No state would be contemplating anti-Sharia laws were it not for Sharia’s political and supremacist aspects, and its elements that are at variance with Constitutional freedoms — notably, its denial of the freedom of speech and the freedom of conscience, and of equality of rights for women and non-Muslims. But it is doubtful in the […]
Archives for April 2011
Pennsylvania court gives twice as much to sons as to daughters in inheritance case after will calls for distribution “according to Islamic Laws and Sharia”
“I think it’s a solution in search of a problem,” said North Carolina State Representative Joe Hackney in response to that state’s proposed anti-Sharia law. Well, Hackney, here is your problem. “Will Calls for Distribution ‘According to Islamic Laws and Sharia’; Pennsylvania Court Gives Twice as Much to Each Son as to Each Daughter,” by […]
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Iran urges UN to act against “Islamophobia” in the West
Ale-Habib: Playing the victim card This is, as I’ve explained here many, many times, an attempt to impose Sharia restrictions on the freedom of speech upon the West. If Ale-Habib really wants to stamp out “Islamophobia,” he needs to stamp out Islamic jihad terrorism, Islamic supremacism, stealth jihad creeping Sharia initiatives, and the like, and […]
Sharia not a solution
Here is a bracing alternative to the soothing and deceptive explanations of Sharia that Islamic supremacists and Useful Idiots are offering these days to counter anti-Sharia measures in various states. Yameen Rasheed is writing for the Maldives, but Sharia isn’t different there from what it is in the U.S. “Comment: Shariah not a solution,” by […]
Indonesia: Jihadists recruit students to target Christians and introduce Sharia
“The mastermind of the massacre is 31 year old Fernando Pepi, a former student of the Islamic State University (Uin)…” A former student of the Islamic State University? And he misunderstands Islam so profoundly? How is this possible? “Jakarta: extremist group recruits students to target Christians and introduce shariah,” by Mathias Hariyadi for AsiaNews, April […]
Islamic Movement of Kyrgyzstan misunderstands Islam, seeks “to undermine social, political, and economic stability in the country”
We are constantly lectured in the West about how genuine Islam fosters peace, harmony, and societal stability. Then there are stories like this one, for which the learned analysts simply have no explanation. Why does a group that seeks to undermine society call itself Islamic? The true answer, of course, is that Islam is political, […]
Pakistan: Police break up Muslim rally threatening to burn church over rumors of Qur’an-burning
And the Western response to this madness is to call for restrictions on the freedom of expression, instead of calling these people out for their violent irrationality. “Police break up Muslim rally threatening to burn church in eastern Pakistan, say officials,” from The Associated Press, April 30: LAHORE, Pakistan “” Officials say police have broken […]
Were conquered Christians really liberated Muslims?
Over the years at Jihad Watch we have seen many times how Islamic supremacists rewrite both history and contemporary reality in order to absolve Islam of any wrongdoing. Some of these efforts have been quite successful — notably, the whitewashing of medieval Muslim Spain. In this piece, our friend Raymond Ibrahim examines another. “Were Conquered […]
Caucasian contribution to the funding of jihad
Caucasian contribution to the funding of jihad by Joseph “Soso” Zaalishvili Anyone who thinks that jihad is a just war that simply begins one day, he is profoundly mistaken. Jihad involves the teaching of Islam, the spiritual state of the Mujahedeen, and even more importantly, a lot of money. I want to present one of […]