Reconstruction is un-Islamic. “Afghanistan: Twin blasts hit western city of Herat,” from the BBC, May 30 (thanks to Jaladhi): At least five people were killed and about 30 wounded after twin bomb blasts struck the Afghan city of Herat. The fatalities occurred after a roadside bomb in the centre of the city, which is not […]
Archives for May 2011
Pakistanis blaming U.S., India for jihad violence
Hey, what about the Zionists? Conspiracy Paranoia and Projection Alerts, and more thoughts on this story: “Amid bombings, Pakistan turns to conspiracies,” by Chris Brummitt for the Associated Press, May 29 (thanks to JCB): ISLAMABAD — Facing a surge in violence after the killing of Osama bin Laden, Pakistanis are taking comfort in conspiracy theories […]
A Memorial Day amid a conflict shrouded by fog
How hopelessly at odds with America’s best interests is Barack Obama? Less than two weeks ago he declared his support for “political and economic reform in the Middle East,” warmly endorsing the “Arab Spring” uprisings there. Then Sunday, Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Hazem Abu Ismail announced his candidacy for the presidency of Egypt, promising to transform […]
Raymond Ibrahim: “Some Muslims are…projecting the worst traits of Islam onto the beleaguered Christian communities living among them”
Over the years here at Jihad Watch we’ve often noted the Islamic supremacist tendency to engage in projection. Raymond Ibrahim here examines the phenomenon: “Islamists Project Islam’s Worst Traits onto Christians,” by Raymond Ibrahim at FrontPageMagazine.com (via RaymondIbrahim.com), May 25: In recent weeks, we saw how the Muslim world’s obsession with gaining converts evinces, in […]
Why Muslim cultures lag behind
Why Muslim cultures lag behind by the Anti Jihadist In the past fifty years, many countries have caught up with the rich and developed Western World. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, with virtually no natural resources, have created advanced, urbanized and prosperous societies, complete with world-class technology that often exceed that which is found […]
Report: FBI disregarded warnings about Mumbai jihad plotter from his own wives
Yes, “wives,” one of whom he also had a “domestic violence” incident with, as described below. Just a little Qur’an 4:34 in action. “FBI ignored warnings on Headley’s jihadist career,” by Praveen Swami for The Hindu, May 30: CHICAGO: Federal Bureau of Investigation detectives disregarded multiple warnings that the Pakistani-American jihadist David Headley was working […]
Iran: Basij commander says “the United States, through expanding communications, is developing the infrastructures for the universal reign of Islam”
Confident in the future The Basij is the gang of thugs that the mullahcracy uses to crush the demonstrations in Iran. In any case, he is referring here to communications technology. But given the warmly positive stance of official Washington, during both the Bush and Obama administrations, toward the Westward spread of Sharia and Islamic […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Why Muslims are killing Christians and torching churches in Egypt
You guessed it: hysterical rumor-mongering and conspiracy theories. “Conversion, Adultery, and Savagery Strike Egypt,” by Raymond Ibrahim in FrontPageMagazine.com (via RaymondIbrahim.com), May 23: The true story behind the recent Islamist attacks on Egypt’s Copts””wherein over a dozen Christians were killed, hundreds wounded, and their churches torched””is as illuminating as it is sordid. To recap, Islamists””or […]
Egypt: Coptic Christians jailed for “unlicensed church,” weapons charges
Gee, what would a Copt need with weapons in peaceful, tolerant, post-revolutionary Egypt? Note that the church was approved, until it was suddenly unapproved, and note the appalling hoops Christians have to jump through to get permission for a building project involving a church. Those only reflect Islamic law. As Umdat al-Salik (Reliance of the […]
Pakistani Taliban: We don’t work for anyone but Allah
But in Pakistan, conspiracy theories about CIA, Mossad, or Indian intelligence (RAW) roles in, well, everything, abound nonetheless. The two most attractive things about conspiracy theories for Pakistan are that they don’t have to make sense (hey, the enemy is crafty), and they help maintain the state of denial that anything wrong in Pakistan might […]
Israeli police prepare for fallout from possible declaration of Palestinian statehood, and new violations of Israeli sovereignty instigated online
Internet groups like that which arranged the so-called “Nakba Day” attempts to invade Israel on four borders are already planning even more violations of Israel’s sovereignty. The unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state will only encourage and intensify their actions and those of the entire spectrum of groups threatening Israel. And Jews in any territory […]
Bridge for sale: Syria pledges full nuclear cooperation with U.N. after Israeli strike exposed secret reactor
Why the apparent change of heart? “Syria’s sudden readiness to cooperate seems to be an attempt at derailing U.S.-led attempts to have Damascus referred to the U.N. Security Council.” They will do what they have to in order to take the pressure off in the short term, but will otherwise most likely follow the playbook […]
Afghanistan: Assassination of police commander was planned in Pakistan
There is an element of displacement of blame here, to be sure. It has become quite common for Kabul to downplay the extent of the problem as a phenomenon native to Afghanistan: everything’s fine, no terrorists here! But the fact remains that Pakistan’s double game has made efforts to root out the Taliban a decade-long […]
Egyptian military “playing both sides” between “extremists” and non-Muslims
The Egyptian military is seeking to maintain stability through the path of least resistance, hoping to maintain the status-quo, more or less, by pursuing a policy of steam-control. In practice, the military’s actions amount to a process of establishing conditions for an arrangement with the Muslim Brotherhood, which is in the best position to take […]
Muslim Brotherhood sheikh to run for president of Egypt; promises to implement Sharia and cancel peace treaty with Israel
Didn’t he get the memo that the Ikhwan is “moderate” and “largely secular?” “Brotherhood sheikh to run for president,” by Hany ElWaziry for Al Masry Al Youm, May 29 (thanks to Zulu): Muslim Brotherhood Sheikh Hazem Abu Ismail announced his intention to run in Egypt’s upcoming presidential elections. He said that if elected he would […]
“Islamic militants and al-Qaeda men” seize Yemeni town
Party’s over in Zinjibar. “Al Qaeda group tightens grip on Yemen coastal town,” by Samia Nakhoul and Mohamed Sudam for Reuters, May 29 (thanks to JCB): SANAA (Reuters) — An al Qaeda group tightened its grip on a Yemeni coastal town while in the capital Sanaa a truce was holding on Sunday between President Ali […]
Algerian Christian gets five years in jail for “blasphemy”
This story helps to demonstrate why “blasphemy” laws and other legislation curtailing free speech to shield Islam from insults and “provocations” (real or imagined) must be resisted: “While Algeria professes that it upholds religious freedom, it also embraces a blasphemy law that, by its very nature, can be used to prosecute anyone who does not […]
Police commander for northern Afghanistan killed by suicide bomber in police uniform
“War is deceit,” and a top representative of law enforcement in a regime deemed to be insufficiently faithful to Sharia had to go. Therein lies a perpetual source of tension and potential violence in an Islamic state, once a government’s character and right to rule are defined by having Sharia as the highest law in […]
U.S.: Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba as dangerous as al-Qaeda
Perhaps more so. They are sheltered and sponsored in Pakistan even more than al-Qaeda, which is a foreign group, while LeT is homegrown, and owned and operated by the ISI. And they have already “plotted mayhem and murder from nondescript locations in the United States.” LeT is much more central to Pakistan’s double game. “LeT […]
Pakistani intel officer ordered jihad massacre of Mumbai Jews
“Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews…” — Qur’an 5:82 “Witness: Pakistani Intel Officer Ordered Hit on Mumbai Jews,” by Sebastian Rotella for ProPublica, May 24 (thanks to Cy): In his second day of testimony, David Coleman Headley, a confessed Pakistani-American terrorist, revealed more details about close ties between […]