Washington and Patterson update: it began as a robbery arrest, and now has uncovered a significant jihad element inside and outside U.S. prisons. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: LOS ANGELES – The head of a militant Islamic prison gang and three others were indicted Wednesday on federal charges of planning terrorist attacks […]
Archives for August 2005
Eulogy at his brother’s reburial
This is about one small human tragedy in Gaza, but in a larger sense it is about dhimmis and potential dhimmis everywhere, whether Jewish or Christian, Hindu or Buddhist, atheist or whatever. “We believe that from this terrible destruction we will see a great revival, of the Torah, of the Nation, of the Land…” And […]
Al-Arian again confronted by survivors of suicide attacks
First Beit Lid, and now the Megiddo junction: from the PIJ’s perspective, Al-Arian had a lot to be “chipper” about. “Israelis in Florida Jihad Trial,” from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Five Israelis who witnessed a Palestinian suicide attack three years ago, were called to the stand Tuesday to testify in […]
EU to force dhimmitude on UK
By making rules disallowing the expulsion of preachers who spread hatred and jihad. “EU to set down rules for expelling extremists,” from the Telegraph, with thanks to Daryl: Britain is facing a clash with Brussels over EU plans to grant sweeping rights to foreigners ordered to leave – whether failed asylum seekers or Islamic extremists […]
Al Aqsa Brigades: “We will continue to brandish our weapons”
Once again, this is no surprise to anyone who knows that it is the jihad ideology that has poisoned and will continue to poison all hope of peace between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. From Al-Bawaba, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: An offshoot of the Palestinian Fatah faction, The Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, announced on […]
UK picks Tariq Ramadan for anti-terror panel
Inayat Bunglawala is also part of this panel. Fox Guarding the Henhouse alert from IslamOnline, with thanks to Sr. Soph: “UK Picks Ramadan for Anti-terror Panel: Report”: CAIRO, August 31, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) — The British government has named famed Swiss scholar Tariq Ramadan as one of a government committee set up to address the underlying […]
Pakistani seminaries vow to continue preaching jihad
Thus they will continue to be terrorist factories. “Pak seminaries vow to continue preaching jihad,” from ANI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Religious Islamic leaders who run madarassas in Pakistan have categorically rejected the federal government’s ordinance which makes it mandatory for all religious schools to get registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, […]
National Geographic: Kahane murder targeted jihad attack
Whatever you think of Kahane, says this piece, his was a jihadist murder on American soil. “Rabbi Meir Kahane, Vindicated,” from Israel Insider, with thanks to Kemaste: No matter what you think of him, whether you hate him or love him, the name Meir Kahane is a name that will forever be engrained in the […]
Kenya: Muslims push for Sharia
And Christians are resisting the call, of course. Would you want to be a despised inferior class in your own country? From Inter Press Service of Johannesburg, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Religion is playing a major role in undermining Kenya’s draft constitution. Christians and Muslims, who have lived peacefully for decades, have now […]
Australia: Masked gang attacks controversial cleric
“A coordinated hate campaign against the nation’s radical Muslims.” Well, we must protect them at all costs! Imagine: a coordinated hate campaign against those who preach the violent overthrow of the Australian state and its replacement by a government that will make non-Muslims in Australia a despised inferior class! I am not, of course, in […]
Iraq: About 650 die in stampede spurred by rumors of bomber
Terrorism creates more terror. Now, here’s an assignment for all you moral equivalence advocates. Please compile a list similar to the one below of similar bombings and other attacks taking place in and around churches since 1980. The shootings by Muslims in Pakistani churches, as well as the destruction of churches by Muslims in Indonesia […]
Spencer on radio Wednesday
Topics for this last day of August will include jihad, dhimmitude, and my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades): 12:30 PM EDT: JD Balart’s American Radio Journal (Nationally Syndicated) 1:00 PM EDT: WVTF with Seth Williamson 2:05 PM EDT: Rightalk “Citizen’s Lobby” with Scott Lauf 5:00 PM EDT: WDEO “Kresta in […]
MPAC, CAIR, ISNA feel excluded from the struggle against terrorism
Supreme chutzpah. Why might MPAC not be included in top-level anti-terror consultations? See here. How about CAIR? Here. ISNA? Here. But of course Reuters doesn’t mention any of this. “U.S. Muslims feel sidelined in terrorism fight,” from Reuters, with thanks to Kemaste: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration is neglecting American Muslims in the fight […]
Bush appeals to public not to waver in Iraq
From Reuters: SAN DIEGO – President George W. Bush, facing waning support for his Iraq policy, on Tuesday appealed to Americans not to waver because of the rising death toll and said U.S. credibility was at stake. With nearly 1,900 U.S. troops killed in Iraq and anti-war protesters trailing him from his secluded Texas ranch […]
Pope meets controversial critic of Islam
An interesting development from AFP, with thanks to Stephania. VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI held a meeting at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, a strident critic of Islam, Vatican sources confirmed. The 76-year-old writer, who describes herself as an atheist Christian and was sued in Italy for insulting […]
Pipes: Islamists, Get Out
Daniel Pipes writes in the New York Sun and his website about the growing anti-dhimmitude in Europe, the UK and Australia and asks, “where are the Americans?” As the full implications of the London terrorist attacks by domestic jihadis sink in, Westerners are speaking out about the problem of radical Islam with new clarity and […]
Iraq’s doomed police training
Paula Broadwell writes in the Boston Globe, with thanks to Hugh Fitzgerald. IN SEPTEMBER 2003, the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs constructed the Jordan International Police Training Center outside of Amman to train Iraq law enforcement personnel. Sixteen nations provide a total of 352 police trainers for the center. The camp has […]
U.S.: Airstrike kills al-Qaida operative in Iraq
Tribal clashes are increasing as well. From MSNBC: BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military said its forces killed an al-Qaida operative they named as Abu Islam and a number of fighters in air strikes at Karabila, close to Qaim, on the Syrian border on Tuesday. “Intelligence leads Coalition forces to believe that Abu Islam and […]
Palestinian Authority’s US assets are frozen
From the Boston Globe, with thanks to Hugh Fitzgerald. WASHINGTON — A Rhode Island lawyer trying to collect a $116 million terrorism judgment against the Palestinian Authority has obtained a court-ordered freeze on all its US-based assets, severely limiting most Palestinian economic and diplomatic activities in the United States at a critical moment for the […]
Lebanon says pro-Syrians suspects in Hariri murder
From Reuters: BEIRUT – U.N. investigators questioned an aide to Lebanon’s pro-Syrian president and three former security chiefs on Tuesday as suspects in the killing of ex-Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, the prime minister said. Lebanese police detained the three top security officials in dawn raids, the first concrete steps toward implicating allies of Syria in […]