A “growing number of Kurds…are leaving Islam to embrace the faith of their ancestors—Zoroastrianism,” reported Agence France Presse (AFP) in 2019, a development similar to that of many neighboring Iranians. These Kurds have experienced in Islam only oppression and have turned to the ancient Zoroastrian faith as a belief alternative, thereby continuing a longstanding Kurdish […]
As the Islamic Republic Fails, Renewed Interest in Zoroastrianism, Iran’s Ancient Faith
“Over the past few decades, Iran has seen a revival in the native religion that predates Islam—something that the ayatollahs desperately want to suppress,” the Israel Project’s Zenobia Ravji stated in 2016. Iran’s modern Islamic Republic has continued the historic antagonism of Iran’s various Islamic rulers towards Zoroastrianism, whose often illustrious past began some 3,500 […]
Islam Has a Problem with Dogs
Sniffer dogs sent to Egypt and Jordan by the American government have been so mistreated or neglected that many have died, and the program to those countries has been suspended. The story is here: The US has stopped exporting bomb-sniffing dogs to Egypt and Jordan after a number of animals died from mistreatment and neglect, […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: On dogs (and pictures) in Islam
“The Prophet said, ‘Angels do not enter a house in which there are dogs or pictures.” (Sahih-Al-Bukhari, 7.833, Narrated by Abu Talha) I first posted at Jihad Watch seven years ago (June 11, 2009) a piece about the fear and hatred Muslims appear to harbor for dogs, and about the consequent mistreatment dogs endure from Muslims. […]