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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

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Denmark: Two jihadists found guilty of preparing attack

An update on this story. "Denmark: Two men found guilty of terror plot," from AdnKronos International, October 21: Copenhagen, 21 Oct. (AKI) - A Danish citizen of Pakistani origin and an Afghani national were found guilty on Tuesday of preparing...

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News flash from the UK: Jihad to end by 2038

The Islamic jihad as a program of Sharia expansionism began in the 7th century in Arabia. Today's jihadists consider themselves to be only the latest warriors in a 1,400-year-old struggle. But here is some good news from the UK: that...

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Spencer interviews Geert Wilders, Part 6

I have been and will soon again be hurtling through the air in a tin can today, but my kindly video expert has sent me this sixth and last segment of my recent conversation with the great Geert Wilders,...

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U.K.: Five arrested in "counterterror" raids

No word on whether those arrested were disgruntled Methodists or something else. But there is the detail that "key community leaders in the relevant areas have been contacted." "Five arrested under Terrorism Act," from The Press Association, October 21 (thanks...

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Raymond Ibrahim: Is Osama responsible for Obama?

Former counterterrorism coordinator Richard Clarke recently suggested that al Qaeda may be trying to influence the outcome of the upcoming presidential elections. After describing al QaedaÂ's recent attacks in the Middle East (Yemen, Pakistan), Clarke stated that these strikes may...

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Iran: We busted a pigeon spy ring

The mastermind Hot on the heels of last year's Spy Squirrel bust comes this victory for counter-espionage. "Iran arrests pigeons 'spying' on nuclear site," from the Telegraph, October 20: One of the pigeons was caught near a rose water...

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Afghan student who faced death for blasphemy gets reduced sentence of 20 years

Sayed Pervez Kambaksh Update. "Afghanistan: Student gets 20-year term for downloading rights material," from AdnKronos International, October 21: Kabul, 21 Oct. (AKI) - A journalism student who downloaded and distributed an article on women's rights from the Internet has been...

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Jordan: Man kills sister to "cleanse family's honor"

Speaking of modern, moderate Jordan, here is yet another honor killing. "Jordanian Man Kills Sister to Cleanse His Family's Honor," from the Associated Press, October 21: AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian judicial official says a 30-year-old man has been arrested...

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Jordanian poet arrested on charges of "harming the Islamic faith"

An update on this story in modern, moderate Jordan (the king rides a motorcycle, you know). "Jordan arrests poet accused of insulting Islam," by Shafika Mattar for the Associated Press, October 21 (thanks to Alex): AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Jordanian...

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Maldives: Hopes for religious freedom dashed as "reformists" fail to deliver

When stories like this appear, apologists are quick to claim that this isn't the "real" sharia. And the sharia law creeping forward in the U.K. has nothing -- nothing -- to do with this brand of sharia. And yet wherever...

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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Fort Dix jihadist: "They are the ones, we are going to put bullets in their heads, Allah willing."

Yet he denies terrorism charges. At any rate, forget about the "inconvenience" of metal detectors in the airport; thanks to these jihadists, now playing paintball and hanging out around donut stores may soon be deemed suspicious activities. Fort Dix Jihad...

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Christian extremists kill Muslim aid worker -- no, wait...

I'm in an airport now, on my way to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I'm speaking tonight to resume my college tour that took me to Penn State and the Universities of Wisconsin in Madison and...

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Fitzgerald: Colin Powell and Jihad: A dereliction of duty

In evaluating the threat of Islam and Jihad, for the colin-powells of this world what counts is the flimsiest of anecdotal evidence. He takes the sentimentalism of our depraved politics at face value: "and then there is Mary, who lives...

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Afghan Muslim throws wife, daughter out of St. Louis window

There are crazy people who kill their families all the time. Christians, Hindus, Druids, whatever. Heck, most murders are committed by someone who knows the victims well. Those things are indisputably true. It is also indisputably true that Islamic law...

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Taliban beheads bus passengers

Men traveling in civilian clothes to find work, although they claim that many of them were soldiers. In any case, the beheadings are sanctioned by Qur'an 47:4, which tells Muslims to "strike at the necks" of the unbelievers -- a...

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U.S. military: Terms like "jihad" and "Islamist" needed

A refreshing departure from the desire on the part of the State Department and Homeland Security to avoid naming the enemy. "Military report says terms 'jihad,' 'Islamist' needed," by Bill Gertz for the Washington Times, October 20: A U.S. military...

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UK offering "Halal car insurance that's right for your faith"

Complete with "Imam briefing packs." More on this story. "Drive to sell halal car insurance to British Muslims," by Jeremy Grant for the Financial Times, October 20:In the past few months, residents in some parts of London, Leeds, Birmingham and...

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"We Muslims consider the mixing of music and words from our Holy Qur'an deeply offending (sic)"

Apparently the two Koranic expressions uttered in the "LittleBigPlanet" game are "Every soul shall have the taste of death" and "All that is on earth will perish." An update on this story. "LittleBigPlanet delayed," by Jason Hill for the Age,...

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China tightens rules for practicing Muslims

The question is Why? Is this just general oppression or does the Chinese government see a growing threat in the Koran, prayer, and mosque "sermons"? Maybe this is why sharia does not grant dhimmi status to al-mushrikin (idolaters), who must...

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Muslim girl set on fire for wearing lipstick

Moral priorities in order: girl severely burned and in danger of death -- fine. Girl wearing lipstick -- way out of bounds. Sharia Alert: "Girl set alight for wearing lipstick," from AAP, October 19 (thanks to all who sent this...

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Monday, October 20, 2008

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Raymond Ibrahim: American Muslims' Priority Problems

All humans generally live according to some set of priorities. A person may make a priority of health, of pleasure, of study—of absolutely anything, really. But it is practically a law of nature that a person must make a priority...

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Former UK "intelligence" chief: 9/11 was no big deal

"So I think you can't write the war in Iraq out of history. If what we're looking at is groups of disaffected young men born in this country who turn to terrorism, then I think to ignore the effect of...

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Jihadist group claims responsibility for US financial meltdown

Delusions of grandeur. But also a revelation of aspirations, just in case anyone still doesn't have a clue (and many, of course, don't). "Islamist group claims responsibility of US financial meltdown," by Mustafa Amarah at Fact International, October 16 (thanks...

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Blogging the QurÂ'an: Suras 58, Â"The Pleading Woman,Â" and 59, Â"ExileÂ"

The Banu Nadir Jews submit to the Muslim forces At the beginning of the Medinan sura 58, Allah tells Muhammad that he has heard the pleas of the woman whose husband attempted to divorce by telling her, Â"You are...

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Fitzgerald: Students, find out for yourselves

"you did not live up to your reputation of being a crazy, muslim-hater." -- from a note to Robert Spencer by a student at the University of Wisconsin Puzzle: why don't students, instead of listening to others who pass on...

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Fitzgerald: Muslim hate crimes hoaxes: don't be a dope

A Muslim student who said a masked gunman assaulted her after he wrote anti-Muslim slurs in a women's restroom at Elmhurst College has been arrested for filing a false police report, officials said today. – from this news article...

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Fitzgerald: Shia cults putting the devil in hell

Soon, a secretive group of worshipers tried to recruit the young widow, telling her that she could help bring the holy figure back to Earth. All she had to do was sleep with the group's male followers. – from this...

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China pledges to build 2 nuclear power plants for Pakistan

John VI Cantacuzenes Alert from AP, October 19 (thanks to Dionysios Potamitis): China has won new friends in Pakistan with its pledge to build two nuclear power plants in the energy-starved nation just weeks after rival India signed an atomic...

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Fitzgerald: The cost of monitoring Muslims in the U.K.

The cost of monitoring Muslims in the U.K. must now be staggering. The cost includes putting non-Muslim agents -- or paying Muslims who may not always be, and who very often may not be, reliable -- to monitor nearly two...

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Man deserts wife in Dubai, converts to Islam and remarries

Convenient conversion. Sharia Alert from Dubai, via PTI, October 19: New Delhi, PTI: A 39-year-old woman living in Dubai was allegedly deserted by her husband who converted to Islam and married another woman. Vibha Suri, who now lives in the...

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Fitzgerald: Find the Qur'anic phrase

The reason for the delay is that LittleBigPlanet will have to have part of its soundtrack changed, as it could possibly be an offence to Muslims. Sony released a statement that it had been brought to its attention that a...

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European Commissioner: Â"Islam Is Welcome. Immigration Is Moral NecessityÂ"

More myopia in Europe, via the Brussels Journal, October 18 (thanks to all who sent this in): Jacques Barrot is the European Commissioner for Justice. In an interview at Café Babel [in French] he gives some revealing answers which indicate...

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Sunday, October 19, 2008

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Deserts and Islamists

Islam was born in the desert. Thus the modern, Western notion that "deserted" and desolate regions are "safe" should be adjusted in regards to the habitation of Islamic terrorists. "Al-Qaeda desert base looks abandoned, but is it?" from AFP, October...

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Al-Qaeda and child porn

Yet another example of how the ends (Islamic hegemony) justify the means (depravity, debauchery, and, in general, disgusting activities). More on this story. "Al-Qaeda's paedo files," by Brian Flynn for the Sun, October 18:TWISTED al-Qaeda terrorists are transmitting secret messages...

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UK: Poll reveals a significant number of Muslims support suicide bombings

After all, 23% of the world's Muslims believe 9/11 was legitimate, from an Islamic point of view. "Young Midland Muslims support suicide bombings new poll reveals," from the Sunday Mercury, October 18:ALMOST a quarter of young Muslims support suicide bombings,...

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Chicago-area Muslim student fabricates anti-Muslim "hate crime"

Pious hoaxer Another spurious attempt to claim victim status that is gaining wide publicity -- despite the fact that it is completely fabricated. "Cops: Student made up campus attack," by Russell Working for the Chicago Tribune via ChicagoBreakingNews, October...

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Iraqi Shias: "Come, let us sleep with your wife, daughter, and sister, so the Mahdi may return"

Mahdi-Alert. Apparently some Shia groups in Iraq are operating under a doctrine that maintains if people engage in debauched behavior -- sowing corruption in the earth -- that would only speed up the return of the Mahdi. As with taqiyya,...

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Dayton mosque attack hoax update: can of pepper spray was found inside the mosque

I've been on the road so much that I am a bit late with this, but it is worth putting up even at this late date because of the use that Islamic advocacy groups and apologists for Islamic jihad and...

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FBI drops designation of Said murders as "honor killing"

No justice for these poor girls A few days ago, as we discussed here, the FBI designated the murders of Amina and Sarah Said by their father Yaser Said an honor killing. The wanted poster for Yaser Said said...

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A change of tactics: opting for the stealth jihad

Traveling to three universities this past week, I was ready with a flip camera: I had planned to film for Jihad Watch Video the most rabid displays of Peace and Tolerance from the learned young men and women who objected...

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A veiled threat from a "moderate Muslim"

Those of you who read the comments here may be familiar with a commenter named "Abdullah Mikail," who is an American convert to Islam. This delightful gentleman sends me emails from time to time, in which more than once he...

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U.N. Secretary-General: Hizballah must be disbanded

It sounds promising, but what does the U.N. plan to do differently, when UNIFIL's presence has had quite the opposite effect from curbing Hizballah in any way? Not much, apparently: Just more talk. "UN chief: Hizbullah must be disbanded," from...

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Thailand: Jihadists kill 2 teenage boys, injure one in drive-by shooting

Thailand Jihad Update: Jihad against teenage boys and a fruit-trader. "Three killed in Thailand's south," from Agence France-Presse, October 17 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy): Suspected separatist insurgents have shot dead two teenage boys and a man in Thailand's Muslim-majority far south,...

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Sony, in fear of offending Muslims, delays much anticipated game, apologies to Muslims

Offensive Apparently the game may have a couple of "Koranic expressions" in the soundtrack? But when a "Baby-Coo" doll utters in between gibberish, "Islam is the Light," and non-Muslims complain, no rectifications or apologies were made; instead, Mattel stood...

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Teenage Afghan girl enslaved and sexually abused... in the U.S.

That's not all: She was forced at the age of 13 to marry a 37-year-old -- child marriage, of course, being after Muhammad's own example. "Afghan girl enslaved in U.S., indictment alleges," from the Associated Press, October 17: SEATTLE, Washington...

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State council warns Malaysians not to question Islam or preferential treatment for Muslim Malays

"Questioning the special position of Malays 'can lead to disunity and racial strife that can undermine the peace and harmony,' the state rulers said in a statement." In other words, prevent strife by accepting injustice. Sharia Alert. "Malaysians warned not...

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Saturday, October 18, 2008

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47 people convicted in Morocco terror trial

More indications that "moderate" Morocco is not deserving of that epithet. "47 people convicted in Morocco terror trial," by Hassan Alaoui for the Associated Press, October 17:RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court convicted 47 people and sentenced them to...

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Muslim Brotherhood (re)asserts that jihad against infidels is obligatory

And yet, Western leaders and thinkers often describe them as moderate, potential allies against the more radical elements,such as al-Qaeda. "Muslim Brotherhood Website: Jihad Against Non-Muslims Is Obligatory," from MEMRI, October 17: On a website devoted to Ramadhan, the Muslim...

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Link between child porn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids

Â"It shows that these people are very confused. Here they are hating Western decadence but actually making use of it and finding that they enjoy this stuff.Â" "Link between child porn and Muslim terrorists discovered in police raids," by Richard...

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CIA responsible for Bali bombing, insists cleric

And don't forget "the Jews." Of course this is to be expected since Muslim academics in America also claim that 9/11 was the work of the US and Israel. "Cleric blames CIA for Bali bombing," from ABC News, October 17...

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: The dog didn't bite

Last night I spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and I am still here to tell the tale. I didn't actually expect to shuffle off this mortal coil last night, but after all the security arrangements that the university had...

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Spain arrests 18 Moroccans suspected of links to al-Qaeda

Eurabia Alert. "Spain: Eighteen arrests during nationwide anti-terror raids," from AdnKronos International, October 16: Barcelona, 16 Oct. (AKI) - Spanish police have arrested at least 18 terror suspects of Moroccan origin with alleged links to Al-Qaeda in the provinces of...

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Nigeria: sharia court jails and "canes" lazy youth

If dancing and jumping around is offensive to sharia, apparently so too is laying around. "Islamic court jails Nigerian man for six months for idleness," from Africasia, October 17:An Islamic Sharia court in northern Nigeria has jailed for six months...

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"The future of the Christian community in the Middle East looks rather bleak"

Copts demonstrating in Egypt A good assessment of the Coptic situation in Egypt. "Coptic Christians Are Still Marginalized," by Lee Jay Walker for the Seoul Times, October 17:Egypt is viewed to be a moderate nation, however, if you scratch...

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Christian and Muslim leaders "condemn violence" in Mosul

A Shia, Sunni, Druid, and Copt share "common ground" And, while condemning violence, they "find no justification in Islam or Christianity for those promoting the insecurity or perpetuating the violence evident in parts of Iraq." A half-truth if ever...

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UK minister: Teach British children what Muslims did for us

"It is very important for the whole country to understand the hugely positive impact that Islamic inventors have had upon the world, and for Muslims to take pride in it." Because, you know, that's the one thing Muslims need more...

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Bangladesh: Clerics and neighbors confine Muslim father to home after son converts to Christianity in Australia

His relatives went to the mosque seeking consolation, and this is what they got. "Bangladesh - Christian Convert's Life Threatened," from Compass Direct News, October 16: DHAKA, Bangladesh, October 16 (Compass Direct News) – Muslim clerics and neighbors have ordered...

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Friday, October 17, 2008

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New evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq

Still working to create that Shi'ite client state. "U.S. official has new evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq," by Barbara Starr for CNN, October 14 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States has new intelligence indicating Iran...

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Fitzgerald: What does CAIR think?

Every time the Council on American-Islamic Relations injects itself into an issue or incident, it invites the question: What is CAIR? Who have been among its founders? Who is still among its leading staff? Where does its funding come from?...

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Living under the Taliban -- and loving it

"But we don't burn or close down schools if they are in accord with Islam." Not that this has anything to do with Islam, of course. The Taliban is setting up Sharia courts and ruling according to Islamic law, and...

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Fitzgerald: What Obama has to demonstrate

One would have thought, one would have hoped, that those running the Obama campaign and the candidate himself would understand the need, now and especially after the election if he is successful, to reassure the many Americans, and others in...

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Spencer speaking tonight at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which may no longer be in America

I got off the phone a little while ago with one of the student organizers of my address tonight at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He told me that I would be led to and from the stage via secret passageway;...

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Top Sunni scholars sanction hacking and sabotage of American and Israeli websites

Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: this week I am speaking on college campuses where Muslim and Leftist students angrily lecture me about "hate" and insist that if there are any Muslim "extremists," it is a tiny minority that is twisting...

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Al-Qaeda and Elections: the Madrid bombings revisited

The importance of this story is to remind that al-Qaeda appears to have intentionally attacked Spain (Madrid bombings) three days before its national elections simply to influence the outcome of the latter. And it worked: according to a number of...

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Spencer: ObamaÂ's Muslim Outreach Problem

My Human Events column today (many news links in the original): Last Friday, Fox News -- one of the few media outlets that isnÂ't entirely in the Obama camp -- revealed that yet another Muslim outreach adviser for the Obama...

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University of Wisconsin-Madison: Not as bad as you might think

Way back when I was in college my friend Jeff proposed "Not as bad as you might think" as the state motto and license-plate slogan for one of the great states of this Union, and I was reminded of it...

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Pakistan: Taliban bombs Catholic girls' high school

The school had closed months ago, but that apparently wasn't enough. From Compass Direct News, October 14: ISTANBUL, October 14 (Compass Direct News) – Taliban militants bombed a Catholic-run girlsÂ' school in PakistanÂ's war-torn Swat Valley as part of a...

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Palestinian man in Jordan kills daughter to cleanse family honor

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 a human being purely intentionally and without right." However, "not subject to retaliation" is "a father...

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Grateful Muslim immigrants to France boo French national anthem

"They need to exist, you have to understand them." "France make anthem threat to fans," from the BBC, October 15 (thanks to all who sent this in): Football matches in France will be called off immediately if spectators jeer during...

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Muslims "act like the United States owes them"

More on this story. "A Somali influx unsettles Latino meatpackers," by Kirk Semple for the New York Times, October 16:GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska: Like many workers at the meatpacking plant here, Raul Garcia, a Mexican-American, has watched with some discomfort as...

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CAIR and "priorities"

Economy, healthcare, et. al. -- move over for the real decider: the question of "Islamophobia," and which candidate will go out of his way to condemn it. As with every debate, CAIR once again issued its famous "reminder" prior to...

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Hundreds more Christian families flee Mosul

An update on this story. "Hundreds more Christian families flee Iraq city," from CNN, October 15: BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The number of Christian families who have fled the northern Iraqi city of Mosul in the past week has reached...

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

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UK: Al-Qaeda operatives brainwashed "suggestible simpleton" to commit suicide attack

More on this story. "'Al-Qaeda' terrorists who brainwashed Exeter suicide bomber still on the run," by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, October 15:The al-Qaeda extremists who brainwashed an autistic Muslim convert into launching a failed suicide nail bomb attack...

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UK Muslims stage protest over being questioned at airports

"Psychological torture." Come on. If these demonstrators had any concern at all for preventing another terrorist attack in the U.K., they would accept the inconvenience of questioning as the price of preserving British society. I myself am often singled out...

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Turkey: jihadist tries to fly plane into mausoleum

"Death to the!"...already dead? More on this story. "Turkey: Islamic militant convicted of plot," from AP, October 15 (thanks to Dionysios):ANKARA, Turkey: An Islamic militant has been convicted for a second time of planning to crash a plane into...

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Al-Qaeda Number Two Dead!

No, not Zawahiri; this is the Iraq Number Two. As we all celebrate this minor victory (it seems almost weekly now that an "al-Qaeda #" from country X is slain) we should also ponder this far more reaching question: will...

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Muslim convert admits attempted suicide terror attack

Failed martyr More on this story. See here also for more on radical Islam's appeal to Western men. "Muslim convert admits attempted suicide terror attack ," by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, October 15 (thanks to R Brown):Nicky Reilly,...

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St. Louis: 14 funnelling money from bank fraud to Palestinian territories

Misunderstanders of Islam at it again. No doubt the MSA's that are so upset about my college talks this week will soon set them straight about jihad and Islam. "StL feds charge 14 in Palestinian fraud case," by Robert Patrick...

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MSA at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee defames me

The David Horowitz Freedom Center put this ad in the UWM Post, the independent student newspaper at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (I'm scheduled to speak at UWM tomorrow evening): The Post ran this MSA ad alongside that one: You know,...

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Penn State: Stick to football

I just got in from speaking at Penn State, kicking off the David Horowitz Freedom Center's Stop the Jihad On Campus week that will take me tomorrow to the University of Wisconsin at Madison, then to the University of Wisconsin...

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Glasgow airport attack: "Both Ahmed and Abdulla threw petrol bombs and there were shouts of 'Allahu Akbar'"

Follow the link for footage from inside and outside the airport. "Glasgow car bombings: new footage," by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, October 14: The images, taken from CCTV cameras at the airport, show one of the men trying to...

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Taliban infiltrating more Pakistani cities

Not that this should come as a surprise. "Taliban 'infiltrating Pakistan cities'," by Bruce Loudon for the Australian, October 14: Fears over the "Talibanisation" of Pakistan's major urban centres rose sharply yesterday after a warning from one of the country's...

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Al-Qaeda suspect allowed to live in Britain

"He was held briefly in 1999 under anti-terror laws and Tony Blair said it was 'crazy' he could not be deported." Now he has "discretionary leave to remain," including the right to "claim housing benefit, child tax credits and JobseekersÂ'...

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How one Brit survived Saudi Arabia's "chop-chop square"

Another Westerner has a near-lethal brush with sharia law and its draconian system. Yet while this writer descries Saudi Arabia for being inhumane, his ignorance of what fuels the Saudis' logic is revealed by the fact that never once does...

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BBC boss says Islam should be treated more sensitively than Christianity

Dhimmitude/Islam-as-Race Alert. "BBC boss says Islam should be treated more sensitively than Christianity," by Martin Beckfordfrom the Telegraph, October 15:Mark Thompson claimed that because Muslims are a religious minority in Britain and also often from ethnic minorities, their faith should...

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Christian priest converts to Islam but still wants to serve as Christian priest

The value of this story is to show the great difference between how Christianity and Islam treat apostates. Here, no one is out to kill Ms. Redding for becoming a Muslim. Even the "antagonist" of this story, who is "inhibiting"...

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Indonesian board game: Be the first on your block to win at the game of Sharia! But watch out for that "Kafir" card...

"Courting": Minus 500 points. Half as bad as murder. As for the general premise, Hugh Fitzgerald thought of it first. But now you can play at home, too: "Game leaves nothing to chance for cute extremists," by Nury Vittachi...

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Australia: University's interfaith prayer facilities not good enough; Muslims want their own area

This university has already bent over backwards for religious accommodations. But why let them stop now, when there are other demands to be made? "Muslim students protest about prayer room at RMIT," by Mark Dunn the Herald Sun, October 14...

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

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Taliban vows more suicide attacks against US, including from a "significant number of women"

Less than one week after the media reported the Taliban had "broken" with al-Qaeda and was seeking "peace," it's back to business as usual: "Taliban To Continue Suicide Attacks On U.S. And NATO Troops," from MEMRI, October 12:According to a...

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FBI admits that the murder of Amina and Sarah Said may have been an honor killing

Never forget For the first time, the FBI has admitted that the murders of Amina and Sarah Said by their father may have been an honor killing on American soil. What can we do to help make sure that...

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Jesse Jackson: Obama is "determined to repair our relations with the world of Islam and Muslims"

"Remember, Barack: To please Islam you must appease...to please Islam you must appease" And Jackson apparently thinks that Obama will do so by abandoning Israel to the jihadist wolves. Will he also, as I have speculated, be ready to...

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Spencer interviews Geert Wilders, Part 5

Here is the fifth and penultimate (that means next to last, kids) segment of my conversation with the fearless and insightful defender of free speech, Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Part 1 is here, part 2 is here, part 3...

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Â"Home of the Free ShariÂ'a MovementÂ"

In "An Ill Wind: ManhattanÂ's Muslim Day Parade Plus Much More" at Pajamas Media, October 13, Phyllis Chesler comments trenchantly on aspects of the Parade that the mainstream media will never tell you: On my way to Penn Station on...

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Finnish report discuss phenomenon of child brides in the "developing world"

"It is permissible to marry a one year-old girl" Without ever pointing to Islam or its teachings. "Helsingin Sanomat Reports on Child Marriages, But Forgets to Mention Islam," from Europe News, October 14:In what promised to be an interesting...

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Taliban threats force Pashto singer to flee and take refuge in US

Stop singing or die Music is Un-Islamic Alert. "Taliban threats force Pashto singer to take refuge in United States," the Daily Times, Pakistan, October 14 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):NEW YORK: Taliban threats have forced Haroon Bacha, a popular Pashto...

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Convert or else...

More on the plight of the Christians of the Islamic Middle East. "Convert or else," from the New Republic, October 13: Some people fear for their livelihoods. Other people fear for their lives. Of course, sometimes livelihood is life. The...

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Italian pol: Let's bring in Muslim immigrants who want to integrate

Common sense. "Immigration: Urso, Let's Favour Flows From Balkans," from ANSAmed, October 13 (thanks to Insubria): ROME, OCTOBER 13 - "To favour the flow of immigration from the Eastern Mediterranean even if they are Muslims: as they are coming from...

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Pakistan: Christian man and his daughter arrested, almost lynched, after being accused of damaging Qur'an following dispute with Muslims

Another enraged mob set off by a rumor. "A Christian man and his daughter arrested, almost lynched for blasphemy," by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews, October 13: Chak Jhumra (AsiaNews) – A Christian man, Gulsher Masih, and his daughter Sandal have...

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Spencer: An "extremely combative" interview with an Italian magazine

Extremely combative The Italian magazine Polizia e Democrazia interviewed me for their August/September 2008 issue, in which they describe me as "un neocon americano che ha raggiunto una notevole notorietà con i suoi libri (sette) e un sito estremamente...

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Another Johnny Taliban? American arrested near Afghanistan/Pakistan border

Journalist, tourist, or...jihadist? He says he was just visiting a friend. Of course. Maybe that's how John Walker Lindh, pictured above, aka Johnny Taliban, the Marin County Mujahid who was captured in Afghanistan fighting alongside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban,...

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Pakistan creating more jobs to curb Talibanisation

Poverty-Causes-Islamic Radicalization/Terrorism Alert. You know, like multi-millionaire Osama bin Laden, who opted to live the life of a jihadist hiding in caves, all because he was...broke? What's strange is that this sort of thing is usually peddled by Westerners, but...

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World Muslims meet to save al-Quds

And implore Fatah and Hamas to "do their utmost to unite the Palestinians, as well as the whole Arabs and Muslims for the Al-Quds cause." In the original Arabic, "do their utmost" was probably "yajhadu" from the root j-h-d --...

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Afghan Prez offers Taliban a place at the table

A What Are We Fighting For Update: "Afghan president offers Taliban a role in governing country," by Nick Meo in the Telegraph, October 11 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): President Hamid Karzai has offered Taliban leaders the possibility of positions in...

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Jihadists murder Christian music store owner in Mosul

Remember the Michael Yon photo above? It shows Christians and Muslims working together to replace the cross atop St. John's Church in Baghdad. Yon is a good man, and he has done heroic and courageous work of his own...

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More Palestinian women convinced that they "were created to become martyrs for God"

"I take each step carefully because I know I am going to sacrifice myself" The trend of Islamic female-suicide attackers continues to grow. "Just married and determined to die," from the BBC, October 13: There is a ceasefire in...

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Caliphate dreams in New York's Muslim Day Parade

Voting is kufr -- unbelief Islamic law should replace Constitutional law Those two pictures were taken at the Muslim Day Parade in New York City yesterday. Urban Infidel has them and many more. Pamela also has many photos. Both...

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Raising awareness

Boylan, anti-jihad truck, Spencer I spoke Thursday in Las Vegas at the Center for Strategic Analysis (CSA) conference, Homeland Security and Terrorism. The above picture features my friend the indomitable Patrick Boylan of the CSA with the truck he...

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Al-Qaeda trying to "control entrances in the Red Sea"

More indication that the Somali pirate raids are part of the jihad. Increased popularity for the water jihad may have to do with the fact that, according to most jurists, the jihadist who dies fighting at sea receives double the...

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British officials covered up evidence that slain Taliban commander was Pakistani military officer

It would have cast into doubt so many of the bedrock assumptions of the "war on terror," you see. Friend and Ally Update: "Taliban leader killed by SAS was Pakistan officer," by Christina Lamb in the Times, October 12 (thanks...

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Phares: OPEC manufactured the financial meltdown

Panic on Wall Street, brokers feeling melancholy. Walid Phares, always a perceptive analyst, asserts that "clearly an oil strategy was in the works with a calculated impact on the US economy." "OPEC's Heavy Hand," by Walid Phares in Human...

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UN stops talking about "Islamophobia" long enough to notice the plight of Iraqi Christians

You know the situation must be dire if even the UN notices. More on this story. "UN concerned as flight of Iraq Christians continues," by Mujahid Mohammed for AFP, October 13 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - More...

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"We need slaves to build monuments"

Immigrant workers treated in slave-like conditions in Dubai. And why not? With attitudes like this to be found on the Arabian peninsula, this is hardly surprising. "In the shadows of splendour," by Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in WAToday, October 13 (thanks to...

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Monday, October 13, 2008

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Taliban beheading "tribal elders"

Tribal elders What was that again about the Taliban breaking away from al-Qaeda and seeking peace? "Taliban militants behead four in Pakistan," from AFP, October 11::KHAR, Pakistan (AFP) — Taliban rebels decapitated four pro-government tribal elders in a Pakistan...

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Islamist enemies of US gloat over financial crisis

Surely Osama bin Laden (if he's alive), is celebrating, since, for years he has been making the following analogy based on the former USSR: "We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced...

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Israel: Mosque loudspeakers used to rally Muslim rioters in Acre

See the second story below for more on what turned an isolated incident into full-blown riots. "Acre riots continue despite massive police presence," by Yaakov Lappin for the Jerusalem Post, Oct. 12 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy): Despite police assurances that the...

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Islamophobe claims to leave bomb at Texas mosque -- no, wait...

Islamophobe? No, scratch that: the one making the bomb threat was a Muslim. How long will it be before the strife and violence that has engulfed mosques in Iraq and Pakistan and elsewhere -- particularly between Sunnis and Shi'ites...

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Blogging the QurÂ'an: Suras 54, Â"The Moon,Â" 55, Â"The Merciful,Â" 56, Â"The Inevitable,Â" and 57, Â"IronÂ"

Neil Armstrong did what?? Ibn Kathir reports that Muhammad would recite sura 54, as well as sura 50, Â"during major gatherings and occasions because they contain Allah's promises and warnings, and information about the origin of creation, Resurrection, Tawhid...

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Muslims attack gay men in Washington, saying if the victims were in their country, they'd be stoned to death

Sharia Alert from...the District of Columbia. (Thanks to fellow Dirty Dozen member Debbie Schlussel.)...

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Muslims give Obama a "pass" on religion

More on Obama's win-win situation with Muslim voters. "Why Muslims give Obama a pass on religion," by Sherri Day for the Tampa Bay, October 12:Barack Hussein Obama, a devout Christian politician running for president, is not and never has been...

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UK: Artist depicts Muslim women "cradling pig" and "suggestively sucking on a banana"

And, quite naturally, incurs wrath from the Muslim community. Of course, crucified frogs don't exactly endear Christians to such "artists" either. But such are the natural outcomes of freedom of speech, or, in this case, "expression." The question is, what...

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UK: "Minister for Race Relations" attacks Sharia courts

"Sadiq Khan, whose comments will have added impact because he is a Muslim himself, has also warned that the growing number of tribunals based on Islamic codes could entrench discrimination against women." Uh, yeah. "Muslims rebuffed over sharia courts," by...

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Iran to hang a man for the crime of being a Christian

While in Iraq Christians are being offered the opportunity to convert, pay the jizya or die, in Iran only the last of those options seems to be in play. "Hanged for being a Christian in Iran," by Alasdair Palmer in...

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900 Christian families leave Mosul after 13 murders in 2 weeks

More on this story. "Christians flee Iraqi city after killings, threats, officials say," by Mohammed Tawfeeq for CNN, October 11: BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 900 Christian families have fled Mosul in the past week, terrified by a series...

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Sunday, October 12, 2008

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Raymond Ibrahim's "Today in History": Charles the Hammer saves the West from Islam at Tours

Precisely 100 years of Islamic conquests after Muhammad's death (632), the Muslims, starting from Arabia, found themselves in Gaul, modern day France, confronting a hitherto little known people—the Christian Franks. There, on October 11th, 732, one of the most...

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Spencer interviews Geert Wilders, Part 4

Here is the fourth segment of my conversation with the fearless and insightful defender of free speech, Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Part 1 is here, part 2 is here, and part 3 here....

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German neo-Nazis view jihadists as allies

The organizers of the controversial anti-Islamization rally in Cologne last month have been widely described as neo-Nazis. However, in "German Neo-Nazis View Islamists as Allies," at Pajamas Media, October 10 (thanks to all who sent this in), John Rosenthal discusses...

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The American Muslim and Islamic moderation

You can't win! At The American Muslim last week, Sheila Musaji asked, "What exactly is required to be considered a Â"moderateÂ" Muslim?" Ever ready to be helpful, I gave Musaji ten points for Islamic moderation here. But now in a...

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New Mexico-born Imam: Muslims should leave U.S., for "the punishment of Allah is hovering over America"

Anwar al Awlaki, an American-born imam of Yemeni descent who now lives in Yemen, sees Allah's avenging hand in the economic crisis, and advises Muslims to leave America. Few Muslims, of course, will heed his words, given the fact that...

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Memo to FAIR: Steyn not guilty of "Islamophobia" -- but free speech still in jeopardy

Will FAIR revise its "Islamophobia's Dirty Dozen" list to drop Mark Steyn, now that Canada's Thought Police have acquitted him of "flagrant Islamophobia"? (Background on the case here.) But this is no victory for free speech: the laws under which...

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Stealth Jihad with Dialogue vs. Freedom of Expression at the UN (Geneva)

Comments by David G. Littman (NGO Representative to the United Nations in Geneva of Association for World Education (AWE) / World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ): This is a sequel to two articles posted on Jihad Watch (28 September and...

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Algeria: Muslims jailed for eating during Ramadan acquitted on appeal

Boudjeema Ghechir, one of the defence lawyers, says that this reversal "demonstrates an admission of guilt in the justice system," but apparently the law under which the six were first arrested still remains. Sharia Alert from Algeria, and an update...

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Egypt: Surprise, you're Muslims! And we'll throw you in jail for insisting otherwise

No compulsion in religion -- and under sharia, it can be any religion you like, as long as it's Islam. An update on this case, which remains predictably unresolved. "Egypt: Father's brief conversion traps daughters in Islam," from Compass Direct...

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Seattle: Episcopal priest told by bishop that she can't profess both Christianity and Islam and stay in priesthood

Ann Holmes Redding Update: This bishop, unlike another in the initial story, doesn't seem to "find the interfaith possibilities exciting." "Episcopal priest given ultimatum," by Janet I. Tu for the Seattle Times, October 10: There are moments these days when...

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Saturday, October 11, 2008

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New Obama "Muslim Outreach Advisor" met with Islamic organizations associated with Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood

Just like his former advisor, who recently stepped down. "Obama Muslim Outreach Coordinator Under Fire for Meeting With Extremists," from Fox News, October 10:Barak Obama's Muslim outreach adviser is under fire for meeting with Islamic groups with extremist views, just...

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Missed it by that much: Al-Qaeda, Taliban top dogs escape missile strike

Sorry about that, Chief Raising more tensions between Washington and our Friends and Allies in Islamabad. "Al Qaeda commanders escape in Pakistan missile strike," from AFP, October 10: MIRANSHAH, Pakistan- A US missile strike targeting a high-level meeting of...

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David Yerushalmi responds to Suhail Khan

In Suhail Khan's debate with Frank Gaffney the other night, Khan defamed me repeatedly, but I was not the only recipient of his venom: he also slandered David Yerushalmi, an attorney and expert on legal issues involving Sharia. David Yerushalmi...

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East Tennessee State University celebrates diversity, won't let me speak

Another Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week is about to begin, and for the next three weeks, actually, I will be traveling all over the country to speak at various universities. But not to East Tennessee State. As I have made clear recently...

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Doctors' jihad plot: "who would have suspected two doctors to have been involved in such planning?"

Well, one who is convinced that poverty and/or lack of education causes terrorism might have been surprised. Of course, such a glaring exception to the theory should only point more strongly to the fact that there must be some other...

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U.K.: Official report details concerns among prison staff about aggressive Islamic proselytizing and "radicalization"

Another day, another study with the same conclusion. "Inmates 'Forced Into Radicalism'," from Sky News, October 10: Muslim prison gangs are trying to force other inmates to sign up to Islamic radicalism, prison officers have warned. Extremists at high security...

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Australia: Study finds most non-Muslims still unaware that Islam has its own set of rules

Sharia: the great divide. "Alcohol creates 'barrier' for Muslims," from The Age, October: 10Alcohol, food and gender relations are the key barriers to social interaction between Muslim and non-Muslim Australians, a study suggests. The findings emerged from a study commissioned...

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Mattel defends Islamic proselytizing doll

"Islam is the Light"? Mattel insists the doll does not say "Islam is the Light," and thus, even though numerous complaints have been lodged, will keep it on the shelf. Judge for yourself (above) what it says. One wonders,...

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Church of Scotland backs plans for sharia courts

An update on this story. "Church of Scotland backs Islamic sharia law courts," from The Scotsman, October 10: The Church of Scotland last night welcomed the possibility of introducing sharia law courts in Scotland. Rev Ian Galloway, convener of the...

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