On something of a technicality. As the story below describes, the vote did not go off without a hitch. Nevertheless, a number of communities in the region have taken up the issue on the municipal level, including Barcelona, and the Spanish senate has approved a ban. “Catalonian parliament rejects burqa…

Feel the love. “Russia’s Muslim south triples sharia bride price,” by Amie Ferris-Rotman for Reuters, July 7 (thanks to Twostellas): The price tag on a bride in Russia’s Ingushetia province has been tripled by the regional government, in a sign the Muslim North Caucasus region is slipping out of…

This, of course, comes after reports that Saudi Arabia granted Israel permission to use its airspace to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. Taken together, the two stories make clear that the Saudis’ purported willingness to cooperate with the Israelis against a common enemy does not mean Israel is any safer the…

Yeah, that’s what NASA should be all about. “Charlie Bolden: Stealth Middle East Diplomat?,” by Keith Cowing at NASA Watch, July 2 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Bolden: I am here in the region – its sort of the first anniversary of President Barack Obama’s visit to Cairo – and…

Did Barack Obama ever call upon Muslims in China to operate in a “transparent manner”? The ChiComs are undeniably brutal and bloody; last year, however, the jihadis in China were instigating violent riots, without a word from Obama. His human rights concerns are, yet again, one-sided. Find out why in…

We have seen again and again over the years how Islamic jihadists and Islamic supremacists in general never take responsibility for their actions. Everything they do is always someone else’s fault. And while America-hatred is the focus of this propagandistic AP piece, which is really an extended advertisement for U.S….

If Hannah Rosenthal really wants to end “Islamophobia,” here is an easy way. She can call upon Muslims to: 1. Focus their indignation on Muslims committing violent acts in the name of Islam, not on non-Muslims reporting on those acts. 2. Renounce definitively not just “terrorism,” but any intention to…

Pakistani authorities and experienced players of the double game keep up appearances for the gullible West. “US ‘jihad seekers’ awarded 10 years imprisonment by Pak court,” from ANI, June 24 (thanks to all who sent this in): Islamabad, June 24 (ANI): A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday awarded 10 years…

The president turns to a military leader whose winning strategy in Iraq he dismissed out of hand.

The Arabs and Jews take matters into their own hands.