“M’khaitir has apologised and said he never meant to insult the Muslim Prophet Muhammad….The original announcement of his death sentence was met with public celebrations.” Public celebrations? Islamic apologists in the West tell us that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy, and that Muhammad was tolerant of personal insults, but Muslims in Muslim countries […]
Mauritania court upholds conviction of anti-slavery activists
How inconvenient. Just as Islamic apologists are assuring us that slavery as practiced by the Islamic State has nothing — nothing! — to do with Islam, Muslim Mauritania strikes a blow against…anti-slavery activists. Has Mauritania been taken over by “Islamophobes” bent on making Islam look bad by linking it with slavery? Or does such a […]
Mauritania frees senior Malian Islamic jihadist
“Freeing an individual of this calibre will obviously allow him to again take up his jihadist activities and continue to commit crimes.” Why did Mauritania free such a man? Could it be that the Mauritanian government is sympathetic to his cause? That seems obvious, but no Western government will face it or its implications. “Mauritania […]
Mauritania sentences man to death for apostasy
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. This is still the position of all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence, both Sunni and Shi’ite. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the most renowned and prominent Muslim […]
Mauritania: One dead, cops use tear gas on mob screaming “Allahu akbar” and demanding death for men accused of desecrating Qur’an
Once again we see a huge outpouring of Muslim anger over alleged desecration of the Qur’an — anger we have never, ever seen directed toward the jihad terrorists who have supposedly twisted and hijacked the Religion of Peace. We don’t even see quiet indignation: a march, a walk, a protest full of grim-faced righteous people […]
Mauritania agrees to adopt roadmap to eradicate slavery
Islamic apologists in the West routinely claim that Islam forbids slavery, but in fact the Qur’an takes slavery for granted, and according to Islamic tradition, Muhammad hallowed the practice by owning slaves himself. Mauritania adheres to the Maliki school of jurisprudence, which provides an Islamic justification for slavery. Thus although it was abolished in 1981 […]
Mauritania: Muslim disowned by family for publishing article critical of Muhammad
Islamic supremacists and their Leftist allies want to bring these blasphemy codes to Western countries under the guise of “hate speech” laws. “Controversial article about prophet Muhammad provokes Mauritania uproar,” from World Bulletin, January 5 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur): A Mauritanian family has “disowned” a member for writing a controversial article about Islam’s prophet […]
Mauritania: Court reduces sentence of Canadian jihadist, will be freed soon
Yet another convert to Islam misunderstands his new, peaceful religion, and thinks that it has something to do with warfare against unbelievers. Islamic authorities in Canada who claim to reject this understanding of Islam have no program to prevent young converts from misunderstanding Islam in this way. “Canadian to be freed in Mauritania after sentence […]
Mauritania Muslim strikes websites hostile to Sharia: “There is no Islam without Sharia”
And those who oppose Sharia must be destroyed. Just ask the British Home Office. “Insight: From remote Mauritania, hacker fights for Islam worldwide,” by Elise Knutsen for Reuters, June 28: DAKAR (Reuters) – In Nouakchott, a dusty city wedged between the Atlantic ocean and western dunes of the Sahara, a young hip-hop fan coordinates a […]
Mauritania: Prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for jihad terrorist from Canada
Canada is exporting jihadists while Canadian officials are lying in wait to persecute freedom fighters. This AP story is the usual ridiculous mainstream media treatment. Yoon has ties to a “terrorist group.” Which one? We’re not told. He says he went to Mauritania for “religious study.” Which religion? We’re not told. Only in the sixth […]
UN Human Rights Council elects as its VP Mauritania, where it’s legal to own slaves and illegal to leave Islam
CNS News adds: “Ruled by a former military coup leader, Mauritania is a North African Islamic state where conversion to another faith is punishable by death. The country”s criminal code provides for a three-day period of reflection and repentance for any Muslim found guilty of apostasy. ‘If he does not repent within this time limit,’ […]
Mauritania: Anti-slavery activists arrested for burning Islamic law books justifying slavery
I am not in favor of book-burning as a symbolic act, but the significant points here are that Islamic legal manuals justify slavery, contrary to the claims of Muslim spokesmen in the West, and that slavery still exists in Mauritania, justified by those legal texts, despite the protestations of authorities to the contrary. “Activists Arrested […]
Mauritanian group declares jihad against France: “the jihad will be exported everywhere it is necessary”
France, they explain, is “hostile to the interests of Islam.” Another “defensive jihad” found its excuse. “Radical Islamist group threatens France,” from Agence France-Presse, January 3: Bamako – The Mauritanian Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou, presumed leader of an armed Islamist group active in west Africa, has again threatened France with war in a video seen […]
Mauritania: Calls to establish morality police
The good news is that this trial balloon isn’t flying just yet, though there is plenty that is nowhere near modern or “moderate” about Mauritania, including the persistence of slavery and female genital mutilation (72.2% prevalence as of 2007). The bad news is that there is nonetheless a push for more enforcement of Sharia. “Mauritanian […]
Mauritania: Prosecutor seeks prison for anti-slavery activists
Anti-slavery crusaders have great difficulty in some Muslim countries because slavery is rooted in the Qur’an and Muhammad’s example. Muhammad owned slaves, and the Qur’an takes the existence of slavery for granted, even as it enjoins the freeing of slaves under certain circumstances, such as the breaking of an oath: “Allah will not call you […]
Islamic cleric says Egypt church bombing was in accord with Islamic teaching
“You should attack those who attack you, with a force that is equal to or greater than theirs.” But wait…I thought the Jews did it! And as Zip points out, “every religion has its extremists,” or so the dogma goes, but when did you ever hear of a Christian cleric justifying violence against innocent Muslims? […]
Anti-slavery activists face railroading in Mauritania
Slavery is taken for granted in the Qur’an, and is still practiced in many areas of the Islamic world — here, in Mauritania. And where are the human rights organizations, as these freedom fighters get railroaded? “Anti-slavery activists face possible charges in Mauritania,” from Middle East Online, December 16 (thanks to Twostellas): NOUAKCHOTT – Seven […]
“Reformist” Sheikh Qaradawi joins jihad chanting at rally in Mauritania
Al-Qaradawi has been praised by establishment dhimmi Islamic scholar John Esposito as a champion of a “reformist interpretation of Islam and its relationship to democracy, pluralism and human rights.” “Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Joins Crowds in Jihad Chants at Rally in Mauritania,” from MEMRI, November 10 (thanks to all who sent this in): Following are excerpts […]
Mauritanian jihadist calls for attacks on “infidels and apostates,” threatens “black nights” for France and Sarkozy
This story is now several days old, but the pitch and content of Semman’s rhetoric are instructive. Qur’an 9:5 paves the way for open-ended warfare against unbelievers (“wherever you find them”), while apostates from Islam are marked for slaughter according to Muhammad’s own command. “Mauritanian jihadist threatens attacks against France,” from Agence France-Presse, October 20: […]
French-backed Mauritanian forces kill six Misunderstanders of Islam in kidnap gang
A welcome show of spine. “France and Mauritania raid Al-Qaeda kidnap gang,” from AFP, July 23 (thanks to Maxwell): NOUAKCHOTT — French-backed Mauritanian forces attacked and killed six members of an Al-Qaeda affiliated gang allegedly holding a French hostage in the North African desert, officials said Friday. The French defence ministry said the group was […]