Archives for the 'Islam' Category
Backlash
Published on 7 Nov 2009 at 9:57 am.
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Filed under America, Islam.
Speaking of audacity, the AP has a handwringing piece about renewed Muslim fears of an anti-Islamic backlash, highest ever since 9/11:
Dots, Not Connected
Published on 6 Nov 2009 at 1:10 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, America, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Palestinians, military.
Not in time, anyway. The murders of 12 people and wounding of 31 others by one man with two handguns probably made a lot of things painfully obvious, and probably helped cut through a lot of clutter and red tape pretty quickly.
But when, within a matter of hours, the following facts and suspicions are widely reported, [...]
Shameful Imperialist Past
Published on 30 May 2009 at 12:20 pm.
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Filed under Islam, history.
Neptunus Lex on the one that no one ever brings up.
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Double Personal Jinx
Published on 6 Apr 2009 at 11:18 am.
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Filed under Bush, Islam, Obama, media.
On Obama, in Turkey, for repeating Bush again. AP:
“Let me say this as clearly as I can,” Obama said. “The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical … in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject.”
The [...]
Free Speech = Non-Human Right
Published on 26 Mar 2009 at 9:27 pm.
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Filed under Islam, free speech.
Tragicomic irony as the United Nations Human Rights Commission urges laws banning free speech. You guessed it … it’s a Motoons thing, pushed by Pakistan and other Muslim nations, horrified that the publication of a cartoon in Denmark forced thousands of Muslims to burn cars, Danish flags and consular buildings and in a couple of cases, to kill each [...]
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Manners
Published on 11 Mar 2009 at 9:50 am.
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Filed under Britain, Iraq, Islam.
Turns out Obama’s not the only one who’s rude to Brits. UK Telegraph: Muslims shout abuse at returning Tommies.
Clash Of Uncivilizations
Published on 4 Mar 2009 at 11:24 pm.
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Filed under America, Islam.
Zombie with art and comment on the “Submit To God” bus ad in SF. Fascinating to contemplate liberal, secular, gay San Francisco forced to contemplate even abstractly the cause of not particularly tolerant Islam the Kumbayahists have been shilling for with earnest efforts to undercut the hated Bushitlerites and get them to stop hating us. I support this campaign, and [...]
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Mumbling
Published on 19 Feb 2009 at 8:43 am.
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Filed under Iraq, Islam, india.
Incoherently in Mumbai, it’s Thomas Friedman, with the interesting news that no Indian Muslim cemetery will take the Mumbai terrorist bodies, and the clueless suggestion that what happens in India can influence the rest of the Muslim world.
US Multiculturalism Celebrated
Published on 26 Jan 2009 at 10:36 am.
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Filed under America, Islam, media.
As a prominent Islamist news org, Islamonline, enjoying American freedom of speech, opens an DC office to spread the word.
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Boob Vs. Boobs
Published on 30 Dec 2008 at 10:48 pm.
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Filed under Australia, Islam, boobs, moronocy.
Shocking news of my ancestral island via Jawa. NSW MP Fred Nile wants to ban topless sunbathing on Sydney’s beaches to avoid offending Muslim men. It’s a blanket boob ban that would burkha the beaches Down Under. Sydney Morning Herald.
Sharia Fort Dix Verdict …
Published on 22 Dec 2008 at 9:46 pm.
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Filed under America, Islam, hated Crusaders, justice.
… al-Hijinks! Apparently the Crusader jury got it wrong when it found the Fort Dix Five guilty of conspiracy to murder American soldiers. AP helpfully plays “Ask the Imam.” via Newsday:
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Islamic Neurology
Published on 17 Dec 2008 at 8:52 am.
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Filed under Islam, husbands and wives, science, sexism.
Yemeni cleric Abd al-Majid al-Zindani explains all. Women cannot talk and think at the same time. This is a fact based in science, as illustrated by the American scientific journal TIME, which is haram, but never mind that, and because they talk so much, therefore … MEMRI:
Plaintive Cry From al-Britainiyah
Published on 15 Dec 2008 at 10:30 am.
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Filed under Britain, Europe, Islam.
“Goodbye to My England,” via Theo abu Spark of al-Norfolkiyah, Islamic Union of Europistan.
Personal to “Theo” in comments: It could only be an improvement. There are upsides, by the way. Wish I could invite you over here, to the United States of (for the moment) Free Anglospheria. But as long as there is a Theo, there [...]
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Mideast News & Views
Published on 11 Dec 2008 at 10:40 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Iran, Iraq, Islam, middle east, military.
Quick roundup runs a gamut. MEMRI first:
Hajjing A Good Time, Wish You Were Here
Published on 8 Dec 2008 at 9:22 am.
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Filed under Islam, terrorists.
Hate to suggest anyone mix religion and politics. But how about religion and morality. More than two million Muslims in town for the Hajj, all due to head home with enhanced status as Hajjis. How about someone preaching a little peace. Terrorism is bad. Murder in the name of Allah is a sin. Something like [...]
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Imam To Obama: Convert Or Die
Published on 4 Dec 2008 at 10:31 pm.
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Filed under Islam, Obama.
Or go to hell, anyway. That’s what I’m getting from this not particularly veiled message from an Egyptian cleric, who is PO’d that Obama has rejected the faith of his forefathers. via MEMRI:
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Greater Islamosphere
Published on 6 Nov 2008 at 10:08 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Iran, Islam, Obama, hated Crusaders.
Reacts to Obama’s election. Some of it is actually quite favorable. Take this Egyptian imam’s fatwa, via MEMRI:
“The Democrats kill you slowly without you noticing it - and therein lies the danger. They are like a snake whose touch is not felt until its poison enters your body.”
Domestically, I heartily agree. In terms of foreign [...]
Ix-Nay On The Olitical Correctness-Pay
Published on 20 Oct 2008 at 8:16 am.
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Filed under Islam, Jihad, hated Crusaders, linguistics, media.
Military report says unpleasant, offensive terms like “Jihadi” and “Islamist” are necessary, however hurtful they may be … Washington Times:
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Islamophobia Acquittal
Published on 10 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm.
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Filed under Canada, Islam, moronocy.
It’s a sad day for Sharia law-and-order advocates everywhere as Mark Steyn is acquitted by a Canadian kangaroo court.
Steyn sneers at his own acquittal:
Ticket From Hell
Published on 4 Oct 2008 at 10:24 am.
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Filed under Europe, Islam, pols.
A view from the Low Countries. Gouda column from everybody’s favorite Hans Brinker slams the faux moderatism and Islamic heritage dodging of Obama, the stumbling incompetence of Biden, and the relentless media jihad on Palin that has obscured these realities. Edam up, Michael:
Short, Sweet
Published on 28 Sep 2008 at 2:47 pm.
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Filed under America, Arabs, Islam, hated Crusaders.
And to the point, as always. It’s Theo Spark, with another reason why we love us.
I’m sorry, what were we talking about … why they hate us? Lost my train of thought. I’m pretty sure this is one of the reasons. But it isn’t all about the Islam. Here’s MEMRI with some Arab geopolitical thinking:
Kids!
Published on 26 Sep 2008 at 10:17 am.
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Filed under Islam, sex.
Theo’s essential news roundup kicks off with The Sun’s report that a hate cleric’s daughter is a pole dancer.
Inconvenient Truth
Published on 24 Sep 2008 at 9:03 am.
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Filed under Islam, McCain, al qaeda.
CAIR wants FEC all over a DVD mailing. “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” is a McCainist plot. Haven’t seen the flick, but it’s an interesting idea that pointing out that Muslim children have been urged to be suicide bombers, the Twin Towers were leveled by Islamist terrorists, and some people are critical of extremist Islam [...]
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Published on 2 Jun 2008 at 8:56 pm.
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Filed under Islam, middle east.
Kuwaiti parliament refers the case of two women legislators who failed to wear the hijab to its legal committee. At issue, whether they broke the law requiring them to ”abide by Islamic regulations while voting or contesting the elections.” Nine Islamist lawmakers walked out upon laying eyes upon women’s hair. AFP.
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Aussie Jihad!
Published on 4 May 2008 at 8:46 am.
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Filed under Islam, free speech, saudi arabia.
The Australian on Saudi efforts to spread hardline Islam Down Under notes $90 billion in petrodollars invested in expanding the Umma worldwide. Sometimes accompanied by assaults on traditional western freedoms, as in this case in Boston, for example.
Malkin with more on Wahhab-vangelism.
Hyscience: For America to ignore what the Saudis are doing around the world to foster and support [...]
House of Submission, House of War
Published on 28 Apr 2008 at 9:07 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Islam, Jihad, hated Crusaders.
Bruce Bawer at City Journal on western submission in time of war. via Memeorandum.
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The problem with Brigitte Bardot
Published on 21 Apr 2008 at 6:08 pm.
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Filed under France, Islam, free speech.
the dissident frogman, intruding. Bien le bonjour Mesdames et Messieurs, and non I’m not really a mime you know.
I understand the temptation to paint Brigitte Bardot as yet another example of the crushing of dissent brought upon the West by the conquering armies of Islam, or in this case their voluntary operatives on the Left [...]
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MYOHB*
Published on 20 Apr 2008 at 8:31 am.
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Filed under Islam, illegals, religion.
Pope wants us to respect human rights, not divide families, etc., in the matter of illegal border crossing. NYT:
Fools, Infidels and Lowlife Journalists
Published on 13 Apr 2008 at 10:15 am.
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Filed under Islam.
Hey, I resemble that remark! Saudi cleric Muhammed al-Munajid decries all. via Freedoms Zone:
“The problem is that they want to open a debate on whether Islam is true or not, and on whether Judaism and Christianity are false or not. In other words, they want to open up everything for debate… It begins with freedom [...]
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Schism
Published on 10 Apr 2008 at 11:02 pm.
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Filed under Christianity, Islam.
Saudi blogger’s anti-Christian video posted on YouTube, in response to Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders’ anti-Muslim flick. Hey, it’s a free country. The Netherlands, I mean. Not the Kingdom of Saud. That isn’t even a country, after all. It’s a medieval robber barony of a sandpile, where the absolute monarch has to kowtow to the imams. Try producing an anti-Koran [...]
See No Evil
Published on 6 Apr 2008 at 10:45 pm.
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Filed under Islam, Turkey.
The Istanbulian with an alternative to the burkha and the hijab. via Poligazette.
Sharia Traffic Law
Published on 4 Apr 2008 at 10:54 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Islam, cars, moronocy.
The Sex Pistols couldn’t have been more wrong. It’s Sharia in the UK, as a Scottish court accepts the demands of two wives and a restaurant as the reason why Mohammed Anwar needed to put everyone else’s life in danger, by doing 64 in a 30 mph zone. Daily Mail.
Fitna
Published on 28 Mar 2008 at 9:10 am.
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Filed under Europe, Islam, hated Crusaders.
Poligazette posts the Dutch Islamo-slam vid, at arm’s length. UPDATE: Dutch blogger Michael van der Galien’s Poligazette site shut down. He suspects a fitna fit, but as yet no word on what the problem is. Liveleak, meanwhile, took Fitna down due to threats. So much for the Kumbayaism cited below by Weasel Zippers. Liveleak statement [...]
A Great and Terrible Wringing of Hands
Published on 21 Mar 2008 at 8:15 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, Islam, moronocy.
As Fisk contemplates the past five years and wonders why surrenderists won’t fight. At least I think that might be one of his complaints. He gets poetic and a tad esoteric in his lament. I didn’t exactly try very hard to follow his line of thinking. I’m more focused on drinking beer right now. The best line, as noted by Blair, [...]
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Happy Day
Published on 19 Mar 2008 at 10:44 pm.
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Filed under Islam, moronocy.
In Somali, as al-Shahab gets cred. Sheik Muqtar Robow, al-Shabab’s spokesman:
“We are happy that the U.S. put us on its list of terrorists, a name given to pure Muslims who are strong and clear in their religious position.”
Islamic Jihad
Published on 17 Mar 2008 at 10:14 am.
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Filed under Islam, media, rage.
Gets its own rage boy. Snapped Shot captures a Reuters snapper’s love of his subject.
That rage boy looks better fed than this one. TNOYF, howzabout a little dueling rage boys.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:31 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Islam, Pakistan.
First, Pakistan basically crashed YouTube for most of the world’s YouTube fans Sunday, in a bid to squelch anti-Islamic vid. Something like that. It’s really complicated, and my understanding of Internet technology is about at same level as the Taliban’s understanding of cell phone technology. Apparently, the hated Crusaders are using the very cell phone signals that fly through the [...]
News Flash
Published on 24 Feb 2008 at 10:39 am.
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Filed under Islam, boobs.
If this is in fact an Iranian woman flashing, as Theo suggests, she could be in a Sharia-load of trouble. Unfortunately no context or subtitles, so it’s unclear whether this is anti-mullah defiance, hijabi girls gone wild, or … I dunno … a health vid.
Islamo-Feminism
Published on 2 Feb 2008 at 9:41 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Islam.
It’s an explosive movement. Secure yourself a place in the belly of a green bird roosting on a chandelier danging from the Throne of Paradise, ladies. Doesn’t sound quite as appealing as 72 virgins, but after a life of burkhadom, it might look good. MEMRI:
Happy Martyrdom Day!
Published on 1 Feb 2008 at 7:23 am.
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Filed under Islam, al qaeda.
Abu Laith al-Libi, enjoying the pleasures of paradise, compliments of your tax dollars!
Democracy Slam
Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 11:04 am.
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Filed under Iran, Islam, pols.
In the Islamic Republic of Iran. Guardians Council bans one in three candidates for parliamentary elections. Don’t worry, it’s just the embezzlers, the corrupt, those with bad reputations in their neighborhoods, drug users, ties to the former US-backed shah regime, those who have acted against the Islamic Republic, those who do not adhere to the [...]
Coalition of the Killing
Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 9:35 am.
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Filed under Islam, al qaeda.
Coming apart at the seams. AQ calls for unity vs. Crusader threat in increasingly unpopular Global Jihad on Tourism.
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Taliban Is As Taliban Does
Published on 23 Jan 2008 at 9:06 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Islam, media.
I thought the point of that invasion was to bring an end to this kind of thing.* Afghan journo sentenced to death for humiliating Islam.
Jihadwatch’s prior. Apparently the offending article notes that Mohammed ignored the rights of women. Stop the presses. Dawn over Mecca.
* OK, so the point of it was to destroy al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda [...]
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Worse Than Gitmo
Published on 19 Jan 2008 at 7:58 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Islam, saudi arabia.
Fascinating interview with Saudi women’s rights activist Wajiha Al-Huweidar, in which she states that the condition of women in Saudi Arabia is worse than that of the men imprisoned at the hated Crusader Gulag of Guantanamo. That and more on the malaise affecting her society … and, as a result, ours. MEMRI:
Sentence Just, Monarch Merciful
Published on 18 Dec 2007 at 8:29 am.
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Filed under Islam, saudi arabia.
That’s the word from the 14th Century. Good King Abdullah has ruled that although Goody Qatif deserves a sound flogging for being caught in the company of a man not her husband, an act that compelled seven high-spirited roustabouts to gang rape the pair of them, it is disquieting to the people and so he [...]
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Ix-nay on the Ihad-Jay
Published on 15 Dec 2007 at 10:31 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Islam.
MEMRI reports on a top jihad thinker’s second thoughts:
Happy Eid al-Adha!
Published on 13 Dec 2007 at 9:41 am.
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Filed under Islam, Judaism.
As Muslim comes to aid of “Happy Hanukkah!” Jews in NY subway:
Who Wants To Be An Apostate Infidel?
Published on 8 Dec 2007 at 9:26 am.
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Filed under Islam, media.
More MEMRI, this time a thoughtful discussion of who is an apostate, the appropriate treatment of apostates, whether denial of polygamy makes you an infidel. How come we can’t get good must-see TV like this around here?
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Islamic Like My Cousin
Published on 7 Dec 2007 at 2:31 pm.
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Filed under Islam.
Dani’s actually Jewish. But you can walk a mile in her burkha, so to speak. Check the art below. She looks like she’s getting ready to go burkha-bomb the White House. Looks like that lady behind her might think so, too. Danielle Crittenden at HuffPo, National Post:
Unpardonable Pardoned
Published on 3 Dec 2007 at 9:05 am.
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Filed under Britain, Islam.
British blasphemer freed:

