“As for the thief, both male and female, cut off their hands. It is the reward of their own deeds, an exemplary punishment from Allah. Allah is mighty, wise.” (Qur’an 5:38) Yet Shi’a Iran only amputates the fingers. See, they’re moderates. “Iranian Finger Amputations Continue Against International Law,” Iran International, February 8, 2024 (thanks to […]
Iran: Islamic groups opposed to girls’ education suspected in wave of poison attacks on schoolgirls
As Jihad Watch reported yesterday, the Islamic Republic is now being suspected of taking the abuse of women to a new level: poisoning schoolgirls to discourage their learning. Sky News also reported about the incident: Up to 400 pupils at around 30 schools are said to have been affected by the “deliberate” attacks, with some […]
Iran: As women die for freedom not to wear hijab, Swiss envoy wears long black veil in visit to Shia shrine
This kind of appeasement is ongoing, but it’s particularly grotesque in light of the recent freedom protests in Iran. “Swiss Envoy’s Visit To Iranian Shrine Triggers ‘Hijab-Gate’ Controversy,” by Antoine Blua, Iran Wire, February 23, 2023: The head-to-toe black outfit worn by the Swiss envoy to Tehran during her visit to a Shia shrine this […]
Islamic Republic of Iran: Bank manager fired for providing service to unveiled woman
The protesters just keep coming. Can Iranian authorities fire and/or imprison the entire population of the country? “Iran: Bank manager sacked for providing service to woman without veil,” Reuters, November 27, 2022: Mehr news agency reported that the bank manager in Qom province, near Tehran, “had provided bank services on Thursday to an unveiled woman”. […]
‘Huge Explosion’ at a Chemical Plant in Iran
It is not only Iran’s nuclear program that Israel has been steadily degrading. Hardly a month goes by without news of a mysterious explosion, somewhere in Iran — at a chemical plant, an oil refinery, a weapons factory, a liquified gas plant, a missile site. The media focus only on the most spectacular attacks, those […]
Iran: Qom Friday Prayer Imam calls covid-19 ‘secular virus trying to lead religious countries astray toward atheism’
Here we see yet again a Muslim cleric framing the coronavirus crisis in Islamic terms, holding out devout observance of Islam as the only true antidote. This will get people killed, not just from coronavirus, but from devoutness in Islam leading to involvement in jihad activity, as we have seen in so very many instances […]
Iran: Closure of Shiite pilgrimage sites over coronavirus prompts sit-ins and protests
Even as the country is roiled by the pandemic, many still believe Allah will protect the virus from hurting them. This idea is in line with the Islamic view that Allah blesses the pious and punishes the impious in this world, and that the more one strives to please Allah the more one will prosper. […]
Iran: Islamic scholar says coronavirus is man-made weapon “against the Shi’ites, the Muslims, and the Iranians”
Wait a minute. A few days ago it was Allah’s punishment on the Chinese. “Iranian Scholar Hossein Momeni: COVID-19 Is Man-Made, A Weapon That Targets Shiites, Muslims, Iranians,” MEMRI, March 10, 2020: Hossein Momeni, an Iranian scholar who lectures at religious seminars in Qom, said in a March 10, 2020 interview on Ofogh TV (Iran) […]
Muslim cleric says spread of coronavirus is “act of Allah,” divine punishment against Chinese, then gets coronavirus
It’s common for Islamic supremacists, and, to be sure, many others as well, to be confident that they know the mind of the deity, and lo and behold, the creator of all things thinks just the way they do. So last year, when I had heart failure and multiple organ failure, I received several emails […]
Iran Spreads the Coronavirus Throughout the Middle East (Part 1)
In a recent BESA paper, Dr. Hillel Frisch presents the evidence that the coronavirus has spread from Iran throughout the “Shiite crescent,” a diffusion that testifies not to the Iranian government’s geopolitical power but to its incompetence and weakness in dealing with the epidemic. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Shiite communities are regarded by the Islamic Republic as […]