December 2004 Archives

December 31, 2004

Dutch spy chief says warnings of militancy ignored
Algerian who knew two Sept. 11 hijackers deported from San Diego
Egypt: Muslims throw stones at church building site; riot ensues
Bulletin Details Al Qaeda Tactics
Brazil Town to Honor Arafat With Statue
Iraq: Terror groups call voting un-Islamic

December 30, 2004

Northeastern University Prof likens 9/11 hijackers to American Founding Fathers
Australian religious vilification case: full transcripts of the offending seminar
Fox's 24 Angers Muslim Group
Italian fined $3,000 for kiss in Dubai
Six Planes Hit By Laser Beams in Past 4 Days
Muslims claim unfair treatment at Canadian border
Senegal: rally race targeted by jihadists
Haaretz's Travesty of Language
Russia: Muslim Clergymen Go Back to School
Bush Takes Rare Step of Debating bin Laden
Prosecutor: Lawyer Helped Sheik Break Law
The Islamization of Europe
Spencer in FP Symposium on Gender Apartheid and Islam

December 29, 2004

Petition to End Dhimmitude!
Pakistani pol: West must stop equating Jihad with terrorism
City of Dearborn Opposes CLEAR Act
Minnesota: Iraqi man who was arrested at airport ordered deported
"If a man stands just an hour with a weapon in his hand to fight jihad, it's better than being a preacher in Mecca for 100 years"
Dhimmitude in the Augusta Free Press: "Jews and Christians are 'muslim'"
Muslim leader agrees to leave United States
Philippines: Muslim bomb suspect, in cuffs, shoots guard, and is shot dead
Saudi with notorious father fights deportation
The Israeli Crime That Wasn’t

December 28, 2004

Saudi prince forbids debate on Islamic law
Iraq: Base Infiltration Won't Prompt Changes
Tunisian human rights activist: "Fighting infidels until they either convert to Islam or submit to Muslims as 'Dhimmis' ... is still considered by Islamists to be a religious duty"
Official PA TV: Killing Jews is mandatory
France's government-approved training center for Islamic clerics has ties to Muslim Brotherhood
International Association of Muslim Scholars accuses Israel of perpetrating attacks in Najaf and Karbala

December 27, 2004

'Bin Laden' Calls for Iraq Vote Boycott
Imam’s throat slit for saying peace prayers
CAIR, MPAC discuss Muslim concerns with DHS officials
Al-Qaeda 'is plotting attack on London's New Year celebrations'
Iran Accuses US, Israel of Carrying Out Iraqi Terror Attacks
US Latinas seek answers in Islam; uncomfortable questions ignored
UK: Fundraisers for new mosque in old church condemn BNP leaflet
Moroccan judge provisionally releases 3 terror suspects
Tennessee: Neigbors angry over Muslim cemetery

December 26, 2004

Islamic Site Shows Attack on Mosul Base
Move along. Nothing that encourages violence here. Move along.
Dallas: The Terrorist at City Hall
UK: Tax office considering recognizing polygamy
"A group of jihadists, scholars, and political and military experts"
Saudi Government Daily Accuses U.S. Army of Harvesting Organs of Iraqis
"I saw in the faces of the gunmen absolute hatred"
Muslims staking out their place in Europe

December 25, 2004

University of Houston MSA: "Hiring disbelieving men and women is very dangerous for the Muslims"
Iraq insurgents wanted Bush to win elections, say released French hostages
Merry Christmas

December 24, 2004

Australian religious vilification case: full decision
French Hostage: It was Planet Bin Laden
Christians in Indonesia to avoid churches at Xmas-time
Indonesia: Machete gang attacks preacher
US security officials: no more Al Qaeda secret cells in USA
ACLU, CAIR demand apology for letter written by private school group

December 23, 2004

Fitzgerald: A tribute to Tariq Ramadan
Khomeini and Sistani fans write in to Jihad Watch
An American Married to Al Qaeda
California: Muslims Hold Forum, With Absences
Thai teachers walk off the job
Israeli-Arabs Planned Suicide-Bombing "Honeymoon"
Iran mullahs deny death row girl is mentally ill
A Sad New Carol: Go Ye From Bethlehem
Christian Orphans Stuck in Limbo in Iraq
Australia vilification case: Playing with fire
Jihadist group behind Mosul carnage
Where is Christmas in Saudi Arabia?
Web video teaches terrorists to make bomb vest
Iranian TV Drama Series about Israeli Government Stealing Palestinian Children's Eyes

December 22, 2004

Unworthy of Honor: Khomeini's tribute is a disgrace
Spain: Early release of 'wife-beating' imam slammed
Toronto Mosque Hailed as Flexible Model for Muslims in the West
Indonesian Muslim cleric delivers edicts from Osama Bin Laden: witness
Tourists cancel Indonesian holidays after terror warnings
Spanish Police Break Up Islamic Terror Cell
Can Europe meet this crisis with its secular vision of tolerance?
Spencer: Death Knell of the West
Terror suspect faces Dutch court in February
Holland: Dutch Alderman Ahmed Aboutaleb blasts government for weak reaction to van Gogh murder
South Africans Were On Al-Qaeda Mission

December 21, 2004

Pipes on CAIR
Ibrahim Hooper: Muslims and Christians: More in common than you think
Radical cleric Abu Hamza sues for more British benefits
Dhimmitude pays
Major British charity 'a Hamas front'
Cleric 'headed Bali bombings terror group'
Islamic Jihad accuses Pentagon of shutting down its websites
Jihad terrorist wrote speeches for Tariq Ramadan
German intelligence cracks terror group's codes
Bishop: 'Israel is a terrorist state'
Stanford's Islamist Threat
Pipes: $1 Billion for Palestinian Terror
Top spy: New Zealand safe haven for terror
Tolerance tested in Holland
Blair warns Britain would be in danger if terror suspects are freed
Canada: Use of Sharia law by Muslims okay, report says
Turkish jihad leader Kaplan: My Defence is Jihad

December 20, 2004

Belgium: State to pay imams’ wages
Slavery: Mauritania's best kept secret
Holland: Girlfriend-burning youth did it for Allah
Iraq terror chief recruits Britons
Bin Laden’s dirty bomb quest exposed
Turkey's imams predict more freedom of worship – thanks to the EU
Thailand links terror to neighbours
UK: terrorist suspect to go free
Osama's Plan B
"How can it be vilifying to Muslims in the [court]room when I am just reading from the Koran?"
Dhimmitude at the Times of London: European intolerance alert
Anti-dhimmitude in Italy: Italians Rise up Against Turkey's EU Entry
Two armed Chechens detained in Ingushetia
Jordan's Christians: toeing the party line, but still threatened
Holland Daze: The Dutch rethink multiculturalism
Egyptian pope goes into seclusion

December 19, 2004

Prayers then death
"the level of intellegence of this web site is pathetic"
UK: foreign terror suspects cannot be detained indefinitely without trial
Iraq: "Interview us or we will kill you"
EU dhimmitude
Jihadists Attack Iraq Election Offices
Indefinite Jailing of 6 in Canada Tests Legal System
Bat Ye'or's Eurabia: the Preface
Prince Charles fights for Muslim apostates
"Today UNRWA is a Palestinian organization with a thin UN veneer"
Erdogan: "From now on, democracy will have a different meaning and human rights and freedoms will be practiced in a more meaningful manner"
VDH: "There really isn’t a phenomenon like 'Islamophobia'"
Three stocking stuffers from Hugh Fitzgerald

December 18, 2004

Canada to deport Lebanese
DC Watson: A Call To The Worldwide “Infidel” Alliance
Another one from the Missing the Point Department
Anti-dhimmitude in Germany: Germany to deport "Germans stink" Islamic cleric
Islamic Republic of Barbarism, Courtesy of Mullahs of Iran
A South African pair's jihad hiking tour through Pakistan
Why the EU wants Turkey
Broad anti-terrorism bill advances easily in Russia
Charles Moore: "So here we have a body with activists who support the killing of Israeli Jews, telling people in Britain that they must stop displaying religious intolerance"
Foreigners Killed in Massacre in Iraq's Mosul

December 17, 2004

In U.S., 44 percent say restrict Muslims
Australia: Judge's decision
"The human rights of average Australians are threatened as two Christian pastors are pronounced 'guilty'"
Congressman: Terrorists Plan To Attack Power Plant. Government: No, They Don't
Guilty plea in school firebombing
Deal agreed on EU talks with Turkey
Spencer on radio and TV
Khomeini in Dallas
"Muslim Wakeup" hacked by jihadists who challenge the Islamic loyalty of the "moderates"
French court convicts group of plotting Christmas market bomb
Australian Church vilified Muslims: ruling
Ali Dashti: Erdogan's threats; Jihad against those "preventing spread of Islam"
Thailand arrests four Islamic teachers for terrorism
UK: Police forge links with Muslim community
Indonesian police find bombs
Denmark's mermaid used in Turkey protest
Turkey will be Islamic "Trojan horse" in Europe: Kadhafi

December 16, 2004

Chevy Chase on Bush: "This guy started a jihad"
California: Town Hall meeting to address targeting of Muslims
Saudis imprison Christian convert
Moral Values of the Qur'an: No Love for Unbelievers
UK: Muslims say prejudice on the rise
Fadlallah urges Vatican to join forces with Muslims
Australia gets Xmas terror warning
WND shuts down Hamas websites
Osama: "The struggle in Saudi Arabia...is part of the struggle between believers and non-believers"
U.S. to name Hezbollah TV a terrorist organization
UK court rejects terror detentions
Spencer: "Islamophobia" and the Reality of Islamic Terror

December 15, 2004

Report: Canada Security Net Full of Holes
For the record: My exchange with Mark LeVine
British Muslim leader comes out for censorship
Islamophobia's Big Day at the UN
Malmø: Swedish preschool classes to get education in Arabic only?
New York Times: "Qaddafi's Modern-Sounding Son Is a Riddle to the West"
Turkey will not apologise for Armenian genocide
Wales: "Racists in Vicious Anti-Mosque Fight"
Christmas without Jesus in Malaysia
Illiberal Europe
Top PA official: "Two States" Just a Temporary Solution
Al-Jazeera: "All Intifada, All the Time"
On the Air, Palestinians Soften Tone on Israelis
Spencer on radio now

December 14, 2004

Muslim Scholar Gives Up Notre Dame Post
British National Party leader detained after calling Islam 'wicked faith'
Dallas: A tribute to the great Islamic visionary, Ayatollah Khomeini
Hugh Fitzgerald on "Islamophobia" at the UN
Dhimmitude in Canada: St. Luke Covered up at Hospital
New York Muslim admits contact with terrorists
Dhimmitude in Asheville: "Spain's Islamic era can teach us plenty about tolerance"
Taking a stand in Europe
France tells Turkey 'admit to Armenian genocide'
Mullah Omar's security chief captured
Van Gogh Film Premieres in the Netherlands
More information on the mentally ill Iranian girl facing death
Egypt: Al-Azhar bans book on Islam by ... George Bush
Foreign terrorists in Fallujah
Muslim Charities: Terrorists' Piggybanks
Turkey's Radical Fringe Returns to View
Suicide bombing kills 13 near U.S. Embassy
Christmas Santas banned in French kindergarten
Arab Christians between thoughts of subjugation and freedom

December 13, 2004

A clarification from Mujahid-El-Masih
France pulls plug on Arab network
German paper: Al Qaeda planning a huge assault
Iran: Girl With Mental Age of Eight Given Death Sentence After Mother Forced Her Into Prostitution From Early Age
IslamOnline: "British Muslims Irked by Telegraph’s 'Repulsive' Article"
French and Germans clearly dislike Turkish full EU membership
Germany struggles to win 9/11 cases
Tehran convicted some Iranians for al-Qaeda ties
Is Erdogan saying, "Admit Turkey to EU -- or else"?
Jihadists plan Christmas terror
Fitzgerald: A tribute to Mark LeVine
Mark LeVine does not blame only the West

December 12, 2004

UK bank accused over cash for terror
Marines learn how to fight for Allah
Moore's paedophile 'slur' angers Muslims
Italian court: Italy deported pro-Osama imam 'illegally'
Germany: Bitter Debate Between Stoiber and Erdogan
UK: Is it only Mr Bean who resists this new religious intolerance?
'Mired in a religious war'

December 11, 2004

Tariq Ramadan Live
Pakistan: Madrassas hit by sex abuse claims, issue death threats
CAIR Calls on Wiesenthal Center to Repudiate "Islamophobia"
UN Forum Explores Ways To Fight 'Islamophobia'
Macedonia: Muslim Student Threatened With Death By Co-students In Skopje
‘Al Qaeda could stage seaborne attack within 12 months’
UK: Honor killing over love song dedication
Texas: Bangladeshi Muslim caught crossing border with member of group linked to Al-Qaeda
Jihadist pizza courier 'targeted' Amsterdam sex zone
Ibn Warraq on How to Debate a Muslim, Part III
Hugh Fitzgerald on Germany, Israel, and the jihad

December 10, 2004

U.S. to deport woman after illegal entry
"Allah will bring storms to Germany and America"
Muslim Scholars Increasingly Debate Unholy War
UN Uses Ottoman Tolerance Concept as Model
Turkey Showcased As a Center for Religions
Turkish PM Demands Full EU Membership with no Cyprus Condition
Holland: Cabinet to act against 'extremist mosques'
Ibn Warraq on How to Debate a Muslim, Part II
Spencer on the Persecution of Christians: When Will the World Notice?

December 9, 2004

Utah Marine who went missing in Iraq charged with desertion
New York man admits he called for killing Jews
'Madrid-Style' Attack Thwarted in London
"Holland's Black September" available again
Saudi Arabia: Tiny minority of extremists flogged for graffiti
Serbian Church sues over Kosovo
US Copts Association: Write to the President
Italy: Furor Over Scrapping of Christmas Play
FBI Searches Saudi Arabia's PR Firm
Spencer on radio again this morning
Film: Holland's Black September
Dutch government: 10 to 25 extremist mosques across Holland
Greece Offers Turkey EU Welcome Mat
Pakistan: Marriages made in hell
Anti-dhimmitude: ex-CIA official says Islamic terror based on Qu’ran
Iraq: Christians may take up arms
Bombings disrupt Thai train services
U.S. to give Palestinian Authority $20 million
Egypt: 'Conversion' sparks Copt protest
Palestinian Christians fear their country might become an Islamic state
Hugh Fitzgerald on Denis MacEoin, racism, and posting here
Ibn Warraq on How to Debate a Muslim, Part I
Iraq: Patriarch Delly mourns the destruction of the most beautiful symbol of Iraq’s Chaldean Church
UK: Religious hatred Bill is being used to buy Muslim votes

December 8, 2004

Dhimmitude at ABC: Is Islam Endangering 'Europeanness?'
Judge Awards $156M to Dead Teen's Parents
Islamists and Incarceration: Prisons Prove to be Prime Recruiting Grounds
Islamist Threat to Public Schools in Columbia, South Carolina?
Spencer on radio this morning
FBI probes death of Jewish terrorism expert
Saudi papers: US mission attacker was ex-moral police
Dhimmi Swedish media disagree with Fox News “propaganda”
"These people are lost," he said sorrowfully. "They don't know anything about their religion"
Chronicle of a foiled plot - how Iraqis were trailed
9/11 hijacker 'mentioned' World Trade Centre
'Religious and Cultural Differences do not Hinder EU Membership'
When War Must Be the Answer
Stewart Trial: Letters to Sheik Were No Secret, Defendant Says
Norway: Krekar accused of bin Laden praise
"Islam is becoming in Europe, especially France, the religion of the repressed, what Marxism was in Europe at one time"
Study planned for France's imams
Turkey bristles at tough EU conditions
Dutch ban terror groups on EU blacklist
Dhimmi Dutch continue retreat
UK: Lincolnshire officials meet with Muslim leaders to combat "Islamophobia," promote Islam
Poll: Over 50% of Germans equate IDF with Nazi army

December 7, 2004

Pakistan: "Blasphemer" denied burial in Muslim cemetery
Lawyer Involved In Al-Arian Case Asks Extortion Charge Be Dropped
UK: Police urged to reopen 'honour killing' cases
Holland: MPs slam integration plan for Dutch people
Dutch MEP: Turkey locked in 'power play' over EU demands
Egypt: Christians protest kidnapping, forced conversion of priest's wife
Scholars For Terror
The legacy of jihad in Palestine
Chicago: Muslim Groups Claim Injustice In Boim Trial
Spencer on Mark LeVine: Noam Chomsky as Rock Star

December 6, 2004

Support mounts for Indonesian Islamic extremists
Italy: Christmas carol sparks row
Islamic Jihad militants open fire at Jewish settlers
Hugh Fitzgerald: Time to get cracking at the Vatican
Holland: Huge mosque built to overshadow soccer stadium
Vatican dhimmitude: War on terror blamed for ‘Christianphobia’
Jihadists attack U.S. consulate in Jiddah
Iran expresses concern about deteriorating human rights situation in Europe
Violence erupts in southern Thailand after airdrop of paper peace birds
Saudi Arabia: Militant sons condemned on TV
Concerns about terrorism have spotlighted the failure across Europe to integrate a fast-growing Muslim minority
Heroin traffic finances bin Laden
Spencer on radio this week

December 5, 2004

Muslims accuse Danish TV of incitement to religious hatred
Pakistan: jihadists rob bank
Virginian accused of inciting for Taliban seeks witnesses in Cuba
Iranians Arrested In Alleged Attempt To Obtain U.S. Night Vision Systems
MPAC anti-anti-terror Convention -- featuring Tariq Ramadan?
Florida University hosts fund-raiser for group with jihad ties
Christians See Christmas Under PC Attack in Australia
Muslim leader: Adam Gadahn got in with the wrong crowd at the mosque
Syrian mystery man sought in Van Gogh case
Cashing in on Osama
Norway: Most Imams boycotted Muslim anti-violence protest march
India: jihadists threaten cricketers
3 Arrested in Suspected Plot to Attack Iraqi Prime Minister
Real-life Inspector Clouseau sends plastic explosives ... somewhere
Lawyers Demand Lebanese-flag Ship Carrying Explosives Be Allowed to Sail On
Japan drafting anti-terror steps

December 4, 2004

Raid on Baghdad mosque uncovers car bomb workshop
German police raid 30 sites linked to jihadist group
12 people believed to be Chechens detained in Turkey ahead of Putin visit
UK: Kilroy-Silk attacked with slurry
Stoned to death... why Europe is starting to lose its faith in Islam

December 3, 2004

Tulsa police chief backs off terror remarks
Hugh Fitzgerald on Turkey and Tariq Ramadan
Turkey policies on minorities spark debate
Court martial for grenade attack
French seek 'anti-Semitic' TV ban
Turkey lists major concerns to EU
From L.A. to New York to . . . jihad?

December 2, 2004

Iran: 200 pledge willingness to carry out suicide attacks against Americans, Israelis
Economic Aid to Muslims: Marshall Plan or Jizya?
Tehran Times: Al-Jazeera run by Zionists
The Dutch mosque: A place of prayer or violence?
Tolerance in the face of terror?
Belgian weekly names Turkish PM Erdogan “European of the Year”
Arabs of Bulgarian Citizenship on Iraq's Terrorist List
UN: Europe Needs More Immigrants
Article on Armenian Genocide excluded from Turkey EU agenda in Paris
Sexual Amputation and Silence
Thailand: origami versus jihad
Pakistani Jihadis training children as "future terrorists"
Outrage and humiliation from Madrid bombs trial
Muslims demand suppression of movie-production 'Submission II' by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Arrests at Saudi reformers' trial
Don't stop worrying about Iranian nukes just yet
Indonesian Cleric Inspired by Bin Laden
US family sues 'Hamas-linked' charities
CAIR trains FBI in 'sensitivity'
Interview: Geert Wilders-the new Fortuyn?
Pakistan: Victim of 'honor punishment' turns to education
Iranian official: Turk move to join EU good for Islam
A snapshot of Muslim Britain
Spencer: Islamic Television USA
Moderate Muslims in Switzerland speak out

December 1, 2004

U.S. sets Saudi stability as priority
Sudanese Sermons: Rabbis are Fighting with the U.S. Army in Fallujah; The Jews are Like Malaria
Explosives-laden Canadian-owned ship arrested in Honduras; U.S. investigates
In Europe, Muslim women speaking out against extremism risk backlash
Muslim Extremists Preach Violence in Europe