Well, now everything’s going to be all right, I suppose. We’re all dhimmis now. That is, unless they conclude that the statement was indeed ambiguous. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: COPENHAGEN, Denmark – A Danish Muslim group Tuesday accepted an apology from a newspaper that published offensive cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad […]
Archives for January 2006
Bush to Say ‘America Addicted to Oil’
For years now I have been calling for a Manhattan Project to find new energy sources. Maybe we are getting close. From AP: WASHINGTON – President Bush, pushing to take charge of the election-year agenda, said Tuesday that “America is addicted to oil” and must break its dependence on foreign suppliers in unstable parts of […]
Fatwa against Danish troops
Cartoon rage reaches the troops in Iraq. From AFP, with thanks to Twostellas: A FATWA appears to have been issued against Danish soldiers stationed in Iraq, the Danish defence ministry said today. “I can confirm that we’ve heard about the fatwa from a reliable source in Iraq … so we believe it’s true,” Defence Minister […]
U.N. Says Iran Holds Illicit Nuke Document
So much for all that talk about how they just wanted nuclear power for peaceful purposes. If anyone believed it at all in the first place. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: VIENNA, Austria – A document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an […]
Gazans burn Danish flags, demand cartoon apology
I think we should give them just that: a cartoon apology. Send Bugs Bunny to munch his carrot and say, “Ehhhh…sorry about that, doc.” Seriously, the entire free world, and everyone who values freedom of speech, should be standing with Denmark now. Cartoon Rage Update from Reuters, with thanks to Kemaste: GAZA (Reuters) – Thousands […]
Spencer: Brandeis Appoints a Jihadist
Here is my take on Khalil Shikaki’s Brandeis appointment, from FrontPage this morning. News links in the original: Providing new evidence of the academic Left’s hardened anti-Americanism and sympathy for jihad terror, Khalil Shikaki has been appointed a senior fellow at Brandeis University”s Crown Center for Middle East Studies. Shikaki’s involvement with Middle Eastern politics […]
Iran Strikes Back at Big Five Decision
The end of diplomacy? The endless posturing never ceases to take my breath away. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: TEHRAN, Iran – Iran struck back Tuesday at the Big Five’s decision to refer the country’s nuclear file to the Security Council, saying the move has no legal justification and would be the […]
Fitzgerald: Whence Ayman Al-Zawahiri?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald reveals some important and little noted information about Ayman Al-Zawahiri: Al-Zawahiri does not come from the lower depths, and neither “poverty” nor any of those other off-the-shelf pseudo-explanations will do. He comes from the highest stratum of Egyptian Arab society. He was trained as a surgeon. He comes […]
Jewish group backs talks with Hamas
Israel Suicide Watch Alert from JTA, with thanks to Teri: A Jewish group called for talks with a new, Hamas-led Palestinian government. In a statement, Jewish Voice for Peace called the rise of Hamas a “matter of great concern to every Jewish group,” but said negotiations are the “only way”out of the current conflict. “It […]
Security Council to Review Iran Nuke Case
This will fix the problem right up. From AP: The United States and other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council agreed Tuesday that Iran should be hauled before that powerful body over its disputed nuclear program. China and Russia, longtime allies and trading partners of Iran, signed on to a statement that calls on […]
Cartoon rage grows worldwide; two Arla Foods employees beaten in Saudi Arabia
Cartoon Rage Update. I must confess, I am amazed that this story never seems to die. Perhaps these twelve cartoons will end up being the Gavrilo Princip of 2006. “Protests Over Muhammad Cartoon Grow,” from AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BEIRUT, Lebanon – The controversy over Danish caricatures of Prophet Muhammad escalated Monday […]
Al-Zawahiri: Bush the ‘butcher of Washington’
Zawahiri pops up again, making, among other things, another appeal to the appeasement-minded Left. From CNN: “The American airplanes, in collaboration with their agent of the Jews and the Crusaders, Musharraf, launched an airstrike on Damadola near Peshawar around the Eid al-Adha holiday, during which 18 Muslims — men, women and children — died in […]
Danish newspaper caves to Muslim intimidation
Goodbye, freedom of speech in Denmark. Jyllands-Posten editor Carsten Juste’s letter of apology, “Honourable Citizens of The Muslim World,” can be found here. (Thanks to Diana West.)
EU caves to Hamas, will maintain dhimmi jizya payments
Eurabia Update: “EU ‘to keep funding Palestinians,’” from the BBC, with thanks to Kasia: The European Union says it will continue funding the Palestinian Authority so long as its new government is committed to peace with Israel. When did Hamas ever say it was committed to peace with Israel? EU ministers renewed their call for […]
Fitzgerald: More about ending the jizya
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald again discusses the urgent necessity of ending jizya payments to the Palestinians and others: The largest transfer of wealth in human history is that from the oil-consuming nations to the oil-and-gas producing nations — the Arab and Muslim nations which are almost the entire membership of OPEC. Since […]
Prof at Naval Postgraduate School: Let’s take Osama’s truce offer
From our inexhaustible Clueless Department: “Why not test bin Laden’s ‘truce’ offer?” by Douglas A. Borer, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and the author of “Superpowers Defeated: Vietnam and Afghanistan Compared.” From the Christian Science Monitor, with thanks to David: MONTEREY, CALIF. — One of the hardest decisions a […]
Clinton warns of rising anti-Islamic feeling
Bill Clinton, former President and future First Husband, condemns freedom of speech. From AFP, with thanks to MB: Former US president Bill Clinton warned of rising anti-Islamic prejudice, comparing it to historic anti-Semitism as he condemned the publishing of cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. “So now what are we going to do? […]
Gaza EU offices raided by gunmen…enflamed by cartoon rage
Cartoon rage in Gaza. “Gaza EU offices raided by gunmen,” from the BBC, with thanks to libbysmom: Masked gunmen in Gaza have briefly stormed the local office of the EU. They demanded an apology from Denmark and Norway over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have offended Muslims. One of the gunmen […]
Hamas to EU: Keep the jizya coming
They’ll use it for peaceful purposes. Really, they will. Trust them. Ten to one the EU falls for this. “EU calls on Hamas to clarify political intentions,” from AP, with thanks to Kasia: EU foreign ministers on Monday called on the Hamas to clarify its political intentions in an eventual Palestinian government, urging it to […]
Christian nations call for boycott of Rolling Stone magazine, recall ambassadors, appeal to UN
Over the Passion of Kanye West photo on the latest issue. Just kidding.