Barry Walter Bujol: Yet another in a long line of “misunderstanders” of Islam. “Texas Terror Sting: Feds Say Suspect Was in Contact With Anwar al-Awlaki,” by Jason Ryan for ABC News, June 3 (thanks to Sr. Soph): A Texas man has been indicted on two counts for allegedly attempting to…
This story is reminiscent of other cases of cultural suppression in the name of Islamic “decency,” such as Indonesia’s controversial, so-called “pornography” law and the banning of films in Kenya near the border with Somalia. “Egyptian anger at Islamist call to ban Arabian Nights,” from BBC News, May 5: Egyptian…
Prior reports have already suggested the same, with one discussing the possible use of female suicide bombers. “Terrorism: Al-Qaeda warns of ‘dozens’ of in-flight bombs,” from AdnKronos International, February 18: Sanaa, 18 Feb. (AKI) – Al-Qaeda has prepared “dozens” more bombs like the one used by the young Nigerian accused…
Saudi justice in action.
Those who don’t comply, will be punished.
The above warning, issued by the feared Saudi Arabian religious police, is deadly serious and is aimed at merchants throughout the Kingdom. The Saudi religious police, guardians of Islamic religious traditions and mores in that country, have mobilized once again to crack down on an [...]
Bin Laden has released a new audio tape to claim responsibility for the Christmas Day airline plot that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula tried to carry out. It’s sort of like the 7th grade girl who tries to take credit for hooking up two friends who everyone knew were already pursuing [...]
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SAN’A, Yemen—In nearly a decade of rebuilding its terror network here, al Qaeda has put down deep roots, a move that is now complicating U.S.-backed efforts to battle the group. Unlike other chapters of the global terror network, Yemen’s Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is a largely homegrown movement, with carefully cultivated ties to [...]
Well, now that we know that some genius put Bible quotes on gun sights, the whole misbegotten enterprise in Afghanistan is revealed as a Crusade after all — isn’t it? Sure — if you already believed it was a Crusade. Islamic jihadists have always been intent upon characterizing their opponents…
I trust that moderate Muslim spokesmen all over the U.S. are even as I write this hastening to explain that it is not the duty of Muslims to declare jihad against Infidels, and that Al-Qaeda has in this particular gotten Islam all wrong, wrong, wrong, and that they are beginning…
Will the Islamophobia never end? After all, don’t you dress up in your pilot’s uniform for a Sunday stroll? Come on, admit it. “Saudi Arabian posing as pilot held at Manila airport,” from Agence France-Presse, January 12 (thanks to Mary): MANILA, Philippines–A 19-year-old Saudi Arabian man dressed as a pilot…
he radical Yemeni-based cleric connected to two violent plots in the U.S. has “gone operational,” a senior U.S. official told Fox News, suggesting Anwar al-Awlaki is becoming an increasingly significant figure in Arabian Peninsula terror networks. Al-Awlaki was thought to have been killed in an air strike by Yemeni forces last week, but that is [...]
