In FrontPage this morning I discuss the “self-recruited, self-trained, and self-executing” jihadists to which FBI director Robert Mueller recently referred (news links in the original): The day after seven people were arrested in Miami for trying to raise an “Islamic Army” to wage jihad by mounting terror attacks against the Sears Tower in Chicago and […]
Archives for June 2006
Arab League chief: “We’ve never hated America.”
Taqiyya in Texas. From AP: “US must check nationalists who clash with Islam: Arab league chief” HOUSTON, United States (AFP) – The United States must check the internal voices of nationalism that are promoting a “clash of civilizations” with Islam, the head of the Arab League said. “You have to stand firm against all negative […]
The benefits of G-had
The British authorities should be watching this character very closely. I doubt they are. And this kind of “music” should not be legal in Britain: we are in a war. This would be like a pro-Nazi song being recorded in London in the middle of the Blitz. The fact that only two record company executives […]
UK: Mosque watchdog will vet clerics to tackle extremism
Fox Guarding the Henhouse Alert: “Mosque watchdog will vet clerics to tackle extremism,” from GulfNews, with thanks to Sr. Soph: London: An organisation that will vet imams and tackle extremism in mosques is being launched. The independent Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board will accredit imams, monitor their teachings and ensure recruits are followers of […]
Islam’s Lethal Certitude
A mindset that Westerners have great difficulty understanding — and that misunderstanding leads to numerous miscalculations and errors of judgment. Most Western analysts cannot conceive of such an all-encompassing religious imperative, and seem to assume that Muslims in general accept their own core assumption that all people wish to live in peace, abhor war, and […]
Official: Gitmo Prisoners Waging ‘Jihad’
Well, of course they are. What did you expect them to do? From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Guantanamo Bay detainees are staging suicide attempts and hunger strikes to undermine American policy in the war on terror, a senior U.S. military official said, calling the acts a “jihad” against the United States. “The […]
Number of US visas to Saudis doubles
And no doubt without any screening to determine the applicants’ adherence to the jihad ideology. Such screening would be imperfect, but at least it would be something. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Infidel Pride: For the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the US State Department […]
Israeli planes attack 3 Gaza bridges
Just in from AP: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli planes attacked three bridges in central Gaza, the military said Wednesday, and Israeli tanks were on the move after the government approved a limited operation “” a response to a weekend Palestinian attack in which two soldiers were killed and a third captured. The Israeli […]
Syria sends forces to protect Hamas leader
1938 Alert, from YNetNews: The Syrian government has deployed security forces to protect Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and has advised him to restrict all public activities for the time being, Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip told WorldNetDaily Tuesday. Mashaal is believed to have called for the operation Sunday in which Hamas and other Palestinian […]
“˜Army of Islam” wants Islamic Palestinian state
Of course, so do Hamas and Fatah. –˜Army of Islam” wants Islamic Palestinian state: Website,” from AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: PARIS – The “Army of Islam,” which was involved in a brazen raid by Palestinian militants on an Israeli army post, vowed Tuesday to continue attacks until an Islamic state is established in […]