More disquieting developments in Florida, reported by Joe Kaufman in FrontPage (good news links in the original): Watching the ball drop, twirling a noisemaker, kissing your sweetheart, and making a resolution that rarely comes to pass — everyone looks forward to the memory of a new year. But one group will be ringing in the […]
Archives for December 2005
“What my friend and I were doing is part of our individual freedom.”
So was the defense of a Bahraini woman who said she had the right to have sex with her boyfriend in a parked car. The presiding judge disagreed. From GulfNews: “[T]his is a democratic and free country,” the student, who is above the age of 21, told the judge sentencing her. Police said they found […]
Non-Muslims Slam State-Ordered Muslim Burial
An anti-dhimmi update to this Dhimmi Watch post. From Reuters: KUALA LUMPUR, 30 December 2005 “” Leaders of Malaysia’s non-Muslim religions condemned yesterday the state’s decision to give a man a Muslim burial against his Hindu widow’s wishes, and called for a review of their constitutional rights. “We are concerned that the fundamental rights of […]
Home Depot jihad?
Ali R. Warrayat sounds crazier than a bedbug — and “deeply religious.” What does this all add up to? Probably just a lone nut doing nutty things. With enough fuel from his religious texts to stoke the fires of his hatred. “Crash into store was a personal statement,” from the East Valley Tribune, with thanks […]
Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims credit for attacks in northern Israel
War escalation alert: “Al-Qaida in Iraq took credit for Katyusha attack,” from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Yacob: Al-Qaida in Iraq, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, on Thursday took responsibility on their website for the Katyusha attacks in northern Israel on Tuesday…. On Tuesday it was reported that six Katyushas landed in northern Israeli […]
Jewish group apologizes to Hamas fundraisers
News from the BBC: Britain’s top Jewish body has apologised for branding a Muslim charity a “terrorist organisation”. In an out-of-court settlement, the Board of Deputies of British Jews said it should not have described Interpal in these terms. London-based Interpal, which raises millions for Palestinian causes, had launched a libel action against the Board, […]
Fitzgerald: No Islamic country can ever hurt the West?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald dismantles another prevailing dhimmi assumption: We”re often told that the defense against global jihad is disproportionate, and its advocates fear-mongers, because “no Islamic country can ever hurt the West.” Really? What about Islamic “groups” then? What about communities of Muslims, living in the West, working actively to transform […]
France: Sarkozy calls for discrimination in favor of Muslims
Good call, Nick. If you actually implement this you will do nothing but further enflame the resentments of French non-Muslims, and virtually guarantee that LePen will be the next President of France. And remember: among French leaders, Sarkozy was the tough one. “Sarkozy call to help minorities,” from BBC News, with thanks to JE: Positive […]
Fury in Malaysia over Islamic bill on polygamy, divorce
Sharia Alert from “moderate” Malaysia, via AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: KUALA LUMPUR – A rebellion is stirring in Malaysia over new legislation which critics say undermines the rights of Muslim women by making it easier for men to take multiple wives and claim property after divorce. The government was forced to strike down […]
Pakistani Killed Daughters to Save ‘Honor’
Why shouldn’t he be calm and unrepentant? By his lights, he has done a good and even holy thing. More on this story from AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: MULTAN, Pakistan – Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters […]
Defense Lawyers in Terror Cases Plan Challenges Over Spy Efforts
I believe we can win this war without discarding our own Constitution. I also think that narrow understandings of probable cause in jihad cases could be the death of us. From the New York Times, with thanks to JE: WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 – Defense lawyers in some of the country’s biggest terrorism cases say they […]
Palestinians blame WND for Bethlehem religious rift
Yes, you see, WND made it all up: not only the present difficulties, but 1,400 years of oppression, jizya and dhimmitude. From WND, with thanks to Twostellas: JERUSALEM — An article published Sunday by WorldNetDaily quoting Bethlehem residents as saying local Muslim persecution prompted tens of thousands of Christians to flee the city is “all […]
Bangladeshi government aiding jihad groups
Bangladesh jihad update: the jihadists have friends in high places. No surprise in that, really, since the jihad ideology is (as so few wish to admit) so deeply rooted within Islam. “A disquieting revelation: Time has come for government to clean house,” from The Daily Star, with thanks to JE: The facts could not be […]
Court Asked to Rehear Case Over Calif. Schools’ ‘Becoming Muslim’ Exercise
I was an expert witness for the plaintiffs in this case — seems like many years ago now. I have wanted to write about it but it just doesn’t end. From AgapePress, with thanks to Cindy: (AgapePress) – A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its ruling that allows public schools to teach […]
Gunmen kidnap three Britons on Gaza Strip tour
Peace In Our Time Update from the TimesOnline, with thanks to JE: THREE Britons were kidnapped by Palestinian gunmen yesterday, the latest in a spate of seizures that has highlighted the growing lawlessness of the Gaza Strip. A British aid worker, Kate Burton, 25, had been taking her visiting parents on a tour of the […]
Bahraini Women’s Rights Activist Ghada Jamshir Attacks Islamic Clerics for Fatwas Authorizing Sexual Abuse of Children
Bravo, Ghada Jamshir. She speaks out against, among other things, mut’ah — temporary marriages — a thinly-disguised system of prostitution among Shi’ites which I discuss in Islam Unveiled. From MEMRITV, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Following are excerpts from an interview with Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamshir , which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on […]
The Mayor of Bethlehem is Christian, but It’s Hamas That’s in Charge
“It exalts terrorism, wants to wipe out Israel, and is threatening a tax of non-Muslim residents.” That would be the jizya (here, al-jeziya). Now isn’t that funny: Islamic apologist Stephen Schwartz has denounced the “fear-mongering of those obsessed with jihad, shariah, and the dhimma.” He says the dhimma is a thing of the past and […]
Spencer on Alan Colmes radio show tonight at 11PM EST
I am scheduled to appear on the Alan Colmes radio show tonight at 11:00 PM EST; Alan needs a foil to show how wrong it is to check mosques for radiation. Of course, I will be doing my best for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
German Authorities Close Islamic “Multi-Kultur” Center
How easy it is for jihadists to operate under the cloak of multiculturalism. “German Authorities Close Islamic Center,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BERLIN – Authorities on Wednesday shut down an Islamic center once attended by a man who accuses the CIA of kidnapping him and sending him to a secret Afghan […]
Fitzgerald: Pseudo-symmetries and moral equivalences
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the dhimmitude of the moral equivalence “all-religions-are-equally-violent” crowd: One form of denial of the global jihad is that of pseudo-symmetries and moral equivalences. There are those who have made comparisons between the American kid-glove treatment (well, the gloves which Infidel soldiers are instructed to wear when handling […]