I received this message from a friend about an article in the LA Times, “Killers rendered in shades of gray,” that is aptly characterized as an “erudite and subtle propaganda piece.” Below is a discussion of a new movie that tells the story of a pair of suicide bombers. The author of the article refers […]
Archives for October 2005
Crackdown on mannequins in Iran
Sharia update from Iran! “Alluring mannequins” are now verboten in Iran, and are being impounded. This is in the interests of public chastity, you see. After all, we can’t have men falling for mannequins, can we? It might lead them to…join biker gangs! You Can’t Make This Stuff Up Alert: “City tackles titillating mannequins,” from […]
Jihad group claims India blasts
Update on the jihad murders in India. “Militant-Linked Group Claims India Blasts,” from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: NEW DELHI — A little-known group that police say has ties to Kashmir’s most feared militants claimed responsibility Sunday for a series of terrorist bombings that killed 59 people in New Delhi…. A […]
Bomber’s hometown celebrates attack
Tiny minority of extremists update from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Kabatiya, south of Jenin, Wednesday night to celebrate the suicide bombing in Hadera, which was carried out by local resident Hassan Abu Zeid. Chanting Allahu Akbar (God is great), some 3,000 people, […]
Swiss cuff Islamic hate message duo
Jihad from the University of Geneva computer system. From The Register, with thanks to Twostellas: Swiss police last week arrested two African men who allegedly used the University of Geneva’s computer system to disseminate Islamic fundamentalist hate messages and justifications for terrorist attacks, AFP reports. The two – a 27-year-old Moroccan and a 41-year-old Algerian, […]
Muslims issue Internet death threats to Omar Sharif
Because he dared to portray a Christian. “Terrorism: Internet Terror Threats to Omar Sharif,” from AKI, with thanks to Erick Stakelbeck: Rome, 28 Oct. (AKI) – Death threats to the Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif have appeared in Islamist forums on the Internet, after Sharif’s appearance as a Christian, Saint Peter, in an Italian biblical epic […]
Fourth night of riots in Paris
“A police union spokesman says a Paris suburb is seeing ‘civil war.’” More on the Muslim riots in Paris from Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in: BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) — Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday defended his tough crime policies against claims they helped increase tension after a fourth night of […]
London bomber buried in Pakistan
Shazad Tanweer, a thoroughly English lad according to his father, was not buried not in Twickenham or Surrey or Newcastle-on-Tyne, but in Pakistan — in the shrine of an Islamic saint. Now why is that? Could it be that his family and others think of Tanweer as having done something honorable on July 7? What […]
New York: 20 held in suspect tobacco ring
Al-Qaeda, HizbAllah and others have been involved with cigarette smuggling. From the Times Union, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: ROTTERDAM — State Police rounded up 20 men in Rotterdam Wednesday night on felony conspiracy charges related to a cigarette smuggling ring, according to authorities…. One of the men, Elhadi Abdalla, 42, of 180 Lark […]
Fitzgerald: A “Palestinian” Jerusalem?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses what might happen if Jerusalem is turned over to the “Palestinians,” as Muslims around the world called for on Friday’s Al-Quds Day: The history of Muslim conquest all over the world is nothing less than a virtually unmitigated history of destruction. The Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan, now […]
New York doctor gets 22 years in prison
For mishandling nearly two million dollars worth of charitable donations. Of course, it’s because the authorities “hated” his beard. “Dhafir gets 22 years in prison,” from the Post Standard, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Dr. Rafil Dhafir will spend the next 22 years in federal prison…. Dhafir, 58, was convicted in February of 59 […]
Sources: Syria, Iran backed suicide bombing in Israel
1938 alert from WND, with thanks to JE: JERUSALEM — The suicide bombing north of Tel Aviv that killed five Israelis and wounded more than 30 this week was directly backed by Syria and Iran, security sources said. Meanwhile, a member of a terrorist groups reportedly involved in the blast told WND a Palestinian terror […]
Ahmadinejad’s Israel Remarks Split Iran
All is not rosy in Mullahland. From AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: TEHRAN, Iran – Pro-democracy reformers denounced Iran’s hard-line president Sunday for calling for Israel’s annihilation, saying it harmed the country’s international standing. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map,” prompting international […]
Girls’ beheading barbaric – Vatican
The Vatican comments on this attack, which was indeed barbaric. From The Scotsman, with thanks to Sr. Soph: THE Vatican yesterday called the beheading of three Indonesian schoolgirls from a Christian high school a “barbaric” attack…. The Vatican said the Pope was praying for renewed peace between the region’s people.
Selective Muslim Silence
Judith Apter Klinghoffer, senior associate scholar at the Political Science department at Rutgers University, and author of Vietnam, Jews and the Middle East, writes this at History News Network about the Denmark Muhammad cartoon controversy: So, here we are: part of the Muslim community is in the thrall of a totalitarian ideology which turns young […]
France: Church-state debate revived by call for mosque funding
What’s causing jihadist sentiments among French Muslims? Must be a shortage of mosques! Yeah, that’s it! If we fund mosques, any idea that Sharia must someday be imposed in France will vanish from among French Muslims! That seems to be the line of reasoning. But is there any evidence to back it up? Any support […]
Soldier, widow win judgment over Afghan battle
A blow against the financial jihad, and against Canada’s Al-Qaeda family. From AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: SALT LAKE CITY – A soldier wounded in a firefight in Afghanistan and the widow of his slain comrade won a default judgment against the estate of a suspected al-Qaida financier. The lawsuit alleged the late Ahmed […]
Thousands Mark Al-Quds Day in London
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” How many passing Londoners realized that this was a call for genocide and/or subjugation? From IslamOnline, with thanks to Sr. Soph: LONDON, October 31, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) – At least two thousand demonstrators, including several anti-Zionism Jews, marched though London on Sunday, October 30, to mark […]
London bomber’s father: I don’t know what made my son become suicide bomber
Let’s see. Osama bin Laden was his hero. Hmmm. We may be getting warmer. “I don’t know what made my son become suicide bomber,” from the Yorkshire Post, with thanks to Bryce: THE father of Yorkshire suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer has spoken for the first time about the “terrible act” his son committed on July […]
Aljazeera launches children’s channel in Amsterdam
Jihad for kids! From Expatica, with thanks to Sr. Soph: AMSTERDAM – Arabic television station Aljazeera launched a channel for children in Amsterdam on Friday. The channel will be available by satellite in the Netherlands. Programme buyer Lou Murrin told Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant that the channel will enable Arab children to identify with characters […]