Blogging at Islamist Watch XIV

Attempts to whitewash jihad continue apace, a leader of the Muslim Alliance in North America is killed in a shootout with the FBI, and government officials and Muslim leaders respond -- ineptly -- to the Fort Hood massacre. These stories and others are featured in the latest collection of Islamist Watch blog posts:

PC-Free Thoughts on the Muslim Response to Fort Hood

Government's Fort Hood Follies

Multicultural Crime Blotter: Male Medics, Police Touch Muslim Women

2012: Rated D for Dhimmitude

Five Years After Van Gogh's Murder, Free Speech Is Under Attack

Imam Killed in FBI Shootout Sat on Board of Muslim Lobby Group MANA

Smiley-Face Definitions of 'Jihad' Grow Ever More Comical

Test-Driving the ImHalal 'Islamic' Search Engine

Blogging at Islamist Watch XIII

The New York City Council votes to close schools for Muslim holidays, a summer's worth of burqini controversies erupt across Europe, and Great Britain fights back against the scourge of honor killings. It's another information-packed assemblage of Islamist Watch blog posts:

Getting Serious About Honor Violence in the UK

Some Holy Books Are More Equal Than Others

Non-Muslims Join the Ramadan Fast

Why Islamists Accuse Moderate Muslims of Apostasy

Burqinis Stir Troubled Waters in Public Swimming Pools

Western Dhimmitude: Voluntary vs. Involuntary

Muslims Are Not Monolithic

Should Public Schools Close for Muslim Holidays?

The Islamist Who Served on the Electoral College

The title of my new article, online today at Pajamas Media, says it all: "The Islamist Who Served on the Electoral College" profiles the work and musings of Jafar "Jeff" Siddiqui, an activist from Washington State who cast one of Barack Obama's 365 electoral votes on December 15, 2008. Where might he turn up next?

Blogging at Islamist Watch XII

Tensions between gays and Islamists flare up in Europe, ISNA is annointed the U.S. government's new go-to lobby group, and prisons bend over backwards to placate jailed Muslims. These and other thought-provoking stories are covered at the Islamist Watch blog:

Sonia Sotomayor and the Future of Anti-Islamist Speech

Islam in Prison: Inmates Running the Asylum

Multiculturalism and the Case of the Unwanted Hello

ISNA Becomes the New Belle of the Islamist Ball

BBC: Television for Dhimmis

Hijab Bullies Want Everyone to Cover Up

Europe Pushes Back Against Female Genital Mutilation

Can Muslims and Gays Coexist in Europe?

Blogging at Islamist Watch XI

Warring Sunni and Shiite biker gangs do battle in Australia, an Episcopal priest is defrocked for embracing Islam, and radical D.C.-area preacher Abdul Alim Musa gets banned by the UK. It's been another busy spring at the Islamist Watch blog:

'Punk the FBI' Imam Abdul Alim Musa Gets Punked by Britain

A Tale of Two Shari'a Finance Articles

New Honor Killings Follow Same Old Template

Hijabs, Niqabs, and the Bounds of Accommodation

Very Different Clergymen, Very Different Departures

Glimmers of Hope in Great Britain

Islamist Groups Keep 'Punking' the FBI

Islamic Sectarian Feuds Come to the West

Meet Your New Neighbors: Islamic Radicals from Gitmo

Reports indicate that the Obama administration plans not only to release a group of Chinese jihadists currently held at Guantanamo Bay, but to settle them in American communities. In "Meet Your New Neighbors: Islamic Radicals from Gitmo," which is online today at Pajamas Media, I address the obvious question: what could possibly go wrong here?

Blogging at Islamist Watch X

Dutch MP Geert Wilders gets hauled into court for criticizing Islam, the FBI (finally) cuts some ties with CAIR, and Britain's first halal Domino's Pizza debuts in Birmingham. These stories and many others are dissected at the Islamist Watch blog:

Fayetteville Observer Climbs into Bed with CAIR

Changing Names to Placate Muslims

Austrian Students Get Lessons in Hate

Some Perspective on Eateries Going Halal

Modern Segregation Has an Islamist Face

CAIR's Problems Start to Snowball

War on Anti-Islamist Speech Heats Up

A Post-Inaugural Prayer, Courtesy of Islamists

'Mumbai Scenario' Shakes Up the Torture Debate

November's jihadist assault on Mumbai exhibits many similarities to the ticking time bomb, a thought experiment designed to support the use of torture during extreme national security crises. "'Mumbai Scenario' Shakes Up the Torture Debate," my new article at Pajamas Media, describes how last year's terror attack challenges those who advocate an unqualified ban on coercive interrogation.

Blogging at Islamist Watch IX

Free speech suffers another blow at the United Nations, a British school pushes Christmas aside for Eid, and allegedly secular France is exposed as a leading patron of mosques. These stories and many more are covered in recent posts at the Islamist Watch blog:

Associated Press Shills for Shari'a Banking

Famously Secular France Now Finances Mosques

Islamists Dream of Apartheid Down Under

One Law for All Campaign: Anti-Shari'a or Anti-Religion?

Christmas, a Season for Accommodating Islam

At Whitemoor Prison, Common Sense Remains in Lockup

Euphemisms No Match for Radical Islam

UN, Saudis Conspire to Stifle Free Speech

Government Policies Stifle Talk of Islam

No war has ever been won without understanding the nature of the enemy -- and the war against Muslim radicals will not be the first. In "Government Policies Stifle Talk of Islam," online today at Pajamas Media, I document our leaders' reluctance to speak openly about the role of religion in the current conflict, from the days after 9/11, to the many lows of the past few years, and finally to hints of a backlash against politically correct language.