Has anyone else seen this story? The Saudis are actually going to execute a woman for the crime of witchcraft. From the BBC,
The illiterate woman was detained by religious police in 2005 and allegedly beaten and forced to fingerprint a confession that she could not read.
Among her accusers was a man who alleged she made [...]

While reading through the recent archives of Memri I came across a couple of noteworthy columns. In the first, Saudi columnist Thuraya Al-Shihri writing in the London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, criticized Muslims for failing to condemn terrorism and for failing to spread positive messages about Islam.
“[The London daily] Al-Sharq Al-Awsat [recently] reported that ‘a Belgian [...]

Sad news from Afghanistan. Six Canadian soldiers were killed Sunday when a roadside bomb detonated hitting the vehicle they were traveling in.
The Canadian Forces confirmed the deaths Sunday afternoon, and said one other soldier suffered life-threatening injuries.
“It’s been a long day. I have the unfortunate duty of informing you that six Canadian soldiers were killed [...]

Two more Canadian soldiers have been killed in the war on terror in Afghanistan. Dead are Cpl. Francisco Gomez, 44, of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, and Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren, 29, of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, based in Montreal.

Two Canadian soldiers were killed and eight [...]

Finally. Finally. Someone in the MSM finally got it right. I was watching Lou Dobbs on CNN tonight and was taken aback, in a pleasant way, by his continued use of the phrase Hezbollah terrorists. Why is this significant? Because it seems the vast majority of journalists today prefer such neutral terms as militants or [...]

Ever since the current crisis in the Middle East erupted many of the world’s leaders, most notably the European variety, have been howling like mad dogs over the so-called disproportionate Israeli response. They are also calling on Israel to enter into negotiations.
First of all what is disproportionate? What would the Europeans have the Israelis do? [...]

Once again the BBC rears its ugly head. Nick Thorpe is a BBC correspondent and has been reporting from near the Lebanese-Israeli border. He was explaining that he and his little entourage were on the way to Jenin to check out reports that Palestinian militants were building Qassam rockets when a phone call diverted them [...]

As Israel continues to pound Lebanon in it’s quest to banish Hezbollah from that country members of the Arab League seem to be split on the situation. The 22-member organization held an emergency meeting Saturday in Cairo and called for UN intervention to stop the fighting. They also promised unconditional support for Lebanon. However this [...]

Kudos to PM Stephen Harper for his staunch defence of Israel during the current crisis. While many of the world’s leaders are doing the politically correct thing by criticizing the military action Harper has taken a decidedly realistic approach. In fact he met British PM Tony Blair ahead of the G8 Summit and the two [...]

Canada has become the first nation after Israel to sever ties with the Palestinian Authority because of the influence of Hamas.

Canada has become the first country after Israel to cut funding and diplomatic ties to the Palestinian Authority over the new Hamas government’s refusal to renounce violence.The news shocked pro-Palestine groups who fear aid will [...]