Under That Crazy Crescent

More in the news on religion of peace, tolerance and forgiveness:

First by way of Haaretz. Norwegian authorities on Friday presented details of an alleged plot to decapitate the Israeli ambassador to Oslo and blow up the Israeli and American embassies in the city. (There's that beheading and bombing combination again; it must be one of this religion's must beloved rituals.)

The four suspects, three of them of Muslim background, are also charged with firing at the city's synagogue last week, causing damage but no injuries. "They discussed in detail how to harm the Israeli and American ambassadors," prosecutor Uni Price said Thursday. At the head of the group of suspects is allegedly a 29-year-old Pakistani-Norwegian with an extensive record of violence. Two other suspects are also in custody, one of Pakistani and the other of Turkish background, both 28. The youngest suspect, who is 26, is not an immigrant. Norwegian media report he is the son of a royal residence employee. (a potential convert or a useful infidel?)

Second, from Yahoo News.

Demonstrators Friday poured out of mosques after the main weekly Muslim prayers in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, the eastern city of Lahore, the capital Islamabad and other urban centres.

"If the pope comes here we will hang him on the Cross," Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, a senior leader of Pakistan's main alliance of radical parties, told around 200 noisy demonstrators in Islamabad. (There's that spirit of forgiveness that makes this religion so welcoming)

Ahmed also said the pope had joined US President George W. Bush's "crusade" against Muslims. (They love to use that word crusade as if it meant something evil when in reality it was the Western response to the violent conquests of Mohammad and his religious followers)

Prayer leaders also condemned the pope during Friday sermons around the country. (The clerics bring a special sense of tolerance to this faith)

Greater insanity than usual has gripped the Muslim world since the pope quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor. (Maybe if these maniacs would stop living in the 14th century and earlier they wouldn't be so offended by quotes from it)

A gathering of hundreds of fundamentalists in Lahore on Thursday said the Pope should be removed from his position for his "blasphemous" comments. (Who are Muslims to tell the Catholic Church what is blasphemous, especially when Muslims blaspheme Christianity all the time?)

The Pakistani parliament has also condemned the pope's comments and the foreign ministry summoned the Vatican's envoy to lodge a protest. (So, even though the news tries to present this as a crackpot minority and quotes actual mob numbers when they're relatively small, one cannot dismiss the fact that the Pakistani government endorses the psychotic episodes of its people.)

Third, in the Khaleej Times.

Saudi Arabia is temporarily releasing all Guantanamo Bay returnees held in Saudi jails to spend the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with their families. (Isn't this special?)

"All those detainees who came back from Guantanamo are being released for the whole month of Ramadan, to fast Ramadan with their families and celebrate Eid with their families,” Interior Minister spokesman Mansour al-Turki said.“They will be back after Eid to complete the related procedures,” he said, adding they were serving various sentences. The Muslim fasting month of Ramadan begins this weekend and is followed by the Eid Al Fitr holiday. (Once again the Saudi government and radical Islam join hands in the support of their terrorists.)

A special thanks to the Michael Savage web site which featured all of these stories.