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 […]
Blogging the Qur’an: Suras 77-86
We have now entered into the section of the Qur’an in which the suras are Meccan, brief, poetic, striking in their vivid imagery, and generally focused on urgent warnings of the impending Day of Judgment. “Ah woe, that Day, to the Rejecters of Truth!” This is the focus and refrain of sura 77, “The Emissaries” […]
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, […]
Mumbai jihadists ‘planned to kill 5,000’
More failure: this guy was captured alive Epic Fail: No virgins for you. “Mumbai gunmen ‘planned to kill 5,000,’” from Australia’s ABC, November 30 (thank to JE): Indian officials say the gunmen who attacked Mumbai this week planned to kill up to 5,000 people. At least 195 people died and hundreds more were injured when […]
“A champion of Western values on a continent that has lost confidence in them”
Although James Taranto in the reliably dhimmi Wall Street Journal is not sure whether or not Geert Wilders is simply an “anti-Islamic provocateur.” (You can see my interview with Geert Wilders, in six parts, at the Jihad Watch YouTube channel.) “‘Our Culture Is Better’: Champion of freedom or anti-Islamic provocateur? Both,” by James Taranto in […]
Austrian pol who spoke negatively of Muhammad loses Parliamentary immunity
“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Sahih Bukhari, volume 7, book 62, number 88 More Eurabian madness: an Austrian politician who made […]
U.S. troops kill burqa-clad Taliban jihadist
The head man Courage. “U.S. Troops Kill Taliban Commander, Clad in Woman’s Clothes,” from AP, November 29 (thanks to Sr. Soph): KABUL, Afghanistan “” U.S.-led coalition troops killed a Taliban commander dressed as a women [sic] during a raid in southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. Soldiers killed four Taliban fighters in Friday’s operation, including the […]
Mumbai police: Last Taj hotel jihadists killed
Not all news organizations are ready to declare the siege over at this point. “Taj operation over with all militants dead, police say,” from France 24, November 29: Indian commandos on Saturday killed the last Islamic militants holed up inside Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel, ending the more than two-day assault on India’s financial capital, the […]
Captured jihadist: Lashkar-e-Taiba trained us in marine warfare
Ajmal’s claim that all of the jihadists were Pakistani citizens does not fit other accounts (except in possible cases of dual citizenship), but he also describes a smaller number of jihadists. Time will tell if the rest of his story holds up. “Arrested terrorist says gang hoped to get away,” from the Times of India, […]
Indian government sources: Seven Mumbai jihadists from the U.K.
An update on this story. “Seven Mumbai gunmen are from ‘Leeds and Hartlepool’,” from the Mirror, November 28: Seven of the terrorists who brought carnage to Mumbai are British, Indian government sources claimed yesterday. They said two British-born Pakistanis are under arrest. And another five suspects are said to have been born and raised here. […]
“Oh Allah, destroy the Hindus and do it in the worst of ways”
Piety. “The battle that is underway in Mumbai is a battle for Allah between its servants and the infidels.” Will the UN charge the person who wrote that with “defaming Islam”? “India: Al-Qaeda websites rejoice over Mumbai attacks,” from AKI, November 27 (thanks to News4U): Mumbai, 27 Nov. (AKI) – Al-Qaeda websites on Thursday were […]
Somali Muslim to Western counterparts: “How dare you sit at home, looking at the TV, seeing people being killed, Muslims getting killed?”
That Somalis are the ones killing other Somalis — that is, Muslims killing Muslims — never figures in his speech. Instead, English and American infidels are told, “We’re coming for you! We’re going to exterminate you all!” More on the Somali-American jihad. “Somali Jihadists Call on American and European Muslims to Join Jihad in Somalia,” […]