{"id":3490,"date":"2010-11-18T21:10:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-19T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2010-11-18T23:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T05:24:00","slug":"this-week-in-jihad-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=3490","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Jihad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jihad waits for no man, so here&#8217;s another roundup of news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It takes very <i>special<\/i> skills to take someone with a sworn confession of involvement in the murder of 224 people, and to bungle the prosecution so badly that you&#8217;re only able to convict him on one count of conspiracy. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/Holder-ignored-risks-of-civilian-terror-trials-1613252-109080009.html\">But Eric Holder and the Obama Justice Department are just that special.<\/a>\n<li>North Korea is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5gy3vpYmk1in5zUFOdhv3rwIT2sXQ?docId=CNG.3f938ef96f6b5a8c4bf9e1526f474c0c.d01\">reportedly<\/a> &#8220;supplying banned nuclear and ballistic equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar. Well, isn&#8217;t that just lovely?\n<li>The story of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/news\/2010\/nov\/13\/muslim-who-shot-solider-arkansas-says-he-wanted-ca\/\">Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, born Carlos Leon Bledsoe, a native-born jihadi who killed a U.S. solider at a recruiting station in Little Rock.<\/a>\n<li>&#8220;Feminist&#8221; scholar Lila Abu-Lughod says that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phyllis-chesler.com\/900\/feminist-politics-islamic-misogyny\">honor killings are a consequence of Western colonialism<\/a>, and that burqas are not at all oppressive to women. Sounds like the type of feminist that would be right at home at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=2744\">WisCon<\/a>.\n<li> Judges rules that no, cops didn&#8217;t violate a Somali&#8217;s families rights when <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/localnews\/2013460609_khatraid18m.html\">refusing to let them put on hajibs during a drug bust.<\/a> (Whether our time and money is best spent arresting people for possession of khat is a topic for another time&#8230;)\n<li>Secretary of State Clinton complains that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/2010\/11\/state-dept-criticizes-europe-for-defending-its-culture-and-civilizational-identity.html\">Europe isn&#8217;t accommodating enough to the Religion of Peace.<\/a> That would be the same Clinton that would be required to wear a burqa in Iran or Saudi Arabia, not the Clinton that could legally have multiple wives; him I figure could get used to it&#8230;\n<li>UK student: Support the troops! His Islamic classmates: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1330517\/Facebook-death-threats-5-Muslim-boys-white-girl-excluded-school.html#ixzz15a5UDLI4\">Support the troops and we will kill you.<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jihadwatch.org\/2010\/11\/cnn-whitewashes-islams-death-penalty-for-blasphemy.html\">&#8220;The scholars are unanimously agreed that a Muslim who insults the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) becomes a kaafir and an apostate who is to be executed.&#8221;<\/a>\n<li>Saudi Arabia and India <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thememriblog.org\/blog_personal\/en\/32129.htm\">stepping up military cooperation<\/a>. Hmmm&#8230;.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1334109\/\"><b>Quest for Honor<\/b><\/a> is a new documentary by Mary Ann Smothers Bruni about the quest to eradicate honor killings in Kurdistan. It seems to be getting <a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.latimes.com\/awards\/2010\/11\/academy-announces-the-15-movies-on-its-short-list-for-the-2010-best-documentary-award.html\">a bit of Oscar buzz<\/a>.\n<li>And researching that, I came across this site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stophonourkillings.com\/\">http:\/\/www.stophonourkillings.com\/<\/a>, which I hope to take a closer look at when I have more time.\n<li>Toy pig pulled from toy farm because&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/toy-pig-pulled-from-farm-set-on-religious-grounds-2135467.html\">well, you can probably guess.<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(Hat tips: Jihadwatch, MEMRI, Michael Totten, etc.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jihad waits for no man, so here&#8217;s another roundup of news: It takes very special skills to take someone with a sworn confession of involvement in the murder of 224 people, and to bungle the prosecution so badly that you&#8217;re only able to convict him on one count of conspiracy. 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