Islamism and the silence of the ‘progressives’

Islamism and the silence of the ‘progressives’

The German state cannot fairly be accused of inattention when it came to Abdul Ballout. It had been observing him for the better part of a decade. It had convicted him three times and had, by the start of July, arrived at an assessment of his character that turned out to be entirely accurate. The counsellors of the deradicalisation programme into which a Berlin court had released him in May had logged their misgivings, concluded that his cooperation was a performance, and set about drafting a recommendation that he be removed from their books. They were still drafting that recommendation on Saturday 25 July, when the 21-year-old drove a white van into the closing party of Christopher Street Day, a part of Berlin’s Pride season, a few hundred yards from the Brandenburg Gate. He killed one person and injured 29 others, and then proceeded to set about the survivors with a machete.

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Full-face veils banned in Portugal after president signs ‘burqa law’

Full-face veils banned in Portugal after president signs ‘burqa law’

Portuguese President António José Seguro has officially signed into law a bill banning face-concealing attire in public spaces, with the move seen targeting the full-face Islamic veils like the burqa and niqab.

Addressing the national debate, President Seguro framed the decision around human interaction, stating: “The face should be considered a central element of human identity and communication.”

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Who Needs Islam?

Who Needs Islam?

Short answer: Nobody.

Long answer: Not only does nobody need it, but the world would be better without it. Nowhere does Islam touch that doesn’t get worse. Nowhere does Islam conquer that doesn’t leave its inhabitants more oppressed. Nowhere does Islam “flourish” that doesn’t witness a new dark age in terms of freedom, education, and human progress. And nowhere does Islam reign that doesn’t unleash the darkest impulses of man’s insatiable desire for power.

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FBI arrests woman over alleged plot to bomb New York capitol building

FBI arrests woman over alleged plot to bomb New York capitol building

The FBI has arrested a New York woman who was allegedly planning to bomb the state capitol building in Albany to kill lawmakers.

Prosecutors allege that Jessica Bowie, 35, had previously pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (IS). She is charged with providing material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organisation.

Bowie had “repeatedly surveilled the building” in advance, and was carrying a fake bomb and a defective gun, which had been supplied to her by undercover agents, prosecutors said.

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Two Afghan migrants ‘raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl on a train from Kent to London’

Two Afghan migrants ‘raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl on a train from Kent to London’

Two Afghan migrants raped and assaulted a 14-year-old girl on a London-bound train, a court heard.

Baryalai Rahimi, 25, and Mirebadurahman Sadat, 29, allegedly attacked the teenager on a service from Sturry to London Bridge on February 5.

Rahimi, of Southall in west London, and Sadat, of Cricklewood in north west London, denied all ten charges against them at an earlier hearing.

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The Islamic Republic of NYC

The Islamic Republic of NYC

Twenty-five years ago, America was attacked on its own soil, a first since 1812. A new generation of voters never directly experienced the horrors of that once-in-a-lifetime experience, played out on TV screens like a Hollywood horror movie.

Lessons have been learned in the years since. But not by all Americans, particularly many New Yorkers.

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Halifax Man Ali Assakereh Faces New Charge After Allegedly Threatening To Bomb US Consulate

Halifax Man Ali Assakereh Faces New Charge After Allegedly Threatening To Bomb US Consulate

Federal prosecutors have laid a new charge against the Halifax man accused of making a bomb threat against the United States Consulate in the city earlier this month.

A Crown lawyer confirmed in court on Aug. 18 that federal prosecutors had charged Ali Assakereh, 54, of Halifax, with threatening an internationally protected person.

The charge is under the Criminal Code provision covering threats involving internationally protected persons and their official premises.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes aim at Muslim washing stations in airports

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes aim at Muslim washing stations in airports

HOUSTON — For years, travelers passing through Texas’s two biggest airports have had access to small washing stations for a ritual called wudu, in which Muslims clean their hands, arms, head and feet before the five daily prayers.

Such facilities have become more common in states with the largest Muslim populations, including Texas, where on Wednesday travelers and others popped in and out of washing stations at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The tiled wudu room sits along an airport hall just past a vending machine, with a small sign showing a draped person kneeling.


No accommodation for the cult.

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Sydney council rejects controversial bid to broadcast Muslim call to prayer from Australia’s largest mosque after huge backlash

Sydney council rejects controversial bid to broadcast Muslim call to prayer from Australia’s largest mosque after huge backlash

A Western Sydney council has rejected an application to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from a mosque over concerns it would create too much noise in the neighbourhood.

Canterbury-Bankstown Council rejected the proposal, which sought permission for the call to prayer to be broadcast at Australia’s largest mosque.

Lakemba Mosque in NSW had requested permission for the broadcast to take place once a week on Fridays for 15 minutes using four loudspeakers.


More guts than Canada.

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El-Sayed Oversaw Animal ‘Slaughterhouse,’ and This Is Not Just a Story About Killing Dogs

El-Sayed Oversaw Animal ‘Slaughterhouse,’ and This Is Not Just a Story About Killing Dogs

From 2015 to 2017, the socialist Muslim Senate candidate from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed, was executive director and health officer of the Detroit Health Department. In that capacity, he was in charge of Detroit’s Animal Control operation at a time when that department was engaged in some highly questionable activities. El-Sayed has boasted about how he “rebuilt the animal control system,” but he actually seems to have left a wide swath of destruction in his wake. And this is not just a story about the ethical treatment of animals.

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We need to talk about Afghan sex offenders

We need to talk about Afghan sex offenders

For many years, it has been tantamount to racism to draw any connection between foreign nationals and criminal offending in the UK. But case after case shows that there is a connection, and that it is becoming stronger. This is particularly true when it comes to male immigrants from Afghanistan committing sexual offences.

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