Jihad Watch

There is going to be a conference in TEXAS (of all places) where Muslim clerics who have backed Osama and jihad in previous speeches will speak. Saudi diplomats will also be attending the three day gathering in Houston over Christmas. It is worthy to note that the Saudis routinely grant diplomatic status to persons who staff Islamic affairs offices--an effort to support the spread of Islam. Not that such an effort is illegal in an open society, rather it is the mark of an open society that people of different cultures and backgrounds can interact. However, the issue is over the individuals that are being sponsored. Key:

Keynote speakers at the three-day event in Houston, scheduled to begin Dec. 24, have espoused intolerance for Christians, Jews and Shiite Muslims. One of them, Sheikh Allamah Ibn Jibreen, has publicly urged young Saudis to join al Qaeda and fight U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Saudi Institute.

"Merry Christmas and stuff THIS in your imperialist, running dog American Jew Shitte stocking. . .pig." One wonders just precisely what kind of Christmas gifts they would like to hand out.

On the siliver lining front, it appears that the Sauds will pull the credentials of 16 members of the IIASA--a particularly extremist Islamic organization. Well, 16 that we know of. But as the recent David Horowitz article suggests, such extremism may not be isolated to one organization.