JW/DW Digest Aug/Sep 2008
Flying into Gustav
Maj. J.D. Haig (left) and Lt. Col. Troy Anderson, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilots, patrol then Tropical Storm Gustav during a mission out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on Aug. 27. The Hurricane Hunters are the only operational unit in the world flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. They provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Erik Hofmeyer)
Maj. J.D. Haig (left) and Lt. Col. Troy Anderson, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilots, patrol then Tropical Storm Gustav during a mission out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on Aug. 27. The Hurricane Hunters are the only operational unit in the world flying weather reconnaissance on a routine basis. They provide surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Central Pacific for the National Hurricane Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Erik Hofmeyer)
Jihad Watch / Dhimmi Watch Digest
Monday, September 1, 2008
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Pakistan: "Suicide attacks an attempt to defame Islam"
Now if that was the case, surely all the haters of Christianity living in the West would be detonating themselves on a daily basis while screaming "Jesus is great!" -- you know, to "defame" Christianity. For some reason or other,...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022484.php>
Ramadan, high food prices, and the eating habits of "warriors"
Ramadan is nearly upon us. As this story notes, aside from confronting daily violence, Muslims across the world are broke and will have a hard time with escalating food prices. How exactly that relates to Ramadan, not sure. If anything,...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022483.php>
Blogging the Qur'an: Suras 41, "Explained in Detail," and 42, "Consultation"
Creating the world in six, er, eight days According to Muhammad's first biographer, Ibn Ishaq, Sura 41 was revealed to Muhammad after 'Utba bin Rabi'a, a chieftan of the pagan Quraysh, offered Muhammad a series of proposals to "which...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022479.php>
Italian museum displays crucified frog sculpture, Christians riot, demand restrictions on free speech -- no, wait...
The Pope asked them to take the thing down. They refused. That's the end of the matter. There will be -- and I know I'm really going out on a limb here -- no riots, and no Christian bodies...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022481.php>
Filmed at a top U.K. mosque: "Loyalty is only to the Muslim, not to the kaffir [disbeliever]"
More on this story. "Preachers of separatism at work inside Britain's mosques," by Sara Hassan for the Telegraph, August 31: In a large balcony above the beautiful main hall at Regent's Park Mosque in London - widely considered the most...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022478.php>
Turkey goes over to the dark side
Darth Spencer says: Welcome to the dark side "Ahmadinejad got something just as valuable: a chance to spin his own image, court popularity and bash the United States and Israel." Courtesy our friend and ally, Turkey. "Then, as he...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022472.php>
Iran: World War III will break out if you attack us
Summer 1939 Alert: "World War III will break out in case of aggression on Iran," from IRNA, August 30 (thanks to Sr. Soph): World War III will break out in case of aggression on Iran, Deputy Chief of Staff of...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022467.php>
Saudis distribute anti-terror cartoons
"Terrorism" snuffing out the light of Islam, Saudi Arabia Another chickens coming home to roost moment. Of course, if the Saudis were remotely serious about condemning terrorism, they wouldn't be teaching their children to hate non-Muslims and that jihad...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022458.php>
Pennsylvania Leftist useful idiot guilty of aiding Hamas
A member of the International Solidarity Movement. Left/Jihad Nexus Update: "York County native gets 31/2 years for helping Hamas," by Nichole Dobo for The Evening Sun, August 23 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm): A 33-year-old York County native was sentenced Thursday...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022457.php>
Fitzgerald: Muslims and America
"We have a message: Muslim Americans are as American as apple pie" - from this article in The Guardian about Muslims at the Democratic National Convention in Denver If Muslims are "as American as apple pie," are they as American...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022450.php>
Iran gives Hizballah advanced missiles to hit Israel
Another warning of Israel's destruction if the U.S. and/or Israel dare to attack Iran. However, this one has a curious hollow ring. "Report: Iran supplied Hizbullah with advanced missiles," by Roee Nahmias for YNet News, August 29 (thanks to the...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022453.php>
Finnish jihadists back Russia
And at least one of them was or is KGB. We have noted many times over the years how eager Russia is to help Iran and other jihadists, despite facing its own jihadist troubles in the Caucasus. And now this...
Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022451.php>
Fitzgerald: Greater Jihad and Lesser Jihad
"There are, according to Khan, two kinds of Jihad. The greater Jihad, in which a person fights their animal tendencies, and a lesser Jihad, in which they fight on behalf of their community." -- from this article Again and again...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022449.php>
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Creationism leads to terrorism?
This entire op-ed could be summed up in one sentence: "If only we could get people to not take the Koran so darn literally, jihad would stop." Note, however, how Christianity is constantly conflated with Islam in regards to violence...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022456.php>
Vatican warns of growing "Christianophobia"
Not too sure if the word "phobia" is suitable in this instance, as no one fears cheek-turning Christians -- at least not the way bomb-laden or sword-waving Muslims tend to instill fear. "Anti-Christianism" or perhaps even "Misochristianism" may better capture...
Fullarticle: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022460.php>
Canada's Human Rights Commissions pawns in the hands of "political Islam"
Ain't it the truth, B'nai Brith? "Rights bodies vulnerable to 'political Islam': B'nai Brith: 'Human rights commissions just don't get it,'" by Joseph Brean for the National Post, August 30: Canada's human rights commissions have shown "a disastrous combination of...
Fullarticle: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022482.php>
Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers
The extremely low age of marriage for girls -- after the example of Muhammad's marriage to Aisha -- doesn't help, either. By Tan Ee Lyn for Reuters, August 30: HONG KONG (Reuters) - High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan...
Fullarticle: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022476.php>
Imam: having sex-slaves "may no longer be fashionable," but it's still legal in Islam
A very revealing piece on sharia, marriage, and concubinage, as they relate to this story. "Why we passed Fatwa on Islamic preacher with 86 wives Â-Imam Ashafa," by Emeka Mamah, Kaduna for Vanguard, August 30:Mohammad Nureen Ashafa is the Imam...
Fullarticle: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022469.php>
Australian Arab leader defends blood libels
How could he not do so? The idea that Allah cursed the Jews and transformed some of them into apes and pigs is thrice repeated in the Qur'an: 2:63-66, 5:59-60, and 7:166. Also, this is a Tiny Minority of Extremists...Full article: <http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/022465.php>
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