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 […]