But as everyone knows, the ex-Muslim convert to Christianity in Ohio, Rifqa Bary, has nothing, nothing, nothing whatsoever to fear from her Muslim family or from any other Muslim, and those who think she does have reason to fear are greasy Islamophobes. These Sudanese Muslims must be Misunderstanders of Islam. There is no doubt, however, […]
Sudan: Christian soccer star sentenced to 40 lashes for drunk driving
Forty lashes: not a good training technique “Cultural and intimidation issues” — not surprising, in a culture of intimidation. “Nigerian player in Sudan wants out before next year,” from the Sudan Tribune, December 4 (thanks to John): December 3, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – A Nigerian player in the top Sudanese club El-Merreikh is planning to leave […]
Sudan: Christian girl gets 50 lashes for wearing “indecent” knee-length skirt
The learned analysts have repeatedly assured us that Sharia provisions do not apply to non-Muslims. Sharia Alert: “Christian girl, 16, gets 50 lashes for wearing ‘indecent’ knee-length skirt in Sudan,” from the Daily Mail, November 27 (thanks to Alexandre): A 16-year-old Sudanese girl was lashed 50 times after a judge ruled her knee-length skirt was […]
Fitzgerald: Scott Gration, Or The Geopolitics of Cookies and Smiley-Faces
An article in the Washington Post several weeks ago tells you much of what you need to know about Scott Gration, former General and an early supporter of Obama (who was looking around for generals to support him). He spent some time in his youth in the Congo and Kenya, which supposedly qualifies him as […]
Obama to offer “calibrated incentives” to genocidal Sudanese regime, and “exert pressure as needed”
Another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert. Whether officials believe it or not, the Obama administration is thus validating Sudanese feelings of having been wronged by prior reactions from the civilized world to the genocide in Darfur and the institutionalized abuse in the south of the country. It is highly likely that Sudan will get something for nothing (or […]
“You cannot kill a Muslim because he killed a Christian”
“The indemnity for the death or injury of a woman is one-half the indemnity paid for a man. The indemnity paid for a Jew or Christian is one-third the indemnity paid for a Muslim. The indemnity paid for a Zoroastrian is one-fifteenth that of a Muslim.” — ‘Umdat al-Salik, o4.9 “Thus if [a] Muslim commits […]