Lashkar-e-Toiba — “the Army of the Pure” — continues to operate with impunity and to prepare to strike high-value targets. From AP: NEW DELHI – India’s defense minister on Monday repeated a warning that Islamic militants based in Pakistan were targeting Indian nuclear, military and religious sites, a news agency reported. Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee […]
Archives for July 2006
Denver imam refuses to affirm loyalty to U.S. when asked
Note how he uses indignation to try to divert the questioner. From “Torkelson: Mosque adapting to its diversity,” in the Rocky Mountain News, with thanks to Twostellas: A local landscaper, a Denver-born consultant, and a kid from Kansas – if you hung around Denver’s largest mosque at 2071 S. Parker Road, it’s likely you’d bump […]
Michigan man charged with lying about Ohio terrorism suspect
A War-Is-Deceit Update from AP, : DETROIT (AP) A Michigan man has been charged with lying to officials investigating what the U.S. government says was a plot to recruit and train terrorists to attack U.S. and allied troops overseas. Jihad Hekmat Dahabi, 47, of Dearborn was charged Thursday in U.S. District Court with making “false, […]
Iran plays stabilising role in Middle East – France
Vichy lives! From Reuters (link and quip thanks to Paul): BEIRUT, July 31 (Reuters) – Iran is a significant, respected player in the Middle East which is playing a stabilising role, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Monday. “It was clear that we could never accept a destabilisation of Lebanon, which could lead to […]
Attacks ‘part of Tehran’s nuke agenda’
Geoff Elliott in The Australian, with thanks to JE, examines the larger agenda behind recent headlines: FIRST the Hezbollah attacks on Israel, now this. Yesterday, Hezbollah’s key sponsors, Tehran, indicated it would not comply with any UN resolutions trying to suspend Iran’s nuclear program. “Iranians will not accept unfair decisions, even in the framework of […]
India has evidence of Pakistan’s role in terror: NSA
A Stop-the-Presses Alert from the Indo Asian News Service, with thanks to DFS: New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Ahead of the SAARC foreign ministers’ meeting next week in Dhaka, India has said it has evidence of Pakistan’s role in cross-border terrorism. In an interview with CNN-IBN TV channel, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan said Pakistan-based […]
Sydney synagogue attacked
Expect to see much more of this around the world. From AP, with thanks to Romy: An attack on a Sydney synagogue may have been fueled by anger over the Middle East conflict and the spiraling civilian death toll in Lebanon, a rabbi said Monday…. Concrete blocks smashed the windows of two cars, and other […]
Malaysia’s highest Islamic authority issues fatwa against…Botox
Against Botox. Not, mind you, against Osama bin Laden. Not against the targeting of civilians by jihadists. Not against terrorism in the name of Islam, or suicide bombing, or honor killing. Against Botox. “Malaysia: Botox Fatwa,” from AFP, with thanks to Twostellas: Malaysia’s highest Islamic authority, the National Fatwa Council, has decided that Botox injections […]
Tensions rising in Bulgaria
Over the presence and assertiveness of Muslims in the country. Note the intimidation tactics of the Muslim side. “Bulgarian Fined for Disrupting Anti-Mosque Sign-up,” from Novinite, with thanks to Twostellas: A Bulgarian man has been fined for hooliganism because he disrupted a nationalist sign-up against the loudspeakers placed on the mosque in the Danube city […]
Aussies fear Muslim way
Silly Aussie dhimmis. They’re manifesting their ignorance of Islam again. I’m confident that the Australian Muslim leaders will be only too happy to explain it all to them, and calm their fears. From the Herald Sun, with thanks to JE: The poll of 502 people discovered: ONE in three people are more fearful of Muslims […]