From the Vatican: The Roman Work of Pilgrimages has announced plans to undertake events on the “paths of suffering and sorrow,” including “the route of the slaves of Sudan.” Perhaps while there they can check out modern slavery in Sudan as well. There is some shocking anti-dhimmitude to the plan. “The Diocese of El Obeid […]

Well yes. Maybe he is and maybe he isn’t. That pretty much covers it, doesn’t it? Clearly AP‘s weekend headline writer is not first string. U.S. forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a gunfight “” some by their own hand to avoid capture. […]

From UPI: Christian students and parents cannot sue a school district because some seventh-graders pretended to be Muslims for a history course, a court has ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the role-playing game was not a religious exercise that violated anybody’s constitutional rights. The court upheld a lower court ruling, saying […]

From Hindustan Times: “Women require a balanced diet, rich in calcium and Vitamin D. Women, particularly after menopause, are at higher risk and should maintain a good diet. They should exercise regularly, or at least take to brisk walking, jogging, dancing or simple weightlifting exercises.” “Along with vitamin-rich food, sunlight too plays an active role […]

Here’s an update on the cartoon flap from Islam Online. The Muslim minority in Denmark will send delegations to a number of Muslim countries to meet with senior officials and prominent scholars on the provocative caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) recently published by Denmark’s main daily. Good. Show those Muslim countries what freedom of the […]

So targeting a Muslim wedding in Jordan is a mistake, but hitting a funeral in Iraq is peachy keen, right Zarqawi? In Baghdad: A suicide bomber detonated his car in a crowd of Shiite mourners north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 36 people and raising the death toll in two days of attacks […]

Another person who found Osama bin Laden “a very nice man.” From Newsday: In his testimony before a military tribunal, Saifullah Paracha said he first met Osama bin Laden, somewhat by happenstance, on a charity mission to Afghanistan in 1999. “He delivered the Koran and said he was a prophet. He said very nice things. […]

From The Telegraph: A couple of weeks ago one of the nutters who runs al-Qa’eda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, delivered a ferocious denunciation of one of his and his movement’s most bitter enemies: that well-known zealot and extremist Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Her Majesty is also, of course, by the […]

That didn’t take long did it? From the BBC new group has been formed to replace radical Islamic cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed’s al-Muhajiroun group, which was disbanded last year. Ahl ul-Sunnah Wa al-Jamma was launched in a north London charity shop, with leading member, Simon Sulayman Keeler, calling the Queen “an enemy of Islam”.

Well, all’s well that ends well! From the BBC: French police say levels of violence in France have returned to normal, following three weeks of unrest by urban youths across the country. Police said 98 vehicles were torched on Wednesday night, marking a “return to a normal situation everywhere in France”.

Anti-dhimmitude yes. But why is this listed under “Showbiz News?” Leaflets showing a Muslim fighter holding a rocket launcher outside 10 Downing Street are being probed by detectives amid claims they are linked to exiled preacher of hate Sheikh Omar Bakri. The sickening pamphlets shows a black Islamic flag flying over Parliament and invite people […]

From AP: Jurors in the terrorism-conspiracy trial of a former University of South Florida professor ended their third day of deliberations without a verdict and are breaking for the weekend. The jury is deciding whether Sami Al-Arian and three other defendants are guilty of raising money to support the mission of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. […]

So does Australia now have a Muslim Islamaphobe? From ABC: A Labor Member of the Victorian Parliament and Australia’s only declared Muslim MP says some Muslim leaders need to be “weeded out”. Adem Somyurek says Muslims were not being targeted in the recent anti-terrorism raids in Melbourne and Sydney.

Since the head-on assault on Vienna was repulsed in 1683, a new tactic, known as “whining” is employed at a conference, “Islam in a Pluralistic World.” A major international conference on Islam concluded in Vienna today with strong appeals from prominent Muslim leaders to recognize international terrorism as simply “terrorism.” Political figures from Islamic countries, […]

But surely this human chain won’t sing,”Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” From New Zealand Iran’s volunteer Islamic militiamen are vowing to form a human chain along the length of the country’s borders as a show of force against international pressure on Tehran’s atomic programme. Iran faces referral to the UN Security Council for possible […]

That guy you saw leaving a note on a car in the parking lot? He’s not leaving his phone number and insurance info. From Arab News. The car of a Hail-based journalist was vandalized yesterday by miscreants who were allegedly angered by his Internet postings The miscreants were angered that journalist thought that Muhammad Al-Harbi […]

From the BBC Britain’s most powerful Islamic body is “in denial” about the prevalence of extreme views among its members, one of its founders has told the BBC. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) pledged to tackle extremism “head on” after the 7 July attacks in London. But in a BBC Panorama special, Mehbood Kantharia […]

“‘God bless us every one!’ said Tiny Tim, the last of all.” From Asia News with thanks to Nicolei: Indonesian national police Chief General Sutanto has issued a nation-wide order to tighten security measures around public buildings and churches against possible terrorist attacks that might occur during the Christmas season. All local commanders should remain […]

The Sydney Morning Herald interviews a Muslim cleric who criticizes Abdul Nacer Benbrika. (Thanks to David for the link). Yet he does not show how his argument is better or stronger than Benbrika’s. It is simply his assertion against Benbrika’s about what Islam teaches. And when I look at history and the world today- well, […]