We keep hearing the same old rhetoric used to describe the new and improved moderate Fatah government: “New Government,” “New Opportunity,” “Fresh Start,” etc. PA and Fatah Chairman Mahmoud Abbas continues to play his role in this ugly game to perfection. In the true spirit of “moderation,” he has outlawed all weapons that are not […]
Archives for June 2007
20 beheaded bodies found in Iraq
Apparently Shi’ite retaliation for the last Sunni massacre. The law of retaliation (qisas), based on Qur’an 2:178, establishes a never-ending cycle of revenge. By Sinan Salaheddin for Associated Press (thanks to Sr. Soph): BAGHDAD – Twenty beheaded bodies were discovered Thursday on the banks of the Tigris River southeast of Baghdad, while a parked car […]
Karen Armstrong: Pipes, Spencer want to “ban” her
Malaysia’s The Sun (thanks to RS) has an interview with Islamic apologist Karen Armstrong. One question was about the Malaysian government banning several of her books. Then follows: What are your thoughts on this, and have you been banned anywhere else in the world? There are people who would love to ban me, such as […]
Bush condemns radical Muslims in visit to mosque
“It is these radicals who are Islam’s true enemy.” Fair enough. Certainly the jihadists have never hesitated to target Muslims whom they didn’t deem sufficiently Islamic. Just think for a moment, however, about what we do not see: we don’t see comprehensive programs in American mosques to teach against the jihad ideology and political Islam, […]
Bush to name envoy to Islamic Conference
Bush, like virtually everyone else, continues to ignore political Islam and to pretend that by ignoring it, it will disappear. Things will not prove to be that easy. “Bush to name envoy to Islamic Conference,” by Ben Feller for Associated Press: WASHINGTON – President Bush announced Wednesday he will establish an envoy to a coalition […]
Pennsylvania: Attempted honor killing
“A woman who did not identify herself said this was not a criminal case but a family matter between them and their daughter’s boyfriend.” That’s how such cases are treated now all over the Islamic world. And how they will soon be treated in Europe, and eventually in Pennsylvania, unless Westerners start to wake up. […]
Giuliani: Let’s not be fooled again, let’s help Fatah
Rudy says we must not get fooled again, and fall for someone like Arafat. So, he says…let’s aid Fatah. Hard-nosed and unfoolable as ever, eh, Rudy? “Giuliani Calls for Increasing American Support for Fatah,” by Marc Santora for the New York Times (thanks to WriterMom): VIRGINIA BEACH, June 26 “” Rudolph W. Giuliani addressed Israeli-Palestinian […]
Jihad through legal intimidation: the ISB lawsuit
In “A lawsuit without merit,” Jeff Jacoby sums up the Islamic Society of Boston’s now-dropped frivolous lawsuit in the Boston Globe (thanks to WriterMom): ON MAY 29, the Islamic Society of Boston folded its cards. It abandoned the sweeping defamation lawsuit it had filed in 2005 against 17 defendants — journalists, scholars, activist groups, and […]
Iranians protest fuel rationing
Calls for Ahmadinejad’s head”¦from Iranians. “Guns, fireworks, tanks, [President] Ahmadinejad should be killed.” “Iran fuel rations spark violence,” from the BBC: At least one petrol station has been set on fire in the Iranian capital, Tehran, after the government announced fuel rationing for private motorists. Iranians were given only two hours’ notice of the move […]
Iranian official: Rushdie death fatwa “unchangeable and with God’s grace, it must be carried out”
Sticking to their guns. Incidentally, a question for you Jews and Christians who may be inclined toward moral equivalence: when was the last time you heard a sermon in your synagogue or church calling for anyone to be killed? “Ahmad Khatami from the Iranian Assembly of Experts in a Tehran Friday Sermon: Fatwa against Rushdie […]
Fitzgerald: A tribute to Hamid Karzai
Slick, oleagineous, is Hamid Karzai, but not more than one is used to in such regions. Think of Hussein of Jordan, in his celebrated role as plucky little king. Hamid Karzai, when he first appeared on the world scene, in that beautifully-colored robe he wears, seemed okay. He had brothers and a sister running restaurants […]
Fitzgerald: Keep those cards coming in
“According to the official, some senior officers [of Fatah] have been suspected of cooperating with Hamas even prior to the decisive round of clashes with Fatah. He said the officers received money from Hamas in exchange for transferring information on the deployment of Palestinian Authority forces in the Strip.” — from this article Hardly surprising. […]
Rice: Hamas a “Resistance Movement”…MSM covers up for her
The US State Department recognizes Hamas as a terrorist organization. However, to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it is a “resistance movement.” What’s next, Condi? American aid for Hamas? Khaled Maashal in Washington? “Rice calls Hamas ‘resistance movement’: But unscripted remarks about terror group not published by paper,” by Aaron Klein for WND: JERUSALEM — […]
Baghdad Christians: “It was a kind of genocide killing”
A genocide no one noticed. “Baghdad Christians Find New Life in Kurdish North,” by Sabrina Tavernise in the
Bush wants Muslims to denounce terror
Gee, that would be nice, now nearly six years after 9/11. But it isn’t nearly enough. Muslim leaders of all kinds have already denounced “terror.” The problem here is that no one is defining these terms; rather, everyone is assuming that we all mean the same things by them whenever we use them. By “terror” […]
Record opium crop in southern Afghanistan
The Taliban has claimed control of Helmand. And opium always provided a significant part of the Taliban’s income. From the
“There are only two options for Muslims; to win or to die”
Not, in this view, “to coexist peacefully as equals with non-Muslims on an indefinite basis.” More efforts to impede the anti-jihad resistance by playing on Western phobias about “bigotry”: “West funds elite unit to destroy Islam: hardliners,” by Mark Forbes for the
Former Nixon aide has me to kick around
No, no, not this guy Here I go again, answering a critic. And every time I do this, some of you mugs write in below, saying, “Who is this cheesehead, anyway? Why are you wasting our valuable time making us read you arguing with him?” Well, I’ll have you know that the critic in question […]
Iraq: Sunni leaders angry over arrest warrant
Just when the honeymoon with the Sunnis was Associated Press, with thanks to Special Guest: BAGHDAD – Iraqi commandos raided the home of a Sunni Cabinet member Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest, outraging Sunni politicians and jeopardizing U.S.-backed reconciliation efforts within the Shiite-led government. The move against Culture Minister Asad Kamal […]
Two positive reviews of Islam: What the West Needs to Know
Time for some Balance: after posting a negative review of the Islam: What the West Needs to Know documentary film DVD Talk, and from