From Bloomberg: Benjamin Netanyahu, the former finance minister who resigned to protest Israel’s pullout from the Gaza Strip, said today he plans to run against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and replace him as leader of the ruling Likud party. Netanyahu’s announcement came a day after the Likud set a two- day meeting of its […]
Archives for August 2005
Arab League: Iraq charter “true recipe for chaos”
From Al Jazeera: Some sections in Iraq’s draft constitution are a “recipe for chaos”, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said on Monday, a day after Iraqi politicians completed the draft charter without the endorsement of Sunni Arabs. Moussa told the BBC that the Arab League shared Sunni Muslim concerns over federalism and the fact […]
Beslan children still tormented
A disturbing story from the BBC: In the basement of his Beslan home, seven-year-old Chermen is kicking boxes with a surprising energy given his age and his tiny frame. His face is tense and betrays the turmoil he is feeling. But when we sit down to talk, he regains his composure. Looking straight into my […]
Al-Arian jury puts trial in doubt
A few days ago I wrote in a column that Al-Arian’s supporters would not be laughing for long. However, this is a group that knows well how to play the system, and they will play this for all it’s worth and then some. Al-Arian walk watch, from the St. Petersburg Times, with thanks to the […]
Spencer on radio and TV today
Discussing jihad, dhimmitude, and my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades): 10:30 AM EDT: Radio: WIBA “Outside the Box with Mitch Henck” 11:00 AM EDT: TV: CBN News with Erick Stakelbeck 12:35 PM EDT: Radio: “G. Gordon Liddy Show” (Nationally Syndicated) 1:00 PM EDT: Radio: “Dennis Prager Show” (Nationally Syndicated) — […]
More TV means less Koran, say Muslims
Many, many times people have told me that I need not be concerned about the global jihad, because the jihad ideology will ultimately bow before Big Macs and Britney Spears. But I am not so sure that American pop culture is really all-conquering, and even less sure that it should be — there are ideological […]
Dhimmitude at the Guardian: political Islam is ok, as long as there’s no terrorism
In “Creating Islamist phantoms: We dreamed up ‘al-Qaida’: Let’s not do it again with ‘evil ideology,’” Adam Curtis of The Guardian (thanks to Fjordman) posits that “we may not agree with its reactionary vision of the political use of Islam and the pessimistic, anti-progressive beliefs that lie at the heart of Qutb’s teachings, but it […]
Chirac says Iran must halt nuclear activities
From the International Herald Tribune: Paris – In a stark ultimatum, President Jacques Chirac of France warned Iran on Monday that it would face censure by the United Nations Security Council if it did not reinstate a freeze on sensitive nuclear activities under an agreement reached last November. In his annual speech to France’s ambassadors […]
13 terrorist suspects on trial in Belgium
From Pravda, with thanks to Nicolei. A Brussels judge on Monday sent over a dozen people to trial on charges of aiding and abetting terrorists, including those suspected in last year’s Madrid train bombings. An autumn trial would be the first test for a 2004 law making it a crime to consort with terrorists. Prosecutors […]
Denmark Tries to Act Against Terrorism as Mood in Europe Shifts
Denmark struggles with speech issues. What is sedition? What constitutes incitement? These issues will be paramount in the western world for a long time to come. From the Washington Post, or as Hugh Fitzgerald calls it, the Bandar Beacon, with thanks to Kemaste. COPENHAGEN — Said Mansour, a slightly built man with a bushy beard, […]
Another teenage suicide bomber tries to enter Israel
More of what Charles at LGF aptly terms “Death Cult Child Abuse:” “Another boy-bomber caught at Hawara,” from the Jerusalem Post. And to think there are legions of people who believe that this kind of thing is justified, or that Pat Robertson (who has never blown up anyone to my knowledge) is worse. A 14-year-old […]
Fitzgerald: Why we need reconciliation with France
Jihad Watch’s Hugh Fitzgerald explains why it’s time to patch it up with France: France’s policies were never quite as intolerable as depicted. Chirac is a crook, DdeV a preener, a poseur, and a poetaster. Nicholas Sarkozy, the unbeatable future president, has his embarrassments with a wayward wife, but when it comes to Islam, he […]
Rushdie: “Any system of ideas that decides…that you cannot discuss it in fundamental terms, that you can’t say that this bit of it is junk, or that bit is oppressive … we are supposed to respect that?”
Occasionally Salman Rushdie says some very sensible things, and here is one occasion of that: he challenges the egregious George Galloway, who would forbid criticism of Islam and honest discussion of the roots of Islamic terror. “Rushdie dismisses Galloway’s claims,” from The Guardian, with thanks to Danielle: Salman Rushdie clashed with George Galloway yesterday in […]
Nocturnal Jihad Watch: Spencer on C-Span Book TV this Sunday
If any of you Jihad Watchers are insomniacs, you may be interested in catching me discussing jihad, dhimmitude, and my book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) on C-Span this Sunday, September 4. The C-Span Book TV schedule lists the talk at 1:00 AM EDT and again at 8:30 AM EDT Sunday […]
UK: Jihadists defy deportation threat by urging Islamic war on West
The jihad continues to be preached online in Britain. “Radical websites defy deportation threat by urging Islamic war on West,” from the Telegraph, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Radical websites are continuing to encourage Muslims to fight western nations despite the threat of new legislation. The website of the organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has […]
Islamic school furor in Lodi
Was this madrasa intended to teach violent jihad or not? “Islamic school furor,” from the Sacramento Bee, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Supporters of the center envision a small elementary school that embraces traditional Islamic values, a gathering place for Muslim women who are otherwise sequestered at home, a playground, a library and a […]
Cyber jihad?
“2 held in probe of computer worm in U.S.,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: WASHINGTON “” Authorities in Morocco and Turkey have arrested two people thought responsible for a computer worm that infected networks at U.S. companies and government agencies earlier this month. Farid Essebar, 18, was arrested in Morocco, while Atilla […]
Saudi clerics declare football un-Islamic, tell youths to wage jihad instead
“…and other constructive activities.” From the Daily Times, with thanks to MB: LAHORE: Ulema in Saudia Arabia have issued a fatwa (religious decree) declaring football an un-Islamic sport, and have urged the youth to quit it immediately, BBC radio reported on Saturday. According to the report, the clerics urged the youth to indulge in jihad […]
Australia: MP backs headscarf ban
Why may only Muslims assert their cultural integrity and identity? Australian MP Bronwyn Bishop comes out for Australian culture. “Bishop backs school headscarf ban,” from The Australian, with thanks to Voltaire: LIBERAL MP Bronwyn Bishop has backed a push to ban Muslim girls wearing headscarves to school. Speaking in support of her like-minded colleague Victorian […]
Bomb on Philippines Ferry Injures 30
Philippine jihad update. From AP, with thanks to DC Watson: MANILA, Philippines “” A bomb hidden in a trash can exploded on a ferry in the southern Philippines as it was loading passengers Sunday morning, injuring at least 30 people, including nine children, military officials said. The region had been on alert for terror attacks. […]