The American Jingoist

Hizballah should have some explaining to do, but the U.N.’s track record on dealing with the jihadist group’s violations of Resolution 1701 and the associated dangers to civilians in the area is, well, not very good. “Lebanese army says one wounded in Lebanon blast,” from Reuters, October 13: BEIRUT (Reuters)…

Marisol has already posted about this, but I just got in from speaking in Los Angeles and found out about it, and so here are a few additional remarks. This is an outrage with numerous ominous implications. A terrible day for religious freedom in the U.S., and a capitulation to…

The message from child protective services to girls like Rifqa: You’re on your own. “Judge Rules Christian Convert Teen Must Go Back Home,” from Fox News, October 13: A Florida judge has ruled a teenager from Ohio must return after running away to Florida in fear that her parents would…

The main point of this story is that because the calls for violence were part of a prayer, it’s protected speech. He was asking Allah to throw the drain cleaner, despite the fact that Allah hasn’t shown much of an interest in plumbing or any other do-it-yourself projects over the…

Good news, in an update on this story. “Dutch MP overturns UK entry ban,” from BBC News, October 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders has won an appeal against a Home Office decision barring his entry to the UK. “Far-right”: Media-speak for “frightens…

That’s the funny thing about the Tiny Minority of Extremists: Bit by bit, the number of known members always seems to be growing. An update on this story. “Italy: Two suspects arrested in military barracks attack,” from AdnKronos International, October 13: Milan, 13 October (AKI) – Two suspects and alleged…

Absent as ever, of course, is any recognition of these punishments’ origins in the Qur’an and in Muhammad’s own example, though in this case that is as much the fault of the reporting as the apparent omissions in the statement from Human Right’s Watch. “New Indonesia stoning law is ‘torture’:…

Sharia Alert. And where are they getting this idea? Which benevolent, compassionate verses of the Qur’an are they misunderstanding? Well, there’s Qur’an 5:38: “As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is…