Was the blast in Syria a technical fault or a terror attack? | Middle East

Posted by Matt in December 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Syria, Blast, Bomb Explosion, Buildings, damascus, Eyewitnesses, Middle East, Mosque, Pilgrims, Saida, Syria, Syrian Authorities, Technical Fault, Terror Attack, Zeinab

The Syrian authorities are currently trying to attribute the blast Thursday on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near the Saida Zeinab mosque in Damascus to an exploding tire. However, eyewitnesses earlier reported a bomb explosion on the bus, killing a number of people and causing damage to buildings in the area.
Was the blast in [...]

Projection: Swiss vote to ban new minarets – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in November 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Europe, Islam, Initiative, Militant Islam, Minarets, Mosque, Polling Institute, Proposal, Right Wing, Swiss Vote, Swiss Voters, Yahoo, Yahoo News

Swiss voters approved a move to ban the construction of minarets in a Sunday vote on a right-wing initiative that labeled the mosque towers as symbols of militant Islam, projections by a widely respected polling institute showed.
The projections based on partial returns say Swiss swung from only 37 percent supporting the proposal a week ago [...]

PC’d to death: The Army must give answers

Posted by Matt in November 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Islam, Military, 9 11 Hijackers, Afghanistan, Alleged Shooter, American Soldiers, Army, Doctor Who, Fort Hood, Hasan, iraq, Islam, Mosque, Muslims, New Hampshire News, Nidal, Radical Cleric, Sports, Suicide Bombings, Unionleader, United States

Did 13 American soldiers die at Fort Hood because officers were afraid of appearing insensitive to Muslims?
In 2001, the alleged shooter, Nidal Hasan, apparently attended a Virginia mosque led by a radical cleric — the same mosque attended by two of the 9/11 hijackers. He openly opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because the [...]

Deadly gun battle in Gaza mosque

Posted by Matt in August 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Bbc, Cleric, Emergency Services, Eyewitnesses, Followers, Gaza, Gun Battle, Hamas, Islamist, Middle East, Mosque, Policemen

At least 13 people have been killed and at least 85 injured in a fierce gun battle in Gaza, emergency services say.
Eyewitnesses say hundreds of Hamas fighters and policemen surrounded a mosque where followers of a radical Islamist cleric were holed up.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Deadly gun battle in Gaza mosque

Young and Arab in Land of Mosques and Bars

Posted by Matt in September 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Dubai, Middle East, Cairo, Choices, Drinks, Dubai, Egypt, Fate, Freedom, Galal, Girlfriend, Maintenance Man, Mosque, Mosques, Prostitute, Rami, Uae, United Arab Emirates, United Emirates

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In his old life in Cairo, Rami Galal knew his place and his fate: to become a maintenance man in a hotel, just like his father. But here, in glittering, manic Dubai, he is confronting the unsettling freedom to make his own choices.
Here Mr. Galal, 24, drinks beer almost every [...]

Britain’s phoney war on terror

Posted by Matt in May 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Britain, Islam, Terrorism, Attitudes, British Counterparts, Community Cohesion, Global Scope, Islamism, Ism, Monster, Mosque, Muslims In Britain, Pentagon, Pentagon Officials, Phoney War, Political Correctness, Spending Time, United States, Unthinkable, War On Terror

We are too concerned with multiculturalism and political correctness to combat the threat of Islamism effectively.
After spending time recently with senior Pentagon officials and other Americans involved in counter-terror-ism, I was struck by the global scope of their concerns. Above all I was reminded how different their attitudes are from those of their British counterparts, [...]