Pedophilia in Peshawar

Mega-feh.

Iran Negotiations are Bearing Fruit--for Iran

Thanks for the rotten apples, Barack.

Dubai Produces World's First Halal Wine

Just think of it as grape juice--with pretensions:

CAIRO – Responding to demands of the Gulf Emirate luxurious residents, a Dubai company has announced the launch of the world’s first ever “halal” fizzing wine that includes a “24-carat edible gold leaf” with zero alcohol.

Lussory Gold is “an alcohol-removed halal sparkling wine” – and that the gold leaf “rises and falls in rhythm with the wine’s bubbles,” Lootah Premium Foods was quoted by Emirates 24/7 newspaper.

The wine, from the vineyards of La Mancha, Spain, is “made in the exact same way as regular wine or champagne,” the food and drink firm said.

“Lussory is a 100 per cent halal product with 0.0 per cent alcohol content.”

Islam takes an uncompromising stand in prohibiting intoxicants. It forbids Muslims from drinking or even selling alcohol...

The world would be far better off if Islam permitted believers a glass or two of Shiraz now and then. It might go a long way to obviating a far more dangerous intoxicant: fanatical, supremacist religious teachings.

Thousands Turn Out for Rally Against Anti-Semitism in London

Nice to see signs that the U.K. isn't going down without a fight:

More than 4,500 protesters filled the street outside the Royal Courts of Justice to hear speakers including the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.

The crowd cheered Rabbi Mirvis, and passing taxis displayed Israeli flags in support as he took to the podium. 

Marking the last day of his first year in office, he told the gathering: “"I would never have believed a year ago I would be standing here expressing my deep concern about the rise of antisemtism in the UK. 

"“We are right to be concerned. We see it, we hear it, and we feel it. It is there. 

“"Last week I went to Israel and I stood at the graves of the three teenagers who were brutally murdered. 

“"Little did we realise when they were killed the great suffering, turmoil and pain that would follow. 

“"Little did we realise then that antisemitism would reach high levels around the world.”" 

He warned: “"We know from our history that antisemitism can be translated into tragic consequences, not just for Jewish people but for all of society."

If only he had stopped there. Alas, he could not, and for reasons of "balance" and political correctness felt the need to at least pay lip service to a fatuous concept:

He also called for an end to Islamophobia, and persecution of all minorities.

I would have been more impressed if he'd had the berries to call for an end to the jihad, the one that targets Jews in particular and kafirs in general.

Update: Why ‘Islamophobia’ in Europe cannot be equated with anti-Semitism, either in nature or degree

The Definition of Bonkers

John Kerry and Tzipi Livni are eager to restart those Peace-In-Our-Time talks.



Kerry and Livni--two of a kind.



Protocol of the Elder of the PA: He Says Hamas's Meshaal Is Untrustworthy

Evidence that the Hamas-Fatah partnership is on shaky ground:

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is reported to have complained to the emir of Qatar during their recent meetings in Doha about Hamas’s attempt to stage a coup against his regime in the West Bank.

The Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar published on Monday what it said was the protocol of the meeting between Abbas and the emir, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was invited to join the meeting at a later stage.

The protocol quotes Abbas as telling the emir that Hamas has been working to foil and bring down the PA ever since its establishment.

“(Former PLO leader Yasser) Arafat invited them (Hamas) to join the Palestinian Authority and the 1996 elections, but they refused and said that democracy is forbidden because it is the rule of the people, while we want the rule of sharia,” Abbas was quoted as saying. “They issue fatwas (religious decrees) as they like and use religion to serve their interests.”

Abbas said – according to the protocol – that each time he meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, the latter tells him that Mashaal is a “liar.”...

The prototypical alliance of convenience. I give it a week or two--tops--before it breaks down for good.

Paul Wells of Maclean's Asks: "What's Behind the Tories' Obsession With Justin Trudeau?"

Well, Paul, off the top of my head I think it has something to do with the fear that Justin, a pretty boy with the brains of a titmouse, will become our next prime minister and do to Canada what Obama has done to the U.S.

That's just off the top of my head, mind you.


The titmouse and Justin Trudeau--two of a kind.

The CLC's "Palestine" Map Leaves No Room for Israel

The Canadian Labour Congress, whose members are taking part in today's Labour Day Parade, has an "interesting" map of "Palestine" on its site. It looks like this.

Funnily enough, were you to dress it up with an Arafatesque checkered pattern it would look a lot like this:



Update: Here's how the CLC rolls:

The CLC reiterates its position adopted at the November 15, 2011 Canadian Council meeting which states that “there can be no lasting peace without the implementation of international law” which entails: ending the occupation of Palestinian territories as per UN resolutions 242 and 338, ending the blockade on Gaza, and implementing the International Court of Justice decision by dismantling the Separation Wall.

What about calling for the demilitarization of Gaza? And Hamas knocking it off with the rocket lobbing and the tunnel construction? And renouncing the genocidal intentions articulated in its Charter? 

What about that, Zion-loathing unionists?

A Zola-Like "J'Accuse" in The Telegraph: Jew-Hate (Zionhass) Is NOT Acceptable

Mick Davis writes:

The right to protest is treasured in all democracies. It is a right which should be fiercely protected from the sometimes malign forces of the powerful and the elite. It is a right to be nurtured and guarded by the passionate embrace of ordinary citizens, who are conscious of its affirming power.  

But the protests I have seen in recent weeks over the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas have filled me with dread. Banners attacking the legitimacy of Israel, chants of accusation of massacre and genocide and flagrant abuse of Jews and Israelis, are not the stuff of acceptable protest but the actions of bigots determined to demonise a democracy and its people. They have scant regard for the existential dilemmas Israelis face, nor the true nature of Hamas.  

 It is not acceptable to constantly single out Israel for unrestrained and uncritical condemnation without any acknowledgement of the disproportionate role that Israel has played amongst the Community of Nations in building a more prosperous and fairer world. Nor is it acceptable to march constantly against Israel while being silent on the horrors playing out in the Middle East and North Africa every day by purveyors of terror and evil.  

It is not all of the protesters, nor even a majority. But the malignant minority are not upbraided for their behaviour nor are they criticised or in any way held to account.  

It is not acceptable that the political discourse in this country allows a tragic and complex conflict to be reduced to the banality of domestic political infighting and a sordid grab for votes. Lord Prescott chose to lecture the Jewish people about not learning the lessons of the Holocaust? The Jews well understand the lessons of the Holocaust: that their faith in society to protect their rights and lives was catastrophically misplaced in wartime Europe, and that it is a mistake that will not be made again...

Oh, I dunno. I think there are plenty of Euro-Jews on/of the left who are counting on their rights and lives to be saved. Meanwhile, authorities who are terrified of the growing population of Jew-despising Muslims are more than willing to allow the angry haters to vilify the Jews.

Interfaith Doofus Wants Us To Stop Referring to "Moderate" Muslims Because Doing So Empowers "Islamophobia"

Silly me. I thought it made excuses for Islam's doctrines of jihad and supremacism.

Just goes to show what I know.

Nathan Lean, on the other hand (loved you in La Cage aux Folles, Nate), who's the Research Director at Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (which, tellingly, excludes the Jews), finds the "moderate" word most "troubling":

The idea of a “moderate Islam” or “moderate Muslim” is intellectually lazy because it carves the world up into two camps: the “good” Muslims and the “bad” Muslims, as Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani has noted...Until proven good, or in this case “moderate,” all Muslims are perceived as “bad,” or potentially extreme. We certainly don’t spend our time searching out “moderate” Christians or Jews, but rather reckon that the Westboro Baptists, Jewish Defense League, and others are aberrations. And sure, Muslims give us plenty of bad examples, but it’s our own fault if we allow those examples to constipate our ability to perform basic logic.

"Constipate": what an odd--and dare one say offensive and anally retentive--way to put it.

But how would Lean characterize, say, ISIS and Hamas? Would he call them "good" Muslims (because they follow to the letter the commands in Islam's holy texts to fight the infidel and spread the one true faith)? And are we, non-interfaithy kafirs, not allowed to say they're bad even though they do demonstrably bad things--like, say, slicing off people's heads and turning toddlers into rocket fodder? Or would Lean see that, too, as a function of our "Islamophobia"?

As it happens, I'm not so hot on the "moderate" label either. Oh, not because it sets up a "false" dichotomy between "good" and "bad" Muslims, but because it is not at all accurate. There are many different kinds of Muslims. Some of them go in for that jihad/supremacism business; some do not. I think that instead of focusing on labels like "moderate" and "radical/extremist," we should look at what's inspiring so many Muslims to behave in harmful and savage ways. Because unless we are free to talk about that, we might as well all say "Uncle!" right now.

The word that's really troubling, of course, is "Islamophobia." It is intellectually lazy because it carves up the world into two camps: the "good" infidels who accept the problematic aspects of Islam and problematic actions of Muslims without cavil, and the "bad" infidels (some of whom are mentioned by name in Nate's screed) who rail against "jihad is the way, sharia is the goal" (which, by no coincidence, is the motto of the folks--the MuBros--who coined the term "Islamophobia" in the first place).

Update: FYI, the full and proper name of Nate's employer is "The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding."

Funny how the New Republic left out the first part of the title, no?

Update: Discover the Networks has a write-up on Nate's employer.

Update: Oooo, scary:

WITH THE RISE OF “stealth jihad,” “creeping Sharia,” “Islamofascism,” and “terror babies” in places like “The United States of Islamica,” “Eurabia,” and “Londonistan,” who wouldn’t be scared?

Fear sells and the Islamophobia Industry — a right-wing cadre of intellectual hucksters, bloggers, politicians, pundits, and religious leaders — knows that all too well. For years they have labored behind the scenes to convince their compatriots that Muslims are the enemy, exhuming the ghosts of 9/11 and dangling them before the eyes of horrified populations for great fortune and fame.

Their plan has worked.

Bwahahahaha!

Update: Poor David Cameron. He's such an "Islamophobe."

The Month's Nutty Crescent Int'l Magazine Cover

This is how zany local Khomeinist Zafar Bangansh and the Ayatollah's other minions here in the West think--that the Joooos are behind 9/11 and are on the verge of unleashing another attack just like it. Also--that they're so demonically powerful that Obama heeds their commands. (Now, that's funny!) Aren't you glad that we've let so many of these lovely people into Canada so they can seethe and rage at Queen's Park each year as per the Ayatollah's orders?



Update: A riddle: How many zany Khomeinists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Answer: However many you can get to show up at Queen's Park on Al Quds Day, so that you can blame the Zionists for stealing all the bulbs and making you languish in the dark.