A one-time overruling is not reform. Authorities still have the punishment to inflict if and when they see fit. Outrage spread quickly over this sentence, and surely influenced the outcome, but another sentence at another time, or under the ne…
The horrifying testimony of Sister Hatune of the Syrian-Orthodox monastery in Warburg, Germany.
The horrifying testimony of Sister Hatune of the Syrian-Orthodox monastery in Warburg, Germany.
There is no mention in this report about the nature or origin of the threat. Hmm. Lapsed Quakers? Militant Methodists? “UK terror threat raised to ‘severe’, Home Secretary announces,” by Andrew Hough for the Telegraph, January 22: The announcement means that an attack is now “highly likely”. Mr Johnson said…
This story dates back to August 21, the first day of Ramadan in 2009, but even though we don’t generally post archived material this is worth posting for what it illustrates about attitudes toward Islamic observance and personal freedom in Kuwait. “Woman nabbed for chewing gum on the first day…
Now wait a minute. If he grew more committed to Islam, wouldn’t that have made him more peaceful? Is that what Obama and Holder and every other authority in the West constantly tells us? And if the opposite is true, if a deepening commitment to Islam made Abdulmutallab more violent…
WASHINGTON — Janet Napolitano — former Arizona governor, now overmatched secretary of homeland security — will forever be remembered for having said of the attempt to bring down an airliner over Detroit: “The system worked.” The attacker’s concerned father had warned U.S. authorities about his son’s jihadist tendencies. The would-be bomber paid cash and checked [...]
As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. But the education he wanted was of a different sort: Nigerian officials say his interest in extremist Islam prompted his father to warn U.S. authorities. [...]
One thing is clear about the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day — we need answers.There is obviously going to be a full-scale congressional investigation into how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was allowed to board Flight 253 and head to the United States with plans to incinerate 300 innocent people.Mere hours after it happened, I was [...]
Striking back against journalistic bias? “Suicide Bomber in Pakistan Kills 3 at Peshawar Press Club,” from VOA News, December 22 (thanks to all who sent this in): Pakistani officials say three people have been killed and 17 others wounded in a suicide bombing outside a press club in the northwestern…
