February 12, 2009: New addendum added below. Charles Johnson is libeling me outrageously, ultimately because of a couple of weblinks. The whole absurd and tedious story of his descent into madness follows. NOTE, November 10, 2008: The controversy between Charles Johnson and me began when I linked to Brussels Journal and Gates of Vienna, although […]
Archives for October 2008
Excommunicated
UPDATE, November 10, 2008: A later post on this, “Charles Johnson hits bottom, digs (part 2)” has mysteriously disappeared from Google’s Search tool, although it still appears on this site. (I have written to Google about this.) Thus for the ease of readers who may be searching, and for anyone offended by thuggery, I decided […]
ETSU professor: Spencer event marked by “rudeness and hate” — from the audience
I received this email this morning from Paul Kamolnick, a professor at East Tennessee State University who was instrumental in bringing me to the campus. He kindly gave me permission to publish it. Dear Robert, I want to sincerely thank you for your presentation. I also very much enjoyed the time we were able to […]
East Tennessee State University: The death of reasoned discourse
Over the last year, during three different Islamo-Fascism Awareness Weeks, I’ve spoken at seventeen university campuses all across the country. I’ve never been shouted off the stage, as have some other speakers. I have, however, been threatened, heckled, protested, and made the subject of libelous hate-sheets passed out to people attending my talks, but I […]
Happy Halloween
Boo! Trick-or-treaters to the Jihad Watch offices in Secure Undisclosed Locationville will be given a free copy of Islam: What the West Needs to Know. Fewer calories than a Milky Way, and more informative!
Havin’ fun killin’ apostates and missionaries
I’m working now on my report on my speech at East Tennessee State University Wednesday night, and thought this deserved a separate post. The tone for the evening was set by a folder that Muslim students were handing out at the door to everyone who entered the hall. A sticker on the front read “ISLAM: […]
Hamas: “Marriage is the same as jihad”
Mass wedding celebration, courtesy Hamas According to Hamas, marriage is like jihad not (necessarily) because it is full of “struggle,” violence, and perpetual animosity between the Dar al-Husband and the Dar al-Wife, but rather because it begets children, who become jihadis and “martyrs.” Hamas: always pragmatic. “For war widows, Hamas recruits army of husbands,” by […]
Afghan women decry government’s overtures to the Taliban
Such “intolerance” towards the Taliban. What, just because they threatened to hurl acid on the faces of unveiled women? “Afghan women decry Taleban talks,” by Martin Vennard for the BBC, October 29 : Representatives of women from across Afghanistan have called on President Hamid Karzai not to undermine their position by talking to the Taleban. […]
Do Christians and Muslims have equal rights?
If you go to the BBC link, you’ll see two pictures: one of a mosque in Germany which is about to be drastically enlarged by the largely Turkish population; the other of a church in Turkey which is run as a museum, you know, like the Hagia Sophia. So: “Do Christians and Muslims have equal […]
Ex-Muslim: “Islamic extremism and terrorism are the mature fruit” of following “the sayings of the Quran and the thought and action of Mohammed”
Muslim apostate to Christianity, Magdi Allam, who was recently baptized by the Pope asks the latter to “make a pronouncement in ‘a clear and binding way’ on the question of whether Islam is a valid religion.” In olden days, no Christian, let alone pope, would’ve had any difficulties answering this question — just as no […]
Iranian top dog: “America should be aware not to put its huge body on top of the suicide bombers’ explosive devices”
“The Iranian people hate the US.” But surely if we just sit down and chat we can hash things out and reach an understanding. Meanwhile, the saber-rattling steps up in intensity: “Iran threatens US with suicide bombers,” from the Media Line News Agency, October 30 (thanks to James): Only a few days ahead of the […]
A student’s report on my speech at East Tennessee State University: “Some of the worst mob mentality I”ve unfortunately had to experience anywhere”
Wednesday evening I spoke at East Tennessee State University in the most virulently hostile atmosphere I’ve encountered on any campus in the country, courtesy the school’s Muslim students and Muslim leaders from the local community. By tomorrow I hope to have completed my own report, but I just noticed this comment by an ETSU student […]
Indonesia: Vague anti-“pornography” bill passes to shouts of praise to Allah, protests from religious minorities
The “Ramadan gift” that this law was intended to be came a little late, but in the end, creeping sharia took a significant step forward. “The Indonesian parliament adopts anti-pornography bill,” by Mathias Hariyadi for AsiaNews, October 30: Jakarta (AsiaNews) — With opposition MPs absent, Indonesia’s parliament approved an anti-porn bill that was welcomed by […]
OIC chief: Islamophobia is a new form of racism, except it’s even worse than racism
Eklemeddin İhsanoğlu insists that “Everybody is entitled to criticize anybody or anything,” but he also says there must be a “red line” that places “insults” and mockery off-limits. Who draws that line? What if, for example, the criticism is found to be insulting? And there is much more, including an attempt to bolster the “racism” […]
Al-Qaeda top dog prays: “O God, humiliate Bush and his party, O Lord of the Worlds, degrade and defy him”
Not that he is endorsing any party, Reuters hastens to assure us. “Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush “humiliated”: Web video,” from Reuters, October 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): DUBAI (Reuters) – An al Qaeda leader has called for President George W. Bush and the Republicans to be “humiliated,” without endorsing a party in the upcoming U.S. […]
SUNY-Binghamton: An unwitting admission
One of the most striking elements of the response to the talks that I have been giving on university campuses all over the country is the never-yielding unwillingness of Muslim questioners to admit even the smallest point. They will dismiss the evidence that I bring from authoritative Islamic sources of the jihad imperative to subjugate […]
Somalia bombings have markings of Al-Qaeda, US official says
Depending on what one means by “al-Qaeda,” perhaps. If this official means a leader in the core unit of al-Qaeda issued it, that would be unlikely; if by “al-Qaeda” the official means Islamists with the same ideologies, who may nonetheless have no formal connection with al-Qaeda, bingo. It’s most likely from al-Shabaab. “Somalia bombings have […]
Jack Straw: “Muslim courts will ALWAYS remain subservient to English law”
And this from Dhimmi Jack! Of course, he gets himself off the hook by explaining to Muslims that “the arguments against creating a parallel system of Sharia law in Britain were ‘overwhelming.’” Read: “It’s not my fault!” Still, he did say the right thing; good for you, Jack. “Jack Straw: Muslim courts will ALWAYS remain […]
UK: Art gallery under attack due to “insulting” artwork
Insulting artwork involving Islam, that is. Along with smashed windows and doors, the gallery has been receiving “12 abusive phone calls a day and emails condemning the show. Staff had to call police last week after an angry woman came in to complain. ‘She was in a full burqa and was irate and upset. Her […]
U.K.: Muslim worker loses case against supermarket that made him transport alcohol on a forklift like any other employee
A small victory for the idea that workers should be treated equally and held to a uniform set of expectations, with none “more equal” than others. An update on this story. “Muslim worker loses out in Tesco booze bid,” from the Evening Telegraph, October 29 (thanks to Eleutheria ´H Thanatos): A DERBY Muslim who sued […]