The Rifqa Bary Columbus Court House Rally: An eyewitness account

By Jerry Gordon | 11/20/09

Alan Kornman, a colleague and leader in the ACT! for America Orlando chapter and Radio Jihad co-host, spoke with us about what transpired at the Rally for Rifqa on Monday, November 16th. The rally went ahead as scheduled despite the adjournment until December 27th of a custody hearing involving Rifqa Bary.  This report basically questioned the figures of those who attended and content of the Columbus Dispatch Report we ... read more »

Nonie Darwish muzzled by Muslim Intimidation and Dhimmitude at Princeton

By Jerry Gordon | 11/20/09

I was stunned to find out that out colleague, Nonie Darwish, co-founder of Former Muslims United  had events at both Columbia and Princeton cancelled at the last moment this week. This was on the heels of her appearance at the Columbus, Ohio, Rifqa Bary Rally, and virtually, as she told me by phone this morning, while flying to New York for both events.  The reason is taqiyyah on the part of Campus Imams and dhimmitude displayed... read more »

Saudis Funded US military conversion to Islam

By Jerry Gordon | 11/17/09

According to the  World Tribune , a report by former Israel Intelligence officer Gal Luft, unveiled  a "generously  funded"  Saudi  Da'wa (conversion) progam aimed at US military who may have become home grown Jihadi candidates. The Luft report noted: .....that Saudi Arabia spent millions of dollars in its effort to convert U.S. soldiers to Islam. The analyst said the campaign by Riyad began during the... read more »

Rubin: "Why I Murdered 13 American Soldiers at Fort Hood: Nidal Hassan Explains It All to You"

By Jerry Gordon | 11/16/09

Professor Barry Rubin  of the GLORIA Center in Israel posted on his blog Rubin Reports this exposition of Major Hasan's lecture at Walter Reed Hospital explaining why as a devout Muslim he was compelled to commit Jihad. It was a foretelling that  Hasan was going to launch a terrorist attack when he delivered the Power Point lecture, "The Koranic World View as it Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military"  in 2007. We... read more »

Another Somali Honor Killing?

By Jerry Gordon | 11/16/09

Ann Corcoran of Refugee Resettlement Watch was sent a report which could be about a possible Honor Killing.  The husband of the victim was accused of being a statutory rapist.  Last Thursday, the mother of six children, 49 year old Halimo Ahmed of Kansas City was found dead in her bedroom from what looked like foul play. According to a KMBC report, the family resided in a predominately Somali neighborhood. The KMBC ... read more »

Minneapolis terrorist ringleader caught with US green card in Holland

By Jerry Gordon | 11/15/09

We noted in a recent post  the arrest in Holland of an alleged ringleader who recruited 20 Minneapolis Somali émigré youths to become Jihadis for  Al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab in Somalia .  As we reported six of the recruits have been killed, including at least one suicide bomber and two coup de grace type executions by al Shabaab. A New English Review article, “Foot Soldiers of Islam”... read more »

Minnesota Somali community “heartbroken” over arrest in Holland of alleged terrorist recruitment ringleader

By Jerry Gordon | 11/15/09

Our colleague, Ann Corcoran at Refugee Resettlement Watch spotted this local Rochester, Minnesota  Post-Bulletin Report about the local Somali émigré community reaction to the apprehension in The Netherlands of alleged Al Shabaab recruitment ringleader, Mohamud Said Omar. See our previous post on this story here. Apparently, both the family of Omar and the local Somali community are “heartbroken.” The... read more »

How “Atomic Opps!” paved the way for Iran’s Nuclear Bomb program

By Jerry Gordon | 11/10/09

Amir Taheri had an op ed, “Atomic Opps! “ in the New York Post on the diplomatic duplicity that the “ 5+1” including the US fell for that left Iran gloating. That was the alleged acceptance by of a deal that involved sending low level enriched uranium to Russia to reach sufficient levels for France to produce nuclear fuel rods for reactors back in Iran. Sounds like a Rube Goldberg scenario and it is. Note what... read more »

More on the Fort Morgan, Colorado Somali Murder Case: the gag order has been lifted and bail set

By Jerry Gordon | 11/09/09

Our colleague Ann Corcoran of the blog Refugee Resettlement Watch has a post on the lifting of the court gag order in the wake of the arrest of Somali émigré Ahmed Abdi, a resident of Greeley, Colorado, an employee of meat packer JBS Swift USA, for the stabbing murder of a Somali woman, Warsan Aden, an employee of meatpacker Cargill, Inc. in Fort Morgan.  We had posted on this when the story broke as the murder raises... read more »

Sri Lankan Death Threat against Rifqa Bary: “The Christian Bitch must die.”

By Jerry Gordon | 11/07/09

When we posted “What Should be the Message at the Rifqa Bary Rally in Ohio?” , we noted why the Ohio Juvenile court should grant the dependency petition at the November 16th hearing: to secure her safety by remaining in the US. The petition before the court is for dependency, because Rifqa fears being sent home to her family. Her fears reflect a history of abuse, of being taken back to Sri Lanka... read more »