He also traveled in a burqa on occasion to avoid detection. An update on this story. “Life sentence likely for Guantanamo detainee in NY,” by Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays for the Associated Press, January 24: NEW YORK – After his capture in the 1998 bombing of a U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Ahmed Ghailani recalled […]
Archives for January 2011
Australian Islamic supremacist on his non-Muslim countrymen: “One day they know they will be controlled”
Hold your pious chinstrap beard on, buddy. The battle is far from over. More on this story. “Full-bred Aussie with a longing for sharia law,” by Sally Neighbour for The Australian, January 21: Ibrahim Siddiq-Conlon has a message for Australians, whether they want to hear it or not. “One day Australia will be ruled by […]
Like clockwork: Muslims highlight “backlash” fears ahead of congressional show-trial on “radicalization”
Never mind the fact that Rep. Peter King’s hearings have already been sanitized of almost all potential criticism of Islamic teachings, and that the deliberate exclusion of controversial points of view will doom those hearings to be a pointlessly ritualistic display of Congress looking busy. Even so, standard operating procedures are kicking in among King’s […]
Suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport kills at least 31
“Reports say the suicide bomber was located among a crowd at the international arrivals gate.” “Medvedev orders to step up security after deadly blast at Moscow airport,” from RIA Novosti, January 24: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Monday that security be increased at all of the country’s airports and transportation hubs after a suicide […]
Pakistani Islamic supremacists demand that Italian demonstrators against blasphemy law convert to Islam
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Pakistani Islamic supremacists demand that Italian demonstrators against blasphemy law convert to Islam
The call to convert to Islam must precede jihad violence, according to Muhammad: “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 […]
Pakistan: 10,000 rally again in support of blasphemy law
The Pakistani government is too weak and/or compromised to stand up to the supporters of the blasphemy law, which is used to victimized innocent people on an increasingly regular basis. Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “In Pak, blasphemy law supporters on the streets,” from the Associated Press, January 24: Peshawar: Rallies took place in Peshawar […]
“Now all trees are running towards you and tomorrow is coming”
This just in from the Hate Mail Bag: Run away from Home… As I see you Spencer (Hate-sponsor),. after few years later you will fear from your Clothes even. Now all trees are running towards you and tomorrow is coming Say what? The nearest I can bring this to sense is that it is a […]
Islamophobes Tunisian women wary of Islamic parties’ rise
While discussions of Sharia in the West are often academic exercises where comfortable pundits reassure themselves with visions of how Islamic law “ought” to work, women like those quoted below know they face a very real loss of rights and of their way of life if Islamic parties take control. “Women keep wary eye on […]
Gaza jihadist group implicated in Egyptian church bombing: Hey, it wasn’t us, it was the Mossad
We have seen those same allegations for weeks now, of course. But the jihadists of the Palestinian Army of Islam may need to get their stories straight, or things could get awkward. A report in the Los Angeles Times quotes another statement that said: “Despite our praise to those who executed the attack, the Army […]
Nigeria: “Education is Sin” jihadists suspected in murder of soldier guarding church
Books? Haram. Slaughter? Halal. “Suspected Islamists kill Nigerian soldier guarding church,” from Agence France-Presse, January 23: KANO, Nigeria — Suspected members of an Islamist sect blamed for a series of attacks in Nigeria’s north shot dead a soldier guarding a church on Sunday and stole his rifle, an army spokesman said. Attackers on motorcycles killed […]
Fall of secular regime in Tunisia paves way for Islamic parties
As I said here last week, while most of the mainstream media and Western governments were hailing the victory of democracy in Tunisia. “Fall of secular regime paves the way for Islamic parties,” from Reuters, January 23 (thanks to C. Cantoni): REUTERS – For years they were jailed or exiled. They were excluded from elections, […]
Islam and jihad grow in Europe
Antisemitism increases in Europe concomitant with the growth of Muslim power and influence. “Islam and Jihad Grow in Europe,” by Chana Ya’ar in Israel National News, January 23: The growing demographic picture of millions of Muslim immigrants and their descendants in Europe is beginning to bear bitter fruit in a quiet “under the radar” jihad […]
Robert Reilly, author of The Closing of the Muslim Mind: Exclusive Jihad Watch interview
Robert Reilly, author of the superb and essential book The Closing of the Muslim Mind, was kind enough to grant Jihad Watch an exclusive interview: In your fascinating new book The Closing of the Muslim Mind, you expand in important ways on the insight Pope Benedict XVI expressed in his famous Regensburg address–that Islam, as […]
Greasy Islamophobes explode five car bombs in Baghdad, killing 6, wounding 30 — no, wait…
Oddly enough, it was jihadists yet again. “Five Car Bombs Strike Baghdad Neighborhoods,” by John Leland in the New York Times, January 23 (thanks to Ken): BAGHDAD — Shattering a months-long period of relative calm in the capital, five car bombs exploded in different neighborhoods around Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least six people […]
Tunisia to lift ban on pro-Sharia political groups; Islamic supremacist leader says he’s no Khomeini
“Asked about hardliners who dismiss Western-style democracy and call for the creation of a traditional Islamic state, he said: ‘Our position is very far from this idea, … which we think has no place within the moderate Islamist tendency. It is extremist and … not based on a correct interpretation of Islam.’” Ghannouchi’s statement is […]
Tariq Ramadan: “It is incorrect to say the Coptic community in Egypt is in danger”
“It is incorrect to say the Coptic community in Egypt is in danger.” Really? Let’s look at the recent record — leaving out the New Year’s Day church bombing in which jihadists murdered 23 Copts: Egypt: Off-duty Muslim police officer boards train, shoots Christians, killing 71-year-old man Copts brace for the worst on Christmas Eve: […]
Jordan: Muslim Brotherhood tries to spin popular protests into advantage for pro-Sharia forces
This is similar to what is going on in Tunisia. “In Jordan, Islamists try to spin popular protests into political uprising,” by Taylor Luck in the Christian Science Monitor, January 21: Young people in the street waving baguettes and decrying unemployment rates, rising prices, and the government – protests in the Jordanian capital today unmistakably […]
Qaradawi hails Tunisian revolution, says Islamic nations must support it
As I said yesterday, I’ve been harshly criticized for writing here that Islamic supremacists are trying to take advantage of the “Jasmine Revolution” and impose Sharia in Tunisia; now you can add the internationally influential Islamic leader Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi to the ranks of the greasy Islamophobes: “Some see Qaradawi’s address as an attempt to […]
Egypt blames Palestinian Army of Islam for New Year’s Day church bombing
This bears out Mubarak’s initial claim that foreign hands were responsible for the bombing, and enables him to continue to ignore the persecution of Christians in Egypt by native Islamic supremacists. “Egypt blames Palestinian group for New Years’ Day church bombing: Al-Qaida-linked Army of Islam said responsible for attack in Alexandria earlier this month that […]