It is good to see that there are a growing number of such bills all over the country. They will always be challenged by claims that they infringe upon Muslims’ religious liberties. But they wouldn’t exist at all, of course, were it not for the political and authoritarian aspects of Sharia. Backers of such bills […]
Archives for April 2011
Egypt: 2,000 Islamic supremacists protest outside Coptic Church
It’s Friday afternoon, and you know what that means. This time the Islamic supremacists were protesting against their murderous brethren who attacked a church in Alexandria on New Year’s Eve, killing 21 — weren’t they? Oddly enough, no; rather, they were enraged over the Copts’ supposedly holding two women who converted to Islam. All the […]
Germany arrests three misunderstanders of Islam who posed a “concrete and imminent danger”
Profiling! Hate! Islamophobia! “Germany Arrests 3 Al Qaeda Suspects,” from the Associated Press, April 29 (thanks to PRCS): BERLIN — German police on Friday arrested three suspected members of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization who officials say posed a “concrete and imminent danger” to the nation. Authorities did not say whether the three had planned […]
Syria: Muslim Brotherhood behind new “Day of Rage”
“You were born free so don’t let a tyrant enslave you.” Yes. Instead, let Sharia enslave you. “Muslim Brotherhood Behind Syria”˜s New “Day of Rage,– by Jonathon M. Seidl for AP, April 29 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): BEIRUT (AP) “” The banned Muslim Brotherhood urged Syrians to take to the streets on Friday as activists […]
Indonesia: Pentecostal church firebombed
Could this be a Catholic vs. Pentecostal Crusade Update? Or might Misunderstanders of the Religion of Peace be more likely to have a hand in this? Hmmm, which could it be? “Indonesia: Java Pentecostal church firebombed,” from AKI, April 29 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta, 29 April (AKI/Jakarta Post) – Amid the massive police crackdown […]
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: Egypt commits “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom”
But fear not: the flowering secular democracy will be just great for Christians in Egypt. And if you believe that, I’ve got some lovely riverfront property I’d like to talk to you about. “Panel blacklists Egypt for religious oppression,” by Ashish Kumar Sen for The Washington Times, April 28 (thanks to all who sent this […]
Montreal mosque is “top Al Qaeda recruiting zone”
What? A mosque? A house of peace? Didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims at the Al Sunnah Al Nabawiah mosque rise up and tell these al-Qaeda recruiters that they were Misunderstanding the Religion of Peace? “WikiLeaks: Montreal mosque ‘is a top Al Qaeda recruiting zone,’” from the Daily Mail, April 27 (thanks to Pamela […]
Lara Logan: “They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence”
The brutal, opportunistic sexual assault of Lara Logan — an inconvenient incident in the feel-good story the mainstream media desperately wanted the Egyptian revolution to be — is for many Westerners an introduction to the deplorable treatment and constant harassment of native as well as foreign women in Egypt. And as we have seen, the […]
Somali sentenced to 10 years for lying about jihad links after arrest near Texas-Mexico border
Where national security is concerned, this case is about as disturbing as they come: “the San Antonio News-Express reported in March that federal officials believed Dhakane helped ‘violent jihadists’ from East Africa sneak through Mexico and into Texas.” Equally alarming is how lightly Dhakane is apparently getting off here, not only for importing jihadists into […]
Malaysia: 66-year-old man, 60-year-old woman sentenced to prison for being alone together when Islamic “anti-vice officers” raid house
Priorities: A government that minds citizens’ business on this level — as Sharia does — is using resources it could be employing on something more constructive, and it is using public money to do so. It is easier to look busy and productive by making an example of a hapless sixty-something couple than tackling more […]