The Azeris deny that they have destroyed the site. But everyone is just going to have to take their word for it; no one can go look for himself. To destroy the site, of course, would be in keeping with the Islamic concept of jahiliyya, pre-Islamic ignorance. This site has no value: it is not […]
Archives for May 2006
Black Tuesday on a Monday
On Tuesday, May 29, 1453, the armies of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II entered Constantinople, breaking through the defenses of a vastly outnumbered and indomitably courageous Byzantine force. Historian Steven Runciman notes what happened next: the Muslim soldiers “slew everyone that they met in the streets, men, women, and children without discrimination. The blood ran […]
British National Arrested for Assisting Hamas
How silly of Iyaz Ali. He should have known that individual British nationals and Britain-based private organizations shouldn’t aid Hamas; they should leave that up to their government. From IMRA: The Israel Security Agency (ISA) and the Israel Police, on 10.5.06, arrested Iyaz Ali, a Pakistani-born British national, born in 1970. He admitted to being […]
Gratitude
None of us in America would be here, living in safety and prosperity, were it not for the sacrifices of our troops defending our lands in conflicts dating from the time of the American Revolution and before that. For that any gratitude expressed in words would be insufficient, but I nevertheless tender it on this […]
Iraq poised to become main Iranian ally
Here is a vivid illustration of the correctness of today’s Daily Hugh. From AP, with thanks to Mackie: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – To Iran’s west lies a natural ally and perhaps its most potent weapon in the international fray over its nuclear program. While Iran and Iraq were arch enemies during the rule of Saddam […]
Fitzgerald: Captain Queeg at the Ship of State
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses George W. Bush is doing, and what he should be doing: On May 27 George W. Bush gave a half-hour speech at West Point’s Commencement. He spoke of Truman, and Truman’s acting against the “fanatic faith” of Communism. But Communism was seldom as “fanatic” a faith as […]
Dhimmi NY prof: Bible, Qur’an are violent, but ‘read between lines’
Here is yet another moral equivalence argument, the likes of which we have seen many times before, from a professor in New York State. I continue to point out the weaknesses in these arguments because the idea that Christianity and Islam are equal in their capacity to incite violence is not only false, but it […]
Ready for the soccer jihad?
The images comes from Internet Haganah (thanks to Sr. Soph). It appears that this is some kind of World Cup soccer ball, with the flags of the various participating nations — including Saudi Arabia. So what? Well, as you can see, the Saudi flag prominently features the Shahada, the Islamic profession of faith: “There is […]
Bernard Lewis backs Bush: Suicide terror a perversion of Islam
“Lewis backs Bush: Suicide terror a perversion of Islam,” from the World Tribune, with thanks to Mathew: Princeton historian Bernard Lewis, a foremost authority on Islam and the West, said recently that the Bush administration needs to better identify its global campaign against terrorism. “I feel that while we are indeed engaged in a war […]
“The verse says lay in ambush for them, besiege them and kill them when you find them, to me that’s just clear, kill them”
This story contains much of the information that I posted here: these plotters were planning jihad attacks against a British nightclub and other targets. But this story adds some important new details — particularly about how these plotters, like Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, believed that what they were doing was in accord with the Qur’an, and […]
“When I asked how he could do this to me, he said that he believed in only two things – Islam and the rule of the clerics”
Horror upon horror. “Dissident tells of assaults and threats against children during 66 days in jail run by Iran’s clerical regime,” from the Telegraph, with thanks to Schoolraider: A leading Iranian pro-democracy and women’s activist, who was jailed on trumped-up charges last year, has revealed how the clerical regime cynically deploys systemic sexual violence against […]
Ali Sina’s book, Understanding Islam and the Muslim Mind
The courageous and insightful Ali Sina has written a book, and he needs people to show interest in buying it in order to encourage his publisher. Please take a look here and support Ali by signing up. And here are some of the endorsements the book has received (there are more here): The book is […]
UK Muslim protests new anti-terror laws: would limit “speaking about jihad”
As Charles Johnson says, “Uh. I think that’s supposed to be the idea.” And if it isn’t, it should be: there should be clear legislation that specifies that teaching jihad — which traditionally and primarily has meant warfare against unbelievers in order to establish the hegemony of the Islamic social order — is unacceptable. “Muslims […]
MI5 at full stretch as 20 jihad terror plots revealed
The Tiny Minority of Extremists has been Extremely busy in Britain. Yet no one seems to get the bright idea to start checking for jihadist sentiments among those wishing to enter the country. “MI5 at full stretch as 20 Islamist terror plots revealed,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to DP: TWENTY “major conspiracies” by Islamist […]
Israeli retaliates to attacks, bombs bases in Lebanon
1938 Alert: “Israel bombs bases in Lebanon,” from Reuters, with thanks to JE: Military officials say Israeli jets have fired missiles at two Palestinian militant bases in Lebanon. The attack has come hours after rockets fired into northern Israel wounded an Israeli soldier. Witnesses say they have seen columns of black smoke rising from a […]
Imposition of Shariah on non-Muslims proposed in Aceh
Islamic Tolerance Alert from Ekklesia, with thanks to Mathew: A bill proposed by lawmakers in the Indonesian province of Aceh would impose Shariah law on all non-Muslims, the armed forces and law enforcement officers, a local police official has announced. The news comes two months after the Deutsche Presse-Agentur warned of “Taliban-style Islamic police terrorizing […]
Esmay speaks
Garbo talks! Dean Esmay has finally responded to my post here. His reply, as I might have expected, is nasty, mean-spirited, and full of ad hominem attacks and misrepresentations of my work and views. Here is the substance: Still, let’s try to get to the meat of this: Spencer’s ultimate argument is based on a […]
Fitzgerald: Dismay and fury
Jihad Watch Board Vice President Hugh Fitzgerald discusses official Washington’s continuing misapprehension and dhimmitude: The army is full of officers and men who, even if they once were sturdily willing to do what they saw as their duty, after their second or third tour in Iraq have come away, despite their best efforts at times […]
Florida: Muslim gets 5 years for aiding Hizballah
Jihad In America Alert: “Lebanese man gets 5-year sentence for helping Hezbollah,” from AP, with thanks to Joe: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal judge sentenced a Lebanese man to the maximum five years in prison for conspiring to help the group Hezbollah, turning aside his plea for mercy “if not for me, then for my […]
Ahmadinejad threatens Europe
1938 Alert from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to LGF, where the first commenter aptly summed it up: “Let us nuke you, or we’ll nuke you.” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Europe that it should support his country’s nuclear program or “suffer the consequences.” In an interview to be published in the German Der Spiegel […]