Archives for 2007

“According to a 2005 federal indictment, [Kevin Lamar] James directed the plotters from his cell.” More on this story, and the consequences of prison dawa in southern California. “Turning to US jails to recruit for the jihad,” by Peter Huck for the New Zealand Herald: It all started with a mobile phone, dropped at a […]

An update on this story. “Mosque besieged in Kashmir,” from CNN: SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) — A standoff at a mosque in the disputed territory of Kashmir is continuing with three militants holding a pair of hostages, police told CNN. Indian security forces are outside the mosque in the southern Kashmir village of Palnu, 80 […]

An update on this story. “Lady MP under fire in headscarf row,” from Gulf Daily News: KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti Islamist MP presented a request yesterday to question the Gulf state’s only woman minister, a liberal who has been under hardline fire for refusing to wear a head scarf. Nouriya Al Subeeh had stirred the anger […]

As the West continues to acquiesce to Islamic mores, we will see this kind of thing closer to home. “Woman caught with bomb under burqa: official,” from AFP (thanks to Sr. Soph): ASADABAD, Afghanistan – Afghan intelligence agents said Monday they had detained a woman hiding a bomb-filled waistcoat of the type used in Taleban […]

Big surprise! “Media’s two-faced Christmas coverage,” by Aaron Klein for YnetNews (thanks to Sr. Soph): Ah, Christmas in Bethlehem. Manger Square is ablaze with colorful lights. The weather is usually a bit chilly. Aggressive merchants bombard passersby with “special sales” on all kinds of cedar wood statues and religious carvings. And like clockwork, the mainstream […]

But no strings can be attached to it. Oh, no. How dare you even suggest such a thing, you insolent infidel! “U.S. Officials See Waste in Pakistan Aid,” by David Rohde, Carlotta Gall, Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger for Associated Press (thanks to all who sent this in): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan “” After the United […]

Here, courtesy Ron Paul and John Stossel, is a Christmas Eve repast of common but false assumptions about the global jihad and what we can do about it: “Ron Paul on War,” by John Stossel. Stossel starts us off by asking Paul: Some people say that if we don’t attack the enemy there, they’ll attack […]

Expect American Muslim spokesmen such as Ibrahim Hooper and Salam Al-Marayati to condemn forthwith this abuse of a holy place. Gentlemen? “Pakistani militant among 3 killed in J&K,” from Rediff (thanks to Twostellas): A Pakistani militant belonging to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba outfit was among three killed in two separate encounters on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir, […]

Omar Bakri is at it again, fighting against pernicious jahiliyya. Islamic Tolerance Alert: “Hate cleric Omar Bakri calls for ‘ban’ on Christmas,” from the Daily Mail (thanks to WriterMom): Hate preacher Omar Bakri, who is barred from Britain, is calling on Brits to boycott Christmas. Using the internet to post a rant against the festive […]

Un-neighborly, yes. In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon wrote that if the Muslims had won the Battle of Poitiers, “the Arabian fleet might have sailed without a naval combat into the mouth of the Thames. Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the […]

The remaining Christians in Turkey celebrate Christmas while suffering from increasing persecution. From AKI (thanks to Sr. Soph): Istanbul, 24 Dec. (AKI) – Turkey’s 100,000-strong Christian community was on Monday hoping that Christmas this year would pass uneventfully without further sectarian attacks such as that earlier this month against an Italian Catholic priest – the […]

British Jihad Update. “British man appears in court charged with preparing terrorist attack,” from the Associated Press: A 38-year-old man appeared in court Monday charged with preparing a terrorist attack. Hassan Muhammed Sabri al Tabbakh, of Birmingham in central England, is accused of compiling a document with instructions on how to make a bomb and […]

Barry Rubin takes a look back at a year in the seeds were sown for a great deal of future trouble: While 2007 didn’t greatly change the Middle East compared to some of its predecessors, here are some of its significant trends which will continue to dominate the year to come. 1. Hamas takeover of […]

“An explosive device fashioned from a 60-millimetre mortar round and ball bearings attached to a timing device were recovered from his room.” Of course, Al-Azhar’s Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi insists this is all a mistake. (Getting caught usually is.) An update on this story. “Philippines ‘bomb plotter’ Islamic envoy: Egypt cleric,” from Agence France-Presse: CAIRO […]

“U.S. counterterrorism officials say [Jamaat ud-Dawa’s] status as a legal organization in Pakistan makes it difficult to oppose. It has thousands of loyal supporters and close ties to a government that has done little to rein it in.” Tiny Minority of Extremists Alert. “Extremist group’s offshoot seen as threat in Pakistan,” by Josh Meyer for […]

Arrests like this demonstrate how Muslims do themselves a disservice when they ignore or refuse to discuss the issue of jihad in Islamic texts and teachings: Even they are not immune to becoming targets of it. And insisting only the proper authorities can call for jihad affords no protection when there is violent disagreement over […]

“Several local Christians, speaking on condition of anonymity, charged the Muslim vendors set up their stations without required permits after paying what were described as ‘special commissions’ to the Palestinian Authority security forces.” “Muslims hijack Jesus’ birthplace,” by Aaron Klein for World Net Daily: BETHLEHEM — Muslim street peddlers here bombarded tourists with discounted souvenirs […]

Christopher Hitchens likes to think of himself as a brave iconoclast, speaking-truth-to-power and all that I’m-George-Orwell-of-this-age-and-I-take-no-prisoners sort of thing. I’ve mocked him before at this site, many times, quand il fait son petit Orwell. But the longest whack at him, with Hitchens providing the evidence against himself, is the piece “Hitchens and Said.” It appeared […]

“The Israelis now living in the territories of the future Palestinian state should return to living within the borders of the state of Israel. No Jew in the world, now or in the future, as a result of this document, will have the right to return, to live, or to demand to live in Hebron, […]