JW/DW Digest 21st, 22nd June 2008

Ibn Warraq –

Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism

Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Sunday, June 22, 2008

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Iraq: US Army detains four jihadists with connections to Iranian intelligence

Act of war. "US Army arrests four insurgents in Iraq," from KUNA, June 21 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): BAGHDAD, June 21 (KUNA) -- US forces in Iraq have detained five insurgents with connections to Iranian intelligence during a two-day raid...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021479.php>


Houston: Muslims threaten publisher for describing heretical Islamic sect as Muslims

The Ahmadiyyas are a sect considered heretical by mainstream Muslims (not least because they reject violent jihad), and are consequently often persecuted in Muslim countries. And now, courtesy of our mad failure to halt immigration from Muslim countries despite the...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021477.php>


UNHRC: Something is, indeed, rotten in the State of. the Council

One of the problems is the attitude of Egypt, with OIC backing. Following the scandalous "Sharia Affair" late on June 16 at the 8th Session of the Human Rights Council, this is a follow-up by David G. Littman, NGO Representative...

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Does the American Jewish Committee/France Serve Three Masters?

Vanessa Jones reports in FrontPage, June 20: President Sarkozy will arrive in Israel on Sunday. According to a June 13, 2008 article (translation provided below) in the Arab media, based on French sources, the American Jewish Committee's Paris representative, Valerie...

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Polygamy and child marriage in the U.S.? It could happen

It could easily happen, given the prevailing multiculturalism and new court rulings on marriage. If marriage can be redefined once, it can be redefined again. And it will be, unless a sufficient number of people say no, they don't...

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Glick: "The Olmert-Livni-Barak-Yishai government's liquidation sale of Israel's strategic assets opened officially this week"

Israel pushes for Hamas's international legitimization. "Column One: Israel's darkest week," by Caroline Glick in the Jerusalem Post, June 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): The Olmert-Livni-Barak-Yishai government's liquidation sale of Israel's strategic assets opened officially this week....

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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Saturday, June 21, 2008

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Europol: Increasing number of European nationals training for jihad in Pakistan

An update on the "Al-Qaeda Pipeline" and the establishment in European countries of forward operating bases for jihadist attacks around the world. "Intelligence Officials: Dozens of Europeans Have Trained in Terror Camps in Pakistan," by Pierre Thomas and Jack Date...

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"If enemies especially Israelis and their supporters in the United States would want to use a language of force, they should rest assured that they will receive a strong blow in the mouth"

More saber rattling from the Islamic Republic. "Iran warns of 'strong blow' if Israel attacks," by Aresu Eqbali for AFP, June 20 (thanks to JCB): TEHRAN (AFP) - Tehran Friday warned its arch-enemy Israel of a "strong blow" if it...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021470.php>


"Just chilling, reading the Koran"

"Sometime you have to do violence to bring peace." What do you think he means by "peace"? "Suspect said he was 'just chilling, reading the Koran,'" by Melissa Leong in the National Post, June 20 (thanks to Twostellas): A young...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021469.php>


Israeli military exercise preparing for strike on Iran?

Summer 1939 Alert: "U.S. says exercise by Israel seemed directed at Iran" by Michael R. Gordon and Eric Schmitt in the New York Times, June 20 (thanks to James): WASHINGTON: Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month...

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Jihad Watch video: Bound and gagged

In the latest Jihad Watch video at Hot Air I don't say a word about the stealth jihad assault on the freedom of speech....

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Algerian journo admits threatening to kill Christian preacher, but says he didn't mean it

"We speak like that in our country, a father says it to his son." "Algeria: Evangelist Says Police, Others Targeting Him," from Compass Direct, June 19: ISTANBUL, June 19 (Compass Direct News) - A court yesterday postponed until next Wednesday...

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"What bothered him...was not the penchant for jihad and intolerance that certain fanatical Muslims displayed, but the foundation for such ills in the Koran and core Islamic texts"

The courageous Ali Sina of Faith Freedom says here what I've also said many times: that the only possible reformation in Islam can only come from a rejection of Qur'anic literalism, and that possibility itself is extremely unlikely. Rather...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021475.php>



Bostom: "When I put together the Koranic verses on the Jews, they read like an indictment, prosecution and conviction"

In the course of this interview about his book, Andy Bostom says: "As I was putting the first book together, I came across Ahmad Sirhindi. He was an Indian Sufi who was enraged by the reforms of Moghul Akbar,...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021473.php>


Fjordman reviews The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism

The European essayist Fjordman contributes an important essay on an important book. Dr. Andrew G. Bostom asked me earlier to write a review of his latest book, The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History, which...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021472.php>