Chazarah

2006-09-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar suggests the Moslems should apologize--for their 8 century long occupation of Spain.

Sounds fair. Both the Pope and an Imam can each aplogize. Ummm...who goes first?

Technorati Tags: Jose Aznar and Moslems

2006-09-25T22:38:00.000-07:00

Israel At Level Ground brings another indication--as if any were necessary--that Moslems don't seem to have any (self-deprecating) sense of humor.

Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that they can dish it out, but cannot take it.

Technorati Tags: Moslems

2006-09-25T22:32:00.000-07:00

Hirhurim quotes from an article that reports:

A collection of sacred artefacts looted by the Romans from the Temple of Jerusalem and long suspected of being hidden in the vaults of the Vatican are actually in the Holy Land, according to a British archaeologist.

He also links to an article that is skeptical.

Technorati Tags: Romans and Jerusalam

2006-09-25T22:16:00.000-07:00

Cozy Corner addresses the myth that women speak more than men.
Of course as every husband knows, our wives often don't even have to say a word.
They just give us that look.

Technorati Tags: Men and Women

2006-09-25T19:44:00.000-07:00

From the Boston Herald

“Cockroaches have been given a bad (reputation) in our society,” said PETA spokeswoman Jackie Vergerio. “They are gentle, complex animals.”

You think that's odd?
Check out what PETA is protesting...at Six Flags.

Technorati Tags: PETA

2006-09-25T07:58:00.000-07:00

From Gateway Pundit:

Thousands Rally in Lebanon Against Hezbollah!

Keep in mind this rally was in the tens of thousands.
The pro-Hezbollah rally was in the hundreds of thousands.

Technorati Tags: Hezbollah and Lebanon

2006-09-24T22:19:00.000-07:00

From Thursday's AP via Yahoo

Benedict "should be removed from his position immediately for encouraging war and fanning hostility between various faiths" and "making insulting remarks" against Islam, said a joint statement issued by the clerics and scholars at the end of their one-day convention.

Encouraging war.
Fanning hostilities between faiths
Making insulting remarks.

Cool, let's get a list of Imams who spew about Israel and see if we can work out a deal!

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Islam and Israel

2006-09-24T21:17:00.000-07:00

From the Sunday Times in Britain:

Police have agreed to consult a panel of Muslim leaders before mounting counter-terrorist raids or arrests. Members of the panel will offer their assessment of whether information police have on a suspect is too flimsy and will also consider the consequences on community relations of a raid.

The inmates have taken over the asylum.

Technorati Tags: England and Terrorism and Moslems

2006-09-24T21:03:00.000-07:00

Did global terrorism actually exist before Bush?
The Anchoress has a list.

Technorati Tags: Terrorism and President Bush

2006-09-24T20:53:00.000-07:00

Jules Crittenden at the Boston Herald on why AP stands for Al-Qaeda Propaganda:

The Associated Press, the reliable just-the-facts news agency you and I once knew, no longer exists. Amoral propagandists have taken over.

Technorati Tags: Media Bias and Associated Press

2006-09-24T20:44:00.000-07:00

Gatway Pundit on the unconfirmed death of Bin Ladin...in August.

Meanwhile Michael Ledeen writes:

As Corner readers know, I was told many months ago that Osama died in Iran last December, and is buried there, under a marker carrying a woman's name. In early January, Pakistan's President P. Musharaff announced bin Laden had died of kidney failure, which I took as pretty good confirmation. Meanwhile, there has been no bin Laden video for two years, only audios with a voice that might be his son's. Now French intelligence, which is a serious organization, has leaked a document citing Saudi sources (often not serious at all) saying Osama died recently in Pakistan of Typhoid fever.

Technorati Tags: Osama Bin Ladin

2006-09-21T22:09:00.000-07:00

Meryl Yourish noticed that Neturei Karta met with Ahmadinejad in a televised event.

If you read her post very carefully, you'll find signs of disapproval.

Technorati Tags: Ahmadinejad

2006-09-21T21:54:00.000-07:00

Vital Perspective reports on that invitation that Columbia University extended to Ahmadinejad to come speak there.

They've rescinded it.

Technorati Tags: Ahmadinejad and Columbia University

2006-09-21T21:50:00.000-07:00

From Rishon Rishon:

Take a look at this dialog between Lebanese blogger Rania el-Masry and Israeli blogger Lisa Goldman (via Lisa). It is sponsored by the BBC. No doubt they picked Lisa because they know that she hails from the Israeli far left. Unfortunately for them, they didn't know that though she's a leftist, she's honest, and doesn't distort or overlook relevant facts. Notice how Rania's arguments sound convincing as long as you don't know the facts. After trying to avoid confrontation, Lisa gives it to her. Her response is so good that I can't let it lie in such an obscure location. I'm reproducing it here in full:

You need to go read it, in full.

Technorati Tags: Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon and Palestinians

2006-09-21T21:39:00.000-07:00

Ocean Guy thinks that as a result of the war with Hezbollah, the Two-State Solution All but Dead

Technorati Tags: Hezbollah and Israel and Palestinians

2006-09-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

From Mere Rhetoric:

Egypt is one disgruntled general away from becoming the most dangerous country on earth

Technorati Tags: Egypt

2006-09-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

During the past year, Letters of Thought has been in at least 2 countries every month.
And he has the pictures to prove it.

Technorati Tags: Jews

2006-09-21T20:26:00.000-07:00

Michael Freund in The Jerusalem Post:

A Bangladeshi Muslim journalist arrested in the past for advocating ties with Israel now faces charges of sedition, a crime punishable by death in Bangladesh, and will likely be put on trial by the end of the month, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Will the media make as big a deal of this as they did of the Pope?

Technorati Tags: Choudhury

2006-09-21T20:18:00.000-07:00

From Byron York

Number two on the Amazon.com bestseller list tonight: "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance," by Noam Chomsky.

That's quite an accomplishment for Mr. Chavez.
After all, how many people who bought the book actually knew what 'hegemony' means?

Technorati Tags: Chavez and Chomsky

2006-09-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

Hat tip: Best of the Web.

So where did the Moslem extremists get the idea to demand that the Pope convert?
Where all the best ideas come from, of course--blogs.

"Under Sharia law, anyone who even indirectly implies that Islam is anything less than 'peachy keen' can only be forgiven once they've been decapitated, disemboweled, and then trampled to death by a herd of unwashed goats. The Pope is probably too much of a bigot to accept such an olive branch, but there is an alternative. He could convert to Islam."--BlameBush.typepad.com, Sept. 17

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Islam

2006-09-21T09:53:00.000-07:00

From the Irish Examiner: UN: Torture in Iraq may be worse now than under Saddam

But this is the UN we are talking about, so check out the last 3 paragraphs of the article, starting with "[the United Nations’ chief anti-torture expert, Manfred] Nowak has yet to make an official visit to Iraq"

Anyone surprised?

Technorati Tags: UN

2006-09-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

Little Green Footballs makes the point clearly:

MSM Completely Ignores Pro-Israel Rally

Astoundingly (or maybe not), yesterday 35,000 people turned out to demonstrate for Israel and against Iran and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

...and not a single mainstream media source carried the story.

One blog--I forget which--made the point that if the rally was anti-Bush or pro-Ahmadinejad, the rally would have been covered.

Technorati Tags: Media Bias and Ahmadinejad and UN

2006-09-20T20:29:00.000-07:00

From the Pope at his General Audience speaking about his remarks made at the University of Regensburg:

I hope that on different occasions during my visit – for instance, in Munich when I stressed how important it is to respect that which is sacred to others – my profound respect for the great religions, and in particular for the Moslems, who "adore the one God" and with whom we are engaged in "defending and promoting together, for all men, social justice, moral values, peace and freedom" (Nostra Aetate, 3) was clearly apparent.

So now Islam is a Religion of Peace?
Only so long as "all men" does not refer to Dhimmis.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Islam

2006-09-20T18:58:00.000-07:00

Cozy Corner has figured out the Moslems' hidden agenda.
The truth is, they don't hate Jews and ~~Moslems~~Christians at all.

After comparing events in Seattle and the Palestinian territories, it becomes clear that there is a different reason entirely.

Technorati Tags: Palestinians and Moslems

2006-09-20T18:55:00.000-07:00

The Colossus of Rhodey says there are 2 faces to Venezuela.
And Chavez is only one of them.

Technorati Tags: Chavez and Venezuela

2006-09-20T18:35:00.000-07:00

Ha-Mikdash notes:
Jerusalem's gay pride parade to be held November 10

Why then? Arutz Sheva:

The gay pride parade will take place after the end of Ramadan, presumably so as not to attract the heightened Islamic wrath and violence that often accompany Ramadan.

Orthodox Jews who are accused of being violent are arrested.
Moslems who go on rampages get tiptoed around.

Is any of the anger of non-religious Israelis towards the Orthodox the result of venting their frustration at their helplessnes in dealing with the Arab mobs?

Technorati Tags: Israeli+Gay Pride Parade and Israel

2006-09-20T18:23:00.000-07:00

Blogger Coverage of today's rally against Ahmadinejad's appearance at the UN:

Atlas Shrugs has video and pictures
Little Green Footballs has a slideshow

Technorati Tags: UN and Ahmadinejad

2006-09-20T18:05:00.000-07:00

New tactic being developed by Palestinian terrorists when surrounded by Israeli soldiers:

Palestinian Terrorists Again Using Children as Shields
There is also a video here

Apparently all those weeks spent jumping through hoops of fire are going for naught.

Technorati Tags: Palestinians and Terrorists and Human Shields

2006-09-20T17:59:00.000-07:00

So where did Moslems first get the idea that they can go on murderous rampages and still expect total respect for themselves and Islam?

Jerusalem Municipality Readies to Ring in Ramadan

Hmmmmmm...

Technorati Tags: Israel and Moslems and Ramadan

2006-09-20T17:47:00.000-07:00

Arutz Sheva reports that a 15-year old Bedouin boy was hit by shrapnel from a Kassam rocket.

Of note:

Arutz-7's Kobi Finkler quotes a senior IDF officer as threatening, "In the end, the terrorists will see that it wasn't worth it for them. The IDF won't hit only the rocket launchers, but also the vicinity around them in a way that no one will know what hit them."

The difference between Palestinian and Israeli rhetoric:

Palestinians tend to follow up threats of violence with...violence.
Israelis tend to follow up threats of violence with:

a. Withdrawal
b. Release of terrorists
c. Promises of more meetings with Abbas
d. Destruction of Jewish homes
e. All of the above

Technorati Tags: Israel and Palestinians and Kassams

2006-09-20T07:05:00.000-07:00

Acording to Gypsy Scholar, a faulty translation of Pope Benedict's German address, done by the Vatican itself, may have helped create the Moslem backlash.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Islam

2006-09-20T06:47:00.000-07:00

From Mona Charen:

Yesterday NPR host Diane Rehm featured a discussion between The Very Reverend David O’Connell, president of Catholic U. and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Prof. of Islamic Studies at George Washington U. Nasr was well-versed in the history of Western Civilization as well as articulate and calm. But according to the segments I heard, he took issue with O’Connell’s description of the violence perpetrated against Christians worldwide following the Pope’s remarks as “unprovoked.” He interjected “But it was provoked.” Diane Rehm equably restated his position (I paraphrase) “So you think words are violence.” He confirmed.

Call me crazy but I’d prefer to be called nasty names to being beaten or beheaded any day of the week. How about you Prof. Nasr?

The problem is that they prefer beheading to dialogue.
After all, why not? So far it's been working very well for them.

Technorati Tags: Islamism

2006-09-20T06:28:00.000-07:00

News flash from Ahmadinejad: Iran's Leader Says U.N. Controlled by U.S., Israel

Yes, and Kofi Annan is in Israel's pocket.

Technorati Tags: Israel and Ahmadinejad and UN

2006-09-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

From Euphoric Reality: Muslims Booted From Amazing Race

And yet no protests, riots, death threats, or demands for conversion!

Yet.

Technorati Tags: Amazing Race

2006-09-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

Bush spoke today at the UN.
Atlas Shrugs thinks he was great.

Find out why.

Technorati Tags: President Bush and UN

2006-09-19T20:26:00.000-07:00

So what would you do if knew that the entire Hamas leadership was sitting together in one house, and all you had to do was press a button...what would you do?

Biur Chametz knows what was done and why.

Technorati Tags: Hamas and Moshe Yaalon and Avi Dichter

2006-09-19T20:10:00.000-07:00

From the no good deed goes unpunished department:

The French President is the first European leader to state publicly that a freeze by Iran is not a precondition for opening talks. The concession to Iran seems to be linked to events in Lebanon, where there had been concern that French soldiers may be targeted by Iran's proxy militia, Hizbollah, over France's previously hardline stance in the nuclear negotiations.

Hat Tip: The Corner

Technorati Tags: France and Hezbollah and Iran

2006-09-19T19:02:00.000-07:00

Is there a difference between the media reaction to the Danish cartoon controversy and Islamist reaction to Pope Benedict?

According to Spiegel:

But the attacks against the pope are especially grotesque. The severe criticism -- often coupled with threats of violence -- directed at the speech held last Tuesday by Benedict XVI is not just an attack on the head of the Catholic Church. The malicious twisting of the pope's words and the absurd allegations made by representatives of Islam represent a frontal attack on open religious and philosophical dialogue.

Maybe somehow people could justify the reaction to the cartoons.
But this time around, it's getting more and more obvious that the reaction is way over the top.

Maybe people are ready to go to the next level after fear--anger.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Islamism

2006-09-19T18:20:00.000-07:00

Looks like Islamist extremists are upping the ante.
Both the son of Khadaffi and Moslem leaders in Gaza are saying that the Pope should convert.

If the Pope's goal was actually to abuse and degrade the religion of others with impunity, I suppose that would make sense.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict

2006-09-19T17:18:00.000-07:00

Via Yahoo:

Iraq's parliament also rejected Benedict's explanation of his remarks, saying it was insufficiently clear. The parliament "demands the pope take practical steps to restore respect to the Islamic world and its religion, and a clear-cut apology for what he said," lawmakers said in a statement read at a press conference.

OK, but if the Moslems themselvses cannot restore Islam's lost respect, how do they expect the Pope to?

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Islam

2006-09-18T21:51:00.000-07:00

In Australia they are reading Moslems the riot act.
Andrew Robb, Howard Government's multicultural spokesman, spoke to a group of 100 imams who speak at Australia's mosques.

"We live in a world of terrorism where evil acts are being regularly perpetrated in the name of your faith," Mr Robb said at the Sydney conference.

"And because it is your faith that is being invoked as justification for these evil acts, it is your problem.

"You can't wish it away, or ignore it, just because it has been caused by others.

"Instead, speak up and condemn terrorism, defend your role in the way of life that we all share here in Australia."

Imagine if the US gave a talk like that to CAIR.
Or if Israel laid down the law to the Arab MK's.

Technorati Tags: Australia and Islam and Islamism

2006-09-18T21:27:00.000-07:00

So who is this Manuel II that Pope Benedict quoted?
Where was he coming from when he said:

"Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."

Here is a rundown by Peter Robinson:

Manuel II Paleologus reigned as emperor of Byzantium from 1391, the year in which he is believed to have composed the text from which the Pope quoted last week, until his death in 1425. A brief overview of his experience of Islam:

1390: Manuel is sent as a hostage to the court of Sultan Bayezid I. As his writings demonstrate, he reads widely in Muslim texts and engages in repeated debates with Muslim scholars. He is also forced to participate in an attack on his own people, the siege of Philadelphia, which eliminated the last Byzantine settlement in Anatolia.

1394-1402: The Ottomans besiege Constantinople. For some five years, Manuel directs the defense of the city in person. Then he entrusts Constantinople to his nephew and embarks on a tour of the West, seeking assistance.

1422: The Ottomans attack Manuel in Constantinople once again.

By the time of his death in 1425, Manuel had spent virtually his entire adult life in the struggle against an armed and expansionist Islam—and in 1453, just over a quarter of a century later, the Ottomans would finally conquer the empire he had defended.

The point? One may certainly argue that Islam had no monopoly on fourteenth and fifteenth century violence—Manuel himself had to resist several attempts by members of his own family to deny him the throne. What one may not, argue, I think, is that Manuel lacked the authority or knowledge to speak about Islam. When he described efforts “to spread by the sword the faith [the Prophet] preached,” he wasn't mouthing some sort of ignorant medieval prejudice. He knew exactly what he was talking about.

Now where do the Imams get the authority to speak about Christianity or Judaism?

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Manuel II

2006-09-18T20:02:00.000-07:00

From Reuters:

Norwegian police said gunshots were fired at a synagogue in Oslo early on Sunday, the national news agency NTB reported.

...The Mosaic Religious Community, which owns the synagogue, had asked for better protection of its property following threats and after the site was vandalised in early August.

Oslo? Oslo??

Now why does that place sound familiar?

Technorati Tags: Oslo and Anti-semitism

2006-09-18T19:35:00.000-07:00

Australia has been a friend and ally of the US. They are not afraid to take a stand.

A man is facing charges for stalking and using a telecommunications device in order to harass or threaten Jews in Brisbane.

Baleboosteh:

It is believed to be the first time in Australia, if not the world, that an individual has been charged with committing an antisemitic offence using SMS technology. The court did not release the exact content of the messages, but they are believed to be of a threatening nature.

Technorati Tags: Australia and Anti-semitism

2006-09-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

Israellycool brings you The First Annual Muslim Protest Awards

Technorati Tags: Moslems

2006-09-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

Shiloh's Musings urges the Pope: Don't Fire the Speech Writers!

Good advice.

The Pope's problems started with a 14th-Century Christian emperor.

I wonder what he did with his speech writers.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict

2006-09-18T17:56:00.000-07:00

Tel-Chai Nation quotes from an article in Arutz Sheva that despite the IDF's assumption that Hamas 'realized' it was in their interest to stop the firing of Kassams into Israel, the rockets keep on coming. Two of three just caused property damage. In Sderot itself, besides damage there was one injury and others were treated for shock

Tel-Chai Nation:

As long as the Hamas is in Gaza, and Islam is the rule there, there will only be more sectarian violence of this sort.

And that could be a long, long time.

Technorati Tags: Israel and Hamas

2006-09-18T17:41:00.000-07:00

The Pope is having a bad week.
First he gives an address that Moslems take offense at.
Then a general apology is issued--but the Moslems want more.
Then the Pope issues a public apology--but he does not seem to have gone far enough.

Some Muslims want to give the Pope helpful advice:

An influential Iranian cleric, Ahmad Khatami, warned that if the Pope did not apologise, the "outcry will continue until he fully regrets his remarks". He suggested "the Pope should fall on his knees in front of a senior Muslim cleric and try to understand Islam".

But while trying to appease the Moslems, the Pope:

...appeared to risk causing fresh controversy during his speech yesterday when he cited a passage from St Paul that risked being interpreted as hostile - not by Muslims, but by Jews. It described the crucifixion of Jesus as a "scandal for the Jews".

When this incident first started, some saw it as a major representative of the West taking a stand.

Now it merely looks like another representative of the West in disarray.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict and Jews and Moslems

2006-09-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

Two articles that just don't seem to mesh very well together:

According to the Associated Press:

Israel offered an incentive to the Islamic militant group [Hamas] Monday, saying it will consider releasing millions of dollars and freeing Palestinian prisoners if the Palestinian government moderates itself and an Israeli soldier captured in June by Hamas-linked militants is freed.

According to Haaretz:

Members of terror organizations who were released from Israeli custody after being defined as not having "blood on their hands" perpetrated 14 terror attacks in the past several years. In them, 132 Israeli civilians were killed and many others were injured, according to a report released over the weekend by the Almagor Terror Victims Association.

At least Israel only said it "would consider" the release.

Technorati Tags: Israel and Hamas

2006-09-18T17:07:00.000-07:00

So the Jerusalem Post reports on Sheikh Raid Salah, head of the Islamic Movement's northern branch. Among other things,

Salah also said that the day "was not far off" that Israeli rule over the Temple Mount would be thrown off, and Jerusalem would become the capital of a new Muslim caliphate.

According to Wikipedia, the caliph is "the title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah or community of Islam".

Even putting aside all the major controversy among Moslems surrounding the re-establishment of the Caliphate, does Salah really believe that the Moslem world would accept the renewed Caliphate in a Palestinian state?

Technorati Tags: Caliph and Caliphate and Sheikh+Raid+Salah

2006-09-18T16:54:00.000-07:00

In today's Best of the Web, James Taranto takes a poke at Dilbert creator Scott Adams who writes in his blog about the Moslem reaction to Pope Benedict's comments. Adams asks:

This is funny on so many levels that I hardly know where to start. But let me begin by saying WHAT THE HELL ARE CHURCHES DOING IN THE WEST BANK?????????

Taranto parries:

Hmm, churches in the place of Jesus' birth. Now that is a puzzlement.

Adams' error is sad on so many levels it is hard to know where to start--especially since he is obviously not alone.

Technorati Tags: West Bank and Pope Benedict and Scott Adams

2006-09-17T23:04:00.000-07:00

WestBankBlog has had enough of the Repentance "Experts".

She's talking about the people who tend to be a little too free with advice about things they really don't know about. There are friends...and then there are friends.

When you have a hard time and need a break, the woman who calls and says "Oh, you poor thing. Tell me all about it (including the juicy details)" sounds like the real friend. But the woman who says, "OK, your kids are going to me after school and are staying the night. What cereal do they like for breakfast?" is really a greater friend, because she is quietly doing what you really need. There are many examples of this if you just take the time to see them.

WestBankBlog in on target about the difference.

Technorati Tags: Repentance and Teshuva

2006-09-17T22:59:00.000-07:00

Soccer Dad is guest-blogging on SerandEz asks What Kind of Blogger Are You?

And he breaks it down into 5 categories:

1) The linker. Instapundit, of course, is the best example of this. Sure he writes commentary. But a lot of his commentary stands because of what he links to (and thus deems important).

2) The essayist. Bloggers like the Gates of Vienna who generally write longish essays anaylzing issues of the day.

3) The storyteller. Treppenwitz is a good example of this. While he may have commentary its usually couched in the form of a story.

4) The quick hit artist. Meryl Yourish (and her co-bloggers) and Mere Rhetoric are very good at this. They take an article (usually no more than a paragraph or two) and add a relevant critique in just a few sentences.

5) The editor. This blogger doesn't write much of his or her own but quotes extensively from articles. Crossing the Rubicon2 is my idea of an editor.

Read the rest to see where you fit in.

Technorati Tags: Blogs.

2006-09-17T22:50:00.000-07:00

Smooth Stone reports the story that took longer than expected to show up:

Senior Syrian government official have accused the US of being behind Tuesday's assault on its own embassy in downtown Damascus.

A Baath party official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told WorldNetDaily, "We in the government are 100 percent sure America was behind this attack, which is not the same as other attacks by Islamic groups."

"which is not the same as other attacks by Islamic groups"

I suppose they wouldn't count 9/11 among those attacks either.
How about Spain and 7/11?
How about England?

Technorati Tags: Syria and US

2006-09-17T22:43:00.000-07:00

Muqata is apparently the target of 116 countries

The "NAM" (Non-Aligned Movement) countries are meeting in Cuba this coming Shabbat for their triennial Nonaligned Movement (NAM) summit.

An Israeli government official was quoted to the Jerusalem Post:

"We expect to be taken to the cleaners, criticized for everything short of breathing," one government official said Wednesday.

As they decided last year, "settlers" are specifically being targeted by these countries, and they call upon their members to refuse entry to Israelis who live beyond the "Green Line" in Israel.

Muqata, ummm, laughs in their general direction.

Technorati tags: Settlers and Green Line

2006-09-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

Judeopundit picks up the story from Iran that Iran launches new 'Youth Police' at start of school year:

A new security organ has been set up to aid police inside schools in Tehran beginning from the start of the new academic year, the chief of police in the Iranian capital announced.

Brigadier General Morteza Tala’i announced the formation of a new “Youth Police” which will be present in schools across the Iranian capital.

I've read elsewhere that there is plenty of unrest in Iran.
Would children be used to spy on their families?

After all, in the Iran-Iraq war, mere children were used to detect mines by walking across suspected minefields.

2006-09-17T22:31:00.000-07:00

Random Thoughts brings The story of a Shi’ite from Lebanon who converted to Judaism

"Avraham Sinai’s story is difficult to understand. Born 42 years ago in a Shi’ite village in eastern Lebanon, today he is an ultra-Orthodox Jew who studies in a yeshiva and is raising his seven children in Safed. On his walls are pictures of rabbis. His oldest son, Haim, served in the Givati brigade. His second daughter will be drafted soon. The younger children play Hizbullah terrorist and “shoot” each other.

Only the pita bread and the labeneh hint at the past of this ultra-Orthodox family from Safed, at its former life in Lebanon in the shadow of the Israel-Hizbullah war. Sinai has published a book about his road from Lebanon to Judaism, A Martyr from Lebanon: Life in the Shadow of Danger.

Do I need to say you should go read the whole story?

Technorati Tags: Avraham Sinai

2006-09-17T22:26:00.000-07:00

Israel Matzav is following the Al Dura trial in France.
In particular, he refers to Nidra Poller's coverage of the trial.

In particular, Poller writes:

What astonished me is that France 2 dared to take someone to court over the al-Dura affair and not come up with a single new argument. Everything that was said in court had been said before. It was and still is utterly beside the point.

If what we saw in court was really the trial, France 2 lost. And will certainly appeal the judgment. The only thing that could tip the balance in their favor would be orders from above.

Or a Moslem riot?

Israel Matzav has more on the trial here too.

Technorati Tags: Al-Dura and France 2

2006-09-17T22:21:00.000-07:00

Greetings From The French Hill is hosting this week's Haveil Havalim #87--Some Chicken Soup For the Brain.

All kinds of good stuff to read from around the JBlogosphere.
Should last you the whole week.

Hmm, Hmm good!

Listed at the Truth Laid Bear Ubercarnival.

Technorati Tags: Blog carnivals, haveil havalim, Israel, Judaism.

2006-09-17T22:13:00.000-07:00

Elder of Ziyon notes the Moslem response to Pope Benedict XVI's address, of which one sentence was found to be offensive:

So far, since Friday, there have been ten different attacks against six churches in the Palestinian Arab territories

The last line of the Pope's address was about the need for dialogue.

Guess they didn't bother to finish reading the whole thing.

Technorati Tags: Pope Benedict, Palestinians

2006-09-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

Boker Tov doesn't think the Pope apologized for his comments last week.

Apparently the Moslems don't either.

The last time we had a contest of wills like this--over the Danish cartoons--the West caved in a big way.

This time around--will things be any different?

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2006-09-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

AbbaGav on The "Death to the Pope for Calling Us Violent" Protests:

But it's not just the Martyrs Brigade exploding (figuratively) in spontaneous, peaceful-ish demonstrations of their anger at the Pope. Even the moderate Islamist organization Hamas -- they're moderates now, right? -- even they're violently peeved with the Pope about this. Peeved enough to shout peaceful, non-violent slogans proclaiming Islam's distaste for any violence perpetrated in its name -- or at least distaste for having such violence criticized

Glad to hear that Christian-Moslem dialogue thing is working for well for them.

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2006-09-17T21:31:00.000-07:00

We all yearn for the kind of ingenuity and courage that Israel showed at Entebbe.

Ynet has a few articles from the anniversary Entebbe.
Including:

An unsung hero: Anniversary of Entebbe is day of mourning, but media rarely mentions four hostages who died
Many youngsters clueless on Entebbe:New survey shows 30 percent of Israelis aged 18 to 22 clueless regarding Entebbe rescue mission
Entebbe's empty nostalgia:The Entebbe rescue was the exception, not the rule, to dealing with hostage crises Amos Carmel says

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2006-09-17T21:16:00.000-07:00

Quote of the Week? Reuters on the Muslim Brotherhood's dissatisfaction with the Popes apology:

The Muslim Brotherhood is a political Islamist group founded in Egypt which has inspired movements across the Arab world.

And what kind of movements have the Moslem Brotherhood inspired?

As stated on its charter and its website, the Muslim Brotherhood seeks to install an Islamic totalitarian empire and a worldwide Caliphate, through stages designed to Islamize targeted nations by whatever means available. Although the Brotherhood itself renounced violence in the 1970s, many of its branches continue to practice violence through terrorism and assassination.

Ah, those kinds of movements.

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