The jihad against democracy in Iraq continues. “Insurgents Bomb Polling Places in Iraq,” from AP, : BAGHDAD, Iraq – A suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body in front of a police station in a Kurdish town near the Iranian border, killing eight people on the eve of Iraq’s crucial national election, Iraqi and […]
Archives for January 2005
Turkey Wins Removal Of Armenian Genocide From German Schools
Signs are already emerging that Turkey’s entrance into the EU will not change Turkey as much as it will change Europe. And look: it was half a sentence. Someone in Turkey is paying very, very close attention to these matters. From Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA), with thanks to Kemaste: (dpa) – Pressure from Turkey has […]
Iraqi vote: a study in contrasts
Left: Elvis impersonator and Iraqi Benjamin Nissan votes in Skokie, Illinois. Right: Iraqi expatriate Abbis Kadhen votes in Nashville, Tennessee. (Both photos Reuters) And people say there’s no clash of civilizations. I just hope this vote doesn’t lead Iraq to Heartbreak Hotel.
Some American Mosques Carry Extremist Tracts, Study Says
The print edition of the Wall Street Journal today carries on pg. B5 an advance report of a Freedom House study on Saudi mosques in the U.S. WASHINGTON — Mosques across the U.S. continue to carry books and pamphlets describing non-Muslims as “infidels” and promoting intolerance against Western society, according to a forthcoming study by […]
Iraqi Christians targeted ahead of election
From WND, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: As the Iraqi national election approaches, terrorist insurgents and Kurdish paramilitary groups continue to target the ChaldoAssyrian Christian minority, trying to prevent them from freely participating in the vote, according to a human rights group. “These Christians have endured suicide bombings at their churches, acid thrown on […]
Missiles sold to terrorists?
“Nicaraguans seize missile during sting,” from the Washington Times, with thanks to Radwick: Nicaraguan police, with U.S. assistance in a sting operation, thwarted black marketeers trying to sell SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles capable of downing commercial aircraft earlier this month, raising fears that some missiles already have been sold to terrorists, The Washington Times has learned…. […]
College dean stirs Islam controversy
“Duke is under fire for comments he made about Islam not being a peaceful religion.” Times are exceedingly tough when you can come “under fire” for telling the truth. From WND, with thanks to all who sent this in: The dean of a Bible college has stirred up a controversy in Tennessee after challenging a […]
Fitzgerald: The Adventure in Iraq
The Vice President of the Jihad Watch Board, Hugh Fitzgerald, considers the wisdom of a continued American presence in Iraq: The adventure in Iraq, which in its First Stage (the war to locate and destroy major weaponry and arms stores, and to overthrow one of the most sinister dictators around) was justified, in its Second […]
Hamas celebrates landslide victory in first ever local elections in Gaza
Gaza votes for jihad terror. From AFP, with thanks to Teri: GAZA CITY (AFP) – The radical Islamist movement Hamas was celebrating a landslide victory in the first ever local elections in the Gaza Strip, winning 77 out of the 118 seats up for grabs, election commission sources said. The mainstream Fatah faction of Palestinian […]
Review of Edward Said’s The Palestinian Authority
Little Green Footballs has a review from The Claremont Review of Books of The Palestinian Authority by Edward Said. This is the last book by the man who, in Charles’ words, “did more to intellectualize and legitimize the Arab world’s hatred of the Western world than any other human being.” From the review by James […]
Muslims threaten Christian man in Pakistan after his acquittal in blasphemy case
Death is the traditional penalty for blasphemy, as well as the current penalty in Pakistani law. Such laws are frequently used against Christians and other religious minorities there — which is why State ought to make their repeal the price of friendship with the United States. From AP, “Militants threaten Christian man in Pakistan after […]
Pipes and Auster at FrontPage
Lawrence Auster challenges Daniel Pipes’ view of Islam at FrontPage today, and Pipes responds. It is in some spots worthwhile reading, although in many ways they’re talking past each other. My own position on all this I have made clear many times, although it has been rather cravenly misrepresented by those with their own agenda. […]
Armanious case on “America’s Most Wanted”
Says the AMW website (thanks to Chris): Hossam Armanious, his wife Amal and their daughters, Sylvia, 15 and Monica, 9 were found murdered in their Jersey City, New Jersey home. They had been tied up, gagged and stabbed to death. Police are trying to determine if this was a hate crime, as the family were […]
Terrorism trial of sheik to begin
…with the prosecution’s hands tied. From AP, : NEW YORK (AP) — A judge earlier this week refused to let federal prosecutors present some of the most potentially damaging evidence against a Yemeni sheik charged with funneling millions of dollars to terrorists. Prosecutors will not be able to present documents allegedly linking Sheik Mohammed Ali […]
“Why don’t you convert to Islam?”
Dawa, Taliban style: this is the story of Zablon Simintov, the last Jew in Afghanistan, from “Afghan Jew Becomes Country’s One and Only” in the Washington Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Moreover, the former carpet trader said he had spent years watching Afghanistan’s once vibrant Jewish populace shrink to virtually nothing. The community […]
Hugh Fitzgerald Announces the MESA Nostra Contest, and Makes You An Offer You Can’t Refuse
It’s contest time at Jihad Watch, with our TaqiyyaFest still open for entries, and now a new offer from the Vice President of our Board, Hugh Fitzgerald: Readers of JihadWatch are aware that MESA Nostra is the professional organization in which, in order to become a uomo d”onore, or a donna d”onore for that matter, […]
Somali militia building mosque over cemetery
The other shoe drops in the story of the cemetery desecrated by Somali Muslims. From Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas: Mogadishu – Somali militiamen on Wednesday began building a mosque over an Italian colonial-era cemetery where they prompted outrage by unearthing hundreds of skeletons last week. The militia, allied with Mogadishu’s Islamic courts, brought in […]
Pakistan: tribal council wants raped doctor killed
In Islam, the emphasis is on purity. The emphasis here is not so much on the fact that this poor woman is a victim, but that she sullies the purity of the community. It is a positive development at least that the PMA official has called for the jirga to be arrested. From the Daily […]
Female Muslim Entertainer Faces Threats
From Fox, with thanks to Richard: LONDON “” It’s not as if her look or her act are that shocking, but her moves have brought the wrath of Islamic fundamentalists upon her. Deepika Thathaal, or Deeyah, was born in Norway of mixed Asian roots. Her father got her into music and has supported her throughout […]
Dutch dhimmitude: Screening of murdered director’s movie pulled at Rotterdam film festival
From AFP, with thanks to Kemaste: THE HAGUE (AFP) – The producers of “Submission”, a film about Islam by the murdered Dutch movie director Theo van Gogh, have cancelled plans to show the film at this week’s Rotterdam film festival due to security fears, organisers said. “The festival will respect the decision by Column Producties,” […]