As expected, the jizya from Eurabia will continue. From Reuters, with thanks to JE: The European Union will release substantial aid to the Palestinians to stave off a looming financial crisis despite the appointment of a leader of the Islamist militant group Hamas as prime minister. EU foreign ministers are gathering for talks on how […]
Archives for February 2006
Iranians Hurl Firebombs at British Embassy
1938 Alert from AP, : Several hundred hard-line students threw stones and firebombs at the British Embassy in Tehran on Sunday, blaming Britain and the United States for the bombing of a Shiite shrine in Iraq. A few windows were broken in the embassy, and firebombs went off outside its walls during the two-hour protest, […]
Hamas moves to keep the money flowing
From our Bridge For Sale Department: Hamas, after insisting that it would not change or moderate one bit, is now suddenly, and for the first time in its history, singing a different tune. I would suggest that taking them at their word might be foolhardy at best, but I expect Western pols will be falling […]
Australian pol: Fighting terrorism is not a fight against Islam
This business about the war on terror not being a fight against Islam is repeated endlessly, but rarely examined closely. Of course, Downer and all the others who say this mean that the war on terror can and should be pursued without impinging on Muslim belief and practice, and that Muslims themselves should join it. […]
25,000 participate in Pakistan cartoon protest
Tiny Minority of Extremists and Cartoon Rage Updates from AP : KARACHI, Pakistan – About 25,000 people rallied in Karachi against Prophet Muhammad cartoons Sunday while authorities rounded up scores of Islamic hardliners to stop them from demonstrating in another Pakistani city. Pakistan banned anti-cartoon rallies in Lahore after several demonstrations turned deadly, but protests […]
Abqaiq Suicide Bombers Hail from Leading Saudi Families
Another sign of how deeply jihad sentiments are embedded within Saudi society. From SIA News : (Washington DC, February 25, 2006)… In a sign of weakening loyalties to the ruling tribe of Al-Saud, two Saudi suicide bombers who attacked the Abqaiq gas plant Friday, hail from two leading Saudi Najdi families with numerous members occupying […]
Muslim Preacher on Temple Mount: Restore Worldwide Islamic Rule
Of course, this is what many others in other parts of the world have been saying openly for years. From Israel National News, : Sheikh Ismail Nawahda, preaching to Moslem masses on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday, has brought it out into the open: the call to restore the Moslem Khalifate, or, “Genuine […]
Focusing on ideology, not the means by which it is advanced
This past week I have, more or less back to back, spoken at two conferences: the Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference in The Hague, and the Center for the Study of Popular Culture’s Restoration Weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. I hope to be writing a bit here about both as soon as time permits, but briefly: in […]
Bush hopes for ‘moderate’ Hamas
As for me, I’m hoping that strawberries will sprout through the snow on the pine tree out back. From The Australian, with thanks to JE: US President George W. Bush suggested overnight that being in government might have “a moderating influence” on the radical group Hamas in the wake of its victory in Palestinian legislative […]
Larry Kudlow cries “Islamophobia”
Writing about the Dubai ports fiasco, Larry Kudlow (thanks to Doc Washburn) endorses the politically motivated, trumped-up concept of “Islamophobia,” and repeats the mantra that the jihadists represent a Tiny Minority of Extremists. Unfortunately, he offers no means by which we can with certainty and permanence distinguish that Tiny Minority from the Vast Majority of […]
Christians under cover
Islamic Tolerance Alert from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to JS: Palestinian educator Dr. Maria Khoury geared up for the winter chill with what was at the time a meaningless purchase: a black silk scarf with silver stripes to drape around her neck. But now, on her daily excursions from the West Bank’s Taiba to […]
Fitzgerald: Independence for a Muslim Kosovo?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the prospect of an independent Kosovo, now being bandied about: Independence for a Muslim Kosovo? No. Without commenting in detail on the history of the Serbs in Kosovo, one can simply offer the following: Ibrahim Rugova, recently deceased, was always presented as a “moderate” Albanian in Kosovo. […]
Former Lackawanna man on FBI list of top terror suspects
Lackawanna, NY jihadist escapes from jail in Yemen. From Newsday, : BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former Lackawanna resident has been placed on the FBI’s list of 26 “most wanted” terrorist suspects. Jaber A. Elbaneh, 39, is accused of training with the “Lackawanna Six” in 2001. He was among a group of 23 suspected terrorists who […]
Fitzgerald: The Shi’a, the Sunnis, and Bush
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the Shi’a and their role in American policymaking toward the Middle East: The only surprise — and this is only a surprise to those who have not been paying attention — about the attempted attack in Saudi Arabia is that it is being claimed by, and promptly […]
Ohio: Documents from Muslim charity seized during terror arrests
Toledo Jihad Update. “Documents from Muslim charity seized during terror arrests,” from AP, : TOLEDO, Ohio — Documents seized by federal agents suggest that two of three Muslim men accused of plotting to kill American and allied soldiers may have ties to a Muslim charity suspected of funneling money to the militant organization Hamas. Federal […]
Lebanon refuses to extradite Hezbollah suspects to the US
Yet more evidence of the involvement of state agents in the jihad. From DPA, : BEIRUT – Lebanon has refused to extradite to the United States four suspected Shia Hezbollah members believed to have carried out attacks against Americans in Beirut during the 1980s, judicial sources said on Saturday. They said Lebanese authorities refused to […]
Lebanon admits it approved weapons transfer to Hezbollah
More evidence of the involvement of state agents in the jihad. From Haaretz, : The Lebanese government publicly admitted recently, for the first time, that it had permitted the delivery of a convoy of arms from Syria to Hezbollah. The United Nations responded by issuing a condemnation. According to Lebanese sources, Lebanese soldiers halted a […]
Al-Qaeda claims to have infiltrated UAE government
Well, sure, ok, Al-Qaeda has infiltrated their government, but not to worry: Americans will still be in charge of port security. And I expect they’ll be quite busy once our friends and allies from Dubai take over port operations. “Qaeda Claim: We ‘Infiltrated’ UAE Gov’t,” from the New York Post, : February 25, 2006 — […]
Germany: Anti-Semitic Turkish film cheered with cries of ‘Allah is great’
Eurabia Update: “Anti-Semitic film cheered with cries of ‘Allah is great’: German authorities worried by audience reaction of Turkish movie goers to ‘Valley of the Wolves,’” from WND, : The raucous reception by some members of Germany’s 2.5 million-strong Turkish community to “Valley of the Wolves,” a movie depicting crazed U.S. troops in Iraq massacring […]
Dubai will not drop its bid to buy port company
No, it isn’t that Michael Moore. Notice also the heading at the top of the page: “Business Telegraph, in association with Emirates.” Emirati corporations are popping up in the most interesting places, aren’t they? “Dubai ‘will not drop’ £3.9bn bid for P&O,” from the Telegraph (in association with Emirates), with thanks to Sr. Soph: Dubai […]