The piercingly insightful Nidra Poller draws some logical conclusions from the Jersey City murders and some recent killings in France in “Quelling Racist Murder in France,” from the New York Sun, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Jersey City, N.J., January 14: The four members of the Armanious family are discovered in a state that […]
Archives for January 2005
Report Links Brooklyn Mosque to Saudi Hate Material
More on the Saudi hate material noted in the Freedom House report, from the New York Sun, : Just three miles from the site of the World Trade Center, the government of Saudi Arabia is distributing hate materials expounding an extremist Wahhabi ideology, according to a new report by the Center for Religious Freedom…. The […]
Muslim commander on trial for Bosnia war massacres
From Breakingnews.ie, with thanks to Twostellas: Bosnian Muslim commander Sefer Halilovic went on trial for murder at the UN war crimes tribunal today for the massacres of dozens of Croat civilians. Halilovic, 53, is the highest-ranking Muslim army official to be tried for alleged crimes during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. He has been accused of […]
Jihadists Claim U.K. Plane Attack
“Terrorists Claim U.K. Plane Attack,” from AP, : BAGHDAD, Iraq “” Britain’s government said Monday that 10 of its military personnel were missing and presumed dead following the downing of a military transport plane north of Baghdad on Iraq’s election day. An Iraqi militant group claimed responsibility for shooting down the plane in an Internet […]
UK: Foreign terror suspect to be granted bail
We should not have to sacrifice our principles and the rule of law in order to defend ourselves against the jihad. But cases like this present a difficult dilemma. If it can be definitively established that he made public threats and was involved with associates of Osama, at very least he should lose his refugee […]
Egyptian court to investigate academic who said Christians are oppressed there
Taking a page from Turkey’s memory-hole treatment of the Armenian genocide, Egypt is about to prosecute Saad Eddin Ibrahim for daring to note that Christians have a tough time there. From Deutsche Presse Agentur, with thanks to Twostellas: CAIRO “” A Cairo court is to investigate claims that a renowned professor of political sociology at […]
“In this day and Age is Jihad Fard [obligatory] on every able bodied Man?”
From Islam Q & A (thanks to Goon) comes this “Ruling on Jihad and kinds of Jihad.” It is quite lengthy and revealing, and accords with traditional Islamic theology on jihad. The different stages of revelations to Muhammad about jihad are explained, concluding with this: After jihad was enjoined upon him, the kaafirs [unbelievers] then […]
Fitzgerald: Iraq a “quagmire”?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald on why the media’s most commonly-used word for the American presence in Iraq is misapplied: I would never use the word “quagmire” about the American effort in Iraq. Iraq is not Vietnam; there is no quagmire, and many important things have been achieved. To wit: the disruption of […]
Missouri Charity Investigated for Terrorism Ties
From AP, : Washington (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the government to turn over classified information about a Missouri charity accused of ties with terrorism…. His order came yesterday after the Islamic American Relief Agency asked that its assets be unfrozen. The federal government raided the agency’s Columbia headquarters in October, claiming the […]
Detentions ‘stopped terror attack’
This seems quite likely. From the Telegraph, : The controversial policy of detaining foreign terrorist suspects without trial was a key tool in preventing Britain from being attacked by al-Qa’eda militants, senior security officials believe. The officials say that the emergency measure, introduced after the September 11 attacks on America, deterred scores of terrorists from […]
Columbia prof: America created violent political Islam inadvertently as part of its Cold War strategy
Mahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Department of Anthropology and School of International Affairs, Columbia University, New York. Here are some salient extracts from his piece called “Inventing political violence” in a publication named Global Agenda, which also boasts Kofi Annan, Karen Armstrong, and Seif al Islam Qaddafi among its authors. (Thanks to […]
News service jihad?
The Obsidian Order (thanks to LGF) has a very intriguing analysis of a series of photos of a bomb exploding a car in Iraq. It strongly suggests that AFP, AP, and Reuters had photographers ready to capture the event, which contains a number of questionable elements. How did the three photographers know the car was […]
Cairo to Host Conference on Humanity of Islam
As if “Islamophobia” is created ex nihilo, or from the febrile imaginations of hatemongers. Why aren’t there any international conferences to discuss rising levels of Buddhismophobia and distorted images of Buddhism? Why is it only Islam that seems to have this problem? Of course, some groups really are the victims of irrational prejudices, but in […]
Full report: Hate ideology fills American mosques
The full 95-page Freedom House report, “Saudi publications on Hate Ideology Fill American Mosques,” is now available here in pdf form. Read it all. The venom directed toward Christians, Jews, Muslims deemed not Islamic enough, and America is breathtaking. There is also a healthy helping of jihad ideology and material advising the oppression of women. […]
Fitzgerald: Muslims and citizenship in Western countries
Noting that Muslims who attend Saudi-funded mosques are advised not to become naturalized citizens of the U.S., Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald has uncovered another nugget of wisdom from South African Mufti Ebrahim Desai, the Answer Man who advocates offensive jihad against non-Muslim countries: Wahhabi Muslims may be commanded not to become naturalized […]
Australia: Iraqi polling station closed after riot
More jihadist disruption of Iraqi voting. From AP, with thanks to Xliberty: An Australian polling station for Iraqi exiles voting in their homeland’s historic election was closed for an hour on Saturday after a riot broke out and a suspicious bag prompted a bomb scare. Bernie Hogan, the head of Australia’s overseas voting program, said […]
Guantanamo Bay four ‘had al-Qaida training’
More on the four British Muslims freed from Gitmo. Are their activities being monitored in Britain? After all, there are precedents: other freed Guatanamo prisoners have returned to the jihad. From The Scotsman, : A DOSSIER gathered by US officials against the four British men freed this week from Guantanamo Bay alleges they all received […]
Russian officers arrested over Beslan siege
Explosive revelations from a Russian parliamentary commission. But no word in this report as to the nationality or religion of the officers. From ABCNews Online, with thanks to Anthony: The chair of the commission says two highly-ranked military officials have been arrested after allegations they provided assistance to the gunmen. He says other officials, who […]
Bin Laden Sent Iraqi Arrested in Germany – Report
Jihad recruitment in Germany: “Authorities believe the terms refer to the recruitment and placement of volunteers for Jihad.” From Reuters, with thanks to Anthony: BERLIN (Reuters) – An Iraqi arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting an al Qaeda suicide attack in Iraq said he was sent on his mission by Osama bin Laden himself, […]
Muslim call irks Danish leader
Once again, the misapprehension that this is a racial issue. And once again, no sign of awareness among Danish officials that Islam is any different from Christianity in its relation to the political sphere. Prime Minister Fogh Rasmussen has a lot to learn, and chances are that in the coming years, he’ll learn it. From […]