Morning (J)Blog Roundup - 2006-09-18
* First, if you're trying to catch up on what jihad scholar Andrew Bostom is calling the most important address commemorating 9/11, we recommend starting here and just using the forward button at the top of the screen to go from post to post. Don't stop until you're done reading what top bloggers are calling "more voluminous and insightful analysis of this issue than most other sources combined". How awesome is that quote, by the way? You can't buy that kind of endorsement. At least not with anything but an endorsed cashier's check for not less than $250, sent by registered post.
* The Non-Aligned Movement thinks that Jerusalem must be given to the Palestinians. Because the Palestinians take very good care of Christian holy places.
* We'll take things we can't write because this is a family blog for $500, Alex.
* Andrew Bostom provides a shortened version of his book-length explanation for why people who say either (a) jihad is supposed to be peaceful or (b) the Koran bans forced conversion are either ignorant or lying. Juan Cole, they're playing your song.
* VDH on Oriana Fallaci and the decline of Europe. If you don't have time to read it all right now (a) make time (b) the takeaway is "go to the Louvre before the Mona Lisa gets burned because Allah hates immodest women who smile". More or less.
* The only people actually working to create any kind of centralized clearinghouse for pro-Israel blogs, GIYUS wants us to remind you that those kidnapped Israeli soldiers still haven't been returned. IRIS comes up with a slogan: Free IDF Captives - Not Terrorists. Heavy-handed, but to the point.
* Israel Matsav is following Syria's increasingly not eye-roll-inducing threats to go to war with Israel. They've been emboldened by Hezbollah. Carl says that you should keep in mind that Syria had the chance to get all of the Golan back six years ago. We say that they should keep in mind that (a) Hezbollah had better weapons than they do and (b) they can't hide Syrian infrastructure in Lebanese villages, and the IAF still exists.
* Meryl thinks that if you think that Hamas is moderating than you're an idiot. Our words, not hers.
* So this AP guy got caught hanging out with terrorists.
* Samizdata reports: Britain Channel 4 ran an expose on the a secret apocalyptic plot by religious extremists to end the world. A plot by American Christians. Only the UN can stop them.
* If you're really naive, you'll want to know how journalists can possibly imply that Somali Muslims were made violent by the Pope's statement when they those same Somali Muslims were shooting Christian converts weeks ago. A Christian convert who apparently needed to die because "he refused to join a crowd chanting Quran verses in honor of the lunar eclipse". Here's the thing about lunar eclipses: they kind of put Muslims on edge:
Riot police are patrolling the streets of the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri in the wake of rioting sparked off by the sighting Tuesday night's lunar eclipse. Hundreds of Muslim youths attacked hotels, bars and brothels after seeing that the moon was starting to disappear. Reports from Maiduguri say the youths blamed the eclipse on what they call the preponderance of sinful activities in the city. They attacked mainly Christian targets. The youths poured out on to the streets soon after the eclipse began. They were chanting "God is great !" and "We want Sharia" - the strict Islamic legal code which has already been adopted in Maiduguri... A Christian leader told the BBC that at least one church was burned down and he said riot police used tear gas to protect other churches. Several bars and a hotel were also set ablaze.
The Pope reads from a 14th century rhetorician that they consider offensive? They riot and attack churches. Newspapers publish cartoons that they consider offensive? They riot and attack churches. A lunar eclipse happens? They riot and attack churches. So here's how things stand: anybody who wants to appease Muslims and prevent them from attacking Christians needs to get the Pope to apologize, censor newspapers, and make sure that the Earth never ever passes in between the Sun and the moon.
* The Non-Aligned Movement thinks that Jerusalem must be given to the Palestinians. Because the Palestinians take very good care of Christian holy places.
* We'll take things we can't write because this is a family blog for $500, Alex.
* Andrew Bostom provides a shortened version of his book-length explanation for why people who say either (a) jihad is supposed to be peaceful or (b) the Koran bans forced conversion are either ignorant or lying. Juan Cole, they're playing your song.
* VDH on Oriana Fallaci and the decline of Europe. If you don't have time to read it all right now (a) make time (b) the takeaway is "go to the Louvre before the Mona Lisa gets burned because Allah hates immodest women who smile". More or less.
* The only people actually working to create any kind of centralized clearinghouse for pro-Israel blogs, GIYUS wants us to remind you that those kidnapped Israeli soldiers still haven't been returned. IRIS comes up with a slogan: Free IDF Captives - Not Terrorists. Heavy-handed, but to the point.
* Israel Matsav is following Syria's increasingly not eye-roll-inducing threats to go to war with Israel. They've been emboldened by Hezbollah. Carl says that you should keep in mind that Syria had the chance to get all of the Golan back six years ago. We say that they should keep in mind that (a) Hezbollah had better weapons than they do and (b) they can't hide Syrian infrastructure in Lebanese villages, and the IAF still exists.
* Meryl thinks that if you think that Hamas is moderating than you're an idiot. Our words, not hers.
* So this AP guy got caught hanging out with terrorists.
* Samizdata reports: Britain Channel 4 ran an expose on the a secret apocalyptic plot by religious extremists to end the world. A plot by American Christians. Only the UN can stop them.
* If you're really naive, you'll want to know how journalists can possibly imply that Somali Muslims were made violent by the Pope's statement when they those same Somali Muslims were shooting Christian converts weeks ago. A Christian convert who apparently needed to die because "he refused to join a crowd chanting Quran verses in honor of the lunar eclipse". Here's the thing about lunar eclipses: they kind of put Muslims on edge:
Riot police are patrolling the streets of the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri in the wake of rioting sparked off by the sighting Tuesday night's lunar eclipse. Hundreds of Muslim youths attacked hotels, bars and brothels after seeing that the moon was starting to disappear. Reports from Maiduguri say the youths blamed the eclipse on what they call the preponderance of sinful activities in the city. They attacked mainly Christian targets. The youths poured out on to the streets soon after the eclipse began. They were chanting "God is great !" and "We want Sharia" - the strict Islamic legal code which has already been adopted in Maiduguri... A Christian leader told the BBC that at least one church was burned down and he said riot police used tear gas to protect other churches. Several bars and a hotel were also set ablaze.
The Pope reads from a 14th century rhetorician that they consider offensive? They riot and attack churches. Newspapers publish cartoons that they consider offensive? They riot and attack churches. A lunar eclipse happens? They riot and attack churches. So here's how things stand: anybody who wants to appease Muslims and prevent them from attacking Christians needs to get the Pope to apologize, censor newspapers, and make sure that the Earth never ever passes in between the Sun and the moon.
