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 […]
Just a Few Questions for Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch (Part 2)
In October 2009, the man who founded Human Rights Watch, Robert Bernstein, published in the New York Times his own criticism of HRW for the anti-Israel bias that had become so palpable under Kenneth Roth: I must do something that I never anticipated: I must publicly join the group’s critics. Human Rights Watch had as […]
Just a Few Questions for Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch (Part 1)
Kenneth Roth has been the head of Human Rights Watch since 1993, and in that position has for decades displayed an anti-Israel bias which, in its sheer relentlessness, is a wonder to behold. Not everyone is willing to let him get away with it. Chief among his opponents is Gerald M. Steinberg, the head of NGO […]
Somalia: Jihadis forcing civilians to hand over young children for training
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shabaab insurgents are increasingly threatening civilians to force them to hand over young children for “indoctrination and military training That’s right, young children are being yanked away from their homes, parents, schools, loved ones and familiar surroundings to be trained for bloody jihad war. This includes being kept in chains as they […]
Saudi 5th-grade textbook: The “Hour” will come after Muslims “kill the Jews”
Jihad Watch recently posted an article about Saudi schools “teaching Muhammad’s statements that Jews and Christians are accursed and Muslims must kill Jews.” Such teachings begin as early as first grade. Now, additional information has emerged that “an official textbook for fifth graders published by the Saudi Ministry of Education states that the approach of […]
Indonesia: Sharia vigilantes beat gay couple, then turn them over to religious police
Indonesia’s Aceh province has been caning people at the rate of nearly one per day for Sharia violations; this is punishment for “crimes” that range from adultery to gambling and to a young woman merely standing too close to her boyfriend. The gay couple was beaten by spying vigilantes and turned over to religious police […]