Did Silvio Berlusconi morph into Aethelred the Unready? From AP: ROME (AP) – One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they wouldn’t die. While the women rested with their families after a joyous reunion, questions were raised whether a $1 […]
Archives for September 2004
Boston: Suit challenges city on mosque project
This is the mosque I warned you about months ago. From the Boston Herald, with thanks to Twostellas: Roxbury resident filed suit yesterday against the city of Boston and a controversial new $22 million Islamic center in his neighborhood, arguing that Boston violated the separation of church and state when it cut a complex land […]
Saudi TV Examines Public Attitudes toward Jews
Vile hatred unmasked in MEMRI, man-on-the-street interviews in Saudi Arabia, asking about attitudes toward the Jews: “Allah’s wrath is upon them, as the Koran says. Allah’s wrath is upon them and they all stray from the path of righteousness. They are the filthiest people on the face of this earth because they care only about […]
Deadly clashes rock Iran’s main southern port
Why the mullahs have their fingers crossed, hoping to be able to keep a lid on all this for another six weeks. From the SMCCDI, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Deadly clashes rocked, today, Iran’s main southern port of Bandar-Abbas located by the Hormoz Strait on the Persian Gulf. Elite commandos of the Pasdaran Corp. […]
Norway: Muslim leader defends suicide bombing
It’s amazing how in the US all this is against Islam, but so many Muslim leaders elsewhere don’t seem to have gotten the message. From Aftenposten, with thanks to Ali Dashti: The director of The Islamic Association in Norway has defended suicide bombing under certain circumstances in a question and answer page at the web […]
Indonesia: Nine face death for trying to make bombs
At a Qur’an recital class, they made bombs to kill the “enemies of Islam.” From AFP, with thanks to Nicolei: JAKARTA – Nine hardline Indonesian Muslims who attended a bomb-making class that went awry have gone on trial here and could face death if convicted under an anti-terror law, court officials said yesterday. The nine […]
State-run Islamic schools in volatile south Thailand
The Thai government is planning to run Islamic schools in the country’s southern regions, in order to try to stamp out the radicalism and terrorism that is coming from existing Islamic schools there. But will Muslims accept these state-run schools? Who will determine their curricula? What will they teach about the Qur’an? Somehow I suspect […]
Norway: Muslim on plane attacks pilots with axe
An “asylum seeker from Algeria.” Perhaps also a jihad seeker. From Aftenposten, with thanks to Ali Dashti: Two pilots were injured when a passenger went amok with an axe on a flight from Narvik to Bodø in the north of Norway. A passenger was also injured in the attack. The assailant, an asylum seeker from […]
US Consul: “Islamism or Jihadism as terrorism should be analyzed and defined”
Jihad Watch reader Andrew2 attended a political debate in Munich yesterday and sent in this report: Over a hundred and fifty people filled the auditorium of the Amerika Haus in Munich tonight to hear representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties abroad debate the issues. John McQueen of Democrats Abroad and Henry Nickel of the […]
Freed Egyptians’ organization doesn’t belong to Jews
Among the hostages freed yesterday were three Egyptians who recounted how they reassured their captors about their employer. From AP, with thanks to Romy: Three Egyptian telecommunications workers abducted last week were also among those freed Tuesday, their parent company, Orascom, announced in Cairo. A fourth Egyptian in the group was freed Monday and two […]