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Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Robert Spencer [whose “Jihad Watch” is featured weekly in HUMAN EVENTS] has been a one-man warning system against radical Islam. A scholar who has spent most of his professional life studying Islam, his string of books dissects the world's largest religion as a bastion of intolerance and hate, justified by the teachings of spiritual leader Mohammed and various holy men. As one of his previous titles, the "Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam," suggests, Spencer does not buckle in fear of the type of backlash that can materialize as a death-threatening fatwa against a critical...

Omar bin Laden: Osama’s Flower-Child Son or al-Qaeda Disinformation Agent? By Michael Scheuer 03/18/2008 - In recent months, 26-year-old Omar bin Laden—Osama bin Laden’s eldest son—has made headlines around the world for marrying a 51-year old British grandmother and sounding like a refugee from 1960s-era San Francisco, urging his father to give peace a chance. With his long braided hair, Omar has traveled across Europe and the United States dressed in a leather jacket and designer jeans, preaching reconciliation between Islam and the West. Generally, the media have treated him as a kind of eccentric—and he may well be. But...

Harems pay off for Muslims (Toronto, Ontario Canada) Mumtaz Ali: "Very liberal-minded country". Hundreds of GTA Muslim men in polygamous marriages -- some with a harem of wives -- are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say. Mumtaz Ali, president of the Canadian Society of Muslims, said wives in polygamous marriages are recognized as spouses under the Ontario Family Law Act, providing they were legally married under Muslim laws abroad. "Polygamy is a regular part of life for many Muslims," Ali said yesterday. "Ontario recognizes religious marriages for...

January 17, 2008 Child Abuse: British Jihad Supporters Using Kids to Incite Terror Earlier today I mentioned that the second edition of The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point's Sentinal magazine had come out. Yeah, I know this is the third time I'm mentioning it, but this is just too depressing to not comment on. Check out this little tidbit from James Brandon's "The Changing Face of Salafi-Jihadi" Movements. He's describing followers of Omar Bakri Mohammed, and seems to be talking about a number of them in the London suburb of Luton, when he writes this (pdf): ...[O]ne mosque has...