In FrontPage today, Daniel Pipes takes up a question that has often been considered by commenters here: is the Allah of Islam the same as the God of the Bible? This is not just a matter for theological wrangling; the policy implications of the question begin to come clear along the middle and particularly at […]
Archives for June 2005
Watson: CAIR”s Amended Motion against Anti-CAIR
DC Watson points out some intriguing new developments in CAIR’s suit against the intrepid Andrew Whitehead and Anti-CAIR: March 31, 2004, Virginia Beach, Virginia: the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) files a civil lawsuit against Andrew Whitehead, the founder of Anti-CAIR (ACAIR), a gutsy organization whose purpose has been to inform the people of […]
Lodi Mosque fires imam
But have they fired the ideology that led to his subversive actions and arrest? From the News-Sentinel, with thanks to PRCS: Leaders of the Lodi Mosque have voted to fire Shabbir Ahmed, the imam who has been arrested on immigration charges and accused of supporting the Taliban. “He will not return to our mosque,” said […]
UK: Muslim woman ‘followed husband’s orders’ and abducted children
Sharia alert from the UK — not as the law of the land, but as a matter of individual observance. From EDP24, with thanks to Anthony: A Muslim woman alleged to have been recruited to help abduct five children from Norfolk and take them to Libya told a court yesterday that she had only gone […]
Russia Examines Jewish Religious Texts
They’re looking for incitement to religious hatred, eh? Have they looked at a book that calls Jews (and Christians) apes and pigs (2:62-65; 5:59-60; 7:166) and says they are under Allah’s curse (9:30) and are the “vilest of creatures” (98:6)? And that believers must wage war against them (9:5, 9:29)? Just wondering. Oh, and while […]
Murdock: Gays in the Islamic World
Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock compares the rights of homosexuals in the West and in the Islamic world. This weekend’s Gay Pride festivities in New York City climaxed with Sunday”s 36th annual parade down Fifth Avenue. As usual, the raucous affair thrilled some and rattled others, but everyone walked away intact. One would have to fantasize […]
International Association of Genocide Scholars: Open Letter to Turkish Prime Minister
This is sure to irk the Turk. From AZG Armenian Daily, with thanks to Anthony: The International Association of Genocide Scholars, president Robert Melson, vice-president Israel Charny, collectively edited and sent a letter to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the 6th session of the IAGS in Boca Raton, Florida, on June 6. Below […]
FBI agent says Palestinian professor was bugged
Al-Arian update from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: The government tapped former university professor Sami Al-Arian’s phones, planted microphones at his think-tank and intercepted his faxes and computer conversations because they suspected him of terrorism ties, a retired FBI agent testified. A lot of work to build a case for one man.
PA trying to get Islamic Jihad to hold fire
Either they are just feigning this whole initiative, or they’re trying to convince the jihadists to stop attacking for the time being because they are gaining what they want through diplomacy. Is the PA going to convince them to accept a two-state solution or some other form of lasting peaceful coexistence with Israel? Don’t hold […]
‘Jihad Jack’ pleads not guilty to al-Qaeda link
Jihad Jack Thomas update from AAP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Terror suspect Jack Thomas pleaded not guilty in a Melbourne court today to receiving money from al-Qaeda…. Justice Bernard Teague ordered Thomas, who also faces charges of providing support to al-Qaida and falsifying a passport, to reappear in court on January 30. He […]
German Opposition Throws Turkey EU Talks Into Question
Can Turkey’s entry into the EU be stopped? Does Europe wish to survive? From DPA, with thanks to Anthony: BERLIN (DPA) — Germany’s conservative opposition has again thrown into question the mandate for the European Union membership talks with Turkey. Talks between the European Union (E.U.) and Turkey are due to begin on October 3. […]
Man sentenced to have eyes gouged out in Iran
Sharia alert from Amnesty International via Iranian.ws, with thanks to Anthony: Amnesty International is calling for a sentence of eye gouging against a man in Iran not to be carried out. The 28-year-old man, known only as Vahid, has been sentenced to have his eyes surgically gouged out for a crime committed when he was […]
On what is not allowed in Iran
From the Straining Out A Gnat And Swallowing A Camel Department: “Hundreds Attend Dedication Of Iranian-Christian Church,” from NBC11.com, with thanks to Susan: Hundreds of people gathered for a special dedication of the Iranian Christian Church in the South Bay. It is the largest one in the Bay Area. Nearly 600 Iranian Muslims who converted […]
Rape victim takes case to Pakistan’s Supreme Court
This will be an interesting test of Pakistan’s attachment to the Sharia — not the tribe-ordered gang rape, which is some barbaric local custom, but the enforcement of Sharia evidence laws (requiring four Muslim men who saw the act to establish that it actually happened) by the court that overturned the original convictions. Mukhtaran Mai […]
Iran: President-elect renews allegiance with Imam Khomeini
Anybody still fooled by this guy? From the Islamic Republic News Agency, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Iran’s President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad renewed his allegiance with the late founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini at his mausoleum in southern Tehran Sunday morning. Accompanied by some members of his publicity office, Ahmadinejad laid a wreath […]
Lodi: duped dhimmis still patsies
As the Man With No Eyes would say, You know, some men you just can’t reach. In “Lodi, California Series Part II – Bad Faith Exchange With Islam,” at PipelineNews (thanks to Mackie), William A. Mayer and Beila Rabinowitz detail how two of the non-Muslim religious leaders who signed a Declaration of Peace a few […]
UK: Quoting Koran Could Be Illegal Under Proposed UK Bill, Lawmaker Says
We already saw Daniel Scot in Australia forbidden to read from the Qur’an in court because it constituted incitement. It’s almost lights out in the UK. From CNSNews.com, with thanks to J: (CNSNews.com) – A British lawmaker says reading excerpts from the Koran that advocate harsh treatment for Christians, Jews and unbelievers would violate a […]
Iran’s New Puppet President
The indefatigable Elio Bonazzi and Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi expose Iran’s sham elections for what they were in FrontPage: Hardline fundamentalist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has swept to power in Iran, defeating his supposed “moderate” opponent Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the second round of Iran’s presidential election on Friday. The Iranian regime admitted that 7 million less voters turned […]
Fitzgerald: What to do in Iraq (part 3)
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald continues his series of interlocking reflections on what to do in Iraq with these considerations of what it would take actually to win there. What would “winning the war” mean? Would it mean ensuring a unified state, so that the Kurds would have to give up the possibility […]
“The Koran says it is the duty of Muslims to bring terror to the enemy, so being a terrorist makes me a good Muslim”
Ever since I began doing this work publicly my point has been simple and consistent: that the jihad terrorists are working from mainstream traditions and numerous Qur’anic exhortations, and that by means of these traditions and teachings they are able to gain recruits among Muslims worldwide, and hold the sympathy of others whom they do […]