Samir Khan has seemingly encountered no resistance as he went from a twerp with a computer sponging off of his parents to a high-profile al-Qaeda propagandist, now living in Yemen, nearer the operations of al-Qaeda’s franchise in the Arabian Peninsula. There is a very valid question regarding whether investigators made a tactical decision (as many […]
Archives for July 2010
U.S.: Convert to Islam had “hit list” of people to attack
And guess who else is in the picture again? Anwar al-Awlaki. “US couple had terror hit list: court documents,” from Agence France-Presse, July 21: WASHINGTON — A US man has been charged after he compiled a hit list of 15 people he believed had harmed Muslim civilians and deserved to die, court documents showed Wednesday. […]
Caucasus: Jihad against hydroelectric power
Symbolically, trying to plunge the area into darkness is rather appropriate for the jihadists. “Two killed in hydro plant terrorist attack,” from ABC.au and Reuters, July 21 (thanks to Dumbledoresarmy): Russia says Muslim militants are behind a deadly attack on a hydro electric power plant in the volatile North Caucasus region. Militant fighters attacked the […]
Convert to Islam who gained notoriety for threatening South Park creators arrested on “unrelated terror charge”
Unrelated to South Park, at least — there certainly is a common thread connecting his actions. In this case, Zachary Chesser decided he wanted to join al-Shabaab, the perpetrators of the recent massacre in Uganda. Interestingly, he also planned to travel to Somalia through via Uganda to cover his tracks. An update on this story. […]
That time of year: Hamas-linked CAIR selects a target for Ramadan harassment
Eating on the factory floor: what could be wrong with that? Well, hygiene considerations aside, there is the fact that demanding a privilege that would be flatly forbidden of other employees is not “equal” treatment. That is, unless any and every worker now gets to snack on the job as well. On the other hand, […]
Iran’s supreme leader tells Muslims to fight American and British “terrorism”
A prime example of the uselessness of the term “terrorism.” First, it is a method, and not an ideology, and thus lends itself to broad applications without describing the reason for the supposed “terrorism.” And allegations of terrorism are quite easy to come by — one will recall the charges of “religious terrorism” and “moral […]
Al-Awlaki calls for Muslims in the U.S. to wage jihad against government
The headline is at odds with the text of the article — probably a typo — over whether Al-Awlaki was addressing Muslims in the U.S., or calling for Americans in general to convert to Islam. In the latter event, such a call would not be surprising, because Muhammad required Muslims to invite an enemy to […]
Spanish parliament rejects burqa ban
An update on this story; a ban on burqas in government buildings may still be forthcoming. “Spain parliament rejects burqa ban _ for now,” by Alan Clendenning and Harold Heckle for the Associated Press, July 20: MADRID — Spain’s Parliament on Tuesday rejected a proposal to ban women from wearing in public places Islamic veils […]
Pakistan: Christians murdered outside courthouse had been acquitted of blasphemy
But enraged Muslims in the area demanded blood for (alleged) pamphlets. “2,000 Muslim militants go on rampage in Faisalabad; acquitted Christians murdered,” from Catholic Culture, July 21: Two Pakistani Christians acquitted of blasphemy charges were murdered on July 19 as they left the courthouse. A police officer who accompanied them was injured in the attack. […]
Another Afghan soldier turns gun on Americans during weapons exercise
“Earlier this month, an Afghan soldier killed three British service members with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade and in November, an Afghan policeman killed five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Helmand.” And here is yet another. The rate of various failures of discipline among Afghan soldiers — defections, disappearances (including those 46 or more […]
Hizballah’s jihad theme park
Fun for the whole genocide-minded family. “Hezbollah Opens Jihad Theme Park,” by Max Fisher at the Atlantic Wire, July 20 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah, after decades of anti-Israel and anti-U.S. violence, has decided to try something new and open an amusement park. The million-dollar attraction, enticingly named “Museum for […]
Washington Post columnist on Ground Zero mega-mosque: “there’s a profound cultural tone-deafness in pursuing this project at this time and in that place”
In “Balancing rights and prudence” at the Washington Post’s On Faith panel, July 20, Tom Flynn not only comes out against the mega-mosque at Ground Zero, but admits that Islamic supremacism in its political manifestation is “not a distortion of Islam; it is a particular understanding of Islam that crops up far too frequently to […]
Fitzgerald: What To Do About Pakistan’s “Mistrust”
Another day, another Donors’ Conference, in downtown Kabul. Again, it will be the non-Muslim nations who will commit, and actually deliver, still more tens of billions to a place, Afghanistan, that was never a nation but always a collection of warring tribes – and even warring families, and individuals. Afghanistan is of no real consequence […]
Pakistan: After Muslims call for murder, two Christians shot dead outside courtroom where they were to face blasphemy charges
An update on this story. They would have faced the death penalty in court as well, and remember: this is all about the alleged distribution of Christian literature. Blood for pamphlets. “Pakistan: Christian brothers shot dead for ‘blasphemy’,” from AdnKronos International, July 20: Faisalabad, 20 July (AKI) – Two brothers were shot dead outside a […]
Dutch government helping pay for Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero — with Dutch taxpayer money
Yes, you read that right. And Wilders, only Wilders, is standing up to this breathtaking short-sighted idiocy: “‘Netherlands Subsidising Mosque by Ground Zero,’” from NIS News, July 21 (thanks to Fjordman): AMSTERDAM, 21/07/10 – The Party for Freedom (PVV) is demanding clarification by the Dutch government regarding reports that the Netherlands is co-financing the construction […]
JFK Airport jihad terror suspect says he doesn’t believe in jihad
That is, he believes in the Inner Spiritual Struggle, but not in jihad warfare. It’s a rather transparent and flimsy defense, but it may well fly given the general prevalence of the Religion of Peace farrago. “JFK Terror Suspect Says He Doesn’t Believe in ‘Jihad,’” from Bloomberg, July 20: July 20 (Bloomberg) — A former […]
New German study: boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent
It appears yet again that the more observant and devout one is in Islam, the more likely one is to Misunderstand the Religion of Peace. “A new German study shows that boys growing up in pious Muslim families are more likely to be violent,” from the National Secular Society via Muslims Debate, n.d. (thanks to […]
Al-Qaeda’s second banana says victory coming for the jihadists in Iraq and Afghanistan
Of course, with his enemy not pursuing victory and preparing to leave Iraq soon, it isn’t hard for Zawahiri to see victory in sight. Regarding Afghanistan, he says: “We will show you who will be soon fleeing Kabul, in defeat, fear and humiliation.” Given Washington’s openness to find an accord with a mythical “moderate Taliban,” […]
UK: New report says counter-terror efforts are alienating Muslims
We hear this kind of thing in the U.S. as well, although usually in opposition to a specific counter-terror measure rather than as a comprehensive criticism of the government’s entire approach: CAIR has opposed virtually every counter-terror measure that has come down the pike, and other Islamic advocacy groups have joined in also to oppose […]
Spencer: After Mubarak
In FrontPage this morning I discuss what could follow the end of Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Egypt, and how the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to take advantage of the situation: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak has been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, and is not expected to live beyond a year. After that, the uneasy equilibrium […]