicted of killing 270 Americans and other innocent civilians receiving a hero's welcome last week...


Aug 24, 2009 06:10 pm | Robert

Why this was a bad idea. "Failing to learn the Lockerbie lesson," by Laura Rosen Cohen in the National Post, August 24 (thanks to Kathy Shaidle): [...] The release of the Abdel Basset al-Megrahi indicates to the jihadist world that...


Aug 24, 2009 03:40 pm | Robert

Jews are stealing organs from Palestinian children and selling them, aren't they? After all, the Swedish paper Aftonbladet said so. The only problem is, they made it up. Or repeated jihadist propaganda. "Aftonbladet editor admits: No evidence," from the Jerusalem...


Aug 24, 2009 02:38 pm | Robert

He's right. Want proof? It's coming in my new book, The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran, which will be available September 22 from Regnery Publishing. More on this story, now pulled. "Sebastian Faulks: Koran has 'no ethics,'" from the...


Aug 24, 2009 02:23 pm | Robert

The Religion of the Notoriously Thin-Skinned strikes again. There Is No Fun In Islam* Update: "Malaysian Islamic party urges Ramadan ban on concert," from AFP, August 24 (thanks to James): KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's conservative Islamic party on Monday called...


Aug 24, 2009 02:17 pm | Marisol

We've received a number of emails pointing out that the link to the Telegraph article featured in yesterday's story about Sebastian Faulks' negative characterization of Muhammad and the Qur'an has disappeared. The link is indeed dead, and a search on...


Aug 24, 2009 01:33 pm | Robert

In "Killing Rifqa" in the American Thinker today, Andrew Bostom discusses how the mainstream media has been consistent in siding against the poor girl: Rifqa Bary is a 17 year-old Sri Lankan native who was living in New Albany, Ohio...


Aug 24, 2009 10:45 am | Hugh

WASHINGTON: The Pakistani mistrust over US intentions has 'some legitimacy' since the United States has walked away from that country twice in the last three decades, says US Defence Secretary Robert Gates. At a briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday...


Aug 24, 2009 10:28 am | Benjamin

Oh, really? "Bigamy is against the 'letter and spirit' of Islam, Indian judge rules," by Dean Nelson in The Telegraph, August 7: Bigamy among India's Muslims is against the "letter and spirit" of true Islam, the country's law commission has...


Aug 24, 2009 10:16 am | Benjamin

The Christian Century, perhaps the most popular bi-weekly periodical in liberal Protestant Christianity, during the recent unrest in Iran proposed the first of many steps for rapprochement with that country. Since these views are widespread, this piece is worth revisiting....


Aug 24, 2009 09:46 am | Benjamin

Free Speech Death Watch Update in Modern, Moderate Malaysia: "Reckless bloggers can be prosecuted," by R.S.N. Murali in The Malaysian Star, August 18: KUALA TERENGGANU: Bloggers who incite hatred or harp on sensitive issues like race and religion in their...


Aug 24, 2009 09:33 am | Robert

Recently I got an email from one of the most revered and hallowed academic institutions in America, offering help. Intrigued by the prospect that the Middle East Studies Association (or MESA Nostra, as Hugh calls it) may not have the...


Aug 24, 2009 04:01 am | Marisol

Background on Al-Awlaki: He was actually born in New Mexico, but is now based in Yemen, following his own preaching that Muslims should leave the sinful U.S. and its wicked democratic process. But he is not any sort of isolationist,...


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Monday, August 24, 2009

JihadWatch Daily Digest for 08/24/2009

Aug 24, 2009 04:01 am | Marisol

Background on Al-Awlaki: He was actually born in New Mexico, but is now based in Yemen, following his own preaching that Muslims should leave the sinful U.S. and its wicked democratic process. But he is not any sort of isolationist,...


Aug 23, 2009 08:40 pm | Marisol

Sharia Alert: "The few who came to school wearing jeans were warned that they would be expelled if they did not wear jilbabs." "The jilbab or expulsion," by Khaled Abu Toameh for the Jerusalem Post, August 24: Hamas has instructed...


Aug 23, 2009 04:46 pm | Marisol

This story is one to watch, given the past reactions and incidents resulting from publications like Rushdie's Satanic Verses, the Danish Muhammad cartoons, The Jewel of Medina (dreadful, but it wasn't literary critics who firebombed the publishing house), and others....


Aug 23, 2009 04:34 pm | Marisol

"Peshawar is a frequent target." "Three dead in Pakistan city suicide blast: police," from Agence France-Presse, August 23: PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Three passers-by were killed and 15 injured Sunday in a suicide bombing in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar triggered...


Aug 23, 2009 03:41 pm | Marisol

More of the same in the jihad against Thailand. "Soldiers killed in south Thailand," from BBC News, August 23: Two soldiers have been shot dead and three people injured in a gun attack on an army checkpoint in south Thailand....


Aug 23, 2009 02:46 pm | Marisol

Quoth Ali, the rightful successor to Muhammad according to the Shi'ites: "O' ye peoples! Women are deficient in Faith, deficient in shares and deficient in intelligence. As regards the deficiency in their Faith, it is their abstention from prayers and...


Aug 23, 2009 09:48 am | Marisol

The women who lost their index fingers were not part of an isolated incident by far, but of a much broader pattern of intimidation. "Intimidation and Fraud Observed in Afghan Election," by Carlotta Gal for the New York Times, August...


Aug 23, 2009 04:03 am | Marisol

And why would they think that? Because they would be following the orders of Muhammad himself: "If anyone changes his religion, kill him" (Bukhari 9.84.57). Here is a brief account of the life of Peter El-Gohary since converting, and since...


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