Category Archives: The Quiet War

JAKARTA — “A machete-wielding mob of Muslims on Sunday attacked the home of a minority sect leader in central Indonesia, killing three and wounding six others, police and witnesses said. Local police chief Lt. Col. Alex Fauzy Rasyad said about … Continue reading →

“A Coptic church in the Egyptian town of Rafah bordering the Gaza Strip was in flames on Saturday (local time), with witnesses reporting a blast. Witnesses said they saw flames coming out of the Mar Girgis church in Rafah after … Continue reading →

“Several terrorists involved in attacks or attempted plots in the U.S., Sweden, Denmark and Norway over the last two years have had links to Britain, or British-based clerics. “If we are to defeat this threat, I believe it’s time to … Continue reading →

“Europe must stamp out intolerance of Western values within its own Muslim communities and far-right groups if it is to defeat the roots of terrorism, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday. Cameron told the annual Munich Security Conference that … Continue reading →

“PHOENIX — A woman who survived being run over by a Jeep driven by an Iraqi immigrant testified in his murder trial Thursday that he ignored her screams for him to stop as he sped across a parking lot toward … Continue reading →

by Captain H: “If Egypt gets democracy, will the Copts be included?” “Hmmm…more likely the Copts will learn how they say “pogrom” in Egypt. The best case scenario the Copts could hope for is that they’d have an environment like … Continue reading →

“News of a massacre of two Christian Coptic families by Islamists just emerged from Upper Egypt with the return of the Internet connections after a week of Internet blackout by the Egyptian regime. The massacre took place on Sunday, January … Continue reading →

“JAKARTA — Prosecutors have formally charged Indonesia’s best-known radical cleric with planning terrorist attacks, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death. Abu Bakar Bashir, the 72-year-old spiritual head of the al-Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah network, also was charged with … Continue reading →

LAHORE — Hard-line Islamic leaders on Sunday rallied at least 15,000 people against an American official arrested in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis and warned the government not to cave in to U.S. pressure to release the man. Sunday’s … Continue reading →