More on this story. “Petraeus: More Iran involvement in Iraq,” from United Press International: WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) — Iran’s role in fomenting violence in Iraq is greater than the U.S. military understood even a month ago, Gen. David Petraeus said Thursday. Iraqi Shiite militia members — a secret cell of the Jaysh al-Mahdi, which […]
Archives for April 2007
How Iran’s Revolutionaries Egged On Attacks in Iraq
On the bright side, Secretary Rice, the Sunnis and Shi’ites overcame their differences for a moment there. By Eli Lake for the New York Sun: BAGHDAD “” The commander of the foreign operations wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard met with Sunni Kurdish jihadist leaders in April 2005 to encourage them to launch attacks in Iraq. […]
Somali premier: government forces have retaken capital
Conflicting reports of the situation in Mogadishu. “Premier claims Somali ‘victory’,” from the BBC: Ali Mohamed Ghedi said the worst of the fighting against Islamists and clan gunmen was now over. Columns of tanks were deployed and reinforcements sent to Mogadishu from other parts of Somalia. Earlier, a BBC correspondent in the city said the […]
OIC accuses West of anti-Muslim bias
“Bias against Islam has increased since September 11, 2001 and a series of terrorist acts in Europe.” No way, really? From AFP: BAKU: The head of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) accused the West of anti-Muslim bias on Thursday and warned journalists against automatically linking Islam with terrorism. “Bias against Islam has […]
Abbas group rejoices over U.S. deaths in Iraq
While the U.S. rushes to fund Abbas the moderate. By Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily.com, with thanks to Davida: JERUSALEM — Members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah militias are celebrating a suicide car bombing that killed nine U.S. soldiers in Iraq earlier this week, stating the attack bolsters their belief the U.S. will soon […]
Jihadi media thrives in Pakistan
Some background that helps explain the easy victory won by the Lal Masjid. From the Daily Times, with thanks to Nicolei: ISLAMABAD: A newspaper warns that Jews and Christians are engaged in “genocide” against Muslims. A website says children should love guns instead of cricket. A video shows a child beheading a militant accused of […]
Pakistan bans play for ridiculing burqa
“The veil has long been part of local culture and nobody is allowed to make fun of these values.” Sharia Alert. From AFP: ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistani authorities have banned a stage play for ridiculing the burqa, the veil traditionally worn by Muslim women, a minister said after Islamist MPs raised the issue in parliament […]
Netherlands: School Scraps Nature Course As Pigs Enrage Muslim Pupils
Alderman Lodewijk Asscher is right. And if nothing is done, assuredly the pressure won’t stop with lessons about pigs. “School Scraps Nature Course As Pigs Enrage Muslim Pupils,” from NIS News, with thanks to Fjordman: AMSTERDAM, 27/04/07 – A school in Amsterdam has halted lessons on rural life because the Islamic children refused to talk […]
Dam Threatens Ancient Buddhist Stone Carvings
Obliterating Pakistan’s Buddhist heritage. By Joachim Hoelzgen for Spiegel Online, with thanks to Fjordman: Some 35,000 petroglyphs located in Pakistan’s Indus River area will soon be flooded by a giant dam. An archeologist from Heidelberg is trying to save as much as he can before encroaching modernity destroys the remote area’s cultural history. At first […]
Egypt: Converted-back Copts must stay Muslim
Once a Muslim, always a Muslim. “Egypt: Converted-back Copts stay Muslim,” From AKI, with thanks to Fjordman: Cairo, 26 April (AKI) – The ten Egyptian Coptic Christians, who after having converted to Islam decided to return to their original faith, will remain Muslims at least on paper for the rest of their lives. A Cairo […]
Taliban: Osama Ordered Attack on Cheney
An update on this story from Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in: Dadullah said bin Laden ordered the attack on February 27 at the U.S. Bagram base during a visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to Afghanistan. “Do you remember the martyrdom operation inside the Bagram base which targeted a senior […]
The Palestinianization of Europe
Jamie Glazov interviews the great Bat Ye’or at FrontPage (thanks to all who sent this in): There is a weighty, almost iron collaboration at all institutional level between Europe and the Arab League countries. European anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism are built within this Arab and Muslim political nexus. Unless America accepts to enter into the same […]
UK reporters union to boycott Israel
I am late with this — the story dates from April 14 — but I missed it at that time, and it should not be missed. Did Britain’s National Union of Journalists ever denounce anyone for the murder of Daniel Pearl? Was the identity of the perpetrators too nebulous? Was it too difficult to allow […]
Norway recognizes Hamas govt, Rice praises Norway
Norway defies the West in its refusal to recognize the Hamas-led government in the Palestinian Authority, and wins praise from Condoleeza Rice. “Norway defends its Palestinian ties to US’s Rice,” from Reuters, with thanks to the American Israeli Patriot: OSLO (Reuters) – Norway told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday that its […]
Jewish woman suffers vicious anti-Semitic attack in France
Eurabia Alert from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Fjordman: A 22-year-old Jewish woman suffered a vicious anti-Semitic attack by two men of Middle Eastern appearance in a train station in Marseille, France on Thursday night. The attackers tore the Star of David chain from around the young woman’s neck, lifted her up, painted a […]
Afghans: Beheading is un-Islamic
It is unfortunate, but not surprising, that no one quoted in this Reuters story explains why beheading is un-Islamic, or tells us how he would respond to a Muslim who justified beheading on the basis of Qur’an 47:4: “Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks…” There is no hint of […]
Another substanceless objection
David Horowitz, of whose Freedom Center Jihad Watch is a part, has alerted me to an ad in the Emory University campus newspaper, the Emory Wheel. While their statement makes serious — one might say defamatory — charges claiming that our ad “aims to intimidate, threaten, or reductively portray a religious group with the intent […]
Fitzgerald: For the convert, Islam is so many wonderful things
“I met Danny the week he converted, about seven years ago,” said Uguz, identified by worshipers at the mosque yesterday as Maldonado’s best friend. “He was cool. He dressed in T-shirts and jeans and didn’t hide any of his tattoos. His hair was in dreadlocks. He was eager, and he had a lot of questions.” […]
Fitzgerald: Attending Open House at the mosque
A Muslim poster at Jihad Watch recently gave us all this invitation: “Open your eyes and ask God to open your heart to the truth. Don’t speak when you have no knowledge of what goes on in Muslim communities in America.” “No knowledge of what goes on in Muslim communities”? Infidels can attend those absurd […]
Iranian official: We’ll strike Israel, US targets if attacked
1938 Alert from the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to the American Israeli Patriot: Iran’s deputy interior minister, Muhammad Baqer Zolqadr, said Thursday that his country would attack Israel and American targets throughout the world if Teheran were attacked over its nuclear program, Israel Radio reported. According to the official Iranian news agency, the official, who […]