“The gunman was arrested at the scene has been identified as Riyad Ismail Abdullah, a 49-year-old imam who recently returned from making the Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.” How did an imam, someone who has dedicated his life to understanding Islam properly, get the idea that he should murder people who are perceived as insulting […]
Jordanian cartoonist jailed for “offensive” anti-Islamic State cartoon
Most would expect that an offensive cartoon depicting the Islamic State would only land a cartoonist in jail in territory ruled by the Islamic State itself. But this happened in Jordan, a country described as becoming increasingly “extremist.” Of course, the coverage of this incident focuses on the cartoon’s depiction of Allah as being its […]