A Misunderstander of Islam, eh? No. Everything this Muslim cleric says is based on the Qur’an and Islamic law. “Friday Sermon in Gaza: Muslims Should Wage Jihad to Liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Filth of the Jews, the Brothers of Apes and Pigs,” from MEMRITV, July 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): […]
Archives for July 2010
Obama administration “notably silent” on Morocco’s treatment of Christians
Surprising? Not at all, but newsworthy nonetheless. It is but one more example in the broader pattern of disturbing conduct by the Obama administration in its drive to gain the approval of the Muslim world at seemingly any cost. It will not make us safer. It will not make us, or anyone else, freer. An […]
Iranian woman facing death by stoning: “Many nights, before sleeping, I think to myself how can anybody be prepared to throw stones at me; to aim at my face and hands? Why?”
The answer is, simply: Muhammad. Per Qur’an 33:21, he is the supreme example of conduct for Muslims. Muhammad’s involvement in stonings is recorded in Sunni ahadith, and the tradition has clearly survived among Shi’ites as well. It doesn’t matter that stoning doesn’t appear in the Qur’an, because the notion of Islam as a sola scriptura […]
Domestic abuse rampant in modern, moderate Turkey
Qur’an 4:34, the verse in which Allah green-lights beating one’s wife, has far-reaching consequences in letter and spirit. It makes the Muslim family a microcosm of the Qur’anic deity’s ordering of the universe and society, where submission is paramount, and the one who feels entitled to be in charge — whether Muhammad’s deity or the […]
University lecturer barred from class after refusing to wear a burqa
We always hear in the West that women who choose to don the veil are doing so of their own free will, and are perfectly free not to wear it. Yet the leader of the students’ union at Aliah University is willing to put this kind of pressure on Sirin Middya, and he is by […]
Anti-Defamation League comes out against Ground Zero mosque; bully CAIR urges ADL to retract statement
Of course, that would just be the shape of things to come in an Islamic state: Bark at the uppity kuffar to put them back in their place. “Key Jewish Group Rejects Ground Zero Mosque,” from the Associated Press, July 30: The nation’s leading Jewish civil rights group has come out against the planned mosque […]
Iran: The Marlboro Man is a sneaky Zionist
Putting nuclear materials in cigarettes! So thaaaaat’s why they’re so unhealthy! “Iranian Official: Marlboro Tainted with Pig Blood & Nuclear Matter,” from Iran’s PressTV, July 30 (thanks to Jeff): (TEHRAN PRESS TV) – An Iranian official says some of the most popular cigarette brands are contaminated with nuclear substances when smuggled into the country. The […]
Sharia Special in the U.K.: National Health Service picks up the tab for “increasing number” of hymen restoration surgeries for Muslim women
There is a virtually unlimited need, and an unlimited demand for health care the world over. It is a perpetually scarce and costly resource. So, what better way to spend it than in submission to Islamic mores? Not that the taxpayer-funded virginity “Mulligan” is new to the U.K. This has been going on for a […]
Pakistan: 5 Christians shot to death coming out of church following threats from “banned” jihadist groups
Of course, given Pakistan’s ongoing double game, there is always the question of whether the groups are banned as in “banned,” or banned as in “just lay low for a bit or consider changing your name.” “Suspected Islamists Shoot Five Christians to Death in Pakistan,” from Compass Direct News, July 29 (thanks to Twostellas): SUKKUR, […]
Here we go: Murfreesboro mega-mosque under investigation over burial
An update on this story. The nature of the interaction with mosque officials is entirely too typical: When approached about specifics, respond with lofty generalities; repeat as necessary, and people who still won’t back down are automatically Islamophobes, naturally. “Sheriff’s office to probe Islamic burial,” by Mark Bell for DNJ.com, July 30 (thanks to Twostellas): […]
Dutch leaving Afghanistan, Taliban pleased
Which is not to say that they ought not to leave. What did they hope to accomplish there in the first place? With no clear mission or goal, and no understanding of the jihad doctrine or Sharia, the whole thing was foredoomed. “Taliban ‘greet’ Dutch on Afghan pullout,” from AFP, July 30 (thanks to Twostellas): […]
Geller: Obama got Cameron to attack Israel
Not surprising. “Obama behind Cameron’s attack on Israel, by Pamela Geller in the Daily Caller, July 29: Speaking in Turkey on Tuesday, British Prime Minister David Cameron slammed Israel and called Gaza a “prison camp.” (Apparently Gaza is the first prison camp with luxury shopping malls.) The British Foreign Office has been taking the blame […]
Canada: Islamic jihadist jailed for nuclear exports to Iran
No doubt it was all nuclear material of peace. “Canada jails man for nuclear exports to Iran,” from al-Arabiya, July 30: A Canadian man convicted of trying to send nuclear technology to his native Iran has been sentenced to 20 months in prison. In addition to his 20 months in jail, the Ontario Court of […]
Banks won’t take Fort Hood jihadist’s paychecks
One would think that murdering thirteen Americans in the name of Islamic jihad would at least get you suspended without pay, but no such luck. “Banks won’t take Fort Hood shooting suspect’s paychecks, by Jeremy Schwartz for the American-Statesman, July 29 (thanks to Roger): As he sits in the Bell County Jail, accused of the […]
Fox and Friends: Pamela Geller on SIOA honor killing awareness campaign and The Post-American Presidency
The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War On America by Pamela Geller with Robert Spencer
Gingrich at American Enterprise Institute: “This is not a war on terrorism. Terrorism is an activity. This is a struggle with radical Islamists in both their militant and their stealth form.”
“…The stealth form believes in using cultural, intellectual, and political [means]. But their end goal is exactly the same.” While the emphasis on “radical Islamists” sidesteps the fundamental ideological cause of Islamic jihad — the teachings of the Qur’an and the sayings and example of Muhammad — there are several promising moments in this six-minute […]
Rush: “Anti-women’s rights is a cause of the left. That’s who’s pushing Sharia in this country: The left. It’s the left that wants a mosque at Ground Zero.”
Another American against the Ground Zero mega-mosque. “If We Were Really Who They Say We are, We Would All be Liberals,” transcript of the Rush Limbaugh Show, July 27 (thanks to Anne Crockett): Let’s take, at face value, the template that the partisan political hacks spew at me. I am, according to them, anti-women’s rights. […]
Sharif El-Gamal, owner of the property slated for Ground Zero mega-mosque, explains it all for you
Aziz Poonawalla, who is the kind of man who posts obscene photoshops about his ideological opponents, and who once fooled a whole passel of rubes at spitblogger Dean Esmay’s site by claiming that my use of the standard and ordinary Arabic transliteration of my name was a ludicrous error, has now published a supposedly frank, […]
The New York Times: Not just anti-Israel, but pro-jihad
In “New York Times: Not Just Anti-Israel But Pro-Islamist,” July 21, Barry Rubin skewers the Leftist pseudo-journalism of the Paper Of Record: The New York Times–with the exception of some honorable reporters in the field (you know who you are)–never ceases to amaze one in the spectacularly biased writings of those back at headquarters. Here’s […]
Fitzgerald: The Commercial Traveller David Cameron, His Cringe, His Whinge, His View Of The World
What shall we make of David Cameron? What can we learn from his little speech in Ankara? What does it tell us about his mental makeup, his grasp of history, his powers of understanding, his ability to make sense of things, his hierarchy of values, his appreciation and knowledge of the country of which he […]