Here’s one that will build your confidence in our border controls. From the Brownsville Herald, with thanks to Al-Canine: Middle Easterners with possible terrorist ties have been detained after entering the country from Mexico but released for lack of jail space, said U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services […]
Archives for July 2004
Kashmir jihadists target hapless women to spread terror
A horrific story from Qatar’s Peninsula Online, with thanks to Raymond for the link: Jammu: The women of Jammu and Kashmir are paying with their honour and lives as terrorists target the families of those who they feel have betrayed them. Mariam Begum of Gandoh in Doda district was raped for days together before she […]
Abu Bakar Bashir Won’t Be Charged in Bali Bombings
One unspoken element is the likelihood that he’s too popular to be charged. And what does that tell you? This man has spoken openly about violent jihad, and defended the Bali bombings. From AP, with thanks to many: JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian police dropped plans Wednesday to charge a radical cleric in the 2002 Bali […]
Link Between Dallas City Hall and Hamas
Via the Holy Land Foundation. From CBS11 News, with thanks to EPG: The federal government’s roundup Tuesday of seven Middle Eastern men on charges of funding the terrorist group Hamas yielded an unexpected disclosure: a link between Dallas City Hall and Hamas” top leader in Israel’s occupied territories. North Texas resident Mufid Abdulquader is a […]
It’s not genocide, it’s jihad
From the superb Cox and Forkum. Watch for a column about this exact point from Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer, coming very soon — maybe even tomorrow.
Iraqi jihadists claim to kill Pakistan hostages
Is this story connected to the theological green light that was just issued? From AP: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A militant group holding two Pakistani contractors hostage said Wednesday it had killed the men but freed their Iraqi driver, the Al-Jazeera television station Al-Jazeera reported. The group, calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq, had announced […]
Campaigners take “apostasy rights” bid to U.N.
A bid for freedom of conscience at the UN. You will be able to read documents related to this initiative in my forthcoming essay collection The Myth of Islamic Tolerance. From Reuters, with thanks to David G. Littman: GENEVA, July 28 (Reuters) Religious rights campaigners, buoyed by a UN call for an end to repression […]
Al-Qaida Suspect Arrested in Texas
I don’t find any confirming stories, but here is one provocative report from Texas. From FederalNewsRadio.com, with thanks to Al-Canine: A South African woman picked up in Texas almost 10 days ago may turn out to be a key, high level al-Qaida operative. Her name is Farida Goolam Mohamed Ahmed. She was stopped at McAllen […]
Jackie Mason says Islam teaches hate; CAIR hates that
The Council on American Islamic Relations is demanding an apology from Jackie Mason and lots of other people for his remarks on radio the other night. From WND: Comedian Jackie Mason raised the ire of a controversial Islamic lobby group by calling “the whole Muslim religion” a “murderous organization” that teaches “hate, terrorism and murder.” […]
Anti-Dhimmitude at Harvard: Sheikh Zayad’s Gift to Be Returned
A bit of common sense somehow lodges at Harvard. From the New York Times, with thanks to Seymour Payne: Harvard University is returning a controversial $2.5 million gift to its donor, the president of the United Arab Emirates. Harvard said in a statement Monday that the president, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, recently asked to […]
Iraqi Sheikh: Kill Muslims who protect infidels
This is a declaration that those who aid unbelievers are themselves unbelievers, and can thus be killed. This is a well-attested principle in Islamic law. From the Jerusalem Post: A lengthy audiotape purportedly by the spiritual adviser to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s al-Qaida-linked group justifies killing Muslims when their presence protects infidels and threatens revenge on […]
Groups Sue to Stop Bag Searches in Boston
Interesting: the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee is suing to stop bag searches around the convention in Boston. Now, why would they care? Is this an instance of anti-Arab discrimination? As far as I know everyone, Nordic, Far Eastern, whatever, is being searched. Here is a question of whether individual civil rights should trump public safety […]
DNC Benediction by Imam Yahya Hendi
Rant Wraith (thanks to LGF) has found some exceedingly interesting information about the Muslim imam who said a prayer during the Democratic National Convention last night. He works at Georgetown, “the first American university to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain. He earned a B.A. degree in Islamic Law and Theology from the University of Jordan, […]
9/11: A Failure of Academia
Walid Phares in FrontPage points out: “America was betrayed by academics who told us Islamic terrorism was no threat.” A few months ago, when the 9/11 Commission released footage of the communications between several command centers and the transportation network during the dramatic minutes of September 11, one phrase chilled me to the bones. It […]
Freed Egyptian Thinks Remorse Turned Captors
Muhammad Qutb was freed, according to this, because he was a Muslim. From the New York Times: BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 27 – In the end, Muhammad Mamdouh Qutb figures it was his captors’ remorse that led to his freedom. Yes, they roughed him up and bundled him into a car, took him hostage for four […]
Terrorists Obtain South Africa Passports
It would seem that the US VISIT program, which checks only people from selected countries, would be rendered useless by stories like this. From AP: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Al-Qaida militants and other terrorists traveling through Europe have obtained South African passports, and authorities believe they got them from crime syndicates operating inside the government […]
U.S. Indicts Muslim Charity in Texas
Another terror charity. And note: Hamas got $12.4 million from this one source alone. Remember that the next time you hear about desperately poor Palestinians having to blow themselves up on buses because they have no money to buy weapons and wage conventional warfare. From AP: WASHINGTON – A major American Muslim charity and seven […]
Assassins kill top Iraqi official as eight die in attacks
At the time of the transfer of sovereignty, I said here that that transfer would change nothing: the mujahedin, the warriors of jihad, would still labor to transform Iraq into an Islamic state. From the Sydney Morning Herald, with thanks to Nicolei: Gunmen assassinated a senior Iraqi Interior Ministry official and two of his bodyguards […]
Slaves in Saudi Arabia
A report from a Muslim, Naeem Mohaiemen, in the Daily Star (thanks to Nicolei): On July 15, Human Rights Watch issued a report on the condition of Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia. The revelation that “Guest Workers” are systematically abused in Saudi Arabia should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with that region’s history. […]
Some Iraq suicide bombers ‘forced’
Remember Reem Raiyshi? From CNN, : A military official with the U.S. Central Command tells CNN that in one case after an attack, troops found a body with a foot tied with a rope inside a vehicle. The official says there also is evidence of some individuals having their entire family held by extremists who […]