From the daily archives:

Friday, December 7, 2007

AYAAN HIRSI ALI: Islam’s Silent “Moderates”

December 7, 2007

* Islam’s mystical ‘moderates’- too moderate to speak out or just sitting back in quiet consent & complicity? Ayaan in the New York Times Ayaan Hirsi Ali It is often said that Islam has been “hijacked” by a small extremist group of radical fundamentalists. The vast majority of Muslims are said to be moderates. But [...]

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Bunglawussi Watch: The Silly Season

December 7, 2007

Woman nicknamed ‘lyrical terrorist’ escapes jail sentence · Former airport worker stored military manual * What seems to be overlooked  here is that she had an air side pass an access to high security areas. Al Bebeeceera portrayed her as a dizzy little shop assistant. They somehow overlooked the fact that the shop she worked [...]

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Germany in the shadow of Islamic ‘rocket launchers’

December 7, 2007

Merkel Doesn’t Want Mosque Minarets Higher than Church Steeples…. German Muslim Group Slam Merkel Over Mosque Remark `We must be on guard against sparking artificial discussions for political purposes which have little connection with reality,` Alboga said. * * Sure, Alboga, sure. The reality is that mosques are bastions of Islamic conquest, symbols of Arab [...]

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“A good wife must live in fear”

December 7, 2007

Saudi Arabia: Women are forbidden to drive, to show their head and to speak in public, and to shake a man’s hand. On television, preachers incite husbands to beat their wives “for their own good”. Saudi journalists describe the countless prohibitions facing Muslim women in their country and appeal for a distinction between religious truths [...]

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