Islam is peaceful and tolerant, except when it isn’t. And the assurances by Western apologists ring especially hollow in light of stories like these, which are in all-too-ready supply. An update on this story. “Bishop of Mosul: humanitarian emergency. Hundreds of Christian families fleeing violence,” from Asia News, February 25: Mosul (AsiaNews) – Mosul is […]
Archives for February 2010
Gaza newspaper: “This president is either a Muslim or an apostate from Islam according to the strongest viewpoints of Islamic jurisprudence”
In March 2007 I wrote about the question of whether or not Barack Obama was, according to Islamic law, an apostate from Islam who thus merited the death sentence Islamic law mandates for apostates. This article was frequently pointed to as the source of the “Obama is a Muslim” rumors during the 2008 campaign, and […]
Spencer: Muslims Exempt from Death Penalty in U.S.?
In Human Events this morning I discuss a troubling new manifestation of PC multiculturalism in the Noor Almaleki honor killing case in Arizona: Last October there was another in the growing number of Islamic honor killings in the United States when a Muslim in Peoria, Arizona, Faleh Almaleki, got into his Jeep Cherokee and ran […]
Saudi cleric says that those who oppose gender segregation should be killed
Feel the love. Just don’t get too close. “Saudi cleric backs gender segregation with fatwa,” from Reuters, February 23 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): RIYADH (Reuters) – A prominent Saudi cleric has issued an edict calling for opponents of the kingdom’s strict segregation of men and women to be put to death if they refuse to […]
DC police enforce Sharia, eject women from main prayer hall in mosque
…because only men are allowed to pray there. Sharia Alert from…Washington, DC: “Muslim Women Protest Policies At Islamic Center Of Washington,” by Kavitha Cardoza for WAMU.org, February 22 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Some women who protested at the Islamic Center of Washington, wanting to be able to worship in the main prayer hall with their […]
Israeli intelligence: London the new international hub of Hamas activity
Eurabia Alert: “London has become center of Hamas activity,” from Israel Today, February 24 (thanks to Mackie): A report by Israel’s Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) labels London as the new international hub of Hamas political, legal and propaganda efforts. ITIC, a non-governmental organization dedicated to uncovering the activities of Israel’s enemies, wrote that […]
Premature detonation kills five Taliban
If these premature detonations continue, there will have to be a fatwa on whether these guys are entitled to the virgins or not. “Five Taliban killed while planting bombs in Kurram,” from the Daily Times, February 24 (thanks to Twostellas): PARACHINAR: Five Taliban were killed and four others were injured on Tuesday when the explosives […]
Jihadists in Mali free French hostage
“As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods […]
UK: Muslim gang filmed their preparations for jihad terror attack
Maybe more Charlie Chaplin than Osama bin Laden, but you never know. “Exposed, the ‘Blackburn Resistance’: Gang ‘filmed preparations for terror,’” by James Tozer in the Telegraph, February 24 (thanks to Twostellas): Brandishing machetes and guns, the young men pose for the video camera. The three British Muslims filmed themselves as they prepared for a […]
Hamas-linked CAIR uncharacteristically silent about longtime Board member’s deportation for jihad terror ties
CAIR is usually so vocal on cases involving the prosecution of Muslims — but when they grow silent, one can be sure that even Honest Ibe Hooper can come up with no plausible spin on the case. More on this story. “Muslim activist group CAIR is unusually quiet about longtime board member’s deportation,” by Brooks […]
Yemeni al-Qaeda leader threatens attacks against U.S.
“Today, you have attacked us in the middle of our household, so wait for what will befall you in the middle of yours … We will blow up the earth from beneath your feet.” “Senior Yemen al Qaeda leader threatens U.S. attacks: site,” by Raissa Kasolowsky for Reuters, February 23: DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior […]
Arabic-language paper: Robert Spencer, Fox News team up to promote Protestant revival in America
Sometimes the Islamic world’s conspiracy paranoia is really entertaining. This one comes in the context of denying and obfuscating the persecution of Copts in Egypt — read all about it at the excellent Translating Jihad site.
Iran’s Thug-In-Chief: “The Islamic revolution’s final objective is global revolution”
Now wait a minute. A global revolution? But…but…Kelley Beaucar Vlahos says we’re making all that up! Ahmadinjehad must be some kind of Islamophobe. “Iran: Ahmadinejad aims for ‘global Islamic revolution,’” from AKI, February 23 (thanks to all who sent this in): Tehran, 23 Feb. (AKI) – Iran aims to spread its Islamic revolution beyond its […]
Muslim who was pulled off plane for (allegedly) shouting about killing Jews: I never said that, and my accusers are paranoid
If only there were a Family Circus-style drawing from little Billy, because here’s what really happened: “He insists it was a misunderstanding over a conversation while he was speaking Spanish and English with a fellow passenger who was Italian.” Never mind that
Paleocon head-in-the-sand writer smears FDI event all over
How interesting that the same “reporter,” Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, who filed this biased and shoddy FoxNews report about my FDI event last Friday at CPAC has now written two broadsides against the event, both at antisemitic paleocon sites: Antiwar.com and The American Conservative. The three pieces are similar — Kelley Beaucar Vlahos knows how to […]
Germany: Wife of accused jihadist arrested on suspicion of fundraising for jihad group
A little monetary jihad (jihad al-mal) while hubby Fritz is on trial. “Mr and Mrs Jihad: Wife of Homegrown Terrorist Arrested over Fundraising Activities,” from Spiegel Online, February 23 (thanks to Twostellas): The wife of a well-known German Islamist has been arrested in connection with fundraising activities on behalf of the Islamic Jihad Union. Police […]
Shocker: Iran’s latest response to world powers on nuke program “falls short”
And around we go. “APNewsBreak: Iran nuclear offer falls short,” by George Jahn for the Associated Press, February 23: VIENNA – Iran has formally set out its terms for giving up most of its cache of enriched uranium in a confidential document — and the conditions fall short of what has been demanded by the […]
Egypt state security tortures Christian youth
And to whom can they turn to complain, when the government is torturing them and the global human rights organizations are indifferent? “Egyptian State Security Accused of Torturing Christian Youth, by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, February 23 (thanks to Joseph): (AINA) — Egyptian State Security has been accused by lawyers, rights activists and victims’ families […]
Muslim Mafia‘s Chris Gaubatz: A hero, and more than a hero
I said it at the Wilders event at CPAC 2009, and it is still an accurate observation: we live in such a cheap and tawdry age that all one needs to do to be a hero is tell the truth — and yet there are so few heroes. That is indeed the case, and it […]
Fitzgerald: Joe Stack, Nihad Awad, Andrew Sullivan, and Terrorism
Last week a 53-year-old software engineer, Joseph Stack, became enraged about his business failures, and tax problems he had had all during the 1980s and 1990s, and, in particular, with a provision in the Code called “Treatment of Certain Technical Personnel.” In his suicide-note-and-farewell, Stack ranted about “pompous political thugs” and about a tax system […]