JW/DW Digest 9th, 10th,11th Aug 2008

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LCS 1 Freedom

MARINETTE, Wis. (July 30, 2008) The first U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), the inaugural ship in an entirely new class of U.S. Navy surface warships , is seen underway during day two of Builders Trials. The ship is designed for littoral, or close-to-shore, operations and to provide access and dominance in coastal-water areas. (Photo provided courtesy Lockheed Martin)

Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Monday, August 11, 2008

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Jihadists kill eight in Western China with suicide bombs

Claiming the promise of Paradise offered to those who "kill and are killed" for Allah (Qur'an 9:111). China Jihad Update: "China bomb blasts toll rises to 8," by Stephen McDonell for ABC News Australia, August 10 (thanks to JE): Chinese...

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Fitzgerald: The jihad in Serbia revisited

On May 15, 2006 I explained why those who oppose the global jihad should support Serbia today. It bears repeating: The jihad in Serbia is one that is obscured in a particularly vexing way. Accordingly it must be emphasized that...

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Muslim Sarajevo: "Ethnic cleansing in this city has, unfortunately, been successfully completed"

Recent controversies over Kosovo have brought the accusation that if someone opposes the Al-Qaeda presence in Kosovo, one must therefore support Serbian genocide. That is, of course, absurd. The jihadist presence in the Balkans is real, and the response to...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022149.php>

Morocco: five public calls to prayer getting too loud

And, despite the fact that these constant calls are "alienating" tourists (i.e., income), "secular" Muslims are hesitant about speaking out, lest a ridda-inspired jihad comes to their doorsteps. "Uproar over loud prayer calls in Muslim Morocco," by Alfred de Montesquiou,...

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"In the Middle East, 100 million people in the Arab countries, many of whom have considered us their enemy for nearly 20 years, now look on us as their friends"

Who said it, and when? George W. Bush after the surge, or after the Road Map was formulated? No. Bill Clinton after Oslo? Nope. Jimmy Carter after the Camp David accords? Strike three. It was Richard Milhous Nixon in his...

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Billboards: "Sharia law is hate"

It is good to see someone turning the Islamic supremacists' charge that opposing them is "hatred" back on them, and exposing the real haters. "Billboards announce: 'Sharia law is hate,'" by Drew Zahn for WorldNetDaily, August 8: An organization in...

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Obama Muslim Advisor linked to Hamas, CAIR

When first reported here, we were informed that Obama's "Muslim Outreach Advisor" was "a frequent speaker before several groups in the U.S. that scholars have associated with the Muslim Brotherhood." This updated report is more specific; Obama's former advisor was/is...

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The Chinese/Uighur conflict about jihad, not "ethnicity"

Update on the Olympic threat. Counter-terrorism expert Walid Phares examines the so-called "ethnic" conflict between the Uighurs and Chinese, concluding that it's simply good ol' jihad fi sabil Allah. "China discovers al Qaeda in its backyard," by Walid Phares for...

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"Islamophobia Observatory" denounces forthcoming German conference as being motivated by "racial hatred and xenophobia"

Code words for being anti-jihad, anti-dhimmitude, and anti-sharia. "OIC slams anti-Islam congress in Germany," from Arab News, August 10:JEDDAH: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has expressed serious concerns about reports that an far right group is holding an...

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Indonesia: Thousands of Christians take to the street against application of Islamic law

Anti-dhimmitude in Indonesia. "Thousands of Christians take to the street against application of Islamic law," by Mathias Hariyadi for AsiaNews, August 8 (thanks to C.C.): Jakarta (AsiaNews) - More than 3,500 Christians have protested in Jayapura, the capital of Indonesian...

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Fitzgerald: Islam. Don't leave home without it.

We have with us, and apparently are doomed to always have with us, those who have spent their entire professional lives on the "Arab-Israeli dispute" -- or, as it is now known so tendentiously, the "Israel/Palestine problem.Â" And none of...

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Italy: dhimmi cardinal condemns any talk of defending Christianity against Islam

Might hurt Muslim feelings. "Cardinal criticises Euro MP over anti-Islam stand," from EUbusiness, August, 9:(ROME) - Italy's top prelate Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco has denounced a Euro MP in the anti-immigration Northern League for his anti-Islamic views, press reports said Saturday....

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"Using government lawyers and taxpayersÂ' money, they have been pursuing me, infringing on my natural rights of free speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion"

In "Ezra Levant 1, Canadian Thought Police 0" in Pajamas Media, August 8, the great Kathy Shaidle says: "Ezra Levant is off the hook and he isnÂ't happy about it." The case against Levant has been dropped, but Levant is...

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Iran: Clerics say female flag-bearer at Olympics "constitutes an obstacle for the appearance of the Mahdi"

Horrors! "Olympics: Controversy in Iran over female flag carrier," from Adnkronos International, August 8: Tehran, 8 August (AKI) - Iranian religious figures have criticised that Olympic female rower Homa Hosseini was chosen as the flagbearer of Iran, calling the move...

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"Should one point out that from ancient times a decline in courage has been considered the beginning of the end?"

Tell-it-like-it-is Diana West puts this story in better context. "Free Speech Jilted by Muhammad Romance Novel 'Warpath,'" by Diana West for Town Hall, August 8:Reading about the late Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, we are reminded of his epic force of will --...

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Afghan children raped 'with impunity'; Sharia law prevents accusers from coming forward

Qur'an 24:4 says: "And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers." Muhammad announced the "four witnesses" revelation in Sura 24 in...

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