The Qur’an contains numerous condemnations of homosexual activity: “And [We had sent] Lot when he said to his people, ‘Do you commit such immorality as no one has preceded you with from among the worlds? Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people.’…And We rained upon them a […]
Two jihadis charged with acid attack on British girls in Zanzibar
Women walking around without having everything except their faces and hands covered: a grave sin. Throwing acid on such women: pleasing to Allah. “Two suspected terrorists linked to Boko Haram are charged with horrendous acid attack on holidaying British teenagers,” by Corey Charlton, MailOnline, September 13, 2015: Two suspected terrorists with links to Islamic extremists […]
Zanzibar: Muslims Target Two Churches
“Radicals” on the Muslim-majority island of Zanzibar recently targeted two churches for persecution, through legal means and otherwise. They drove Pastor Philemon, a father of five, into hiding and took over his New Covenant Church’s worship hall by getting the landlord to rent it to them before the church’s lease ended. Once a congregation of […]
Interfaith outreach in Zanzibar: Islamic jihadists call Christian churches “dens of nonbelievers,” then bomb them
Qur’an 5:17 and 5:72 labels those who believe in the divinity of Christ kafara — unbelievers, or infidels. And in the context of a holy book that tells Muslims to “fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness” (9:123), that all too often leads to violence. “Anglican bishop […]
Zanzibar: Muslims bomb cathedral and tourist bar
Note yet again the lack of an actor in AFP’s headline, as if the bombs just decided to hit the cathedral and the bar. This is standard mainstream media practice when the perpetrators are Islamic jihadists. In any case, this bombing is unlikely to cause Anglican church leaders to pause for more than a second […]
Interfaith outreach in Zanzibar: Muslim mob storms church, beats visiting preacher
“We are looking for the bishop of the church to slaughter him – we are tired of the existence of this church near our mosque and the noise they are making.” Pictured above is a church that Muslims tore down in 2012. Probably the Christians in that church were making too much noise as well. […]
Zanzibar: Muslim douses Catholic priest with acid
Islamophobia: it’s a global problem. “Catholic priest doused with acid in latest attack in Zanzibar,” by Josie Ensor for the Telegraph, September 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): A Catholic priest has been doused with acid in Zanzibar, a month after a similar attack on two British teenagers on the predominately Muslim island. […]
Zanzibar: Muslim cleric on the run, suspected in acid attack on UK Jewish girls
The pious Issa If this cleric were of any other faith, this would be international news: a religious man, a holy man, implicated in an acid attack on two teenage girls who happen to be members of the faith that his holy book designates as the worst enemies of the believers (cf. Qur’an 5:82). But […]
Zanzibar: Muslim cleric incited acid attack on Jewish girls with his hate-filled sermons
But remember: the real problem is “Islamophobia.” More on this story: “Muslim group allegedly behind acid attack of British Jewish teens,” from Ynet News, August 10: British media revealed new details of the incident in which two 18-year-old British women were attacked with acid in the island of Zanzibar, off the African coast, some of […]
Zanzibar: Muslim group suspected of attacking British girls with acid because they are Jewish
“You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers to be the Jews and those who associate others with Allah…” (Qur’an 5:82). In practice today, this all too often works out to Muslims being the most intense of people in animosity toward the Jews. “Zanzibar acid attack: finger pointed […]
Zanzibar: Two British teenage girls attacked with acid
One of the victims was previously “assaulted in street by Muslim woman for singing during Ramadan.” They were probably attacked with acid for venturing out uncovered. “Two British women injured in Zanzibar acid attack,” by Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala for Reuters, August 8 (thanks to Maxwell): (Reuters) – Men riding a motorbike threw acid at two British […]
Zanzibar: Muslim attacks against Christians increasing
And on the Tanzania mainland as well. “Anti-Christian Hostility High in Zanzibar as Tanzania Mainland also Heats Up,” from Morning Star News, May 18 (thanks to Pamela Geller): ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (Morning Star News) — Islamic extremist attacks and land grabs on this semi-autonomous island off the coast of Tanzania have continued unabated even as violence […]
Tanzania: Muslims destroy dozens of churches, demand heads of all church pastors
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Dozens of Churches Destroyed In Tanzania; East Africa Violence Spreading,” from Worthy News, November 13: DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA (Worthy News)– Dozens of Christian worship places have been destroyed by Islamic extremists in Tanzania and church leaders are fleeing its heavily Muslim island of Zanzibar, as the persecution of Christians […]
Zanzibar: Despite efforts to decrease domestic violence, men (including Muslim clerics) still beating women
Of course they are. Allah told them to: “Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34. “Tanzania: Zanzibar Men Still Beat Their Wives, Says Report,” by Issa Yussuf for the Tanzania Daily News, […]
Zanzibar: Islamic supremacists riot, burn churches
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Zanzibar Islamists burn churches, riot – police,” by Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala for Reuters, May 27 (thanks to Clark): DAR ES SALAAM, May 27 (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of a separatist Islamist group set fire to two churches and clashed with police during protests in Zanzibar over the weekend against the […]
Zanzibar: Muslim stop building of church, build mosque in its place
Not that Muslims have any desire to place mosques on sites that are important to non-Muslims that jihadis have targeted. Oh, no. That never happens. (And certainly not at Ground Zero, you greasy Islamophobe, you.) “Zanzibar Muslims, Officials Stop Church Building, Erect Mosque,” from Compass Direct News, August 6 (thanks to all who sent this […]
Zanzibar brings in gay sex ban
Memo to gay rights activists who compare opponents of gay marriage to the Taliban: maybe it’s time to rein in your rhetoric. From The Guardian, with thanks to Teri: A law banning gay sex has come into effect in Zanzibar, with homosexual men threatened with 25-year jail terms and lesbians facing seven-year sentences. “This is […]
Jihad in Zanzibar: politicians, church, other sites targeted
From Reuters, with thanks to FreedomNowNews: A spate of weekend bombings on Zanzibar, which hosted visiting German President Johannes Rau on Monday, hit the homes of local political and religious leaders and a restaurant being used by Western diplomats, police said. There were no casualties from the homemade bomb blasts at the house of Zubeir […]