The intrepid mujahedin, kidnapping and killing impoverished farmers. “Abu Sayyaf gunmen kill 3 hostages in Basilan,” from GMA News, June 5: Abu Sayyaf bandits fatally shot three abducted rubber plantation workers in Sumisip municipality on Basilan island Friday, after their families failed to pay a ransom, a military task force…
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“Infidels”? You’d almost think the Times Square car bomb plot had something to do with Islam. (Cue chorus of “Naaah’s” coming from the State Department, U.S. intelligence agencies, and the White House.) More on this story. “Pakistan detainees proud of role in NYC bomb case,” by Asif Shahzad and Kathy…
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Robert | May 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Here is video of my talk last Saturday at the Vienna Forum in Austria, sponsored by the Hudson Institute, the Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe, and Kairos Journal. The Forum topic was “The Future of Europe and the Challenge of Islam.” I spoke as part of a…
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Robert | May 12, 2010 | Posted in
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A beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon, a ride in the sun and the breeze on a tricycle, a bomb exploding among a few Infidels — what could be more delightful? “Tricycle bomb wounds six in SW Pakistan: police,” from AFP, May 1 (thanks to Maxwell): QUETTA, Pakistan — Six people were…
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Robert | May 1, 2010 | Posted in
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Actually, it was jihadi against jihadi. Will the Islamophobia never end? “Blasts at Somali mosque kill at least 30: witnesses,” by Abdi Guled and Ibrahim Mohamed for Reuters, May 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Two explosions at a mosque in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed…
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Robert | May 1, 2010 | Posted in
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War Is Deceit, after all, but I can’t help but wonder about the implications of stories like this for the West. Multiculturalists are in a tizzy about attempts to ban the burqa in France and elsewhere, and American officials apologize profusely for asking a Muslim woman to remove her hijab…
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Robert | April 17, 2010 | Posted in
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He’s a preacher, not a terrorist, they say. And to a man like al-Awlaki, this distinction means what, exactly? “Yemen not going after radical US-born cleric,” from AP, April 10 (thanks to all who sent this in): SAN’A, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni forces are not going after a radical U.S.-born…
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Robert | April 10, 2010 | Posted in
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He should have made sure the air in those bike tires wasn’t low. “4 people killed in Iraq’s violence,” from Xinhua, April 4 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Four people were killed and eight others wounded in separate incidents across Iraq on Saturday, police said. Two children were killed and two…
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Robert | April 5, 2010 | Posted in
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Now wait a minute: isn’t Karzai a modern moderate Muslim who abhors the Taliban’s extremism and twisting and hijacking of the peaceful religion of Islam? “Lawmakers: Afghan leader threatens to join Taliban,” by Amir Shah and Christopher Bodeen for AP, April 5 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): KABUL (AP) – Afghan…
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Robert | April 5, 2010 | Posted in
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Claiming the Qur’an’s guarantee of Paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (9:111). “Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13 people,” from the Daily Star, March 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): A suicide attacker set off a bomb at a security checkpoint in northwest…
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Robert | March 13, 2010 | Posted in
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