From Reuters “Indonesian city orders Muslim students to cover up,” with thanks to Nicolei. PADANG, Indonesia – An Indonesian city has told teenage female Muslim students to wear head scarfs as part of an order for students to don conservative Islamic clothes, the first such directive outside the devout province of Aceh. Fauzi Bahar, mayor […]
Archives for May 2005
Terrorists tie bomb belt to dog in Iraq
From the UK Telegraph, . Insurgents in Iraq attached explosives to a dog and tried to blow up a military convoy near the northern oil centre of Kirkuk. The canine bomb went off but the only casualty was the unfortunate animal, said police. The militants wrapped an explosive belt around the dog and detonated it […]
Al Libbi’s Notebook Leads to Arrest of Uzbek Courier, 16 others
From the New York Daily News, “Al Qaeda bust’s a blow to terror,” . WASHINGTON – The capture this month of one of Al Qaeda’s top commanders has led to the arrests of at least 17 more suspects, including a trusted “courier” for the group’s top leaders. The courier, terrorist hunters hope, may bring them […]
UK ‘may renew Hamas links’
From the Jewish Telegraph, . BRITAIN was this week reported to be planning to renew contacts with Hamas. This follows the terror group’s impressive showing in recent Palestinian municipal elections, says the Tel Aviv website Israel Insider. Israel is reported to be demanding clarification from Britain over the reports. The website claims that senior British […]
Israel to Release 400 Palestinian Prisoners
From AP via Fox News: JERUSALEM “” Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, a long-overdue gesture Israel had agreed to as part of a Mideast truce package. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told the Cabinet that the prisoner release would strengthen Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and “the moderate forces in the […]
Protests Worldwide Blast U.S. Over Koran
From AP via Fox News, . ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” Thousands of Muslims marched Friday in Islamic countries from Asia to the Middle East, burning symbols of America to protest the alleged desecration of the Koran by military personnel at a U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The rallies in Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Indonesia, Malaysia and […]
Afghan Leader Killed; Hostage Tape Aired
From Fox News. KABUL, Afghanistan “” A video of an Italian aid worker who was kidnapped nearly two weeks ago in Kabul was broadcast Sunday on an Afghan television station. Meanwhile, Gunmen shot and killed the top Muslim leader in southern Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Sunday, police said. Mullah Abdul Fayaz, a supporter of U.S.-backed […]
Chechen Rebel Claims Moscow Blackout
From Fox News, . MOSCOW “” A rebel-linked Web site said Friday that Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev had claimed responsibility for the power outage that plunged Moscow into chaos two days earlier. “Our sabotage units delivered a major blow to one of the most important life-support systems of the Russian empire,” the Kavkazcenter site quoted […]
Knockoff Dealers Could Have Designs on Terror
A Senate panel is told that some traffickers of high-end counterfeits have ties to Hezbollah. From the LA Times, with thanks to EPG. WASHINGTON “” When Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Stedman was booking a clothing store owner last year on charges of selling counterfeit high-fashion merchandise, his attention was drawn to the large […]
India: Mob Torches Mosques After Acid Attack
From Indian Express, “Mob sets fire to 2 mosques after acid attack,” with thanks to Two Stellas. MANDI – An angry crowd set two mosques in the town on fire this evening after a man threw a bottle of acid at passengers of a private bus, seriously injuring at least 11 people, including a five-year-old. […]
Muslim Protestors Burn Cross on Streets of London
From Barnabas Fund, with thanks to Nicolei. More than 300 Muslim protestors set fire to a wooden cross outside the American Embassy in London last Friday 20th May. The crowd, led by Omar Bakri Muhammad and Yassar al-Siri, were protesting against the alleged desecration of a Qur’an by American military interrogators at Guantanamo Bay. This […]
Iraq: Violence Surges, 30 New Deaths
From the New Duranty Times, “Violence Surges Across Iraq With 30 New Deaths Reported” BAGHDAD, Iraq – The surge of violence that has swept Iraq since its first elected government took office nearly a month ago continued Saturday, with at least 30 new deaths reported across the country, some of them in what appeared to […]
Report: Injured Zarqawi has fled Iraq
Top insurgent may have been moved to Iran, source says. From Reuters: LONDON – Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled the country after being seriously injured in a U.S. missile attack, a British newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting a senior commander of the Iraqi insurgency. Al-Zarqawi has shrapnel lodged in his chest […]
Arabs to EU: play the dhimmi
“Arab world urges EU to impose commercial embargo on Israel,” from the Israel Insider, with thanks to JDSP: The Arab Central Boycott Office for the Boycott of Israel has called on the European Union to ban products made in Israeli settlements, arguing the dwellings were “illegal and a violation of international law and the Geneva […]
Novak: Yemen: al-Qaeda in Broad Daylight
Speaking of reform, here’s a Yemen update from the estimable Jane Novak in Religion Journal: So did you hear the one about Yemen? They are “reforming” the press law. The proposed law now includes the death penalty for journalists. How about this one? To unify the country, the government is confiscating Shia religious material. How […]
Mowbray: Islamic Hall of Shame
Joel Mowbray notes the tepid-to-hostile response from Kamal Nawash’s fellow Muslim leaders to Nawash’s Free Muslims March Against Terrorism — especially an unsurprising dose of venom from the egregious Hussein Ibish. From FrontPage: In the first of its kind for an event organized by a major national Muslim organization, Kamal Nawash and the Free Muslims […]
Parker: Let insults flourish; see alternative
From Kathleen Parker’s syndicated column, picked up here from the Myrtle Beach Sun News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: Let’s hear it for outrage to religion. So goes my prayerful response to news that Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci will be prosecuted on charges of “outrage to religion.” Apparently, the outspoken Fallaci, now in her 70s, has […]
Poller: Referendum On A Constitution For A Patchwork Nation Without Borders
Nidra Poller comments on the French EU Referendum in a piece originally published in Hebrew in Makor Rishon on May 27: “To the surprise and dismay of mainstream political leaders on both the right and the left, French voters may well vote NON in the May 29th referendum for ratification of the Treaty to establish […]
“Islam always spoke with the sword in the hand and I don’t see why now we have changed attitudes and talk with the other civilisations”
Refreshing Candor Alert. “Iran: Vote for Rafsanjani and We Will Have Nuclear Bombs, Says Religious Leader,” from Adnkronos International, with thanks to MG: Tehran, 27 May (AKI) – Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hasani, a representative of Iran’s supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in Iranian Azerbaijan, has no doubts as to who to vote for […]
Short skirts cause cancer in women!
Wear long skirts or Allah will give you cancer. “Woman and the display of body,” from IslamWay (Sisters section), with thanks to Fjordman: Describing women who are morally decayed. The prophet Mohammed (PBUH) said that they are “women dressed but naked, corrupt and corrupters, their hairs are like the inclined hump of female camel, they […]