William Rees-Mogg in the TimesOnline (thanks to all who sent this in) addresses the fashionable moral equivalence that would see all religions as presenting more or less the same threat to generally accepted modern notions of human rights. I address the same question from a different angle here. From the earliest days Christianity has been […]
Archives for February 2007
Girl lost in poker game pleads for help
The idea that women are possessions of men is deeply ingrained in the Qur’an and Sunnah. This kind of thing is the result. From Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in: HYDERABAD (Reuters) – A teenage girl in southern Pakistan, whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 […]
Hizballah building new line of defense in anticipation of resumption of war with Israel
“The state of Hezbollah is already in existence in south Lebanon.” “Hezbollah land grab heralds war,” by Nicholas Blanford for the Times via The Australian, : HEZBOLLAH, the militant Shia organisation, is building a new line of defences just north of the UN-patrolled zone in south Lebanon ahead of a potential resumption of war with […]
“Russia will work to end sanctions on Palestinians”
The Russians, of course, don’t see the ideological kinship between the Palestinians and the jihadists who are threatening them. But why not? From AFP, : MOSCOW – Russia will push for the lifting of an economic embargo against the Palestinian government, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday during a visit by Hamas political director Khaled […]
Jihad bombing prevented in Moscow
While the Russians continue to pursue short-sighted and ultimately self-defeating aid to Iran — the same country that is backing the anti-Russian jihadists in Dagestan. “Terrorist Bombing Prevented in Moscow,” from MosNews, : According to Moscow police security officials prevented a bomb attack in the Russian capital the day before the country celebrated a national […]
British in Afghanistan: “We do not use the word ‘win'”
“Officials say the new tactics are to identify ‘Talibs who are sick of fighting’ and persuade them to rejoin their tribes and benefit from the human rights laws and state structures being set up in the country.” Good luck with that, but it is certain to come up against the objection that such things are […]
Ruined poppy farmers join ranks with the Taleban
Dinesh D’Souza, call your office: these farmers are being radicalized not by the immorality of American culture and the audacity of American writers who criticize the elements of Islam that give rise to violence and Islamic supremacism, but because they are being prevented from growing opium. Anti-drug American cultural conservatives who seek to ally with […]
Spain: A dozen jihadists “infiltrated army base”
Another indication of the fact that there is no firewall within Muslim communities between jihadists and peaceful Muslims. Jihadists have never been expelled from Islamic communities, but rather move freely within them. And so things like this will always happen. “Dozen Islamic militants ‘infiltrated army base,’” from Expatica, : MADRID “” A dozen radical Islamists […]
Taliban: Cheney target of explosion in Afghanistan
The Taliban continues to reassert its presence in Afghanistan. “Cheney OK after explosion in Afghanistan,” by Alisa Tang for AP, : BAGRAM, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber killed and wounded some two dozen people outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney. The Taliban claimed […]
Mahathir: No such thing as a moderate Muslim
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir “Jews rule the world by proxy” Mohamad, says now that Islam is by its very nature moderate, and so the label “moderate Muslim” is simply redundant. He does not address in detail, however, the jihadist intepretation of the Qur’an and Sunnah, or show why it is wrong: […]
Muslim cleric can be deported, says court
About time. Anti-dhimmitude in Britain. By Philip Johnston and Joshua Rozenberg in The Telegraph, with thanks to Sr. Soph: The Home Office won a key legal victory yesterday in a five-year battle to eject a suspected al-Qa’eda terrorist leader from Britain. A court ruled that Abu Qatada, a radical Muslim cleric described as Osama bin […]
Gaza: Synagogues transformed into military base
Yes, Secretary Rice, clearly the Palestinian people want peace. “Plowshares beaten into swords in Gaza: Palestinians: ‘Looting and burning’ of Jewish holy sites ‘was a great joy,’” by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily.com, with thanks to Gabrielle Goldwater: TEL AVIV — The ruins of two large synagogues in Gush Katif, the evacuated Jewish communities of the […]
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader: Iran providing instructions in case U.S., Israel strike nuke plants
1938 Alert: “‘Devastating response’ if Iran nukes attacked: Terrorists say Tehran providing instructions in case U.S., Israel strike atomic facilities,” by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily.com, with thanks to Sr. Soph: JERUSALEM — Iran is anticipating a U.S. or Israeli military strike on its nuclear facilities and has been providing Palestinian terrorists and other regional allies […]
‘Israelites didn’t build the pyramids’
More Islamic cultural imperialism. By Smadar Perry in YnetNews, with thanks to Sr. Soph: “It is well known that the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids; they regarded these structures as a national project for ancient Egypt,” said Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. Hawass filed an official complaint to the […]
Bill Maher: Islam “was extreme to begin with. Muhammad was a warrior”
I just about dropped my teeth when I saw this clip of Bill Maher agreeing with Ayaan Hirsi Ali that Islam is not a religion of peace and has not been hijacked by a tiny minority of extremists, and that Muhammad was not exactly the 7th-century Gandhi of Karen Armstrong’s imaginings. It was also good […]
Newsweek calls Hirsi Ali a “bombthrower”
From our Unintended Irony Department comes “Only One Side of the Story” by Lorraine Ali in Newsweek, in which Ali serves up a hatchet job on Ayaan Hirsi Ali and calls her a “bombthrower.” The real bombs often thrown by those whom Hirsi Ali opposes don’t seem to faze Lorraine Ali one bit.
Spencer: Beware the Christian Jihad?
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the new fashion in the mainstream media: exposing the alleged plot to establish a theocracy in the U.S. — the Christian plot, that is (news links in the original): A new book that is climbing the New York Times Bestseller List warns Americans of a dedicated minority of religious […]
Islam responsible for “almost all” of world’s social ills
From Christian News Wire: Former Sultan Ali El-Shariff comments on Islam and Sudan: “Today Islam is responsible for almost all of the human sufferings from war, persecution, and poverty, particularly in the country of Sudan. “Since the 1983 start of the civil war in the southern Sudan more than 4 million people have been displaced, […]
Nashville cabbie: “Hitler was right”
Ibrahim Ahmed Update: “Men Claim Cabbie Praised Hitler Before Attack: Victims Say Driver Claimed ‘Hitler Was Right,’” by Laura McPherson for WSMV.com, with thanks to Jennifer: NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two college students involved in an alleged attack by an angry cab driver last month testified Monday that his rage came seemingly out of the blue. […]
Iranian MPs enraged over test accused of mocking Muhammad
It’s not just the Danes anymore. But although the questions below seem to have been understood as mocking, the Hadith contains much information about Muhammad just like the material here. In my book The Truth About Muhammad I quote Muqtedar Khan of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy: “No religious leader has […]