Speculation on Air France 447

Thomas Hegghammer, jihadica.com, A Note on Air France Flight 447, 10 Jun 09 "I have looked around on the forums for claims of responsibility, but I couldn’t find anything. On the contrary, the few posts devoted to the issue suggest the grassroot jihadis themselves doubt an al-Qaida connection."

William of Orange (satire)

AD.nl/europenews.dk, Netherlands: William of Orange, a practicing Muslim, 2 Oct 08 "The report first appeared on the De Speld website, which at first glance looks like an internet news site. Jochem van den Berg confirms that it was indeed written by the site. The historian and the research don't exist. "We wanted to start off a discussion about Dutch identity. By way of satirical reflection we wrote the article from a Judeo-Christian and Islamic background."

""We had no idea that this article would spread like wildfire on the internet," beams Van den Berg. The phones of his colleagues and him have been ringing off the hook."

Here's the original: De Speld, Willem van Oranje was bekeerde moslim, 25 Sep 08

Obama Rumours Update

sacbee.com, Obama targeted by ugly -- and untrue -- Internet rumors, 9 May 08 "In the ugly new world of online political rumor-mongering, aggressive Googling and e-mailing allow anyone to join the cacophonous misinformation campaign against a politician – in this case, Obama."

Rumours

One of the more unusual stories relating to Islam currently exciting interest on the web: Al Arabiya, Britney Spears may convert to Islam: reports, 13 Jan 08