From MEMRI: The Islamist Websites Monitor, which focuses on the major jihadi websites, is a new initiative of MEMRI’s Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project. It will be regularly releasing translated news, analysis, and videos from these websites. The URLs of the sites will be available upon request. Click here for the first release of the Islamist Website Monitoring Initiative, The Islamist...
British Muslim beheading plot foiled
Sky News reports that a total of nine British Muslims have now been arrested in a plot to kidnap a British soldier who is a Muslim and has fought in Afghanistgan, and “post a video of the hostage being tortured and killed on the internet.” The suspects are said to be of “Pakistani origin.” A police spokesman who gave a press interview a little while ago said, “We are...
Book: The Fight For Jerusalem
Jerusalem has always been at the heart of the battle between Islam and the West. From the Crusades until today, expansionist Islam has understood the significance of resting control over Jerusalem. For them, taking Jerusalem is tantamount to driving a spear into the heart of Judeo-Christian civilization. Dore Gold’s new book is a brilliant historical and contemporary analysis of The Fight...
When did Jews return to Jerusalem?
They never left. There has been a Jewish presence in Jerusalem since King David established the city as Israel’s capital 3,000 years ago. Even when most Jews were forced out of their homeland, when most of them were forcibly dispersed, Jerusalem continued to harbor a small Jewish community centered around the holy sites, and Jews around the world continued to place Jerusalem at the center of...
Will anyone object to that?
Via email, from David Bedein: After Abbas’s armed forces take credit for murder, White House announces aid to Abbas’s armed forces. Will anyone object to that?On the day after armed forces loyal to Machmud Abbas , aka Abu Mazen, shared credit for murdering three people at an Israeli bakery in Eilat, Israel and one week after armed forces loyal to Machmud Abbas took credit for firing...
Video: Stand Up to Ahmadinejad
Via Daniel Pipes from Aish.com:
Stand Up To Ahmadinejad Aish.com’s new 2 minute movie.
Ahmadinejad, here’s hoping you die screaming.
Hamas defends suicide bombings
Internation Herald Tribune via Daily News Alert:
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum defended Monday’s Palestinian suicide bombing in Israel as legitimate “resistance.” He also said attacks on Israel were preferable to the recent bout of Palestinian infighting in Gaza.
Never Again?
Via FrontPage: On the eve of this year’s International Day of Commemoration for Holocaust victims, the UN passed a resolution condemning any denial of the Holocaust. Specifically, the resolution “urges all member states unreservedly to reject any denial of the Holocaust as a historical event, either in full or in part, or any activities to this end.” The US-introduced resolution did not...
Comments? Where are my comments?!
Well, folks, the new tech news is that this site has converted to the new Blogger, which is also referred to as Blogger Beta, even though Blogger has just announced that it is out of beta, but the name, Blogger Beta, has stuck throughout the blogosphere, so as to not confuse anyone with the old Blogger, which frankly was great, except that it didn’t support Categories or Labels and, being...
Spain: the European Iran
Spain, the first domino, falls. From FrontPage: Ciempozuelos is a village near Madrid. Excluding punctual scandals – like the major’s recent resignation under charges of corruption – for the 12,768 inhabitants of Ciempozuelos, life is good – and progressive. The Socialist Party PSOE calls the shots, so it was no surprise when the town announced there was not going to be any commemoration of the...