In this morning’s feature article at FrontPage I discuss the Pope’s trip to Turkey (news links in the original): Pope Benedict XVI is set to arrive in Turkey on Tuesday, and tensions are running high. Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, wrote to Benedict: “Your life is in […]
Archives for November 2006
Jihadists mass troops on Ethiopian border
“War is imminent. There is no other alternative.” Somali Jihad Update: “Islamists mass troops on Ethiopian border,” from Business Day, with thanks to D.: MOGADISHU “” Somalia’s powerful Union of Islamic Courts began massing thousands of troops on the border with Ethiopia over the weekend, days after Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said he was […]
Turkish prime minister, pontiff to meet
I’m glad to see that Erdogan has turned around on this. By Benjamin Harvey for Associated Press: ISTANBUL, Turkey – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, a change of plans that appears to signal openness to a visit that has angered many Turks. Small protests broke out in […]
Hizballah training Iraqi Shi’ite army
No real surprise here. “Hezbollah Said to Help Shiite Army in Iraq,” by Michael R. Gordon and Dexter Filkins in the New York Times, : WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 “” A senior American intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the Iraqi Shiite militia led by […]
Nobel Peace Prize concert to feature…Yusuf Islam
That is, Cat Stevens. In “Sending a Grim Message” in the New York Sun, Bruce Bawer tells the grim story (thanks to Nick Danger): The Nobel Peace Prize Concert will be held in Oslo on December 11 and broadcast around the world. The Norwegian Nobel Committee doesn’t much care for Americans these days (except for […]
Turkey: Converts’ trial shows tensions before Pope’s visit
Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal Update from Compass Direct: November 27 (Compass Direct News) — A criminal trial against two Turkish Christians accused of “insulting Turkishness” and inciting hatred against Islam grabbed national media coverage as religious tensions mounted before the visit of Pope Benedict XVI tomorrow. A cluster of TV cameras, microphones and clamoring […]
US Airways Expresses Regret At Removal Of Imams From Flight, Defends Crew
While the imams continue to do all they can to make this into an incident that will end all scrutiny of Muslims in airports, US Airways is still refusing to kowtow. From RTTNews, with thanks to Twostellas: (RTTNews) – A spokeswoman for the US Airways Group Inc, the operator of the plane from which the […]
Former Marseilles Mufti: “Islam Must Be Criticized, Just as Christianity Was During the Enlightenment”
What kind of reaction do you think Soheib Bencheikh, who is a member of the French Council for the Muslim Religion and head of the French Institute for Islamic Science, as well as a candidate for President of France, will get to this? Will his words be welcomed and taken to heart? Or will he […]
“Let Them Find Harshness In You”
“O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him).” (Qur’an 9:123) Here (thanks to John) is a jihadist website, The Ignored Puzzle Pieces of Knowledge, which conducts jihad recruitment through […]
Tulsa: Moderate Muslim kicked out of his mosque, receives threats
Tiny Minority of Extremists Update. He was kicked out for writing this article in the Tulsa World: Message of Islam is not jihad, fatwas. LGF has the story and video.
US “works to bridge its Muslim trust gap”
Why is it entirely, or even mostly, the responsibility of the US government to resolve this “trust gap?” And this is the “gap” that exists even while government officials avoid or remain ignorant of the ideological roots of jihad in the Qur’an, Ahadith, and Sunnah, and operate on the assumption that Islam is a Religion […]
Ahmadinejad Predicts Collapse of Israel, U.S., U.K.
Yet more saber-rattling by the Thug-In-Chief, while Iraq’s President plans a trip meet the great man tomorrow. “Ahmadinejad Predicts Collapse of Israel, U.S., U.K. (Update1),” by Ladane Nasseri and Marc Wolfensberger for Bloomberg, with thanks to Mackie: Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the collapse of Israel, the U.S. and Britain, attacking […]
Muslim scholars call female genital mutilation un-Islamic
Welcome news from Cairo, although the authorities quoted at the end of this BBC piece, “Call to end female circumcision,” (thanks to Doc Washburn), seem rather equivocal in their condemnations of the practice: Tantawi says that he doesn’t find anything making it a requirement, and Qaradawi notes that some scholars approve of it. More will […]
Anti-dhimmitude in Virginia: Christian group trying to change name of road named for Sheikh linked to Daniel Pearl’s murder
A small blow for sanity in Virginia. The road is a private one running through a secretive Muslim community. “Private road named for Muslim is focus of Christian group’s bid,” by Jamie C. Ruff for the Times-Dispatch, with thanks to Twostellas: …Members of an organization calling itself the Christian Action Network said they want to […]
Pope Rage in Turkey
Recurring themes: displacement of responsibility (“CRUSADES: What a very peaceful walk!”), assertions of Islamic theological supremacism (“Jesus is not Son of God. He is a prophet of Islam” and “We as Muslims…accepted Jesus as our prophet”), along with a nice nod to Edvard Munch.
Israel should be “the Jewish quarter of an Arab town”
Jews should return to dhimmitude, says Ahmed Benhelli, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States. “Israel as ‘the Jewish quarter of an Arab town,’” from the Jewish Refugees blog, with thanks to Lyn: Revealing outburst by Ahmed Benhelli in the pages of Al-Ahram following the accidental shelling by the Israeli army of Beit Hanoun in […]
Ryerson University: MSA practices Islamic supremacism, other student groups cower in fear
“Muslims playing for power,” by Sarah Boesveld in The Eyeopener, the Ryerson University student paper (thanks to Patrick). Ryerson is in Toronto. As the largest student group on campus, the Muslim Students’ Association has made its presence known in student politics. Former MSA vice-president Muhammad Ali Jabbar is heading up the RSU, thanks to support […]
Purpose-driven dhimmitude
Joe Farah keeps us up to date on megapastor Rick Warren’s strange infatuation with all things Assad: “Rick Warren on Syria: ‘A moderate country,’” from WorldNetDaily, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: I am much obliged to Bruce Delay, a talk-show host at KFAQ 1170 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for downloading the audio version of Rick […]
Thousands denounce papal visit to Turkey
Tiny Minority of Extremists Update from modern, secular Turkey. From AAP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam at a rally that highlighted the deep strains in Turkey before hosting the pontiff this week. Chants of “No to the Pope!” rose among […]
“No national strategy to tackle the radicalisation of young Muslims” in UK prisons
Except for taking more extraordinary measures in order to avoid creating “tension.” “Muslim Militant Prison Warning” from the Wandsworth Guardian: A “potentially explosive” dispute between Muslim factions inside Wandsworth prison has been revealed by an independent watchdog. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) published a report on Monday detailing a “schism” that had emerged in the […]