Category: Islam & Terrorism

When is it OK to wage “Jihad”?

Halfway through an innocuous article about an unusual Saudi programme to “rehabilitate” jihadis, the Director of the Care Rehabilitation Center, Sheik Ahmed Hamid Jelan lets his guard slip. The excerpt (from the TIME magazine...

The Counterjihad Calendar for 2008

Baron Bodissey has just released “The Counterjihad Calendar for 2008” – a result of “four months of (hard) work”. “The purpose of the calendar is twofold: 1.   To enhance a sense of community among the...

Islam’s “uncomfortable truths”

From last week’s The Australian, a great commentary on some of the issues that Islam needs to face up to, by Tanveer Ahmed in Sydney: Islam must face its uncomfortable truths Excerpts (emphasis mine):...

Wish our PM had said that…

Excerpts from a column by British PM Tony Blair in the Sunday Times recently (May 27, 2007) (emphasis mine): “The absconding of three people on control orders because of suspicion of their involvement in...