Spain: Catalonian parliament rejects burqa ban

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…

July 7th, 2010
Topic: JW

Caucasus: Police shoot paintballs at unveiled women, dowries tripled as Sharia becomes ever more entrenched

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…

July 7th, 2010
Topic: JW

Saudi king: “Two states in region do not deserve to exist: Israel and Iran”

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…

July 3rd, 2010
Topic: JW

NASA chief: Obama wanted me to make Muslims feel good

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…

July 3rd, 2010
Topic: JW

Obama rushes to defend Muslims in China

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…

July 2nd, 2010
Topic: JW

Pakistan: Jihadis slaughter 42 at Sufi shrine, Pakistanis blame Americans (and Jews, of course)

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….

July 2nd, 2010
Topic: JW

Obama’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism speaks out against “Islamophobia”

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…

July 1st, 2010
Topic: JW

US Misunderstanders of Islam get 10 years in Pakistani prison for jihad seeking

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…

June 24th, 2010
Topic: JW

Into Battle Once More

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

June 23rd, 2010
Topic: FPM

Saudis: Green Light for Israeli Attack on Iran

The Arabs and Jews take matters into their own hands.

June 21st, 2010
Topic: FPM