http://frontpagemag.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/report-pakistani-intel-helped-mullah-omar-flee-quetta.html How on earth did Democracy Now end up grouped in search results with these folks? Hmmm (tapping my chin with index finger), I do wonder… Read the original story at NewsReal Blog. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsrealblogfb/~3/XRmD8-IPrp4/ After this post, I decided to write to Umar Lee (with whom I've had some interaction in the past) and ask for an interview. Here is our exchange, in which he endorses the death penalty for apostasy in principle, just not at the moment in America. At very least, his ... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/american-convert-to-islam-endorses-death-penalty-for-apostasy.html Ace videographer Dave Miles kindly sent along these superb videos from the Rifqa Rally for human rights and religious freedom, Columbus, Ohio, November 16. Read the original story at Jihad Watch. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/rifqa-rally-video.html The identity of the masked gunman is not yet known, but the number of threats against Fr. Sysoyev that already existed because of his work among Muslims is itself noteworthy. And Russian prosecutors are also proceeding with the theory that "religious motives" are behind the murder. "Russian Priest Gunned Down in ... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/russian-orthodox-priest-who-preached-among-muslims-shot-to-death-in-church.html Still another "misunderstander" of Islam. Funny how that keep happening. "Sixth area Somali man is indicted in probe," by James Walsh, Richard Meryhew and Allie Shah for the Star Tribune, November 20: A 24-year-old local Somali man has been indicted in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on charges of conspiring to ... http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/11/minnesota-sixth-muslim-charged-with-recruiting-somali-residents-for-jihad.html When I wrote my first article, “Everything I Need to Know About ACORN, I Learned From Sophie Scholl,” my brilliant husband raised an eyebrow. When I followed with, “Everything I Need to Know About Sarah Palin, I Learned From Sir Ernest Shackleton,” he raised both and said, “Is this a ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsrealblogfb/~3/sjfRoWkLNQw/ NYU students react to a professor’s column that characterized Hasan’s actions at Ford Hood as “Going Muslim.” Read the original story at Students For Academic Freedom - News. http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/news/2745/nyu-students-respond-to-professors-going-muslim-comments One of my favorite Dutch singers, Ilse de Lange, performing her hit song “I’m Not So Tough” live for Dutch television. – Lunch Break is NewsReal’s daily apolitical post. (We all need a break from this political stuff every now and then!) When commenting on Lunch Break posts do not start political, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsrealblogfb/~3/iU88Pdg6ka4/ Major Hasan's E-Mail: 'I Can't Wait to Join You' in Afterlife - ABC News. http://frontpagemag.com/2009/11/20/major-hasans-e-mail-i-cant-wait-to-join-you-in-afterlife-abc-news/