The Telegraph tells us that the Sharia law peace deal in the Pakistani Northwest is threatening to break(H/T Ace of Spades): The fragile agreement, in which the government said it would allow Islamic law in the region in exchange for militants laying down their arms, was left in tatters when a soldier was killed...
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This week, Israel has celebrated its 61st birthday. The miracle of its existence, let alone its robust emotional, ethical and economic health and its unparalleled contributions to the disciplines of medicine, of science and of the humanities is simply astounding. This, despite the seven brutal wars, the intifada, the economic boycotts, the systematized anti-Semitism...
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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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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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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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Daniel Pipes (EMET Advisory Board Member) took a look at recent studies regarding whether or not terrorism actually succeeds in its aims, and finds, perhaps surprisingly, that it usually doesn’t: • Not only is terrorism “an ineffective instrument of coercion, but… its poor success rate is inherent to the tactic of terrorism itself.” This...
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An excellent piece by Walid Phares over at Counter Terrorism Bog. Dr. Phares is one of our Speaker of the Truth Award recipients for this year’s Rays of Light in the Darkness Dinner. The piece is regarding the Taliban’s operations in Pakistan: As the U.S. administration and its allies are devising a new strategy...
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