I had pointed out an earlier Associated Press article last Friday, where a claim of Hezbollah moderation was tacked on to the end of an otherwise irrelevant story by the Associated Press. Now the Associated Press has a long form piece about how Hezbollah’s moderation is set to win it the June Lebanese elections:...
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Article from Islamist Watch about Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan, who, when he’s not giving interviews to CNN about extending Sharia law to all of Pakistan, is a painter, who lived for a time in Boston: All of a sudden, what has been depicted in the media as the cancer of Taliban extremism half way...
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Since the rise of the Islamist AKP, Turkey has increasingly been moving away from the kind of secular government that President Obama rightfully praised as a model for others in the Middle East. Instead, The Turkish government seems to be lining up with the anti-West faction, led by Iran. Consider some of the following...
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(h/t Sarah Stern): Sarah pointed me to this article in the Wall Street Journal regarding Iran’s targeting of Egypt: Tehran sees Egypt as its greatest rival in the region, and the most formidable Arab bulwark opposing its influence. It is in this context that Hezbollah actions in Egypt should be assessed. Acting as a...
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Not really news to anyone but the Associated Press, but it’s nice of him to say so (From the Jerusalem Post): “It creates an atmosphere of intimidation in the context of the upcoming parliamentary elections. It also undermines the stability of the region, and is incompatible with the objectives of Resolution 1559,” he added,...
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An article from Pakistani columnist Irfan Husain, where he takes the Pakistani army and political leadership to task for failing to successfully fight the Taliban insurgency. (h/t israpundit): One positive outcome of this atrocity  coming to public knowledge is that it has opened many eyes to the reality of the Taliban, and what they...
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An excellent piece from Palestinian Media Watch’s Barbara Crook on the prevalance of hate-mongering in the Muslim world: The world reacted with outrage at the speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Durban Review Conference on Racism in Geneva. European countries stormed out of his talk and released an array of statements condemning...
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From the Daily Mail, (h/t Don Surber): Judges could be forced to bow to Sharia law in some divorce cases heard in Britain. An EU plan calls for family courts across Europe to hear cases using the laws of whichever country the couple involved have close links to. That could mean a court in...
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On the heels of yesterday’s posts on allowing Sharia law to advance and the subordination of violent means to the legal “Stealth” Jihad, comes this story regarding Somalia’s pirate problem. (Originally from the Financial Times, but registration is required so I’m linking through here): But recent pirate attacks and the success of Islamist insurgents,...
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An article in Human Events from Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer, regarding banks seeking authorization to do business with Iran. (h/t: Shariah Finance Watch): It is just as ominous in the long term that the banks would apparently be willing to “work according to Iran’s banking law.” So in other words, Western banks operating...
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