In Algeria, before the Arab invasion and conquest in the seventh century, the population was almost entirely Berber, and along with those who followed traditional Berber religious practices, a considerable Christian population (St. Augustine, he of Hippo, was a Berber) flourished. When the Arabs swept in, subjugating the Berbers, they brought with them an Islam […]
Algeria cancels soccer match with Ghana because coach is Israeli
“In light of the frequent pageants of solidarity with Palestinians that have been taking place in Algeria recently, the Algerian soccer association feared that Grant’s arrival to Ghana might infuriate the Algerian population.” “You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers to be the Jews…” (Qur’an 5:82) In […]
Vox Clamantis In Deserto
An Algerian writer, Boualem Sansal, has written a new book, 2084: The End of the World, in which he envisions a Europe “subjugated by radical Islam.” Sansal, Muslim by birth but clearly not now – if ever — by belief, looks with alarm at the Muslim invasion of Europe. He claims that the “welcoming” culture […]
Algerian PM: “Algeria, while fighting terrorism, doesn’t associate it with Islam”
“The menace of terrorism poses a threat to civilization and Algeria, while fighting terrorism, doesn’t associate it with Islam,” said Sellal. Good. Now if only he could convince the terrorists themselves not to do so. But in that effort, he faces some obstacles: “We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for […]
Algerian Army marching drill: Kill, slaughter, and skin the Jews
Pamela Geller‘s observation is apposite: “This video gives the lie to the idea that the “Palestinian” conflict is all about land. If it were, Algeria, far away geographically from Israel, wouldn’t consider the Jews its prime enemy. This video also shows how relentlessly Jew-hatred is inculcated into people in Muslim countries: the young men marching […]
Algerian Muslim leader: Turn all churches into mosques
According to Abdel Fattah Zarawi, the Muslim leader of the Salafi party, also known as the Free Front of Algeria, any and all Christian churches remaining in the north African nation must be closed and reopened as mosques. Although the closure, destruction, or transformation of Christian churches into mosques is nearly as old as Islam […]
Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria “punish France…to defend our beloved Islamic State”
Herve Gourdel was beheaded just after the Islamic State called for attacks “especially” against the “spiteful and filthy French.” The Soldiers of the Caliphate in Nigeria unaccountably misunderstand Islam in the same way as the Islamic State does, and sympathize with it. “Beheading of Frenchman in Algeria won’t deter France, Hollande says,” by Kim Willsher, […]
Hizballah leader in disguise was on board crashed Air Algerie flight
This doesn’t mean that the Hizballah leader downed the flight, although that may have happened. It may also have happened that the flight was downed by someone else because the Hizballah leader was on the flight. Or the flight could have crashed for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the Hizballah leader. But this […]
Algeria: Islamic supremacists call al-Sisi “enemy of Allah,” repeat genocidal anti-Semitic jihad chant
To these Islamic supremacists, al-Sisi is an enemy of Allah because he has cracked down on the Muslim Brotherhood, and is not ruling according to Sharia. This kind of language used of secular rulers in Muslim countries often intimidates Muslims into thinking that if they support such a leader or form of government, they will […]
Algerian Muslims protest plan to reopen synagogues
“‘No to the Judaization of Algeria!’ and ‘Muslim Algeria!’ were among slogans chanted by the demonstrators, who also condemned Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip.” They don’t want any presence in Algeria of those whom the Qur’an condemns as the worst enemies of the Muslims (5:82). “Salafists oppose Algiers synagogue reopening,” Agence France Presse, […]
Sharia in action in Algeria: Ministry of Religious Affairs allows wife-beating
The Qur’an says it: “Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them […]
Algeria opens investigation of donations to mosques used to fund jihad terror activities
Isn’t it “Islamophobic” even to suggest that mosques may have been financing jihad terror? Will there be an outcry against the Algerian Interior Ministry’s “racism” and “bigotry”? “Terrorism: Algeria, mosque funds under investigation,” from ANSAmed, August 22 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – TUNIS, AUGUST 22 – Algeria’s interior ministry has opened a probe into the […]
300 Algerians brave “serious consequences for not fasting” during Ramadan, eat lunch in public
The coercive aspect of Islamic observance is never discussed in the U.S. — but it is a regular feature of life in Muslim countries. “Algerians eat lunch in Ramadan protest,” from the BBC, August 3 (thanks to Alan of England): A group of Algerians have publically eaten lunch during Ramadan to demonstrate against the persecution […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Jihadists murder two security guards protecting gas pipeline
Good thing al-Qaeda is on the ropes, as Obama assures us. Imagine what they’d be able to accomplish if they were strong, confident, and advancing. “Algeria gas pipeline attack kills two guards,” by Alex Spillius in the Telegraph, January 28 (thanks to Alan of England): Two security guards protecting a gas pipeline were killed and […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Jihad group says gas plant jihad massacre was only the beginning, promises “dozens of Merahs”
Mohamed Merah was the sadistic jihadist who murdered seven people, including three Jewish children, in France last year. Now the jihadists responsible for the jihad mass murders at the Algerian gas plant are promising more such jihad massacres in France. “Jihadist group delivers chilling threat to France,” from The Local, January 22 (thanks to Lookmann): […]
Robert Spencer: Algerian Jihadists Wanted to “Teach the Americans What Islam Is”
In PJ Media this morning, I discuss the overlooked lessons of the recent Algeria jihad mass murders: At the height of the hostage crisis in Algeria, one of the kidnappers explained: “We”ve come in the name of Islam, to teach the Americans what Islam is.” As of Sunday evening, this exercise in religious education had […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Some of the gas plant jihad murderers also took part in Benghazi jihad massacres
“This is the result of the Arab Spring. I hope the Americans are conscious of this.” They aren’t. None of those who are in power are conscious of it, anyway. “Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi,” by Adam Nossiter for the New York Times, January 22 (thanks to Jerk Chicken): ALGIERS “” Several Egyptian […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Jihad mass murder attack on gas plant was inside job
This means that they were hired at the plant and assumed to be “moderates” who would have no problem working for a Western-affiliated firm. No one even made any attempt to determine whether or not they were “extremists,” as imperfect as any such attempt would necessarily have been. To have made such an attempt would […]
Robert Spencer: Algeria: Obama’s Chickens Come Home to Roost
In FrontPage this morning I discuss how the jihad mass murders in Algeria are the fruit of Obama’s foreign policy: Jeremiah Wright was right after all. The Algeria jihad attack proves it. Not long after the 9/11 jihad attacks, Barack Obama’s mentor and friend, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, preached a sermon in which he uttered […]
#MyJihad in Algeria: Two al-Qaeda jihadists found dead inside gas plant were “Canadians”
They most likely didn’t consider themselves Canadians. They no doubt thought of themselves as members of the global, supranational umma. Canada’s newest export: jihad mass murderers. What are Muslim leaders in Canada doing to make sure that no more “Canadian” Muslims misunderstand Islam in the way these two did? Why, nothing. Nothing at all. “Two […]