Multiple suicide car bombings were to occur inside the Green Zone, hence today’s lockdown of Baghdad. From AP: BAGHDAD, Iraq – A bodyguard detained at the home of a leading Sunni Arab politician is suspected of being a member of Al Qaeda in Iraq, thought to be involved in planning a major suicide car bombing […]
Archives for September 2006
Fjordman: The Eurabia Code, Part I
Here is the first of a multi-part series from the great European essayist Fjordman, in which he tests whether he can find any evidence of whether the thesis Bat Ye’or put forward in her book “Eurabia” is accurate. I decided to write this essay after a comment from a journalist, not a Leftist by my […]
Iran: Police arrest martyred Christian’s daughter
Islamic Tolerance Alert from Iran, via Compass Direct: September 29 (Compass Direct News) — Iranian secret police arrested a Christian couple in the northeastern city of Mashhad three days ago, forcing them to leave behind their 6-year-old daughter and holding them incommunicado ever since. Plainclothes policemen who declined to identify themselves demanded entrance into the […]
Salim Mansur: “I’m sorry…for the terrible crimes committed by Muslims”
An extraordinary column in the Toronto Sun (thanks to Nooze): In a recent column, Michael Coren, my colleague here at the Sun, demanded Muslims apologize for wrongs too numerous to list. Coren is right. I, as a Muslim, apologize without equivocation or reservation for the terrible crimes — small and big — committed by Muslims […]
Jihad seen in upward trend in Morocco
Data emerging in Morocco puts another dent in the frequently encountered notion of poverty as the principal catalyst for turning seemingly “normal” people into jihadists. From AP: “Extremist Islam may be rising in Morocco” RABAT, Morocco – Little would seem to connect a soldier, a shopkeeper, airline pilots’ wives and a woman known for helping […]
Islamic rebels warn India against executing militant
More jihadists claiming the carrying out of sentences for serious crimes as a pretext for committing more crimes. From AFP: SRINAGAR, India – Islamic rebels warned on Friday of “dire consequences” if India executes a Kashmiri Muslim convicted over a 2001 attack on parliament, amid a paralysing protest strike in Indian Kashmir’s main city and […]
Teacher forced into hiding after writing article describing Qur’an as “book of extraordinary violence”
Say we’re peaceful, or we’ll kill you. Robert Redeker Update: “Teacher forced into hiding after attacking Islam,” from the TimesOnline, : A philosophy teacher today described how he was forced into hiding after a newspaper article in which he attacked Islam provoked death threats against himself and his family. Robert Redeker, 52, from Toulouse in […]
Pakistan’s intelligence agency backs Al-Qaeda: British report
Friend and Ally Update: “ISI backs al-Qaeda: British report,” from Associated Press, with thanks to F.: London, September 28: A leaked British document accuses Pakistan’s intelligence agency of indirectly supporting terrorist groups including al-Qaeda, and it calls on Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to disband the agency. Musharraf, who is scheduled to meet British Prime […]
Al-Qaida urges ‘month of jihad’
Ramadan mubarak! Abu Hamza al-Muhajir adds to the love note just received from Al-Zawahiri. More on this tape from China Daily: Al-Qaida’s leader in Iraq called for the kidnapping of Westerners to swap for a Muslim cleric jailed in the United States, according to an Internet audio tape issued yesterday. “I call on every holy […]
Norwegian blogger: political correctness is more important than life itself
Bjørn Stærk is one of the most famous bloggers in Norway. He has also come out in favor of suicide rather than political incorrectness. A Will The Last Free Person Leaving Europe Turn Out The Lights Update from Stærk’s weblog (thanks to Fjordman): Brave is sitting down calmly on a plane behind a row of […]