JW/DW Digest 25th, 26th June 2008

MQ-9 Reaper Armed with GPS-Guided Weapon

The first live release of a Global Positioning System guided bomb unit-49 weapon from an MQ-9 Reaper took place May 13 at the Naval Air Warfare Center's Weapons Division at China Lake, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Thursday, June 26, 2008

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"He is not a Muslim..But he is being influenced and intoxicated by the imagery and appeal of Jihadist and other internet violence "

"White boy, 12, suspected of being Islamic extremist recruit after he showed beheading videos to classmates," from Daily Mail, June 25: A 12-year-old white schoolboy is among 120 people being dealt with by police in a new project combating Islamic-inspired...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021528.php>


Iran: Our nukes are peaceful, but we'll nuke you if you resist

War Is Peace Alert: those nukes are not hard to make from our peaceful nuclear program if you give us trouble, says Larijani. "Iran issues warning over nuclear program," by Ali Akbar Dareini for Associated Press, June 25 (thanks to...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021525.php>


Spencer: George Orwell meets the OIC

In Human Events today I discuss the latest developments in the Islamic world's war on free speech (news links in the original): "We sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed." That...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021518.php>


Spencer: Free Speech Dies at the UN

In FrontPage today I discuss the death of free speech at the UN Human Rights Council (news links in the original): The war against free speech is advancing rapidly: Associated Press reported Thursday that Â"Muslim countries have won a battle...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021517.php>


Iraqi research group says poverty causes women to become suicide bombers (which is why there are so many female Haitian suicide bombers)

Jihad Watch reader Nicolei, who kindly sent this in, comments: "The Iraqi Christians are just as poor if not worse off than the Iraqi Muslims. Yet the Christians don't resort to suicide bombings. Have the Muslims ever wondered why the...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021515.php>



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Breaking news: Muslim women must not marry non-Muslim men!

Surprise, surprise. "Women must not marry non-Muslim European men, says imam," from AKI, June 25: Rabat, 25 June (AKI) - An imam in Morocco's eastern city of Fez has said that marriages between Moroccan women and European men who are...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021527.php>


A Victory for Anti-Dhimmitude?

Could it be? A show of infidel defiance from none other than the Queen of Great Britain -- the fabled land where "underground" sharia law permeates regions such as Londonistan. After outraging the umma a year ago by announcing that...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021526.php>


Saudi "marriage officiant": Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and had sex with her when she was nine

Over the years I've gotten a great deal of abuse for telling the truth about Islam and jihad here, but probably more for pointing out that Islamic tradition says that Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and consummated...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021524.php>


France: Muslim father demands, receives, removal of crucifix from hospital room

Cultural Collapse Update: "Muslim Father Demands Removal Of Crucifix From French Catholic Hospital Room," from Covenant Zone, June 24 (thanks to Paul), where this item from the French newspaper Le Figaro is translated: After vehement demands, a muslim obtained the...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021523.php>


UK: Muslim "youth" walks free after "mistaken" attack on priest

It was a "mistake," not a jihad. Cut Babul Islam some slack. After all, I mistakenly beat someone up just the other day. Mistakes will be made. "Youth walks free after gang attack on priest," by Suzy Austin in Metro.co.uk,...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021522.php>


Anti-dhimmitude in Oz: Attorney General rejects Muslim request to legalize polygamy

A morsel of cultural self-defense. "No recognition for polygamous marriage:
A-G," from Australia's ABC News, June 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): The Federal Government has rejected calls from two Muslim leaders to recognise polygamous marriage. The President...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021521.php>


Bawer: The Times, It Ain't a-Changin'

Bruce Bawer has a thought-provoking piece in Pajamas Media today, "The Times, It Ain't A-Changin'," about what we have pointed out here many times: that "just as it once did with the dangers of Stalinism and Hitlerism, the New York...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021519.php>


Canadian parliamentary committee hears: Jihadists crucifying children to terrorize their Christian parents into fleeing Iraq

"It's part of a systemic -- and very effective -- campaign to ethnically cleanse the area of any non-Muslims." Islamic Tolerance Alert. "Iraqi Christians are targets of cleansing, committee told: One in three a refugee, but Chaldo-Assyrians want to remain...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021516.php>




Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

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Iraq: U.S.-allied pol opens fire on U.S. troops, kills 2I have pointed out many, many times that there is no reliable way to distinguish jihadists from peaceful Muslims. Here is yet another indication of that. But the implications of this remain unexplored, in Iraq and domestically. "U.S.-allied Iraqi politician...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021512.php>

Muslims' Danish-Dutch boycott designed to bring about "universal law that prohibits the defamation of any prophet or religion"

Buy these products! The goal of the boycott, you see, is a "universal law" forbidding "defamation of religions" -- which in practice will mean forbidding honest discussion of the jihad and Islamic supremacism. "Boycott campaign moves ahead, issues new...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021510.php>

"Not a soul appears to have said, 'Brother, you know this stuff ain't sanctioned by the old Koran."

In writing about the Khawaja trial in Canada, Christie Blatchford exposes with a single observation the utter intellectual vacuity of the "Islam Is A Religion Of Peace That Has Been Hijacked By A Tiny Minority Of Extremists" idea: "Not a...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021509.php>


Jihadists hit Israel with rockets, breaking "truce"

Well, that took even less time than usual -- making it even clearer than it was already that the truce offer itself was just an attempt to buy a respite for the jihadists and get Israel to put its guard...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021508.php>


"World events are forcing us to look beyond our comfort barriers"

"A closer look at Islam," by Joe Sarnicola in The Citizen, June 21: About 20 people gave up a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon to learn more about Islam at the Unitarian Universalist Church. The church's Social Responsibilities Committee sponsored...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021497.php>


California: Jihadist in plot to attack military sites, synagogues, sentenced to 22 years

Levar Haley Washington Update. "Man sentenced in California terrorism probe," from the Associated Press, June 23: One of four men accused of plotting from behind bars to attack military sites, synagogues and other targets in California has been sentenced to...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021507.php>


Ontario Thought Police: Maclean's mag "contributing to Islamophobia and promoting societal intolerance towards Muslim, Arab and South Asian Canadians"

This weaselly, mealy-mouthed statement from the Thought Police comes from April 9, but I just saw it today, and so although I don't usually post archived material, I believe it provides important background on what the Thought Police are thinking...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021506.php>


Sectarian clashes erupt again in northern Lebanon

"Violence has erupted in various parts of the country in recent days between supporters of the ruling majority and militants from the opposition backed by Syria and Iran." "Fierce clashes rage in north Lebanon," by Omar Ibrahim for Agence France-Presse,...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021505.php>


Canadian jihadist: "The kuffar [infidels] are treacherous and understand only death and destruction"

A bit of projection there. This guy was plotting to attack civilian targets in London, including possibly a night club and power grids, and he says that unbelievers understand only death and destruction."Khawaja lived for jihad, Crown alleges," by Colin...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021504.php>


Fitzgerald: The old and new generation in Algeria

"'The foundation of religion, I learned in school,' said Mr. Bou Bekeur's son, Abdel Rahman, 25. 'We pray more than them and we know religion better than them,' he said of his father's generation. 'We are more religious. My father...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021502.php>


The tragedy of the free speech crisis is that most people don't give a damn

So says Canadian journalist and politician Peter Worthington, and he's right. "Anyone care about free speech?" by Peter Worthington in the Toronto Sun, June 23 (thanks to all who sent this in): The tragedy of the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal's...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021501.php>


OIC: Lack of punishment for cartoons will lead to more "Islamophobia"

The problem here, of course, is that while "almost all Western governments including the USA had made categorical statements rejecting any linkage between Islam and terrorism," there are Muslims who keep linking them up again. But the OIC has nothing...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021499.php>



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"I am in favour of his death"

Sharia Alert: "Afghanistan: Death penalty call for man who spread Koran translation," by Syed Saleem Shahzad in AKI, June 23: Islam of course carries the death penalty for any number of "transgressions," but one wonders if Muslims ever ask themselves...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021513.php>


Bill Warner: Measuring Mohammed and Dhimmitude

The superb analyst Bill Warner measures our dhimmitude: If you are willing to do some math that is no harder than counting how many apples you have in your shopping cart, you can measure the core of Islamic political doctrine...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021511.php>


Fitzgerald: Sarkozy is a great disappointment

"And the French envoy said that she will present several issues with the Israeli side concerned with the commencement of the execution of the Industrial zone such as easing movement in Bethlehem and the subject of providing the Industrial zone...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021503.php>


Malaysian city: Muslim women should avoid bright lipstick, high heels

Because it is always the woman's responsibility to pose no temptation, not the man's to control himself. "The rest is up to them. If they want to follow the 100 percent Islamic way, it's up to them." Oh, sure --...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021500.php>


Barry Rubin: "They're Dictators and Terrorists But What Clean Streets!"

Barry Rubin marks the first anniversary of Hamas' power in Gaza with an apposite prescription: "any Westerner favoring a strategy that strengthens Hamas should be forced to live under its rule." Hamas celebrated its first anniversary of power in the...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021498.php>