Mahmoud Abbas, smarting from Fatah’s defeat in Gaza by Hamas, is now cleverly out for a full-court “peace” press. He knows Bush has only eighteen months left, plus the mess in Iraq, which will remain a mess whatever the American administration now does. And Bush is apparently incapable of welcoming the internecine strife, or at […]
Archives for July 2007
Man arrested for hate crime for Qur’an desecration
Sharia thoughtcrime comes to the U.S.: a man throws a Qur’an into a toilet, and has now been charged with a “hate crime.” The unindicted co-conspirators of CAIR are, of course, involved. “Hate-crime arrests in Quran desecrations at Pace University,” from AP (thanks to LGF): NEW YORK (AP) _ A 23-year-old man was arrested Friday […]
U.S. Set to Offer Huge Arms Deal to Saudi Arabia
Against whom will the Saudis use these arms? By David S. Cloud for the New York Times (thanks to Lawrence): WASHINGTON, July 27 “” The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time […]
WaPo touts two Hizballah supporters’ definitions of jihad
“The Many Meanings of Jihad to 2 Prominent Muslims” in today’s Washington Post is part of their ongoing “On Faith” whitewash series, in which prominent Muslims retail pleasing platitudes about Islam and ignore the real issues. This segment is no exception: the paper’s introductory paragraph to the statements by Ali Gomaa and Ayatollah Fadlallah even […]
Distort D’Newsa
That, I’m told, was Dinesh D’Souza’s nickname in his Dartmouth days, and I have come to see in my recent interactions with him how richly he deserves it. And now Jihad Watch reader James has told me that he’s at it again, touting a Hizballah supporter and a man who is barred from entering the […]
Ms. Gallant wears a hijab
The photo selected to appear alongside Newsweek’s article on Americans’ opinions of Muslims helps downplay the notion of a connection between Islam and terrorism, or between Islam and the oppression of women. In fact, the choice of this image in particular exploits it as a subtler medium with which to chide Americans for being worried […]
Sheikh delays plane over seating, pilot unintimidated
Three of his female relatives were seated next to men they did not know. The British Airways pilot, however, was evidently a firm anti-dhimmi, and would have none of it: when the Sheikh complained, he ordered him and his entourage off the plane. “Sheikh delays plane over seating,” from Reuters (thanks to Hany): MILAN (Reuters) […]
San Diego Public School Stops Scheduling Class Time For Muslim Prayer
Instead, they’ll have a Muslim-dictated time for lunch. An update on this story. “School Stops Scheduling Class Time For Muslim Prayer,” from 10News.com (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): SAN DIEGO — A San Diego school that drew international attention for setting aside time for Muslim students to pray in the classroom will no longer do […]
Two American soldiers convert to Islam, marry in Afghanistan
If the mainstream media picks this up at all, it will be as a heartwarming sidelight to the horror of war, and if the folks at State notice, they’ll be showcasing these soldiers as proof that the U.S. is not at war with Islam. No one, but no one, will dare raise the small side […]
Iraqi government in deepest crisis
“Iraqi politicians are simply trying to keep the government from disintegrating.” By Sam Dagher for the Christian Science Monitor (thanks to Looney Tunes): Baghdad – Iraq is in the throes of its worst political crisis since the fall of Saddam Hussein with the new democratic system, based on national consensus among its ethnic and sectarian […]
New PA platform omits ‘armed struggle’
Bridge for sale! Bridge for sale! From the Jerusalem Post (thanks to Block Ness): For the first time in the history of the Palestinian Authority, the government does not mention in its proposed political platform the Arabic word mokawamah, meaning “resistance” or “armed struggle.” Instead, the new guidelines adhere to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s call […]
Syrian philosopher: Islam must jettison dhimmi laws
Sadik Al-Azm, the “Apostate of Damascus,” says that Islam can be made compatible with democracy if it “jettisons certain laws” — particularly the dhimmi laws, which institutionalize discrimination against non-Muslims, and which most Western Muslims deny even exist. Oh Al-Azm, you Islamophobe! “Islam: ‘Conflict with democracy’ centres on non-Muslims’ status,” from AKI (thanks to all […]
Korean Christian hostages alive in Afghanistan, say Taliban
“The government had assured the group it would release eight members of the Taliban as part of an exchange deal for the freedom of a similar number of the hostages.” “Korean hostages alive in Afghanistan, say Taliban,” by Yousuf Azimy for Reuters: GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The remaining 22 South Koreans held hostage in Afghanistan […]
Honor killer in South Africa gets 22 years
Why only 22 years? “‘Master of deceit’ gets 22 years,” by Katrien Smit in News24 (thanks to WriterMom): Johannesburg – Riaz Kadwa walked into his parents’ bedroom on the night of October 5, 2005, shot his father eight times and his mother twice. Kadwa, 23, was found guilty on Thursday of murdering his parents and […]
Blast Near Islamabad’s Red Mosque Kills 11
After the Lal Masjid, site of a recent bloody standoff between Musharraf’s forces and jihadists, was reopened, it was immediately reoccupied by the jihadists. And now the violence has begun again. From AP (thanks to Davida): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” Hundreds of students clashed with security forces and a nearby bombing killed 11 people Friday during […]
Polls and polls
In a new Jihad Watch videoblog at Hot Air, I discuss the new Newsweek poll on attitudes toward Muslims in America. Then in a National Review Symposium, I discuss the new Pew poll that shows support for “extremism” dropping among Muslims worldwide: The poll results are, unfortunately, hard to attribute to a genuine reduction of […]
U.S. Officials Voice Frustrations With Saudis” Role in Iraq
About time. By Helene Cooper for the New York Times (thanks to Doc Washburn): WASHINGTON, July 26 “” During a high-level meeting in Riyadh in January, Saudi officials confronted a top American envoy with documents that seemed to suggest that Iraq’s prime minister could not be trusted. One purported to be an early alert from […]
Repentant jihadist renounces violence — sort of
Sayid Imam al-Sharif is purportedly doing just what needs to be done, and what I have many times called upon peaceful Muslims to attempt to do: undermining the Muslim theological basis for violent jihad. As an Egyptian official rightly says, “The way to deprive them of their ability to recruit is to attack the message. […]
Pope’s aide warns of ‘threat by Islam’
“The danger for the identity of Europe that is connected with it should not be ignored out of a wrongly understood respectfulness.” This has needed to be said for a long time. Will anyone listen? From the Telegraph (thanks to Twostellas): The Pope’s private secretary has given warning of the Islamisation of Europe and stressed […]
Gay Artist Burns Rare $60,000.00 Koran
Charles Merrill demonstrates witless moral equivalence, showing no ability to distinguish between a group that disapproves of his behavior and one that sanctions killing him. This is the kind of thing I discuss in my new book Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t, which is coming soon from Regnery. And while no […]