…as it looks increasingly as if the rebels are going to work to establish an Islamic state, institutionalizing the subjugation of the Christians. “Syrian Christians fear bleak future after Assad,” by Barbara Surka for the Associated Press, December 23 (thanks to Kenneth): BEIRUT “” With Christmas just days away, 40-year-old Mira begged her parents to […]
Archives for December 2012
Nigeria: Islamic supremacist group claims kidnapping of French national
Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding […]
Mona Eltahawy links her vandalism of AFDI ads to a sexual revolution, or something
Mona in her famous pink coat “Journalist” Mona Eltahawy, who took pink spray paint to our AFDI pro-freedom ads because they labeled jihadists as “savages,” although she had nary a word of complaint when the New York Times and Hillary Clinton also labeled jihadists as “savages,” has written a poem in which she obscurely links […]
Yemeni official charged with apostasy, faces death penalty
“This is an Islamic country, and Islam is clear about everything. There is no need for people to voice their opinions about it. And if he truly is an apostate, he should be punished.” Again and again we see this: utter certainty about what Islam is all about, enunciated by Muslims in Muslim countries — […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood says new Sharia constitution has passed overwhelmingly
No big surprise there. But only 32 percent turnout? Is the level of indifference in Egypt really that high, or do most Egyptians figure the Sharia die is cast and there is nothing they can do about it now? “Egypt Islamists say charter passed in referendum,” from AFP, December 23 (thanks to all who sent […]
Australia’s largest mosque issues fatwa against Christmas, then withdraws it after criticism and says it was taken “out of context”
“Out of context”? Sheesh. All these years and they still fall back on that tired dodge? Isn’t there anyone in the Islamic Supremacist Talking Points Factory who can come up with anything new and more convincing? “No merriness here: mosque puts fatwa on Christmas,” by Natalie O’Brien for the Sydney Morning Herald, December 23 (thanks […]
Hatred and Violence in the Qur’an Awareness Month: “And the Jews say, ‘The hand of Allah is chained’…cursed are they for what they say.”
Today brings still more Qur’anic antisemitism: And the Jews say, “The hand of Allah is chained.” Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of […]
Syrian rebels deploying religious police to enforce Sharia
“Syria: Religious Police Patrol Aleppo’s Countryside,” by Basel Dayoub for al-Akhbar, December 19 (thanks to Lachlan): …Residents of the embattled city, whose main concerns revolve around security and survival, were shocked to hear that opposition groups who control the Aleppan countryside are deploying a vice-and-virtue police to enforce a deeply conservative interpretation of Islamic law. […]
New York: Three Muslims charged with misunderstanding Islam, training to be jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers
Still more Muslims succumb to the all too prevalent misunderstanding of Islam that gets the crazy idea that it teaches some kind of violence. Yet no Muslim group anywhere has any program for teaching against this view of Islam. Now, why is that? “Three Men Appear in Court in Mysterious Terror Case,” by Mosi Secret […]
Syria: “Our first goal is to get rid of Assad. Then we want a state where the Quran is the only source of law.”
They want to make Syria a Sharia state, which means no alcohol or tobacco, or “immoral” movies and TV shows. No one seems to be offering any other vision of Sharia, despite claims in the West that it is so multifarious as to defy easy characterization. “Jabhat Al Nusra’s new Syria,” by Balint Szlanko for […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Indonesia: House mulling total ban on alcohol
“There’s really no such thing as just Sharia, it’s not one monolithic Continuum – Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the 1,500 years in which multiple and competing schools of law have tried to construct some kind of civic penal and family law code that would abide by Islamic values and principles, […]
Sharia in action in Yemen: Muslims murder woman for drinking alcohol
Drinking alcohol: haram. Murdering someone for drinking alcohol: pleasing to Allah. “Yemen extremists kill woman in alcohol raid,” from AFP, December 21 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Armed extremists killed a woman in Yemen’s main southern city of Aden when they raided several homes whose owners allegedly have alcoholic drinks, residents and a security […]
Cyrus McGoldrick of Hamas-linked CAIR calls for Israel’s destruction
We have previously seen this gutter thug threatening “snitches” and applauding the fascist vandalism of “journalist” Mona Eltahawy. In this he makes a call that is tantamount to calling for genocide. But don’t worry: he’s a “moderate.” “CAIR Leader Mimics Hamas in Calling for Israel’s Destruction,” by Joe Kaufman at FrontPage, December 21: The slogan, […]
Canada: Muslim school girl praises Khomeini, crows about Hizballah’s defeat of “Zionist regime”
We’re constantly told that no Muslims in the West hold to the violent, supremacist, Jew-hating form of Islam we see active around the world. Anyone who is skeptical about this is immediately branded an “Islamophobe.” Yet we constantly see evidence to the contrary. From Blazing Cat Fur today comes this Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: […]
#MyJihad in Nigeria: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers hit cellphone firms
“Islamist sect Boko Haram has previously blown up telephone masts and offices of phone companies, saying they help the security forces catch its members.” And meanwhile, “armed police have been guarding major churches.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Suicide bombers hit cellphone firms in north Nigeria,” by Augustine Madu for Reuters, December 22 (thanks to […]
Pakistan: Muslim mob burns alive man accused of desecrating Qur’an
Try not to be so ethnocentric. Be more like Michael Potemra of National Review, who wrote: “The Koran is one of the loveliest books ever written, a distillation of monotheism that is full of spiritual wisdom, and I never fail to profit from my reading of it.” It’s understandable that the pious would want to […]
Egypt: 55 injured as police fire tear gas at opponents of Muslim Brotherhood and Sharia constitution
“The people want the implementation of Shariah. Our souls and blood, we sacrifice to Islam.” “Dozens injured in Egypt clashes as police fire tear gas at Morsi supporters and opponents,” from NBC News, December 21 (thanks to Kenneth): ALEXANDRIA, Egypt “” Supporters of President Mohammed Morsi and his opponents hurled rocks at each other in […]
Hatred and Violence in the Qur’an Awareness Month: “Those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs”
Today’s installment brings more dehumanization of Jews: Say, “O People of the Scripture, do you resent us except [for the fact] that we have believed in Allah and what was revealed to us and what was revealed before and because most of you are defiantly disobedient?” Say, “Shall I inform you of [what is] worse […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia: Islamic supremacists seal off churches, prevent Christmas prayers
Naughty, not nice “How can we think about Christmas decorations or a Christmas tree when our church is still sealed off from us?” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Beleaguered Indonesian Churches Still Shut This Christmas,” by Lenny Tristia Tambun for the Jakarta Globe, December 21 (thanks to Lookmann): While Christians across Indonesia are busy decking […]
Somalia: Muslims murder Christian for leaving Islam
Conversion away from Islam is forbidden on pain of death. Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and […]