The state-run Iranian media maintains its harsh rhetoric with ire directed at opposition leader Maryam Rajavi for her condemnation of Mr. Ahmadinejad’s “wipe Israel from the map” speech. From Iran Focus: “Maryam Rajavi has written a letter to the leaders of the European Union, saying that Iran is the enemy of peace, democracy and humanity”, […]
Archives for October 2005
Mukhtar Mai speaks in Chicago
This woman, ordered gang raped by her local village council, has been allowed by the Pakistan government to travel after all. “Rape survivor brings fight here,” from the Chicago Sun-Times: Three years ago, Mukhtar Mai was gang-raped on the order of a village council in her native Pakistan, sparking international outrage when she reported the […]
Iranian Economics 101: “Hang two or three people”
The outspoken fanaticism of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has begun to hurt Iran’s burgeoning stock market, scaring away billions of dollars in foreign investment. Responding to the complaints of investors and some government officials, Ahmadinejad recently outlined his relatively simple economic reform plan, according to Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 — Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud […]
Fitzgerald: The cultural imperialism of the Arabs
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses how Arab-ness is in many ways inextricable from Islam — a phenomenon that has had effects even among dhimmi populations. Within Islam, a supposedly universalist religion where all Muslims in the ummah are equal, there is a special place for the Arabs. But how could it be […]
India blasts likely the work of Kashmir jihad group
Several people have asked me why I didn’t put up a story yesterday about the blasts in New Delhi that killed 61 people. The answer is that while Indian officials said that the blasts were the work of “terrorists,” they were not specific — and there are terror groups in India that are not jihad […]
Oh, what a tangled web
Iran is assassinating Iraqi Sunni pilots who were involved in the Iran-Iraq war, so Talabani is offering them safe haven in…Kurdistan, where some of them gassed civilians. “Iran ‘sponsors assassination’ of Sunni pilots who bombed Teheran,” from The Telegraph, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Iran is backing a Shia insurgent campaign of systematically assassinating former […]
Jihad buys support network in Israel
More on Iranian adventurism from Middle East Newsline, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: TEL AVIV [MENL] — An Iranian-sponsored insurgency group, flushed with significant funding, has established a support network in Israel. Israeli officials said Islamic Jihad has spent tens of thousands of dollars to establish sleeper and support cells in Israel. The officials said […]
Second night of rioting in Paris
Here is fruit of the immigration-without-assimilation policy the French have pursued so thoughtlessly for decades — as detailed in Bat Ye’or’s Eurabia. “A police union spokesman says a Paris suburb is seeing ‘civil war.’” From CNN, with thanks to Fjordman: PARIS, France (Reuters) — Hundreds of French youths fought with police and set cars ablaze […]
Prince Charles to plead Islam’s case during White House visit
When not busy disgracing his nation and his family through his various peccadilloes, the future king of England, Prince Charles, has regularly assumed the position of lead European missionary in the service of the Islamic faith. As he will tell President Bush this week, it is not Islam’s fault that thousands of non-Muslims have been […]
Israeli Aircraft, Artillery Bombard Gaza
A response to the rocket attacks from Gaza. From AP: BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip – Israeli aircraft and artillery bombarded open areas in northern Gaza on Saturday as part of an intensifying campaign against Palestinian rocket fire on Israeli border areas…. Artillery shells were fired after Palestinian militants sent a homemade Qassam rocket slamming into […]
Trifkovic: The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill: A Milestone on Britain’s Road to Dhimmitude
Serge Trifkovic explains just why the UK’s new Racial and Religious Hatred Bill is so wrong, and dangerous, in this superb piece in Chronicles (thanks to Andy and Steve): The House of Lords is clashing with Tony Blair’s Labour government over its proposed Racial and Religious Hatred Bill. This is an Orwellian piece of legislation. […]
Iran: Never mind — oh, and death to Israel
The Iranians are beginning to back off a bit. At least verbally. Sort of. “Iran ‘withdraws’ Israel threats,” from the BBC, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Iran says it has no intention to attack Israel despite a call by its president to have it “wiped off the map”. Iran’s foreign ministry said Tehran respected the […]
Fitzgerald: Exiting the dream palace
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald explores some of the delusions that pass for truth today, and how it is that they have become so widespread: The world of Islam is a world of nonsense and lies and denial and deception and filial piety that refuses to face up to facts. It could be […]
Terror cell ‘smuggled missiles into Europe’
Jihad in Europe update from the Telegraph, with thanks to Filtrat: An Islamic terror cell has smuggled two surface-to-air missiles into Europe in a plot to shoot down planes at one of France’s main airports, it was claimed yesterday. French and Algerian extremists with links to al-Qa’eda bought the Russian SA-18 Grouse missiles from Chechens […]
Islam feminists urge gender jihad
Someone recently asked me why I cover women’s issues at Dhimmi Watch. The simple answer is that under Sharia, women face discrimination and second-class status, as do dhimmis. This conference aims to undo that. While the stated purpose of holding it in Spain was to reach Muslim women in Europe, I think it is likely […]
Three Christian girls beheaded in Indonesia
They were walking to school. “Three Indonesian girls beheaded,” from the BBC News, with thanks to all who sent this in: Three girls have been beheaded and another badly injured as they walked to a Christian school in Indonesia. They were walking through a cocoa plantation near the city of Poso in central Sulawesi province […]
Friday Night Jihad Watch Updates
It is always a pleasure to report the outcome of past Jihad Watch posts, especially when justice is served. Tonight, Jihad Watch would like to report two such updates. The first is an October 2004 Jihad Watch post concerning a Rafil Dhafir, a Muslim doctor accused of sending money to Iraq. As it turns out, […]
The two faces of Ahmadinejad
Yasir Arafat, of course, was a master at this, but he only had the Internet to play with in his declining years. Now Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is proving to be a worthy dissembler as well. Jihad Watch reader Adam has alerted me to the differing front pages of his English and Farsi websites. I […]
Spencer book on New York Times Bestseller List for eleventh week
My book The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) has for the week of November 6 once again made the New York Times Bestseller List (paperback nonfiction). It is at number 23 in its eleventh week on the list. The book has had a remarkable run — far beyond anything I expected for […]
Hirsi Ali: Minister Ignores Islam Is The Problem
Ayaan Hirsi Ali once again speaks truth to power. From the NIS News Bulletin, with thanks to Jihad Watch News Editor Eric Schwappach: THE HAGUE, 29/10/05 – Measures to prevent terrorism will not succeed if these do not go hand in hand with the awareness that Islam is the core of the problem, according to […]