Monday, July 14, 2008

JW/DW Digest 12th, 13th July 2008


A UH-60 Black Hawk from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 158th Aviation -- known as Task Force Storm during its current deployment in Iraq -- passes over Baghdad on a mission in March. After months of deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 3-158th and other elements of its parent unit, Task Force XII, are moving to new missions in Iraq. Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chris Seaton
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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Sunday, July 13, 2008
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Raymond Ibrahim: "Today in History: Acre falls to the Crusaders," al-Jazeera reminds viewers
Amidst the images of suffering and slain Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghanis, the internationally (in)famous Arabic news station al-Jazeera today had an interesting five-minute segment that it played over several times: the fall of the Muslim city of Acre (Arabic:...
Pig-heads in mosques lead to Muslim rampage
Lots of "miscreants" in this report. "Mischief at mosques sparks protests," from Newindpress, July 12:BANGALORE: Violence broke out in two separate areas of the city when miscreants placed severed pig's heads inside the compounds of two mosques in Jaya Chamarajendra...
Iran threatens to destroy Israel, U.S. bases
More Iranian saber-rattling. "Official says Iran would destroy Israel if attacked,Â" by Hashem Kalantari and Zahra Hosseinian for Rueters, July 12:Iran would destroy Israel and 32 U.S. military bases in the Middle East if the Islamic Republic was attacked over...
Escaped al-Qaeda leader warns winter will be "hell" for "Christian and apostate enemies" in Afghanistan
Not that winter in Afghanistan is generally a barrel of laughs. "Al-Qaida prison escapee warns of more attacks in Afghanistan," from the Associated Press, July 12: An Internet audiotape purported to be from an al-Qaida commander who escaped from a...
Andrew Bostom to discuss The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism on C-Span 2's BookTV
From the BookTV website: Upcoming Schedule Sunday, July 13, at 7:00 AM Monday, July 14, at 1:00 AM About the Program At the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, author Andrew Bostom discussed his new book "The Legacy of Antisemitism"....
US government turns blind eye to China's humanitarian abuses-except when Muslims are involved
If China was "cracking down" on a Christian minority group, would this even be making headlines? "US lawmakers condemn crackdown on China's minority Muslims," from AFP, July 12:WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers on Friday "strongly condemned" what they called Beijing's...
Returning madrassa student: "Not one Jew died [on 9/11]. That is what they say."
Just a sample of what Noor and Mahboob Khan heard in Pakistan. How much they took to heart and brought home with them is an urgent question. The fact that they are able again to skateboard and watch The Simpsons...
Morocco: Jihadist plot aimed at tourist hotels foiled
North African Jihad Update. "Morocco says it foils plot aimed at tourist hotels," by Alfred de Montesquiou for the Associated Press, July 11: RABAT, Morocco - Moroccan security forces foiled a terrorist plot to attack tourists this summer, in what...
U.K.: Fiance of 7/21 attack plotter sentenced to 3 years in prison for helping him escape in a burqa
Fardosa Abdullahi Update. "Fiancee of July 21 suicide attack plotter jailed for helping him to escape in a burka," by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, July 12: The fiance of one of the leaders of the failed July 21 suicide...
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Christian decapitates Muslim! (on TV screens, that is )
Would that producers and directors had the kahonies to portray a Muslim decapitating a Christian, something that actually happens, and with plenty of "theological" precedents. No worries, however: your local jihadi website will have authentic ones for your viewing. "Bonekickers...
France: Burqa-clad Muslim woman denied citizenship due to insufficient assimilation, male relatives' absolute control over her
Certainly, some will protest that this woman has been denied citizenship on the grounds of her beliefs. That doesn't quite hold water, however, when one considers how many French citizens and permanent residents observe the five pillars of Islam (or...
Pakistan: Christian girls kidnapped; captors file for custody, claiming girls converted to Islam
And the police weren't about to be of any help without outside pressure: The girls' father "was told to 'remain silent,' as the officers said the girls had embraced Islam in a written statement." "Pakistan: Girls kidnapped, allegedly forced to...
Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Saturday, July 12, 2008
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American students "saved" from Islamic indoctrination
Playing hooky would've definitely been justified here. "Bringing American students home," by Todd Boatwright for News 8 Austin, July 11:Friday, July 11 marks a special homecoming from Pakistan for two American boys. The boys were enrolled in schools that teach...
Spencer: Ingrid Mattson vs. Freedom of Speech
In a guest column for IPT News, I discuss some seemingly moderate statements by ISNA's Ingrid Mattson that look less moderate the more one examines them (news links in the original): In her statement on Geert Wilders' film Fitna, "Respecting...
The expertness of the learned analysts
Here is the last part of a very illuminating symposium on the Islamization of the West at FrontPage, in which the world-renowned terror expert Rohan Gunaratna demonstrates that he knows nothing about Islamic jihad -- a curious omission. "Symposium: Confronting...
"[A]n eighteen-year-old from Casablanca with spiked hair, or a twenty-year-old from Dubai wearing goth makeup, is as representative of the world of Islam today as the Muslims who look and act the way we expect them to"
A fanciful piece by Mark LeVine, an old friend of Jihad Watch writing in, quite appropriately, NPR, tries to explain how Muslims are open to rock and heavy metal, and that that may be why they are so "radical."...
Vegas, baby
Last night I arrived on the last stagecoach into Las Vegas, where I had dinner with the courageous Patrick Boylan. Today at FreedomFest I'll be debating Daniel Peterson, a professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at Brigham Young University, on...
J.B. Kelly: Of Valuable Oil & Worthless Policies
Posted at Hugh's request, this article first appeared in the British magazine Encounter in July 1979. 29 years later, Kelly's observations remain relevant, and the situation remains in many ways virtually unchanged (thanks to herroyalwhyness for typing the article into...
Report: Hizballah has tripled its pre-2006 arsenal
Surprising? Not at all. But it demonstrates again the double standard Israel faces from the U.N., driven by the OIC bloc and generally unchallenged by other countries, when trying to defend itself. "'Hizbullah is rearming at a dizzying pace'," by...
U.S. sees rise in foreign jihadists traveling to Pakistani frontier
Another consequence of Pakistan's continued and virtually unchallenged status as a haven for jihadists. "Militant Gains in Pakistan Said to Draw Fighters," by Eric Schmitt for the New York Times, July 10: WASHINGTON - American military and intelligence officials say...
Kuwaiti arrested for recruiting jihadists to fight U.S. in Afghanistan
"The suspect insisted he had been carrying out these activities out of 'religious fervor' as a Muslim." Another misunderstander of his religion. And it's interesting to note the Kuwaiti paper's use of terms like "jihad" and "jihadists." They must have...
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Presidential Airways appeals to sharia law to beat case
It appears now that Muslims are not the only ones expecting special treatment based on sharia precepts. More information on this story: Â"Military Contractor Wants Sharia Law Applied In Soldiers' Deaths,Â" by Katie Melone for Courant, July 11:In 2005, Jeanette...
Pew Forum: Plight of Christians in Iraq continues to worsen
The report's chief researcher remarks, "It is no small irony, of course, that the Shiite majority that's now a leading force in Iraq was brutalized and suppressed under Saddam, who extensively curbed the Shiites' religious freedoms." But it is certainly...
Peshawar's Christians under threat from Taliban encroachment
A little-reported aspect of this story: "Pakistan's Christians Face Taliban Terror," by Gary Lane for CBN News, July 10: CWN.org - The Pakistani military mobilized troops in around the city of Pershawar [sic], launching attacks on Taliban hideouts. The government...
Iran: "The prisoner told his wife that there had been a misunderstanding and that he could not teach Christianity any more."
The arrests of Mahmood Matin and Arash Bandari were part of a wave of detentions of Christians in Shiraz in mid-May. Here is more on their cases: "Iran: Ex-Muslims detained for 'apostasy'," from Compass Direct News, July 9: ISTANBUL, July...

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