December 28, 2008 – 9:31 am
Haaretz has a story up regarding the Israeli plans to beat the snot out of Hamas, which is driving sites such as Firedoglaketo their typical unhingedness (not to mention the claims of a mosque and jihadi TV station being hit. Poor babies). Let’s look. Disinformation, secrecy and lies: How the Gaza offensive came about Long-term […]
December 27, 2008 – 7:58 am
Ceasefire ends. Hamas lobs missiles. Israeli bombs the crap out of them. Hamas threatens violence. Just another day for the religion of peace Israeli aircraft launched air attacks across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 150 people, including the Hamas police chief and other officials, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. Palestinian medical sources said […]
December 24, 2008 – 7:45 am
While even the worlds most famous athiest, Richard Dawkins, does a bit of Christmas celebration, some Muslims have to take a dip into Liberal World As Nazareth’s Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas, they are playing down the appearance of a confrontational Islamic banner that challenges a elemental Christian belief. Journalists visiting the city saw two […]
December 20, 2008 – 4:14 pm
I ended up at ye olde ACLU’s webpage after reading this post at Hot Air regarding an “annoyance law” in Michigan, to see if ye olde ACLU would decry the law. Instead, I found GUANTÃNAMO BAY, Cuba – In one of its final moves at the Guantánamo military commissions, the Bush administration referred charges in […]
December 17, 2008 – 9:51 am
The buildup Just off the crowded central market in Old Damascus, a sales assistant called Mahmoud is giving me my first introduction into an unusual Syrian speciality – musical knickers. The garments come in many different shapes and colours, and play little tunes – or other extraneous noises like telephone ringtones – all made by […]
December 16, 2008 – 9:25 pm
And their dogs A blind man was allegedly turned away from an Indian restaurant – because the owner said it was against his Muslim beliefs to allow dogs into his establishment. Alun Elder-Brown, who was among a party of birthday guests, said he was even threatened with a police call if his guide dog Finn […]
December 10, 2008 – 5:22 pm
Well, I’m sure you won’t be surprised Muslim lawyer Anjem Choudary brands Christmas ‘evil’ The lawyer, who recently praised the Mumbai terror attacks, urged all Muslims to reject traditional Christmas celebrations, claiming that they are forbidden by Allah. The 41-year-old shocked Christians and even those of his own faith by branding yuletide festivities as “the […]
December 6, 2008 – 6:58 pm
Like, gnarly, dude! An Australian artist has produced a range of Islamic surfboards in an attempt to create a greater understanding between East and West. Phillip George was inspired by his trips to the Middle East and by riots in 2005 when Lebanese Australians were targeted on a beach in Sydney. He has called the […]
December 6, 2008 – 8:40 am
To follow up with the story about an al Qaeda member, Ali al-Marri, who has been held in detainment without trial (posted at Stop The ACLU), the ACLU is thrilled that SCOTUS has take up the case The following can be attributed to Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney with the ACLU National Security Project and counsel […]
December 5, 2008 – 9:49 am
A ring. A simple ring. Banned. Anyone want to lay a bet that if it was something a Muslim wanted to wear in England that it would be just supa-fine? The item of jewellery owned by Kioni Lansbury represents her intention to stay a virgin until she marries. But her school has deemed it potentially […]