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
Fjordman: Superman, Harry Potter and the War Against Jihad
A new essay from the ever-insightful Fjordman: I have commented that there is an undercurrent of anti-Western self-loathing permeating parts of our popular culture and our news media. There is. But there are also some other trends worth studying. I watched the movie Superman Returns recently. I knew it had received some criticism in advance. […]
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 […]
D. C. Watson’s book now available!
D. C. Watson, many of whose columns have appeared here at Jihad Watch, has written a book: Truth Is Not Bigotry (Sometimes It Just Hurts). It is only $7.97; the download is $2.50, and is available here. D. C. Watson is an example that I hope thousands will emulate: an American citizen, moved to action […]
UK: Schools told it’s no longer necessary to teach right from wrong
Or anything about Britain’s cultural heritage — which will help ensure that that cultural heritage will soon disappear under the black flag of Islam. From the TimesOnline, with thanks to Teri: SCHOOLS would no longer be required to teach children the difference between right and wrong under plans to revise the core aims of the […]
Indonesian Islamic group mulls ban on TV gossip shows
I don’t much like gossip shows, but I believe that the error that Western conservatives fall into is thinking that when Muslim groups make such moves, they are demonstrating the basis for an alliance. In fact, this endeavor stems from the same Sharia impulse that would subjugate non-Muslims as dhimmis. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate […]
Iran forces urged to prepare to hit Israel
August 1939 Alert from Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in: TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s hardline forces should get ready to take revenge on Israel and the United States for the offensive on Lebanon, the head of the Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday. “The Basij and Revolutionary Guards should prepare […]
Muslim Scotland Yard officer may have attended Al-Qaeda camp
More fruits of the British dhimmis’ refusal to confront the jihad ideology, which prevents their screening for it properly among Muslim applicants for sensitive positions. “Yard quizzes three Muslim officers in hunt for terrorist sleepers,” from the TimesOnline, with thanks to Twostellas: SCOTLAND YARD has placed one of its Muslim officers on restricted duties while […]
Nigerian Muslims threaten to kill Jews
Tiny Minority of Extremists Alert: “Nigerian Muslims Continue Protests: Anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment is high,” from OhMyNews, with thanks to Twostellas: For the second time in less than a fortnight, millions of Nigerian Muslims took to the streets across the country on Friday to protest Israeli attacks on the Lebanese faction Hezbollah. Under the overall […]
American Muslim leader on Seattle jihadist: “Can this all simply be dismissed as the actions of a lone crazed gunman?”
In “Islamofascist Rage in Seattle” in the Arizona Republic (thanks to Thomas Haidon), M. Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy says what the entire mainstream media should be saying to the American Muslim advocacy groups: On Friday the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle was viciously attacked by the terror of madman Naveed […]
Mosque on Wheels Takes Islam to the German Streets
This group is performing da’wa, that is, the preaching of Islam, which is the precursor to jihad. No doubt they will not tell the German dhimmis anything about dhimmitude, or about the jihad itself, except comfortable half-truths and distortions. From Deutsche Welle, with thanks to Fjordman: This summer, a group of Muslims is touring Germany […]
40% of Indonesians would wage war for Islam
Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Survey reveals Muslim views on violence,” from The Jakarta Post, with thanks to all who sent this in: Up to 1.3 percent of Indonesian Muslims nationwide admit using violence against people or objects they consider contradictory to their beliefs, a survey found, with more than 40 percent ready to wage […]