Understandable (?)

(turn on sarcasm meters) - I mean, they do have an obligation to throw a big wedding bash for friends and family - shooting them for not doing so only seems fair! (reset sarcasm meters)

Riots over Lego Depiction of Jesus

Riots, threats, violence - this has it all

Well, not really. But it isn't hard to imagine if the circumstances were different.

And a Lego Jesus beats the heck out of seeing an image on a ceiling or a muffin.

IMHO

The Der Spiegel interview with Ahmadinejad

Here is the actual interview of Ahmadinejad from Der Speigel

Ahmadinejad wants badly to meet the mystical 12th Imam - personally, it would not bother me if he went (by himself) on an all-expenses paid trip, the sooner the better.

Column from Jerusalem Post

When you're talking missiles, the world can become a small place in a hurry - maybe people will sit up and take notice once they understand that Europe, Asia and North America are vulnerable.

A person who I took to have pretty good inside info once told me that the easiest thing about missile development is making it go further - the hard part is making it go boom when and where you want. So yet again, Israel is the canary in the coal mine.

Say it ain't so!

A bomb factory under a mosque - couldn't be....and uncovered by the Palestinian Authority no less.

Hezbollah's at it again

Maybe Nasrallah's plan will backfire and he will have provoked Egypt - either way, (the victorious?) leader of Hezbollah may want to stay underground and out of sight for an awfully long time...or risk lead poisoning......

Worrisome Articles

Here are three admittedly alarming articles by Melanie Philips, Cliff Thier and Stuart Schwartz.

One can say that they are the canaries in the coal-mine, or that they are Chicken Little prophets of doom - but I think that the articles need to be read and considered. (The reader comment debate under the Philips article is very interesting).

It worries me to see how the interpretation of anti-Semitism, the Shoah and Israel can shift gradually and gradually until it is entirely changed, by which time it may be too late. Whether or not one likes the historical comparison, look how the Nazis gradually and gradually pushed Jews to the edges of German society before embarking on the extermination phase of the Shoah - the preparation was extremely important, especially with respect to the German population at large.

Naturally - it's Jewish Conspiracy!!

Last week brought us this terrible story from Pakistan. But now everything is clear - it's Jewish conspiracy

There are so many things to call this post

How about - "Bitter Irony"? Or "What Goes Around, Comes Around"? There are others that are more tasteless, but I will skip them.

In any event, the Taliban have threatened to execute a Canadian female convert to Islam - who runs a controversial pro-Islamic web magazine. See also - Ottawa Citizen article

When you go to some of the worst areas on earth, do not be surprised if bad stuff happens. And please do not be surprised if Canada does not do anything to rescue you.

The Devil is in the Detail

Not that I condone the defamation of a religion - any religion - (which by the way is separate and distinct from legitimate criticism of a religion), but The Economist has an important piece on why freedom of speech must include the right to do so.

The young face of radical Islam

Each and every day, this type of hate is on television - targeted at the youngest and most vulnerable.

If Hamas and Fatah and Hezbollah were really interested in peace, wouldn't they be showing something else? How can the Israelis ever expect to make peace with that type of leadership?

Israelis long for life - the Palestinian leadership wants their people to long for death.

Absolutely tragic.

Radical Islam rears its ugly head

The latest from Afghanistan - kowtowing to the "powerful Shia minority" - does not bode well, and makes a mockery of the incredible sacrifices of Canadian soldiers (and others) who have fought and died to liberate Afghanistan from the repressive Taliban regime, and then protect it from the insurgency.

Fatwa du jour

...and this is from the chief cleric of the Palestinian Authority - supposedly Israel's partner in peace. Wow.

This gives me no pleasure

I get absolutely no joy from linking to this story - but I think that it is essential to see because it clearly illustrates the depths of the hatred that has to be contended with.

Just think - a very young girl has already had such terribly negative teachings about Jews and Christians drilled into her head.

And I have to wonder what all the apologists for this kind of behavior (Muslim or otherwise) have to say about it.

Teaching Hatred

Another example of a radical Muslim cleric teaching hate - noteworthy not for its message (though it always is "interesting" to see what new depths of hatred these radical clerics can sink to), but because it was broadcast on al-Jazeera (Arab), which obviously did not object to spreading this irrational hatred (nor has it apparently ever objected - these stories and the supporting video clips are distressingly easy to find on the Net - especially on a site like YouTube).

I'm sorry - I find it hard to believe that this type of stuff does not in some way find its way over to al-Jazeera (English). And I simply cannot imagine Israeli TV ever permitting this type of material to be broadcast, nor would I ever advocate it.

So it seems that the result is that a young child's mind, (and no doubt many, many others), has been poisoned - making even the concept of talking peace with Israel ever more distant.