And so he set out plotting to bomb a Bronx synagogue — because, after all, the Qur’an says that the Jews are the worst enemies of the Muslims (5:82). More on this story. “NY temple plot jury hears suspect rant about Jews,” by Tom Hays for Associated Press, August 30: NEW YORK (AP) — A […]
Archives for August 2010
71% of New Yorkers oppose Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero
How long will the political elites ignore the will of the people? “Poll: Most NYers want developers to move mosque,” from AP, August 31: ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A new poll finds 71 percent of New Yorkers want the developers of an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero to voluntarily move the project. The […]
Help us stand for freedom against Islamic supremacism on September 11
Please join Pamela Geller and me for our rally against the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero on September 11, at 3PM at Park Place and West Broadway in lower Manhattan. Speakers will include 9/11 family members, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton (via video statement); Dutch freedom fighter Geert Wilders (LIVE!); journalist […]
Jihadists murder four Israeli civilians
But deep down they really, really want peace. “Four killed as terrorists open fire near Kiryat Arba,” by Yaakov Katz for the Jerusalem Post, August 31: Victims, shot while driving, include 2 men, 2 women, one reportedly pregnant; attack comes before Netanyahu and Abbas set to meet in Washington for peace talks. Four Israelis were […]
After calling Europe to Islam, Gaddafi demands jizya
“Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war…When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withhold yourself from doing them […]
FBI refuses to cave in to Hamas-linked CAIR’s intimidation tactics over Spencer invitation
A month after the Hamas-linked Islamic supremacist hate group CAIR tried to intimidate the FBI into apologizing for inviting me to speak in Virginia some time ago, Politico noticed the story and asked the FBI about it. The FBI, which is on to CAIR, wouldn’t throw the wolves any red meat. “FBI defends invitation to […]
Sharia justice: 90-year-old Saudi to get 100 lashes
Compassion. “90-year-old Saudi to get 100 lashes,” from Emirates 24/7, August 31 (thanks to Twostellas): A 90-year-old Saudi man will be lashed 100 times with the whip after he was convicted of smashing the windscreen of a judge’s car to retaliate against a previous verdict against him, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday. The court […]
Gaddafi has a bright idea: “Islam should become the religion of all of Europe”
This is a political statement as much as a religious one, since Islam has and always has had a political character. Another take on this story. “Europe should convert to Islam: Gaddafi,” from AFP, August 31: ROME: Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi’s visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former […]
Spencer: Bloomberg’s Ground Zero Mosque Dividend
In Human Events this morning, I explore what might be behind Bloomberg’s spurious claim of the moral high ground in the debate over the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero: […] And in the spring of 2009, Bloomberg opened a news bureau in Abu Dhabi, joining its existing offices not only in Dubai, but in […]
Italians balk at Gadhafi’s sales pitch for Islam
Said one lawmaker: “If I went to Tripoli to demand that Libyans convert to Christianity, what are the odds that I would return in one piece?” More on this story. “Italians attack Muammar Gaddafi over Islam comments,” by Nick Squires for the Telegraph, August 30: Italians have reacted with indignation after Muammar Gaddafi lectured 200 […]
U.K.: Jihadists plotting to use released prison inmates working on rail lines for attacks during 2012 Olympics
Who’s vetting the former inmates for security risks, or jihadist indoctrination while in prison? Or would that also be Islamophobic? “Muslim extremists plotting to paralyze rail networks during London Olympics,” from Asian News International, August 30 (thanks to Twostellas): London, Aug 30 : Terrorist outfits are plotting a rail mayhem to coincide with the London […]
Stand with us on September 11
On September 11, 2010, we’re going to stand for America. Don’t spit in our face and tell us it’s raining. Over seventy percent of Americans oppose the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero. We oppose it because it is an insult, an offense to the memories of those who were killed in the name of […]
“Moderate Muslims” threaten to turn “radical” if they get angry
A very revealing AP puff piece on the horrors that “moderate” Muslims are supposedly experiencing in America today. “NYC mosque debate will shape American Islam,” by Rachel Zoll for AP, August 29 (thanks to all who sent this in): NEW YORK – Adnan Zulfiqar, a graduate student, former U.S. Senate aide and American-born son of […]
Spencer and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross: wonder of wonders, a civil debate
Last Wednesday evening I debated Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies on Crane Durham’s Nothing But Truth show. The debate topic was “Is Islam a religion of peace,” and the debate centered upon the nature and existence of moderate Islam. You can find a podcast of the debate here. It was […]
New York synagogue jihad bomb suspect hated Jews, American soldiers, American government
And yet in a fine Orwellian twist, only opponents of people like Cromitie, a convert to and Misunderstander of the Religion of Peace, are called “hatemongers” and “bigots.” Of course, they will say that it is because we tar all Muslims with the crimes of people like Cromitie, and pretend that they are all just […]
Jihad plotter came to Norway in UN refugee program and became Norwegian citizen
Gratitude. “Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls,” by Ian Macdougall for Associated Press, August 29 (thanks to all who sent this in): OSLO, Norway – When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month they turned up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building. An Associated […]
Newsweek: Stealth jihad? What stealth jihad?
Fiction? We’ll see As the stealth jihad becomes more obvious, my 2008 book Stealth Jihad is starting to look prescient to many who dismissed this threat at the time the book came out. And Newsweek, which famously called for surrender to the jihad back in March 2009, can’t have that. “The Misinformants: What ‘stealth jihad’ […]
“Rauf compared the current struggles facing American Muslims to past religious-based prejudices and attacks against…Jews and Roman Catholic immigrants”
You remember all those Jewish and Catholic terror attacks. “New York imam: Politics behind mosque opposition,” by Brian Murphy for Associated Press, August 29 (thanks to all who sent this in): DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The imam spearheading a proposed Islamic center near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York […]
New Pat Condell video on Ground Zero mosque: “If the positions were reversed, and if this level of calculated insult was being directed at Islam, there is no way on earth that this project would be allowed to proceed”
A follow-up to this video (thanks to all who sent this in). American listeners might take issue with the comments about the First Amendment at 0:37. After all, we know who the dhimmis and useful idiots are because they keep talking, and are free to keep digging a deeper hole for their own credibility. What […]
But wait, there’s more: Ground Zero mega-mosque developer Gamal owes $21,000 in fines on a property with 13 violations
Shockingly, Silent Sharif isn’t talking about this, either. More on this story, in which Gamal lost his cool when the imam interviewed below invited the press to a mosque fundraiser. That imam grasps the fact that it’s bad for business; is Gamal in too far over his head to care anymore? “Visiting Imam Advises Mosque […]