Well, why not? I suppose even Goebbels would have no trouble getting a visa these days. “US grants visa to Iran’s former leader,” from Reuters, with thanks to Senator: The United States has issued a visa to Mohammad Khatami, the former Iranian president, to visit next week. Tom Casey, the US state department spokesman, said […]
Archives for August 2006
Spencer: Fox News and Forced Conversions
In FrontPage this morning I discuss some elements of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad’s example that blur the distinction between forced and uncoerced conversions to Islam (news links in the original): The most bizarre element of the two weeks of captivity suffered by Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and photographer Olaf Wiig at the hands of […]
SF hit-and-run killer suffering from stress from arranged marriage
Well, anyone can see how that would make you want to kill random pedestrians out in front of the Jewish Community Center. There is nothing in this story about how he identified himself as a terrorist. Looks as if that one has already dropped down the memory hole. And of course, I am sure he […]
Bashir wants to preach in Australia
Abu Bakar Bashir weighs in on a variety of subjects, and expresses a desire to preach in Australia — “to save people.” In this brief, but wide-ranging interview, he very clearly spells out the nature of the Sharia law he wants to impose on the rest of the world. From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: MARK […]
Sudanese jihadists threaten to fight U.N. Darfur force, Khartoum gov’t if it agrees to U.N. presence
Sudan Jihad Update from the Hizballah News Agency, aka Reuters: “Sudanese Islamists threaten to fight U.N. Darfur force” KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese Islamist leaders say they will take up arms against United Nations peacekeepers if they deploy to Darfur, and some have warned they will also fight the Khartoum government if it agrees to the […]
Pakistan, U.K. target forced marriages
Anti-dhimmitude from the British High Commission, as it steps in to protect British citizens’ right to self-determination. From AP: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Her father said it would be a two-week holiday to learn about her Pakistani heritage. But the British woman soon found herself captive in a remote tribal village for over a year and […]
Ahmadinejad: low expectations on UN accountability
And given the UN’s track record on halting Iran’s nuclear program so far, why should he think otherwise, even as the August 31 deadline arrives tomorrow? From AFP: TEHERAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said it was “˜unlikely” the UN Security Council would act against Iran over its nuclear programme. “˜We have […]
SF hit-and-run murderer identifies self as terrorist; police say it wasn’t terrorism
Omeed Aziz Popal has, like Muhammad Reza Taheri-azar several months ago, driven his SUV into people, clearly trying intentionally to hurt or kill them. Like Taheri-azar, he seemed completely calm and at peace with himself after the incident. After mowing down as many people as he could, Popal was boxed in by police and arrested. […]
Hizballah booklet “presents the Jihad, or Holy War, as a way in which a Muslim may sacrifice his life for Allah and reach heaven”
Misunderstanders of Islam publish a guidebook to the jihad ideology, heavy on quotes from Qur’an and Sunnah. The world has yet to see a coherent case built from the Qur’an and Sunnah for the peaceful coexistence of Muslims with non-Muslims as equals on an indefinite basis. “Analysis: Hezbollah`s indoctrination,” from UPI, with thanks to the […]
What if the Heathrow Bombers Succeeded?
Niall Ferguson imagines a successful British airline plot and makes some pointed observations in the LA Times (thanks to all who sent this in): “Five passenger aircraft have blown up in midair and crashed into the Atlantic. The planes “” believed to be operated by American Airlines and United Airlines “” left this morning from […]