Most people in Pakistan, among other mainstream Muslims, do not view Ahmadis as Muslim at all. Only in India are they recognized as Muslims by law. In 1970, in a landmark ruling, an Indian court determined that Ahmadis cannot be declared apostates by other Muslim sects because they believe in the two fundamental beliefs of […]
Islamic Republic of Iran raids and ransacks homes of Baha’is all over the country
The mullahs know that the severe threat to their regime that Donald Trump posed will soon be over. The Iranian nuclear deal that enables Iran’s nuclear program and opens the door for it to receive billions from a thoughtless, imprudent, and willfully ignorant West will soon be back on. So now is the time to […]
Pakistan: Muslims vandalize Hindu temple, desecrate idols over claim of blasphemy
As ever, if the roles were reversed here, this would be the focus of extensive international coverage, but as it is, this will be ignored. “Hindu temple vandalised, idols desecrated in Pakistan’s Karachi over blasphemy allegation,” Times Now News, November 2, 2020: Karachi: A Hindu temple was vandalised by a group of people in Pakistan’s […]
Pakistan: Muslim slaps Christian and drags her into street for calling out to a relative using his Christian name
“Fight those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and do not practice the religion of truth, even if they are of the People of the Book — until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29) […]
Bribery and Murder Threats Still Spread the Faith of Islam
During the last 1,400 years, many non-Muslims converted to Islam to avoid death or a wretched existence as dhimmis. Bribery and murder, as instruments of conversion, still take place today, in Muslim lands as diverse as Iraq, Nigeria, and Pakistan. The story of these converions is here. It started with his father. As fighting and […]
Nigeria: Sharia court sentences 13-year-old boy to 10 years in jail for blasphemy
Such barbarism is actually merciful in a Sharia context, since the Sharia death penalty for blasphemy is death. This is yet another indication that Sharia has no place in Western societies. Yet increasingly, the freedom of speech is being curbed so as not to offend the sensibilities of Muslims (who have been conditioned under the […]
India offers safety to Hindus and Sikhs who are victims of jihad attacks in Afghanistan
“The most recent attack was a six-hour siege by Islamic State militants on a Sikh temple and housing complex in Kabul that left 25 people dead, including young children.” But in the international establishment media, India, not Afghanistan, will get criticized for this. Giving these persecuted people refuge is “Islamophobic.” “India Offers Safety to Afghan […]
Pakistan: Muslims Forcibly Convert 102 Hindus to Islam and Convert Their Temple into a Mosque
Muslims in Pakistan continue to subjugate minorities; recently they have converted 102 Hindus, men, women and children, to Islam in forced conversions. The Hindus were converted in a town called Golarchi in the Sindh district. Furthermore, the Hindu temple was converted into a mosque and all the idols were destroyed, in order to demonstrate to […]
Pakistan: Muslim clerics oppose building of Hindu temple, court halts construction
Why did the clerics want to halt construction of this temple. Because, as the old adage goes, Islam must dominate and not be dominated. Meanwhile, authorities the world over take that quest for dominance as a matter of course, and give way before it. “Religious intolerance,” Dawn Editorial, July 6, 2020 (thanks to The Religion […]
Turkey: When Alevis Were Burned Alive
On July 2, 1993, yet another massacre targeted defenseless members of a religious minority in Turkey. On that day, a group of Alevi intellectuals were publicly burned alive by pious Muslims at a hotel in the city of Sivas. The perpetrators still remain unpunished. Moreover, many defense lawyers have had prosperous careers in Turkish […]
Pakistan: Muslims abduct 14-year-old Hindu girl, her mother cries “It’s a curse to be born in an Islamic country”
These “love jihad” incidents are motivated by supremacist assumptions. The idea is that the Muslim community will always grow at the expense of the non-Muslim community. “It is a curse to born in an Islamic County”. Says a Non-Muslim, Hindu mother, while hiting herself with grief, falling unconscious, whose 14-years daughter, Nasiban, is taken for […]
Yezidis: A History of Persecution
The ISIS genocide in 2014 against Yezidis in Iraq and Turkey’s occupation of parts of northern Syria since 2018 have brought a long-suffering people to the attention of the world. The Yezidis (or Yazidis/Ezidis) are a non-Muslim community indigenous to northern Mesopotamia. Named after their ancient faith, Yezidis have a rich oral tradition combining aspects […]
Islamic Republic of Iran regularly imprisons, tortures, kills religious minorities
While Iran points the finger at the U.S. for injustice. “State Department: Iran Imprisoning, Torturing, Killing Religious Minorities,” by Penny Starr, Breitbart, June 13, 2020: Non-Muslims in Iran suffer persecution at the hands of the government, including imprisonment, torture, and execution, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom. The State Department […]
Bangladesh: Muslims vandalize at least ten Hindu temples in May 2020 alone
Besides removing supposed temptations to idolatry, Islamic jihadists want to destroy the artifacts of non-Muslim civilizations because doing so testifies to the truth of Islam, as the Qur’an suggests that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth: Many were the Ways of Life […]
Turkey: Cross Ripped Off Door of Armenian Church
The Surp Grigor Lusavorich (St. Gregory the Illuminator) Armenian Church in Istanbul’s Kuzguncuk district has been attacked, the newspaper Agos reported. On May 23, an unknown assailant ripped off a cross from the church door. The moment of the attack was caught on surveillance cameras. This was the second attack against a church in Istanbul […]
Turkey: Magazine accuses Ecumenical Patriarch, other Christian and Jewish leaders of role in coup against Erdogan
In response, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has called these charges “unsubstantiated slanders, which are highly inflammatory and upsetting to the Christian and Jewish members of our people. As this action was very painful, very grave and irresponsible, and made further allegations, we consider it necessary to explain to the public our concerns in order to reduce […]
Why doesn’t Pakistani feminist Malala care about abductions and forced conversions of non-Muslim girls in Pakistan?
In the “holy” Islamic month of Ramadan, a 14-year-old Christian girl, Myra Shebaz, was abducted by a group of Muslim men led by a man named Muhammad Naqash in Pakistan’s Faisalabad. The armed abductors fired a round of bullets in the air warning onlookers against any retaliation before forcing Myra into their car. The Movement […]
Pakistan Human Rights Commission: Hindus and Christians “have been complaining of forced conversions”
Islamic tolerance. The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which one can be freed for the simple price of converting to Islam, is not considered compulsion. Remember Steve […]
Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan refuse to go back, seek Indian citizenship under CAA
But remember: the Citizenship Amendment Act is racist and “Islamophobic.” These Hindus should be happy to go back to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, right? After all, Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. “Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan refuse to go back from Uttarakhand, seek Indian citizenship under CAA,” by Vineet Upadhyay, New Indian […]
UN Commission on the Status of Women slams Pakistan for persecution of religious minorities
Meanwhile, the international media excoriates India for offering safe haven to these religious minorities, over which Muslims in India are rioting. “UN body slams Pak over ‘discrimination’ of religious minorities,” ANI, December 15, 2019: New Delhi: The United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) has said that discriminatory legislation by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf […]