“Starting in April, Brunei will begin implementing a version of Sharia that allows for penalties such as amputation for theft and stoning for adultery.” What version of Sharia does not allow for penalties such as amputation for theft and stoning for adultery? Why, there isn’t one. The mainstream media (of which the Daily Mail is, […]
Brunei sultan threatens to prosecute critics of his plan to impose Sharia
This is no surprise. Criticism of Sharia is a crime according to…Sharia. Islamic law makes for a brittle and thin-skinned culture that responds violently to any suggestion that its stonings, amputations, death penalty for those who leave Islam, and institutionalized oppression of women and non-Muslims might not constitute perfect justice. In the West, this coalesces […]
Brunei bans non-Muslims from using “Allah,” “Qur’an,” “fatwa,” and 16 other words
As Sharia descends upon Brunei, non-Muslims are also forbidden to drink alcohol in public or be in close proximity to a Muslim partner. The banned word list is probably an attempt to forestall criticism of Islam, which is also forbidden to non-Muslims in Islamic law. In the West, the mainstream media has already voluntarily adopted […]
Brunei: Propagating religion other than Islam a crime under Sharia
How did these legal experts from the Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Prime Minister’s office get the crazy idea that Sharia mandated intolerance? We are constantly told in the U.S. that it is a benign system of laws governing Muslim marriages, inheritance and the like, and that anyone who believes that it has any […]
Brunei introduces Sharia punishments: stoning for adultery, amputation for theft, and flogging for alcohol
“The only truly clashing area is the penal code, and no Muslim has the intention of introducing that to America. The penal code is the area that people in the Western world are worried about — but these are things that aren’t even observed today in most of the Muslim world. Apart from the Taliban […]
Brunei Sharia watch: Too Near Pork Products Complaint Lodged Against Shop
Aieeee! Even in the supermarket, delicate Muslim sensibilities require discrimination against non-Muslims. To keep a Muslim child from being defiled by picking up a can of pork, Muslims in Brunei are asking that products for non-Muslims be hidden away. From BruDirect, with thanks to Nicolei: Members of the public particularly shoppers in a prominent supermarket […]
4-nation effort to spell out meaning of jihad
In my line of work, I hear it all the time — from Muslims and non-Muslims alike: “jihad doesn’t mean ‘holy war.’ The Arabic word means ‘struggle.’ In Islam jihad primarily means the struggle within the soul of the believer to conform his life to the will of Allah.” In Onward Muslim Soldiers I discuss […]