My latest in PJ Media: Isn’t great that America is back and the adults are back in charge? America is back, all right: all the way back to 1979, the last time we had a president so weak that enemies of the United States stormed one of our embassies and took hostages. On Thursday, […]
Yemen: Iran-backed Houthis blamed as 22 killed in attack on new unity government
The Sunni-Shia divide is playing out in our age in the Yemeni the civil war. Saudi Arabia has backed the Yemeni government, which has for quite some time now been engaged in a brutal war against Iran-supported Houthi rebels. The Sunni-Shia jihad will increasingly become a source of torment for Iran, as the regime not […]
Yemen: Shi’ite Houthis impose 20% “religious tax” on people and local governments in areas they control
“Lawyers in Houthi-held areas said the amendment was not legal and not approved by the Quran, Sharia or the Yemeni constitution.” Actually, there is this: “And know that anything you obtain of war booty, then indeed, for Allah is one fifth of it and for the Messenger and for near relatives and the orphans, the […]
Saudis Hold a Virtual Donors’ Conference for Yemen; Let’s Not Take Part
The story is at Al Jazeera: Saudi Arabia has confirmed it will host a virtual donors’ conference next week for Yemen together with the United Nations, which has said the conflict-riven nation risks being overwhelmed by the coronavirus. The state-run Saudi Press Agency on Friday cited a directive from King Salman confirming Tuesday’s donor conference […]
Saudi Arabia launches military strikes on Yemeni capital
This is a strike at Iran, which used the Houthis in Yemen as proxies to strike Saudi Arabia last week. “Saudi Arabia launches military strikes on Yemeni capital,” by Bob Fredericks, New York Post, November 10, 2017 (thanks to Dave): Saudi Arabia launched military strikes against Yemen’s defense ministry in the capital city of Sana’a […]
Yemen: Niqab-wearing women chant “Death to America! Death to Israel! A curse upon the Jews! Victory to Islam!”
“Forceful against the Infidels” is from the Qur’an: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful against the infidels, merciful among themselves.” (48:29) Clearly these Yemeni Shi’ite women think that their conflict with the U.S. and Israel has something to do with Islam. Perhaps Pope Francis and Theresa May can go […]
Yemen: Jihadists storm supermarket, take hostages to give “final warning” against mingling of men and women
“The witnesses said the militants shouted that they were protesting the mingling of men and women in the supermarket and demanded that female employees cover their faces, in keeping with a strict interpretation of Islamic law. A supermarket worker said the militants told them this was the final warning.” Here again we see virtue, or […]
Ramadan in Yemen: Islamic State explodes car bomb at Shi’ite mosque
“The car bomb, at the Al-Raoudh mosque in southeast Sanaa, went off as worshippers were leaving after evening prayers, witnesses and a security official said.” That was so as to maximize the carnage. “In a brief statement posted on jihadist websites, Islamic State said it had ‘taken revenge’ against the Huthi rebels who have seized […]
Yemen’s last Jews may leave: Houthis’ motto “curse Jews, victory to Islam”
This Reuters article is deeply anti-Israel: “Yemen’s Jewish community numbered over 40,000 until 1949, when Israel organised their mass transfer to the newly-established state. Those who stayed say they had lived in peace with their neighbours in the Muslim Arab country.” This is not the whole story by any means. Professor Shmuel Trigano fills in […]