An attempt to divide the Islamic loyalties of Muslims in France and elsewhere, and pry them away from the jihadists? Or another example of craven French dhimmitude? You be the judge. From the BBC: The French interior minister has joined Muslim leaders at the main mosque in Paris to pray for the release of two […]
Archives for August 2004
Russian blast caused by female suicide bomber
From AFP: A blast outside a subway station in central Moscow that killed eight people was caused by a female suicide bomber, Russian news agency Interfax quoted the federal security service FSB as saying. Earlier the interior ministry had said several theories were being considered, among them a suicide bomber but also an explosion in […]
Jihadists deface books in Paris library with anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial
From UPI, : “The worrying tide of anti-Semitism and incitation to racial hatred one is noticing in French society is also permeating within the walls of the library,” said Gerard Grunberg, director of the Bibliotheque Publique d’Information at the Pompidou Center in Paris. “Books were covered with anti-Semitic inscriptions and addresses of Web sites denying […]
First Arab, Islamic Congress to be held in Europe
In Berlin in October. Here is a link to a lengthy advertisement for the thing. (Thanks to Ali Dashti and Andy.) Our meeting in Berlin around these goals and fixed principles will create a new challenge to make the correction of way and to stop the retrogression of our nation and people and to create […]
CAIR ducks Robert Spencer
Daniel Pipes and I were scheduled to tape a TV program tomorrow with Nihad Awad and Hussam Ayloush of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). But at the last minute, Awad and Ayloush backed out, leaving the producers scrambling for replacements. I am not surprised; over a year ago Arsalan Iftikhar of CAIR refused […]
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Tariq Ramadan: What does America have to fear from me? Daniel Pipes: Here’s what
Tariq Ramadan, the revocation of his visa barring his way to a professorship at Notre Dame, throws down the gauntlet to his critics in the International Herald Tribune: I remain in Switzerland, hoping this mistake will be rectified and reflecting on how I am constantly being told the “truth” about who I am: “You are […]
Ohio: Judge won’t overturn imam’s conviction
As jihadists dominate the news from Russia, Iraq, and Israel, here in the United States one of their key allies, and a former prominent “moderate Muslim,” has suffered a setback. From AP: CLEVELAND – A federal judge has rejected a defense request to overturn the conviction of an Islamic cleric on charges of concealing ties […]
Car Blast Reported Near Moscow Subway
“MOSCOW – An explosion in a car near a Moscow subway station Tuesday shattered doors and windows in the station vestibule, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Russian news agencies.”
Two Bus Bombs in Southern Israel Kill 15
Said the great philosopher Averroes: “Most scholars agree that fortresses may be assailed with mangonels, no matter whether there are women and children within them or not. This is based on the fact that the Prophet used mangonels against the population of al-Ta’if.” And according to the renowned Sufi Al-Ghazali: “One must go on jihad […]
Iraq Militants Kill 12 Nepali Hostages
For, among other things, being Buddhists. From Reuters, with thanks to many who sent this to me: BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – A militant Iraqi group said it had killed 12 Nepali hostages and showed pictures of one being beheaded and others being gunned down in the worst violence against captives since a wave of kidnappings […]
Feds: Chicago Man an Iraqi ‘Sleeper Agent’
And besides those sent by Saddam, how many sleeper agents have been sent by jihad groups into the US? If the moderate Muslim community were really all that it claims to be, it would be helping law enforcement officials find the answer to that question. From AP, : Sami Khoshaba Latchin, 57, pleaded innocent to […]
Indonesia: US aid for Islamic schools
Apparently charmed by veiled Indonesian girls’ familiarity with the masterpieces of Led Zeppelin, US Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph Boyce has landed a huge aid package for madrassas and more. But who will be monitoring what these schools teach about jihad? Who will make sure that radical Muslim leader Abu Bakar Bashir, who has escaped serious […]
Suspected 9/11 terrorist wins readmission to German University
His “radical Islamic fundamentalist beliefs” don’t matter, so it appears that he is free to spread them at the university. From Reuters, with thanks to Ali Dashti: HAMBURG, Germany, Aug 24 (Reuters) – A Moroccan accused of helping the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers, but acquitted by a German court, may continue his university education in […]
Australia Has Terror Worries for Election
More fallout from the Zapatero and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appeasements. From AP, with thanks to Nicolei: Prime Minister John Howard’s government warned that Australia could become a terrorist target during a six-week election campaign that began Monday, with the war on terror and the nation’s troop deployment in Iraq already taking center stage. Treasurer Peter […]
German converts to Islam easy prey for radicals
Here is an article from the English edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, (thanks to Ali Dashti) about German converts to Islam (including a bit about the eminent Ahmad Von Denffer, whose Ulum ul-Qur’an is a handy reference on Qur’anic interpretation; I quote it several times in Onward Muslim Soldiers). It ably details the alienation […]
Sheik: Allah sent giant spiders to combat U.S.
“War is deceit,” said the Prophet Muhammad. Evidently, sometimes it’s also self-deceit. From WND, with thanks to Ali Dashti: An Iraqi sheik claims Allah sent giant spiders to the town of Fallujah to help its residents fend off attacks by U.S. military forces. Sheik Mahdi Saleh Al-Sumide’i spoke to Syrian TV on Monday, claiming several […]
Director of ‘insulting’ Islamic film gets protection
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whom I profile in Onward Muslim Soldiers and who is a hero of the resistance to jihad and defense of human rights, is also involved. Note that the outrage is all directed toward those who have “insulted” Islam, rather than against the mistreatment of women addressed by the film. From Expatica, with […]
Nigeria: Silence of the Falling Trees
Marvin W. Heyboer sends us this lyrical reflection on the Nigerian jihad with this comment: he “was commissioned by Trinity Christian Reformed Church of Grandville, Michigan to investigate the subject of co-existence between non-Muslims and Islam (and other aspects of Islam). He offered to publish these words of his personal journal when he returned from […]
Russian Plane Crashes: Links Between Two Chechen Women Grows
Two Chechen women, neighbors, died last week: one on each jetliner that crashed in Russia. Hmmm. From AP, : MOSCOW (AP) — They lived in the same apartment in Chechnya, worked in the same market and may have died within moments of each other on separate airliners that crashed in Russia last week. New details […]