Rheil Ghraibeh, a spokesman for Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood, demanded an apology from Denmark. “˜Holocaust denial is targeted by laws in Europe. Why can’t we have laws that protect all religions and prophets?” he asked.” — from this article But the “Holocaust” (perhaps “Nazi murder of European Jews,” a formulation less abstract and less easily alluded […]
Archives for February 2008
DhimmiTube caves? Pakistan unblocks site after their censorship measures affect worldwide access
An update on this story. “Pakistan lifts curbs on YouTube,” from the Associated Press: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan’s telecoms regulator said Tuesday it has lifted restrictions on the YouTube Web site that led to the knocking out of access to the popular video-sharing site in many other countries for a few hours over the weekend. […]
“We still live, and will continue to live, with the consequences of our own blindness”
We sure do. From a special preview in Commentary of Andrew C. McCarthy’s forthcoming book, Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad, about the jihadist cell that bombed the World Trade Center 15 years ago today and related matters: Would a successful interdiction of Kahane’s murderer, or swift and thorough investigation of Abdel Rahman’s circle […]
Costa Rica recognizes “Palestine”
“Costa Rica hoped to encourage peace talks on Feb. 5 when it recognized a Palestinian state – a key demand on the part of the Palestinians.” Sure. Just give them everything they want and maybe there will be peace. To recognize a “state” that has not renounced territorial claims on the rest of Israel, and […]
Jordan: Muslim Brotherhood protestors burn Danish flags, call for “revenge for blaspheming the Prophet”
I’ll hold the sign, you watch for “Christions.” Motoons Rage, stoked by the Muslim Brotherhood, in Modern, Moderate Jordan. “Jordanians burn Danish flags to protest cartoon,” from Agence France-Presse: AMMAN – Jordanian demonstrators on Monday torched Danish flags outside the Copenhagen embassy to protest the reprinting of a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) […]
Bridge for sale: Deobandis say “terrorism” is un-Islamic
That’s nice. But two missing links render such condemnations of “terrorism” hollow: One is the matter of armed jihadist activity: The question of when and whether it is legitimate to use violence to further Islamic causes is left untouched. The other is the definition of innocents. We’re expected to supply our own cultural definition of […]
Australia jihadist: “The student understands. I tell him what Allah said and he can then decide.”
Inherent in that statement is a challenge to prosecutors to examine the Qur’an, ahadith and Sira themselves and confront the passages that call for open-ended warfare to effect the conversion, subjugation, or death of unbelievers. It would be great if such an examination of Islamic texts and teachings were actually to take place, but Benbrika […]
Inner spiritual strugglers with rocket launchers and machine guns seize Somali town
Somalia Jihad Update. “Somali town overrun by Islamists,” from the BBC: Somalia, 02/25 – Somali Islamists seized control of a southern town on Sunday, killing nine government troops. The rebels, armed with rocket launchers and machine guns, voluntarily retreated after three hours, said a police officer in Dinsoor, Mohamed Ahmadey. He said the town had […]
“Experts”: Obesity more dangerous than terrorism
And when you get both obesity and terrorism, watch out Just put down those chips, and all manner of thing shall be well. Let’s-Focus-On-The-Real-Threat Update: “Obesity more dangerous than terrorism: experts,” from AFP (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): World governments are focussing too much on fighting terrorism while obesity and other “lifestyle diseases” are killing […]
Harvard gym submits to Islam
“We live together in one community, it only makes sense for everyone to compromise slightly in order for everyone to live happily.” Sure. But the ideology you are accommodating is itself uncompromising, and supremacist. “To accommodate Muslim students, Harvard tries women-only gym hours,” by Abbie Ruzicka in the Daily Free Press (thanks to Writer Mom): […]
They hate us for our immorality, right?
In the mainstream media’s never-ending quest to ignore or downplay the jihad imperative within Islam, and to attribute the present global jihad to some other factor or factors — any factor, as long as it’s external to Islam — few farragos have been as ridiculous (or as successful in bamboozling those aching to be bamboozled) […]
Our next President?
Our first Somali elder President From Geeska Afrika Online (thanks to Looney Tunes): U.S. Senator Barack Obama, right, is dressed as a Somali Elder by Sheikh Mahmed Hassan, left, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia. The area is at the epicenter of a […]
Hamas bunny on Motoon cartoonists: “If they do it again, Saraa, we will kill them, right?”
Give me Bugs any day They suggest that the Danish cartoonists drew the cartoons to mock the Muslims’ weakness, but by Allah, they’ll show them. They’ll kill those cartoonists for love of Muhammad. More edifying children’s fare from Hamas: “Hamas Bunny Assud Urges Boycott of Danish Goods and threatens to Kill Danes over Muhammad Cartoons,” […]
Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 17, “The Night Journey,” verse 1
Muhammad’s famous Night Journey (Isra and Miraj) is the basis of the Islamic claim to Jerusalem as an Islamic holy city. The only thing the Qur’an has to say about it is this the first verse of sura 17, which says that Allah took Muhammad from “the Sacred Mosque” in Mecca “to the farthest [al-aqsa] […]
Au revoir, Bryan, and thanks
For over a year now I have been filming regular (or semiregular, when things really got busy) videoblogs for Hot Air, at the kind invitation of Michelle Malkin. You can find most or all of them here; I think there are 52 of them in all. Hot Air also runs my weekly Blogging the Qur’an […]
“It’s not something small. We will damage buildings, blast them. It has to be proper.”
Benbrika said they should be like Amrozi: unrepentant. Australian Jihad Plot Update: “Plan to ‘blast’ buildings,” by Reko Rennie in The Age (thanks to JE): The alleged leader of a terrorist organisation said he would “blast” buildings, a prosecutor told a Victorian court. Prosecutor Richard Maidment, SC, told the jury in the Supreme Court trial […]
“Hijab problem” sparks police standoff in Tehran
Sharia Alert from the Islamic Republic. “WITNESS: “Hijab problem” sparks police standoff in Tehran,” by Fredrik Dahl for Reuters (thanks to all who sent this in): TEHRAN (Reuters) – Wearing a brightly colored headscarf and high-heeled boots, the woman refused to be bundled into the police van without a fight. Protesting loudly and even trying […]
“˜Misinterpretation of Islam “” root cause of terrorism”
That Proper Interpretation of Islam which will allow for Muslims to coexist peacefully with non-Muslims as equals on an indefinite basis, without implementing any endeavor to impose Sharia, continues to be the great unicorn in which everyone believes but no one has actually seen. It would be great for the Pakistani authorities to reform the […]
UK “No-go areas” bishop stands firm — and says “If you disagree, that must be met by counter-arguments, not by trying to silence people”
“If you disagree, that must be met by counter-arguments, not by trying to silence people.” I never have cared for tattoos, but there’s a statement that I am tempted to go out and have emblazoned on my forehead. An update on the UK Bishop who dared to note that some areas of Britain have turned […]
Australia: Muslim university students want lectures rescheduled around prayer times
More stealthy advancement of Sharia under the guise of religious rights. “Muslims want unis to fit prayer time,” by Richard Kerbaj and Milanda Rout for The Australian (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): MUSLIM university students want lectures to be rescheduled to fit in with prayer timetables and separate male and female eating and recreational areas […]