summary: the West seemingly refuses to see and accept the threat of Islam, largely due to ignorance of its holy books, core values, and global objectives

New English Review

July 2009

Strategies of Denial

by Hugh Fitzgerald

Delivered to the New English Review Symposium in Nashville, Tennessee on May 30th, 2009)

Strategies of Denial –the title is ambiguous. Possibly deliberately. What might it mean? It might refer to Muslims, and to all the ways that adherents of Islam, “slaves of Allah,” especially those living in the West, have managed so successfully to distract or confuse or intimidate, morally or intellectually or physically, so many non-Muslims, managed to keep those non-Muslims from finding out too much about what Islam inculcates, and to achieve this despite the fact that the Islamic texts –  Qur’an, Hadith, and Sira – are easily accessible, no more than a mouse-click away, and their meaning discussed at thousands of Muslim websites.

And though not always a mouse-click away, the long record of Islamic imperialism, of the conquest through violence and the subsequent subjugation, through violence and the threat of violence, of non-Muslims, which had always been known throughout the Western world,  discussed by its outstanding figures (see John Quincy Adams, see Tocqueville, see Winston Churchill), noted as a matter of course by Western travelers to Muslim lands, whose own experiences revealed the clear hostility of Muslims toward them (and toward all non-Muslims), and when the great mass of Christians thought about Muslims at all, they never doubted that those who had studied Islam and those who had encountered Muslims must surely be right: Islam was a ferocious and fanatical faith – for “faith” and not “religion” was the word used until the past century, and it was American writers of books for children who first began to use that leveling phrase about “the world’s great religions” and not until recent decades that the soothingly misleading phrase about “the three abrahamic faiths” began to be used. (more…)

summary: surely, with the depletion of oil, much of the Arab Muslim world runs the great risk of failing, the various states literally falling apart due to the loss of economic power - as for the larger Muslim world, the 57-state OIC cannot present a plan which will ensure economic growth and development into the distant future - we may get to witness the collapse of Islam and Muslim nations during this century

Family Security Matters

June 2, 2009

Exclusive: Islam and Muslims: History of Oppression, Violence, and Fanaticism

Dr. Sami Alrabaa

Have you ever pondered what has been the contribution of Islam and Muslims to the world civilization until now? The answer is very evident and straightforward: oppression, violence, discrimination, and fanaticism. These negative immoral values have been an essential part of Islam since its inception.

Here is the evidence. Muhammad, the leader of Muslims claimed that he was a “prophet,” and in the name Allah, he ordered his followers to kill the “infidels,” non-Muslims; in particular, Jews and Christians. (more…)

summary: those who think that the Islamic War Against the World is not real need to educate themselves on Islam’s messages

Islam Watch

May 14, 2009

A Fight to the Death against Islamic Jihadis

by John Miller

This article first appeared in Australian Islamist Monitor

The West are quite literally between a rock and a hard place. That is to say that fundamentalist Islam is being engaged on battlefields around the world, especially in Afghanistan and as the body count rises among our troops i, the war will become harder to justify and increasingly unpopular. At least for the moment, it is seen as a just war but we should never forget that but we are at war on the home front also. Far better writers than me, such as Mark Steyn [“America Alone”], Melanie Phillips [“Londonistan”], Walid Phares [“Future Jihad” et seq] and many others, including Robert Spencer have written of ’stealth jihad’ and the tactics used by the enemy within to use the freedoms of democracy against our nation.ii

Then, as recent trials have shown, all too clearly, that there are wannabe terrorists in our midst and I remain convinced that we are far too relaxed about the situation. I have written a lot more about the foreign policy aspects of what has become a worldwide conflict and it could well be that islammonitor.org would like to reproduce them. My main focus in writing this article is to examine the question of terrorism or Islamic jihad; recent overseas events and attempt to link them to the domestic situation. However, to look forward a little, it is firstly necessary to look in the rear view mirror at the global situation and tune-up one’s lexicon. (more…)

summary: while rejecting modernity, Islamists will use any and all means to spread their message and to appeal to young radicalized Muslims

CNN.com

May 4, 2009

Al Qaeda exporting jihad with a hip-hop vibe

By Paula Newton

LONDON (CNN) — The latest video from Somalia’s al Qaeda-backed Al-Shabaab wing is as slickly produced as a reality TV show but with a startling message — complete with a hip-hop jihad vibe.

Experts think Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, dubbed “The American” by al Qaeda, speaks in the Somali video. (more…)

summary:  Europe’s open endorsement of political correctness and multiculturalism favors a multitude of apologies for Islam as opposed to Christianity and other faiths - calling for cultural acceptance detracts from detailed examination of Islam’s hatred of kafirs and its call for world domination - in addition, the significant move toward secularism by many, many Europeans leaves them without a basis in morality formerly led by Christianity

Family Security Matters

May 4, 2009

Exclusive: Muslim Youth in Germany: Aggressive Machos

Dr. Sami Alrabaa

Finally, someone has dared to publicly talk about Muslim youth in Germany and their reckless, aggressive behavior.

The German radio, WDR5, broadcast a two-hour live talk show called “Hallo Ü-Wagen” on April 25, 2009, to find out why Muslim youth are so aggressive and fanatic. Julitta Münch, the moderator of this program, invited several specialists to discuss the topic.

Over two hours, the majority of the participating specialists and the public depicted an egregious picture of Muslim youth – in particular, the males among them. (more…)

summary: if it looks like jihad and quacks like jihad, it must be jihad - easy to say, easy to understand

Pajamas Media

April 17, 2009

What Piracy? This Is the Same Old Jihad

Posted By Raymond Ibrahim

During the recent Somali pirate standoff with U.S. forces, when American sea captain Richard Phillips was being held hostage, Fox News analyst Charles Krauthammer confidently [1] concluded that “the good news is that these [pirates] are not jihadists. If it’s a jihadist holding a hostage, there is going to be a lot of death. These guys are interested not in martyrdom but in money.”

In fact, the only good news is that Richard Phillips has been rescued. The bad news is that what appears to have been a bunch of lawless, plunder-seeking Somalis “yo-hoing” on the high seas is, in fact, a manifestation of the jihad — as attested to by both Islamic history and doctrine. (more…)

summary: why is it not obvious to those in the diplomatic services that Iran seeks to become the leader of the Iranian-Arab Muslim Middle East, perhaps later the broader Muslim world?  by putting the emphasis on dialogue, apparently without meaningful results, they give Iran time - it is almost a certainty that the mullahs will get their bomb - will they attack Israel? that, too, is almost a certainty, as they are driven by ideological beliefs - all that talk, evidence of nothing but appeasement, business as usual 

Jewish World Review

April 14, 2009

Iran’s Western enablers

By Caroline B. Glick

Egypt’s recent actions against Hizbullah operatives are a watershed event for understanding the nature of the threat that Iran constitutes for both regional and global security. For many Israelis, Egypt’s actions came as a surprise. For years this country has been appealing to Egypt to take action against Hizbullah operatives in its territory. With minor exceptions, it has refused. Believing that its operatives threatened only us, the Mubarak regime preferred to turn a blind eye.

Then too, now seems a strange time for Egypt to be proving Israel correct. Senior ministers in the new Netanyahu government have for years been outspoken critics of Egypt for its refusal to act against Hizbullah and for its support for the Hizbullah/Iran-sponsored Hamas terror group. By going after Hizbullah now, Egypt is legitimizing both their criticism and the Netanyahu government itself. This in turn seems to go against Egypt’s basic interest of weakening Israel politically in general, and weakening rightist Israeli governments in particular. (more…)

summary: for unknown reasons, Muslims in Britain seem to be angrier than their counterparts in other Western nations, perhaps due to the vitriolic words of the many foreign Muslim clerics preaching there 

The Independent (UK)

November 29, 2008

British Muslims have become a mainstay of the global ‘jihad’

Analysis by Kim Sengupta

More than 4,000 British Muslims have passed through terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to security agencies, providing a fertile recruitment pool for the Islamist international jihad.

Men from the UK’s Kashmiri community have joined groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba, the prime suspects in the Mumbai attacks, which have been fighting against Indian forces in Kashmir. Others from a Pakistani background are in the ranks of the Taliban and other groups taking part in action against British and Nato forces in Afghanistan.

A former commander of the British force in Helmand, Brigadier Ed Butler, has revealed that his troops had come across British Muslims in southern Afghanistan. “There are British passport holders who live in the UK who are being found in places such as Kandahar,” he said. “There is a link between Kandahar and urban conurbations in the UK. This is something the military understands, but the British public does not.”

Last year, RAF Nimrod intelligence-gathering aircraft tracking Taliban radio signals in Afghanistan heard insurgent fighters speaking with Yorkshire and Midlands accents.

As well as fighters joining their ranks, groups such as Lashkar also benefit from funds raised on their behalf in the UK by the Muslim community. It has also been claimed that some of the aid money donated for the earthquake disaster relief three years ago was siphoned off for militant groups.

Lashkar, previously known as Jaish-e-Mohammed, has forged links with al-Qa’ida in Pakistan and are said to have shared training camps. One of their most famous recruits was Rashid Rauf, accused of being a key member in the plot to blow up transatlantic airliners, who was recently reported to have been killed in an American missile strike.

British Muslim recruits have also been involved in other conflicts. Asif Hanif, 21, from London, killed three people and injured 55 by blowing himself up in Tel Aviv. A companion, Omar Sharif, 27, from Derby fled the scene after explosives strapped to his body failed to detonate and was later found dead, his body washed up on an Israeli beach.

Somalia’s transitional government has accused Britain of being the main source of money and men for the fighters of the Islamist Courts Union (ICU), a fundamentalist group, in the country. The then deputy prime minister, Hussain Mohammed Aideed, declared: “The ICU’s main support was coming from London, paying cash to the ICU against the government. Among those who died in the war with the ICU wereBritish passport holders.”

The Independent, in Mogadishu after the Somali capital was taken over by Islamist forces last summer, discovered a significant number of young Somalis who had returned to fight for the Islamists from the Diaspora in the West. Half a dozen young men, including two brothers from Wood Green in north London, were acting as bodyguards for Sheik Yusuf, one of the main Islamist commanders. One of the brothers, Hamid, said at the time: “The true Muslims are the only ones who are honest and who are patriots. We are doing our duty by fighting for the cause of Islam, which is above all countries.”

Britain has also been accused of being the centre where a number of terrorist plots abroad were planned. Moutaz Almallah Dabas, a Syrian-born Spanish citizen accused of helping those who took part in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, was extradited from London to Spain after the discovery of links between the attack and an alleged cell in England.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/british-muslims-have-become-a-mainstay-of-the-global-jihad-1040232.html

Posted on December 10, 2008 at 4:05 PM PST

summary: jihad here, jihad there, jihad everywhere, yet so few can seemingly connect the dots - this is a global effort conducted locally by various groups, some affiliated, most not, but all in the name of Allah and against all infidels -it’s as plain as the nose on one’s face if one cares to look - when will the politicians, legislators, judges, diplomats, academics, and Main Stream Media wake up?

The Terror Finance Blog

October 2008

Somali Pirates: Islamist and Jihadist Influences and Funding

by Ganesh Sahathevan

Reuters reports that an explosion of piracy this month off the coast of Somalia is funding a growing insurgency onshore as the hijackers funnel hefty ransom payments to Islamist rebels.

The spike in attacks at sea has coincided with a rise in assaults on land by radical al-Shabaab [the “youth”] insurgents, including the capture on Friday of Somalia’s strategic southern port Kismayu.

The United States say al-Shabaab is a terrorist group with close ties to al Qaeda. Experts say some of the businessmen and warlords who command the pirates are also funding the rebels (see http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/mar/102338.htm ).

“The entire Somali coastline is now under control of the Islamists,” Andrew Mwangura, head of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, told Reuters in an interview. ( http://www.Reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSLO00572320080824 ) (more…)

summary:  Somalia, in its on-going conflict between Islamists and others, continues to be a failed state with little or even no optimism for its return to the international stage as a viable entity - regrettably, its priority among the wide sprectrum of issues around the globe is very low, without any possibility of resolution for some time to come

World Defense Review

Somalia’s Downward Spiral Continues

August 26, 2008

Last week, the “Transitional Federal Government” (TFG) of Somalia and the rump faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) led by Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmad signed a peace deal after United Nations-brokered talks in the neighboring statelet of Djibouti. The accord, inked on August 18, calls for the withdrawal of the Ethiopian National Defense Force troops which have been propping up the TFG and their replacement with a UN peacekeeping force. Ahmed Abdisalam, the “deputy prime minister” who led the TFG delegation, pronounced the talks “very successful,” a view echoed by Robert Wood, acting deputy spokesman at the United States Department of State, who declared that America “welcomes” the agreement and “reaffirms its support for rapid deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Somalia, and calls on all Somalis who seek peace and stability to support implementation.” Unfortunately, the comity has been less than universal: beginning the day after the peace was announced, a constant barrage of mortars has rained down on Mogadishu’s Villa Somalia, sometime seat of the TFG’s largely-absentee “president,” Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad, underscoring both the would-be regime’s utter lack of capacity and the consequent likelihood of continued, if not escalating, violence, peace accords and wishful thinking notwithstanding. (more…)