Muslim women run for local office, aim for White House

Sara al-Farhan at Northwestern conveniently doesn’t mention Project M’s ties to Hamas-linked CAIR, or the Hamas links in the Bridgeview area. via Arab Muslim women embrace rewards and challenges of running for local office. Running for public office is not something that women are encouraged to do in male-dominated Arab Muslim culture. But five of [...]

Nat’l Intelligence Director: Hard to point to specific agenda of Muslim Brotherhood

The “largely secular” Muslim Brotherhood that is. Replacing Carter Clapper is long overdue. via AFP: US spy chiefs grilled over Muslim Brotherhood. WASHINGTON — Top US intelligence officials faced tough questions from lawmakers Wednesday over Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, acknowledging the spy agencies lack certainty on the opposition group’s views. The intelligence chiefs struggled to answer [...]

Somali Pirate Gets 34 Years for Maersk Hijacking

via Courthouse News Service. MANHATTAN (CN) – A federal judge tearfully read victims letters on Wednesday before sentencing Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse to 405 months in a federal prison, the maximum penalty the law allowed, for leading the April 8, 2009, hijackings of the Maersk Alabama container ship in the Indian Ocean. U.S. District Judge Loretta [...]

‘Palestinian’ fatwa: Permissible to Kill Jews and Christians, They are Not Innocent

Religion of peace? via MEMRI, Leader of Palestinian Salafi-Jihadi Group: It Is Permissible to Kill Jewish and Christian Civilians In Jihad, Since They Are ‘Fundamentally Not Innocent’. Following are excerpts from the fatwa: “Our shari’a forbids killing innocent people, be they Muslims or infidels… However, in the course of a jihad operation, mistakes can always [...]

Egyptian cabbie drives into San Diego crowd, injuring 36

A lot not being told about this story, via Driver’s taxi permit at risk after Stingaree crash – SignOnSanDiego.com. SAN DIEGO — The investigation into the taxi cab crash that left 36 people injured outside a Gaslamp Quarter nightclub continued Tuesday and will likely take at least two weeks to complete, San Diego police said. [...]

Muslim GOP activist asks mom to quit Hamas-linked CAIR

via WorldNetDaily, Muslim GOP activist asks mom to quit CAIR. A Republican activist outed last month as a radical Muslim Brotherhood supporter now says he will ask his mother to step down from a top post she holds at a Muslim Brotherhood front group. Suhail A. Khan, whose late father helped found the secret Muslim [...]

CBS News’ Lara Logan Brutally Raped by Egyptian Democracy Seekers

via CBS News’ Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests – 60 Minutes – CBS News. On Friday, Feb. 11, the day Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a “60 Minutes” story when she and her team and their security were surrounded [...]

Boulder, CO Muslims planning $700,000 new mosque

A bigger mosque, to better segregate the women. via Boulder County Muslims raising $700,000 to build new mosque – Boulder Daily Camera. Women have to wait until the 1:10 p.m. prayer session on Fridays because the prayers an hour earlier barely accommodate the men that come to worship. Parking at the center, which is located [...]

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Mosque school arrest following UK documentary

Update, via Mosque school arrest following Channel 4 documentary | UK news | The Guardian. Police have arrested a man concerning alleged assaults on children at a mosque after viewing a Channel 4 documentary screened on Monday. Dispatches, Lessons in Hate and Violence, secretly filmed a man apparently hitting and kicking children during Qu’ran lessons [...]

Beatings and hatred in British Islamic schools (video)

Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence – Part 1 Video