Threatened by girls with books. “Taliban blow up Pakistan girls school: official,” from Agence France-Presse, December 23: PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – The Taliban blew up a girls’ school in Pakistan’s Khyber district, where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. Militants detonated explosives overnight at the government-run […]
“Friend and Ally” Pakistan refuses to go after major Taliban figure
“American intelligence officials suspect Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence military spy agency uses [Siraj Haqqani] for its interests in Afghanistan.” A particularly obvious example of Pakistan’s ongoing double game. “Pakistan nixes going after Taliban,” from UPI, December 22: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 22 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration has spared no effort to publicly laud the […]
“The murder of a Muslim is in fact the killing of all humanity”
Here is an interesting spin on the favorite Qur’an verse of George W. Bush and so many other Western non-Muslims, 5:32, which says that killing an innocent person is like killing all of humanity. Qazi Hussain Ahmed here matter-of-factly equates “innocent people” with “Muslims,” rendering the verse as “the murder of a Muslim is in […]
Christian extremists blow up girls’ school — no, wait…
Everybody knows that Christianity is just as likely as Islam to inspire murderous violence in its adherents. Someday everybody will get some evidence to support this. The point is not really about Christianity or moral equivalence at all. It is about the continued evasion and refusal to confront the doctrine and ideology behind this kind […]
Northern Virginia Muslims in Pakistan: “We are here for jihad”
Zamzam made a video quoting Koran verses. Authorities are baffled as to what could have radicalized him! “N.Va. men allegedly tried to join jihadists: Group e-mailed extremists but was rejected, Pakistan says,” by Jerry Markon and Shaiq Hussain for the Washington Post, December 11 (thanks to Benedict): Five men from Northern Virginia who were arrested […]
Pakistan questions five “young Americans” suspected of misunderstanding Islam
Why would they travel all the way to Pakistan for an interior spiritual struggle? More on this story. “Pakistan questions Americans suspected of jihad wish,” by Zeeshan Haider for Reuters, December 10 (thanks to James): ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Five young Americans were being questioned in Pakistan on Thursday on suspicion they wanted to join “holy […]
Five Washington, D.C.-area Muslims arrested in Pakistan for jihad activity
Misunderstanding Islam on a global scale. “Breaking News: Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror,” from IPT News, December 8, updated December 9 (thanks to Axel): A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of […]
Progress: Jihadis dynamite schools in NW Pakistan
If the books agree with the Koran, they are superfluous. If they disagree with it, they are heretical. “Taliban dynamite schools in NW Pakistan: official,” from AFP, December 9 (thanks to James): PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Taliban militants on Wednesday dynamited two boys’ schools in Pakistan’s Khyber district, where troops are pressing an offensive against […]
Chicago jihadist “thought that Islam was the greatest thing since sliced bread”
Interestingly enough, his half-brother is a public relations officer for Pakistan’s prime minister. Headley seems to be quite devout, and yet somehow seems to have misunderstood Islam thoroughly, somehow getting the idea that jihad terror and mass murder in Mumbai would please Allah. And none of the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims seem to have […]
Jihadists kill 63, wound 190 with bombs in Pakistan
“The attacks showed the wide reach of militant attacks in the Pakistani heartland, far from the troubled and lawless border region with Afghanistan.” Now, how is it that they’re able to have such a wide reach? Could it be because their ideology resonates with that of large numbers of Pakistanis, so that their activities are […]
Christian extremists storm mosque, kill 35 during prayers — no, wait…
Islam forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims intentionally (cf. Koran 4:92), but the attackers here no doubt saw their victims as apostates or hypocrites, because of their connection with the U.S.-supported Pakistani army. “35 killed in mosque suicide attack,” from Dublin’s Independent, December 4 (thanks to Twostellas): Suicide attackers have stormed a mosque close to […]
Pakistani Christians: Will Saudis allow construction of cathedrals to challenge Swiss ban on minarets?
While the world waxes indignant over the Swiss minaret ban, it is useful to put things into perspective. In Egypt, Christians are persecuted. In Pakistan, construction of new churches is severely restricted. In Saudi Arabia, it isn’t allowed at all. So why is a ban on minarets — not on mosques — so much more […]
Pakistani Muslims beat Sikh, threaten him “to convert to Islam if he wanted to live in Pakistan”
Islamic Tolerance Alert. While the article does not elaborate, the fact that he was apparently active in some capacity as an advocate for the Sikh community — and thus an undesirably uppity dhimmi — likely singled him out to be targeted as an example to others. “Pak Sikh thrashed for not converting,” by Yudhvir Rana […]
Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art
Imperiled Islam, of course, forbids representational art. And we all saw what happened to the Buddhas of Bamiyan. More on this story. “Taliban trying to destroy Buddhist art from the Gandhara period,” from Asia News, November 27 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Islamabad (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Pakistani and foreign archaeologists have set off the alarm bell, warning […]
Taliban attempt to erase Pakistan’s Buddhist heritage
Cultural genocide is a consequence of jihadist warfare, as the supremacist impulse to impose Islamic law cannot tolerate any competition, especially from the non-Islamic past, or time of jahiliyyah. Ensuring submission requires extinguishing a populace’s attachment to — or curiosity about — its prior existence, unless it can be subsumed in a narrative leading inevitably […]
Italian police arrest 2 Pakistanis linked to Mumbai jihad attacks
Pakistan’s #1 export takes root in Italy. “Mumbai attack suspects arrested by Italian police,” from BBC News, November 21: Italian police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of providing logistical support for last year’s attacks in Mumbai. The father and son were detained in an early morning raid in the northern city of Brescia, police said. […]
Report: Pakistani intel helped Mullah Omar flee Quetta
Fiend, er, Friend and Ally Update. “EXCLUSIVE: Taliban chief hides in Pakistan,” by Eli Lake, Sara A. Carter, and Barbara Slavin for the Washington Times, November 20 (thanks to Alan): Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Afghan Taliban, has fled a Pakistani city on the border with Afghanistan and found refuge from potential […]
Peshawar: Another day, another bombing
This string of attacks has focused significantly on law enforcement in various forms, targeting the government’s ability to protect its citizens, and striking at symbols of insufficiently Islamic law. “Four killed, 31 injured in Peshawar suicide bombing,” from the Press Trust of India, November 16: Islamabad/ Peshawar: A suicide bomber today rammed his explosives-laden truck […]
Another suicide bombing strikes Peshawar
After Friday’s bombing at the local ISI headquarters. “Suicide car bomb in Pakistan kills 11,” from CNN, November 14 (thanks to Alan): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide car bomber who blew himself up at a police checkpoint Saturday in Peshawar killed 11 people and wounded 26 — marking the second straight day of major […]
Pakistani Army ran training camps for jihad group
No one should be surprised by this. But all the learned analysts who know how much we need Pakistan will be. Double Game Update: “Pakistani Army ran Muslim extremist training camps, says anti-terrorist expert,” by Charles Bremner in the Times Online, November 14 (thanks to Kris): The Pakistani Army ran training camps for a Muslim […]