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Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Thousands of Muslims rampage, destroy Christian village after family accused of blasphe

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:19:19 +0000

Those were likely bridesmaids. The confusion arose from the "real" story: that for these wedding celebrations in Gaza, the wives were simply not part of the festivities. Now why is that?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: 450 child brides in Gaza

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:57:52 +0000

Looks like those aren't the brides -- a similar event: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/world/middleeas...

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: 450 child brides in Gaza

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:55:01 +0000

That article is from a year ago but the event is similar enough. The commentary in the article makes more sense than the idea that all those little girls are the brides.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: 450 child brides in Gaza

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:46:00 +0000

I agree. Could an Arabic speaker translate what the "bride" is saying? This one just defies the senses...

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: 450 child brides in Gaza

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:27:06 +0000

This video is baffling. Every single girl looks like a first or second grader. And why would the PR geniuses of Hamas ever let such an event happen? I hadn't heard Gaza singled out before as particularly troublesome for child marriage (certainly many young teenagers, but so young?) Does anyone have more info about this video/event, and why 100% of the brides are so young?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: US Consulate in Jerusalem website assumes Jerusalem is Palestinian, says nothing about

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:29:41 +0000

Here's the site from 2003 -- no mention of Israel either http://web.archive.org/web/20030105141823/http://...

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:18:16 +0000

Ahh I think I get your logic now. Makes sense. So you'd like to see Egypt given back to the Copts, right?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:49:46 +0000

So what's your time limit Dave? Hundreds of years ago is too long. Let me guess: 61 years, 2 months, and 2 weeks isn't too long, but one day after that is? Why don't you get it off your chest, Dave: "I want Israel eradicated, just like Nasrallah does." There you go.... Feel better now? http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-2238009.html

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:23:29 +0000

"You'll have to wait." Of course. Just like Svend White was too busy to provide evidence... Strange how that always happens for something so obvious, eh?. When you do "find the time," why don't you send a note to that virulent Islamophobe Jeff Lang a note to explain to him why he's wrong while you're at it, I'm sure he'll appreciate the correction.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:21:49 +0000

If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Zionist.

Dave agrees with this. Nice! What's your definition of a Zionist Dave?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:36:11 +0000

The mainstream view today does not. I understand that you disagree with this.

It's not that I disagrees with this; I'm just the messenger. Jeff Lang, a well-known American Muslim convert, disagrees with this. In his book Even Angels Ask (ever heard of it? It's quite popular in Islamic bookstores, you know), on page 119, he writes "Almost all Muslim religious leaders still uphold the classical dar al Islam/dar al Harb concept." Is he wrong? Why has no Muslim come out and said so before? What evidence do you have that he's wrong? And to your question, sure you're absolutely right, any group that "supports and encourages domination and subjugation" is one's enemy. But one need not "have a war" with any group of people that's out to get you -- most aren't enough of a threat to merit a war -- isn't that obvious enough?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:15:52 +0000

Ahh a big Nasrallah fan. A hero of yours, presumably? "If we searched the entire world for a person more cowardly, despicable, weak and feeble in psyche, mind, ideology and religion, we would not find anyone like the Jew." A heroic statement to you?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:02:12 +0000

Let's define "Islam." An interpretation of Islam that calls for subjugation of non-Muslims, via warfare if necessary, is the enemy, essentially by definition, of all non-Muslim nations and peoples. That is, a perception that the Dar-al-Islam/Dar-al-Harb theory is fundamental to Islam. (And of course, this is the traditional, orthodox interpretation, isn't it?) That doesn't mean we kill anyone who believes that on the spot (no more than we'd kill a WWII-era German citizen on the spot). But that is the enemy. Wouldn't you agree that someone who supports/encourages your domination and subjugation is your enemy? Someone who has an interpretation of Islam that calls for non-Muslims to live as equals before the law for all time -- someone who rejects the dar-al-Islam/dar-al-harb theory, is not an enemy. This, by account of many American Muslims, is a minority interpretation of Islam among Muslim scholars. So Dave, which interpretation of Islam do you believe in? Which one do you think is the traditional/orthodox/mainstream interpretation?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:45:33 +0000

Maybe our enemy is “those who use offensive warfare that has the goal of spreading Islamic hegemony.”

Good start, Dave. And throw in: those who support Jihad, those who don't oppose Jihad, and those who support and/or encourage the spread of Islamic hegemony through non-violent means as well.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:54:15 +0000

Dave is right folks if only in pointing out how silly it was to ever position resistance to Jihad as a a fight against "terrorists."

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Iraqi troops attack Iranian group opposed to the mullahs\' regime

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:41:50 +0000

Yet another example of how silly the "war on terror" mantra was.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: CAIR rep on Fox News throws out red herrings about Islamic supremacist group

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:57:27 +0000

For writing that Jews control the media?

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: CAIR rep on Fox News throws out red herrings about Islamic supremacist group

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:46:14 +0000

Hugh, here are some simpler questions that get a different point across, maybe one more people will be willing to listen to: 1) Did you once write about the "Jewish control over the media"? 2) Did you once write that the holocaust killed "three million people"? 3) Did you once describe David Irving's writings as a "different perspective on certain elements of the Holocaust", based on "research and study," presented "objectively"? Did you criticize the labeling of Irving as "anti-Semitic"? (Since you wrote that, you know sir that a British court found David Irving an "active Holocaust denier," and Irving spent time in an Austrian prison, convicted for "glorifying" the German Nazi party?) http://web.archive.org/web/20060215092446/http://...

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: American Library Association Abandons Principle, Allows Censorship

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:03:32 +0000

Emerson's link to Rehab's explicitly antisemitic writing is important. Here's the article: http://web.archive.org/web/20060215092446/http://... He describes the holocaust as "a historical event, 2 years of history and three million people." He writes about the "Jewish control of the media." Rehab praises David Irving, the Holocaust revisionist thoroughly and publicly discredited in the UK (AFTER Rehab wrote this piece). Austria tried and jailed him for almost a year for "glorifying and identifying with the Nazi party" in 2006. Thankfully, even in these most politically correct times, such explicit antisemitism is still frowned upon. And by focusing on his antisemitism, one can leave the "controversy" about Islam out of the picture. Tie CAIR and Rehab to these antisemitic statements at every opportunity. It will make them very toxic to the elites at large.

Jihad Watch : Jihad Watch: Selectivity and spin? An open request to critics

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:45:26 +0000

Whether something is online or offline has nothing to do with its relevance? uh huh.. gotcha.. And it takes "multiple pages" for each of these scholars to explain that Jihad cannot be undertaken against non-Muslim countries for being "non-Muslim"? Why is it so complicated? Isn't it just a simple matter of citing one of the many authentic hadith and/or popular tafsir that say so? Let's do it this way: if being non-Muslim is NOT enough to justify attack, what reasons DO justify attack? Let me guess, "oppression" of Muslims? "Insulting" Islam or Muhammad? And while you're at it, perhaps you could explain what Oman's leaders did to merit this "invitation" from Muhammad? "If you two accept Islam, you will remain in command of your country; but if you refuse my Call, you've got to remember that all your possessions are perishable. My horsemen will appropriate your land, and my Prophethood will assume preponderance over your kingship."