Archives for October 2007

From AP A judge declared a mistrial Monday for most former leaders of a Muslim charity accused of funding terrorism, after chaos broke out in the court when three jurors disputed the verdict that had been announced. From WFAA‘s Holy Land trial blog 11:35 a.m. The Holy Land Foundation terrorism-financing trial ended in a mistrial […]

Just in from the Dallas Morning News: The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development was found not guilty of supporting terrorism by sending money to charity committees controlled by Hamas. The judge will now announce the jury’s verdicts on each Holy Land official. In all, the jury must make 197 decisions on guilt or […]

At last, an anti-Sharia ruling by a U.S. Court. This ruling is significant far beyond this particular case, because there is always more Sharia to accommodate, and someone has to draw the line somewhere if we don’t want to end up accommodating the whole thing. From Associated Press (thanks to WriterMom): COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – […]

Will the Islamic response to this be more hatred and violence in the name of their religion? “Religion must never be used to promote hatred and violence, declares Pope Benedict,” from CNA (thanks to JJD): Naples, Oct 21, 2007 / 12:23 pm (CNA).- After celebrating an outdoor Mass at the Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, […]

Woe betide you if you dare to point out that in Islamic history and theology jihad has always had, and still has, a violent aspect. This in itself will be enough to earn you the label of “Islamophobe” and worse. Unfortunately, however, all too many Muslims around the world seem to have no difficulty believing […]

The New York (aka New Duranty) Times reads Jihad Watch. A note from another Jihad Watch reader, Paul: The Gray Lady quoted you today in a story about Internet jihadis, including the Saudi whelp Samir Khan: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/weekinreview/21moss.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The story omits altogether the revelation by Rusty Shackleford that the Times” earlier report revealing Khan’s identity compromised […]

This week’s Jihad Watch column at Human Events: The Vatican responded Friday to the open letter sent at the end of Ramadan by 138 Muslim scholars to Pope Benedict XVI and a wide array of other Christian leaders. The response was somewhat deflating, given the mainstream media’s enthusiasm over the Muslim letter — an enthusiasm […]

Mike S. Adams hits the nail on the head again. When, in class one day, a student said that “hate speech” was not free speech, I asked him the following: “Can you even define hate speech?” After a long silence, I assured him that I, too, was unable to define hate speech. But, since then, […]

Basic psychology: Behavior that is rewarded is more likely to be repeated. “Nasrallah’s deputy: We will continue to fight, take captives,” by Roee Nahmias for Israel News: “Experience has taught us that we will only get our prisoners back through sticking to our positions, engaging in combat and coordinated hostage-taking attempts,” Hizbullah’s deputy chief Sheikh […]

While the opponents of Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week excoriate us for claiming that women face oppression under Sharia, the jihadists continue to…oppress women under Sharia. “Girls” school blown up in NWA,” from Agence France Presse (thanks to Dav): MIRANSHAH: Pro-Taliban militants blew up a girls’ school in restive tribal area bordering Afghanistan, security officials said on […]

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has never cared much for the truth when speaking about me. The organization’s spokesman, Ibrahim Hooper, has defamed me on national television, and the organization’s website even featured a link, for a time, to a tissue of lies penned by a pathetic convicted felon. But now CAIR has […]

Short answer: not much. At an April 17, 2007, hearing on Kosovo, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) called upon “jihadists of all color and hue” to see Kosovo as “yet another example [sic: presumably a reference to Bosnia] that the United States leads the way for the creation of a predominantly Muslim […]

If the police had just peacefully consented to being stabbed, none of this would be happening. “Violence flares again in Amsterdam,” from the Sydney Morning Herald (thanks to all who sent this in): Disturbances broke out for a sixth successive night in an immigrant quarter of Amsterdam when four cars were set on fire, police […]

I was in Belgium all last week, and was kindly given guided tours of the Muslim neighborhoods in Antwerp and Brussels. In Antwerp I took many photos, but alas, I stupidly left the camera in a hotel room in Brussels (I am trying to get it back). It was in Antwerp that I shot a […]

“I know that the gap between the honest and fair intentions of Abu Mazen and (Palestinian Prime Minister) Salam Fayyad, and their ability to translate that into reality is troublesome and arouses concerns.” – Ehud Olmert, in this story. “Reports: Gunmen planned to kill Olmert,” by Amy Teibel for the Associated Press: JERUSALEM – Palestinian […]

Which mosque did these students attend? What do they teach there? Who funds it? Did the imam know about these students’ plans? Did he approve? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? “Student faces more charges in ‘battlefield jihad’ case,” by Cindy George for the Houston Chronicle (thanks to all who sent this in): Federal prosecutors […]

“His [Sheik Ali Bapir’s] bestselling memoir has gone into a second printing and has been translated into Arabic. He leads a large political movement with its own satellite channel, news publications, six seats in the Kurdistan regional parliament and a plush compound on the outskirts of this predominantly Kurdish city…. “‘I took the occasion to […]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice does not understand Islam. At this point she apparently still must watch football games (we are always told that she is a fan of football — it’s designed to soften, to popularize, her image, one presumes), or practice the piano, or do those other things that the “multi-talented” “scholar of […]

“Bush’s move came in a memorandum to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, required under US law to free up aid from Washington to Riyadh.” Aid from Washington to Riyadh? Why is Washington giving aid to Riyadh? Riyadh is rich enough already not to need any kind of aid, isn’t it? And why are warnings […]