June 14, 2006

Marine Corps Builds Mosque in Pentagon

Simply unbelievable.

From FrontPageMag.com:

We are at war with militant Islam, but you wouldn't know it from the Pentagon, which is busy erecting a shrine to Islam just five short years after Islamic terrorists destroyed a good chunk of its own building and killed more than 100 of its occupants. Worse, it's consulting on the project with a Wahhabi-educated cleric posing as a moderate.

Last week, military brass -- along with representatives from the terror-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations -- dedicated the first Muslim prayer center for the Marines as a symbol of the military's "religious tolerance" and "respect" for the faith the enemy uses to attack us. Already, plans are in the works to build by 2009 a bigger mosque at the Marine base in Quantico so Muslim service members can have a "proper place" to worship, and one that "honors their religious heritage," officials say, not realizing that the mosque can also be used by the enemy to build a Fifth Column inside the Marines.

The idea for the center came from Navy Lt. Abuhena Mohammed Saifulislam, a young, smooth-talking Muslim chaplain, who wanted a permanent place of worship -- and "education" -- for the growing number of soldiers who are interested in -- and converting to -- Islam.

I'm in shock. Just what in the world is the U.S. military brass thinking? Political correctness has obviously gone too far.

There's more at the link.


[Update 06/15/06]

In response to my email, the author of the FrontPageMag.com article (Paul Sperry) provided clarification indicating that the title of this post is incorrect. The subject mosque is being built at Quantico, not the Pentagon.

My interpretation of Sperry's piece was mistaken and was based upon statements that a shrine to Islam (prayer center) was dedicated last week and that a "bigger mosque" is to be built at Quantico. If a "bigger" mosque is being constructed, I allowed myself to assume that a smaller mosque, dedicated last week, already existed in the Pentagon.

Apologies to the readers and thanks to Vinnie for noting the error.

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Religion of Peace

The National Journal has a lengthy article on Islam called, "Islam: A religion of peace?" It is interesting reading and I will provide a few excerpts.

David S. Powers, professor of near eastern studies at Cornell University, has noted that Muslim scholars of abrogation such as Ibn Salama (d. 1020) claimed the "sword verse" cited above (9.5) had abrogating power over 124 other verses, including "every other verse in the Koran which commands or implies anything less than a total offensive against the non-believers." U.S.-born historian John Wansbrough found that the sword verse "became the scriptural prop of a formulation designed to cover any and all situations which might arise between the Muslim community and its enemies." Influential Islamist authors such as 'Abd al-Salam Faraj, Maulana Maududi and Sayyid Qutb have all expressed their agreement with the classical interpretation of the commands to fight and kill.

Abrogation: some verses were provided later in time and are considered to preempt verses earlier in the chronology. In other words, all of the peaceful verses come earlier in chronology than the sword verse, hence the sword verse should be considered the passage to follow.

Indeed, one of the greatest challenges facing peace advocates in Muslim nations is that the Islamist voices that seem to have the greatest appeal to youth are those that portray the Koranic commands to kill as clear and unequivocal. Some of these Islamists have already carefully processed Western criticisms and have deliberately reasserted the classical understandings. For instance, Egypt's Sayyid Qutb, a guiding force of the Muslim Brotherhood (from which al-Qaeda sprang), wrote that the tendency to interpret the Koran as if it enjoins only defensive war is an error of Muslims minds "defeated by the pressure of unfavourable conditions and the treacherous propaganda of the orientalists."

But this need not be the only way of interpreting these texts. One alternative -- quite common in some faith communities -- might be to decide that these were commands for a very particular set of circumstances, but that they no longer apply to modern believers in this time. Another option, advanced recently by the Turkish scholar Israfil Balci, is to reject the classical interpretations of these commands as a product of the political tensions of the period.


I see the major issue as the infallibility of the text. The literal word of God can not be changed. This is why the above attempts at reinterpretation are often trumped by extremists: the extremists quote the text accurately so they seem to be following Allah accurately.

In other words, Muslims seeking to find a peaceful message in the Koran must fight not only the plain meaning of the Koran's text and the current fashion for militancy, but also the arrow of Muslim history.

Interpreting the words of Muslim scripture so that they pose no threat to peaceful coexistence with non-believers thus seems a large challenge. In view of the high stakes in the world today, however, it is certainly a challenge worth taking up. Otherwise, Canadian proponents of multiculturalism will have a harder time arguing that traditional Islam is just another peaceful element in Canada's multicultural quilt.

Exactly. Koranic literalism* is the problem; it is unclear whether reinterpretation is possible if the new meaning contradicts the actual words in the Koran.

Read it all and do some thinking. Crossposted here.

*"Belief in the Qur'an's direct, uncorrupted divine origin is considered fundamental to Islam by most Muslims. This of course entails believing that the Qur'an has neither errors nor inconsistencies.

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May 22, 2006

Conventional Muslim Thought on Raping Prisoners

In a question and answer column in the Arab News, the subject of having sex with prisoners of war is discussed. One reader relates that elderly Muslim men have spoken enthusiastically of sex with prisoners of war. Here's an excerpt of the scholarly answer.

The reader raises the possibility of reciprocal treatment, and asks how would Muslims react to American soldiers practicing this ghastly crime in Iraq and Afghanistan. Well, American soldiers have been practicing terrible atrocities in both countries, as well as at Guantanamo and in many other countries, while the American president refused to endorse the creation of an international court to try those who are accused of committing war crimes. His reason is that under the treaty, American soldiers might have to face such trials.

He wants those guilty of war atrocities to remain immune. The photos that were published about the treatment of Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq show more than rape.

It appears that the conventional thinking among Muslims is that Americans are regularly having sex with prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan and committing "other atrocities," whatever that means. However, thanks to the mainstream media, I have repeatedly seen photos of the exceedingly dumb and irresponsible practices employed at Abu Ghraib, including the use of dogs, mock executions, and humiliation but I don't recall any evidence of sex with prisoners nor "other atrocities."

I also recall that the military has investigated the incidents and prosecuted offenders. To my knowledge, no one has been granted immunity. With regard to "other atrocities," I know of no instances of eyes being gouged out, hands being lopped off, nor beheadings.

Nonetheless, the generally-accepted beliefs of the followers of the religion of peace are considerably distorted from what the actual evidence has shown regarding Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. And, the MSM should get most of the credit for fostering the misconceptions. After all, the MSM have Muslims believing that a Koran can be flushed down the toilet. My experience has been that a large wad of toilet paper has trouble being flushed. Of course, I've never seen a magic toilet.

In a nutshell, not only have the MSM been able to get Muslims to believe in magic toilets, they have also enabled them to adopt the erroneous belief that the American military regularly rapes prisoners of war.

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May 21, 2006

ROP Roundup, HowieÂ’s Sheepish Edition.

Al-Qaeda Slave Trade

I hope this one is accurate, Actually I hope itÂ’s not.

Sunday Times : A SENIOR member of an Islamic organisation linked to Al-Qaeda is funding his activities through the kidnapping of Christian children who are sold into slavery in Pakistan.

The Sunday Times has established that Gul Khan, a wealthy militant who uses the base of Jamaat-ud Daawa (JUD) near Lahore, is behind a cruel trade in boys aged six to 12.

Same here, It seems that Hamas and al-Zarqawi are working closer together. It seems logical, I hope itÂ’s accurate. Maybe a conspiracy, so IÂ’ll go with two sources.
(IsraelNN.com) A terrorist gang which used the name Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for Saturday's assassination attempt against Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence chief Tareq Abu Rajab, who was seriously injured in a bomb blast.
Source Two
Middle East Times : PARIS -- A group calling itself Al Qaeda in Palestine said it carried out a bombing against the Palestinian intelligence chief and threatened more attacks in a statement posted on the Internet on Sunday.

"We declare our full responsibility for this operation," the group said in the statement, whose authenticity could not be independently verified. "Your mujahideen brothers managed to place a bomb in the special lift used by the apostate Tareq Abu Rajab ... but were hasty in detonating the device which should have been triggered once the lift door was closed."

Either these men belong on the short bus or else something fishy is going on. Michelle Malkin thinks so, IÂ’ll defer to her judgement since I donÂ’t have any.
TBO : TAMPA - Two Saudi men were arrested Friday after they boarded a school bus and rode to Wharton High School in New Tampa.

Students on the bus became alarmed, as did the bus driver, who called ahead. Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies met the bus at the school and detained the men. No one was injured and nothing out of line occurred on the bus, deputies said.

TAMPA - A judge revoked bail for two Saudi men arrested Friday for boarding a school bus and riding to Wharton High.

Whew IÂ’m nervous, Ok what else Â…Speaking of Short Busses, not related to anything just very wierd (bad gay warning last link)

Hamas and Fatah donÂ’t like each other very much.

Times Online: Tension between victorious Hamas and defeated Fatah have flared into violence in recent weeks, especially in the Islamist groupÂ’s Gaza stronghold. Hamas controls the Palestinian Parliament but Mr Abbas remains the figurehead President, with both sides vying for control of the security forces
That one seemed pretty safe.

Iraqi Prime Minister Vows to use “Maximum Force” to end the violence. Hey are they like the A-Team?

Yahoo News: Al-Maliki decried what he called "sectarian cleansing."

"The militias, death squads and the killings are all abnormal phenomena," he said. "We should finish the issue of militias because we cannot imagine a stability and security in this country with the presence of militias that kill and kidnap."

Well that’s the real trick, aint it kid? He is right though, failure to disarm the militias right at the start was an error. At least I think it may have been an error. I’ve not met these “Maximum Force” guys yet. Who are they?

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May 20, 2006

Iranian Uniform Law Update

As promised more follow-up on yesterday's post about the Iranian religious clothing issue.

This is Amir Taheri of Canada’s National Post Article on the “Iranian Uniform Law” published yesterday. Despite the fact there is some confusion about exactly what the law’s results will be, it is none the less disturbing given even a best case scenario.(quoet move to extended entry)

Others following include Power Line, Little Green Footballs and Allah at Hot Air who points out that I missed this article, it was part of the original two published yesterday. Hey, I can't be everywhere. We're not all Blog Gods like he is.

Some "informed" bloggers think(cough) because some of the details were wrong, this excuses the fact the pending law is oppressive even without those provisions.
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May 19, 2006

Iran to Mark Non-Muslims Clothing.

So you thought my comparison of the Nazis led by Adolph Hitler and IranÂ’s ruling government led by President Ahmadinejad was a bit far fetched? Think Again!

Free Republic : Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.

"This is reminiscent of the Holocaust," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, the dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. "Iran is moving closer and closer to the ideology of the Nazis."

Iranian expatriates living in Canada yesterday confirmed reports that the Iranian parliament, called the Islamic Majlis, passed a law this week setting a dress code for all Iranians, requiring them to wear almost identical "standard Islamic garments."

The law, which must still be approved by Iran's "Supreme Guide" Ali Khamenehi before being put into effect, also establishes special insignia to be worn by non-Muslims.

Iran's roughly 25,000 Jews would have to sew a yellow strip of cloth on the front of their clothes, while Christians would wear red badges and Zoroastrians would be forced to wear blue cloth.

"There's no reason to believe they won't pass this," said Rabbi Hier. "It will certainly pass unless there's some sort of international outcry over this."

I know, Iran can save help out their budget by adopting the old Nazi patches. They are hip, already designed and cheap to make, Then force non-Muslims to buy them as a Dhimmi tax. This Islamic rule thingy is like Nazism for Dummies.

Hat Tip: Son of the Godfather.

Update : Some say this is not in the law. The Original story is here.

From the Jerusalem Post : The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations released a statement saying, "We have been seeking to clarify these reports but do not yet have confirmation. There are clear indications that various Iranian government agencies, including the Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, are working on new uniforms to be introduced in the fall.

"While such legislation would be reminiscent of dark periods in the past, like the Nazi era when Jews and others had to wear identifying badges, it is also consistent with the racist and extremist ideology propagated by President Ahmadinejad.

We are monitoring the situation and seeking to ascertain the facts in order to determine the appropriate response."

Allahpundit is keeping us updated.

Debka Via Allahpundit at Hot Air : However, the law has not been finally enacted, and speakers in the majlis debate proposed that non-Muslim minorities be made to wear distinctive clothes, yellow being the preferred color for Jews.

The bill in question aims primarily at countering the revolt against black Muslim dress” as the hot summer approaches and Iranians – especially women - take to light clothing. At the end of the majlis debate, the final draft will be put to the vote; with or without the proposed discriminatory clauses remains to be seen.

So the law is only to further regulate the dress of Muslims with proposals to designate Jews and other minorities. That is rather oppressive in itself for Muslims subject to this “Islamic State Dress Code”. But I guess if Iran oppresses it’s own people that’s just OK. Imagine if our president asked for a strict conservative Christian national Dress code? Also it seems if Muslims are “in uniform” it gets pretty easy to tell who “the others” are. Including Muslims who resist this mandate. The fact that this proposal was even made speaks volumes.

Breaking : The latest report on this issue from The National Post here. more...

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May 17, 2006

Islamic Terrorist Attacks Turkish Court, Murders Judge

Although the BBC describes the man as a “gunman” the fact that he yelled, “Allahu Akbar!” as he opened fire leads me to believe that “Islamic Terrorist” is a better description. But even that description is getting a bit ordinary and meaningless.

BBC: One of the wounded judges had been criticized for ruling against teachers wearing Muslim headscarves, and had reportedly received death threats...

...The attacker was apparently carrying papers that identified him as a lawyer - although it is not known if these were genuine - and made it past security guards undetected.

He reportedly burst into a committee meeting of the Council of State, the top administrative court, at 1000 local time (0700 GMT) shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is great) as he fired his weapon.

Tansel Colasan, deputy head of the Council of State, said the attacker yelled "I am the soldier of God", and said he was carrying out the attack to protest against the court's decision on headscarves.

I’m working on a new term so far I have, “Crazy fools who follow Islamic clerics that preach directly from the Koran that cold blooded Murder and terrorism is an activity that is sanctioned by Allah. Because if you can’t organize yourself in a way to fight fair and win, random murder of innocents is the next best thing.” I’ll see if I can shorten that up into a new shorter and PC term like gunman.

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May 16, 2006

Illegals Take Over

This report is from last week and it doesn't come from the mainstream media. Imagine that.

From IndianCatholic.com:

Illegal immigrants have taken refuge in some Belgian churches and, according to the conservative Brussels Journal, these churches "are being turned into mosques before [the bishops'] very eyes."

A recent report in the journal indicates that the Belgian bishops have opened their churches and offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants in order to pressurize the Belgian authorities to allow them to stay in the country.

Most of these illegal immigrants are Muslim, and the Brussels Journal accused the bishops of being "ignorant" to the fact that these immigrants are desecrating the churches.

According to the Belgian publication, the squatters live in tents in the churches. Catholic relief organizations provided the tents and offered radios, television sets and computers. They hold Islamic prayer services in the church and display banners showing the name of Allah. They have also moved the altar and covered the face of a statue of Our Lady with a cloth.

The journal documented these facts with photos and claim that the arrangements have existed for a number of years already.

All right, class, it's pop quiz time. Can you think of any other situations where illegal immigrants have taken up residence and are changing the rules? I can.

(H/T John Ray)

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May 15, 2006

Iraqi Cleric Calls for Islamic World Domination

LGF has the full story. We must all be misunderstanding the words, “ Conquer the world”. Along with, “using biological, chemical, and bacterial weapons” and “…This Arab Islamic nation must obtain a nuclear bomb”. That all really means, “Peace brother, lets have a cold beer”

Little Green Footballs : Iraqi Ayatollah Ahmad Al-Baghdadi discusses the annihilation of America, Muslim conquest of the world, and his support for nuclear weapons for Islamic nations, on Al Jazeera television. (From MEMRI TV.)

But there are jurisprudents, both Sunnis and Twelver Shiites, who said the presence of the Infallible is not a prerequisite. If the objective and subjective circumstances materialize, and there are soldiers, weapons, and money - even if this means using biological, chemical, and bacterial weapons - we will conquer the world, so that “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah” will be triumphant over the domes of Moscow, Washington, and Paris….

Â…This Arab Islamic nation must obtain a nuclear bomb. Without a nuclear bomb, we will continue to be oppressed, and the American destruction... The American donkiness... The American donkey itself will always continue to attack us, because the Americans are very conceited.

ROPMA.

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Islamic Terrorists Murder Four Teachers.

So CNNjazeera calls them gunmen (I guess freedom fighter didn't quite fit). I call those who murder teachers for teaching terrorists. Tell me just what group murders teachers for teaching when they disagree with the teachings.

Reuters via CNN : BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen killed four teachers Monday near Balad Ruz, northeast of Baghdad, an Iraqi official said.

The teachers were traveling to work in a minibus Monday morning when the gunmen stopped their vehicle, said an official with the Diyala Joint Coordination Center.

The gunmen forced seven teachers and the minibus driver from the vehicle and shot four of the teachers. The other instructors and the driver were allowed to leave, the official said.

How sweet the others were allowed to leave after they watched their four colleagues murdered. Now I see why CNN was so nice. Allowing the others to leave, so they can spread the word, makes up for the lives of the others.

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May 12, 2006

Crocodile Tears.

Watch the Mullah both before and after he notices you are watching.

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May 10, 2006

Saudi Teens Sodomize Boy

(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Four Muslim youths in their late teens abducted a boy on Sunday and took him to a remote desert location where they raped him. It's not clear how frequently this type of crime occurs, but my guess would be that it happens more often than is reported.

From ArabNews.com:

A police source said the youths had found the boy in the company of another boy in the neighborhood.

They stopped their car beside one of the boys and asked him to get in. When he refused to comply, one of the youths pulled out a knife and threatened to stab him. The frightened boy got in and the youth took him to a lonely place away from the town.

According to the report, the suspects allegedly sodomized the victim and recorded the crime on a digital camera.

The perpetrators were arrested at a checkpoint after police sent out an all points bulletin with a description provided by the victim's friend.

Notice how the young followers of the religion of peace were thoughtful enough to record their assault on the boy on video. Maybe they were planning on reliving their demented excitement.

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Egyptian Mufti Takes Page From Taliban Playbook.

When the Taliban first blew up the statue of Buddha in Afghanistan I thought, “These people are going to be a problem. Now in Egypt the rise of the Islamists in politics threatens that nation’s deep heritage.

BBC : A religious ruling condemning the display of statues has angered Egyptian liberals and intellectuals who fear it could encourage religious zealots to attack the country's pharaonic heritage.

the ruling was issued by the Mufti, the most senior religious scholar in Egypt.
Islam has always been wary of representations of the human figure.
Anything which could even remotely suggest idolatry is frowned upon.
But sculpture in Egypt is as old as the pharaohs.

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ROP Bombs Pregnant Buddhist Ladies.

Question?

why u insult the holy qouran ? why why
did u know any thing about the holy qouran?
Seems to me that bombing pregnant Buddhists does a lot more damage than silly Print Shop Koran jokes, but hey thatÂ’s just me.
Asia News :
Bangkok (AsiaNews/Agencies) - A bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded in a busy market in Thailand's restive Muslim south on Wednesday, killing two Buddhist women and a soldier and wounding 13 shoppers, police said.
Both women were teachers and one was three months pregnant, police said. They said the soldier, also Buddhist, died on the way to the hospital.

"The bomb was hidden in a motorcycle that was parked next to a truck bringing soldiers to the market to buy their daily stuff," police Colonel Somporn Meesuk said from the scene in the province of PattaniÂ…

Â…Violence in ThailandÂ’s Muslim-dominated southern provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat dates back to 4 January 2004, when a group of Islamic militants raided an arms depot in Narathiwat, on the border with Malaysia. Since then more than 1,300 people have been killed in a struggle born of organized crime, local corruption and Islamic extremism, which aims for independence from the rest of the Buddhist-majority country.

So why do we make fun of Islam? This is why. The terrorists have been bombing this or that for 40 years. Then they did this.

Some one screwed up big time. Without the Islamic terrorists there would have been no 40 years of bombing to wear our patience. Without the Islamic terrorists there would have been no 9-11. Without the Taliban and the terrorists there would have been no war in Afghanistan or Iraq. Without the Islamic terrorists we would not be poking fun at the Koran. It is an American thing. In a fight you always talk down to your opponent. Get him mad and force him to make a mistake, pretty effective huh? So you wanted to teach America a lesson? ThatÂ’s fine, time for you to take a lesson too. DonÂ’t tread on me! You may regret it. Stop Islamic terror and you have stopped our motivation. Consider that if Muslims donÂ’t stop Islamic terror, we will. Choose wisely. more...

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May 07, 2006

The Bloody Murder of Muslim Jouralist Atwar Bahjat


Sickening

Via The London Times Online :

Update: See Rusty here who says, "Ah young Paducan learn to trust your feelings". (Note extended entry was posted yesterday.)

Nobody but her killers knew just how much she had suffered until a film showing her death on February 22 at the hands of two musclebound men in military uniforms emerged last week. Her familyÂ’s worst fears of what might have happened have been far exceeded by the realityÂ….

...We now know that it was not that swift for Bahjat. First she was stripped to the waist, a humiliation for any woman but particularly so for a pious Muslim who concealed her hair, arms and legs from men other than her father and brother.

Then her arms were bound behind her back. A golden locket in the shape of Iraq that became her glittering trademark in front of the television cameras must have been removed at some point — it is nowhere to be seen in the grainy film, which was made by someone who pointed a mobile phone at her as she lay on a patch of earth in mortal terror.

By the time filming begins, the condemned woman has been blindfolded with a white bandage.

It is stained with blood that trickles from a wound on the left side of her head. She is moaning, although whether from the pain of what has already been done to her or from the fear of what is about to be inflicted is unclear...

...A large man dressed in military fatigues, boots and cap approaches from behind and covers her mouth with his left hand. In his right hand, he clutches a large knife with a black handle and an 8in blade. He proceeds to cut her throat from the middle, slicing from side to side.

Her cries — “Ah, ah, ah” — can be heard above the “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) intoned by the holder of the mobile phone.

Even then, there is no quick release for Bahjat. Her executioner suddenly stands up, his job only half done. A second man in a dark T-shirt and camouflage trousers places his right khaki boot on her abdomen and pushes down hard eight times, forcing a rush of blood from her wounds as she moves her head from right to left.

Only now does the executioner return to finish the task. He hacks off her head and drops it to the ground, then picks it up again and perches it on her bare chest so that it faces the film-maker in a grotesque parody of one of her pieces to camera.

The voice of one of the Arab worldÂ’s most highly regarded and outspoken journalists has been silenced. She was 30....

...I found it hard enough to bear the news of her murder. When I saw it replayed, it was as if part of me had died with her. How much more gruelling it must have been for a close family friend who watched the film this weekend and cried when he heard her voice.

The friend, who cannot be identified, knew nothing of her beheading but had been guarding other horrifying details of BahjatÂ’s ordeal. She had nine drill holes in her right arm and 10 in her left, he said. The drill had also been applied to her legs, her navel and her right eye. One can only hope that these mutilations were made after her death.

Also see the Mudville Gazette who adds:

Regardless of which side in the conflict killed her (and I have my own thoughts on that - in the eyes of her killers her greatest crime was most likely being a woman outside of a kitchen) the London Times reporter can't resist a mild apology for their act:
Just as Bahjat bore witness to countless atrocities that she covered for her television station, Al-Arabiya, during IraqÂ’s descent into sectarian conflict, so the recording of her execution embodies the depths of the countryÂ’s depravity after three years of war.
In truth, it represents a depth of depravity achieved over centuries. From the description, her killers hadn't just conceived or improvised their method execution on the spot - they seem to have been well practiced. But such is the nature of the enemy in this war, and perhaps this is their most sacred and well honed knowledge: if a brutality can be inflicted that exceeds all human ability to comprehend, the humans will find a way to deny it
Blue Crab Boulevard says :
This is the face of evil itself. That the monsters choose to hide behind masks shows how deeply depraved and cowardly they really are. We must remember we are at war. Or that face will show itself again and again.
Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch chimes in with the following:
Anyone who thinks that God's greatness is established by such acts of barbaric cruelty must be resisted at all costs.
I want to add one thought. I know this is a horrid thing. IÂ’ve seen several of these things and they turn my stomach. I dread having the even think of it. But this video should be released as respectfully and responsibly as possible. Hard to do I know, but the public must be shown this evil. Otherwise how are they to know the truth. Also I have an all too realistic awareness of what the threat below really means. We don't want to release it but we feel we have to release it. The Jawa Report will bring you updates if and when it becomes available. Our prayers go out to Atwar Bahjat and her family.

Others : Malkin and Captains Quarters.

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May 04, 2006

Role Reversal Honor Killing

What goes around comes around I always say. I detect the odor of sweet, sweet irony here.

ME Times: Pakistani police have charged a 45-year-old woman with beheading her husband with a dagger and chopping up his body after he planned to take a fourth wife, officials said on Wednesday.

Majeeda Khatoon lopped off her spouse's head, cut off his legs with the help of relatives and dumped the body parts in a sewer in Gulshan-e-Hadeed on the outskirts of the southern city of Karachi, police said.

"The victim was said to bear a passion for women and Khatoon, who was already fed up with her husband's extramarital activities, got annoyed when he said he was going for a fourth marriage," said another police officer, Akhtar Shah BangashÂ…

Â…Pakistani men are permitted to take up to four wives under Islam, although most do not.

More often it is women who are subjected to brutal "honor punishments" including rape and murder for alleged adultery or for bringing supposed shame on their families.

WhatÂ’s good for the gooseÂ…

Related Honor Killing Wikipedia Entry and Jawa Report posts on Honor Killing here, here and here more...

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May 02, 2006

Man, 33, Weds 104-Year-Old Woman

(Malaysia) Muhammad Noor Che Musa married Wook Kundor who is old enough to be his great-grandmother and has been married 20 times. Hot monkey love? I don't believe it's even possible. But, according to Muhammad, it's Allah's will.

From TheStar.com.my:

Muhammad admitted that many did not understand his decision to marry Wook and felt that their marriage was weird. Some even questioned his motive for marrying a woman old enough to be his great grandmother.

"But this is Allah's will. My intention towards Wook is very sincere. I am not after her money as she is poor. Her only asset is her deep religious knowledge.

"Through her, I can deepen my knowledge of the religion while at the same time help her master the Romanised script," he said, adding that their love was based on mutual respect and care.

Allah's will, eh? Frankly, whether it's suicide bombings or marrying someone three times one's age, I'm thinking that Allah's will is used as a catch-all excuse for any exceedingly stupid or harmful behavior. Nevertheless, I don't think Muhammad will be getting any nook from Wook. She's likely tapped out.

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April 29, 2006

Saudi Women Given Right to Sell Underwear

Currently in Saudi Arabia, only men are permitted to conduct retail business and the practice proves to be awkward when the items being sold are primarily female products. Therefore, whether purchasing panties, brassieres, see-through nighties, or lipstick and other cosmetics, women are helped by bearded and moustached male sales assistants. But times have changed and Saudi society is about to make a dramatic leap forward.

From Telegraph.co.uk:

It is hailed as a major step forward for women's emancipation in Saudi Arabia: in the coming weeks they will enjoy the right to buy lingerie from female shop assistants.

This may be a far cry from bra-burning feminism but in Saudi Arabia the notion of buying one's brassiere from a woman is nothing short of revolutionary.

A new decree requiring shop owners to hire female staff to sell undergarments illustrates the cautious liberalisation the kingdom is undergoing - and how far it has yet to travel.

The change will probably be quite welcome since most women are reluctant to discuss their unmentionables with men who are likely total strangers.

On the other hand, the lingerie shop owners are ambivalent. Some intend to darken their premises to hide the fact that women are working while others complain that business will be stunted since most customers for women's underwear are men. (As an aside, I'm astounded by the fact that Saudi men are buying most of the women's underwear in the Kingdom. There has to be a psychological angle here somewhere.)

King Abdallah is the impetus behind the recent liberalization of Saudi society. He's even hinted at lifting the prohibition on women driving. Naturally, traditionalists believe that the changes go too far and are "not compatible with Islam."

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April 26, 2006

Muslims on Toilets Prohibited From Facing Mecca

Here's another oddity about the practice of Islam which is passed along in the interest of developing an understanding of the everyday lives of average Muslims.

From The Sun Online:

Jail bosses are rebuilding toilets so Muslim inmates don't have to use them while facing Mecca.

Thousands of pounds of taxpayers money are being spent to ensure lags are not offended.

The Islamic religion prohibits Muslims from facing or turning their backs on the Kiblah -- the direction of prayer -- when they visit the lav.

Muslim lags claimed they have had to sit sideways on prison WCs.

But after pressure from faith leaders the Home Office has agreed to turn the existing toilets 90 degrees at HMP Brixton in London.

Jeez, with stuff like this going on, one would expect there to be a thriving community of Muslim comedians. And, what in the heck does a Muslim do in an airplane lavatory? I don't think it's possible to sit sidesaddle on an airplane toilet.

Hat Tip: PCWatch

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April 25, 2006

Hitler, Ahmadinejad, Neo Nazis, Just Logical Fellows.

Today is holocaust remembrance day. LetÂ’s look at a few of the similarities of modern Islamic fascists and the historical Nazi and Neo Nazi thinking. The common thread is racism.

Times Online Via Jihad Watch : A NEO-NAZI whose ideas were said to be the inspiration for the man who let off a nail bomb in Central London in 1999 has converted to an extremist form of Islam.

David Myatt, a founder of the hardline British National Socialist Movement (NSM) who has been jailed for racist attacks, has changed his name to Abdul Aziz ibn MyattÂ…

…In a later interview, Myatt supports the killing of any Muslim who breaks his oath of loyalty to Islam, and the setting up of a Muslim superstate He describes himself as having been “staunchly opposed to non-white immigration into Britain and twice jailed for violence in pursuit of my political aims”…

Next he encourages other Neo-Nazis to convert to Islam.
Myatt said recently that he had given up hope of a breakthrough by the far Right and believed that Muslims were the best hope for combating Zionism and the West. “There will not be an uprising, a revolution, in any Western nation, by nationalists, racial nationalists, or National Socialists — because these people lack the desire, the motivation, the ethos, to do this and because they do not have the support of even a large minority of their own folk,” he said.

“If these nationalists, or some of them, desire to aid us, to help us . . . they can do the right thing, the honourable thing, and convert, revert, to Islam — accepting the superiority of Islam over and above each and every way of the West.”

So now we see the ordinary Neo Nazi Fascist is converting to Islam as his best hope to, “Tame the Jew”. Let’s look at a couple leaders, Adolf Hitler and Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements.
Hitler : The Jewish race will have to adapt itself to sound constructive activity as other nations do, or sooner or later it will succumb to a crisis of an inconceivable magnitude.

Ahmadinejad : "We ask the West to remove what they created sixty years ago and if they do not listen to our recommendations, then the Palestinian nation and other nations will eventually do this for them,"

Hitler : The deduction from all this is the following: an antisemitism based on purely emotional grounds will find its ultimate expression in the form of the pogrom.[1] An antisemitism based on reason, however, must lead to systematic legal combating and elimination of the privileges of the Jews, that which distinguishes the Jews from the other aliens who live among us (an Aliens Law). The ultimate objective [of such legislation] must, however, be the irrevocable removal of the Jews in general.

Ahmadinejad : We say that this fake regime (Israel) cannot not logically continue to liveÂ…

(paraphrased) The Palestinians and "other nations" will eventually remove Israel from the region.

"Whether you like it or not, the Zionist regime is on the road to being eliminated,"

Hitler : Jewish watchword "Workers of the world unite" will be conquered by a higher realization, namely "Workers of all classes and of all nations, recognize your common enemy!"

Ahmadinejad : The new wave of confrontations generated in Palestine and the growing turmoil in the Islamic world would in no time wipe Israel away

Hitler : From time immemorial, however, the Jews have known better than any others how falsehood and calumny can be exploited. Is not their very existence founded on one great lie,

Ahmadinejad provoked a world outcry in October when he said Israel should be "wiped off the map."

Hitler : And outside, we have again today the same coalition as before, from the chief of that international Masonic lodge, the half-Jew Roosevelt, and his Jewish brain trust, to the Jewry of purest water in Marxist-Bolshevik Russia. They are the same enemies as before, the same foes as then.

Ahmadinejad and IranÂ’s top Mullah : "I tell the governments who support Zionism to ... let the migrants (Jews) return to their countries of origin. If you think you owe them something, give them some of your land," he said.

Iran's turbaned supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also accused the United States of seeking to place the entire region under Israeli control.

"The plots by the American government against Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon aimed at governing the Middle East with the control of the Zionist regime will not succeed," Khamenei said.

Hitler: On instructions from the Fuhrer I make known the following:

Where the Jewish Question is brought up in public, there may be no discussion of a future overall solution (Gesamtlosung).

It may, however, be mentioned that the Jews are taken in groups for appropriate labor purposes.

Amadinejad: Addressing a mass demonstration in Tehran - one of many organized throughout Iran to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamic revolution - he once again questioned the Holocaust "fairy tale".

So on that last one it appears, Ahmadinejad received the order loud and clear. What disturbs me is how calm and logical Hitler sounds even though we know what he was hiding. AhmadinejadÂ’s statements are even more radical in some ways. I shudder to think what he may be capable of if left to pursue his intent.
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