Meet Aya Ali al-Mulla , the newly crowned Miss Moral Beauty.
Or save yourself the trouble, and view the artist’s rendition.
(h/t Drained Brain)
This is my brother Mohammed, and this is my other brother Mohammed
It’s as though they all have something in common.
UN report examines Arab world obstacles – A new report by more than 100 independent intellectuals and scholars from Arab countries blames political, economic, social and environmental problems for undermining the lives and freedom of Arabs — coupled with the region’s vulnerability to outside intervention.
Mo’s Kind Of Town, Chicago Is
A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Sunni network with reported ties to confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Al Qaeda in Iraq’s onetime leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It has operated discreetly in the U.S. for decades.
Now, it is coming out of the shadows and openly hosting a July 19 conference entitled, “The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam,” at a posh Hilton hotel in a suburb of Chicago.
More here: – “Hizb ut-Tahrir: An Emerging Threat to U.S. Interests in Central Asia” (2003)
h/t
Friends In Low Places
Since nobody else seems willing to stick up for them;
A North African offshoot of al-Qaeda has China in its crosshairs because of its treatment of Muslim rioters in Urumqi last week.
A group called al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQM) is threatening attacks on the 50,000 Chinese workers in Algeria, according to a report prepared by international risk consultants Sterling Assynt and revealed in the South China Morning Post Tuesday.
The Chinese government is taking its first threat from Osama bin Laden’s deadly network seriously. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters: “We will keep a close eye on developments and make joint efforts with relevant countries to take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of overseas Chinese institutions and people.”
Via Andrew Keyes, (who’s waiting for a reaction from the left that will never come).
CIA Head Kills Secret Plot To Kill Bin Laden
Jules Crittenden examines the explosive revelation;
So killing al-Qaeda leaders is not only a big controversial hush-hush secret, it’s also wrong.
OK, I’m confused. I thought that was what they were supposed to be doing. I’m pretty sure that’s what Bill Clinton had in mind when he was lobbing cruise missiles onto assorted patches of desert and rocky crags in Afghanistan. I know that is pretty much was George Bush was talking about with his “dead or alive” speech. In fact, when the U.S. military blew up Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the CIA started lobbing Hellfires into Yemen and Waziristan, I thought that was the basic idea. Kill al-Qaeda leaders.
Religions Of Submission
Kathy Shaidle has a point;
“I too have to object to the use of the word “cracker”.
Unlike Protestants, Catholics believe that the communion Host is the actual Body of Christ. We’re touchy about people pocketing the Host because believe it or not, there are weird people into Santeria and stuff who use them in pagan rituals.
Also, er, it’s Jesus.”
It’s just not a very good one.
(Peace Be Upon Him.)
Tony Blair’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and “an Islamic group outlawed in Pakistan but legal in Britain…”
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
June 16th – U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday sought a review of the U.S. listing of a Uighur Muslim group in northwestern China as “terrorist,” accusing U.S. authorities of relying on intelligence from Beijing.
July 6th – Another Han Chinese man, who owns a shop in the city’s central bazaar, said he saw Uighurs “with big knives stabbing people” on the street. He said crowds of Hans and Uighurs were fleeing the violence. “They were targeting Han, mostly,” he added. “We need to hide inside for a few more days.”
More Pavilions At Folkfest
“In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity,” Sarkozy said to extended applause at the Chateau of Versailles, southwest of Paris.
“The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement — I want to say it solemnly,” he said. “It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.”
Well, good luck with that.
“5:00 pm Tehran is officially a war zone”
John O’Sullivan has a lengthy report of accounts in Iran, from sources inside the country (at The Corner).
In brief, it’s one of the most important movements of our time. It radically undermines both the realist argument that Muslims are uninterested in democracy and the Jihadist claim to represent the mass of Muslims. And if it continues—whether it is crushed or triumphs in the immediate future—it will add immeasurably to the forces of evolutionary change in the Muslim world since it strikes me as being more like the Glorious, American and “velvet” revolutions (i.e., it is a revolution against a radical revolution) than like the French, Bolshevik, and 1979 revolutions.
Well, that’s a bigger mouthful than you expected. But this is an issue on which I would prefer you to take the advice and opinions of my Iranian colleagues on Radio Farda and the English language website of RFERL. So I am attaching two documents below that I think you will find helpful.
“People are yelling from their houses – ‘death to the dictator.’”
Insurrection: Day 2 – from Michael Totten
VDH – “There is some value to the present irony. Erstwhile U.S. allies can begin to fathom the wages of their much-desired “post-American world.” It appears that it wasn’t George W. Bush’s Manicheanism that “played into the hands” of Mr. Ahmadinejad, who now has a fresh lease on power, despite the U.S. charm offensive of the last six months.”
Because Archbishop Prendergast Would Lop The Head Off His Sister If Given The Chance
Please note:
An Islamic thug screaming “death to Jews” in the streets of Sweden is an “activist”.
An Islamic thug who “restores” his family’s honour by unloading a .44 Magnum into his sister and her boyfriend is an “Ottawa Man”.
Thus concludes your Media Terminology Update for today.
Previous – “Because Sean Hannity Would Herd Jews Into Railcars If Given The Chance”
h/t Maz2
Islamic Jihad in the Bronx
In response to a gruesome series of Islamic-Palestinian synagogue bombings in Europe, police officers guarded Europe’s synagogues and Jewish Centers. Now, synagogues all over New York City, tend to have barricades or some kind of police presence outside. We are now all Israelis: Not just the Jews, but the world’s civilians.
And thus, four African-American converts to Islam, all of whom converted to Islam in prison, have been arrested by the FBI just as they attempted to bomb two Riverdale synagogues, (the Riverdale Jewish Center and the Riverdale Temple), in the Bronx and a New York National Guard air base in Newburgh, New York where they lived and attended a mosque.
Why do I begin by clearly stating the race and religion of the terrorists? Because the liberal mainstream media refuses to do so, or buries such facts on its back pages.
h/t Frank
In The Immortal Words Of Tasnim Aslam*
“Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence”. *
Talibanistan
The Future Of Iraq
The first of a four part series by Michael Totten;
During my last trip to Baghdad I tried to figure out if the worst in Iraq is over or if the dramatic reduction in violence is just a long lull. Half the Iraqis and half the Americans I spoke to were optimistic. The other half think Iraq is probably doomed. I have no idea who’s right, and neither does anyone else. This is the first in a four-part series where I’ll present both cases and let you decide what to think for yourself. We’ll start with the good news.
“Morale at the CIA has been shaken to its foundation.”
Former CIA director Porter J. Goss
Since leaving my post as CIA director almost three years ago, I have remained largely silent on the public stage. I am speaking out now because I feel our government has crossed the red line between properly protecting our national security and trying to gain partisan political advantage. We can’t have a secret intelligence service if we keep giving away all the secrets. Americans have to decide now.
Beverly Giesebrecht
Foxnews – Mystery Shrouds Kidnap of Pro-Jihadist Canadian Activist by Pakistani Extremists
Rees dismisses the idea that Qahaar [Giesebrecht] is working with the Taliban and that the kidnapping is a hoax intended to raise money. The videos confirm that Qahaar is in real trouble, he says.”
Kate at SDA;
Who cares?
h/t Vern
More here = She didn’t simply stop being a Baptist and start being a Muslim. She became a nutter, or more precisely, she became even more of a nutter than she already was.”
“A mutation of our nation is in progress.”
“The map below shows the growth of mosques, with the dark green areas indicating more than 30 mosques. The years range from 1985 to 2008. Their growth is amazing.”
An Ambassador’s Warning to the French People
“They are nothing like they are portrayed by these mercenary journalists”
[al-Nafisi],,, “received his doctorate from Churchill College in Cambridge. He has been a visiting professor at Exeter University in England.”