Islamist Watch: Islamists Gone Wild, MSM Can’t Be Bothered

Ladies and gentlemen, the world’s Islamists have gone wild:

– Israel Matzav (h/t Atlas Shrugs) brings us the chilling news that Hamas has begun disinterring the bodies of Christians in the Gaza Strip. Why? “They pollute the earth.”

– At a seminar on domestic violence, a Saudi judge declared that it’s a-okay for Muslim men to slap their wives for spending too much while they’re shopping. We fully expect that the National Organization for Women (NOW) will respond as forcefully to this as it did to President Obama’s exclusion of women from his basketball games.

– Gateway Pundit reports that the Iranian theocracy is cracking down on Tehran University students who burned photos of the late Ayatollah Khomeini.

– Atlas Shrugs reports that Islamist terror group the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (yes, MILF — but not the good kind) attacked a jail in the Philippines and freed at least 31 prisoners.

– A male adulterer was stoned to death (h/t GayandRight) by Islamist rebels in Somalia. But don’t feel too bad for him; he was 48 and the girl he was committing adultery with was only 15. She received 100 lashes, even though in civilized sorry, imperialist societies this “adultery” would have been considered statutory rape.

– Writing for Family Security Matters (h/t The Two Malcontents), Margaret Hemenway draws our attention to the connections between the Department of Defense’s Muslim chaplaincy program and Islamist terrorism. Islamists have infiltrated our armed forces.

– The Jewish Internet Defense Force (along with many others) brings us the news that a Muslim attacker bit Rabbi Dov Gruzman’s finger off after he presided over a public menorah lighting for Chanukah in Vienna, Austria. As JIDF notes, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that a Muslim attacker would bite someone’s finger off since the Qur’an told him to do it.

Sadly, we know already that we won’t hear much about any of this from the mainstream media. Sure, maybe a blurb here and there — but compare any sparse coverage of Islamists gone wild to Tigergate and you’ll see where their priorities lie. Besides, the emboldening of global Islamism and the explosion of Islamist violence doesn’t fit the narrative of the Peace Prize Presidency.

The Malcontents Miss the Mark

Just saw a post at The Two Malcontents that caught my eye. It’s a brief analysis of a story about a Muslim American soldier, Staff Sgt. Azhar Sher, who would prefer to live off base for the comfort of his traditional Muslim family. Because his extended family is traditional and wears traditional garb, Sher thinks it would be better for everyone involved if they are not on base. The Army disagrees and insists that it respects the diversity of soldiers and their families.

The Malcontents are worried, seeing this as a sign similar to the alleged Fort Hood terrorist’s red flags which were ignored over and over again. At one point it seems that Sher is saying the United States is at war with Muslim culture, and that is indeed a problematic statement that Sher should explain. At another point the Malcontents take issue with the phrase “allegedly committed” to refer to the acts of terrorism at Fort Hood.

On this latter point I think there’s been a misunderstanding. The phrase “allegedly committed” is not directly attributed to Sher. Rather, I think the reporter is using the phrase — as journalists usually do — to avoid a presumption of guilt and to avoid a possible defamation lawsuit should the alleged terrorist be found not guilty. This is standard practice among journalists, and I doubt very much that Sher used the phrase “allegedly committed” himself.

I’m all for caution. It’s worse than shameful that the warning signs that should have led military and government leadership to investigate the alleged Fort Hood terrorist were pushed under the rug, apparently in the name of political correctness. But we shouldn’t turn caution into a McCarthyesque witch hunt.

There are Muslims in our armed services who love America and are fighting for freedom every day. Somebody needs to ask Sher if he thinks America is at war with Muslim culture or if he misspoke, but I think the Malcontents’ conclusion here — “I wouldn’t trust him whether on the battle field or off” — is thus far unwarranted. Asking questions is one thing and I’m all for doing that. But let’s not jump too quickly to conclusions about those who are serving in the armed forces.