In “Why the Left Hates Democracy,” my longtime sparring partner Dinesh D’Souza expresses his attachment to the democratic principle: an attachment so strong and unyielding that he says, If they want Sharia, let them have it! So why does the left hate democracy in the Muslim world? The reason is simple. Muslims are socially conservative […]
Archives for 2007
Christians in Gaza keep Christmas celebrations quiet
For fear of You Know Who. Islamic Tolerance Alert from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): …MATT BROWN: It’s a small, tight-knit community in one of the world’s most intense hot spots. 3000 Christians live amongst 1.5 million Muslims, and the two groups usually get along well. FATHER ARCHEMANDRITE ARTEMIOUS, GAZA GREEK […]
Who will mourn Aqsa Parvez?
Khalid Hasan and I may have our differences, but I wholeheartedly applaud his courage and clear-sightedness in writing this in the Daily Times (thanks to all who sent this in): The most shameful part of the Aqsa tragedy lies in the online and offline rumours that those who consider themselves “rightly guided” have been circulating. […]
Assuming I’m an evil idiot…
Hot on the heels of Why Can’t Muslims Debate? Part 1 and Part 2 comes this: Why Can’t Leftists (and Their Islamic Allies) Respect Those Who Disagree With Them? There is a tendency among those on the Left to assume that everyone with a point of view different from theirs is an idiot, as well […]
Osama: “We will not recognize even one inch for Jews in the land of Palestine as other Muslim leaders have”
Osama bin Laden emerges from his hideout in this undated file photo Even a dog can walk around in the daylight. But not Osama bin Laden. “Blood for blood, destruction for destruction.” Blah for blah. Talk about a tired act. “Bin Laden issues warning on Iraq, Israel,” by Salah Nasrawi for Associated Press (thanks to […]
6.5 tons of banned explosive ingredient, potassium nitrate, found in bags disguised as EU aid to Palestinians
“This is another example of how the terror organizations exploit the humanitarian aid that is delivered to the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip with Israel’s approval” “War Is Deceit” Update “IDF: Chemicals were disguised as EU aid,” by Talia Dekel for the Jerusalem Post: The IDF and Shin Bet uncovered 6.5 tons of potassium […]
Khamenei: Today the Iranian nation is the standard-bearer of Islamic unity in the world
Some Sunnis might beg to differ. But it is abundantly clear, particularly given Iran’s aid to Hamas and the Taliban, that this is how the mullahcracy has been trying to position itself. “Islamic unity is the lesson of Ghadir: Leader,” from the Tehran Times (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): TEHRAN — Supreme Leader of the […]
Shi’ite shoppers murdered in Baghdad
Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update. “Bomb in Baghdad Kills at Least 7 In Crowd of Mostly Shiite Shoppers,” by Joshua Partlow and Zaid Sabah for the Washington Post (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): …Friday’s blast occurred in Tayaran Square, east of the Tigris River, near a barricaded bazaar of vegetable carts and used-clothing dealers. The U.S. military […]
Falsehood and provocation
A couple of housekeeping notes: 1. People say false things about me rather frequently — attributing to me statements I have never made, and positions I have never held. I suspect that this is because it is easier to dismiss a straw man than to deal with what I actually say. Usually these are better […]
UN moves to kill free speech, passes resolution against “defamation of religions”
The OIC pushed it through. “Defamation of religions,” of course, means “speaking the truth about the elements of Islamic teaching that jihadists use to incite to violence.” “Islamic Bloc Scores ‘Defamation of Religions’ Resolution at UN,” by Patrick Goodenough for CNSNews.com (thanks to Jamie Glazov): (CNSNews.com) – Alongside a resolution adopted by the U.N. General […]
India: Tensions high after pork found in mosque
Outrage. This reminds me of a story from about 1990 or 1991. There was a big Gay Pride march in a major American city. Afterward, I was talking to a couple of Catholic seminarians whose seminary was along the road the marchers used, and they said that marchers had slipped condoms through the mail slot […]
Bridge for sale! Abbas dismantling jihad groups!
Peace In Our Time! “Abbas’s Government Dismantling Militant Groups: Minister,” from Reuters (thanks to Sr. Soph): RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The top Palestinian security official said on Saturday his government was dismantling militant groups, including those connected to President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction. The pledge by Interior Minister Abdel-Razak al-Yahya came one day after […]
Al-Qaida warlord denies he’s behind Bhutto assassination
He wasn’t involved, he says, but he thinks it was great. From Edinburgh Evening News (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): A MILITANT warlord in Pakistan today rejected government claims that he was behind the assassination of former prime minister and popular leader Benazir Bhutto. A spokesman for Baitullah Mehsud, described as the country’s leading al-Qaida […]
Morocco jails 15 convicted inner spiritual strugglers
A potpourri of charges. “Morocco jails 15 people convicted of terror links,” from Agence France-Presse: RABAT: Morocco’s anti-terrorist tribunal has jailed 15 Islamists for between one and four years in three separate cases on conviction of terrorist activity or connections, the MAP news agency reported Friday. The special court in Sale near Rabat sentenced seven […]
Somali town recaptured by jihadists
Somalia Jihad Update. “Somali town captured by Islamist fighters,” from Agence France-Presse: Mogadishu – Islamist militia on Friday took control of a town in south-central Somalia after Ethiopian soldiers withdrew overnight, witnesses said. No word on the reason for their withdrawal, either in this story, or one from the BBC. The AFP article continues: The […]
Pro-Muslim Pentagon officials pressuring one of the U.S. military’s most important specialists on jihad
Infiltration. “Muslim pressure,” by Bill Gertz in the Washington Times (scroll down): Pro-Muslim officials at the Pentagon are putting political pressure on one of the U.S. military’s most important specialists on Islamist extremism, according to defense officials. Stephen Coughlin, a specialist on Islamic law on the Joint Staff, met recently with Hasham Islam, Deputy Defense […]
Ali Eteraz offers an easy fix
Ali Eteraz at Pajamas Media suggests that if the U.S. would drop Musharraf and support an independent panel investigating the killing of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistanis would wake up to the evils of political Islam and vote pro-American: An independent panel will likely conclude that it was the terrorists that killed Ms. Bhutto and not […]
Dinesh D’Souza flogs his dead horse
In a piece entitled “Who’s Afraid of Benazir Bhutto?” (thanks to James), which seems to be about whether the jihadists or Musharraf killed Bhutto, my old debating partner Dinesh D’Souza revisits the disastrous thesis of his last book: that America’s immoral society has created the global jihad, as a reaction by beleaguered proponents of traditional […]
32 killed in Bhutto riots; Pakistani Interior Minister blames Al-Qaeda, Taliban for assassination
But the January 8 elections are still on. “Bhutto Killing Blamed On Terror Groups,” from SkyNews (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): The assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, whose funeral was held today, has been blamed on al Qaeda and the Taliban. They were accused of the killing by Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz […]
“In Shariah, democracy is un-Islamic. Our movement is completely against what you call democracy”
Much better to leave it to a Tiny Minority of Extremists to wield all legislative, executive, and judicial power, eh? This story appears to precede Bhutto’s assassination yesterday, but is nonetheless highly relevant to yesterday’s events. “Taliban leader warns against using religion for electoral gains,” by Iqbal Khattak for the Daily Times: BANNU: A senior […]