The former Iranian president speaks of a dialogue to attain peace, justice and freedom, but on whose terms? Examples abound in the Dhimmi Watch archives of just how one-sided that dialogue will be. From IRNA: Addressing a large number of Lebanese scholars, cultural figures and religious leaders, Mohammad Khatami said dialogue among religions can end […]
“Deviant Group” thwarted in Riyadh
From Reuters: Saudi security forces have arrested 17 suspected fighters in a series of raids around Riyadh, state television said. They also seized weapons and ammunition early on Saturday in the raids on 12 homes in the capital and nearby districts of Kharj and Mujamma, television quoted an Interior Ministry source as saying. Some of […]
Iran OKs Bill to Block Nuclear Inspections
If Iran has nothing to hide then why did the Guardian Council discuss, let alone approve of, this bill? From the AP: Iran’s hard-line constitutional watchdog approved a bill Saturday blocking international inspections of atomic facilities if the nation is referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions, state-run television reported. The ratification by […]
Dissent on campus
Has the dissent in the camp manifested into a dissent on campus? A report from Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27 — Several anti-government student protests erupted in the Iranian capital on Sunday in response to an increasingly harsher government crackdown on campus activists. Students at the University of Tehran refused to attend classes in […]
Yemen executes Muslim cleric
From the AFP: A hardline Muslim cleric has been executed by firing squad in Yemen after being convicted of the murder three years ago of an official in the opposition socialist party. Ali Ahmed Jarallah was executed on Sunday in the courtyard of the main Sanaa prison in the presence of his family, judges and […]
Back in the fold
Is this the future of Europe once Turkey is allowed to join the “elite” club? From Iran Focus: London, Nov. 27 — Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will travel on Wednesday to Turkey, a country that once expelled him for his involvement in terrorism when he was the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Ankara. Mottaki, 52, […]
Dissent in the camp
According to this report from the AP, all is not going well for Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. TEHRAN, Iran – Critics say the 1980s-style radicalism of ultraconservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is hurting Iran at home and abroad – to the point that even his natural allies in parliament have rejected his three choices to run […]
Empowering Saudi Youth for the World
The chairman of the Saudi International Relations Committee (IRC), Mr. Amr Khashoggi, has asked members to “think of ways of training our youth on how to communicate, appreciate and project our country and culture.” The committee came back with the following plan. From the Arab News: Saudi Arabian Youth Ambassadors Program is dedicated to creating […]
Bangladesh: Bomb panic at city high school
On the heels of a crippling nationwide general strike waged by opposition groups determined to oust the ruling Islamist-allied government comes this high school bomb scare out of Dhaka. From The New Nation: The students and teachers of city”s Khilgaon High School panicked Sunday afternoon at sight of a bomb-like device set under the table […]
France: Extremism on the rise while intertwining with foreign terror groups
While government officials bicker amongst themselves on how to appease blatant rioters, an insidious infiltration is quietly occurring right under the authorities’ noses. From the Los Angeles Times: PARIS “” Employees set up clandestine prayer areas on the grounds of the Euro Disney resort. Workers for a cargo firm at Charles de Gaulle airport praise […]
No accounting of religion
Three weeks of riots has prompted French prime minister Dominique de Villepin and interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy to fall over each other in an attempt help the “disaffected youths”. From Reuters: “Proclaiming equality before the law is no longer enough: henceforth we also need to promote equality by (using) the law,” Sarkozy wrote in an […]
Minister: “In Pakistan there is complete freedom of speech and expression.”
Apparently, the good minister does not consider this nor this nor this to be stark contradictions to his bold statement. But of course! Violations of Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws are punishable just as violations of laws are in any other “democratic” nation. From the Online – International News Network: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underlined […]
Die in your anger
More demands and tirades are issued forth from the unobstructed mouth of Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. From The Scotsman: Iran’s hard-line president has called for the Bush administration to be tried on war crimes charges related to Iraq and denounced the West for its stance on Iran’s controversial nuclear programme. “You, who have used nuclear […]
Loathing to integrate
Fleeing war and government instability, many Yemeni immigrants arrived in the United States during the 60s and 70s. According to this report from The Yemen Times, those immigrant’s dreams of prospering while maintaining their Arab-supreme identity have been dashed on the rocks of an overwhelming, yet inferior, culture. Due to the lack of modern education, […]
Restraining order violated by alleged slaveholder
An update to this modern-day slavery case. From the The Rocky Mountain News: A Saudi woman accused of keeping an Indonesian nanny as a virtual slave in her Aurora home was ordered Tuesday to post $5,000 bail for violating a restraining order that forbade her from contacting the alleged victim. Prosecutors have said Sarah Khonaizan, […]
Sinful animals roaming the earth
Iranian leaders still haven’t learned that when referring to non-Muslims, the politically correct term is “the other“. From ADNKI: Iran’s religious minorities have slammed recent controversial remarks by a top aide to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, describing non-Muslims as “sinful animals who roam the earth and engage in corruption.” Kurosh Niknam, the […]
Going door-to-door
Can’t get to the mosque for an earful of jihad? No problem. In Kuwait there are traveling preachers who’ll bring it to your front door. From ADNKI: Kuwait City, 22 Nov. (AKI) – Five extremist ‘preachers’ have been arrested for going door-to-door spreading the doctrine of the terror group al-Qaeda among the inhabitants of a […]
Sunni Leaders: Resistance is a right
From AlJazeera.Net: Iraqi politicians have saved a reconciliation conference in Cairo from collapse with compromise language saying all peoples have a right to resist, Sunni Arab politicians say. On Monday, all parties to the three-day meeting called by the Cairo-based Arab League agreed to the formula: “Resistance is a legitimate right of all peoples”, said […]
Iran Is Building Nukes in Underground Locations
According to Alireza Jafardazeh, a spokesman for an Iranian opposition group, Iran has built dozens of underground tunnels and facilities for the construction of nuclear-capable missiles. From ABC News: Speaking this morning at the National Press Club, Jafarzadeh described an “extensive large-scale operation” for the development of nuclear-capable missiles “in the most sophisticated, hidden way” […]
Mayor Ken Livingstone to launch Islam Awareness Week
From the Community Newswire, with thanks to DP111. Shafeeq Sadiq, national co-ordinator of Islam Awareness Week, said: “We need to remember the positive spirit that embraced the nation, and especially the capital, after London won the Olympic bid. “It is with such optimism and hope that we will defeat terrorism.” Now in its 12th year, […]