Just in from Reuters, with thanks to Rebecca Bynum: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has fairly recently asked his chief ally in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, to consider the territory of United States as a target for terrorist attacks, a U.S. counterterrorism official said on Monday. “There has been communication between […]
Archives for February 2005
Fitzgerald: Why the West should cease all economic aid to Muslim countries
Jihad Watch Advisory Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald with a modest proposal: Wealth is a weapon of Jihad. And of course, damaging the economies of the Infidels, or causing them to spend money unnecessarily (how much is the Western world now spending to monitor the very Muslim populations that were heedlessly permitted to enter the […]
DC Watson: CAIR’s Perpetual Twists & Turns
Longtime Jihad Watch reader DC Watson’s latest: The CAIR Mission Statement declares that “CAIR’s mission is to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.” Fair enough. But let’s revisit some statements made by members of this group — in public and […]
Assyrian Christians of Iraq Wanted to Vote But Were Not Allowed
No democracy for dhimmis. From AINA, with thanks to Nicolei: Mubarak Sliva (58) sits in front of “Muntaka” coffe shop by an old table and drinks tea out of a little glass with his friends Michael and Jacob, He watches Shiites and the Kurds celebrating their election victory which will allow them to rule the […]
Turkey: ‘Missionaries the new crusaders’
In response to EU requests that Turkey treat its religious minorities more fairly. From the Turkish Daily News, with thanks to Nicolei: The Religious Affairs Directorate, as a reaction to missionary activities in Turkey and European Union demands for religious expression, has prepared a sermon that will be read on March 11 describing missionaries as […]
Norway: Pro-Israeli Politician Gets Death Threats
From Norwegian Kafir’s superb new weblog, Fjordman. Links throughout at the Fjordman site: Member of Parliament for the rightwing Progress Party, Ulf Erik Knudsen, was accompanied by a bodyguard during a debate arranged by the Immigration Council in the town of Drammen outside Oslo this week. The debate was about whether or not Islam could […]
Iraq: Bombing in Hilla kills at least 125
Over the headline of this story CNN has a banner that reads: “IRAQ: Transition of Power.” Yes, but to whom is power in transition? BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A suicide car bomber Monday morning drove into a crowd of Iraqis outside a government medical office in Hilla, killing at least 125 and wounding up to […]
Anti-Americanism in the Turkish Media
Looks as if they’ll be a natural for the EU. Note the straightforward Islamic references from the “secular” Turkish media, sounding as strong as anything we have seen from any forthright jihadist. From MEMRI, with thanks to all who sent this in: “Bush is America’s Hitler. Like Hitler, he too has become a curse for […]
Putting the fear of God into Holland
A provocative and important story from the Times Online, with thanks to Twostellas: Not long ago, Holland prided itself as being the most tolerant and welcoming country in Europe for immigrants and asylum seekers. It had the credentials to prove it. So many have settled there, ethnic “minorities” are often in a majority. In the […]
ATM card used after Copt was found slain
Evidence of a robbery, despite the spin in this story, does not at all mean that there was no religious motive. DeFazio himself, you’ll notice, acknowledges that. This should be obvious to everyone in light of the recent revelation that the Saudi government’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs has distributed a tract in American mosques stipulating […]
Former Kashmir Premier: Jihad benefited Kashmir cause
From ANI, with thanks to Nicolei: The former premiere of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has said that jihad has greatly helped the Kashmir cause as it has forced India to come to the negotiating table for finding a solution to the Kashmir issue. Khan in an interview to The News said, […]
Spencer: The New York Times: What Jihad?
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer discusses the deleterious effects of the astoundingly poor media coverage of Islam and jihad, led by the New Duranty Times, in FrontPage this morning: Needed more than ever after 9/11 is solid, probing, intelligent, honest reporting about Muslims and Islam. But not only has this not materialized; if anything, reporting […]
UK: Terror suspect admits plane plot
Shoe bomber Richard Reid’s accomplice. More evidence that the hatred and jihad preached at the Finsbury Park Mosque bore bitter fruit, and more may be yet to come. Note also (thanks to Carol) that in its lead paragraph the BBC still refers to Badat as a “suspect,” despite his guilty plea. From the BBC, with […]
Christian Copts of California to Hold Candle Light Vigil TODAY in Santa Monica
A press release from the Christian Copts of California: Christian Copts of California: Even If It Leads to Cells of Radical Islamists in America, Justice Demands That Jersey City Police Search Every Clue to Find Murderers of Armanious Family The Armanious family fled Luxor, Egypt to escape Islamist extremists and came to America where they […]
‘How many more women have to die before this society wakes up?’
Honor killing in Germany. Note the attitudes of the students. Hatin Sürücü update. From The Telegraph, with thanks to EPG: Shortly before nine o’clock one Monday evening earlier this month, Hatin Sürücü left her five-year-old son asleep in their small apartment in the Tempelhof district of Berlin and made her way to a bus stop […]
“This is an un-Islamic and illegal sentence”
Why is it an un-Islamic sentence? Because al-Badawi (who is not the Islamic apologist who owes me a million bucks) no doubt thinks that a Muslim court should support his jihad activity, and not hinder it. From “Yemen upholds 1 death verdict in USS Cole blast,” MSNBC, with thanks to TS: SAN”A, Yemen – A […]
Minneapolis: Christian Afghan fears for life if deported
Another story showing that the threat of death for those who leave Islam is not a relic of history, but is very real today. And it’s a positive development that the appeals court is actually taking this seriously. “Christian Afghan fears for life if deported,” from Knight Ridder, with thanks to Twostellas: Years after his […]
2 Louisiana men first to face terrorism charges in Mississippi
Another case showing how how jihadists obtain important documents, with willing help from short-sighted Americans out to make a buck. “2 La. men first to face terrorism charges in Mississippi,” from AP, : Two Louisiana men have appeared in U.S. District Court on the first terrorist charges filed in Mississippi. Lamont Ranson and Cedric Carpenter, […]
No presence of international terrorist groups in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Journal (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist) gives us one for the “Comrades! Production is up!” Department: Dhaka, Feb 26: Bangladesh Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan dismissed the notion of presence of international terrorists in Bangladesh, saying that there may be some “local goons” working in the name of religion, who are being arrested. […]
Integration according to Qaradawi
Sharia alert. From “Integration Tops European Fatwa Council Meeting” in Islam Online, with thanks to Nicolei: DUBLIN, February 24, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) — Eminent scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has inaugurated the 14th session of the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR) with a call for the sizable Muslim minority in Europe to integrate into and […]