Ms Vierra submitted video evidence “to the court that she said showed her ex-husband doing drugs and verbally abusing her in front of their daughter.” However, “the court accepted his testimony at face value, she said, while hers was legally worthless unless she could bring in male witnesses to back her up.” This is women’s […]
Vice President Pence demands U.S. ally Saudi Arabia release Raif Badawi, imprisoned for insulting Islam
Vice President Mike Pence has called on U.S. ally Saudi Arabia to “release Raif Badawi, a blogger imprisoned for reportedly insulting Islam.” In the midst of Saudi Arabia telling the world that it is modernizing, Raif Badawi remains in jail, and in August of last year, Raif Badawi’s sister Samar — among other women’s rights […]
Rapper Nicki Minaj pulls out of Saudi Arabia concert in support of women, gays and freedom of expression
In a move of conviction rarely seen, especially in the entertainment industry: Rapper Nicki Minaj announced she would not be performing at a music festival in Saudi Arabia. Minaj cited her reason for pulling out of the performance as wanting to show support for women, gays and the freedom to express thought. The most important […]
Saudi Arabia shuts down first halal nightclub to avoid corrupting the “holiest city in Islam”
Westerners continue to argue among themselves (emphasis among themselves) about what Islam is. It should be obvious what normative Islam is, based on adherence to it in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt etc. and also the kind of theology coming out of Al Azhar University. So while Westerners continue to fall for the “islamophobia” ploy […]
Austria to shut down “controversial” Saudi center for interfaith religious dialogue
Austrian MPs have voted to shut down the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue “following repeated criticism of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record.” Saudi Arabia is certainly not the only Islamic country that is spreading its influence throughout the West under a banner of “dialogue” and “peace,” while routinely abusing […]
Saudi journalist claims ‘secret alliance’ between Israel and Iran
We read a good deal about an increasingly warm Saudi-Israel relationship, even an informal alliance, based on both countries’ shared opposition to a relentlessly aggressive Iran. While the Saudis have for years been fighting a proxy war against Iran in Yemen, giving, and taking, blows from the Shi’a Houthi, Israel fought a war in 2006 […]
Yemen: 10 shot to death in Ramadan prayer dispute
More Muslim on Muslim violence. This one was over a dispute involving Ramadan prayers…. An imam and nine worshippers were killed following Houthi militia attacks on a number of mosques for celebrating Eid al-Fitr on Tuesday, after Saudi Arabia announced the sighting of the Shawwal crescent, Yemen’s information minister Moammar al-Eryani and local media reported…. […]
Saudi Arabia to execute three Muslim scholars after Ramadan
UPDATE: There has been much discussion circulating about the authenticity of the three “moderate scholars” who were promoted as such by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Much feedback also came in from Jihad Watchers. Referencing al-Qouda as “moderate” drew the concern of many. For this reason, a profile of the two most controversial scholars: […]
“Throats Must be Slit” Muslim Brotherhood Imam Apologizes for Views
In 2017, Human Rights Watch was complaining that the Saudi crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood had entangled a number of clerics including Sheikh Ayed al-Qarni. “These apparently politically motivated arrests are another sign that Mohammad bin Salman has no real interest in improving his country’s record on free speech and the rule of law,” said Sarah […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: A Saudi Denounces “Obsessive Jew Hatred”; Allah Commanded Us To Love And Respect Jews
The website Memri.org is so full of disturbing news from the Arab and Muslim world — newspaper articles, mosque sermons, academic lectures, media appearances, book excerpts — that we come to expect the worst, and the worst is what we ordinarily get. Recently at the site, for example, Mahmoud Abbas could be seen defending his […]
Saudi Arabia foils Islamic State jihad attack; 13 jihadis arrested, 4 killed
“Saudi Arabia has arrested 13 individuals in connection with planning attacks in the kingdom, a day after security forces said they had thwarted an attack near the capital. The arrest comes after Islamic State claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attempted attack on a state security building in Zulf.” It’s no secret that Muslims also attack Muslims […]
Pakistan’s Information Minister: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia making efforts to portray the true soft image of Islam
Pakistan, with its blasphemy laws, and Saudi Arabia, with its oppression of women, stonings, amputations, etc., are both portraying Islam according to its core texts and teachings quite accurately. But “soft” might not be the most accurate modifier. “Pakistan, KSA making efforts to portray true image of Islam: Fawad,” Radio Pakistan, April 7, 2019: Minister […]
Saudi King calls for “combating hate speech and terrorism that is not condoned by religions”
Apparently terrorism that is condoned by religions is fine with him, as in “strike terror in the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). And by “hate speech” he likely means honest discussion of how Islamic jihadis use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence. “King Salman in tweet calls for combating hate speech, terrorism,” […]
Saudi sisters flee father and brothers who beat them: “I was like a prisoner”
“They were like my jailer, like my prison officer. I was like a prisoner. It was basically modern day slavery. You can’t go out of the house unless someone is with us. Sometimes we will stay for months without even seeing the sun.” This is not some extremist abuse. Islamic law forbids women to leave […]
Robert Spencer meets with Ensaf Haidar, wife of Raif Badawi, imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for insulting Islam
On Tuesday and Wednesday I had the great honor of meeting with Ensaf Haidar, the wife of the heroic and courageous Raif Badawi. About Raif Badawi: “On 17 June 2012, he was arrested on a charge of insulting Islam through electronic channels, and in December of that year was also cited for apostasy, a conviction […]
Saudi Arabia: Man asks mother if she is Shia, then cab driver beheads her 6-year-old son
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks” (Qur’an 47:4) Sunnis consider Shi’ites to be unbelievers, and have attacked them frequently throughout Islam’s 1400-year history. But there is no reason to be concerned about this: Saudi authorities are claiming that the cab driver is “mentally ill.” They likely picked up that idea from Western authorities, […]
Saudi Arabia develops app to stop women from traveling without permission from male guardians
This is not “extremism.” It’s basic, mainstream Sharia: “The husband may forbid his wife to leave the home…because of the hadith related by Bayhaqi that the Prophet…said, ‘It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to allow someone into her husband’s house if he is opposed, or to […]
Meghan Markle’s friend is being tortured in Saudi prison for fighting for women’s rights
Meghan Markle’s friend Loujain al-Hathloul “has been jailed and tortured in Saudi Arabia for fighting for women’s rights.” Her family states that “the 29-year-old languishes in a Riyadh prison cell, with her family reporting she has been subjected to electric-shock torture, and threats of rape and death in a ‘palace of terror.’” Markle has recently […]
Illinois: Muslim who fired multiple shots at vehicle, injuring a woman driving by, flees to Saudi Arabia
The Saudis have a longstanding practice of spiriting Saudi citizens accused of crimes in the United States (and Canada) out of this country. After all, what respect should Muslims have for Infidel laws? But the U.S. government should realize that whatever the pragmatic considerations may be for continuing the sham alliance with Saudi Arabia, this […]
Saudi government helps five Muslims accused of crimes in Oregon elude prosecution, flee the country
What respect should Sharia adherents have for infidel laws? “Gone: More cases emerge of Saudi students vanishing while facing Oregon charges,” by Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian/OregonLive, January 13, 2019: In December 2014, a university student from Saudi Arabia was arrested in Monmouth and accused of raping a classmate after giving her marijuana and shots […]