One says it comes from a failure on the part of clerics: in other words, Islam is peaceful and tolerant, but is, as always, beset by misunderstanders. Another denies that there is any intolerance at all: in other words, Islam is peaceful and tolerant, but is, as always, beset by Islamophobes. Nobody seems to have […]
Archives for January 2006
Iran warns US, Britain of missile response if attacked
1938 Update from AP, : TEHERAN – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief warned the United States and Britain on Saturday that Iran would retaliate with missiles if attacked, state-run television reported…. “The world knows Iran has a ballistic missile power with a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,300 miles),” Safavi said on state-run television. Israel is within […]
Hamas leader Hania: Weapons should be turned only against Israel
…as the Palestinian Authority edges closer to civil war. “Ramallah: Fatah gunmen fire weapons in PA Parliament,” from the Jerusalem Post, : Thousands of angry Fatah activists, led by masked gunmen firing wildly in the air, marched in the West Bank on Saturday, demanding the resignation of party leaders following Fatah’s defeat by Hamas in […]
UN nuke chief to US: Give Iran the rope with which they will hang you
“U.N. nuclear chief calls on U.S. to provide Iran with reactors, Tehran to stop enrichment,” from AP, with thank to Gabrielle Goldwater: U.N. nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday called on the United States to provide Iran with nuclear reactors, and urged Tehran to declare a moratorium on enriching uranium for at least eight years. […]
Australia: Kid gloves syndrome
No one yet charged in the Cronulla riots. Why not? Could it be because too many Australian politicians need the Muslim vote? From The Australian, with thanks to Rosie: UNTIL just over a week ago, not one alleged revenge attacker in the wake of last month’s race riot in southern Sydney had been charged, despite […]
Danish business community: please play the dhimmi
Freedom of speech? Pah. We’re losing money here. “Danish Trade Group Challenges Newspaper,” from AP, with thanks to Kasia: COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Denmark’s main industry organization, fearing a loss of business in the Muslim world, sought to distance itself Friday from a newspaper that published contentious drawings of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The Confederation of […]
8 People Killed in Kashmir Gunfight
Kashmir jihad update from AP, : At least eight people were killed in a gunfight between Indian security forces and Kashmir rebels on Saturday, an army official said…. More than a dozen Islamic rebel groups have been fighting security forces in India’s portion of Kashmir for the region’s independence, or its merger with mostly Muslim […]
Hamas: Separate classes for girls and boys
Sharia: it’s the will of the people. Ain’t democracy grand? From the Globe and Mail, with thanks to Penkill: The incoming Hamas government will move quickly to make Islamic sharia “a source” of law in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and will overhaul the Palestinian education system to separate boys and girls and introduce […]
Cartoon rage jihad-martyrdom bombings threatened in Denmark
From our Proportionate Reponse Department comes this item posted by Dr. Rusty Shackleford at the Jawa Report: the threat of a jihad-martyrdom attack in Denmark, “Warnings of Impending Suicide Attack in Denmark.” Why? You guessed it: those cartoons. The Glory Brigades in Northern Europe are now threatening suicide attacks in Denmark. The originals can be […]
Hamas, Fatah battle over election results
Yes, of course they will lay down their arms when called upon to do so by the international community. From Reuters: GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas and Fatah gunmen exchanged fire on Friday in political turmoil as the long-dominant Fatah faction was threatened with a violent backlash from within after its crushing election defeat by the […]
Cartoon rage reaches Iraq
Cartoon rage reaches the home of the Fallujah atrocities, Saddam’s file cabinet prison, etc. “Iraqis protest against anti-Islamic Danish cartoons,” from AFP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: BAGHDAD (AFP) – With fiery sermons and raucous demonstrations, Iraqis called for an investigation into Danish and Norwegian publications carrying cartoons deemed offensive to the Prophet Mohammed…. […]
Uncyclopedia entry on Robert Spencer
Here’s one for Friday afternoon if you are at your desk but not feeling all that productive. Jihad Watch News Editor Anne Crockett, who has kindly been fighting the agenda-driven half-truths and outright falsehoods that have dominated my biography at Wikipedia, has alerted me to yet another biography at Uncyclopedia. It’s modeled after Wikipedia, but […]
Spencer on radio today
I’ll be talking about the Palestinian election today with: “¢ Michael Graham on WTKK (listen online) at 4PM EST; and “¢ Lars Larsen at 6:30PM EST.
Fitzgerald: Civilizational slumming
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the phenomenon of women and Westerners in general converting to Islam: There is something not neutral, not innocent, something disturbing, about the Western women who choose to live in Muslim countries for a short or long period, and when they do, and find it neceesary (or sometimes […]
Man jailed for plot to kill Iraq war hero
Another British-born jihadist. From The Guardian, with thanks to D. C. Watson: A market stall holder who plotted to “hunt down” and kill a decorated British soldier was jailed for six years today. British-born Abu Mansha, 21, obtained an address for Corporal Mark Byles after reading coverage in the Sun newspaper of how he led […]
Spencer: “We Have No Peace Process”
Here, from FrontPage, is my assessment of the Palestinian Authority election results. Many news links in the original: The denial started almost immediately after Hamas captured 57 percent of the seats in the Palestinian parliament. Associated Press reported that “Hamas capitalized on widespread discontent with years of Fatah corruption and ineffectiveness. Much of its campaign […]
Saudi ambassador to Denmark recalled
Cartoon rage continues to roil, making it increasingly clear that this is a challenge over nothing less than whether free societies will remain free. From AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: Riyadh “” Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Denmark on Thursday to protest against a published series of caricatures of the […]
Palestinian Christian: “We are all afraid”
And with good reason, since a Hamas official is on record saying that the organization intends to reinstitute the jizya for dhimmi Christians unfortunate enough to live within its domains. “Liberal Palestinians fear Hamas win,” from the Globe and Mail: RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — Jasser Jasser watches quietly as the parade of green flows by […]
Hamas rules out talks with Israel
“Hamas rules out talks with Israel,” from the Jerusalem Post: In response to the victory, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared during a security cabinet meeting Thursday night that any Palestinian Authority government that included Hamas would not be a partner for Israel. The Prime Minister’s Office issued a statement after the cabinet meeting that […]
Hamas: We”ll complete liberation of other parts of Palestine
Well, this will make it harder for the learned pundits to keep insisting that this was a vote against corruption and not a vote for the destruction of Israel. But they’ll find a way, I’m sure. From AP, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the Islamic group will “complete the liberation […]