My latest book, Muhammad: A Critical Biography, will be out October 22, and is available for preorder now: click here. Muhammad: What can we really know about him? We know a great deal about Muhammad—or so it seems. Islamic tradition contains an astonishing wealth of information about the founding figure of the Islamic faith, and […]
London’s King Cross Station removes Muhammad message for Ramadan after public backlash
Expect anything in Sadiq Khan’s London. One couldn’t imagine the display of crosses, the Star of David, or messages from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament featured on display boards in a prominent and high traffic railway station for Christian and Jewish holidays in Muslim countries. In a one-way-street scenario, although “diversity”initiatives are not found […]
Pakistan: Student gets death sentence for ‘derogatory words’ about Muhammad and his wives on WhatsApp
“The court ruled that the messages were intended to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims.” Hurting their feelings will be illegal in the West before too long as well, if the Left gets its way. “Pakistani student, 22, awarded death sentence over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages,” Hindustan Times, March 9, 2024: A 22-year-old student was sentenced […]
Two Mohammeds, One of Them a Syrian Refugee, Rape Woman in Brooklyn
Following in Mohammed’s footsteps. The original Mohammed raped a lot of women in his time and many of his namesakes are carrying on his work around the world. A 25-year-old man accused of wielding a knife while his accomplice allegedly raped a female worker inside a Brooklyn business nearly two weeks ago has been arrested in connection […]
Islam and Criminal Law
Two of the most valuable things by which our culture has been enriched are the freedom of expression and the freedom of religion. They are so highly esteemed that many countries have enshrined them in their constitutions. The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States may serve as an example. The curious thing […]
India: Muslim journalist admits Muhammad’s child marriage, is praised, yet Hindu who noted it got death threats
Nupur Sharma was forced into hiding for saying what Irena Akbar is being praised for saying. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with […]
India: Muslim slits throat of Hindu bus driver for supposedly insulting Muhammad
“From India to France, whoever insults our Prophet will be exterminated.” Where did he get this idea? From Islamic tradition, which tells these stories, among others: A critic of the prophet of Islam, Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf, had mocked Muhammad in verse. Muhammad asked his followers: “Who is willing to kill Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf who has […]
Greece: Muslim migrant strangles 17-year-old girlfriend to death, ‘She kept cursing me and Muhammad’
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “Pakistani receives life sentence for murder of 17-year-old Greek girl: ‘She cursed Muhammad,’” Greek City Times, November 23, 2023: The Joint Jury Court of Athens announced today its decision for the 23-year-old Pakistani, who, in the summer of 2022, had murdered his 17-year-old girlfriend Nicoleta […]
Most People Don’t Realize the Most Chilling Aspect of the Anti-Israel Demonstrations
New in PJ Media: All over the West since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of 1,400 Israelis, Muslim demonstrators have been calling for a new genocide of the Jews, right under the noses of authorities, and yet those authorities have taken no notice. One problem is that the threat was in Arabic, and authorities in […]
A Recovered Muslim Speaks
I just discussed all things Islam, jihad, Islamic Jew-hatred, along with my Muslim upbringing, my Pigman superhero and my Mohammad cartoons, on the History Valley YouTube channel. Check it out, thanks.