These prisoners have committed crimes. That’s why they’re in prison. That can tend to lead to a certain curtailing of one’s freedoms. Only because they recognize American officials as the hopeless dhimmis that they generally are do they dare to bring such a suit. Courtroom Jihad Update: “Inmates Say Prisons Violate Rights: Inmates In Federal […]
Archives for March 2010
UK conference on Islam in Italy boasts of coming Islamic conquest
Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, is said to have predicted the Islamic conquest first of Constantinople (“the city of Heraclius” below) and then of Rome. An Islamic conference to be held in London on April 10 boasts about what the conference organizers see as the looming fulfillment of the second part of that prophecy: the […]
Jihad group claims “credit” for Moscow bombings
Big surprise. Note that he says that these attacks were “revenge.” Jihad attacks are always framed as revenge, because from the standpoint of Islamic law only defensive jihad is justified at this point — also, to frame mass murder in this way helps take the sting out for sympathizers to the cause who may be […]
U.S. supporting Islamic jihad against Russia
Stubbornly ignorant and unwilling to investigate the jihad doctrine, State Department officials led the U.S. into war to support jihadists in Bosnia and Kosovo. Now the same mistake is being repeated. “U.S. Supports Islamic Terror Against Russia,” by Julia Gorin at Republican Riot, March 29 (thanks to Pamela): We don’t yet know the whole story […]
Belgian parliament bans burqas
Not “compatible with an open, liberal, tolerant society.” Indeed. “Belgian parliament bans burquas [sic] in public,” from AP, March 31: BRUSSELS– A vote against wearing face-covering veils in puclic was unanimously established on Wednesday. This legislation represents a major legislative step, which could make Belguim the first European country to impose such a religious prohibition. […]
Spencer at Florida State University School of Law, March 30
Eric Giunta’s Introduction: Speech in five parts: Q & A, in 3 parts: All videos courtesy of Jaime — many thanks, my friend!
The great Nazi-hunter Charles Johnson bags another
Libelblogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs is dead and buried as a source that anyone takes seriously — even the New York Times did a post-mortem — but Johnson’s latest ridiculous discovery of neo-Nazis warrants a revisit to this whole sad affair. Weasel Zippers has found the comment above, in which Johnson says that […]
“Blasphemy” and “Defamation of Islam” at the UN Commission on Human Rights – and the “Islamophobia” monster at the Council in Frankenstein’s footsteps
Comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative at the UN in Geneva: Association for World Education and World Union for Progressive Judaism This joint oral statement, on former themes, was drafted on the spur of the moment and delivered hastily by DGL on the last day when NGO representatives could speak at the Human Rights […]
Fitzgerald: Do Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton know what’s going on in the Chittagong Hills? If they did, would they care?
If you visit this site every day, you know that there are three kinds of news stories related to or about Islam. There are the stories that, within a day or a week, will make it to the New York Times, and NPR, albeit in less intelligible and often tendentious form. Then there are the […]
New tandem suicide bombings kill 12 in southern Russia
War is deceit, Muhammad said: “As investigators and residents gathered around the scene of the [first] blast, a second bomber wearing a police uniform approached and set off explosives.” “New suicide blasts kill 12 in southern Russia,” by Arsen Mollayev for the Associated Press, March 31: MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Two suicide bombers — including one […]
U.K.: “In the face of growing radicalization in Britain, Muslim leaders are ignoring extremists’ points of view and glossing over some of the more unsavory parts of Islam’s ancient texts”
All quite true. This story again demonstrates the uselessness of the “moderate” label. As “moderation” is relative to extremes, all the term can tell us is that the “moderate” is perceived as not being as bad as the next guy. It does not, however, imply a forthright and useful engagement of the many problematic aspects […]
Kenyan police pursuing Somali-born Australian national suspected of plotting suicide attack on military base
With apologies to Dr. Seuss: Oh, The Places You’ll Misunderstand Islam! “Kenyan Police Hunting Australian Terror Suspect,” from VOA News, March 30: Anti-terrorism police units in Kenya are still searching for a Somali-born Australian terror suspect, who escaped earlier this month while in police custody in a town near the Ugandan border. The incident has […]
Nigeria: Islamic court makes temporary injunction against online debate of Sharia provisions permanent
“The Association of Muslim Brotherhood of Nigeria, a pro-Sharia group based in the northern city of Kaduna, argued that the forums would mock the Sharia system.” When “government knows best” meets “Allah knows best,” this is what happens to a citizen’s right to criticize — or change — his or her government. And when a […]
Russia looking for 21 members of “black widow” jihadist cell trained in Turkey
According to this story, one of the bombers in yesterday’s attack in Moscow may also have been mentally retarded. Such gallant mujahedin, pressing the most vulnerable members of society into the business of mass murder. And it would not be the first time we have seen this tactic employed. “Russia hunts 21-strong ‘Black Widow’ cell […]
Pakistan: Taliban threats force closure, demolition of movie theaters
Long-term economic changes wrought by violence, intimidation and the consequent hostile and uncertain climate for continuing to do business. And it’s not the first, and won’t be the last source of livelihood to be destroyed by jihad and the imposition of Sharia. “Pakistan: Taliban threat forces cinemas to close,” by Syed Saleem Shahzad for AdnKronos […]
Medved takes down a conspiracy fantasist (with a little help from me)
A Conspiracy Caller Confronted by Medved and Spencer from Papa Giorgio on Vimeo. I was on the Michael Medved Show yesterday, and here (courtesy Religio-Political Talk) is a bit from the end of the show, in which Medved makes short work of a conspiracy fantasist, with a bit from me at the end.
Bomb scare on cruise ship: “Virginia man” yelling “we are jihad” and “come to the top deck and watch the bomb”
When, oh, when, is Virginia going to institute transparent, honest, comprehensive programs teaching its citizens against jihad violence? What’s that? The problem is not that this guy was from Virginia? The problem is ideas, assumptions and beliefs he learned as a Muslim? What are you, some kind of Islamophobe? “Carnival Bomb Threat On Cruise: ‘We […]
Sweden: Ongoing wave of hate crimes by Muslims forcing Jews out of Malmo
This story, similar to one that was published in February, describes more cases of violence by Muslims against Jews in Malmo. The logical question, then, is: what are they doing in Malmo to stop this behavior, which is so utterly antithetical to Swedish values? Well, they’ve appointed an “anti-hate-crimes coordinator.” Yeah, that oughtta fix it. […]
Azerbaijan: Jihadist plot against kindergarten, school foiled
Thwarting a new Beslan. “Azerbaijan Says Thwarts Plot to Attack School,” from Reuters, March 29: BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan said on Monday it had detained eight people including a Chechen man on suspicion of planning “terrorist acts” against a school and kindergarten in the capital of the oil-producing Caucasus state. Secular authorities in mainly Muslim […]
Nigerian jihad leader: “Islam doesn’t recognise international boundaries, we will carry out our operations anywhere in the world if we can have the chance”
No worries — Qaddafi’s partition plan will put a stop to all of this, right? “Nigerian Islamist sect threaten to widen attacks,” by Aminu Abubakar for Agence France-Presse, March 29: KANO, Nigeria — Nigeria’s self-styled Taliban militant Islamist sect, whose short-lived uprising was brutally put down by the security forces last year, has threatened to […]