It’s buried at the end of this report, “Church to Open a Rights Center,” from The Moscow Times, with thanks to Daryl: Also, Kirill criticized a recent U.S. State Department report that criticized religious tolerance in Russia while praising Afghanistan for its religious freedom. I hereby nominate Abdul Rahman to man State’s Afghanistan desk.
Archives for March 2006
Hamas defends bombing that killed 4 Israelis
Hamas defends the attack, Abbas opposes it — although a Fatah group, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, has claimed credit for it. What an elaborate charade: Abbas says he can overrule the group, but what does that mean? Stop them from carrying out suicide bombings? He couldn’t do that before Hamas was in power. What makes […]
CAIR Libel Suit Against Anti-CAIR”s Andrew Whitehead Dismissed
More detail on this major victory for the good guys from Anti-CAIR: A $1.35 million libel suit filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) against Andrew Whitehead of Anti-CAIR (ACAIR), who called CAIR a “terrorist front organization,” that was “founded by Hamas supporters,” and was working to “make radical Islam the dominant religion in […]
Four killed in suicide bombing attack at West Bank settlement
So now Hamas is in power and Fatah is taking care of the suicide bombing. From Haaretz, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: At least four people were killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber exploded after nightfall Thursday at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, located west of Nablus. Initial reports indicate […]
Euro-Med Assembly condemns Danish cartoons
Eurabia Alert from the EU Observer, with thanks to Fjordman, who remarks: “Those who still think Eurabia is ‘just a conspiracy theory’ should read the news more closely. Notice how they only refer to the Arab world as ‘the Mediterranean.’” EUOBSERVER/ BRUSSELS- MEPs and national MPs from the EU and Mediterranean countries have approved a […]
Bruno: Will the Internet Slay Islam?
Another provocative essay from Wolfgang Bruno (news links in the original): A remarkable testimony to the power of the modern mass media revolution was noted in the complaints of an Egyptian cleric in 2005: Leading Egypt Cleric Wants Fewer Frivolous Edicts The chief Muslim cleric in Egypt wants tighter controls on who may issue religious […]
Creating the Online Infidel Library
An anti-dhimmitude initiative from the European author Wolfgang Bruno (news links in the original): Fatima Houda-Pepin, raised a Muslim and active in the struggle against the use of sharia in Canada, warns that the public should make an effort to get to know those in the Muslim community who are lobbying for application of Shari’a: […]
FBI stopped Hezbollah smugglers
Good thing we’re easing up on those border controls, eh? From JTA, with thanks to Olivia: The FBI broke up a ring that tried to smuggle Hezbollah operatives into the United States. In testimony Tuesday to Congress on the FBI”s budget request, director Robert Mueller said most recent reports on terrorist smuggling do not pan […]
Rumsfeld: “The strategy must do a great deal more to reduce the lure of the extremist ideology by standing with those moderate Muslims advocating peaceful change, freedom and tolerance”
Sure, Rummy, count me in. Now where exactly do I find those moderate Muslims who are advocating peaceful change, freedom and tolerance? Ibrahim Hooper? Well, no, as it seems that CAIR no longer contests the assertion that it is an “organization founded by Hamas supporters which seeks to overthrow Constitutional government in the United States […]
Western Standard sued for publishing cartoons
An update on the victimization of the courageous Ezra Levant, one of the few Canadian media figures to stand up for free speech. From the Western Standard blog (with thanks to all who sent this in): Earlier this month, the Western Standard was sued in human rights court for publishing the Danish cartoons. It’s been […]