Because gee, Islam is really swell. And of course, I’m all for European governments learning more about Islam. In fact, I think they should devote an enormous amount of attention to learning about Islam. They just shouldn’t trust Jack Straw’s favorite authorities to tell them anything useful about it. I hereby volunteer my services to […]
Archives for March 2006
Qaradawi to Arla Foods: Good dhimmi!
Of course, Arla had nothing to do with the cartoons in the first place, and should not have been victimized. But now that they have kowtowed and apologized, Qaradawi is magnanimous in victory. “Qaradawi lifts curbs on Arla products,” from The Peninsula of Qatar, with thanks to Interested: DOHA: Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi […]
British govt moves to block probe in £60m BAE “˜luxury” fund for Saudi royal family
Don’t investigate how we bribe them! They may get angry! From the Khaleej Times, with thanks to Sr. Soph: LONDON “” The attorney-general, Lord Goldsmith, has been asked to block a criminal investigation into allegations that Britain’s biggest defence company ran a £60 million slush fund to support the extravagant lifestyle of Saudi businessmen and […]
Afghanistan: More Christians Arrested In Wake of “˜Apostasy”
It looks as if many in Afghanistan believe that the local Christians have violated their dhimma. From Compass Direct, with thanks to all who sent this in: March 22 (Compass) — An avalanche of media coverage of an Afghan man facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity has apparently sparked the arrest and deepening […]
Time Magazine Smears Afghan Christian Convert
In “Abdul Rahman’s Family Values,” Time Magazine (thanks to all who sent this in) reveals “an official police report on the Christian convert in Afghanistan” which “alleges a tawdry domestic life.” It never seems to occur to Time that anyone in Afghanistan might have any interest in blackening Abdul Rahman’s name, and they retail these […]
Virginia jihadist in Bush murder plot gets 30 years in jail
Ahmed Omar Abu Ali Update. Will he be able to conduct da’wa activities unhindered in prison? “US man in Bush murder plot gets 30 years in jail,” from Reuters, with thanks to Sr. Soph: ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. man convicted of plotting to assassinate President George W. […]
Brussels Prosecutes Aramaic Priest and Fugitive for Islamophobia
From Paul Belien at the Brussels Journal, with thanks to all who sent this in: One of the rare Belgian churches that is packed every weekend is the church of Saint Anthony of Padova in Montignies-sur-Sambre, one of the poorest suburbs of Charleroi, a derelict rust belt area to the south of Brussels. Holy Mass […]
The “Salman Rushdie of Iraqi-Kurdistan” forced to flee to Sweden
The Is-Ought Problem blog brings news of Mariwan Halabjayee, who has been forced to flee Iraqi Kurdistan in fear of his life after writing a book about how Islam oppresses women: As first reported by the Kurdish language weekly Hawlati (translation by Hiwakan) on March 27, 2006, and later reported by the Peyamner News Agency […]
Canada Suspends Aid to Hamas-Led Gov’t
Anti-dhimmitude from an unlikely place. Let’s hope other Western nations swiftly follow suit. From AP, with thanks to Shinolite: TORONTO – Canada said Wednesday it was suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority because the new Hamas-led government refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel. Hamas responded that Ottawa’s decision was hasty and unfair. It was […]
Bawer: Norway’s immigration policy claims another victim
Also at Bruce Bawer’s site today is this harrowing confirmation of everything he warns us about in While Europe Slept, which if you have not read, you should obtain and read immediately: Norway’s asylum policy claimed another victim today. This time it was somebody I knew. Stein Sjaastad (58) was a good friend of, and […]
Bruce Bawer fisks the Bandar Beacon
At his blog, Bruce Bawer, author of the stunning and essential book While Europe Slept, responds to a typically irresponsible and silly review of his book in the Washington Post, aka the Bandar Beacon. A sampling (first the review, then Bawer’s comments): The presence of imperfectly integrated communities of highly traditional Middle Eastern and North […]
Berlusconi Warns Against Multiculturalism
Anti-dhimmitude from the Italian Prime Minister. From AP, with thanks to Marisol Seibold, who comments: “There’s a fair amount that’s not being said in this article with respect to who would like to set up camp in Italy (i.e., waging jihad by migration to infidel lands), and what dangers that would entail — including the […]
Academic Apologists for Shariah: The Real Meaning of the Abdul Rahman Case
Irfan Khawaja gives some Islamic apologists and dhimmi fellow travelers a well-deserved skewering in this HNN piece (thanks to Looney Tunes). News links in the original: I suppose by now we’ve all heard of the case of Abdul Rahman, the Afghan convert to Christianity now on trial for what Afghan law regards as the capital […]
Afghan Christian Given Asylum in Italy
Abdul Rahman has arrived in Rome. Let’s hope that he will be safe there. From AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: ROME “” The Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity received asylum in Italy Wednesday, despite requests by lawmakers in Afghanistan that he be barred […]
Supreme Leader: Iran’s ideology spans N. Africa to India
Here’s a gem from our It’s-All-About-the-Wahhabis Department: from Iran Focus, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 25 — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the reach of the Islamic Republic’s ideology had spread from North Africa all the way through to Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. His […]
NYU Surrenders in Mohammed Cartoon Dispute
Not long ago I was contacted by a representative of the Ayn Rand Institute and invited to be part of a panel discussion, “Free Speech and the Danish Cartoons,” which was to be held at NYU. Unfortunately I was unable to take part, but the panel will go on. And it looks as if they […]
Saudi Arabia: Terror Attack On Oil Refinery Foiled
We will be seeing much more of this. From AKI, : Riyadh, 29 March (AKI) – Saudi security forces have thwarted a terrorist attack on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery Abqaiq, the second in two months, according to media reports. The Kuwaiti news agency KUNA and the Iraqi Radio Nawa report that police discovered two […]
Fitzgerald: What to do about the Qur’anic text
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses the significance of the fact that so much jihad violence is inspired, according to its perpetrators, by the Qur’an — and what can be done about it: When one looks around the world, one is not struck by the numbers of Muslims rushing to denounce Bin Laden, […]
Italy to grant asylum to Afghani who converted
An update on this story from AP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: ROME – Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday that Italy would be happy to give asylum to the “courageous” Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity. “I say that we are very glad to be able to […]
New U.N. Draft on Iran Softens Condemnation
Hello, uh, Mr. Ahmadinejad?…Yes, this is Kofi…Fine, fine, thank you…Yes, that’s right, alhamdulillah…Oh, Kojo is just fine as well, thank you very much…Alhamdulillah, yes…Alhamdulillah indeed…Look, Mr. Ahmadinejad, I just want to give you an update…In the Security Council we’ve managed to weaken the language condemning your nuclear program…Yes, yes, alhamdulillah, alhamdulillah…But Mahmoud — may I […]