No satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon has yet been found. “On November 22, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security sent an intelligence bulletin to police agencies to alert them that terrorist groups have shown an interest in using laser beams to try to bring down airliners.” From AP, with thanks to Bruce: ROMULUS, Mich. […]
Archives for February 2005
France: LePen’s “racial hatred” conviction upheld
It is unfortunate that the only people saying things like this are Jean-Marie Le Pen, whose name is already so closely associated with racism and anti-Semitism. It further obfuscates the fact that Europe is facing an ideological threat, and that the only reason to object to Muslim population growth in Europe is not because Muslims […]
‘Insulted by a Jew’
Here is another case of dhimmitude coming to the UK. Islamic law stipulates that a dhimmi who does not behave respectfully toward a Muslim voids his contract of “protection.” Riaz Burahee probably thought that 92 threatening phone calls was a perfectly reasonable response to an insult from a Jew. It reminds me of a recent […]
‘Den of Spies’: Anti-American Museum Fills Site Where Hostage Crisis Played Out 25 Years Ago
ABC News, home of America Held Hostage Day XXX, and Iran get together at Starbucks and talk about how great things are going since they broke up. From ABC News: Although it was turned into a museum long ago, TV cameras have rarely been allowed in. But it recently was renovated, which may explain why […]
Terrorist Outfits Broken in Pakistan, Musharraf Says
Well, I hate terrorism and like alliances against terrorism, especially with Muslim nations who are trying to keep their own jihad terrorists in check. So why is it that when Musharraf says this, a little voice in my head echoes, “Good new, comrades! Steel production is up, and has exceeded quota according to the five […]
Dutch expel fourth imam in anti-terror offensive
Anti-dhimmitude in Holland. Why aren’t other countries doing more of this? From Expatica, with thanks to Nicolei: AMSTERDAM “” A cleric from a Rotterdam mosque has become the fourth imam to be ordered out of the Netherlands, it has been reported. The fourth man was brought to an airport on Thursday, the biggest selling daily […]
Texas: Three admit trying to sell immigration documents to Iranians
Three capitalists sell the rope by which they will be hanged. “Three admit trying to sell documents to Iranians,” from the Brownsville Herald, with thanks to Kemaste: February 24, 2005 “” Three members of an alleged ring accused of attempting to sell fake immigration documents to Iranian nationals pleaded guilty in federal court to various […]
Al-Qaradhawi at Solidarity Conference: ‘I Hope to Die a Virtuous Death Like a Jihad Warrior, with the Head Severed from the Body’
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi continues to prove his reputation as a “reformist.” A new MEMRI report (thanks to Nicolei) on this aging child prodigy, this darling of the Islamic Society of Boston: “When I was only nine, the people of my village gave me the title ‘sheikh [who teaches] the Koran and religious science.’ I have […]
Iran girl gets 100 lashes for sex
How did they establish that she consented? This article doesn’t say, but it was probably from the testimony of the men involved. Traditional Islamic law disallows a woman’s testimony in such a case. From the BBC, with thanks to Kemaste: A teenage girl and two young men in Iran have been sentenced to lashes for […]
The Muslim Brotherhood Connection to Bush Assassination Plot
Rusty Shackleford over at the Jawa Report (thanks to Nicolei) has some very interesting additional information about the Bush assassination plot: “Did Omar and Faten Ali and know of their sons jihadism?” The jihadi connection only gets deeper. From this NY Times article (ht: Katherine) we learn that Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, the man indicted […]
Pakistan: Christian jailed for insulting Koran
The Sharia is not in force anywhere except Saudi Arabia and Iran, you’ll hear. Christians enjoy rights equal to those of Muslims in other Muslim countries, you’ll hear. Then why are there so many stories like this one? From IOL.ie, with thanks to Nicolei: A Pakistani court has convicted and sentenced a Christian man to […]
Philippines: Officials: Arrested JI suspects planned to bomb church, airport, malls
Jihad in the Philippines update. The Philippines, you may recall, is one of those places that was left off a list of countries with “serious extremist movements,” recently drawn up by a putative Islamic expert. From AP, with thanks to Nicolei: MANILA — Officers have arrested four suspected members of al-Qaida-linked terror groups who were […]
Last night’s event
Last night I spoke in Beverly Hills, California as part of a panel with Bat Ye’or, the pioneering scholar of dhimmitude, and Rafael Israeli, author of the magnificent Islamikaze, a study of the ethos of suicide bombing. It was a great evening. Bat Ye’or spoke with her usual fire and precision about the Islamization of […]
Turkish Prime Minister’s Lawsuits Draw Cartoonists’ Ire
Let them into the EU! Note that Kart has drawn Erdogan’s ire (that’s right: he has irked the Turk) by noting the encroachment of Islam into public life in this secular state. From the LA Times, with thanks to Nicolei: ANKARA, Turkey “” This nation’s best-known political cartoonists gathered in Istanbul on Wednesday to protest […]
Clouds part, skies turn blue in Los Angeles
Jihadwatch Director Robert Spencer will take part in a panel discussion; thanks to Drudge’s weather report, he knew to leave his umbrella in Secure Undisclosed Locationville. Radical Islam’s Penetration of Western Civilization 7:00 pm Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Nessah Educational and Cultural Center 142 So. Rexford Dr. Beverly Hills, California The panel will consist of […]
Valedictorian Accused in Assassination Plot Graduated from Islamic Saudi Academy
Thanks to Jimmy the lgfer who first alerted me to this salient detail about the valedictorian accused of plotting to kill President Bush. The school has been in the news before. From AP He attended the Islamic Saudi Academy and graduated as valedictorian. The private school’s teachings have come under scrutiny since the Sept. 11 […]
Give dhimmitude a chance
“Give peace a chance,” by James Carroll in the Boston Globe, recounts a Jewish/Christian/Muslim meeting in Jerusalem to stand “against a global holy war.” In Jerusalem this week, Jews, Christians, and Muslims have gathered to examine the ways their own respective theologies — “I’m saved, and you’re not!” — have sacralized this habit of negation, […]
Arab News: No Surprise Attack
I have often noted in speeches and writings that the Islamic jihad ideology mandates that Muslims must wage war against non-Muslims after first inviting them to become Muslim. If they refuse, they must be fought until they convert or submit to second-class dhimmi status, paying the special tax for non-Muslims — jizya — and submitting […]
Kenya terror suspects were ‘trained suicide bombers’
A possible lead in this story. From the Mail & Guardian Online, : Kenyan authorities believe three terrorism suspects detained at the weekend are potential suicide bombers who may be linked to this month’s murder of a British Broadcasting Corporation journalist in Somalia, a senior police official said on Monday. The trio had documents detailing […]
Pakistani army ordered to fire at ‘intruding’ US troops
This is what has come from Musharraf’s repeated assurances that he is fighting against “extremism” in Pakistan. From the Indo-Asian News Service, with thanks to Fanabba: Islamabad, Feb 22 (IANS) In what is seen as the first signal of Pakistan’s assertion against US policies in its area, Islamabad has ordered the army to shoot at […]