June 2005 Archives

June 30, 2005

"We are Mujahideen for the sake of our nation"
UK: Two guilty over religion killing
Belgium officials cancel lunch with Iranians after Iranians demand that beer not be served
Hostage Roeder: "Ahmadinejad Threatened to Kidnap My Son"
Islamic states demand Muslim permanent seat on UN Security Council
Pakistan: 17 ex-Guantanamo prisoners released
If it ain't Ahmadinejad, it's his twin brother
Egypt: imprisoned Christian released
Muslim nations vow to end jihad in Iraq
New Zealand: Government takes over Islamic school
3 Buddhists shot dead, teachers' homes attacked in Thai south
Spencer: Death Threats and Tolerance
Pakistan: Muslim mobs burn Christian homes
Iran's New President: “The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world”
"Terrorists have a different agenda. A normal Muslim under normal circumstances would never dream of doing these things"
The Shari’a Committee of al-Qaeda in Iraq Publishes Booklet Titled: “Why We Fight – and Against Whom?”
Ex-Hostages Say Iran Leader-Elect a Captor
Muslim body orders woman raped by relative to separate from husband
Spain: Two accused of recruiting Iraq suicide bombers
UK: Muslim students' integration call
Mexico Nabs 2 Iraqis Near U.S. Border

June 29, 2005

British Students Get "Know Islam" Kits
New Cover for new Spencer book
Corrupted Scriptures and those who read them
Fitzgerald: Celebrating Lepanto, 2021
Iran's New President was 1979 hostage-taker
Introducing the politically correct naval battle
Muslim Man Sues Homeland Security
EU sets 2014 date for European cultural suicide
Russia Drops Hate Inquiry into Jewish Text
Sweden Wants Turkey - E.U. Accession Talks To Start On Oct. 3rd
U.S. citizens deny charges of terrorism
Turkey: On-the-spot circumcisions
Philadelphia: FBI plans terrorism watch for weekend
Murdock: Bombers doing far worse to Quran
The Women’s Role in Jihad Against the Enemy
Spencer: “Yes, I am a Terrorist”

June 28, 2005

New York Imam Ahmad Dwidar: In 1995, I Heard Sermons Calling on Muslims to March on the White House and Turn It into the Muslim House
Fitzgerald: First Thoughts On the Bush Speech
Tolerance and tolerance
Is Allah God?
Watson: CAIR’s Amended Motion against Anti-CAIR
Lodi Mosque fires imam
UK: Muslim woman 'followed husband's orders' and abducted children
Russia Examines Jewish Religious Texts
Murdock: Gays in the Islamic World
International Association of Genocide Scholars: Open Letter to Turkish Prime Minister
FBI agent says Palestinian professor was bugged
PA trying to get Islamic Jihad to hold fire
'Jihad Jack' pleads not guilty to al-Qaeda link
German Opposition Throws Turkey EU Talks Into Question
Man sentenced to have eyes gouged out in Iran

June 27, 2005

On what is not allowed in Iran
Rape victim takes case to Pakistan's Supreme Court
Iran: President-elect renews allegiance with Imam Khomeini
Lodi: duped dhimmis still patsies
UK: Quoting Koran Could Be Illegal Under Proposed UK Bill, Lawmaker Says
Iran's New Puppet President
Fitzgerald: What to do in Iraq (part 3)
"The Koran says it is the duty of Muslims to bring terror to the enemy, so being a terrorist makes me a good Muslim"
West Misjudged, Mistreated Islam: Swiss Expert
'My dream was to be a suicide bomber. I wanted to kill 20, 50 Jews. Yes, even babies'
Freed hostage said he witnessed killings

June 26, 2005

Jihad warning
Watson: Confronting CAIR at the local level: Meet Kevin Montavon
"Jihad..Jihad..Jihad !! Finish with the jewish vermin once and forever !!"
Top Zarqawi aide killed in US attack
Fitzgerald: Countering the Jihad
2,500 US Scholarships Available for Saudis, Says Ministry Official
A 'Million Muslim March' for Lodi?
"As Muslims, our allegiance is only to Allah (SWT) and His messenger and the Muslim Ummah (community)"
70 British Muslims join Iraq fighters
Islamic Jihad: we'll strike Tel Aviv
Indonesia: Schooled For Jihad

June 25, 2005

"Darth Spencer, Master of the Dark Side"
Muslim Hard-Liners Cheer Iran Vote Outcome
Show me the money!
Attempted honor killing in Michigan?
West: Twisted 'tolerance'
Lodi Imam Admits Giving Speeches Urging Pakistanis to Fight Americans
Fitzgerald: What to do in Iraq (part 2)
British pilot held in Mexico over link with September 11
Al-Jazeera to document how easy it is to enter the US illegally
Italy Judge Orders Arrest of 13 CIA Agents
Al-Qaida finds safe haven in Iran
Iraq: Right-wing Christians ambush police patrol -- oh, wait...
Delaware: Students harassed, Muslim mom says
Belgium: Moroccan man jailed for anti-Semitic knife threat
Anglicans Consider Divesting in Solidarity With Palestinians
US echoes jihadist kidnapping alert for Malaysia
Following the trail of death: how foreigners flock to join holy war
Morning Curse
Jihadists coming from Africa to Iraq
Pakistan: Rape victim could be charged with adultery
Revolution without bullets or ballots
15 Gamblers Caned in Muslim Indonesia
Australia: Free speech farce
Indonesia: three Christian women arrested for attempting to convert Muslims

June 24, 2005

Defaced Koran angers Nashville Muslims
Ahmadiya mosque set ablaze in Bangladesh, two others attacked
Turkey: 14-year-old shoots mother in botched 'honor' killing
Spencer on the John Batchelor Show tonight
Kidnap and decapitation manual found in Baptist hideout -- oh, wait...
Islamic Jihad leaders running scared: "God has ordered us to take care against the plans of the Zionist enemy"
Christian leader urges more violence -- oh, wait...
Fitzgerald: What to do in Iraq (part 1)
Right-wing Christians kill 17 in Baghdad -- oh, wait...
Zarqawi Says US Bombing Killed Al-Rashoud
Christians riot in Holland! Sixteen killed! Oh...wait...
Top Taliban commanders surrounded
Saudi Arabia: They're not "infidels." They're the "other."
Australia: Muslim books of hate sold
Unreal for 30 Days: A "documentary" on Islam tells a preconceived story

June 23, 2005

Jihadist suspects held in Amsterdam and London
UK soccer team drops sponsor logo to avoid offending Muslims
Spencer: Ending the Saudi Double Game
Fitzgerald: Let's misbehave
Pro-Rafsanjani forces organizing in the US
Afghans say closing in on senior Taliban commanders
Saudi terror suspect said killed in Iraq
Ecuador: Drug ring suspected of funding Hizbullah
Malaysia says has dismantled Islamic terror cells
Mexico Detains Man Thought Tied to Terror
Saudi police kill two suspected terrorists accused of killing security officer
Israel: Suicide bomber caught with explosives in her underwear
Who are the foreign fighters in Iraq?
New York : "Your terrorists are our heroes"
UK: Religious hate law revolt fails
Fallaci: "The trial is nothing else but a demonstration that everything I've written is true"

June 22, 2005

Jordan Islamists want Hamas leaders back
Al-Qaida Announces Iraqi Suicide Squad
Afghans say 64 Taliban killed in heavy fighting
Queens Muslim Group Says It Opposes Violence, and America
Phares: What Happened in Lebanon's Elections?
WMD Jitters
Israel revives militants assassination policy
Kaufman: CAIRing for Sami Al-Arian
Australia: Pastor prefers jail over apology
No Progress at Israel-Palestinian Summit
Malkin: Debunking another Gitmo myth
Israeli army continues cracking down on Islamic Jihad
US strategy in Iraq: Is it working?
Vines: US may begin drawdown after Iraqi elections
Pakistanis assure Afghans of support on security

June 21, 2005

Vincent: Baffled in Basra
Kahn: When “academic freedom” justifies academic terror
New U.S. Ambassador 'Horrified' By Iraq Violence
UK: Manchester arrest 'connected to Iraq suicide attacks'
'Palestinian prisoner destroyed Quran'
Anti-Syrian Critic Killed in Lebanon Blast
'Bloody good' to be home, says Wood
Illegal immigrants accessed nuclear weapons facility
Spain arrests more terror suspects
Turkish Court: Life sentence for Islamic terrorist
North Carolina: Judges question use of Quran in taking oath
Thailand: Muslim official arrested after running checkpoint in pickup
Terms of Dhimmitude

June 20, 2005

She believes "in death and Allah"
The jailer tossed a Qur'an on the bed! Case dismissed!
Afghans hold Pakistanis for plot to kill U.S. envoy
Sculpture banned from the Venice Biennale
Pakistan: Terror Camps Scatter, Persist
Jordan: Siham Qandah victory sealed
FBI warns of possible threat to power plants
UK: Railway jihad?
University of Arkansas student arrested on suspicion of jihadist activity
Anti-Jewish propaganda film shown in Dutch mosques
"The Koran Doesn't Oppose Women Driving"
CIA 'knows Bin Laden whereabouts'?
Al-Qaida said angry at Sudan for passing data to US

June 19, 2005

Lawyer: FBI officials clueless about terrorism
Latest Al-Zawahiri Video on Al-Jazeera: "Reform and Expelling the Invaders from the Lands of Islam will Only be Accomplished by Fighting for the Sake of Allah"
How U.S. could be beat
Lodi Mysteries
Baghdad diner bombed; U.S. troops press offensive
Yemeni appeal court acquits 11 of terror charges
Muslim anger at bid to serve drink outside
Prove me wrong, please
Arizona: Iranian Poll Monitor Interview
Pakistan: Draft of law finalised to abolish marriages to Quran
Rice rejects Hamas contact
Iran Moderate Says Hard-Liners Rigged Election
Iraqis Found in Torture House Tell of Brutality of Insurgents

June 18, 2005

Algerian who fabricated details of al-Qaida plot to bomb US cities sent to prison
UK Cleric's hate message finds place in website
Leading Egyptian Government Daily Al-Akhbar: "Al-Zarqawi is an American Agent"
Saudi Expert: Al-Qaida Plans 'Catastrophic' Attack
Pakistan's tribe of "infidels"
Zawahri says change in Arab world possible only through jihad
Four held in London anti-terror swoop
Questions, Bitterness and Exile for Queens Girl in Terror Case
The making of a terrorist
Kashmiri rebel confirms Pakistani spy agency help
Lodi Muslims divided by arrests of imams
The Business of Terror

June 17, 2005

Afghan Minister Says al-Qaida Regroups
Al-Jazeera to air video of al-Qaida's Zawahiri
'Operation Spear' Launched in Iraq
Hitchens: Mind over Mullahs
Calif. Terror Suspects Indicted
U.S. closes its Nigerian embassy on security threat
Jihad Paid For Studies, Feds Say
DHS ranks Muslim clerics as "lowest threat"
Witness describes bus bombing in professor's terrorism trial
Pakistan Information Minister "is a mujahid and played a great role in jihad."

June 16, 2005

India: a story of rape and marriage
Top Zarqawi aide captured in Iraq's Mosul: US
Bangladesh: Government Fails to Act Against Religious Violence
Bono shocked by Muslim women's reaction to breastfeeding
Saudi Arabia Exempt From Nuke Inspections
Muslim Schools: A View From The Inside
Iranian voters waver in poor Tehran suburb
Verdonk orders three imams to leave
Paris court convicts three aides to shoebomber Reid
Australia Hails Mufti’s Role in Hostage Release
Mexican authorities to deport Pakistani to U.S. on suspected ties to arms sales
Kashmir jihad to continue
EU renews low-level meetings with Hamas

June 15, 2005

Another Thai Buddhist beheaded
Batman Begins Opens Today
Rajaram: Jihad, Terrorism and Dhimmitude
New Orleans Police to be trained in sensitivity by Nation of Islam
Canada: Al-Qaida Cache Discovered
Fallaci Accuser Found Guilty of "Defamation"
Pak minister set up terror camps for jihadis
Assailants in Indonesian province linked to Al Qaeda: police
UK: Muslim team forces FA rule change
Cleric Denies Jihadist Training for Calif. Man
Spain Makes Terror Arrests
Chemical Security Upgrades Are Urged
Spencer: The Global Jihad: Made in the U.S.A.?
Al-Arian's network emerging
Moroccans, Turks rally against Dutch immigration plans
"There will be no dialogue with the Jews and Christians other than the sound of bullets, blood and fire"
Bin Laden, Omar are well, Taliban commander says
Wood is Free!

June 14, 2005

Bergen: The Madrassa Myth
Dhimmitude in Vermont: School Changing Nickname, Mascot After Islamic Protest
Ohio: Mall Bomb Plot Suspect Wants Statements Barred
Pipes: Saudis Import Slaves to America
Iraq: Suicide Bombing at Bank, Attacks on Police, More Bodies Found
Remove the Israeli Settlements Game
Is it permissible for a Muslim to be a sincere friend to a person who is not Muslim?
Indonesia: A Push for Sharia
"I defy anyone to bring me one verse in the Quran that advocates violence"
Pakistan: Rape victim cannot travel abroad
Jordan reconsiders its Islamic teachings
Iraq: Policeman turns suicide bomber
Website Hacked & Obliterated
Cutthroat! Terror plan for Citigroup
With Eye on Terrorists, US Trains With West African Forces
Novak: Yemen’s Reformers Verses the Pact of Evil
Muslim in Nazareth takes on Holocaust
Spencer: Oriana Fallaci: Muslim Target

June 13, 2005

A word from a student of Omid Safi
Islamic jihadist tries to blow up Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi
Dhimmitude at the BBC: "Don't Panic, I'm Islamic"
Chicago Trib: "The visitors call the dead 'martyrs' and the U.S. forces who killed them 'infidels.' But they mean that in the nicest way"
Retired FBI Agent: Al-Arian Not An 'Asset'
"The Radical-Islamist Threat to World Peace and National Security"
‘Allah turned girl into dog’
The unquestioned lockstep orthodoxy (and willful blindness) at State
Iran crows: Muslims to Train US Police
US officials advised to show sensitivity to Muslims
Britain gives knighthood to Muslim leader
Islamists want killer of Israelis freed
Jerusalem: Bags of explosives awaited suicide bombers
Middle East votes for jihad
Afghan blast wounds 4 U.S. military members
Kashmir bomb kills 13, wounds 100
Reformist Egyptian Writer Critiques Islamist Education and Propaganda
Mexico's blind eye to al-Qaida activity

June 12, 2005

US Forces Attack Militias in Syrian Border Region of Iraq
Egyptian Historian on Saudi Iqra TV: The Vatican's Mission of Destroying Islam was Delegated to the U.S. – Which Carried Out 9/11 on Assignment by the World Council of Churches
PA releases Islamic Jihad fighters
Pakistan: Woman dies from acid burns
Family turmoil over 'suicide bomb' women
Egyptian convicted in Sadat killing to run for president
An interview with Bat Ye'or
`Gamblers' to get seven lashes with a cane in Indonesia
Pakistani man accused of killing two daughters for failing to serve him water

June 11, 2005

Pakistan denies terrorist camps exist after arrests in California
UAE: 1-Year Jail for Kissing Couple
'Female bombers' held in Pakistan
Pakistan court orders 12 men freed in gang rape
Osama's Road to Riches and Terror
Indictment: Saudi Pair in Colo. Kept Slave
A statement from Zayead Christopher Hajaig
Sheikhs debate whether killing Muslim non-combatants is permissible
Jihadists on the march? Never fear! Omid Safi is here!
Bail denied to warm, gentle, kind person in California jihad case
"Our Youth Are Allergic To The Word Jihad"
Country Muslim from Norfolk, Virginia, demands Gitmo shutdown
Baghdad symphony: musicians play on despite death threats

June 10, 2005

Dhimmitude at Gitmo: Kid-gloves for the Qur'an
Islam Q & A: Those who defame the Prophet should be executed
Lodi Muslims fear backlash
U.S. prisons becoming Islam battleground
"They are sending their kids to Duke University and Yale University ... while they are sending someone else's kid to do a suicide bombing"
Jatras: Playing the Devil's Advocate
Scotland: Christian charity accused of bigotry
Fighting to stay in Norway, Krekar praises Osama bin Laden
Affidavit Changed in Terrorism Accusation
"May Allah s.w.t. give painful torment to Robert Spencer..."
Spencer: All Religions Are Not Created Equal

June 9, 2005

Fifth Man Arrested in California Terror Probe
Dead man's dhimmitude in the UK
Sarasota Mosque Raises Money for Families of Suicide Bombers
Jihad text gave rules for killers, court told
Three more arrests in Lodi terrorism case
Terror case raises fears of sleeper cells
Myth of Islamic tolerance reigns at AP
Hizballah ticket sweeps South Lebanon
Iraq’s Jihad: Past as Prologue
UK: Freedom of speech in grave peril as religious hatred bill is unveiled
Saidist professor update: Khalidi a plagiarist?

June 8, 2005

"Hamid...specifically requested to come to the United States to carry out his jihadi mission. Potential targets for attack included hospitals and large food stores."
Iran honors "the first martyr to die on a mission to kill Salman Rushdie"
Flag-rippers part of New York jihadist group
CIA reviewing translator security rules
Fitzgerald: Mr. Bush, meet Ibn Warraq and Ali Sina
Dhimmitude from James Carroll: "The image of Muslims as prone to violence by virtue of their religion was mainly constructed across centuries by Europeans seeking to bolster their own purposes"
Islamic leaders, 2 others held in California terror probe
Denmark: Imam offers blood money to family of murdered man
U.S. Fighting Muslim Faithful, Say Scholars
Sami Al-Arian's wife: why no indictment?
"Oh Muslims! Do you know your enemy? Isn't it obvious?"
Sweden: Muslim schools seek Saudi funding
Did Florida taxpayers pay for jihad?
Of course, it was all a misunderstanding
What are you gonna believe? The myth of Islamic tolerance, or your lying eyes?
Spine removal
British MP George Galloway: We Need Al-Jazeera in English to Win Hearts in the US
Female Genital Mutilation and African AIDS
Discrimination against non-Muslims in Malaysia

June 7, 2005

"May Allah rip out his spine from his back and split his brains in two, and then put them both back, and then do it over and over again"
Bush urged not to play the dhimmi
Jihad leader: 'Calm' is over
"Europe likes appeasement very much; this is one of the most important differences between us and the States"
Watson: Forget us now, we'll remember you at the election
Pentagon takes aim at rank and file of al Qaeda
Jihadists may try to disrupt vote in Afghanistan
Australian mufti: hostage in "good and honest hands"
Jihad in West Africa
Italy: Minister urges fines over Muslim robe
"You arrested innocent people, so I kill innocent people"
Jews and Muslims Clash on Controversial Jerusalem Anniversary

June 6, 2005

Al-Arian: "the most powerful man in the world in the organization" blamed for more than 100 deaths
More addlepated dhimmi lunacy from the State Department
U.S. fears Islamic awakening: Ayatollah Khamenei
Reluctant U.S. shows signs of shift on Hamas
Jihadist "had a map of Pittsburgh"
Fitzgerald: A word for the 9/11 Commission
CNN tracks mortar strikes
Turkish columnist: "Hitler did not do enough to these Jews"
Praying to Allah in Mexico: Islam Is Gaining a Foothold in Chiapas
"It's going to be bloody. It's going to be horrible. It's going to scare the hell out of this jury"
Members of Sept. 11 Panel Press for Information on Terror Risk
Canned Libbi update
"The core message for us here in America is it's going to be very, very tough to convince the Pakistanis to go after bin Laden"
PA: Abbas to execute 50 who collaborated with Israel
Fitzgerald: Columbia Teaches "Hate"

June 5, 2005

As Hamas makes gains, will Abbas's ruling party unravel?
Qatar Rejects U.S. Rights Report
Lebanon poll about Hezbollah
Muslim Feminist Faces Ostracism and Death Threats for Praying Among Men
Filipino Muslims poised for independence
Intel Shows Terror Suspects Living in Iran
Kristof: A Policy of Rape
U.S. Uncovers Vast Hide-Out of Iraqi Rebels
Norway: Doctors warn against child exam
Britain to ask Arab world to help Africa
Why Sami Al-Arian is in jail
Jeb Bush sends letter of support to CAIR
"Muslims and the F.B.I. have the same problem. They both feel they are very misunderstood."

June 4, 2005

Hanson: Our Strange War
Pakistan Sentences Islamic Militant to Death
Al Jazeera denies Rumsfeld's charge it airs killings
Iraq: Suicide Bomber kills 10 at Sufi Muslim gathering
Abbas delays Palestinian election, angers Hamas
UNCHR: Protecting Religion– Specifically Islam
U.S. criticizes Gulf allies on trafficking
Dutch Withdraw Salvation Army Subsidy Over Hiring Practices
Turkey: Prez Vetoes Bill to Relax Gov't Control Over Religious Schools
UK: 'Offensive' hospital bibles may be banned
Denmark: Politicians reject Imam's proposal of blood money
U.S. Confirms Gitmo Soldier Kicked Quran
Making Muslims peaceful via the Qur'an

June 3, 2005

Iraq: Fallujah Sheikh Says Al-Zarqawi Died On Friday
Europe battles young terrorists
"What is important is how the Quran is judged. People should learn what it is saying, then judge (Islam)."
Pakistan: Militant's letter warns of more attacks
Prosecutors say city officials gave cleric "money for nothing"
Saudis Outraged Over Women-Drive Proposal
Holy Shi'ite! Islam's double standard
Muslim-Catholic agreement hailed
Worshiping the Koran, flushing reason
Extradition for 9/11 suspect linked to London ricin flat

June 2, 2005

Cashing in on Osama
Kuwait: A dilemma worthy of Hamlet
Australia: jihadists inflitrate airport security
What ever happened to Khaled Abou El Fadl's reputation?
RevivingIslam.com gone?
Reviving Islam by killing me
CAIR distributes Quran banned as anti-Semitic
Expert: Al-Qaida Has Presence In South Florida
Rage at 9/11 'Game'
Radical Islamists use Internet to spread jihad
Philadelphia: Muslim Firefighter May Keep Beard
Israel: Anger, Fear, Criticism Greet Release of 400 Terrorists
Saudi religious police arrest 8 Christians
German Court: Muslim Students Must Swim
The Myth of "Moderate" Islamists
The Palestinian Authority: Hothouse for Teen Terror
Denmark: Doormen arm themselves against immigrants
Lebanon: Anti-Syria reporter killed outside his home

June 1, 2005

Dutch Voters Reject EU Constitution
Your unsophisticated host, Robert Spencer
Watson: Updated list: Misunderstood Muslims in America
Grand Ole Jihad update: Nashville jihadist pleads guilty
New Duranty Times: "Anti-Muslim Bias Seen in Charges Against Man Linked to Al Qaeda"
Iranian smuggling ring busted near Mexican border
Saudi TV: How the Jews Distorted the Torah and Rejected, Cursed, and Hated Muhammad
Indonesia: Two Bombs Kill Christians in Tentena
Sisters take on scholars in battle for Islam
Blast Rocks Checkpoint to Baghdad Airport
Women organisation hail disallowing of Muslim tribunals
Suicide Bomber Strikes Afghan Mosque
"I could be joking and smiling and then cutting their throats in the next second"
Thailand: Monk, soldiers injured by bomb near temple in Narathiwat