This is not the family that tried to get there last week. This is a new one. They are coming all the time. Yet Western analysts still wave away the Islamic State’s appeal to Muslims worldwide by dismissing them as “un-Islamic.” “Turkish police detain British family thought to be headed for Syria,” Reuters, April 20, […]
Archives for April 2015
“Australian values are the values of the kuffar” (unbelievers)
No doubt moderate Muslim spokesmen in Australia and all over the West will quickly explain to us how Harun Mehicevic is wrong on Islamic grounds, and is a misunderstander of Islam. “Harun Mehicevic hits out at Australian values in Al-Furqan rants,” by James Dowling, Sam Landy, Aleks Devic, and Tom Minear, Herald Sun, April 21, […]
Montreal Muslims had explosives, accused of trying to join jihad group
Their families have already swung with dispatch into victimhood mode. “Terrorism charges against young Montreal pair after RCMP probe,” by Allan Woods, Toronto Star, April 20, 2015: MONTREAL—A young Montreal couple arrested last week is now facing terrorism charges after investigators claim to have found explosive substances and evidence the 18-year-olds planned to join an […]
San Diego: Muslims who tried to join Islamic State held without bail
Neither law enforcement officials nor the mainstream media seem to have any curiosity about why so many Muslims from the U.S. try to join the Islamic State. More on this story. “Terror suspects ordered held without bail,” FOX 5, April 20, 2015: SAN DIEGO — Two 21-year-old Minnesota men, who allegedly traveled to San Diego […]
UK Muslim groomed friend to murder British soldiers
“Islam ruthlessly exploited to the utmost Thomas’ vulnerability and obvious wish to try and ingratiate himself with Islam.” Are British officials going to compel Kazi Islam to change his name, so as to avoid giving anyone the impression that his plot to murder British soldiers had anything to do with…Islam? “Teenager ‘groomed friend to copy […]
UK admits Nazis from Spain, Canada and US for rally calling Jews “the enemy” and “children of darkness”
Recall that when Pamela Geller and I were banned from entering Britain, the Home Office sent me a letter saying that allowing me into Britain would be “not conducive to the public good” because I made the true statement that Islam “mandates warfare against unbelievers.” Then it came out that one email from the Home […]
UK cops arrest 14-year-old Muslim in connection with Australia Islamic State jihad plot
I read the news today, oh boy, 14-year-old jihadi in Blackburn, Lancashire… “UK police arrest boy, 14, over Australia IS attack ‘plot,’” AFP, April 20, 2015 (thanks to Lookmann): Police in Britain said Monday they have arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with an alleged Islamic State-inspired attack plan in Australia. The boy was arrested […]
Egypt: Christians celebrated Easter outdoors because Muslims forbid church building
Due to the difficulties Egypt’s Coptic Christians experience in trying to build—or even repair—churches in their homeland, some end up meeting in Coptic homes to worship (and often are attacked for it), while others worship out in the open. This was the case for the Christians of Nag Shenouda, in Sohag City. For 44 years they […]
Saudi thinker: Muslim institutions teach that Christians are ‘infidels’ and ‘enemies’
According to Saudi novelist and writer, Hani Naqshabandi, “Our [Islamic] religious institutions do not give us room to exercise free thought.” By way of example, he pointed out that “They [Saudi institutions] said that the Christian is an infidel, a denizen of hell, an enemy to Allah and Islam. So we said, ‘Allah’s curse on […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Christians Prefer Death to Islam
Approximately two months after the Islamic State (IS) published a video depicting its members slaughtering 21 Coptic Christians in Libya, on Sunday, April 19, the Islamic jihadi organization released another video of more Christians in Libya being massacred, this time for not paying jizya—extortion money demanded of the “People of the Book” according to Koran 9:29. Two scenes […]
Muslims in Minneapolis, San Diego arrested in jihad terror probe
Good thing the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. Imagine how many more Muslims would try to join it if it were. “Arrests in Minneapolis, San Diego in Terrorism Investigation,” by Amy Forliti, Associated Press, April 19, 2015: Authorities in Minnesota say arrests have been made in connection with their terrorism investigation into […]
Egypt’s Mufti going to Europe to fight “radical Islam” by meeting with non-Muslims
The Mufti of Egypt has shown himself to be a disingenuous purveyor of deception rather than reform twice recently — see here and here. And here again we see it: if he is really going to “clarify and explain the facts about ‘true Islam,’ why isn’t he meeting with Muslims? At least according to this […]
Muslim rapper’s threat video features Qur’an verses such as “kill the polytheists wherever you find them”
“And slay them wherever ye find them…” — Qur’an 2:191 “…and slay them wherever ye find them…” — Qur’an 4:89 “…slay the idolaters wherever ye find them…” — Qur’an 9:5 Not that this has anything to do with Islam. If only some of those who claim that the Islamic State completely misrepresents Islam would make […]
Pakistan: Muslim husband murders wife for visiting her sister without permission
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a […]
Islamic State: “You will not have safety even in your dreams, until you accept Islam”
Not that this has anything to do with…Islam. The title of this Islamic State video comes from the Qur’an: “Those who disbelieved among the People of the Book and the polytheists were not to be parted until there came to them clear evidence…” (98:1) More on this story: “‘You Will Not Have Safety Until You […]
Bangladesh: Muslim mob attacks Christians, stabs priest during Easter Mass
“After assaulting the faithful, the group stole items worth 33,900 taka (4,134 EUR); destroyed Bibles, crosses, holy pictures, musical instruments and homes; killed goats and chickens.” Time to step up the “dialogue,” bishops! That will fix this right up in a jiffy! The U.S. Catholic establishment, with its refusal to discuss, much less do anything […]
Pakistan: Muslims on motorcycles open fire on Christian school
Quick — we’re going to need a few more handwringing articles about “Islamophobia” in the Washington Post and CNN to deflect attention away from this. “‘Muslim Hardline’ Gunmen Open Fire on Catholic School in Pakistan; Injured Christian Student Taken to Hospital,” by Samuel Smith, Christian Post, April 17, 2015: Two masked gunmen on motorcycles, believed […]
UK releases without charge 6 UK Muslims arrested at Turkey/Syria border
One was a politician’s son, whose father says, “We should be careful not to express negative comment prior to the completion of an investigation or court process otherwise we risk stigmatising and demonising a family as well as potentially jeopardising peoples’ right to a fair trial.” Very well. I’m sure there are all sorts of […]
Islamic State in Libya murders Ethiopian Christians
“A masked fighter wielding a pistol says Christians must convert to Islam or pay a special tax prescribed by the Quran, before the captives in the south are shown being shot dead and the captives in the east are beheaded on a beach.” “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last […]
Islamic State drives Christians from ruins of Nineveh
“A decade ago, 35,000 Christians lived in the city; last year there were 3,000; the day Isil took over all were either killed or fled.” But the world yawns, because to care might be “Islamophobic” and harm “Muslim/Christian dialogue.” Meanwhile, an interesting side note: in an age in which we’re constantly told in the West […]