Here is my weekly Jihad Watch segment on Michael Coren’s Sun TV show last night.
Archives for November 2012
Denmark: Pro-Hamas demonstration erupts in violence
Pro-palestinian “Allah-u-Akbar” Christmas choir, Leftists demonstrating for “Global intifada”, t-shirts promoting sharia ‘Only God can judge me’, flags with machine guns and hand grenade and red socialist flags — and stoning of secular law’s representatives. As usual: No arrests… Many thanks for the pictures to the award winning blog Uriasposten.net, Denmark’s most read political blog. […]
Palestinian Islamic Jihad savage promises “new, more savage round” of jihad against Israel
Yes, he used the word “savage.” Will he be roundly denounced as a racist Islamophobe? Will Mona Eltahawy spray-paint the offices of Palestinian Islamic Jihad? “Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader Promises ‘Savage Round’ of Fighting,” by John Rossomando for IPT News, November 29 (thanks to Pamela Geller): A leader of the third-largest Palestinian faction told the […]
“I fled the Middle East, but the Middle East followed me. I knew that this time I had nowhere else to flee except maybe the moon.”
An extraordinary voice for truth and free speech. “Bard on the run: Iranian-born scholar still at risk in Holland,” by Cnaan Liphshiz for JTA, November 29: LEIDEN, the Netherlands (JTA) — Among his many talents, Afshin Ellian has a knack for making people want to kill him. It’s a trait he demonstrated as a fugitive […]
UN votes to create new jihad base against Israel
That’s what Gaza became, contrary to all the confident predictions that Israel’s withdrawal would usher in a new era of peace, and that’s what a Palestinian state would be as well. “Palestinian ‘state’ wins U.N. recognition,” from USA Today, November 29: The United Nations General Assembly voted Thursday 138-9 with 41 abstentions to grant Palestine […]
Free speech victory: Dutch parliament revokes blasphemy law
While other Western nations flirt with introducing blasphemy laws under the guise of “hate speech” codes, the Netherlands, of all places, affirms free speech. “Dutch Parliament Revokes Blasphemy Law,” by Frud Bezhan for RFE/RL, November 29: Insulting God will no longer be a crime in the Netherlands after the Dutch parliament decided to revoke a […]
Is your local library as free as this library in Tehran?
While the hopelessly compromised American Library Association cravenly capitulates to the foes of free speech, at least one library in Tehran is more hospitable to free thought and a genuine exchange of ideas. Last Monday evening I spoke at the University of California Irvine, at an event organized by an Iranian ex-Muslim who read my […]
Egypt’s draft constitution: Sharia main source of legislation
This is the same wording as in the previous constitution, but under the Muslim Brotherhood it is almost certain to have more teeth than it did under Mubarak. “UPDATE 1-Islam’s status unchanged in Egypt draft constitution,” from Reuters, November 29: Nov 29 (Reuters) – An assembly drafting Egypt’s new constitution voted on Thursday to keep […]
Jakarta Chief Imam: Muslims who say that Muslims are free to choose their religion must repent
Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam […]
Turkey’s President calls on West to “curb” criticism of Islam
Gul says he believes in free speech, but “incitement to hate and violence” should not enjoy free speech protections. By this he doesn’t mean the hate sermons of imams calling for jihad against Infidels, but the writings of “Islamophobes,” including accurate analyses of how jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to promote violence […]