Careful planning for mass-murder. "U.S. Feared Parcel Bomb Plot Was Coming; Saw September ‘Dry Run,’" by Matthew Cole, Richard Esposito, Matthew Mosk and Brian Ross for ABC News, November 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): US intelligence officials feared that al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen were plotting to…

Lately al-Awlaki seems to have his hand in every jihad attack in the West, large and small. An update on this story. "Stephen Timms attacker was inspired by al-Qaeda’s Anwar al-Awlaki," from the Telegraph, November 2 (thanks to Block Ness): A student who tried to murder an MP was inspired…

These days, with Sharia being relatively high-profile, it has become common for Islamic apologists and whitewashers to claim that Sharia is nowhere being properly implemented today, and in particular that Saudi Arabia and Iran are not actually Sharia states at all, despite their own claims. This is, of course, manifestly…

Wait a minute. Wasn’t this police commander a "moderate"? Doubtless the Americans with whom he probably dealt thought so. "Iraqi police commander held in church attack," by Rebecca Santana for the Associated Press, November 2 (thanks to Maxwell): BAGHDAD – An Iraqi police commander was detained for questioning Tuesday in…

Apparently she only recognizes the authority of Allah, i.e., Sharia. "’Smiling’ woman ‘stabbed MP twice in stomach after confronting him about Iraq war,’" by Rebecca Camber in the Daily Mail, November 2 (thanks to all who sent this in): A Muslim woman tried to kill a Labour MP by stabbing…

In a featured article in Human Events this morning, I discuss how the recent plot against Chicago synagogues shares features with other recent jihad plots: Bombs were sent to Yemen via UPS to synagogues in Chicago, and the recipients were confused: why should they be singled out? "We’re rather…

The MSA was invited to bring in a speaker to debate me. They declined. Once again, one would think that if I were really so howlingly wrong about Islam as they claim, they’d be able to find someone to wipe the floor with me and end my baneful influence forever….

Boykin, Coughlin, Spencer, Saleem, Shoebat: Honoring The Fallen Of The Fort Hood Massacre "We remember the Alamo, we must remember Ft Hood too." This event is an outstanding opportunity to pay your respects to the victims of Ft. Hood and to our men and women who serve the nation to…

Geller and Spencer at the September 11 Rally of Remembrance The Dynamic Duo rides into the Lone Star State on November 12, when Pamela Geller and I will be speaking at a gala event in Fort Worth. Get details here. Tickets are going fast, so be sure to reserve…

The good doctor There has been a good deal of interest in this debate, so here is the information again: The Edmund Campion Debate Society at the Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts presents its third debate of the academic year 2010-11 between two keynote speakers: Robert Spencer,…