This kind of unscientific thinking endangers all those who take it seriously and everyone around them. Also, this literalism regarding Muhammad’s words suggests that the Sultan of Sokoto, a mainstream Muslim leader in Nigeria, has no problem with Muhammad’s exhortations to jihad violence against Infidels. “Sultan recommends black seed, honey for COVID-19 treatment,” by Sulaimon […]
Nigeria: Muslim leader says bill proposing equality of women and men is un-Islamic
“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and […]
Nigeria: Sultan of Sokoto says Islam is a religion of peace
The idea that Islam is a religion of peace has to be constantly repeated, because it is contradicted daily by the behavior of Islamic jihadists, and their justification of their murders by pointing to the Qur’an and Sunnah. The Sultan of Sokoto did not explain how it happened that a group that called itself the […]
Nigeria: Sultan of Sokoto says Islam is a religion of peace that abhors terrorism
The idea that Islam is a religion of peace that abhors terrorism has to be constantly repeated, because it is contradicted daily by the behavior of Islamic jihadists, and their justification of their murders by pointing to the Qur’an and Sunnah. The Sultan of Sokoto did not explain how it happened that a group that […]
Nigerian Muslim leader: “Islam stands for peace,” Boko Haram un-Islamic
How it happened that a group that calls itself the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad could have misunderstood Islam so spectacularly, he did not explain. Nor, unfortunately, did he say what he planned to do to teach young Muslims why they should reject and avoid this understanding of Islam. […]