Muhamad Ali, a lecturer at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) in Jakarta, writes on religious freedom in Indonesia in the Jakarta Post: “Religion has become part of not only private but also public life in Indonesia as elsewhere. The question about how the state should deal with religious pluralism remains unresolved and therefore needs […]
Archives for November 2003
Dhimmitude at the University of Toronto
“The University of Toronto is allowing a pro-Palestinian conference to proceed this weekend after student organizers agreed participants do not have to agree with a mandatory list of beliefs such as the rejection of the right of Israel to exist and a refusal to condemn Palestinian suicide attacks.” So much for hopes of a negotiated […]
“Most” Turks: the U.S. bombed Istanbul
“A majority of the Turkish people and its media believe that the [Istanbul] bombings were carried out by some Western intelligence agencies to push Turkey into the crisis created by them in the region. Many Turkish newspapers have also made comments that the real culprits behind the bombing were some other people and not the […]
Christian fish, Muslim sharks
Islamic law views Christians and Jews as renegades, guilty people (dhimmis) by virtue of their rejection of the Prophet Muhammad, and subject to numerous statutes that enforce their humiliation and subjugation. Muslims therefore traditionally have not regarded Christians as equals, but as inferiors. If there were ever evidence of this, it is in the new […]
Hizbul advertises jihad recruitment plan
“Opposing the Indo-Pak ceasefire, Pakistan-based militant outfit Hizbul Mujahedin has announced a new recruitment and training schedule of militants in spite of the governments recent crackdown against extremist groups. “Hizbul, which announced its opposition to the ceasefire on Friday issued a schedule for ‘jihad’ training in Pakistan’s North West Frontier town of Peshawar.” The quotation […]
Jihad in Venezuela?
“Already facing allegations that Muslim extremists have obtained Venezuelan identity documents, President Hugo Chávez has put the country’s passport agency in the hands of two radicals — one a supporter of Saddam Hussein.” So says the Miami Herald. (Thanks to rru.) “Hugo Cabezas and Tareck el Aissami were appointed last month as director and deputy […]
Al Qaeda recruits Europeans for Iraq
Middle East Newsline says that “European intelligence and security agencies are concerned that Al Qaida has been recruiting youngsters to fight against the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. “European officials said security agencies in countries such as Britain, France and Germany have detected signals of Al Qaida recruitment of volunteers to fight the U.S. military in […]
Anti-Terror Raids Target Islamists Across Europe
I’m continually impressed by how news item after news item can illustrate the global extent of Islamic terrorism, and yet most in the public sphere still claim that terrorists are a tiny, marginalized minority in the Islamic world. Why, just yesterday I heard about an address on terrorism by an FBI agent in which he […]
“Saudi Arabia is bogged down by deep-rooted Islamic extremism”
In the New York Times, of all places, Mansour al-Nogaidan of the Saudi newspaper Al- Riyadh acnowledges what the rest of the world has known for quite some time: that the House of Saud is now reaping what it has sown for many years. It has played a large role in the present worldwide proliferation […]
Nigeria: convert attacked for refusing to renounce Christianity
“A Muslim convert to Christianity narrowly escaped death when he was attacked by a Muslim fanatic on September 15 in the city of Jos, central Nigeria.” The “fanatic” no doubt believed in this statement of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Sahih Bukhari, volume 9, book 84, no. 57). […]