I happened to see that Jihad Watch readers in this thread were discussing this story, and noticed in it a detail that wasn’t in the story I posted about this last week. He became interested in the Koran and eventually tried to join a jihad terrorist group. Why did someone who became interested in the […]
Archives for September 2009
Surprise! Western powers give Iran its next deadline to come clean on nuke program
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein Deadlines are a convenient, renewable resource in foreign policy. They give the appearance that action is being taken, and they buy time before having to do something more substantial. The problem is, they buy […]
New York: Muslim pleads guilty to funnelling money to jihad training camp in Afghanistan
Jihad of the wallet. “Westchester man admits sending aid to terrorist training camp in Afghanistan,” by Alison Gendar for the New York Daily News, September 30 (thanks to James): A Westchester County businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to funneling money to a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari admitted in Manhattan Federal […]
Will Naomi Wolf fight female genital mutilation?
Jamie Glazov continues to hold feminists’ feet to the fire about their inconsistency and refusal to condemn the oppression of women under Sharia. An update on this story. “Will Naomi Wolf Fight Female Genital Mutilation?,” by Jamie Glazov at the News Real Blog, September 29: I have a little follow-up to my run-in with Naomi […]
Spencer: Why More Aid to Pakistan Won’t Work
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the recent increase of aid to Pakistan: Last Thursday the Senate voted to triple the amount of non-military aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion annually. The money is supposed to go to build democracy and aid anti-terror efforts. “We should make clear to the people of Pakistan,” explained Senator […]
Spencer: Islam on Capitol Hill: A Missed Opportunity
I was at the much-ballyhooed event last Friday, and here is my report in Human Events today: The organizers of the “Islam on Capitol Hill” event last Friday came only about 47,000 people short of their goal of bringing 50,000 Muslims to Washington to pray in front of the Capitol building. Although the event received […]
Pamela Geller speaks!
One of the most dynamic speakers and passionate advocates for the defense of the West that I know, my friend and colleague Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs, is speaking November 7 at a gala event hosted by the Collin County Conservative Republicans. People are coming from all over the country to be at this event, […]
Homegrown Jihad special for Jihad Watch readers!
The Homegrown Jihad documentary is essential viewing about jihad training camps in the U.S. Read about it here. Details of the offer here.
Israel set to swap 20 Palestinian prisoners for video of Gilad Shalit
No wonder they think that the West is foolish and weak, and can be beaten. “Mideast: Shalit video to be ‘swapped’ for 20 Palestinian prisoners,” from AKI, September 30 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Tel Aviv, 30 Sept. (AKI) – Israel is set to receive fresh video footage of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit proving he […]
Bangladesh: Christian convert from Islam and his family get death threats from Misunderstanders of Islam
As everyone knows, the idea that “Islam orders a violent end for those who leave the faith” is just “bigoted nonsense.” Unfortunately, somehow these Muslims in Bangladesh, like so many other Muslims all over the world, have fallen prey to this bigoted nonsense, misunderstood their tolerant faith, and actually threatened to kill this Muslim who […]