These are the people to whom Hamid Karzai is extending a hand of reconciliation. “Taliban unveils hardline Afghan constitution,” by Isambard Wilkinson and Ashraf Ali in the Telegraph (thanks to all who sent this in): The Taliban has published a shadow Afghan constitution outlining an alternative hardline government to that of President Hamid Karzai. The […]
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Afghan president offers Taliban a place in government for peace deal
Surrender. From The Associated Press (thanks to all who sent this in): KABUL, Afghanistan: President Hamid Karzai offered Saturday to meet personally with Taliban leader Mullah Omar for peace talks and give the militants a high position in a government ministry as a way to end the rising insurgency in Afghanistan. Reiterating a call for […]
Fitzgerald: The head of Norway’s security service: “a bit stupid,” yes, but not as regards “diversity”
“We are unexperienced and a bit stupid as regards diversity and a multicultural population, says head of Security Service Jørn Holme to nrknyheter.no.” “We confuse Islam and Islamism. Islamism is after all a very particular form of Islam. I believe many Norwegians mix it up completely.” — from this news article A “bit stupid as […]
US Army recovers bodies of tortured, murdered Sunni couple in Baghdad
But remember: it is not the perpetrators, but we who report on this sort of thing who are the “haters.” “US army recovers bodies of murdered Sunni couple in Baghdad”s Adhamiyah,” from the Kuwait News Agency (thanks to Twostellas): BAGHDAD, Sept 28 (KUNA) — The bodies of a murdered Sunni Iraqi police lieutenant and his […]
Fitzgerald: Seven Questions for Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
1. At independence, Malaysia (or, as it was then known, Malaya) did not have a Muslim majority. There has been a steady rise in the percentage of Muslims, compared to the indigenous tribes, the Hindus, and the Chinese. What explains this demographic shift? 2. Singapore broke off from Malaysia and established a separate state. What […]
New York City cabbies lose court battle over “anti-Muslim” GPS
What does this have to do with jihad? Here’s what, from “Taxi ‘Fear’ Hike,” by Jeremy Olshan for in the New York Post, September 4: September 4, 2007 — Fear and paranoia are driving the taxi strike planned for tomorrow and Thursday, industry sources said yesterday. The global-positioning systems being installed in all 13,000 cabs […]
Ahmadinejad’s Holocaust Myths
Alan Dershowitz in FrontPage: In his speeches, most especially the one at Columbia University, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeats two myths about the Holocaust. The first every reasonable person knows is a total lie: namely that the Holocaust did not occur. The second myth, however, is one that escapes critical attention for the most part, because many […]
FBI reaching out to jihadist-linked group
More suicidal politically correct short-sightedness. By Bill Gertz in the Washington Times (thanks to all who sent this in): The FBI is cooperating with a U.S. Muslim group recently linked to global extremists and is asking the group to provide “cultural training” for its special agents, according to a Senate Judiciary Committee report. The FBI’s […]
Algeria: Jihadists kill 6 security force officers
“War is deceit“: “Three local guards were killed Thursday after attackers set up a false roadblock in Tadmait…” “6 Algerian security force officers killed in attacks by Islamic militants,” from The Associated Press (thanks to Twostellas): ALGIERS, Algeria: Six members of Algeria’s security forces were killed in violence by a militant group that claims to […]
Will the 12th Imam cause war with Iran?
Con Coughlin discusses the Thug-In-Chief’s apocalyptic beliefs in the Telegraph (thanks to all who sent this in): Not since the prime minister of the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada presented an address claiming that UFOs posed a mortal threat to the future of mankind has the United Nations been treated to such a bizarre spectacle. […]
UN Human Rights Council: NGO mention of “Allah” taboo
More comments on the current Sixth Session of the Human Rights Council by David G. Littman, NGO Representative of the Association for World Education (AWE) and the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) to the United Nations Office in Geneva: On September 20, while delivering our third oral statement to the 6th session of the […]
Malaysian PM: Western nations misunderstand Islam
Badawi’s problem here is that there are so many Muslim Misunderstanders of Islam, as we document here every day. If there weren’t so many murders committed by Muslims who explain and justify their actions by reference to Islamic texts and teachings, maybe Western nations wouldn’t have so much trouble grasping this glorious complexity. “Malaysia says […]
Omeish says he is victim of “smear campaign,” remarks “taken out of context”
As always, for no controversial statement by a Muslim figure has ever been taken in context. “Omeish Says He’s ‘Victim of Smear Campaign,’” by Tim Craig and Joshua Zumbrun for the Washington Post: Esam S. Omeish, the Muslim leader from Fairfax County who resigned from the state immigration commission after controversial remarks made on video […]
Hamas: We have 400 jihad martyrdom attackers ready
“Kamikaze,” says the ANSA headline. “We have 400 Kamikaze Ready, Hamas Warns.” Really? Kamikaze? 神風? Hamas has 400 men ready to die for the Japanese Empire? 400 men ready to kill themselves and others for the divine emperor? ANSA, an Italian news service, uses — three times — a word out of another conflict and […]
House, Senate call for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to be designated as a “foreign terrorist organization”
“US brands Iran Guard ‘terrorist organisation’,” from Agence France-Presse: WASHINGTON “” The US Senate has called for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to be officially designated a “foreign terrorist organisation,” a day after the House of Representatives passed a similar measure. The Senate on Wednesday voted 76-22 for the non-binding amendment sponsored by Republican Jon Kyl and […]
First proposals for Sharia banks in Canada
“Sharia-bank bids trigger concerns,” by Steven Chase and Tavia Grant for The Globe and Mail: OTTAWA and TORONTO — Ottawa has received its first applications to start up Canadian banks operating within the strictures of Islamic religious law – financial institutions that, if approved, would be among the first in the West. Canada’s bank regulator, […]
Buy more shorts: Rice says nations must fight climate change like terrorism
So says the Secretary of State in “Nations must fight climate change like terrorism, Rice says,” from CNN. Let’s see, that will mean: 1.) Being afraid to name the activities and people who are part of the problem. 2.) Insisting that only a tiny minority of vehicles on the road are belching greenhouse gases. Make […]
New Piety Squad Patrols Ramallah
Abbas’ government tries to counter the influence of Hamas, not by trying to boost its ever-undeserved “moderate” credentials, but by demonstrating its zeal for Islamic law. Sharia Alert. By Dalia Nammari for the Associated Press: RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – A new squad of morality police has begun detaining Palestinians who eat or drink in […]
Florida Muslim student admitted he made video on how to use remote-controlled bombs against American soldiers
“Martyrdooms.” “Documents point to S.C. terror plot: Explosives materials in car,” by Adam Beam and Lee Higgins for The State (thanks to all who sent this in): Four key developments disclosed Tuesday in an application for a federal search warrant of the car driven by two Egyptian students arrested last month in South Carolina: “¢ […]
Virginia governor “examining” videos of Muslim Brotherhood front group leader Omeish advocating “the jihad way”
UPDATE: Omeish has stepped down. LGF has the story. An update on this story. “Virginia Governor Tim Kaine Examining Incendiary Videos Featuring Appointee,” from the Associated Press: RICHMOND, Va. “” Gov. Timothy M. Kaine examined online videos Thursday that show a man he appointed to the state Commission on Immigration condemning Israel and advocating “the […]