Dilpazier Aslam update: of course, he knows how to exploit the system. Note also that The Guardian didn’t know what Hizb-ut-Tahrir is. “‘Guardian’ trainee may sue over sacking,” from The Independent, with thanks to Filtrat: A trainee journalist at The Guardian newspaper is considering legal action after being sacked for refusing to give up membership […]
Archives for July 2005
Imam warns Ottawa to back off Muslims
An extraordinary threat from a Toronto imam. From the Globe and Mail, with thanks to Scaramouche: A controversial Toronto imam warned Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan at a closed-door meeting to stop “terrorizing” Canadian Muslims. “If you try to cross the line I can’t guarantee what is going to happen. Our young people, we can’t […]
Pipes: British Opinion Surveys From an Islamist Hell
In FrontPage this morning, Daniel Pipes discusses the recent British opinion polls that indicate substantial support among Muslims for the bombings, and comments: (1) It is hard to say which is the most alarming of these many worrisome statistics, but two stand out. That less than three-quarters of Muslims in Britain indicate they would tell […]
300 jihadists under tight watch in Germany
This is the kind of thing I have called for for quite some time: simple monitoring. “300 Islamists under tight watch in Germany,” from UPI, : The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is monitoring the Islamists, “but not every one of those people is a potential terrorist,” Otto Schily told Monday’s edition […]
London: Did a fifth bomber lose nerve and dump bomb?
Another bomb found. “Did a fifth bomber lose nerve and dump bomb?,” from the TimesOnline, : POLICE fear that there may have been a fifth bomber who failed to carry out his suicide mission last Thursday after the discovery of a suspect package in bushes near Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London. The package, found […]
British Say Al Qaeda Is Behind London Plots
Al-Qaeda-linked, or ideologically linked? The continuing focus on Al-Qaeda is misleading. That group could disappear altogether and the jihad ideology would remain (which, of course, is not to say that AQ was not behind the bombings). From AP, : LONDON “” London police have three suspects in custody after last week’s failed terrorist strikes but […]
Police seek 6 Pakistani suspects in Sharm attack
Were Pakistanis involved in the Egypt bombings? “The involvement of the Pakistanis, if proven, would also increase suspicions that Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida may have been involved in the attacks.” Or at least that Pakistanis with an ideology similar to that of Osama, of which there are very many, were involved. From AP, : Police […]
UK: Change foreign policy, say top Muslims
British Muslims attempt to dictate the UK’s foreign policy. From the Evening Standard, with thanks to Looney Tunes. Senior Muslims have warned the Government that it needed to revise British foreign policy if it wants to put an end to the violence. Dr Azzam Tamimi, from the Muslim Association of Britain, said the country was […]
Faith leaders in Leeds shocked, shocked by police raids
“We demand you raid our churches as well! Go on, turn the ‘ole thing inside out!” “Faith leaders in Leeds shocked by police raids,” from Church Times, with thanks to Mark: CHRISTIAN LEADERS in Dewsbury and Leeds have pledged to stand together with their Muslim neighbours this week, after police raided homes in both areas […]
Jihad groups vie for credit for Egypt murders
Egypt tourist bombings update: “Egypt Detains 70 People for Resort Attacks,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – Egyptian police searched for clues Sunday and struggled to identify bodies from the 88 people killed in three bomb blasts that rocked this Red Sea resort, sending foreign tourists scrambling to catch […]
The sidewalks where terror breeds
A surprisingly informative piece in the Christian Science Monitor (thanks to Skeetstreet) updates this March 2004 BBC article and explores how preachers of Islamic jihad use Islamic religious language to recruit people like the recent London bombers. Still no explanation from Iqbal Sacranie or anyone else about how to combat this sort of thing. GREENWICH, […]
Man Killed in Subway Not Linked to Blasts
A tragic update to this story from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: LONDON – Police identified the man who was chased down in a subway and shot to death by plainclothes officers as a Brazilian and said Saturday they no longer believed he was tied to the recent terror bombings. Friday’s shooting before […]
Zarqawi Group claims Algerian abductions
From the BBC: A group claiming to be al-Qaeda in Iraq has said it kidnapped two Algerian diplomats who were snatched in Baghdad on Thursday. Insurgents loyal to the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Masab al-Zarqawi, posted the claim on a website. Ali Balarousi, Algeria’s top envoy to the country, and his colleague, Azzedin […]
Claim: Mossad behind Sharm attacks
88 people are reported dead in the Egyptian resort town. From the Jerusalem Post: Several Egyptian “security experts” and “political analysts” interviewed by Arab TV stations in the aftermath of the Sharm e-Sheikh bombings on Saturday claimed that Israel and Jews were behind the carnage. The accusations that Israel was responsible for the deadly attacks […]
Bolt: Importing hatred
Andrew Bolt writes in Australia’s Herald Sun, with thanks to Looney Tunes. It’s time we accepted the difficult truth: many of the Muslims we invite to live in Australia want to destroy us. FOR four years, since the September 11 attacks, I’ve begged our Islamic leaders to drive extremists from their mosques. For four years […]
Why it’s time for Dutch justice to get tough
Expatica takes a tough editorial line, with thanks to Dutch Cares. Mohammed B. is a scary individual and society must take whatever measures necessary to ensure he never gets another opportunity to menace the public. He has made very clear this is precisely what he intends to do if he is ever gets the chance […]
Shoot-to-Kill Policy Worries UK Muslims
They needn’t worry about the shoot to kill policy if they stop when called upon to do so. It does now appear that the man shot by police near the subway was not connected with the bombings and they admit to shooting the wrong man. From Arab News, with thanks to Skeet Street. LONDON “” […]
U.N. seeks first political definition of terrorism
World body’s blueprint for reform will address the terrorism issue, from AP, with thanks to Skeet Street. UNITED NATIONS – U.N. diplomats have revised their blueprint for reforming the world body to include a definition of terrorism, indicating nations are moving toward consensus on a contentious global issue. World leaders are to consider the plan […]
Resurgence of piracy highlights terror risk
Southeast Asia struggles to protect vulnerable waterway from terrorist threats from MSNBC, with thanks to Skeet Street. When 35 pirates carrying machine guns and rocket launchers boarded a tanker laden with methane in the Malacca Strait in March, it sent a shudder through the crew, and a ripple of fear from Tokyo to Washington. The […]
One in four British Muslims sympathises with motives of terrorists
From the UK Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in. The group portrait of British Muslims painted by YouGov’s survey for The Daily Telegraph is at once reassuring and disturbing, in some ways even alarming. The vast majority of British Muslims condemn the London bombings but a substantial minority are clearly alienated from […]