As anti-Semitism skyrockets in Europe, “the government is very anxious not to upset the Muslim community.” From The Telegraph: Jewish leaders accused the European Union yesterday of covering up the true scale of anti-Semitic violence carried out by Muslim youths, reigniting a controversy over Europe’s failure to confront Islamic extremism at home. A study released […]
Archives for March 2004
Al-Qaeda urges attacks on Canadians
Saif al-Adel Hit easy targets that are not protected, it says. From The National Post via the SITE Institute, : A new al-Qaeda manual posted on the Internet is calling for terrorist attacks against Canadians, and specifies that businessmen, politicians, scientists, soldiers and tourists should be targeted, according to U.S. researchers. Canada is one of […]
Link: Al-Qaeda and Saudi intelligence agency
Prince Turki (Time) Two private Saudi firms linked to Al-Qaeda are also mixed up with Saudi intelligence. From the Chicago Tribune, with thanks to LGF: HAMBURG, Germany — Two private Saudi companies linked with suspected Al Qaeda cells here and in Indonesia also have connections to the Saudi Arabian intelligence agency and its longtime chief, […]
EU may have funded terrorists, says Parliament
EU Parliament: the terrorists’ bank? (EU Parliament photo) For the first time, EU authorities have admitted that their money might have been used for terrorism. From the EU Observer, with thanks to LGF. Tens of thousands of euro of EU funds may have been diverted to people linked with Palestinian terrorism, according to a report […]
No more Somalias: US vows to stay the course
Smiling at the massacre From Reuters: The United States vowed on Wednesday to stay the course in Iraq after three American contractors were killed in an ambush and their bodies dragged through the streets of Falluja in an incident reminiscent of the grisly fate of U.S. soldiers attacked in Somalia in 1993. Four contractors to […]
Sudan Arrests Islamic Opposition Leader
Hassan al-Turabi (AP) A major jihad leader has been arrested in Sudan. From VOA News: Sudan’s security forces have arrested Islamic opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi and close to a dozen of his sympathizers and accused them of attempting to overthrow the government. Authorities surrounded the home of the 72-year-old head of Sudan’s Popular Congress Party […]
Four Christians arrested in Egypt
Rowan Williams: will the friendship he seeks have any substance? (BBC) Their crime? Possessing Bibles and other Christian material. From Ekklesia: Four Christians have been arrested in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt after police found that they had Bibles and Christian music tapes in their possession, according to reports received by the Jubilee Campaign. The four […]
Gunmen Seize Explosives in Thailand’s Muslim South
Bhokin Bhalakula The Thai jihad continues apace. From Reuters: Heavily armed raiders stole a large quantity of explosives from a quarry in Thailand’s largely Muslim south, just days after a bomb attack in the region and prompting fears of another, officials said on Wednesday. “With this amount of fertilizer, you could blow up a whole […]
A Testimony on Suicide Bombers’ Recruitment to Ansar Al-Islam
A forensics expert collects evidence at a suicide bombing site in Israel (AP) Is suicide bombing really all about economic and social grievances? From MEMRI: “The London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published the story of a member of the Islamic terrorist organization Ansar Al-Islam, who planned to blow himself up in the Interior Ministry building […]
The growth of radical Islam in Central Asia
Background on the jihad in Uzbekistan, from Asia Times. Note that the jihadis were from middle-class families: Recent reports Prior to the recent terror attacks in Uzbekistan which claimed at least 19 lives, a spate of reports from the region shows ongoing Islamist activity and law-enforcement efforts to contain it. One report details the state […]
Europe: Anti-Jewish attacks soaring
Who is responsible for all this? No clue from this article. From News24.com: The number of anti-Semitic attacks in Europe has soared in recent years, according to a report by the EU’s racism watchdog on Wednesday which singled out five countries for particular concern. Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Britain have seen a notable […]
UK Muslims urged to fight terror
Iqbal Sacranie (BBC) What? You mean they haven’t been doing this all along? From ABC: Britain’s Muslim leaders are urging followers of Islam to cooperate with the authorities to fight terrorism. There is fear in the Muslim community that it will be stigmatised following the arrest of eight suspected terrorists and the seizure of half […]
More jihad in Uzbekistan
Tashkent checkpoint (AP) More Uzbek jihad. From AP: An explosion ripped through a district of the Uzbek capital Wednesday evening and caused casualties, according to a report, apparently the latest incident in a wave of terrorist-related violence that has gripped the city. Interfax news agency reported the blast hit the Sabir-Rakhimovski district, which is in […]
Bodies of foreigners dragged through streets of Fallujah; bomb kills five U.S. troops
From AP, and DC Watson: Jubilant residents dragged the charred corpses of four foreign contractors, one a woman, at least one an American through the streets Wednesday and hanged them from the bridge spanning the Euphrates River. Five American soldiers died in a roadside bombing nearby. The four contract workers for the U.S.-led coalition were […]
Hezbollah, Hamas offices reported in Iraq
From The Washington Times, : The terrorist groups Hamas and Lebanon-based Hezbollah have opened offices in Iraq and are recruiting young men in the cities of Basra and Nasariyah, says the executive director of the American Islamic Congress. “They have been recruiting young people. They pay them a little money and teach them their ideology,” […]
Ottawa raids lead to terror charges
Some conflict resolution going on in Ottawa More on the Ottawa raids from CP: An Ottawa man was charged Tuesday with two terrorism-related offences after police raids at his home and office, while shocked family members insisted upon his innocence. Sounds like they’re reading the playbook. Mohammad Momim Khawaja, 29, was arrested Monday at his […]
Dhimmitude in Australia: Cardinal Pell to host Muslim cleric at Cathedral Interfaith Prayer
Feisal Abdul Rauf From Australia’s Catholic News, with thanks to Jean-Luc: Cardinal George Pell of Sydney will welcome Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to St Mary’s Cathedral tomorrow for a lunchtime Interfaith Prayer Service. Imam Feisal is visiting Sydney at the invitation of Premier Bob Carr, who will also be in attendance at the Service. Stressing […]
Australia: Sheikh called terrorist for ‘divorce advice’
Zoud: What’s the big deal? Why would Zoud have called Abu Qatada? Isn’t Abu Qatada an exponent of the tiny minority of extremists who have perverted Islam? From The Australian, with thanks to Jean-Luc: IT’S late at night and Abdul Salam Zoud has a problem. The leader of Sydney’s Islamic fundamentalists needs prompt answers to […]
Pakistan: A curriculum of hatred
A controversy in Pakistan centers over jihad in the textbooks. From HiPakistan: The religious parties in Pakistan are at loggerheads with the government on yet another issue: the so-called “exclusion” of some Quranic verses from the biology textbook for Intermediate classes. What has annoyed the MMA? It all began three weeks ago when in reply […]
Islamic Jihad promises heaven to teen recruit
Tamer Khawireh (AP) While Mohammed Dockrat dresses his 6-year-old son in a mock suicide bomber jacket and then pontificates about how Palestinians would never really use a child in a suicide attack, Islamic Jihad tried to recruit a 15-year-old for just such an attack. Nor is he the only one. From the Jerusalem Post: On […]