“In programmes broadcast throughout the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women last Sunday, Iranian state TV used the world family instead.” International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Family? From AKI (thanks to Morgaan Sinclair): Tehran, 29 Nov. (AKI) – The word ‘women’ must now be replaced on Iranian state television […]
Archives for November 2007
Muhammad bear on Ebay
School surplus stock Three cheers for capitalism. (Thanks to Timothy.)
Bahrain: Move to close seven churches ‘without permits’
Legal jihad. From AKI (thanks to Sr. Soph): Manama, 29 Nov. (AKI ) – Seven of the ten Christian churches in the Bahraini capital of Manama may be closed because they have no legal permits. According to the Arab newspaper, al-Sharg al-Awsat, the authorities are considering the move after protests in recent days by residents […]
Teddy Bear Teacher Sentenced to 15 Days in Jail, Deportation
I think it is likely that they have been shamed away from lashing her by all the international attention. From AP (thanks to Davida): KHARTOUM, Sudan “” British teacher Gillian Gibbons has been convicted of inciting religious hatred for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad and sentenced to 15 days in prison and […]
Rice compares Israelis and Palestinians to blacks in segregated South
Witless Moral Equivalence Update: the Secretary of State feels their pain. Let’s tease out her analogy: the Israelis are at once white segregationists and the victims of racist bombers, and the Palestinians are simultaneously white racist bombers and poor black victims of segregation. All right. Does she realize that the checkpoints from which the Palestinians […]
Fitzgerald: A problem that cannot be solved, only managed
Abbas — Abu Mazen — has no power to commit anyone to anything. That is, he has no power to commit anyone on the Arab side. But Bush and Rice have set things up, in this ill-thought out attempt to come up with something, anything, that might be considered a “diplomatic victory in the Middle […]
Fitzgerald: Ed Husain, Zionists and “Islamists”
Here are the last few paragraphs of Ed Husain’s attempt to equate “Zionism” and “Islamism”: “Just as Israel is an expansionist state which remains in occupation of the Golan Heights, Islamists plan for a state that would have an occupying army to support ever-expanding borders (see Hizb ut-Tahrir’s draft constitution). Just as Zionists claim territory […]
Dutch lawmaker planning film criticizing Qur’an — Dutch Justice Minister quails: “Think about the what the repercussions could be”
Why can’t Wilders discuss the Qur’an? Why can’t he attack it if he wants? Does anyone in the Netherlands think twice when someone attacks the teachings of the Bible? Why should the Qur’an be different? Obviously, the Justice Minister’s response makes clear why: because Muslims will kill over this, and Christians won’t. “Dutch Lawmaker Planning […]
New York: “Very gullible” doctor who conspired to treat Al-Qaeda jihadists gets 25 years to do prison da’wa
He was duped, you see. Duped. “Doctor sentenced in NY terrorism case,” by Larry Neumeister for Associated Press (thanks to Sr. Soph): NEW YORK – A doctor convicted of conspiring to treat injured al-Qaida fighters was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison, with the judge reasoning that a sentence to deter others was needed […]
Teddy bear teacher appears in court as Islamic fanatics demand execution
Execution. And the West continues to tiptoe around these madmen, instead of calling madness what it is. Muhammad Teddy Bear Madness Update from the Evening Standard (thanks to all who sent this in): A major security operation was under way today as a British teacher charged with inciting hatred and insulting religion was brought before […]