A new article by Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer, “Islamic France and Human Rights,” is available today at WorldNet Daily.
Archives for January 2004
Jerusalem Bus Bomber Kills 10, Wounds 50
The horror continues. This from AP: A suicide bomber blew up a bus near the prime minister’s residence Thursday, killing 10 bystanders and wounding at least 50 in the deadliest attack in four months. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, which dealt a further setback to stalled peace efforts and coincided with a German-brokered […]
Tariq Ramadan, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the State Department
Agent of the Muslim Brotherhood? (Photo: Time) France’s Nouvel Observateur (thanks to Joyce) is reporting that controversial European Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan’s move to the United States may be related to talks between Washington and the Muslim Brotherhood. Here is my rough-and-ready translation of the French article: Surprise: Tariq Ramadan, part-time lecturer at the University […]
Virginia Jihad Defendants Waive Jury Trial
AP reports that “Four members of what the government calls the ‘Virginia jihad network’ have waived their right to a jury trial on charges they conspired to aid Taliban forces fighting the United States.” The unusual move by the defendants, set to go on trial Feb. 9, puts the verdict solely in the hands of […]
FBI: U.S. seaports are targets, but guard shooting not terrorism
Few hard facts have come out about the mysterious incident in Freeport, Texas: where a security guard at the BASF chemical plant was shot in the shoulder by a man he describes as Middle Eastern or Pakistani. The man was taking pictures of the lights at the chemical plant, and sped away after the shooting […]
Many Turks become Christians, but must tread carefully
UPI reports that 35,000 Turks became Christians last year — a major social movement in that country. There is a certain poetic justice to this, as the report suggests that many are the descendants of Christians who were forced to become Muslims during the time of the Armenian genocide and the persecution and expulsion of […]
MEMRI Chief: Contemporary Islamist Ideology Permitting Genocidal Murder
The President of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Yigal Carmon, presented this paper to the 2004 Stockholm International Forum on Preventing Genocide. It is an illuminating exploration of the murderous ideology that fuels Islamic radicalism. (Thanks to TwoStellas and Joyce.) The text and a few comments: Jews, Christians, and Sabians [2] are, according […]
AAH: Florida Islamic Center features material from terrorist charity
Jihad Watch has received this press release from Americans Against Hate: For Immediate Release: January 27, 2004 Contact: Joe Kaufman, joe@joe4rep.com BOCA ISLAMIC CENTER FEATURES MATERIAL TAKEN FROM TERRORIST CHARITY — AAH CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION (Coral Springs, FL) Americans Against Hate is urging law enforcement to investigate the Islamic Center of Boca Raton’s usage of […]
Hamas in the Florida Classroom
Daniel Pipes and Asaf Romirowsky continue the appalling story of Mustafa Abu Sway, the Hamas activist who is now a visiting professor at Florida Atlantic University: We broke the news in October 2003 that Mustafa Abu Sway, a visiting Palestinian professor at Florida Atlantic University, is “known as an activist” in Hamas, a group on […]
9/11 mastermind got a visa despite terror indictment
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: a terror indictment and a visa According to the Los Angeles Times, the mastermind of 9/11 obtained a visa just weeks before the attacks — even though he had already been indicted by the feds for terrorist activities! Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, plot, obtained a […]