A little monetary jihad (jihad al-mal) while hubby Fritz is on trial. “Mr and Mrs Jihad: Wife of Homegrown Terrorist Arrested over Fundraising Activities,” from Spiegel Online, February 23 (thanks to Twostellas): The wife of a well-known German Islamist has been arrested in connection with fundraising activities on behalf of…
He is singing about jihad plots. “New York City Terrorism Suspect to Plead Guilty,” from FoxNews, February 22 (thanks to all who sent this in): The key suspect in an alleged plot to attack New York City with homemade bombs has begun cooperating with investigators and is preparing to enter…
Attorney General Eric Holder has responded to criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, with an “all’s well that ends well” letter to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. Holder’s missive vigorously defends what he says was his decision to treat Abdulmutallab as a criminal defendant, to impose peacetime law-enforcement [...]
Treating the Christmas bomber like a common criminal was a national security blunder.
There can be no truly frank and forthright discussion about domestic violence in Islamic societies without acknowledging the role of Qur’an 4:34: “Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support…
In 2003 the Jordanian Parliament voted down on Islamic grounds a provision designed to stiffen penalties for honor killings. Al-Jazeera reported that “Islamists and conservatives said the laws violated religious traditions and would destroy families and values.” “Jordanian jailed for sister’s ‘honour killing,’” from AFP, January 29 (thanks to Maxwell):…
Massachusetts voters reject treating our terrorist enemies like common criminals.
Hmmmm. Are those really the salient details that New York Times readers need to know about Adis Medujanin and Najibullah Zazi in order to understand why they entered into this conspiracy? Or might the Queens college grad and the shuttle bus driver have shared a common motivating ideology? Naaah. “Queens…
The irony is perhaps thicker than ever. As jihad attacks and attempted attacks in the U.S. increase, and jihad activity continues around the world, Islamic spokesmen ever more shrilly attempt to blame “Islamophobes” for linking jihad terrorism with Islam, apparently hoping that no one will notice how jihad terrorists themselves…
