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 […]