Who said that? What greasy Islamophobe dared to call into question the sincerity or adequacy of Muslim condemnations of terrorism? Would you believe Khaled al-Jenfawi, a columnist for Kuwait’s Al-Seyassah daily? Anyway, in this story, “Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image,” by Karin Laub for The Associated Press, November 30, Muslim leaders and spokesmen […]
Archives for November 2008
UK to import 5,000 Pakistani butchers
Is this really the time to be talking about bringing large numbers of Pakistani butchers into the West? “5,000 Pak butchers to get jobs in UK,” by Asif Mehmood for Pakistan’s The Nation, November 30 (thanks to all who sent this in): LONDON – Over 5,000 butchers from Pakistan would get employment in the halal […]
Mumbai: The Grapes of Wrath of Western Complacency
Raphael Israeli was born in Fez, Morocco, and arrived in Israel at the age of 14. A professor of Islamic, Middle Eastern and Chinese history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he is the author of 25 books, including Islamikaze: Manifestations of Islamic Martyrology (Frank Cass, London, 2003) and The Spread of Islamikaze Terrorism in […]
Mumbai: UN should condemn all killings in name of God or any Religion
Comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative for the Association for World Education (AWE) and the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), United Nations, Geneva. For David Littman’s comments on the current human rights activities at the UN in Geneva, see: Stealth Jihad with Dialogue vs. Freedom of Expression at the UN (Act 2) (November […]
Pakistani jihadists behind Mumbai jihad
Zardari may soon have to take those strong measures he promised if Pakistani involvement were proved. “Police: Pakistani militants behind Mumbai attacks,” by Ramola Talwar Badam for Associated Press, November 30 (thanks to all who sent this in): MUMBAI, India — The only gunman captured by police after a string of attacks on Mumbai told […]
Mumbai doctor: “Of all the bodies, the Israeli victims bore the maximum torture marks”
Did the murderers feel justified in this torture by this Qur’anic injunction? “Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews” (5:82)? This horrific news from Mumbai underscores the crucial importance of the point made by Bat Ye’or years ago: that those who are the potential victims of Islamic jihad need […]
300 feared dead in Mumbai jihad: piles of bodies found in hotel
Inside the grand hotel today A highly organized jihad plot. Most likely those who organized and carried it out believed they were taking hold of this Qur’anic promise: “Allah has purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs in return is the garden of Paradise: they fight in His cause, and slay […]
Local chapter of unindicted co-conspirator in jihad terror funding case gives “diversity training” to Columbus, Ohio police
What’s wrong with this picture? “CAIR-OH Conducts Diversity Training for Columbus Police,” from the CAIR site, November 25 (thanks to Jesse): (COLUMBUS, OH, 11/24/08) — Representatives of the Columbus chapter of CAIR-Ohio, along with a Muslim law enforcement officer, recently conducted diversity training on “Islam and Muslims: What Law Enforcement Personnel Should Know” at the […]
Pakistan president to India: Don’t get carried away, now
No reason to get excited After all, these Mumbai attacks are not that big a deal, right? Don’t “overreact.” “Pakistan president warns India not to over-react,” from AFP, November 29 (thanks to James): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday warned India against any “over-reaction” after the militant attacks in Mumbai and vowed the “strictest” […]
Iran confirms stoning sentence for woman accused of adultery
This story demonstrates why questions about the ultimate extent of sharia encroachment in the West are neither unfair nor merely academic: Stonings continue to occur under Islamic governments, as do executions by other means for “adultery,” which so often includes what are actually cases of rape. Moreover, we have already seen that even in Britain, […]