While untold numbers of Muslim women worldwide live lives of misery in polygamous relationships. “Harem role for Martine,” from the Irish Examiner, with thanks to Susan: Martine McCutcheon has landed a TV role in a new romantic drama about Islam. She will star opposite Art Malik in ITV’s The English Harem. McCutcheon plays a supermarket […]
Archives for May 2005
Phillips: “Where is there the slightest indication that anyone grasps what is going on here?”
The incomparable Melanie Phillips writes in her blog, which is always essential reading, about “Dhimmi Britain” and what ought to be called Stockport Syndrome: Political correctness is turning lethal. Stockport Council is now using resource packs provided by the Muslim Council of Britain to teach schoolchildren about Islam, an initiative which is to be extended […]
Japanese deny ransom sought for old soldiers
Here’s a strange one. Have you heard that the Japanese are looking for a couple of World War II soldiers, both in their mid- to late-eighties, who may still be alive and in the Philippines? Well, some reports have indicated that Islamic jihadists from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have the old men and […]
2 Men, in New York and Florida, Charged in Qaeda Conspiracy
I have written on numerous occasions that there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to imagine that the vast majority of American Muslims are civic-minded patriots who accept wholeheartedly the parameters of American pluralism, this proposition has actually never been proven. And evidence continues to […]
Abbas: Suicide bomb era may be over
Suicide bombings are happening almost daily in Iraq, but in the place where the practice became internationally famous, we are being assured that it is all over. A Bridge For Sale Alert from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to JS: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview aired on Sunday that the era […]
Explosion shakes U.N.’s Kabul HQ
Don’t they realize the UN is their best friend? Evidently not. From AP, : KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion shook the headquarters of NATO’s 8,000-strong security force in the Afghan capital on Monday but there were no immediate reports of injuries, a spokeswoman for the force said. The blast occurred “in the vicinity” of […]
Islam humiliated by giant teapot
Oh, the horror! Will the apostates stop at nothing? Would singing “I’m a little teapot, short and stout” get you arrested for apostasy? A giant teapot built by apostates in Malaysia will be demolished for the offense it presents to Islam. “Sect leader will not resist action,” from the StarOnline, with thanks to Nicolei: JERTEH: […]
Saudi Arabia: Syria Hands Over Saudi Fighters Trying to Reach Iraq
But what happens to them after they’re turned over to the Saudis? Are they released with encouragement to try again? From AKI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Riyadh, 30 May (AKI) – Syria has handed more than 30 Saudis caught trying to cross the border into Iraq back to Saudi Arabia, according to the […]
Iraqi Muslim Leader Detained; 20 Killed
From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BAGHDAD, Iraq – U.S. troops detained the head of Iraq’s largest Sunni Muslim political party on Monday, according to party officials, police and the man’s wife. South of the capital, two suicide bombers attacked a crowd of policemen in Hillah, killing 20 and wounding nearly 100…. The […]
Hamas capable of suicide bombings in Britain
I think this is only a matter of time, although there may be an awareness among jihad leaders of how difficult things would (probably) become for them after suicide attacks in the West. From WND, : JERUSALEM — Hamas has several cells inside the United Kingdom and is capable of attacking the country, a senior […]