Imperiled Islam, of course, forbids representational art. And we all saw what happened to the Buddhas of Bamiyan. More on this story. “Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art from the Gandhara period,” from Asia News, November 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Islamabad (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Pakistani and foreign archaeologists have set off the alarm bell, warning […]
Archives for November 2009
Sudan: Christian girl gets 50 lashes for wearing “indecent” knee-length skirt
The learned analysts have repeatedly assured us that Sharia provisions do not apply to non-Muslims. Sharia Alert: “Christian girl, 16, gets 50 lashes for wearing ‘indecent’ knee-length skirt in Sudan,” from the Daily Mail, November 27 (thanks to Alexandre): A 16-year-old Sudanese girl was lashed 50 times after a judge ruled her knee-length skirt was […]
Fitzgerald: To ensure freedom of speech, a short way with the suppressors
Not long ago Robert Spencer and another speaker were attempting to elucidate, for an audience in New York, the ideology of Islam, that ideology that explains, without much trouble, the behavior of many Muslims, and the real attitudes of many more. Someone in the audience caused a stir, and while the security guards ran to […]
Fitzgerald: Making A University Do Its Duty
Nonie Darwish was scheduled to speak at two famous American universities. She was invited not by the universities themselves, but by student groups. And it was by student groups that she was dis-invited, groups that were responding to enormous pressure from Muslims on campus. Is this purely a private matter, in which university administrations have […]
Israeli troops foil jihadist toting 15-kilo bomb
“The military has been following attempts to carry out attacks through the ‘U-route’, where Gazan terrorists travel to Egypt, then turn back upon reaching Sinai and infiltrate Israel via the more penetrable Israel-Egypt border.” “Terror attack foiled as troops chase away man carrying bomb,” by Yaakov Katz for the Jerusalem Post, November 26: An IDF […]
IAEA’s El Baradei: “We have effectively reached a dead end, unless Iran engages fully with us”
You know Iran’s shell game is getting absurd when even El Baradei is starting to sound serious. However, the consequences for Iran will likely be limited to yet another deadline from the bottomless bag of meaningless gestures toward eventually holding Iran accountable… but not right away. And all it does is buy Iran more time. […]
Iranian pilgrims shout “Death to America, death to Israel” at Hajj
At the holiest time, at the holiest place, this is what springs to their minds. I wonder what Obama’s grandmama thought if she heard it. Feel the love: “Iran pilgrims stage hajj protest,” by Adel Zaanoun for AFP, November 26 (thanks to dsinc): ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Iranian hajj pilgrims carried out a peaceful protest […]
Imam of Rifqa Bary’s Ohio mosque led Hajj trip with Nidal Hasan’s jihadist imam
Salah Sultan, formerly of the Noor Mosque in Columbus, Ohio, (before he himself was barred from entering the United States), and Anwar al-Awlaki, Nidal Hasan’s jihadist imam, led a Hajj trip together in 2002. Patrick Poole, who has done superb research work on the Noor Mosque, has the details here (thanks to Pamela). Yet we […]
Dum spiro spero
Be thankful that you are breathing. Jihad attacks and attempted attacks inside the U.S. have sharply increased. In response, the entire government and media establishment hastens to assure the world that the root cause is not the root cause. And the President of the United States rushes to make more concessions to the jihadis and […]
Antisemitism widespread among immigrant Misunderstanders of Islam in Denmark
Islam In Europe has the story. Surprised? Surely these Muslim antisemites must have misunderstood their Religion of Tolerance, no? Well, consider this Koranic exposition from IslamOnline (captured here): Dear Sheikh! As-Salam `Alaykum. What, according to the Qur’an, are the main characteristics and qualities of Jews? Answer: […] As regards the question you posed, the following […]
Censorship at Columbia and Princeton
Jihadis and their allies continue their Alinskyite strategy of marginalizing their opponents — and their thuggish attempts to silence them. And dhimmi university officials are all too happy to oblige them. Free Speech Death Watch Alert: “Free Speech Silenced at Columbia and Princeton,” by Pamela Geller in The American Thinker, November 24: Nonie Darwish, the […]
Obama reaches out to Philippine jihadists
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U.S. Army never considered the possibility that jihadis might infiltrate it
And it did not do so out of fear of being accused of “Islamophobia.” More bitter fruit of political correctness: “Threat of jihad infiltration did not factor into U.S. Army’s screening process,” from the World Tribune, November 23 (thanks to Mackie): WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army, fearing political repercussions, refused to consider the prospect of […]
At least 90% of women in Lebanon have been victims of physical or psychological abuse
Christian women in Lebanon ought to have advocates to defend them. Muslim women ought to as well, but it is more difficult for them because of the divine sanction given to wife-beating (Koran 4:34). “Violence Against Women: Lebanon; 90% Victim Of Abuse,” from ANSAmed, November 25 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – BEIRUT, NOVEMBER 25 – […]
Obama’s “Christian” grandmother in Mecca for Hajj
Why the deception? And who was behind it? AP? The Obama camp? Someone else? What was its purpose? AP, March 5, 2008: “In the world of today, children have different religions from their parents,” she said. She, too, is a Christian. Is she really? “Saudi Arabia: Obama’s grandmother in Mecca for ‘Hajj’ ceremony,” from AKI, […]
Christian extremists behead two Russian officials — no, wait…
It was Islamic jihadists again, oddly enough. Everyone knows that all religions have their fanatics and extremists and they’re all equally dangerous, yet those Christian beheaders remain inconveniently quiet. “Russian officials beheaded in N. Caucasus-Ifax,” from Reuters, November 24 (thanks to Islam In Europe): MOSCOW, Nov 24 (Reuters) – A police investigator and a court […]
Fitzgerald: Omar Bin Laden would like a job at the U.N. — why not make him Secretary-General?
Omar Bin Laden, news reports tell us, would like a job at the U.N. This isn’t a case of someone wishing to further terrorism. By all accounts, he does not approve of his famous father. But that is not the only reason to give Omar Bin Laden a job at the U.N. In fact, it […]
Saudi Arabia sentences TV host to death for witchcraft
This is like sentencing to death Carnac the Magnificent. Sharia Alert from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: “TV Presenter On Death Row For Witchcraft,” from Sky News, November 24 (thanks to Peter): A man has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft because he makes predictions on television. Ali Sibat is […]
Modern, moderate, secular Turkey: 42% of women targets of violence
“Men shall take full care of women with the bounties which God has bestowed more abundantly on the former than on the latter, and with what they may spend out of their possessions. And the righteous women are the truly devout ones, who guard the intimacy which God has guarded. And as for those women […]
Travesty of justice: Navy SEALs face assault charges for capturing most-wanted jihad terrorist
The poor jihadi had a bloody lip! Yet another Which Side Is Obama On Alert: “Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist,” by Rowan Scarborough for FoxNews, November 24 (thanks to Mackie): Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and […]