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Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Indonesia\'s Islamic Defenders Front: "Indonesia is a peaceful country and does not nee

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:35:03 +0000

Dare I say that ID is basically a database app written in .php? Dare I say that there might be some JW'ers with the skills to do something with the commenting? LAMP applications are freeware, after all.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Pakistani Taliban fight over Mehsud\'s millions

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:22:52 +0000

With all the military and financial aid Pakistan has received in recent years, I have a hard time believing they couldn't control their northern provinces if they wanted to. Unless, of course, those funds were "appropriated" for other purposes... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/28/pakis...

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: More money for jihad: Pakistan gets $3.1 billion in jizya from IMF

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:27:25 +0000

Forgive me for going slightly askew here, but I for one would welcome more music here on JW! Great guitar work by Cockburn, regardless of what one thinks of his politics.

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Fri, 7 Aug 2009 03:39:20 +0000

'The only terminology that Mr. Brennan said the administration is using is that the U.S. is "at war with al Qaeda."' And in WWII we were only fighting the 2nd SS Panzer division. No need to say things like "nazi" or "fascism". Of course this is patent insanity, but us unwashed masses is too stoopid to deal with something like the truth, ya know, so them smart fellers in the gov'ment and the tv have to keep us peaceful like, so's we don't run off and turn over cars 'n' stuff. Being patronized is almost worse than having people I've never met wanting to kill me. P.S. As of this writing the comment system is well and truly hosed, and I have no idea where it will show up. If it is off topic just write it off to "free association". *smiley*

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Pakistan\'s spy agency financed jihadists, who now operate with impunity

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:01:57 +0000

"In Pakistan, the weakness of the state is matched only by the strength of its criminals." By definition, no islamic state can be strong, because islam supersedes statehood- it does not act as a subculture within a larger framework, it is the framework, making the trappings of statehood incidental. The state serves islam and therefore serves jihad. The so called "moderate" rhetoric coming from Pakistani leaders toward the west will continue as long as the copious amount of money keeps flowing, but is only window dressing unless the Pakistani government takes more active steps to refute terrorism and protect the non muslim populations within its borders. I'm not holding my breath.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Pakistan: Enraged Muslim mob murders three more "blasphemers"

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 01:17:50 +0000

The logical outworking of the New Testament is completely different than that of the Koran. Those who try to claim their equivalency are knowledgeable of neither.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "We want the occupation of Islam in the entire world. Islam does not permit democracy o

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:50:26 +0000

'Those qualified to lead people in prayer, he argued, “are also eligible to lead the people otherwise.”' Absolutely, nothing like a Mullahocracy to make for a vibrant, peaceful society. Just ask the college students in Iran. The perfect setup for dictators.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "They just told us that they (army) are against Islam, are against the Quran. They said

Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:16:33 +0000

"'They said wage jihad against them; we are waging jihad for the Quran,' said another boy...." --victim "These boys are the victims of the Taliban's uprising here. All they are left with are the terrible memories, the voices in their heads: the voices of the Taliban telling them to kill, they said." --writer I'm amazed that the story is even being carried on culturally sensitive CNN, but the writing will make Joe Six Pack see this as a Taliban problem and not a Koran problem. Which is the problem.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Counterterror arrests in Australia: plot by Misunderstanders of Islam for suicide attac

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 23:27:07 +0000

How to get a big national security headache on your hands in three easy steps: 1) allow immigration from Islamic countries unabated 2) avoid investigating suspicious activity in mosques for fear of being branded a hatemonger 3) allow islamic special interest groups to bully local municipalities into making special legal concessions for muslims The reward for your niceness, cultural sensitivity and political correctness will be your status as dar al-harb and the target of jihad, since nothing short of adapting sharia as the law of your land will suffice for the hardliners you've allowed to come in and radicalize your locals (again because of your fear of profiling and the subsequent criticism from the PC crowd).

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Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:16:58 +0000

Where else but a tenured faculty position can you make such boneheaded leftist assumptions, indulge in elitist posturing and broad-brush your perceived opponents as the bourgeoisie, and then go buy groceries with a paycheck funded by the tax dollars paid by that same group. The ultimate in hypocrisy or cynicism, I'm not sure which.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:24:05 +0000

"And your denying that they are capable of it if simply a lie..." What specifically did I deny in my comment, and what does Christianity have to do with it? I simply made the point that the authority of the more militant verses in the Koran needs to be challenged by Islamic scholarship if they are serious about repudiating jihadist violence which uses those verses as justification. Is there anything unreasonable about that? What am I lying about? (scooby doo noise)?!?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:41:58 +0000

Yup, and even a cursory reading of the New Testament shows Christianity acting as a subculture within the larger societal framework, as Jesus and Paul use large swaths of it to teach respect of civil authority and outsiders. There is no attempt to impose a theocracy.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Spencer: A Muslim leader condemns "Islamist extremism," but does he go far enough?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:17:59 +0000

"Does Nayyar Imam teach the Muslims in his spiritual care how such exegeses of the Qur’an are wrong and to be condemned?" Right on, Robert, that's the issue in a nutshell--exegeting the militant verses lends authority to the jihadists, not the moderates. The Koran says what it means and means what it says, and there's no pussyfooting around it. Its not the texts' content or interpretation that needs to be challenged, but their authority, and that is what the imams are flatly unwilling to do in most cases.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Michigan: Muslim principal fires legendary Christian coach after student converts

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:04:50 +0000

Here we go. Is there going to be an assault or worse every time someone voluntarily converts?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "Dear fellow Jews, what is so hard to understand about \'we hate your guts, and will c

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:59:54 +0000

I really hope so. How western civilization deals with Islamism is probably the single most important issue we have to face, now that the cold war is over.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Taliban collecting Koran-mandated religion-based tax in Pakistan

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:57:46 +0000

"...until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." The jizya is bad enough, but one could imagine how the taliban would cause its dhimmi populations to feel sufficiently "subdued".

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: "Dear fellow Jews, what is so hard to understand about \'we hate your guts, and will c

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:16:14 +0000

Any ideology or philosophy has some kind of logical outworking. The logical outworking of the Koran toward Jews and Christians is subjugation or death, its as simple as that. The current brand of uber liberalism, Jewish and otherwise, simply can't or won't see it.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: More Honor Killings In The West, Yet No Outrage?

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:56:20 +0000

"Does tolerance of savagery trump our humanity and basic sense of right and wrong and good and evil?" The feminist groups and the gay community both should be fighting tooth and nail against Koranic doctrine regarding them (i.e., subjugation and death), but they are so fixated on their desire to deconstruct what they perceive as white protestant society that they'll accept Islam as long as it promises to knock Judeo-Christian culture off of its smug little perch.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Palestinian Authority official crows that Arafat deceived the world when he condemned t

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:22:59 +0000

The political establishment in the US and other western governments is just that, political. The duplicity of the "peaceful" claims on the part of the leaders of Islamist states doesn't matter to them--only whether the official rhetoric they spew can be used in their favor. Most major players in the international community knew what Arafat was, but no one really cared as long as militant Islam was an "over there" problem. With decades of porous western immigration policies and the progress of global communications, there are really no "over there" problems anymore, but there are two major obstacles to addressing the Islamism problem intelligently now: 1) The dominant political mood in the US and western Europe, even after 9/11 and 7/7, has shifted decisively to the left, with self-styled "progressives" is control of most media and education outlets. They are ready to wield those character assassination epithets, "bigot", "hatemonger" and "fascist" on any leader willing to take a stand against those elements of the Koranic worldview that characterize Islamic terrorist activities. 2) The largest transfer of wealth in history has arisen from the pact Truman made with the Saud family after Yalta in 1946 (US military security and engineering talent in exchange for access to the oilfields). To keep that money flowing, the Saudis must concurrently support the wahhabi fundamentalists living within its borders (sort of an indirect jizya) to prevent outright insurrection, and continue doing business with western governments. Taken together, along with the fundamentally dishonest nature of politics, these factors mean that plain Aristotelian logic and reason are on the back burner. Petrodollars and power brokerage are the important commodities for our leaders, not the security of citizens or truthfulness. The pandering and duplicity on both sides won't stop until the money does.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Organization representing gay Christians and Muslims allows Bible to be publicly deface

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:23:22 +0000

Just out of curiosity, which Christians hate Jews?