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 […]
Somali jihadists close down radio station for reporting on protests
Sharia Alert and Somali Jihad Update from News.com.au: “Somali Islamists close down media” ISLAMIST gunmen who captured the Somali port of Kismayo have forcibly closed a private media network there which they accuse of distorting news about protests against the takeover, journalists said today. Islamist fighters on battle-wagons turned up at HornAfrik Radio’s Kismayo offices […]
A prescription from the Good Doctor Al-Zawahiri
In a new video from the boys at Al-Qaedawood, ol’ Doc Zawahiri, like his boy Adam Gadahn, prescribes conversion to Islam as the cure for what ails ya — or else, of course. Sounds as if the Good Doctor has been reading off Howard Dean’s teleprompter. “A Video Speech from Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri: Bush, the […]
Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops
This is, of course, a consequence of the failure to consider the nature and implications of the jihad ideology and the Sharia imperative. Democracy On The March Update from AP: WASHINGTON – About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask […]
UK police to take no action against Muslim who threatened death to anyone who insulted Islam
This just in from the British dhimmis who are paving the way for the Islamic Republic of Britain: “Met backs off over Muslim protests,” from the Telegraph, with thanks to all who sent this in: No criminal offences were committed in a Muslim protest over the Pope outside Westminster Cathedral, police have decided. The Metropolitan […]
“We vow to God that we will never recognise Israel even if we would be all killed”
Holding-Political-Power-Will-Exert-A-Moderating-Influence-On-Hamas Update: “Hamas rally in Gaza draws tens of thousands, denounces Israel,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters held a peaceful rally in Gaza on Friday to denounce the state of Israel and declare that they would never recognize its right to exist. “We ask God to […]
Azerbaijan: Officials deprive Christian baby of name
Islamic Tolerance Alert from Compass Direct: September 28 (Compass Direct News) — Born on June 18 to a Christian family in northern Azerbaijan, three-month-old Ilya Eyvazov still has no official name. Local authorities in the town of Aliabad at first refused to issue a birth certificate when the baby”s father, Novruz Eyvazov, tried to register […]
Islamic prison chaplain sentenced to year at his New York home
Warith Deen Umar Update from AP, : NEW YORK (AP) — The former head Islamic chaplain for the state prison system was sentenced Thursday to a year of home detention by a judge who said he deserved leniency on a gun charge after decades of achievements that followed childhood poverty. Warith Deen Umar will be […]
Tel Aviv car bomb kills one
Jihad in Israel continues. From Reuters, : A SUSPECTED car bomb exploded in a town south of the coastal city of Tel Aviv today, killing at least one person and wounding up to six others, Israeli rescue and ambulance services said. And from AFP: Israel seals Palestinian territories for Yom Kippur As Yom Kippur falls […]
Islamic militia open fire on demonstrators in Somalia
Apparently not all Somalis are thrilled with the Talibanization of Somalia, even if the mujahedin do make the trains run on time. From the Mail & Guardian, with thanks to DFS: Islamic fighters opened fire on stone-throwing demonstrators in a key Somali seaport on Thursday, in a third day of protests over their seizure of […]
U.S. Says Iran Buys Iraq Militia with Arms, Cash
Iran’s “long-term influence is bound to wane.” Among Iraqi Shi’ites? Really? Why? And of course they don’t want a “destabilized Iraq.” They want a Shi’ite client state in Iraq, and they’re doing all they can to establish one. From DefenseNews.com, with thanks to DFS: Iran is funneling weapons and cash to buy the loyalty of […]