Archives for February 2005

Ranking House Dhimmicrat Charlie Rangel repeats what by now are well-worn pieties re Islam. From NewsMax, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Top House Democrat Charlie Rangel said Tuesday that it was an act of discrimination to label groups like Hezbollah “Islamic terrorists.” Asked about the refusal by some European governments to declare Hezbollah an […]

More on this case, just in from AP, with thanks to JJP Mackie: ALEXANDRIA, Va. “” A former Virginia high school valedictorian who had been detained in Saudi Arabia as a suspected terrorist was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and with supporting the Al Qaeda terrorist network. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 23, […]

He may have been part of the Virginia jihad network. From CNN, : WASHINGTON (CNN) — An American detained in Saudi Arabia for 20 months without being charged is being sent back to the United States where he is expected to be charged Tuesday, his father and a family friend told CNN…. Abu Ali’s family […]

Bat Ye’or will be appearing on the Dennis Prager radio show on KRLA today. The show begins at 2PM Eastern Time, 11AM Pacific Time. Further details at www.dennisprager.com. Callers welcome: 1-877-243-7776. Tell Prager you saw it on Jihad Watch!

Europe is becoming a major recruiting center for the global jihad. From Asia Times, with thanks to Chris: RABAT – When he was arrested in Dubai in July 2001, Djamel Beghal, a French Algerian already known to French services, confessed he had been ordered by Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant, Abu Zubeida to set up […]

And now they’re freeing more. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Kemaste: A former security prisoner released in January 2004 in the deal struck with Hizbullah to secure the return of the bodies of three soldiers and businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum was one of two gunmen shot and killed by soldiers last Tuesday night while […]

Why, of course! Who else would have done it? From Big News Network, with thanks to Kemaste: The Syrian Minister of Expatriates has hit back at claims her country was behind the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. When the blast hit, locals looked up into the sky for Israeli warplanes, Bouthaina Shaaban […]

I give the history of Muhammad’s massacre of the Qurayzah Jews in Onward Muslim Soldiers. But American schoolchildren are learning a somewhat different version. “Module for Teaching Islamic History in Public Schools Unfairly Maligns the Qurayzah Jews,” by Andre Rublev at the 6th Column Against Jihad blog: Due to the exponential growth in demand for […]

“America needs Islam”? And how did he expect America to get Islam? Does he want to see a Sharia state here? From the Houston Chronicle, with thanks to all who sent this in: WASHINGTON – Hakeem Olajuwon told an audience at a 1995 conference in Houston sponsored by a group later linked to a terrorist […]

Yes, Aisha was betrothed to Muhammad when she was six years old, but two years old? Isn’t that a bit much even for Pakistani law? Well, no. Note what Rashid Rahman says below. It’s not that she’s a minor, it’s that it’s against her will. So if someone slips a piece of candy to the […]

That should be “Qur’an,” and that small mistake is a reflection of the general ignorance about Islam that pervades this story from the Montgomery Advertiser, “Entertainment media’s Muslims bear little resemblance to reality” (thanks to EPG). Reporter Darryn Simmons seems to have gone to the Masjid Qasim B El-Amin in Montgomery to ask about Fox’s […]

The propaganda jihad is nowhere more sophisticated or virulent than in Israel. Not only does the Palestinian media fabricate Israeli atrocities; the Israeli media does too. From “Citizens should insist on a fair press” in the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to JS: A particularly flagrant Israeli example was Ilana Dayan’s report on the October 5 […]

Despite mounting evidence that it was all a fraud, French journalists are sticking by their Mohammed al-Durra farrago. “French TV Sticks by Story That Fueled Palestinian Intifada,” from CNSNews.com, with thanks to JS: Paris (CNSNews.com) – A French journalist and an independent film producer who saw raw, unedited video of the shooting of a Palestinian […]

“Towering symbol,” from the Pasadena Star News, with thanks to EPG: Sunday, February 20, 2005 – SAN GABRIEL — Masjid Gabriel is undergoing a transformation that will add a minaret and domed roof traditional elements of Islamic architecture to the mosque. But the changes are more than cosmetic. The renovation also illustrates the changing nature […]

Full explications of each of these points can be found in Islam Unveiled. From Jewish World Review: I was shocked after September 11th when I heard government officials say Islam is a “religion of peace”. Nothing could be farther from the truth! Our President was even considering not conducting any military activities out of respect […]

From UPI, with thanks to Kemaste: Iran has begun preparing for a possible U.S. attack, or at least trying to dissuade Washington from such an attack by appearing to prepare for war. Tehran has recently disclosed efforts to bolster and mobilize recruits in citizens’ militias and making plans to engage in the type of asymmetrical […]

“Learning About Islam,” from the Bogalusa Daily News, with thanks to EPG: FRANKLINTON – “Many of us fear what we don’t know,” Imam Jehad Mahmoud said yesterday to members and guests of the Franklinton Rotary Club. Mahmoud, who serves as president of the Islamic Center of Baton Rouge, spoke to the Rotarians yesterday to provide […]

On the BBC’s Thought for the Day, the egregious John Bell joined the propaganda jihad and repeated tendentious and unsupportable charges froma dubious source. Note also that Bell doesn’t apologize for the key point — alleging that Israel jails soldiers for refusing to shoot children — but for minor details of his farrago. The BBC […]

More jihad in Kuwait news: 200 members of the tiny minority of extremists have been arrested. From the World Tribune, with thanks to Nicolei: ABU DHABI — A major crackdown on the Al Qaida network in Kuwait has foiled several attempts to attack Western military personnel in Kuwait, Western diplomatic sources said. The sources cited […]

“Al-Qaida member killed in Russia,” from Xinhuanet, and Nicolei: MOSCOW, Feb. 21 (Xinhuanet) — Russian forces have killed a key al-Qaida member in charge of funding terrorist actions in southern Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday. Abu Dzeit, who held a prominent position among militant leaders, was killed in an operation launched […]