Monthly Archives: May 2009

Un-Islamic behavior: "Brothers kill sister for performing on TV in Pak

At least according to this report. This, of course, is not surprising, since Zawahiri -- even if he is less "charismatic" than OBL -- has long been al-Qaeda's premiere ideologue. "Al Qaeda No. 2 Now Calls the Shots

This report corroborates an earlier one from July 2008 that noted the same pattern. Interesting, isn't it, how pockets of "extremists" and "militants" far removed from one another can end up "misunderstanding" and "hijacking" Islam in the same way?

The ACLU was enraged that he was being held unjustly. Now it turns out, by his own surprise admission, that he was an al-Qaeda op all along. "Former 'enemy combatant' admits helping Al-Qaeda,"

Don't these Islamic legal scholars know about Islamic tolerance? Anyway, note well that when they speak about maligning Islam, they mean -- as many Islamic spokesmen have made clear over the years --

With six more on the watch list. This is not just some coincidence: even though the countries named are not all Sharia states (with the exceptions of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Sudan),

"But police were taking no chances, with one man putting his entire body weight on top of the suicide bomber (still strapped with explosives), another binding his wrists with rope, and a third man standing on his legs." "Pictured: The moment teenage suicide bomber was wrestled to the ground by Iraqi police,"

Pakistani security forces killed 16 Taliban fighters after coming under attack in a volatile tribal region on the Afghan border on Saturday, the military said.

Israeli warplanes bombed tunnels beneath the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Saturday after armed Palestinian groups fired several mortars at the Jewish state from the coastal territory, witnesses said.