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

Night Refueling Over Iraq

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 763rd Expeditionary Refueling Squadron during a mission over Iraq, Sept. 3, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon II

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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Islamic charter school takes "confrontational road" with Education Department

Here again we see the same story playing out: Muslims asserting a right to do things that are at variance with American law, or culture, or custom, and not being willing to compromise in the slightest degree, while American officials...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022634.php>


Obama's Muslim Brotherhood-linked aide hasn't really quit

This is a couple of weeks old, but I don't recall anyone remarking upon it. Barack Obama's Muslim Outreach Coordinator, Mazen Asbahi, resigned under pressure in August after it was revealed that he was "a frequent speaker before several...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022629.php>


Al Qaeda declares Coptic priest Zakaria Botros "one of the most wanted infidels in the world"

And offers 60 million for his head. More on Islam's Public Enemy #1. "Exclusive: Al Qaeda targets leading Arab evangelist operating in the U.S. for preaching the Gospel to Muslims," by Joel C. Rosenberg for Flashtraffic, September 9 (thanks...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022628.php>

Tonight I'm gonna party like it's September 10

I was tempted this morning to pretend it was September 10. Why not? Everybody's doing it. Polls show that fewer Americans today believe that terrorism is a threat than at any time since before 9/11. A CNN survey shows that...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022625.php>


Spencer: The Islamic World Looks at Obama

"See them, Barack? They're some of your biggest fans" In Human Events today I examine the Islamic world's enthusiasm for Barack Obama: Barack Obama caused another stir over his ties to Islam on Sunday when he noted that "John...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022623.php>



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Jordan's role in criminalizing criticism of Islam

More on this story. "Criminalizing Criticism of Islam," by Elizabeth Samson for the WallStreet Journal, September 10:There are strange happenings in the world of international jurisprudence that do not bode well for the future of free speech. In an unprecedented...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022633.php>


Burka-Ban in the Netherlands

"It is important for children to learn that proper communication requires being able to look the other person in the eye" "Dutch to ban burkas when picking children up from school," Bruno Waterfield for the Telegraph, September 9:Ronald Plasterk, the...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022631.php>


Australia: proposal for new Islamic school rejected due to "racism"

Islam-as-Race Alert. Of course, the fact that "Islamic schools are scattered across Australian cities ... [and] receive government funds" doesn't seem to matter much. After all, Australia is supposedly a part of Dar al-Islam. More on this story. "Australian Muslims...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022630.php>


Saudi Arabia: 8-year-old files for divorce

An update on this story. "Saudi Arabia: 8 Year-Old Files For Divorce, Judge Takes Time," from ANSAmed, September 10 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) - RIYADH, SEPTEMBER 10 - A Saudi judge asked to decide on the request for divorce between...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022624.php>

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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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Man chanting "Allah" and Arabic attacks stranger on subway with hammer

In Philadelphia. Video here. The detail that he was chanting something in Arabic, as well as "Allah," is in the video -- only "Allah" is in the story below. Now, I'm sure that if this attacker is caught, he...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022621.php>


Minnesota Muslim cabbies lose in bid to impose Sharia rules on the rest of us

Islamic law forbids Muslims to consume alcohol, and Muhammad cursed those who carry it as well. But up until this controversy in Minnesota -- set off by the Muslim Brotherhood, the engine of the stealth jihad -- Muslims did not...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022620.php>


Juan Cole: What's the difference between Palin and jihadists? Lipstick

Lipstick the only difference Witless moral equivalence and hysteria from the estimable Juan Cole. Note, first, the sleight of hand that Cole tries to pull off by claiming that "on censorship, the teaching of creationism in schools, reproductive rights,...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022618.php>


Fitzgerald: The Kingdom of Prester John

When Western Christendom was besieged, and keenly felt besieged, by the forces of Islam, it was natural for Christians to fantasize about a powerful Christian ally. For there were Muslim raids up and down the coasts of Western Europe as...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022615.php>

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Fitzgerald: Spending money like dhimmis

Why should the American government be spending, have spent or committed, nearly two trillion dollars to bring "good government" to Iraq? Why should it have spent $65 billion on the malevolent government of Egypt? Why did American taxpayers pay, not...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022617.php>


Fitzgerald: The Western press, Christianity, and Islam

Today, a noticeable feature of the Western press (aside from the "anti-Israel" coverage of so many of the reporters in Western Europe who have found a socially acceptable outlet for antisemitism) is the indifference to, or even hostility to, Christianity....

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022616.php>


Andrew Lloyd Webber: "Today people say you can't do this because it will offend that community, and then you can't say this because the Muslims will be offended by it and we'll end up being talked out of it."

Not only that, but members of one potential offended party in particular are liable to set fires, break things, and threaten large-scale attacks against the home country of the "offending" party. "Andrew Lloyd-Webber says political correctness is stifling creativity," by...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022614.php>

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Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Tuesday, September 9, 2008


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Jihadists warn Brits, "you have nothing to expect than floods of martyr operations, volcanoes of anger and revenge erupting among your capital" which will "scatter body parts" all over the streets

Along with the threats and bloody imagery, the jihadists continuously boasted about the "honor" of Islam and the "heroism" of martyrdom, continuously asserting that they are not brain-washed youth. After being brought to court, however, their bravado quickly dissipated...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022612.php>


Iraq: al-Qaeda operatives posing as cooks at local bakery construct underground tunnel to attack government

For the ever so imaginative jihadists, definitely not a first. "US finds clues in bakery to foil Iraqi terror plot," by Phillip Robertson for NewsChannel 8, September 8 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):MOSUL, Iraq from NewsChannel 8 - Lt. Christopher...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022610.php>


UK: "Young married father" found guilty of plotting to kill hundreds

Dad The fact that he is a "young married father" is the most important thing about him, of course, and elucidates why he undertook this plot. What's that? Jihad violence in the name of Islam? What are you, some...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022606.php>


Fitzgerald: How the Islamic world views Obama

Menashe Amir, the Iranian-born head of Radio Israel's Persian language service, has said: "One of the Iranian religious leaders said if Obama will enter the White House, then Islam will conquer the heart of the American nation." Of course Barack...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022601.php>


Forget about Islamic theology and history: it's their own daily words that convict Muslims

A good piece in that it demonstrates that nothing less than modern Muslim rhetoric exposes Islam even to those non-Muslims who refuse to take Islamic theology and history seriously. "An Historical Moment for Islam," by Dr. Richard L. Benkin for...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022598.php>


"One of the Iranian religious leaders said if Obama will enter the White House, then Islam will conquer the heart of the American nation"

The man of their dreams I don't credit Obama's "my Muslim faith" comment at all -- from the look of the video it wasn't a Freudian slip, it was just a clumsy way of referring to the charges that...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022596.php>

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UK: first "official" sharia court finally open for business

What was but a glimmer of hope for the Muslim community two years ago, has finally come to fruition. Imagine the inroads sharia will make in two decades? "Sharia law at Muslim college in Nuneaton," from Coventry Telegraph, September 8:The...

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Indonesia: political candidates must pass "Koran proficiency test" to run for office

Still doubting whether the Koran is the Constitution of Islam or not? Incidentally, Indonesia is one of those (increasingly fewer) Muslim nations apologists like to point out as being "moderate." "Aceh candidates must take Koran test to run: KIP," from...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022609.php>


Fitzgerald: How much more money will flow to Pakistan?

With Musharraf gone three weeks, the New Duranty Times yesterday published an article by Dexter Filkins, detailing the double game he and others in Pakistan have played for years. It is the keenest, and most useful, article on Pakistan ever...

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Fitzgerald: Christian groups in the Muslim world

There is a sliding scale among the various Christian groups in the Islamic world: a scale of fear (and absence of fear) that depends on such things as both absolute numbers, and numbers relative to Muslims who live in the...

Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022602.php>