Month: January 2011

Saudi Mufti on Egypt church bombing: “Enemies of Islam are trying to portray such attacks as orchestrated by Muslims”

Yet more denial and evasion of responsibility. “Attacks such bombing in Egypt intended to frame Muslims — Mufti,” from KUNA, January 3 (thanks to JW)

“Reformist” Sheikh Qaradawi on Egypt church bombing: “There may be a foreign hand behind this action, for it does not make sense for an Egyptian or a Muslim to be behind it”

Qaradawi: It’s easy to condemn terrorism when you deny Muslims even did it

Ground Zero mosque Imam Rauf has praised Qaradawi, claiming that he has condemned terrorism done in the name of Islam: “The broader community is in fact criticising and condemning actions of terrorism that are being done in the name of Islam. I just came from a conference in Jordan, Amman where there were over 170 leading Muslim scholars from almost every part of the Muslim world, including some of the most important names like Sheikh Tantawi of Egypt, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, who is the Chief Mufti of Egypt, the Chief Mufti of Jordan, the Sheikh Al-Qaradawi, who is a very very well known Islamic jurist, highly regarded all over the Muslim world.”

Al-Qaradawi has also been praised as a “reformist” by Saudi-funded pseudo-academic John Esposito.

Still more Islamic supremacist responsibility-evading talking points — Qaradawi’s “foreign hand” phrase echoes Hosni Mubarak.

“Sheikh al-Qaradawi Doubts Muslim Involvement in Alexandria Church Bombing; Points to Unnamed ‘Foreign Hand,'” from Translating Jihad, January 3 (JW)

How the jihadis stole Christmas: Coptic Pope considers canceling Christmas celebrations

Copts celebrate Christmas on January 7. “Pope Shenouda mulls canceling Christmas celebrations,” by Essam Fadl for Daily News Egypt, January 3

The Condemnations of the Violence are Mostly Hypocrisy, and Will Be to No Avail

Coptic Editor of Egyptian Weekly Pens Scathing Denunciation of Egyptian Regime, Society (MEMRI)

“All of it will be to no avail. We’ve been here before; we’ve done exactly that, yet the massacres continue, each more horrible than the one before it, and the bigotry and intolerance spread deeper and wider into every nook and cranny of our society. It is not easy to empty Egypt of its Christians; they’ve been here for as long as there has been Christianity in the world. Close to a millennium and half of Muslim rule did not eradicate the nation’s Christian community, rather it maintained it sufficiently strong and sufficiently vigorous so as to play a crucial role in shaping the national, political, and cultural identity of modern Egypt.

Ed Morrissey:
This is the latest atrocity in a string of attacks that began in November when rumors of a romantic relationship between a Christian man and Muslim woman arose.CNN reports on the aftermath of the bombing: (Hot Air)

The bomber died in the blast, according to Egyptian officials, which would tend to rule out the Mossad, which doesn’t exactly have a track record of conducting suicide bombings. That distinction goes to the radical Islamists in the region, the same kind of terrorists (if not perhaps the same al-Qaeda brand) who bombed a Christian church in Baghdad not long ago.

Previous links:

Obama condemns Egypt church attack without naming perpetrators, says Muslims were injured also

“The perpetrators of this attack” — who were they, Mr. President? Christian extremists? Tea party types?

“Statement by the President on the terrorist attacks in Egypt and Nigeria,” from theWhite House, January 1

• Egyptian President Mubarak on church bombing: “This blind terrorism does not differentiate between Copts and Muslims”
• Al-Azhar condemns Egypt church bombing: “Islam specifically prohibits any attacks on religious places”
• When Muslims attack, the mainstream media highlights reciprocal “tensions” between Christians and Muslims
• Imam of Al-Azhar criticizes Pope’s “interference” after Pope asks Egypt’s leaders to counter persecution of Christians
• Iran’s PressTV: Egypt church bombing part of “organized Zionist scenario aimed at creating a rift between Muslims and Christians”
• Lebanese Shi’ite leader on Egypt church bombing: “This terrorist act bears the fingerprints of Zionists who… are working to…sow discord between Muslims and Christians”
• Spencer: Denying the jihad against Christians

Tomato Jihad

Tomato that fell out of sandwich had message from God Allah, says Muslim (Derbyshire)

Salman Gul discovered the apparent Arabic words as he munched on a roll bought from Subway in Normanton Road, Derby.

When a slice of tomato fell out he saw what appeared to be the message “Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger” formed in Arabic text by the tomato’s veins.

The first pillar, or tenet, of Islam is to declare that there is “no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of God”.  His imam, or priest, at the Iqra Centre, Normanton, examined the tomato and confirmed his reading was correct, and said “it cannot be a coincidence”.  (Source)

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Update:

An Al Qaeda affiliate known as al-Mujahidin has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s car bomb outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, which killed 21 people. The Egyptian authorities referred to it as an attack on both Muslims and Christians, but all 21 fatalities were Christians. After the attack, violence broke out between Christians and Muslims in the area near the church. One amateur video shows police attacking the families and friends of the victims.

Imam of Al-Azhar criticizes Pope’s “interference” after Pope asks Egypt’s leaders to counter persecution of Christians

Egypt’s Sheikh al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb, Sunni Islam’s highest religious authority

What’s the world coming to?  The kafir pope has no business to sound off when the believers do their holy duty and kill blasphemers on what they call their religious holidays!

The dhimmi in Rome should learn not to stick his nose into matters above his station. “Egypt: Imam of Al Azhar Criticises Pope’s ‘Interference,'” from AGI, January 2 (thanks to JW):

(AGI) Cairo – The imam of Al-Azhar condemned the Alexandria attack but criticised the Pope’s “interference”. At a press conference, Ahmed al Tayeb condemned the New Year’s Eve attack that killed 21 people in Alexandria and called for “unity between the cross and the crescent.” However he also criticised the appeal by Benedict XVI to Egypt’s leaders to counter the persecution of Christians, as an “interference” in internal Egyptian affairs. He explained: “We don’t want to comment on the opinion of the Pope in the Vatican, but we have the right to disagree with him….”

Here we go again:

Lebanese Shi’ite leader on Egypt church bombing: “This terrorist act bears the fingerprints of Zionists who… are working to…sow discord between Muslims and Christians”

Are you starting to notice a pattern? “Pope leads condemnation of Egypt church attack,” from Agence France-Presse, January 1 via JW

I guess part of the “Zionist plot” included planting fake Muslims to *tread on the dead victims* while screaming “Allahu Akbar!” Who could it be but Mossad? sarc/off

Iran’s PressTV: Egypt church bombing part of “organized Zionist scenario aimed at creating a rift between Muslims and Christians”

This theme is becoming more common: we have seen it recently from a Saudi Sheikhand the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch. Perhaps this is part of a Big Lie strategy — if they repeat it often enough, their marks among the Western Left will believe it. “Mossad behind Egypt church blast,” from Iran’s PressTV, January 2 via Jihad Watch:

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The Blaze has more>>>

CNN’s Year in Review: Palin’s a ‘Borderline Lunatic,’ Ground Zero Mosque Fight Shows ‘Americans Are Intolerant’

Obama Nut Gives US the Finger, Once Again:

Obama adviser: Critics of raising debt ceiling ruled by ‘insanity’

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) calls Obama administration “one of the most corrupt administrations” ever….(WaPo)

Thanks to Moonbattery

Couric Wants Muselmanic Cosby Show:

Moonbattery:

In case there is anyone left who doesn’t loathe Katie Couric and the rest of the clueless yet condescending liberal elite media, here she is denouncing Americans as bigots over opposition to the victory mosque at Ground Zero and calling for a Muslim version of the Cosby Show to teach us that jihad is cuddly and warm:

KATIE COURIC: ‘WE NEED A MUSLIM VERSION OF THE COSBY SHOW’

KATIE COURIC: ‘WE NEED A MUSLIM VERSION OF THE COSBY SHOW’ from The Blaze on Vimeo.

Transcript via NewsBusters:

“I also think sort of the chasm, between, or the bigotry expressed against Muslims in this country has been one of the most disturbing stories to surface this year. Of course, a lot of noise was made about the Islamic Center, mosque, down near the World Trade Center, but I think there wasn’t enough sort of careful analysis and evaluation of where this bigotry toward 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, and how this seething hatred many people feel for all Muslims, which I think is so misdirected, and so wrong — and so disappointing. …

“Maybe we need a Muslim version of The Cosby Show.”

Willie Clitman’s Wife Meets Comrade Hugo:

Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretaryof State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday at the inauguration of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff. (Breitbart)

Australian Gun Control Facts

Not so different from Swedish gun laws:

Andrew Bolt:

KRudd now declares a dictatorial Marxist his inspiration (surprised? I’m not….)

Foreign Minister KRudd finished his astonishingly pointless and humiliating tour overseas with a typically bizarre announcement in Chile:

And very finally could I say that I just been moved to visit the rooms which Presidente Allende occupied in 1973. Those of us who studied in Australian universities in the seventies were inspired by Allende. So for me this has also been something of a personal and political pilgrimage.

KRudd was inspired by Allende?

By which part of the Allende agenda precisely?

Salvador Allende:

Our objective is total, scientific, Marxist socialism.

Kevin Rudd, the man Allende allegedly “inspired”:

I am not a socialist. I have never been a socialist and I never will be a socialist.

So I ask again: in what way precisely did Allende “inspire” Rudd? Or was our foreign minister just lying again?

One way or another, it’s better if the batsman is Muslim

The conversion of a rare Christian in the Pakistani team to Islam as a sign of, of … well, of a batsman finally freed from a pressure distracting him from his cricket:

Age reporter Peter Roebuck gushes  and whines that  Australia is -somehow- not inclusive enough:

Cricket Australia has been presiding over a mono-culture. In its long history Australia has not fielded a single Hindu or Buddhist. Aborigines have been few and far between and the team has remained mostly white.

Diversity is everything. Perhaps we should have quotas.

Indeed.

What about women and the glass ceiling?

What about Aboriginals and boatpeople?

How about one-legged lesbians & straight shootin’ gays?

You don’t see any of those in cricket.

Why not?

No Beach For You:

A STABBING that left a two-year-old girl dead started with her parents arguing over a trip to the beach.

Vlad Tepes has video:

A toddler tragically stabbed to death and her mother attacked, too – all, reportedly, over an argument about going to the beach. But was this also a case of culture clash, in which Afghan notions of a wife’s duty to obey her husband have collided violently with Australia’s greater individualism?

Continue reading "Devout Muslim" Causes Cultural Enrichment DownUnder