A communiqué on “Rumsfeld’s Comments” from the Mujahideen Army General Headquarters in Iraq. Note the religious language: “victory or martyrdom” — yet the learned analysts will still refuse to take them at their word, to understand the intransigence of the jihad ideology that is behind those words, and will eventually call for negotiations with these […]
Archives for June 2005
UK: Two guilty over religion killing
It is against Islamic law, of course, for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man. From the BBC, with thanks to Singh: Two men have been jailed for life for killing a man wrongly targeted in a dispute between Sikhs and Muslims. Shimraz Kahn, 35, got a minimum of 18 years for the murder […]
Belgium officials cancel lunch with Iranians after Iranians demand that beer not be served
What’s this? A European official showing some backbone (no doubt the Iranians will be praying, “May Allah rip out his spine“) and asking for common courtesy? Sack him! “No beer? No lunch!,” from Reuters, with thanks to Twostellas and Mr. Tickle: BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A lunch meeting between a leading parliamentarian in Belgium and counterparts […]
Hostage Roeder: “Ahmadinejad Threatened to Kidnap My Son”
More on Iran’s thuggish new President from Spiegel Online, with thanks to Simon: The newly elected president of Iran has been accused of being involved in the 1980 American hostage crisis. Former hostage David Roeder, 66, told SPIEGEL ONLINE, that Ahmadinejad threatened to kidnap his son and cut off his fingers and toes. “You don’t […]
Islamic states demand Muslim permanent seat on UN Security Council
Why? What does the UN deny them now? “Islamic states want permanent seat on UN Security Council,” from AFP, with thanks to EPG: SANAA (AFP) – Foreign ministers of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened a meeting with a call for a Muslim permanent seat on the UN Security Council. OIC secretary general […]
Pakistan: 17 ex-Guantanamo prisoners released
Another one from the Which Side Are You On Department, from Pakistan’s Daily Times, with thanks to Nicolei: LAHORE: Al Qaeda suspect Hafiz Ehsan Saeed’s father died during Ehsan’s detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but Ehsan said that although he mourned the loss, he would go for Jihad again if given the chance. Great! Free […]
If it ain’t Ahmadinejad, it’s his twin brother
Some of the 1979 hostages say that Iran’s new President Ahmadinejad was one of their captors. Others say he wasn’t. Thanks to PAR, I have here put a recent photo of Ahmadinejad next to the infamous hostage photo in which some claim he appears. I think it is the same man. What do you think?
Egypt: imprisoned Christian released
A happy update on this story from IRN News, with thanks to a tea-loving snail: An Egyptian Christian was released from mental hospital following international pressure over his five-month forcible commitment to the mental hospital, and being charged from apostasy from Islam, Compass Direct has informed. Gasir Mohammed Mahmoud was released on 9th June 2005 […]
Muslim nations vow to end jihad in Iraq
This is probably one for the Bridge For Sale Department, but we’ll see. “Muslim nations vow to help end Iraq insurgency,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinpolitan Irredentist: SANAA (Reuters) – Foreign ministers of Muslim countries on Thursday pledged cooperation with Iraqi authorities to help end a bloody insurgency waged there by Iraqis and […]
New Zealand: Government takes over Islamic school
From the New Zealand Herald, with thanks to Stuart: The country’s only co-educational Islamic school has been put under direct Government control amid concerns that its cultural environment is clashing with its education obligations. Al-Madinah School in Mangere, Manukau City, has been under fire for several years for prioritising religion at the expense of the […]
3 Buddhists shot dead, teachers’ homes attacked in Thai south
Mute laborer jihad in Thailand update from MediaCorp News, with thanks to Twostellas: PATTANI, Thailand : Three Buddhists including a mute labourer were shot and killed and teachers’ homes were attacked in southern Thailand, police said, as authorities vowed to boost security funding to counter rampaging violence. Srang Saewong, 56, a mute highway worker in […]
Spencer: Death Threats and Tolerance
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer in FrontPage: “May Allah rip out his spine from his back and split his brains in two, and then put them both back, and then do it over and over again”¦.Amen.” “I believe he’s already on the hit list, nothing new.” “we make dua [i.e., we pray] Allah allows your […]
Pakistan: Muslim mobs burn Christian homes
A dhimmi was inadvertently burning pages with Qur’an verses on them. From WND, with thanks to Anthony: Sources in Pakistan report a radical Muslim mob has attacked Christian homes in three areas near Peshawar, Pakistan. According to Voice of the Martyrs, which aids persecuted Christians around the world, the Tuesday attacks came after a Christian […]
Iran’s New President: “The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world”
“President invokes new Islamic wave,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Anthony: IRAN”S ultra-conservative President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, threw down a challenge to the West yesterday by declaring that his election victory marked the dawn of a new Islamic revolution that would spread around the world. “Thanks to the blood of the martyrs, a new Islamic […]
“Terrorists have a different agenda. A normal Muslim under normal circumstances would never dream of doing these things”
News of Delaware County (thanks to Anthony) has published a long dhimmi puff piece, “A look inside Delaware County’s largest mosque,” about the local Al Madinah Mosque (which they call the “the Masjid Al Madinah Mosque,” or the “Al Madinah Mosque Mosque”). In it, there is a most interesting statement: On a Friday afternoon at […]
The Shari”a Committee of al-Qaeda in Iraq Publishes Booklet Titled: “Why We Fight ““ and Against Whom?”
Jihad ideology update from the SITE Institute, with thanks to Anthony: The Shari”a Committee of al-Qaeda in Iraq recently published a 49-page booklet titled: “Why We Fight – and Against Whom?” which was electronically distributed across several al-Qaeda affiliated forums. Allegedly written by Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi, a member of the Shari”a Committee, the booklet is […]
Ex-Hostages Say Iran Leader-Elect a Captor
A follow-up to this story from AP, : SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A quarter-century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages say they got an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal in the bearded face of Iran’s new president-elect. Watching coverage of Iran’s presidential election on television dredged up 25-year-old memories […]
Muslim body orders woman raped by relative to separate from husband
Sharia alert from India, via AFP, with thanks to Scaramouche: LUCKNOW, India (AFP) – A powerful Muslim body in India has ordered a woman allegedly raped by a relative to separate from her husband, but said she was free to remarry if she wished. The victim, 28-year-old Imrana Ilahi, was allegedly raped by her father-in-law […]
Spain: Two accused of recruiting Iraq suicide bombers
Eurabia update from Expatica, : MADRID “” Spanish police arrested two more people – a Moroccan and an Algerian – on charges of recruiting Islamic militants to fight against United States-led forces in Iraq. The arrests followed the detention of 11 people earlier this month accused of ties to Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who […]
UK: Muslim students’ integration call
Giving with one hand, taking back with the other. From the BBC, with thanks to Anthony: The ways in which Muslims can integrate better into society will be examined at a students’ conference on Thursday. The 500 delegates at the event organised by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (Fosis) will also discuss discrimination at […]