http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Nigeria: Marriage of Muslim senator to 13-year-old girl sets up showdown between civil and Sharia law This case bears watching closely. Overruling civil legislation to accommodate Sharia will set a disastrous precedent for the future of human rights, and for the rights of women and non-Muslims in Nigeria. An update on this story. “Nigeria: […]
http://www.jihadwatch.org/ Taliban reject peace overtures of Karzai-backed council Attacking the meeting with gunfire and suicide bombers probably made that clear enough already. “Taliban refuse to lay down arms, to continue struggle,” from the Afghan Islamic Press, June 4: KANDAHAR (AIP): Taliban on Friday rejected consultative peace jirga’s demand that the Taliban should lay down weapons […]
Helen Thomas Apologizes for Saying Jews Should ‘Get the Hell Out of Palestine’ Published June 04, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/04/white-house-reporter-helen-thomas-apologizes-saying-jews-hell-palestine/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Text+-+Politics%29 Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas has issued an apology after saying in an interview that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine.†Thomas, a longtime White House correspondent who now writes a column for Hearst […]
Why has Israel disarmed itself in the battle for world opinion? Islamist fanatics were allowed to use the ‘humanitarian’ flotilla as a weapon, says Charles Moore. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/7803919/Why-has-Israel-disarmed-itself-in-the-battle-for-world-opinion.html By Charles Moore One would be perfectly justified in writing an entire column attacking the way Israel has been misrepresented over its fatal raid on the flotilla bound […]
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4300.htm June 4, 2010 Special Dispatch No.2999 ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Organizer Bülent Yıldırım at Hamas Rally in Gaza: ‘Anyone Who Does Not Stand Alongside Palestine… Will Be Toppled’; ‘Everything in the World… Is Progressing Towards Islam’; ‘What Can The Enemy Do To Me?… If They Kill Me – That Is Martyrdom for the Sake of Allah… […]
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/print/?q=ZDExOWRiZWVjYTVmMzkxNmQ5OGYzMGNjNGNhNWI5NjE= Islamism Resurgent DAVID PRYCE-JONES The very notion of a Muslim America might seem preposterous, downright laughable, but there are people and forces identifiably working towards that end. “Islamism†is the term that describes the growing global movement of Muslims for whom the supremacy of their faith justifies every kind of deception and violence. Islamism […]
Israel Derangement Syndrome 04 Jun 2010 12:26 pm http://www.theatlantic.com/search/?sort=time&source=magazine&q=ISRAEL+DERANGEMENT+SYNDROME To read Charles Krauthammer today is to enter a twilight zone of an alternate reality. A country permanently occupying and colonizing a neighboring region, and treating its original inhabitants as dangerous interlopers, is the victim. An elite commando unit attacking a ship carrying toys and wheelchairs […]
Click here: US Defense Manufacturing Sent To Turkey – Maggie’s Farm http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/14620-US-Defense-Manufacturing-Sent-To-Turkey.html Friday, June 4. 2010 US Defense Manufacturing Sent To Turkey A reader of Maggie’s Farm manufactures spare parts for military applications. He emails, posted here with his permission, about our Defense Department preferring Turkish firms above his, “in a way that is rather unique […]
happy warrior MARK STEYN Judenhass in the Med It was one of those stories people followed at airports and railway stations — not exactly 9/11 or the death of the Princess of Wales, but not a routine story of faraway disaster, either. Small knots stood around looking up at the screens and shaking their heads […]
http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2010/06/israels-daunting-task.php The ferocity and speed of the current international assault on Israel has left the government in a daze. Statements from our leadership are marked by confusion. This reaction is understandable. Everywhere Israel turns it is met with hostility. Turkey — which just a decade ago was Israel’s most important regional ally – has taken […]