Cartoon Rage Update. I must confess, I am amazed that this story never seems to die. Perhaps these twelve cartoons will end up being the Gavrilo Princip of 2006. “Protests Over Muhammad Cartoon Grow,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BEIRUT, Lebanon – The controversy over Danish caricatures of Prophet Muhammad escalated Monday […]
Archives for January 2006
Al-Zawahiri: Bush the ‘butcher of Washington’
Zawahiri pops up again, making, among other things, another appeal to the appeasement-minded Left. From CNN: “The American airplanes, in collaboration with their agent of the Jews and the Crusaders, Musharraf, launched an airstrike on Damadola near Peshawar around the Eid al-Adha holiday, during which 18 Muslims — men, women and children — died in […]
Danish newspaper caves to Muslim intimidation
Goodbye, freedom of speech in Denmark. Jyllands-Posten editor Carsten Juste’s letter of apology, “Honourable Citizens of The Muslim World,” can be found here. (Thanks to Diana West.)
Fitzgerald: More about ending the jizya
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald again discusses the urgent necessity of ending jizya payments to the Palestinians and others: The largest transfer of wealth in human history is that from the oil-consuming nations to the oil-and-gas producing nations — the Arab and Muslim nations which are almost the entire membership of OPEC. Since […]
Prof at Naval Postgraduate School: Let’s take Osama’s truce offer
From our inexhaustible Clueless Department: “Why not test bin Laden’s ‘truce’ offer?” by Douglas A. Borer, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and the author of “Superpowers Defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared.” From the Christian Science Monitor, with thanks to David: MONTEREY, CALIF. — One of the hardest decisions a […]
Clinton warns of rising anti-Islamic feeling
Bill Clinton, former President and future First Husband, condemns freedom of speech. From AFP, with thanks to MB: Former US president Bill Clinton warned of rising anti-Islamic prejudice, comparing it to historic anti-Semitism as he condemned the publishing of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. “So now what are we going to do? […]
Hamas to EU: Keep the jizya coming
They’ll use it for peaceful purposes. Really, they will. Trust them. Ten to one the EU falls for this. “EU calls on Hamas to clarify political intentions,” from AP, with thanks to Kasia: EU foreign ministers on Monday called on the Hamas to clarify its political intentions in an eventual Palestinian government, urging it to […]
Christian nations call for boycott of Rolling Stone magazine, recall ambassadors, appeal to UN
Over the Passion of Kanye West photo on the latest issue. Just kidding.
Anti-dhimmitude: Los Angeles radio station squares off with CAIR
I haven’t said anything about Bill Handel’s flap with CAIR yet because I have been thinking it over. I don’t like obnoxious talk making fun of people who have been the victims of accidents, in any context, anywhere, at any time. On the other hand, I believe in free speech, and that must include the […]
EU warns Saudi Arabia that it could take Danish boycott to WTO
Unexpected anti-dhimmitude from the EU. From AP, with thanks to Henri: EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has warned Saudi Arabia that it would take WTO action if the Riyadh government supported a boycott of Danish goods, the European Commission said Monday. A Danish newspaper’s publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad has led to tension […]