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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Thursday, May 15, 2008

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Lebanon capitulates, cancels anti-Hizballah measures

Never mind. Apparently sovereignty isn't worth fighting for. An update on this story. "Lebanese government capitulates to Hizbullah," by Roee Nahmias for YNet News, May 15: Lebanese Information Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said in a press statement on Wednesday that...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021021.php>

France convicts 7 of recruiting for interior spiritual struggle

The New York Times headline says they were recruiting for jihad. How's that again? Recruiting for a benign struggle for self-improvement? What will the friends of the Times in the U.S. government say when they see the Gray Lady eschewing...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021020.php>

"Islam needs more criticism, not less"

So says novelist Brad Thor. Why does Islam need more criticism, not less? Watch the video and find out -- he explains it very cogently. Watch also for his latest, The Last Patriot, which puts into a thriller much...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021019.php>

Apostasy punishable by death, says top Islamic scholar in Maldives

A couple of days ago the New York Times published a piece by Edward Luttwak, wondering if President Barack Obama would face rage in the Muslim world for being an apostate from Islam -- I posted about it here. I...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021018.php>

Afghan teacher shot dead after speech condemning suicide bombings

Why Islamic reform is about as likely as an attack by men from Mars, part 65320: "Afghan teacher killed after speech condemning suicide bombings," from The Associated Press, May 14 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): KABUL, Afghanistan: A teacher was shot...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021017.php>

Pakistani jihad leader: U.S. is eternal enemy of Islam and Pakistan

Yet again couching his appeal in religious terms. "Jamaat-e-Islami Leader: U.S. Is Eternal Enemy Of Islam And Pakistan," from the MEMRI Blog, May 13 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): The Deputy Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami in PakistanÂ's Baluchistan province Maulana Muhammad Shah...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021016.php>

Thug-in-Chief: "The Zionist regime is dying ... The criminals assume that by holding celebrations ... they can save the sinister Zionist regime from death and annihilation."

More of this. And remember, this is the same regime that went to the U.N. over Hillary's pledge to "obliterate" Iran in the event that it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons. "Ahmadinejad says Israel doomed," by Ali Akbar Dareini for...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021015.php>

As Bush visits Israel, jihadists rain rockets on Israeli shopping center

But he knows they really want peace. "At least 10 hurt as rocket hits Ashkelon shopping center," from the Jerusalem Post (thanks to DM): At least 10 people were wounded Wednesday evening, including a baby girl and her mother, when...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021014.php>

Iraqi jihadists use 8-year-old girl as suicide bomber

The lovers of death achieve a new low. "Girl, 8, strapped with remote-controlled explosives and used as suicide bomber by Iraqi insurgents," from the Daily Mail, May 14 (thanks to John Doe): An eight-year-old girl was strapped with remote-controlled explosives...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021013.php>

Bush on Israel: "What happened here is possible everywhere"

As bizarre statements go, this one really takes the cake. Israel is a cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East? And exactly which of the hostile Arab Muslim states of the Middle East are looking to Israel...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021012.php>

CAIR rep Omer Subhani exposes Robert Spencer! Part I

Disgraced: Yes, I admit it, I've met Jimmy Carter Deborah Weiss, columnist, attorney, and senior fellow with the Center for Security Policy, has kindly alerted me to an eleven-part -- eleven! -- series written by Omer Subhani, "Exposing Robert...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021011.php>

India blast has hallmarks of Al Qaeda

A Jaipur update from ABC Radio Australia: Police in India are sifting through the sites of eight bomb attacks that killed at least 80 people in the north-western city of Jaipur. Police have questioned four people in connection with the...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021009.php>

Spencer: A Slap On The Wrist

In FrontPage today I discuss the sentencing of Nada Nadim Prouty: Nada Nadim Prouty is a Lebanese national who has been employed by both the FBI and the CIA. She has admitted that she searched FBI files for information on...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021008.php>

Spencer: Guess Who's Speaking At the Local Mosque?

In Human Events today I discuss some of the unsavory characters speaking at some mosques in the U.S.: Unless you live in a rural area, there is probably a mosque (or more than one) in your town, and most people...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021007.php>


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UK: Second attack on Anglican priest by teenage Muslim thugs

The first time it happened was in March. This time, the good dhimmi who was attacked wants to make sure that no one plays up the religious aspect of the attack -- thereby ensuring that nothing will be done by...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021010.php>



Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Illegal alien FBI agent who illegally accessed files on Hizballah investigations gets no jail time, $750 fine

Now is the time for your tears. "Woman spared jail, fined in conspiracy case," by David Ashenfelter for the Detroit Free Press (thanks to Debbie Schlussel): A former Detroit-area woman who engaged in a sham marriage to obtain U.S. citizenship...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021006.php>

Thug-In-Chief: No use celebrating the birth of the dead Zionist entity

The Islamic Republic News Agency headline breaks off abruptly -- a dead what? -- but the context is clear. "President: No use to celebrate birth anniversary for a dead," from IRNA, May 13 (thanks to Sr. Soph): President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021004.php>

Bush to be targeted in Saudi Arabia?

A piquant detail is in bold below. "Islamist Forum Member: Bush To Be Targeted During Visit To Saudi Arabia," from MEMRI, May 11 (thanks to all who sent this in): On May 10, 2008, a member of the Islamist forum...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021003.php>

Banned jihadist group suspected of responsibility for blasts in India

It looks at this point as if the coordinated blasts that have killed almost 50 people in India were indeed jihad attacks. "HuJI suspected to be behind serial blast in Jaipur," from the Press Trust of India: New Delhi (PTI):...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021000.php>

Seven serial bombs in NW India: at least 50 dead, 150 injured

No claims of responsibility yet, but the tactics -- multiple bombings, as well as the choice of targets -- are similar to previous jihadist attacks in India. "7 bomb blasts rock Jaipur, 50 dead, 150 injured," from CNN-IBN, May 13:...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020999.php>

Jihadis went a-courtin'

Yesterday the New York (aka New Duranty) Times published a lengthy piece on young men trying to find love in the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places. Bottom line? It ain't easy. But in the course of things, and without...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020998.php>

Kuwait arrests man for inciting youth to interior spiritual struggle

One would think that if the new U.S. Government guidelines on use of the word jihad had any connection to reality in the Islamic world, the Kuwaitis would see Mubarak Al-Bathali's activities on behalf of jihad as entirely benign, if...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020997.php>

The Government's Jihad on Jihad

Andrew McCarthy, author of the great new book Willful Blindness, skewers the new U.S. government's prohibition of the word "jihad" in National Review: ...After paying lip-service to the notion that "the terms we use must be accurate and descriptive," the...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020994.php>

Spencer: Playing the Death Threat Card

In FrontPage today, I discuss a premier stealth jihad weapon: the death threat card. Charles C. Haynes, a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington, lamented Thursday that "at a charter school in Minnesota, what should have been...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020993.php>

Iran: Israel on the brink of extinction

Yet another 60th anniversary valentine from the mullahcracy. From PressTV, May 13 (thanks to Charlemagne's Funny Bone): Senior Iranian diplomat Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi says Israel is on the path to its imminent annihilation and is weakening by the minute. Mousavi,...

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University student leaves school after Muslim threatens his service dog

Unconscionable. The student who made the threat should be expelled. But because this is an issue involving Islam, instead the multiculturalists start speaking soothingly about "misunderstanding," which means surrender. "SCSU student leaves training at Technical High School," by Dave Aeikens...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021005.php>

Turkey: New law restricting sale of alcohol comes into effect

Sharia is creeping forward everywhere, but in modern, moderate, secular Turkey it is creeping even faster than it is elsewhere. "Turkey: Law Banning Alcohol, Sigarettes [sic] Comes Into Effect," from ANSAmed, May 13 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) - ANKARA, MAY...

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U.S. drops charges against accused "20th hijacker"

Why? By Kristin Roberts for Reuters (thanks to all who sent this in): WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it dropped charges against a Saudi who U.S. officials say intended to be the "20th hijacker" on September 11...

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UK firm to supply communications and data systems to Libya's armed forces

John VI Cantacuzenes Alert: "General Dynamics UK Secures New Export Opportunity: Program builds on aims of UK Government and International Community," a press release, May 9 (thanks to Davsmi): LONDON, May 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- General Dynamics United...

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Taliban: "If you do not give up watching televisions, you will face violence"

So would Little Mosque on the Prairie be ok? Sharia Alert: "Taliban Ban TV In Afghan Province," from Reuters, May 13 (thanks to Sr. Soph): KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents have ordered residents of a province near the capital Kabul...

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