That took them long enough, considering that bin Laden was dead and buried at sea in the beginning of May. They’re also making a big deal of launching this in mid-Ramadan. While escalations of jihadist hostilities during Ramadan are commonplace, the members of al-Qaeda in Iraq can’t call themselves…
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All of this should have been a non-event, even if the hikers strayed over the border. Only the Iranians know whether they are actually paranoid enough to believe the hikers were spies, or just saw an opportunity to seize the three and parade them before the world as trophies. In…
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Lest anyone be swayed by recent Malaysian government flourishes (such as the recent decision to formalise relations with the Vatican), if you’re a Malaysian Muslim, you can be rest assured that your government is looking out for number one. According to a statement made today by no less a personage…
I tried to tell you. "Egypt to withdraw Israel envoy over Sinai shootings," from the BBC, August 20 (thanks to all who sent this in): Egypt says it will withdraw its ambassador to Israel in protest at the deaths of five policemen, reportedly shot by Israeli forces on Thursday. Cairo…
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I do not understand this unseemly rush to anoint Perry without vetting him. I’ve never seen anything like this: friends have broken with me, I’ve been attacked on hitherto friendly websites, I’ve gotten calls from people I haven’t heard from in years, telling me to lay off Perry, and…
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Malaysia’s political landscape is dominated by various Muslim or Muslim-led parties, of varying piousness and Islamic fervor. There is only one major non Muslim political party in Malaysia, a leftist party called DAP (Democratic Action Party) which is majority Chinese-Malaysian. The top dog of the Malaysian political realm has long…
Putting on full display the puppet state they have become, in the hands of Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. "Lebanon prevents UN condemnation of terror attack," by Yitzhak Benhorin for YNet News, August 20: WASHINGTON – Murder of Israelis permitted? Lebanon, which is currently a member of the…
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One of the judges ordered Lebanon to hand over information about the other attacks. With the current Lebanese government dominated by Hizballah, good luck with that. An update on this story. "Lebanon tribunal orders probe of 3 more attacks," from the Jerusalem Post, August 19: AMSTERDAM – The UN-backed Lebanon…
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Look for a proliferation of "Islamic" street names in Bogor. This is not the first time the mayor there, Diani Budiarto, has taken the lead in persecuting the Christians in his city. Hizzoner has long worked to force the Christian congregation in the story below from a building they…
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Arifa Alfred got away, and is now telling the world of her ordeal. May all who remain captives, including Farah Hatim, and Saba and Anila Masih, find their way to freedom as well, to the frustration and shame of their captors. "Pakistan: Christian kidnapped, tortured for 2 years; false conversion…
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