Jihad against music on the way. “Morocco music festivals bring culture clash,” by Alfred de Montesquiou for the Associated Press, August 30 CASABLANCA, MOROCCO — This is an overwhelmingly Muslim country, but you wouldn’t know it from the music festivals. The Casablanca Festival turns the commercial capital into an urban Woodstock, with masses of young […]
Archives for August 2008
Turkish raid on al-Qaeda cell
If you’re going to resurrect the caliphate, might as well focus on where it last stood. “Turkish police arrest 21 al Qaeda suspects,” from France 24, August 29: Turkish police on Friday arrested 21 suspected members of Al-Qaeda in a major operation in Istanbul, Anatolia news agency reported. Many of the suspects had received military […]
Turkey goes over to the dark side
Darth Spencer says: Welcome to the dark side “Ahmadinejad got something just as valuable: a chance to spin his own image, court popularity and bash the United States and Israel.” Courtesy our friend and ally, Turkey. “Then, as he left the mosque, Ahmadinejad got out of his car to encourage a crowd of about 300 […]
Pakistan: “Nobody has ever known [Peshawar] so fearful” of Taliban takeover
Here is the ultimate consequence of a series of “truces” with jihadists in the Northwest Frontier Province. “Pakistani city of Peshawar could fall to Taliban as fear and attacks grow,” by Nick Meo for the Telegraph, August 30: When the summer holidays end tomorrow, the parents of 1,400 pupils at the Badabher Government Girls’ School […]
Venomous Islamophobes raid mosques in Gaza — no, wait…
Actually it was the Palestinian police. Don’t they know mosques are holy places? Ibrahim Hooper, call your office! This outrage must not go unprotested! “Palestinian police arrest 10 in Hamas mosque raids,” from AFP, August 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): HEBRON, West Bank – Palestinian police raided two mosques linked to the Islamist Hamas movement […]
Imam: having sex-slaves “may no longer be fashionable,” but it’s still legal in Islam
A very revealing piece on sharia, marriage, and concubinage, as they relate to this story. “Why we passed Fatwa on Islamic preacher with 86 wives –Imam Ashafa,” by Emeka Mamah, Kaduna for
Australian Arab leader defends blood libels
How could he not do so? The idea that Allah cursed the Jews and transformed some of them into apes and pigs is thrice repeated in the Qur’an: 2:63-66, 5:59-60, and 7:166. Also, this is a Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: mainstream Australian Muslim leaders seem to have no problem with broadcasting Hizballah TV in […]
Iran: World War III will break out if you attack us
Summer 1939 Alert: “World War III will break out in case of aggression on Iran,” from IRNA, August 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): World War III will break out in case of aggression on Iran, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces for Cultural Affairs, Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said on Saturday. The extremist […]
He plagiarized his jihad book, so he couldn’t be a jihadist
Because if he copied it, he couldn’t possibly agree with or want to implement its contents, right? Right? I hope the silliness of this defense is seen for what it is. Belal Khazaal Update: “Man ‘a plagiarist, not a terrorist,’” by Margaret Scheikowski for AAP, August 26: A MAN accused of producing a book promoting […]
Stanley Fish: Random House dropping Aisha novel wasn’t censorship
It wasn’t censorship. Fine. It was cowardly, it was craven, it was a manifestation of dhimmitude, and it most certainly was “an episode in some ‘showdown between Islam and the Western tradition of free speech.’” I am not so much interested in Stanley Fish’s pedantic point about the definition of the word censorship as I […]