The Quran also says if there is a discrepancy look to the gospels for the truth. So the Quran says it's false! My saviour Jesus Christ! Lord Jesus Christ bless you brother for explaining the ward of God to a blind people God use you to serve him thanks Lord for everything you did for us. 

To believe God is superior but also limit what He can do (become human) is contradictory in itself. She is limiting what our limitless God is capable of doing. This guy deserves a medal because he is SO brave & courageous...incredibly knowledgeable & always gives logical sensible answers through simple truthful facts...if Mohammed could not read or write ? 

How does he know ? What his clerics wrote down from his dictation was the truth ??? So ? Who 'DID' write the Koran ??? The Bible was written hundreds of years before the koran..many of the main stories in the koran were inspired & copied from The Bible..but The Bible does not state that if you leave the religion ? 

When you come 500 years later, you wanna spin about Jesus Christ? Please la, plagiarism is the in thingy. History always trumps fairy tales!

If one, who does not know Lieutenant Colonel Harbhajan Singh a/l Jagat Singh (200684), his demeanor is that of a calm and gentle person. Don’t be deceived, when the call comes, he answers. The Colonel was from Intake SSC 11, Royal Military College 1967. He was commissioned into 4th Rangers , served there for 6 years.

After that went on to become an Instructor at the Recruit Training Center in Port Dickson. As for normal Officers from the Infantry have to move on, from RTC to 3rd Rangers at Camp Kukusan in Sabah, then the Unit moved to Camp Terendak, he was then the 2IC of the Battalion, the Battalion received it’s Colors in 1980.

Then it was time to move on, he was made an Instructor in the Company Commander’s Course of the Army Combat Training Center. He was made the OC of the Company Commander’s Wing for his remarkable training skills. After that went on to become an Instructor at Officer Cadet School. Soon he was posted out to 5th Rangers to become the 2IC at Camp Wardieburn. From there he became the Commanding Officer of Seventh Rangers located in Sri Aman, Sarawak in May 1987 until they moved to Mentakab, in Pahang. His favourite sport was sepak takraw, without fail he played the game nearly every evening with his boys and officers. He was very adept at that game. From there moved to the 509 Regiment in Penang, before his compulsory retirement in 1995.

He is proficient in many languages, of course he speaks Punjabi as he is a Punjabi, fluent in Tamil, many an Indian soldier or Officer got their shellacking in Tamil. He is very fluent in Hokkien too, sadly, not enough of them to receive his wrath but sufficient and he could tear a hole in any Dayak soldier fluently in Iban.

The Battalion was on Counter Insurgency Operations in 1973, Col Harbhajan’s Alpha Company was kept in reserve. Being the reserve Company, a very dangerous mission fell on his head. One of the most outstanding and life threatening mission undertaken by him was in the peace negotiations with North Kalimantan Communist Party (NKCP) leader Bong Kee Chok to surrender along with 481 of his supporters. This negotiation was led by the Head of the Special Branch of the royal Malaysian Police, Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng. In the Book Nation Before Self written by him he mentions Lt Col Harbhajan Singh on page 215.

It was an after thought, when he recollected the role payed by Col Harbhajan, which was indeed an important one. Col Harbhajan at that time was the OC of A Company 4th Rangers, he was based in Camp Oya, Sibu, Sarawak. His operational playground was in the Rajang Area Security Command (RASCOM). He was called up, his orders were given by the GOC himself, General Jamil. He was to select 15 of his best men to provide close protection to Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng the Head of the Special Branch.

The thoughts running through his head was whether he will come back and see his beloved family again……or feel the sweet flow of ice cold beer downs his thirsty throat. This was a do or die mission, he held on to the highest traditions of the Ranger Corps and pushed aside his doubts.

The following day they were deployed by Nuri to an LP. That LP was constructed by the Communist Terrorists, no one was sure if that location was booby trapped. The LP was located in a valley. The helicopter hovered over the LP. The downwash from the helicopter’s rotors were very strong and the elephant grass and bushes were swaying on that misty morning, the Booby Trap Clearing Team and some members of the protection team jumped down avoiding the stumps on the ground. The BCT cleared the LP giving the ‘all clear’ that the LP was not booby trapped. The Colonel sent his men into whatever good fire positions there were. He realized that they were outgunned and outnumbered. Then again he would give them a fight that they will remember.

Once the all clear was given an Alouette Helicopter carrying the Head of the Special Branch, Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng landed. In another Alouette was a Major Maniam from the Artillery Regiment, took up his role as the Forward Observation Officer in an Air Observation Post, to rain down fire on that area with an Artillery Barrage, in the event things did not go according to plan. That area was a registered target. During the operation if anything untoward were to happen it was Col Harbhajan’s call to bring out the Head of the Special Branch, dead or alive at all costs!! That, the Head of the Special Branch did NOT know!

The operation was nicknamed “Suicide Mission”. Col Harbhajan located a General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) team around the LP-, the Commander of the team reported via radio that there were around 80 CT’s all around the LP, ready to open up on Col Harbhajan and his merry men if they felt threatened. The Head of Special Branch handed over a list of names of all the CT Leaders named after cigarette brands to Leong Chee Wah, the Depury Head of the Special Branch.

Fortunately nothing happened which resulted in the CT’s returning to Society. One of the conditions was that they be termed as “Returned Enemy Personnel” NOT Surrendered Enemy Personnel. Amongst the Head of Special Branch’s team was a Sergeant Lim who had the uncanny ability to determine if the CT’s were sincere or not, this Sergeant had the ability to recognize the CT’s even with old photographs.

No one knew about this mission, Datuk Seri Yuen Yuet Leng added Col Harbhajan as an afterthought on page 215, as he himself had forgotten about that “Suicide Mission”.

It was a mission where everything could have gone wrong, resulting in his death and of his men. Yet the Colonel stood up to be counted, the nation and the people owe him, not many can say that they were on a suicide mission. He can and he did!!!

The original article entitled ‘Lieutenant Colonel Harbhajan Singh a/l Jagat Singh (200684) an unsung hero on a suicide mission’ was published at Major (Rtd) D Swami’s blog Valour and Courage.

Analysts pointed out that while the attack targeted the railway, it was actually aimed at Iran's "financial lifeline," its "food supply route," and its "weapon transport line." Another BRI project gone wrong. How common. 

All Iranian IRGC members who are fleeing to western countries such as Canada and my own country the UK need to arrest and they need to be tried for war crimes against the Iranian population and I'm sure there are Iranians who are in exile because off these monsters. 

We can set up a court of appropriate people to try them for these crimes, the exiled prince can preside over the hearings. Japan has KAGA and are allied to Taiwan and all his air defense weaponry sold to Iran have been exposed as trash

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"Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent". To the soft, squishy, doormat Christians I say this, a hero dies once, a coward dies everyday. Definitely a needed message to counter the popular effeminate Christianity. Meek doesn't mean weak. 

It means "strength under control" Doormat Christianity and refusal to condemn, confront, and discipline sin (as defined in the Law) has destroyed the West. Not only do these perverts want us to tolerate and accept them but for some reason they demand that we partake as well. 

We truly are dealing with the Devil. I was brought up in a church that hammered door mat Christianity into me. I went to a youth camp and got repeatedly insulted then pushed so shoved the other guy over when he looked to be lining up for a punch. 

It became church news, my own parents said they were so disgusted by my behaviour they didn't even recognise me because you should turn the other cheek, as a 12 year old I became such a doormat afterwards. Ended up resenting church making bad life choices and have only just found a new church and my way back. 

Still have to fight the drilled in doormatness every day and to be honest I often lose the fight. Encouraging a child to be a doormat is child abuse, it leaves people totally unequipped and helpless. I hope nobody else has to go through this thanks to your work Mr Ibrahim. Being a Christian does not mean being a perpetual self-sacrificial martyr. 

Never judge anyone for any reason. Always forgive and never hold anyone accountable. Just love and give and love and give, and serve yourself up on the silver platter of sacrifice........... Among other ridiculous things I was fed that totally make you vulnerable predatory, exploitative, and abusive people. 

Standing up for yourself, having boundaries and standards, protecting yourself and your family, using discernment, telling people no, and so on are not anti-Christian. Being an enabler and helping those who can help themselves is not loving. That is codependent! 

Not everyone who asks for help actually needs help..... Some people are just manipulative. I truly don't believe that God calls us to be doormats. We should not be jerks, but tolerating other people's abuse or nonsense is not loving...... It is enabling evil.

What about Muslim being hostile to other people? They hate other religions. Stop putting these people in your parliament , stop. They have their own agenda to wipe out Christianity right under your nose. 

They don’t respect you or Christianity that’s why they go into government. Trafalgar Square is HALLOWED GROUND & using it as a prayer mat by people that do not care for what it stands is insulting to say the least. Get the Lights Down and put The Union flag up All round The British capital. LONDON BELONGS TO THE REAL BRITISH.

Many defence aspirants and civilians believe that alcohol is a mandatory part of Indian Army life — but what does the truth actually look like? In this video, we decode the real rules, regimental traditions, and the fine line between culture and compulsion inside the Indian Armed Forces. If you're preparing for NDA, CDS, AFCAT, or SSB — understanding military culture is just as important as cracking the written exam.

Prayers for those BRAVE people taking back their country. The UK prime minister condemning Israel for defending its citizens against Hizballah terrorism is a sick man and he needs to be psychologically evaluated. Time for the Iranians to stand up for their countries and destroy the IRGC. Tousi...you are the BEST reporter on this whole mess. Listening to you and not MSM. They killed 40 thousand in two days, it’s the citizens time to for freedom.

Badrul

Fair enough. You cannot plead ignorance to escape liability, but what happens when the law itself is so disconnected from common sense that ordinary people break it without even knowing?

What happens when the very official invoking that law has his own credibility issues?

Here is my problem. Since the government introduced controls on petrol subsidies last September, I have been regularly breaking the law.

BlueShark1548 : Should have been sacked , period. But this is Madani government where everything can be compromised/excused .It can be very efficient when applying double standards. 

Young activists are promptly arrested and its NGO accounts frozen just for having the guts to protest against MACC chief?

Open minded 2281 : Badrul should have been charged in court for treason as he allowed non citizens to become citizens disregarding the Constitution. 

Starting from the Chief Secretary who does not see the need for disciplinary action on a top civil servant to all enforcement agencies, you can see the rot in the civil service. Yet someone stealing a Milo tin will promptly be charged and jailed.

WINNING Scarecrow : With 4 wives you can use 4 extra ICs to pump petrol for your car. That’s certainly not abuse. It is called privilege. (Sarcasm at it's finest!)

This guy is the same as leaving a fox to take care of your chckens. He is the biggest bullshitter I have ever heard. I always found the guy incredibly smug and self-righteous. This demonstrates that he is a fanatic. 

They don't like dogs because they're protecting their owners and therefore not a good target for them to attack and kill. Mehdi like many other Muslims support the Iranian regime no matter how many people they slaughter or hang, the Mullahs slaughtered over 30 000 of THEIR own people in just few days in the streets of Iran, new level of barbarism!

The government kept eyes closed on raping gangs so called grooming gangs is shameful for any govt. He should never move nearer the throne. Both William and his father, are not worthy of being king of England, and head of the church of England. 

Charles and William are complete traitors to the country! A quiet faith is no faith. Jesus said he would rather have you cold than just luke warm. Sitting on the fence is death.

Putrid parasitic invasion. This socialist Labor government has to go now. Albenese needs to be jailed for the rest of his life, stripped of all his assets, he is systematically destroying Australia. Australian government doesn’t work for Australians. 

They work for the unelected EU. Many of us saw this coming, 30 yrs ago. Why the FK is our stupid govt making the same mistake others made decades ago. Australia is fkd. When Christians tried to sound the alarm, we were simply labelled as far right abs conspiracy theorists. Everyday there is trouble in Australia. 

Higher taxes, higher prices on groceries, electricity, fuel etc., murders, criminals running rampant, Govt's Federal & State telling lies, the list goes on. Aussies are over it & we want our Country back. Save Australia, Vote: 1..'ONE NATION'.

That is the million-dollar question that everyday Aussies are screaming right now! In this explosive viral video, Katherine Deves Morgan completely obliterates out-of-touch politicians like Senator Fatima Payman, Mehreen Faruqi, and Michelle Ananda-Rajah. 

They came to a prosperous, safe Western nation for a better life, but now they use their power to push forced multiculturalism and complain about the very culture that gave them everything! 

We expose the terrifying reality of the woke elite's agenda, the looming threat of radical Islam, and why the globalist political class is letting this happen.

Mutalib Mydin smiles at a gathering defined by compassion and shared purpose in a time of need. (Noorul Ariffin pic)

G Saravanan, who is battling motor neuron disease, reached out to help him. For a man who is unable to speak and stand, he still found a way to give. Saravanan, one of Malaysia’s most celebrated race walkers, made a RM500 donation to Mutalib, the cyclist whose story of hardship and hope has stirred the nation in recent days. 

It was not the size of the gift that mattered, but where it came from. A year ago, Saravanan himself had been on the receiving end of kindness. National squash player Mohamed Kenneth Low, who is living with multiple sclerosis, had stepped forward to help him. The gesture stayed with him. 

Now, despite a body that has steadily failed him since his diagnosis in 2021, Saravanan chose to pass it on. He is fed through a tube and communicates through an alphabet chart, spelling out his thoughts letter by letter. It is slow and painstaking, but it is still him. His wife, M Sassikala, has become his voice. 

“He understands everything that is happening around him,” she said. “When he heard about Mutalib, he was very clear. He wanted to help, even in his condition. “This is who he has always been. Even now, when he has so little left physically, he still wants to give something to someone else.” 

At the care home, Mutalib received that gesture with tears. Days earlier, he had been lifted out of isolation in Kampung Bahagia Bukit Lagong, where he had lain bedridden for months after a stroke. Now, he is in a place where he is being cared for, where rehabilitation has begun under the guidance of exercise physiologist CP Lee, and where hope has started to return. 

But on this day, it was not therapy that defined the moment. It was presence. Among those who came to see him and made donations was Ridzuan Puzi, Malaysia’s first Paralympic athletics gold medallist, whose own journey has been shaped by resilience. He arrived with badminton great Foo Kok Keong, hockey stalwart S Selvaraju and several other well-wishers, each offering their own contribution. 

Also present were Megat Shahriman Zaharudin, the president of the Malaysian Paralympic Council and Noorul Ariffin whose intervention had changed the course of Mutalib’s life just days earlier. There were no formalities, just a quiet understanding among those who had, in their own way, carried the nation’s hopes. Mutalib listened as the visit unfolded, then nodded slowly, as if recognising something familiar. 

The instinct of an athlete who never quite lets go. Once, he had powered Malaysia to SEA Games gold, driving himself to glory with relentless force. Today, his race is different, measured not in seconds but in small, fragile gains. 

Yet in that room, surrounded by those who had come forward, he was no longer defined by what he had lost. He was held up by what remained — respect, memory and brotherhood. And in Saravanan’s gesture, perhaps the clearest reminder of all.

He was issuing a warning. The former international pointed to a growing absence that now defines the limits of the national team. This is not about who plays today. It is about who no longer arrives. For more than three decades, Malaysian teams set out to compete. 

They drew from a wide sweep of schools, clubs, and playing environments, producing sides that could read the game, adapt, and endure. That breadth did not come from design. It came from reach. The game once spread far enough for talent to surface from many directions. That reach has narrowed. 

The signs do not shout, but they repeat. A smaller base. Fewer entry points. A game that still produces committed athletes, but from a pool that is no longer as wide or varied as before. When the base shrinks, everything above it follows. Recent performances reflect that shift. 

The effort remains and the preparation shows. But when matches tighten and opponents adjust, the response often looks the same. Variation, once a strength, is harder to find. This is not a failure of players. It is the outcome of what the system now produces. 

A structural imbalance has taken hold. Development has grown more concentrated. Centralised programmes have improved elite preparation, but they also draw from a limited funnel. What strengthens the top has, over time, reduced the range beneath it. Across the country, the game still lives. Clubs organise. 

Individuals coach. Young players step forward. Hockey has not disappeared. The connection has. Too often, promising players emerge at school or club level and stall. Progression beyond that point is unclear. The step into state squads varies. The leap to national contention feels even more distant. 

When that link weakens, participation drops. Perception shapes behaviour. When players sense that advancement is uncertain, they walk away. Not suddenly, but steadily enough to shrink the pool. That is how a national sport becomes smaller without anyone announcing it. Responsibility cannot be diffused. 

The Malaysian Hockey Confederation must answer a simple question: how wide is the base feeding the national team? Development is not measured by intensity at the top alone, but by how far the system reaches outward. State associations carry the same burden. 

Without structured competitions, active scouting, and sustained programmes, they stop acting as bridges and become bottlenecks. The system then works hard at the top, but draws from too little beneath. This is where Nor Saiful’s point sharpens. When entire segments of the hockey-playing population stop appearing at the highest level, the issue is not selection at the end. It is loss at the beginning. 

Rebuilding will not come from adjusting the final team sheet. It must start where the game begins. School competitions need to matter again, not as casual events, but as proving grounds. Clubs and community organisers need direct links into state structures so that talent does not disappear after it is spotted. Entry into the sport must be easier, clearer, and sustained. 

The game must also give something back. Uncertainty over long-term prospects continues to limit commitment. Without stronger support — in education, finance, and career planning — the base will not grow. Malaysian hockey does not lack effort. It lacks reach. Until that reach returns, the conversation will keep circling the wrong question.

Who the hell are you to lecture Singapore — a sovereign, independent country — about their own national policy? Please respect Singapore’s sovereignty! Why are you so busybody poking your nose into Singapore’s internal affairs?

Since when has Malaysia’s “neutral” foreign policy turned into openly interfering in other countries’ business? Your father’s government loves to preach neutrality but keeps meddling where it doesn’t belong. Your own political party PKR is in complete shambles. Fix your own rotting house first before pretending to lecture others!

Who are you to speak on behalf of ASEAN? Your father is no longer the ASEAN chairman. Stop preaching to Singapore about international law when they are actually obeying it! The principle of freedom of navigation in those waters is clearly written in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). 

That is why Singapore refuses to negotiate — because negotiating would mean admitting international law can be bent whenever it suits someone. At least they have principles, unlike PKR, which screamed about fighting nepotism for years and then happily turned into a father-and-daughter political party.

Nurul, before you interfere in Singapore’s affairs, go and lecture your own daddy Anwar first!

On one hand he acts like the greatest Gaza superhero, on the other he happily dances with Donald Trump and signed the ART agreement with the United States that will cost Malaysia RM1 trillion. 

Why is Lynas under the Madani government supplying rare earth materials to the US Pentagon to produce more weapons? You all keep shouting about humanity while happily helping supply materials for more killing machines. What kind of disgusting hypocrite is this?

Veteran 1972 : This writer has an incurable extreme Trump Derangement Syndrome. No hope at all!

Dr Peter Jebaseelan Jesudason : Gunasegaram has exceeded himself in this article which reveals an advanced stage of Trump Derangement Syndrome ( TDS ). Furthermore, it is full of spite, inuendo and unsubstantiated claims befitting of a tabloid hack, not a serious journalist. 

To label Trump with the acronym TACO ( Trump Always Chickens Out ) reveals more about his detractors than Trump. Surely it was the right thing for Trump to agree to a ceasefire which Iran was " begging for " to quote Trump. 

Would Gunasegaram have preferred Trump to carry out his threat to end the civilisation of the Shia Islamist Ayatollahs who have blighted the lives of ordinary Iranians for the past 47 years? Bringing up the Epstein files to character assassinate Trump is a cheap shot. So what if Trump is mentioned 38 000 times? 

Is there any evidence which has come to light that he was involved in child sexual abuse? The answer is no. Trump reportedly fell out with Epstein and showed him the door at Mar a Lago. It was Trump who released the Epstein files, suggesting he has nothing personal to hide. Previous US Presidents blocked the release of the files. Why did Gunasegaram fail to mention this? 

Recently the IRGC carried out mass murder of unarmed Iranian citizens the vast majority of whom oppose the rule of this brutal religious dictatorship. Why has Gunasegaram studiously ignored the killing of reportedly 35 000 - 50 000 people? He seems to be confused about who the " Oppressed " and " Oppressor " are, like many of the Woke Left Champagne Socialists. 

The Ayatollahs have been planning for the " Death of America " and " Death of Israel " since they came to power in 1979. They have a Shia ideological aim to spread their brand of Islam in the Muslim world and they have succeeded to gain a foothold in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Bahrain and Yemen through their proxy armies ( Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi ) and terror cells. 

Their cells are spread across the world and many terrrorist atrocities have been traced to Iran who are their paymasters. Vivian Balakrishnan should be lauded for openly expressing Singapore's position that it will not negotiate with the Iranian regime for safe passage because it breaks international law and normalises piratical and terroristic behaviour. 

Gunasegaram does not understand that the Straits of Hormuz is an international waterway and Iran has no right to block the passage of vessels or to charge a ransom to let vessels leave or enter the Straits. The IRGC exercises control over Hormuz by threats of drone and missile attacks. 

No civilised and decent country would do deals with an evil regime which is threatening to wreck the world economy. Malaysia foolishly thinks it has secured a coup by successfully negotiating for our vessels to have safe passage. 

But it would do nothing to help our economy or fuel prices because most ships are not leaving Hormuz for fear of attack. We need to eradicate the threat by piratical Iran, not negotiate with them. Otherwise, this would set a dangerous precedent and throw international maritime trade into chaos. 

Trump does not forget and I fear all the great diplomacy Anwar pulled off with Trump has gone to waste. We need to be on good terms with the world's largest economy and most powerful nation, which is also a vital democracy and not with a murderous religious dictatorship. Imagine Malaysia illegally claiming ownership to the Straits of Melaka, one of the busiest international waterways in the world and charging an enormous ransom for each ship passing the straits, othewise we would threaten to sink the ships. 

This would be regarded as a declaration of war by Malaysia and we would face dire international retaliatory action. Talking about low brow journalism and wicked innuendo, what wrong did Vivian Balakrishnan do by visiting a " convicted felon " Najib Razak who is his friend and who was out on appeal? Our very own PM Anwar is a convicted felon who was visited by all and sundry when he was out on appeal , in jail and now more so when he became PM. 

That was a below the belt cheap shot by Gunasegaram. We must always remember who caused this human and economic disaster. It was ideological hatred of Jews, Israel and the USA which initiated the war by Hamas invading Israel on October 7 2023 and committing the most unspeakble and sadistic atrocities known to man there. 

This set off a " ring of fire " with Israel being attacked on 7 fronts with Iran being the " head of the octopus " and the paymaster. All this while Iran caused havoc throughout the Middle East using proxies which have been decimated by Israel. Iran is now facing attack by USA and Israel, the countries which it has chanted wishes of death daily since 1979 for perverse religious reasons. 

The democratic and civilised countries cannot allow Iran to bring chaos to the world. They should stand by Israel and USA who are doing all the heavy lifting in trying to keep Hormuz free from attacks by the IRGC.

The temple had gone out of its way to be accommodating: all food was halal, local mosque leaders were consulted, promotional materials were revised, and every effort was made to respect sensitivities.

However, the authorities treated the Malay community as if they were incapable of distinguishing hospitality from religious threat.

Many Malaysians realise that this is not an isolated incident. It is part of a long-standing pattern in Malaysia, where the majority Malay-Muslim population is routinely treated as fragile, childlike, and in need of constant supervision.

Are we at risk of becoming a religious nanny state, whereby harmless words, gestures, meals, and symbols are policed under the guise of “protection” and “preventing confusion”? A few will claim that we have become one.

Asam Pedas : Religious bigotry has power. That’s why daft people who have zero skill set or intellect chose to be clerics. When they do become clerics, equality daft people give them power that they don’t know what to do with. 

The safe and popular way will be elevate an already elevated faith and demean and insult the intelligence of smarter people. Little do they understand that all this gives them an of optics of stupidity!! And they are.

PurpleDragon0476 : Mariam is right…this “confusion” claim is really about control, control, control of everybody. Down with UMNO/Madani for crashing this country into the ground.

Uncensored

He deciphers the strategy of 'Hitler to make it fail. The film recounts this crucial turning point in World War II where questions of geopolitics (the difficult alliance between London, Moscow and Washington), the various military strategies and technological prowess as well as the fate of the young soldiers who attacked the wall of the Atlantic will pay a heavy price.

24 Disturbing Pictures From The Aftermath Of Nuclear Warfare

Follow the journey of the B-29 Enola Gay as it delivers "Little Boy" to Hiroshima, and witness the devastating aftermath of the blast that brought WW2 to an end. It was the hardest choice of the war: drop the bomb and save countless lives from a costly invasion, or risk a prolonged, bloody war in the Pacific.

Today in History:

456 Saint Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop

1621 Mayflower sails from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England

1792 George Washington exercises first presidential veto to strike down a Congressional bill to increase the number of seats for northern states in the House of Representatives

1803 First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 2nd Symphony in D, conducted by the composer, in Vienna

1923 Firestone Tire & Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires

Birthdays Today Include: English philosopher Thomas Hobbes; British surgeon Joseph Lister, for whom Listerine is named by its inventor; Booker T. Washington; Pop Warner [Glenn Warner], American college football Hall of Fame coach; actor Walter Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre); actor Spencer Tracy (Bad Day at Black Rock; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World); actress Bette Davis; actor Gregory Peck; Peter Grant, English rock band manager (The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin); General Colin Powell; singer Crispian St. Peters (The Pied Piper); actor Max Gail (Barney Miller); and singer Pharrell Williams (Happy).

If today’s your day, have a happy one.

Here’s a quote from the always worthwhile Thomas Sowell:

 Europe is belatedly discovering how unbelievably stupid it was to import millions of people from cultures that despise Western values and which often promote hatred toward the people who have let them in.

Indeed. The Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs quotes a report from Carnegie Europe, which in turn describes the consequences of the huge swings in immigration trends this way: That last point is more the left fearing they will lose elections because of their policies, and less to do with what they are doing to their countries. 

Gee, pretty much what we've been seeing the last few years during the Biden administration. As an example, remember Eric Adams? PJ Media's Rick Moran does, having written back in 2023:

Some of us have spent much of the last quarter-century trying to communicate to serious readers that Islam isn’t just another religion but, on the contrary, an ideology of conquest.   

Any number of invaluable books, like Robert Spencer’s Stealth Jihad and The History of Jihad and Jamie Glazov’s Jihadist Psychopath, have stressed the centrality of jihad to the Islamic faith, have demonstrated the roots of jihad in Islamic scripture, have traced it back to the very founding of Islam, have elucidated its psychology, and have made it clear that jihad can take a variety of forms, with acts of terrorism being only one of them. 

But never before, so far as I’m aware, has any writer on the subject constructed such an elaborate taxonomy of jihad as has Aynaz Anni Cyrus in her captivating new book The Architecture of Jihad: Inside the Ideology, Law, and Global Strategy Driving Islam’s Multi-Front Expansion.  

Cyrus, let it be said at the outset, is an elegant, no-nonsense scribe: short, succinct sentences, brief bullet points, snappy formulations, no shilly-shallying around, and not a trace of academic fustiness. Her constant aim is to convey every piece of vital information as clearly, crisply, and urgently as possible. And one of the first things we need to know is that all forms of jihad “are part of an integrated playbook: normalize, enshrine, educate, entrench.” 

She begins with the most familiar form – “combat jihad.” Combat is central to Islam; wherever there’s a genuinely Islamic government, violence is one of its key tools. Violence was indispensable in the quick early expansion of Muhammad’s empire far beyond the Arabian peninsula; in the religion’s first centuries, “[c]onquest evolved into a system.” And combat jihad, in the age of 9/11, Atocha, Bataclan, and the Manchester Arena, is alive and well.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talked about persecuted Christians for his Easter message, but heads of supposedly Christian countries in the West ignored the issue. Islamic terrorists often choose holidays to target Christians with deadly violence, and Easter 2026 was tragically no exception.  

European media outlet Visegrád 24 shared on X on April 5, “Reports of a potential Islamist terror attack against Pakistani Christians on Easter morning. A man rammed a truck into a large Christian procession in Gujranwala, killing several Christians and wounding 60+.” It included a very brief and indistinct video clip. 

The outlet then followed up with the following video and update:

Christian Pakistanis speak after a potential terror attack against a Christian procession on Easter morning.

A man rammed a truck into a large Christian procession in Gujranwala, killing several Christians and wounding 60+

🇵🇰✝️ pic.twitter.com/l74JQmAjXq

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 5, 2026

It does not appear that clear casualty statistics have come out of Pakistan. In Nigeria, however, there is a heartbreaking casualty count, as Punch Newspapers reported:

Terrorists have attacked Ariko community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, targeting two Christian worship centres during Easter celebrations, killing at least seven persons and abducting several others…The councillor representing Awon Ward, under which Ariko District falls, Mark Bawa, confirmed the attack to PUNCH Online on Sunday via phone call.

According to him, the affected churches are First ECWA Church and St. Augustine Catholic Church, both located in Ariko. 

Read it all here......

At least 38 people were killed this week in suspected extremist attacks on loggers and a village in northeast Nigeria, anti-jihadist militia and residents told AFP on Friday.

Late on Tuesday, fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a group linked to the Islamic State group, rounded up loggers in a forest outside the town of Mafa, killing 27 and abducting 18 others, two anti-jihadist militia said.

“They slit the throats of 27 loggers and took away 18 others whose fate is still unknown,” Babakura Kolo, a militia fighter assisting the Nigerian military, said. His account was supported by Ibrahim Liman, another militia fighter who said the loggers were from Mafa, 60 kilometers (40 miles) from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.

A triple suicide bombing last month killed 23 people in Maiduguri, in one of the deadliest attacks in the state capital in years. Amnesty International said in a post on X that “20 internally displaced persons” were killed and 30 abducted while collecting firewood in the forest near Mafa.

ISWAP and rival jihadist organisation Boko Haram have increasingly targeted farmers, fishermen, loggers, herders, and metal scrap collectors in the region, accusing them of spying on them and passing information to the military. On Monday, ISWAP fighters raided Kautikeri village outside the town of Chibok, killing 11 people and burning homes, a community leader said.

“The terrorists attacked the village and killed 11 people.

Downtown Dubai – Dubai – United Arab Emirates by Xiaotong Gao, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0

Into sworn enemies of Iran, and what’s worse, from the point of view of Al Jazeera, the propaganda mouthpiece of its owner, the Emir of Qatar, Iran’s targeting of all six of its Gulf neighbors — Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. 

Hitting with thousands of missiles and drones their oil and gas production facilities and refineries, electrical plants, desalination plants, and airports, that only pushes those Gulf Arab states closer to Israel.

Bexarkat says : I feel no pity. For too long the Arabs have had infidels fight their wars for them. The US has spent too much treasure and blood to defend the cretins who look down upon every non-Muslim as inferior.

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Why do Western authorities continue to insist that they know everything about Islam while actually knowing nothing, and to pretend that every Muslim to acts upon the Qur’an or teaches others to do so is an “extremist” who is misunderstanding and misinterpreting the religion’s core texts? How long will this delusion continue?

Italy has expelled an imam of Pakistani origin who sparked massive outrage after he was filmed in an undercover investigation citing the Qur’an as an endorsement for marrying girls at the age of nine.

On April 2, the Italian daily Il Giornale reported that Paolo Sartori, the police commissioner of Brescia, known as Italy’s Islamic “capital,” ordered the deportation of Ali Kashif, who told a reporter for the TV program Fuori dal Coro that girls can be married after their first period.

Sartori examined footage filmed by Francesco Leone, a reporter from Channel 4, who posed as an Italian wanting to convert to Islam and seeking to know if the Muslim religion permits older men to marry child brides.

Based on evidence from the undercover investigation, the police commissioner determined that Kashif could be immediately expelled under Article 4, paragraph 3, of Italy’s Consolidated Law on Immigration. The law gives police the power to remove a foreigner who “is considered a threat to public order or the security of the State” or has been involved in sex-related crimes.

Brescia police also discovered that Kashif did not possess a valid residence permit to live in Italy and refused to issue him a new residence permit when the imam applied for the document.

Comitted  by the Peaceniks AKA Pissfuls

They then rampaged through the village, burning homes and hunting down fleeing families. Seventeen lives were brutally cut short. The bloodshed didn't stop there. Armed Fulani militants also slaughtered Christians on Good Friday in Kaduna and Plateau States. 

Missionary Judd Saul, founder of Equipping the Persecuted, warns these attacks are no random violence—they form part of a calculated jihadist campaign of genocide to wipe out Nigeria's Christians and establish an Islamic caliphate.

A Weekend with Tariq Ramadan by Marina Mahathir

Tariq Ramadan is either a predatory manipulator who belongs behind bars or a calm voice of reason victimised by a prejudiced ruling class. It really depends on whom you ask. Last week, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced Ramadan to eighteen years in prison for raping three women between 2009 and 2016. This ought to have settled the question about one of Europe’s most divisive thinkers. In fact, Ramadan’s punishment will only fortify the views of the two opposing camps.

Ramadan’s background is well known in France and his native Switzerland but less so elsewhere. His maternal grandfather, Hassan al-Banna, founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928. In the late 1940s, al-Banna’s daughter Waffa married a Brotherhood activist named Said Ramadan. 

After al-Banna’s assassination in 1949, Said became one of the organisation’s leading figures. Expelled from Egypt in 1954 during president Gamal Abdel Nasser’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the couple moved to Syria and then Pakistan before eventually settling in Switzerland, where Tariq was born in 1962.

According to his defenders, Ramadan rejected the illiberal fanaticism of his father and grandfather and grew up to be an urbane and moderate academic, enculturated by Western norms but with a heritage that provided him with the legitimacy to speak to and on behalf of radical Muslim communities. 

Western liberal elites were entranced by this paradoxical figure, and they embraced him as a figure who could explain East to West and vice-versa. This was especially true in France, where he enjoyed his highest profile, frequently appearing in debates and on talk shows. 

Ramadan’s path to public intellectual and a chair at Oxford University was an unusual one, insofar as it is discernible at all, given all the conflicting information about him that exists in the public domain. He began his career as a French teacher at the Collège de Saussure, a high school near Geneva, in the late 1980s. 

At just 23 years of age, he rose to the rank of academic dean, the youngest in the Swiss system at the time. During the 1990s, he became more interested in Islam, which led him to undertake intensive religious studies in Egypt and to pursue higher studies upon his return to Switzerland.

Anthony Loke Is Spinning The Facts

Its secretary-general Anthony Loke said in a statement today that the party's central executive committee (CEC) had, after a meeting last night, also urged the government to ensure that other high-performing students are given due consideration for matriculation placement, based on existing capacity.

Matriculation is a pre-university programme offered as an alternative to STPM by the government. The programme had a 90 percent bumiputera intake quota, with the remaining 10 percent open to non-bumiputera.

However, in 2024, the government resolved to grant placement to all SPM graduates who scored 10As or higher. Last year, they refined this policy to include those who scored an A-. DAP had claimed credit for this policy shift.

GorengSotong : Aiyoh.Say it loud in parliament if not granted for matriculation then DAP pull out of MADANI. Dare you.!!!

World Citizen : Mr. DAP, are you part of the government or an NGO? If the former, then demand it as people have given you the clout and mandate. Don't beg for the crumbs. If you think you are just an NGO, then just save your breath and spare us the agony of looking at your pathetic face every time you open your mouth.

GreenFalcon2290 : Its both alarming and mirthful that whenever this man opens his mouth, thankfully a rare event, he sounds remarkably clueless and dithering, wallowing in stupidity and utterly bereft of any sense of purpose and of leadership.

Doubtful : DAP asking the Govt to fulfil its promises although it's part of the Govt??... 🤔 40 seats in Parliament and yet can only ask for crumbs from the table of its master (which may or may not even be given!!) .... Real pathetic.....

TEN10 : AL, you talked like you are not in the government. If government failed to keep the promise, what DAP going to do? Silence again. No wonder Sabahan booted your out from Sabah. I will definitely vote down DAP in any coming elections.

Bornean : What a joke! isnt DAP part of the government? Anthony Loke, you 6 months deadline is approaching very fast.. so far what "Reform" achieved? accomplished?

Parents of Chibok kidnapping victims, VOA, Public domain

SaharaReporters learnt that the insurgents set a church and several homes ablaze in what residents described as a coordinated attack on the predominantly Christian settlement. Fresh terror struck Kwapul community in Chibok Local Government Area, Borno State, as suspected insurgents carried out a late-night raid on Saturday that extended into the early hours of Sunday.

SaharaReporters learnt that the insurgents set a church and several homes ablaze in what residents described as a coordinated attack on the predominantly Christian settlement. Although no lives were reported lost, the assault left families displaced and traumatised, with growing calls for urgent security intervention.

Locals said the “attackers operated for hours without resistance,” underscoring fears that rural populations remain highly vulnerable despite years of counterinsurgency efforts.