This advice is self-contradictory. “The government helped 18 girls escape forced marriages last financial year — three times more than in 2015.” That’s great, but is it not disrespecting Islamic culture to prevent these men from imitating Muhammad in his marriage to the child Aisha? At a certain point, either the “respect” or the ending […]
Australia’s Daily Telegraph: “Death toll of Aussies fighting with Islamic State rises to 68”
This headline from the Daily Telegraph exemplifies a false assumption that prevails all over the West. In reality, the “Aussies” who were killed fighting for the Islamic State didn’t consider themselves “Australian” at all, in terms of their citizenship; they considered themselves to be citizens of the global umma, and of the caliphate that, as […]