Posts Tagged ‘Al Qaeda’

Why Do Non-Muslim Liberals Claim Al Qaeda and Taliban Are Islam ‘Sorting Itself Out’

In Afghanistan, History, Iran, Iraq, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, War, pakistan, religion on 2 March 2010 tagged Abu Ghraib, Adbusters, Al Qaeda, Christianity, CodePink, Evangelical, fatwa, Foreign Policy, Fundamentalism, George W. Bush, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Haiti, Liberal, Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri, taliban, terrorism, terrorist, Vatican with Comments

In the past two months, I have found myself in discussion with non-Muslims from prominent Liberal groups (Code Pink, Brave New Films, and Adbusters among them) who argued that the Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorist groups, who have murdered eights times more Muslims than non-Muslims, are somehow just a part of the evolution of Islam.
One [...]

Can Mullah Omar Be Negotiated With?

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, War, india, pakistan on 29 January 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Brigadier Sultan Tarar, CNN, Colonel Imam, Dawn.com, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, ISI, McClatchy, Mullah Omar, Secretary of State, taliban with Comments

Hamid Karzai first spoke of negotiations with Mullah Omar in November 2008. Now, as the Afghan government is once again renewing its efforts to negotiate with the Taliban the question of Mullah Omar once again reared its head.
As there is a large chasm between a strategy of a bottom-up abandonment of the Taliban or [...]

Obama’s State of the Union Mentions of Afghanistan and the Power of his Words

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, citizenship, fame on 27 January 2010 tagged #SOTU, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Hussein Obama, CNN, Congress, Marines, NATO, State of the Union, taliban with Comments

For the first time since his speech at West Point Military Academy on December 01, 2009, United States President Barack Hussein Obama addressed the American public and Congress about Afghanistan as part of his inaugural State of the Union address.
The President mentioned Afghanistan a total of 4 times throughout the entirety of the speech. [...]

Expensive Booze, Afghan Representatives, and the Taliban

In Afghanistan, Crime, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, citizenship on 19 January 2010 tagged Absolut Vodka, Al Qaeda, Alcohol, Johnny Walker, KabulPress, Sharia, Sharia Law, taliban, The Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations with Comments

KabulPress recently made public a series of receipts for alcohol delivered to the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in New York.
Yes, this is more proof of the hypocrisy of the leaders and representatives of ‘Muslim’ nations, but KabulPress thinks this could be a slight to the people of Afghanistan.
Moreso than the money [...]

Saudi Royal Court Sheikh Joining Al Qaeda is Apostasy

In Crime, History, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, religion on 11 January 2010 tagged Al Qaeda, Haram, hura council, Okaz, Saudi Gazette, Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Bin Nasser Al-Obeikan, takfeeri, takfir, Yemen with Comments

A Sheikh advising the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia has called affiliation with Al Qaeda an act of apostasy. Sheikh Abdul Mohsen Bin Nasser Al Obeikan, who is a member of Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council has also spoken out in the past against crimes committed by Muslims that he says ‘provoke disorder and seek [...]