In my new book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS I recount America’s first war against Islamic jihadists: its conflict in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries against the Barbary pirates. Few historians have recognized this as a jihad, but that is what it was: in June 1796, Pasha Hamouda, the bey […]
Archives for June 2018
Hugh Fitzgerald: Prince William’s Middle East Visit Started Out Well, and Then…..
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, has just completed a trip to the Middle East. He first spent a day and a half in Jordan, visiting the Roman city of Jerash, where his wife had had her picture taken when she was four years old. It turns out that the Middleton family had lived for several […]
Mali: Muslims murder six in jihad attack headquarters of G5 Sahel anti-terror force
“A suicide bomber tried to penetrate the base at Sévaré in central Mali, according to a security source. A local orange seller, Haoussa Haidara, said ‘there was a huge blast’ followed by exchanges of gunfire. Gunshots could still be heard an hour later.” “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, […]
Muslim cleric: World Cup nations are “enemies of Islam,” games meant to distract from Gaza
“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. […]
Australia: Islamic group has received over US$1,750,000 in taxpayer funds since 2010, up to 75% of its revenue
“The ICV had controversially called for taxpayer-funded ‘safe spaces’ in which Muslim youth could vent extreme speech.” They’ve apparently received enough taxpayer money to have funded those jihadi incubators themselves. Why did the Victoria authorities give this Islamic group so much money? Do they fund Jewish and Christian and Hindu organizations at this same clip? […]
UK: Mosque charity investigated for encouraging children into jihad terrorism
In Islam, zakat — the alms required of every Muslim — can and should be given to further the jihad. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many jihad-linked charities. “Mosque charity investigated for encouraging children into terrorism,” by David Ainsworth, Civil Society, June 29, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): The […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: NYC Truck Jihadi Says ISIS Is ‘Leading a War’ to ‘Impose Sharia’
He rejects the judgment of a U.S. court. He isn’t the only one. My latest in PJ Media: Saipov said in court: “The judgments that are made here are not important for me. They are not Allah’s judgments.” He added: “The Islamic State [ISIS], in order to impose sharia on Earth, is leading a war.” […]
Australia: Muslim teen who plotted jihad massacre was referred to “deradicalization” program, but didn’t go
“The boy was referred to a diversion program to address his risk of radicalisation and counter any tendency towards violence and extremism, but the judge said the boy did not attend the sessions because he was working.” Even if he had gone, it was unlikely to have made much difference. Deradicalization programs have been notorious […]
Merkel: Migrant crisis could “make or break” the European Union
Let’s hope she is right, and that the migrant crisis breaks the European Union, so that the people of Europe have a chance to preserve their nations as free societies, rid of the Brussels-imposed tyranny of socialist internationalism that has put Western Europe on the path to suicide. “Angela Merkel warns migrant crisis could ‘make […]
UAE: Singer on trial for insulting Islam — for pointing at a mosque with her left hand
She insists that she did not intend to insult Islam. In any case, whether she did or not, she outraged Islamic sensibilities by pointing to the mosque with the wrong hand. This is the ultimate outcome of “Islamophobia” initiatives: if one determines never to insult Islam, there is virtually no end to the possible insults. […]