The perpetrator of a pre-9/11 jihad attack is charged. “Alleged USS Cole Mastermind Charged: Pentagon Says Guantanamo Detainee Met With Bin Laden, Purchased Boat and Explosives,” by Luis Martinez and Theresa Cook for ABC News, June 30 (thanks to JMB): The Pentagon has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with planning and participating in the October […]
Archives for June 2008
Judge: “Jihad” message on Volkswagen van is protected speech
As the right to free speech is threatened as never before, here comes this decision: this fellow is free to make a political statement by scaring the daylights out of passersby — at least, unless his Volkswagen van looks too ludicrous to scare anyone, which is likely. I am glad in these dark days to […]
UK: Convert and misunderstander of Islam left fake nailbomb on bus
“There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah. God is great, god is great, god is great. Britain must be punished.” Another convert to Islam doesn’t get the memo about how Islam is really a Religion of Peace. “Muslim convert left fake nailbomb on bus, court told,” from the Yorkshire […]
Iran digs thousands of graves for its enemies
But who will lie in them? “Iran digs thousands of graves ready for enemies,” from Agence France-Presse, June 30 (thanks to all who sent this in): IRAN is to dig 320,000 graves in border districts to allow for the burial of enemy soldiers in the event of any attack on its territory, a top commander […]
Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 32, “The Prostration”
Sura 32, “The Prostration,” dates from the middle of the Meccan period, and repeats many familiar preoccupations we have seen in other chapters of the Qur’an. Maududi says that “the main theme of the Surah is to remove the doubts of the people concerning Tauhid [the absolute oneness of Allah], the Hereafter and the Prophethood, […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Land Dispute or Jihad? The Coptic Monastery Raid Revisited
Even though Dhimmi Watch admirably noted the recent attack on the Abu Fana Coptic monastery in Egypt, after just watching a graphic video detailing the affair on the Arabic satellite program Hiwar al-Haq“”which makes clear that the raid (ghazwa) was far from being motivated by a “land dispute,” as the Egyptian authorities insist””I figured I’d […]
Dutch prosecutor: Wilders will not be charged over Fitna
“A statement Monday by the prosecutor said Wilders made his anti-Muslim remarks in the context of a legitimate debate.” A victory for free speech and common sense. But there remains the Jordanian effort to use Interpol to secure his arrest and extradition. “No charge in Dutch Muslim incitement,” from the Associated Press, June 30: AMSTERDAM, […]
“Someone like Charles simply doesn’t make a story up”
Charles Enderlin is the French journalist responsible for the notorious Muhammad Al-Dura footage that ignited an orgy of mass murder by Palestinian Arab jihadists. The footage has been proven to be a hoax. But journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet finds that her journalistic colleagues are somewhat less enthusiastic about admitting a hoax when it exonerates the Israelis […]
Palestinian jihadists encouraged in use of violence, kidnappings by Israeli prisoner swap plan, but miffed that Hizballah struck a deal without them
It is unclear what concrete gains the Olmert government expects to secure by returning a live jihadist convicted of murder as part of an exchange for two Israeli soldiers who are now presumed dead. It may seek some sense of political closure on the 2006 war in order to move forward in its dealings with […]
Taliban threatens Peshawar, says peace negotiations with Pakistan are off
Well. A fine lot of good Pakistan’s efforts since 2006 to make peace with the Taliban have done. The Taliban certainly got what it wanted, but did anyone in Pakistan or elsewhere learn anything about negotiating with jihadists, or about Islamic teachings on calling for a truce? “Peace talks broken-off, Taliban enters Peshawar,” from CNN-IBN, […]
Report: “Moderate” Fatah ordering rocket attacks against Israel to derail truce with Hamas
This would be a win-win situation for Fatah: The truce would fail, making Hamas look incompetent, and both of Fatah’s enemies would inflict casualties on each other. Now that they’ve been caught, will that change the PA’s relationship with Western powers in any meaningful way, or will it be swept under the rug in order […]
Muslim former guard at Andrews Air Force base convicted of concealing alias on job application
“Darrick Jackson, 38, left his Muslim name off the application, prosecutors said, to conceal his ties to a local imam known for inflammatory comments.” An update on this story. “Air Base Ex-Guard Convicted of Hiding Muslim Name,” by Henri E. Cauvin for the Washington Post, June 28: A Southeast Washington man who did not disclose […]
Scotland: Pakistani converts to Christianity face last-minute appeal to avoid being deported
Their asylum bid failed on a technicality. But they are clearly in danger, ironically, for the same reason as ex-Muslims who may even be citizens of the U.K., as the government looks the other way from the present-day application of Islamic teachings like the death penalty for apostasy. “11th-hour bid to save family from threats,” […]
Yemeni tribal saying: “Give me a girl of 8, and I can give you a guarantee” for a good marriage
Here is the story of another of the untold number of child brides in Yemen, most of whom are voiceless and defenseless. If there is one promising aspect in this report, it is the acknowledgment in this New York Times article of Muhammad’s own example as a factor in the persistence of child marriage in […]
Iran: Ex-Muslim converts to Christianity arrested, told “The next time there may also be an apostasy charge, if you don’t stop with your Jesus”
“No compulsion in religion…” And of course, the penalty for apostasy is death, as directed by Muhammad himself. “Iran – Convert couple arrested, tortured, threatened,” from Compass Direct News, June 24: LOS ANGELES, June 25 (Compass Direct News) — Security police officials in Tehran this month tortured a newly converted couple and threatened to put […]
Geert Wilders fears arrest if he travels abroad
Anyone who values freedom of expression should support Wilders as vocally as possible against this threat to his freedom of speech and movement. Otherwise, they may later note with regret: “First they came for Geert…” From Gates of Vienna, via Atlas Shrugs: Geert Wilders fears he will be arrested soon when traveling abroad, due to […]
Muslim woman in full hijab participating in go-cart race “insults” Islam
No comment. “TV show contestant “˜shamed herself and insulted Muslims,” from The Times, June 29: A muslim woman has been accused of shaming herself and insulting her religion by taking part in a reality TV motor-racing show. Durban beauty therapist Nadira Dasoo has come under fire from a Gauteng Muslim organisation, Know Islam, believed to […]
Egyptian e-mail campaign compares women without veils to unwrapped candy attracting flies
Caption: “You can’t stop them. But you can protect yourself. Your creator has your best interests at heart.” France 24 has posted this image, which is circulating via e-mail in Egypt to promote the use of the hijab and niqab by Egyptian women. The message is the same as that of Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, […]
Pakistan deports 8 foreigners studying at Islamic seminary, including Americans
Now, let me get this straight: these men were studying at an Islamic seminary in Pakistan, and they’re being deported. Pakistan’s Islamic educational institutions have been called factories for jihad, and these guys were apparently too extreme even for them, and are being deported in accord with Pakistan’s recent attempts to show that its alliance […]
An informed citizen fights back
My friend Doc Washburn is a former talk radio host whose show I had the honor of appearing on numerous times. He recently got into a Letter-to-the-Editor dustup with Dr. Hashem Mubarak of Florida’s Bay County Islamic Society, in which Dr. Mubarak repeated some soothing half-truths and untruths with which regular Jihad Watch readers will […]