Standing Up To Terror

Boy, those TV people are nervy, aren’t they? I mean, this year’s Super Bowl featured a man and woman simulating sexual intercourse on an airplane, and a 12-year-old girl discussed married sex with her mother. Takes guts, doesn’t it?

And the newspapers—they’re just incredible, huh? The New York Times has risked its neck by revealing that the Bush Administration has been monitoring overseas phone calls. Stogy old Commentary is comparing this to the isolationist Herald Tribune printing a story in 1942 telling the Japanese we had broken their code. Those neoconservative loonies think the Times ought to be prosecuted for divulging secrets in wartime! Well, it’s a different world, brother! Our press today will go to jail en masse rather than give up freedom of speech!

And Hollywood, aren’t they the same? Every Academy Award nomination for best picture tackles some red-hot controversy—homosexuality, racism, the Israeli response to terror, McCarthyism. Why, that must be the fourth movie on McCarthyism in the last decade! As one letter to The Daily News commented, “If King Kong had been gay, he would have been nominated, too.”

Well, yes there is. It turns out not a single TV network and only two newspapers—the New York Sun and the Philadelphia Inquirer—have dared publish the dozen Danish cartoons that have set off riots around the world. Even the New York Press, which once ran a whole column in which a writer described removing a boil from his scrotum, has chickened out. Four staff members quit in protest last week after the top brass backed down.

Whence this newfound humility? Well, everybody’s mumbling something about “respect for religion” and “not wanting to offend anybody,” but the real reason is transparent. They’re scared to death. Publishing portraits of rock stars posing as Jesus or putting naked movie stars on the cover of Vanity Fair—that’s all in a day's work. Only a bunch of hillbillies down in Arkansas will be offended. But publishing a cartoon of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban—now that’s serious. Somebody might start throwing rocks or set off a bomb in the office. Best to duck our heads on this one. Trading brickbats with government officials is one thing; doing something risky is quite another.

My question is, what’s the difference? Nothing we say or do will make Muslims like us any better. Islam has been beating down the door of Western Civilization since the time of Charlemagne. They conquered Spain, took Constantinople in 1453, besieged Vienna in 1529 and again in 1683. The Turks blew up the Parthenon in 1687 and fighting between Greeks and Turks continued into this century. The Balkans became the “powder keg of Europe” once the Turks invaded.

And it isn’t just us. Islam is at war with every civilization on its borders. They’re fighting with India, with China, with African tribes in Sudan. Nor do Muslims ever stop fighting among themselves. The whole history of Islam is a story of a group of dissidents going out into the desert, deciding the religion practiced by the elites was not the “true Islam,” and crashing back upon the cities to seize power. The word “assassins” comes from a Persian cult whose members drugged themselves with hashish before carrying out suicide attacks. The Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda are just the latest of a long, long line.

Islam is a culture that has never learned to curb male violence. All it can do is export it.

So what can we poor Americans to do except hold another “Multicultural Appreciation Day?” Here’s what I would suggest.

In order to put some backbone in the press for the trials ahead, let’s pick a day—I nominate February 28^th, two weeks from today—in which every newspaper in America and every TV news station in America will display the offending cartoons. For the faint-hearted there’ll be safety in numbers. It will inform the public and restore our self-respect. It certainly won’t ingratiate us with world of Islam, but what’s the difference? At least they’ll know they’re facing a united front.

When the Germans overran Denmark during World War II, they immediately announced that all Jews must wear the yellow star. Instead of cowering in their homes, every man, woman and child in the country donned a yellow star, including the King of Denmark. It seems only fitting that we return the favor.

And if you’re planning to bomb The American Enterprise offices in retaliation for this column, please don’t bother. I hardly ever set foot in the place. I live at 430 4^th Street in Brooklyn, right around the corner from the ice cream storeowner who was just sentenced to 18 years for smuggling $11 million to terrorists in the Middle East and two doors up from a fireman who was killed on September 11^th. I’m home every day.

ON THE NET...

AMERICAN THINKER.com: "APPEASEMENT UNTO DEATH" by Vasko Kohlmayer (February 18, 2006)

THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE.org: "STANDING UP TO TERROR" by William Tucker (February 13, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "TURKISH REPORTER ATTACKED BY CARTOON MOB" (February 18, 2006)

TURKS.US: "JOURNALIST STONED FOR NOT WEARING A HEAD-SCARF" (February 12, 2006)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Maiduguri, Nigeria - "15 DEAD IN NIGERIAN MUSLIM PROTESTS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings" (February 18, 2006)

PERSECUTION.org (COMPASS): Abuja, Nigeria - "STATE IN NIGERIA ACCUSED OF SEEKING TO TRAIN JIHADISTS Government accuses Kano of trying to turn vigilantes into parallel police force" by Obed Minchakpu (February 17, 2006)

PERSECUTION.org: "NIGERIA"

INTELLIGENCE-SUMMIT.blogspot.com (ISN SECURITY WATCH): "NIGERIAN MILITANTS DECLARE OIL WAR" (February 17, 2006)

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - TRAVEL WARNING: "NIGERIA"

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tripoli, Libya - "10 KILLED IN LIBYAN CARTOON RIOTS" (February 18, 2006)

NEWSMAX.com: "CLERIC OFFERS $1M CARTOON FATWAH BOUNTY" with Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com staff (February 17, 2006)

CNS NEWS.com: 'PRINTING CARTOONS LIKE SHOUTING 'FIRE,' SAYS RELIGIOUS LEADER" by Monisha Bansal (February 17, 2006)

"www.novatv.nl/index.cfm?ln=nl&fuseaction=artikelen.details&achtergrond_id=8350&CFID=2735238&CFTOKEN=57221010"

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "CARTOON JIHAD IN NEW YORK" (February 17, 2006)

"CARTOON DANISH PROTEST - A photoset on Flickr" -Created by El Marco ("February 17, 2006 in front of the Danish Consulate near the United Nations in New York")

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "'Responsible editors must be punished'" (February 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "'Allah's wrath is on its way'" (February 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "'Islam will dominate'" (February 18, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: New York - "JIHAD AT GROUND ZERO" (February 7, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CLINTON IN PAKISTAN: CONVICT CARTOON PUBLISHERS Says press should not be allowed to criticize other faiths" (February 17, 2006)

TERROR TRACKER.co.uk: "ONLINE JIHAD FUELS ANGER" -posted by Neil Doyle (February 16, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "ANOTHER PROTEST LED BY DANISH IMAM AHMED ABU LABAN" (February 16, 2006)

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Google - Search Term: "alqa3edah"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CARTOONS, LIES AND FAKE SUBMISSIONS" by Sharon Lapkin (February 15, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "THE ISLAMISTS' WAR ON THE INTERNET" (February 15, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN AND SYRIA'S HOLY PARTNERSHIP IN THE CARTOON JIHAD" (February 15, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA: LITTLE COURAGE AND LITTLE HONESTY" -Commentary by Dennis Prager (February 14, 2006)

AGAPE PRESS: "COMPARING ISLAMIC FASCISTS TO CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES" -Commentary by Rev. Mark H. Creech (February 13, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "NEXT, THEY CAME FOR KFC" by Michelle Malkin (February 14, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HOW THE CARTOON PROTESTS HARM MUSLIMS" by Daniel Pipes (February 14, 2006)

OFF-TOPIC-INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (TIMES ONLINE.co.uk): "THE BREWING BACKLASH AGAINST THE MUSLIM BACKLASH AGAINST CARTOONS AND OTHER IMAGINED INSULTS Public anger at Muslim Protesters" (February 14, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org: "MUJAHIDEEN CONSIDER CARTOON CRISIS A MOMENT TO RE-DEFINE ISLAM..." by Stephen Ulph (February 14, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org: "...AND SET COURSE OF ACTION AGAINST DENMARK" by Stephen Ulph (February 14, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ISLAMIST HACKER SITE MOVES TO DALLAS" (February 14, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ISLAMIST HACKER SITE 3ASFH.NET/.COM - DOWN" (February 8, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HOW THE BROTHERS ATTACKED THE WEBSITE OF JYLLANDS-POSTEN." (February 7, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "SEATTTLE-AREA WEBSITE FOR GIRLS CLUB HACKED BY ANGRY MUSLIMS AND NOBODY CARES (edited)" (February 13, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "CARTOON ROW: IMAGE OF CROSS PRINTED ON FOOTBALL (SOCCER BALL) PATCHES IN PAKISTAN" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 14, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "TWO KILLED AS PROTESTS OVER CARTOONS IN PAKISTAN TURN VIOLENT" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 14, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "ANTI-CHRISTIAN AND ANTI-SEMITIC BOOKS ON DISPLAY AT CAIRO INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR: LAWSUIT PENDING" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 13, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Islamabad, Pakistan - "CALL FOR ANTI-CARTOONS RALLIES IN PAKISTAN ON MARCH 3" by Sheraz Khurram Khan (February 12, 2006)

"www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/02/010188print.html" (February 12, 2006)

BRAIN-TERMINAL.com: "SHARIA LAW COMES WEST" -Column by Evan Coyne Maloney (February 13, 2006)

BRAIN-TERMINAL.com: "FREEDOM IS THE ENEMY" -Column by Evan Coyne Maloney (February 13, 2006)

WTOP.com (AP): Philadelphia - "MUSLIMS PROTEST DRAWING IN PHILLY PAPER" (February 11, 2006)

OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (WeeklyStandard.com): "THE CARTOON JIHAD - THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PROJECT FOR DOMINATING THE WEST" by Olivier Guitta (February 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK TIMES): "CARTOON RAGE PLANNED AT OIC MEETING" (February 10, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "REBORN EXTREMIST SECT HAD KEY ROLE IN LONDON PROTEST" (February 11, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (YNET NEWS): "BRITISH MUSLIM GROUP DECLARES NEW JIHAD" (January 9, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "BRITISH MUSLIMS CALL FOR LAWS TO PROTECT MUHAMMAD, AND PROTEST DANISH CARTOONS" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 10, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "THE WAR ON THE FREE PRESS The Cartoon Jihadists are winning..." (February 9, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "MUSLIM NEWSPAPER RAN CARTOONS 4 MONTHS AGO No outrage when Egyptian publication headlined drawings on Ramadan cover" (February 9, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "THE CARTOON INTIFADA" -Commentary by Clifford D. May (February 9, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): Kandahar, Afghanistan - "TALEBAN SAY 100 ENLIST FOR SUICIDE ATTACKS OVER CARTOONS" (February 9, 2006)

DAILY TIMES.com.pk: Islamabad - "TALIBAN OFFER 100kg GOLD FOR KILLING CARTOONIST" (February 9, 2006)

MEMRITV.org - Video Clip No. 1032 - Transcript: "HIZBULLAH SECRETARY-GENERAL HASSAN NASRALLAH: BUSH AND CONDOLEEZZA RICE SHOULD SHUT UP. WE WILL DEFEND OUR PROPHET WITH OUR BLOOD" (February 9, 2006)

MEMRITV.org

FOX NEWS.com (AP): " RICE: SYRIA, IRAN INFLAMED VIOLENCE" (February 8, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "IRANIAN PAPER PLANS HOLOCAUST CARTOONS" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 8, 2006)

TOWNHALL.com: "CALVIN AND HOBBES -- AND MUHAMMAD" -Commentary by Ann Coulter (February 8, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1089 "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi Responds to Cartoons of Prophet Muhammad: Whoever is Angered and Does Not Rage in Anger is a Jackass - We are Not a Nation of Jackasses" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In a February 3, 2006 Friday sermon, Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, who is head of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, president of the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS), and the spiritual guide of many other Islamist organizations across the world (including the Muslim Brotherhood), exhorted worshippers to show rage to the world over the Danish paper Jylland Posten's publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The sermon was aired on Qatar TV on February 3, 2006.") (February 9, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "U.N., EU TO APOLOGIZE TO ISLAM FOR CARTOONS" (February 8, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS, FREE SPEECH RIGHTS UNDER PRESSURE FROM RADICAL ISLAM Intimidation factor is real following riots and death threats" by Mark Ellis (February 7, 2006)

Off-Topic.INTERNET-HAGANAH.COM: "YEAH, THAT'S A PAROLE VIOLATION...(February 7, 2006)

News.BBC.co.uk: "CARTOON PROTESTER WAS DRUG DEALER" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A Muslim demonstrator who imitated a suicide bomber in London to protest over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad is a convicted drug dealer. Omar Khayam, 22, of Bedford, was jailed in 2002 and released on licence last year after serving half of his sentence for dealing heroin and cocaine.") (Last updated February 7, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "'MUHAMMAD CARTOON' PROVED FAKE Imam added 3 especially provocative images to fuel outrage" (February 8, 2006)

MilitantIslamMonitor (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "MUSLIMS CLERICS WHO 'DIALOUGED' WITH DANES WENT TO MIDDLE EAST TO INCITE VIOLENCE WITH FAKED MOHAMMED CARTOONS" (February 7, 2006)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1087: "HAMAS LEADER KHALED MASH'AL AT A DAMASCUS MOSQUE: THE NATION OF ISLAM WILL SIT AT THE THONE OF THE WORLD AND THE WEST WILL BE FULL OF REMORSE - WHEN IT'S TOO LATE" (February 7, 2006)

TrackingAlQueda.blogspot.com: "FEBRUARY 13, 2006 THE NEW EMBASSY BURNING DAY" (February 7, 2006)

TrackingAlQueda.com: "2/10/2006 - Embassy Burning Day" (February 4, 2006)

"www.mohajroon.com/vb"

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "INTERNET MUJAHIDEEN REFINE ELECTRONIC WARFARE TACTICS" by Stephen Ulph (February 7, 2006)

DANIELPIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "CARTOONS AND ISLAMIC IMPERIALISM" by Daniel Pipes (February 7, 2006)

DANIELPIPES.org (NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE): "THE CLASH TO END ALL CLASHES? Making sense of the cartoon jihad" by Daniel Pipes (February 7, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net - Title: "ARE VIOLENT PROTESTS AGAINST ANTI-PROPHET CARTOON ACCEPTABLE?" (February 7, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs - Weblog (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "RADICAL CLERIC: CARTOONIST SHOULD BE EXECUTED" (February 6, 2006)

Google - News Search: "OMAR BAKRI [Mohammed]"

JIHAD WATCH.org (SA via News24.com): "'We swear to God, if we catch one of their citizens in Iraq, we will cut him to pieces, to take revenge for prophet'" (February 6, 2006)

JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "IRANIAN PAPER RUNS HOLOCAUST CONTEST" (Updated February 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (ABC.net.au): "TWO KILLED IN AFGHAN ANTI-CARTOON PROTEST" (February 6, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "TURKEY: CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOT, KILLED BY ASSAILANT SHOUTING 'ALLAHU AKBAR'" (February 6, 2006)

OnlineJihad.blogspot.com: "ITALIAN PRIEST KILLED IN TURKEY - No Apology from Turkish Prime Minister" (February 5, 2006)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: Beirut - "SYRIA SEEN AS INSTIGATOR" (February 7, 2006)

GlobalPolitician.com: "BEIRUT MOB TORCHES CONSULATE" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 6, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog - (TheAge.com.au): "CARTOON JIHAD IN NEW ZEALAND" (February 5, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN" (February 5, 2006)

IslamOnline.net - Views and Analyses: "CARTOONS OF THE PROPHET: A PITFALL TRAP" by Dal Nun Strong, Freelance Writer - UK (February 5, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MORE LIES FROM DANISH IMAMS" (February 4, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "IT IS NOT A 'ROW'" (February 4, 2006)

ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "ISLAMIC ANGER AGAINST PUBLICATION OF CARTOONS GROWS Dishonor Muhammad and Risk Execution" by Jeremy Reynalds (February 4, 2006)

AS-SAWAH.com: "The Ruling on the One Who Insults the Prophet of Allah" -posted by "terrorthreat" on February 2, 2006

JIHAD WATCH.org (BBC): "NORWEGIAN EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS TORCHED ALSO" (February 4, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "DANISH EMBASSY IN DAMASCUS ABLAZE" (February 4, 2006)

BBC NEWS.co.uk: "TWO JORDAN EDITORS ARE ARRESTED" (February 4, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "E-CFR.ORG: CURRENT SITE OF THE 'EUROPEAN' COUNCIL FOR FATWA AND RESEARCH" (February 4, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'you have started it, you are nurturing it and don't blame the muslims for their actions'" (February 4, 2006)

AFTENPOSTEN.no/english: "NORWAY USED AS TERROR BASE Islamic extremists are using Norway as a base for terrorist operations overseas, but the head of Norway's security police claims they're being watched." (February 3, 2006)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "'THE WAR IS ON'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Yesterday (Thursday) Mullah Krekar, the alleged leader of the Islamist group Ansar al-Islam who has been living in Norway as a refugee since 1991, said that the publication of the Muhammad cartoons was a declaration of war. "The war has begun," he told Norwegian journalists. Mr Krekar said Muslims in Norway are preparing to fight. "It does not matter if the governments of Norway and Denmark apologize, the war is on.") (February 3, 2006)

AFTENPOSTEN.no/english: Aftenposten.no - Search Term: "KREKAR"

Google - Search Term: "KREKAR"

TrackingAlQaeda.blogspot.com: "EUROPEAN SITES HACKED BY MUSLIMS OUTRAGED OVER CARTOONS" (February 3, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "IN THEIR OWN WORDS" (February 3, 2006)

MICHELLE MALKIN.com: "THE 'INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ANGER'" (February 3, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (THESUN.co.uk): "'I love Al-Qaida' -- On London Baby's Bonnet" (February 4, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "'We Want Blood on the Streets of England'"(February 3, 2006)

alghurabaa.co.uk: "Kill those who insult the Prophet Muhammad (saw)"

INFOVLAD.net: "BOYCOTTING DANISH PRODUCTS GOES ON" (February 3, 2006)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "MUSLIMS AGAINST THE CARTOON JIHAD" by Kamal Nawash (February 3, 2006)

ISLAMONLINE.net: Cairo - "WARNINGS CARTOONS RISK VIOLENCE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by a Danish daily and other European newspapers are risking to trigger acts of violence around the world, officials and commentators warn.") (February 2, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "FABRICATED CARTOONS WORSENED DANISH CONTROVERSY" (February 2, 2006)

DAVIDS MEDIENKRITIK - blog: "WITH DENMARK: United Against Islamic Intolerance Time to Stand Up to Islama-Bullying: BUY DANISH!"

DAVIDS MEDIENKRITIK - blog: "DANISH CARTOONS: GERMAN JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION SAYS 'NO'...MAKE THAT 'YES'" (February 1, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "MUJAHIDEEN ARMY CALLS UPON FIGHTERS TO ATTACK DENMARK AND NORWAY" (January 31, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "FATWA AGAINST DANISH TROOPS" (January 31, 2006)

THE COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG: "DANISH LEFTIST GROUP OPENLY FUNDING TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" -Posted by Olivier Guitta (January 29, 2006)

TrackingAlQueda.blogspot.com: "MUSLIMS BEGIN PING FLOOD AGAINST JYLLANDS-POSTEN" (January 29, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE DANISH THREAT This latest threat from the 'Glory Brigades in Northern Europe' targets Denmark" (January 28, 2006)

"www.internet-haganah.com/hmedia/28jan06-denmark/index.htm" (January 28, 2006

TrackingAlQueda.blogspot.com: "Denmark is next - BOLO Denmark!!!" (January 27, 2006)

LittleGreenFootballs.com - Weblog: "The Cartoon Jihad" (January 27, 2006)

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BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "JIHAD AGAINST DANISH NEWSPAPER" - from the desk of Paul Belien (October 22, 2005)

BRUSSELS JOURNAL.com: "OUR LADY OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES" -from the Desk of Paul Belien (September 22, 2005)

INFOVLAD.net: "NEXT TARGET - DENMARK?" (October 15, 2005)

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