In Human Events today, I discuss the momentous first hundred days. And I expect that we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. “To the Muslim world,” said Barack Obama in his Inaugural Address, “we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.” After 100 days, how’s that going? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad summed […]
Archives for April 2009
General Petraeus: “The Pakistanis have run out of excuses” and are “finally getting serious”
Yet Petraeus was quick to add that “we’ve heard it all before” from the Pakistanis. “Petraeus: Next Two Weeks Critical to Pakistan’s Survival,” by James Rosen for Fox News, April 30: Gen. David Petraeus said he is looking for concrete action by the Pakistani government to destroy the Taliban in the next two weeks before […]
Obama overrules FBI and DHS on release of Gitmo jihadists into American civilian population
Coming to your neighborhood: the jihad They told him these guys were dangerous jihadists, and Obama doesn’t seem to care. They’re coming to your neighborhood whether you or the FBI or DHS like it or not. Relax. What could go wrong? An update on this story. “BREAKING: White House Overrides FBI and DHS on Gitmo […]
18% of Muslims in Denmark agree that “Sharia law should be integrated into Danish law”
Not quite as “zealous” as Britain’s Muslims, 61% of which want sharia, but a start. “Denmark: 18% of Muslims want to see Sharia law implemented,” from Islam in Europe, April 30: Close to a fifth of Muslims in Denmark want to see Sharia law implemented in Denmark. A study conducted by analysis institute Capacent for […]
German creationist cell planned September 11 anniversary attacks — no, wait…
Not even Ron-Paulians or Glenn-Beckites. Islamic jihadists again, oddly enough. “German cell planned September 11 anniversary attacks,” from Expatica, April 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Duesseldorf — Four suspected Islamic militants on trial for plotting to kill Americans in Germany discussed carrying out bombings on the sixth anniversary of 9/11, police said Wednesday. Giving evidence […]
Stop the presses! Algerian imam defends terrorism!
Yet another Islamic cleric defends the jihadist perspective. Yesterday I received an email from a student in England who wished to dispute what he characterized as my “claim that Islamist terrorism is justified in Islam and properly represents an element in the Islamic tradition of Jihad (whether expansionist or non-expansionist).” He referred to “the prohibition […]
Rally to defeat the jihad!
A press release I just received about this event: MUSLIM, JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, HINDU, SIKH, BUDDHIST, HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS TO RALLY FOR DEFEAT OF RADICAL ISLAM MUSLIM DARFUR LEADER, ESCAPED JIHAD SLAVE, VICTIMS OF TERROR FROM INDIA, U.S. AND ISRAEL TO ADDRESS MASS RALLY EVENT WILL HONOR U.S. DEFENDERS AGAINST TERROR, 911 FAMILIES AND FIRST RESPONDERS […]
Nashville: Hospital pays $70,000 to Muslim after denying him time off for trip to Mecca
But it denies discriminating against him. It looks as if the hospital paid just to make this suit go away, which may make sense for them in the short term, but — particularly given their non-admission of any discrimination — sets a precedent that will make it more difficult in the future for non-Muslim businesses […]
Leading analyst: The global jihad is over, we won
Hey, kids, if you’re looking for me, I’ll be playing the soprano saxophone on the sidewalk outside Madison Square Garden. Drop a buck in my case, will ya? “West Has Already Won War with Islam, Says Leading Geopolitical Analyst,” by Aaron Task in Newsmakers, April 30 (thanks to Freckles): With the Taliban on the march […]
Wilders: Why I Am In America Fighting for Free Speech
Here is Geert Wilders’s April 28 statement at a joint press conference with Lord Malcolm Pearson, in response to CAIR’s attack on Florida House of Representatives Majority Leader Rep. Adam Hasner (thanks to Patrick Poole): Freedom of expression is under attack. That is the theme I am addressing here in America this week as part […]