The Islamic jihadists “began firing on people without distinguishing between Muslims and Buddhists.” They are trying to “strike terror in the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), and if some Muslims get killed in the process, that is collateral damage and does not mitigate the fact that the killers were waging Islamic jihad. […]
Archives for September 2010
Spain arrests U.S. citizen and Misunderstander of Islam for financing jihad
Former resident of Texas. One wonders if, when he was there, everyone who knew him assumed that he was a “moderate,” and that it would be “Islamophobic” even to consider any other possibility. “Spain arrests American al-Qaida suspect,” by Daniel Woolls for Associated Press, September 29 (thanks to JCB): MADRID – Spanish police have arrested […]
Latest jihadist threat tied to German Misunderstanders of Islam training in Pakistan
“Travelers with German passports do not require a visa to enter the United States.” More on this story. “‘Credible But Not Specific’ Threat of New Terrorist Attack,” by Richard Esposito, Rhonda Schwartz, Matthew Cole and Anna Schecter for ABC News, September 28: US and European officials said Tuesday they have detected a plot to carry […]
Chechnya forcing women to wear Islamic dress
It’s bitterly ironic how often we’re told that Muslim women in the West wear Islamic dress freely and proudly. Yet Islamic spokesmen in the West never seem to get around to addressing this kind of coercion. An update on this story. “Chechnya Coerces Women on Dress, Activists Say,” by Sophia Kishkovsky in the New York […]
Intercepted: Plot to launch Mumbai-style jihad massacres in Britain, France and Germany
Hatched in Pakistan. “Multi-Attack Terror Plot On European Cities,” by Alex Watts for Sky News Online, September 28 (thanks to Alan of England): Intelligence agencies have intercepted a terror plot to launch Mumbai-style attacks on Britain and other European countries, according to Sky News sources. Sky’s foreign affairs editor Tim Marshall said militants based in […]
Moscow: Thousands protest against plan to build mosque
A leading Moscow imam, Ildar Ayautdinov, has threatened to have Muslims conduct prayers in Orthodox churches if they don’t get more mosques in Moscow, and added: “There is a need to construct mosques, otherwise something bad will supersede spiritual development.” Something bad, eh? I can’t imagine what! Meanwhile, will Moscow authorities allow a mosque to […]
“Nigeria will be the Islamic hub by 2020”
The hub, that is, for Sharia finance — and with Sharia finance comes Sharia, which bodes ill for the country’s non-Muslims. “Nigeria Plans Sukuk Debut Targeting Role as Shariah Hub: Islamic Finance,” by Dana El Baltaji for Bloomberg, September 28: Nigeria, Africa’s second-largest economy and home to 75 million Muslims, plans to sell its first […]
ICANN drops background check on terrorism after Muslims complain
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) removes its policy of doing background checks on new Top Level Domain applicants after Muslims complain that the policy would “be seen by millions of Muslims and Arabs as racist, prejudicial and profiling.” Well, that’s very important. We don’t want millions of Muslims and Arabs to […]
“Jews who exaggerate the presence of Islamophobia become leading proponents of the campaign to sanitize and understate Islamic extremism”
Of course, the very concept of “Islamophobia” was invented precisely in order to divert attention away from the global jihad and Islamic supremacism. “Candidly Speaking: Islamophobia and the Jews,” by Isi Leibler in the Jerusalem Post, September 27 (thanks to Bob): It is surely high time for Diaspora leaders to stop living in denial and […]
American to appear in court on charges of blaspheming Islam in modern, moderate Indonesia
Just in case you thought these kinds of cases couldn’t get any more absurd, Luke is accused of “unpleasant conduct,” in addition to blasphemy, because he is supposed to have unplugged and damaged a microphone used for Qur’an recitation in a mosque. He denies it. The justification for the blasphemy charge itself, meanwhile, remains “unclear.” […]
Malaysia’s PM praises Obama for condemning “Islamophobia,” says he must aid moderate Muslims
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak thinks that standing up to “Islamophobia” takes political courage. One wonders what planet he lives on. “Najib Commends Obama, Says Time To Galvanise The Moderates,” from Bernama, September 28: KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak commended United States President Barack Obama […]
Norway: Jihad suspects arrested in August targeted Danish Motoon paper
Killing for a cartoon: If one’s priorities are so disordered, that mentality will have far-reaching effects on the stability of one’s culture, society, and economy. The resulting climate of fear stifles development and innovation: Why think outside the box if it will get you killed? And why develop anything if the next enraged mob will […]
Spencer: The “Islamophobia” Weapon
In Human Events this morning I discuss the OIC’s ongoing but newly energized campaign against the freedom of speech: “The Muslim world is going through an unprecedented difficult and trying time,” said the Secretary General of the 56-state Organization of the Islamic Conference, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, on Friday. One might reasonably have thought that he was […]
No Sharia in Dearborn (yet): Jury acquits four Christian evangelists arrested at Dearborn Arab Festival
It’s good that they were acquitted. It’s a small blow for sanity and Constitutional freedoms. But it’s bad enough that they were arrested in the first place — that Muslims in Dearborn were able to convince police that they had done something for which arrest was warranted. An update on this story. “Jury Acquits the […]
60 Minutes whitewashes Ground Zero mega-mosque leaders, smears Pamela Geller
Predictable, sure, but still outrageous — although they can’t prevent the truth from coming through from Pamela Geller, who comments and notes much of what 60 Minutes left out here. For a particularly egregious example of media bias, compare Scott Pelley’s offensive question to Pamela — don’t you think it necessary to tell the truth? […]
Taliban want to swap kidnapped British aid worker for jihadist Aafia Siddiqui
Hoping to prove yet again that terrorism works. “Taliban ‘want to swap kidnapped British aid worker for Pakistani scientist jailed in the U.S.,’” by Andrew Levy and Daniel Bates in the Daily Mail, September 27 (thanks to Mackie): Militants claiming to have kidnapped a female British aid worker are believed to be demanding an exchange […]
Anti-jihad party wins 20 seats in Swedish Parliament
Spencer in Sweden last July with Kent Ekeroth and Daniel Assai of the Sweden Democrats The Sweden Democrats are mercilessly defamed in the mainstream media. Predictably, they’re charged with being “racist” and “neo-Nazi,” and predictably, they’re neither, as you can see from this pdf. They’re actually a staunchly pro-democracy, pro-human rights, pro-Israel party that is […]
Iran’s Foreign Minister: Islamic countries should get more seats on UN Security Council
As if the OIC didn’t already largely control the UN. “More UNSC seats for Muslim states: Iran FM,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, September 27 (thanks to Twostellas): Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; Iran’s foreign minister has stressed the necessity of allocating more permanent and non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council to Islamic […]
UK: Islamic supremacist hate preacher wins victory in court
He advocates the murder of homosexuals and apostates, but that has all been taken out of context, doncha know. “Visa-Ban Islamic Scholar’s Victory In Court,” by Thomas Lawrence in the Express, September 26 (thanks to Twostellas): AN ISLAMIC scholar barred from entering the UK for his “unacceptable behaviour” has won the first round of his […]
“The new norm is a self-censorship consistent with Muslim teaching that Islam must be free from insult, though other religions may be insulted at all times”
In “Radical Islam gets the better of free speech” in the Star Tribune, September 25, Katherine Kersten asks why American journalists have not rallied to the cause of Molly Norris: […] Surely, you say, American journalists and media moguls — always staunch defenders of the First Amendment — are proclaiming outrage and rallying round this […]