ST. PAUL, Minn.—A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, more than two years after he was arrested for telling paid FBI informants that he pledged his allegiance to the ISIS terrorist group and that he wanted to carry out lone wolf attacks in the United States.
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Today in History: Islam Swallows Up the Western World After the Battle of Yarmuk
Today in history, on Aug. 20, 636, arguably the single most consequential battle between Islam and the West took place — that of Yarmuk. Occurring just four years after the Muslim prophet Muhammad had died, not only did the military engagement decide whether the Arabian creed thrives or dies; it became a chief source of inspiration and instruction for jihadis throughout the centuries, right down to the Islamic State. And yet very few in the West are even aware of the Battle of Yarmuk’s existence — much less how it motivates contemporary Islamic terrorists.
Salman Rushdie and the racism of shielding Muslims from offence
Those who want to treat Islam differently to all other faiths see Muslims as lesser citizens.
First the horror, then the silence. It’s been a week since Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in New York, the 33-year-old fatwa finally catching up with him, and the mood is strangely muted. There have been some powerful defences of free speech in the media and statements of solidarity with Rushdie, who is still in a hospital bed nursing life-changing injuries. But in general our political and cultural elites have managed only limp, anodyne or oddly delayed interventions – in Labour leader Keir Starmer’s case it took him a full day to say anything about the attempted murder of a fellow knight of the realm. Meanwhile, the culture warriors – those wont to downplay the threat of Islamist extremism and dismiss free speech as a racists’ charter – are keeping remarkably schtum.
Forget Free Speech: Rushdie’s Fatwa Is Winning
“Salman Rushdie is a champion of free speech, bravely standing up for Western ideals when so many shy away from the fight. If only more people could follow his example, instead of taking the path of appeasement in the name of cultural sensitivity, the long years of murder and mayhem wrought by the Islamists on the West might come to an end… I know all too well the threat Islamism poses. After I came out as an apostate, I was forced into a bubble of protection that still surrounds me to this day. I have 24-hour security. I still receive death threats. My friend, the sweet, vulgar, brilliant Theo Van Gogh was murdered simply for making a film with me. His attacker used a knife to stab a letter into Theo’s chest: it said that I would be next”.
That is how Ayaan Hirsi Ali reacted to the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York.
Father who spied on al-Qaida accuses Edinburgh school of discrimination
One of the UK’s leading private schools is under investigation after being accused of discrimination against the daughter of one of the west’s most important spies, a former al-Qaida bomb-maker credited with saving thousands of lives.
Aimen Dean, who spied for British intelligence inside the terrorist network for eight years, has made a formal complaint against St George’s School in Edinburgh, claiming it singled out his five-year-old daughter because other parents feared he was a security risk.
Dad went public with his undercover work. I can understand the concern of other parents.
The day Sweden will be Islamic – Now Sweden fears being replaced by immigration.
Like a drunkard in the morning, Sweden wakes up to the sad reality.
Swedish Prime Minister (1946-69) Tage Erlander in 1967 declared in response to the racial riots in the slums of Los Angeles that “we Swedes live in such an infinitely happier situation. The population in our country is homogeneous, not only in terms of race, but also in many other aspects ”.
In 1975 the country introduced multiculturalism with Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme rejecting assimilation in favor of policies that encouraged minorities to maintain separate identities. It was part of the famous “freedom” of the Swedes, free to do and undo everything, from the family to the nation.
GOLDSTEIN: How hatred of Israel promotes antisemitism in Canada
In 2021, Jews both in Toronto and across Canada were the most targeted religious group for reported hate crimes.
Jews have good reason to fear racists when it comes to antisemitism, but anti-racists often provide the political cover for such hateful views.
When white supremacists march and chant “the Jews will not replace us” it’s obvious what they mean.
But it’s not substantially different from what an anti-racism expert hired by the federal Heritage Department as a senior consultant for a $133,000 anti-racism project, tweeted prior to being hired.
I believe he was hired because of those views. Our public service unions, universities, and political parties have all been infiltrated. Given the slack cut Mohammedans it’s no surprise. “Islamophobia” is great cover.
Toxic immigration policy combined with the toxins of multiculturalism and diversity have poisoned the Kumbaya Kool-Aid.
Mohammedan sentenced to life in prison for killing 4 Americans
A member of the ISIS terrorist group known as “The Beatles” was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the kidnapping of more than 20 Westerners and the horrific killings of four Americans.
The Islamic fanatic, El Shafee Elsheikh, was convicted in Virginia federal court in April on charges including lethal hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit murder.
The jury concluded Elsheikh — who was born in Sudan and raised in London — conspired to kill four Americans in his role as one of ISIS Beatles.
Salman Rushdie and the dangers of multiculturalism
The British state has inflamed Islamist intolerance.
Last weekend’s vicious knife attack on author Sir Salman Rushdie has reignited debate over how best to defend free speech and literary expression in the face of Islamist intolerance. Yet something that has been largely overlooked in much of the commentary following the attack is how much of this intolerance is coming from within the West, and has been fuelled by government policy – particularly by state multiculturalism.
James Foley’s mother: ‘Four hours with the militant who murdered my son’
Two men who helped murder American journalist James Foley as part of the Islamic State group’s campaign of terror are facing justice in the US. One of them is being sentenced for murder on 19 August. James’s mother sat face-to-face with the other.
It was a cold morning in Virginia last year when Diane Foley sat opposite the man who kidnapped and helped murder her son, looking him fully in the face as they sat in a nondescript room in the courthouse where he would later be sentenced to life in prison.
When she entered the room, Alexanda Kotey was already there, seated amid a flurry of activity and noise from FBI agents and defence lawyers and minders.
How is Biden still doing deal with Iran after assassination bids on US soil?
Many years ago — way back in the 20th Century — there was a thing called the three-strike rule. As readers know, today, a criminal can have a hundred strikes and still be happily walking the streets. Still, although it may no longer work on the streets, I do wonder why the three strike rule can’t apply in foreign affairs.
British ‘Beatle’ El Shafee Elsheikh faces life sentence for role in Islamic State beheadings
A US federal court will today sentence a British-born jihadist to a potential life term for his involvement with a brutal Islamic State terror cell that kidnapped, tortured and beheaded western hostages in Syria.
El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, was convicted by jury in Virginia earlier this year on eight charges related to his role in the notorious gang of British terrorists known by their captives as the Beatles. The jury delivered a unanimous verdict that Elsheikh was part of the hostage-taking gang that beheaded three Americans, two British aid workers and two Japanese men under the Isis regime.
Trudeau Government Anti-Racism Consultant – ‘You know all those loud mouthed bags of human feces, aka the Jewish White Supremacists’
Feds probe ‘disturbing’ tweets by consultant on government-funded anti-racism project
OTTAWA — The federal diversity minister says he’s taking action over “disturbing” tweets by a senior consultant on an anti-racism project that received $133,000 from his department.
Ahmed Hussen has asked Canadian Heritage to “look closely at the situation” after what he called “unacceptable behaviour” by Laith Marouf, a senior consultant involved in the government-funded project to combat racism in broadcasting.
This was no accident.
Biden Administration and Iran Empowering Rushdie’s Attackers
Iran’s proxies and loyalists are threatening to murder renowned Lebanese media personality Dima Sadek because she dared to criticize the stabbing of Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York last week.
Since the stabbing attack, Sadek has been subjected to a campaign of incitement and threats of murder and rape through social media posts and text messages sent to her personal phone number.
Status of Global War against Terrorism
As we approach 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, one year since Joe Biden’s disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, and following shortly after a drone strike that killed al-Qaeda terrorist leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, it makes sense to ask: What is the status of the global war on terror that started in the immediate aftermath of 9/11? Is this so-called war over, and is the United States safe?