The bill is full of tolerance, however: it allows non-Muslims to worship in private homes. This is one of those stories where it becomes bitterly ironic — those who report on this will be called “Islamophobic,” but no one will particularly mind that the Maldives is systematically stamping out the freedom of religion in the […]
Maldives: Misunderstanders of Islam call for amputation for thieves and death for apostates
Wait a minute. Can we get Michael Kruse on this? How about Meredith Heagney? Or maybe even Honest Ibe Hooper and Brave Ahmed Rehab of CAIR? I mean, don’t these people know that Islam doesn’t call for the killing of apostates? Where is M. Cherif Bassiouni when you need him? “Parliament takes on revised penal […]
Blood libel and Qur’an quotations in Maldives’ debate over normalizing relations with Israel
Apologists tell us time and again that they are not against Jews, per se, just Zionists. And yet so much invective against the modern State of Israel not only finds inspiration in, but directly quotes the Qur’an’s own antisemitic rhetoric. “MPs clash over diplomatic ties with Israel,” by Ahmed Naish for Minivan News, October 5 […]