This article about Al-Qaeda activities in East Africa assumes that the group only gets members by bribing poor Muslims, deceiving people, or playing on resentment and anger. While noting that radical Muslims preached to the locals, it doesn’t explore in any depth the possibility that the group’s carefully structured Islamic theological and legal arguments might […]
Archives for January 2004
Malaysian dress code defender: it’s the Jews’ fault
A few days ago we posted an article here about creeping Sharia in Malaysia: in Terengganu, non-Muslim women were to be forced to comply with dress standards set by Muslim authorities. Now a PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia, Islamic Party of Malaysia) official has explained it all for us: the Jews, you see, have made this […]
No dhimmis in Kyrgyzstan
There’s a new report on religious freedom in Kyrgyzstan. It is instructive because there is a substantial Muslim population in the country formerly a part of the Soviet Union. “As in other Central Asian republics, authorities in Kyrgyzstan have banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international Islamic organization advocating the creation of a region-wide Islamic caliphate and […]
Jihad in Idaho
“Close to a year after his arrest, a university computer science student from Saudi Arabia studying in Idaho was charged on Friday with supporting terrorism.” This from Reuters, with thanks to LGF. “Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a Saudi citizen who has been in custody since his arrest on Feb. 26, will be arraigned on Monday in […]
Phares on the headscarf controversy: hijab or death!
The ever-insightful Walid Phares explains the significance of the headscarf controversy in the Washington Times: “When President Jacques Chirac delivered his televised speech about the hijab (female Muslim scarf) in France, I believed there would be an immediate Jihad against France. I anticipated a wide array of jihadist offensives against Paris. My primary analytical reason […]
Twenty-first Century African Slaves – In the Land of Islam
Slavery, a state of life closely akin to and intertwined with dhimmitude, is alive and well in the Islamic world. This report comes from Sandro Magister in Chiesa: “Sudan’s first saint, Iosephina Bakhita, was canonized by John Paul II in the year 2000. From an early age she was made a slave, sold and resold […]
Dhimmitude in Thailand
Thailand’s “predominantly Muslim south” is under attack, and “dozens of people have been rounded up for questioning, including two Islamic teachers and two members of a Muslim separatist group, since the violence erupted in three southern provinces five days ago.” Nonetheless, “Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra insisted that Islamic militants are not responsible, contradicting top security […]
Sister of Gitmo prisoner held on terror suspicions
“The sister of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner was held for questioning today, joining her father and other members of her family in French police custody in an investigation into suspected terror networks, judicial officials said.” This from AP, with thanks to Nicolei. “The woman’s detention follows the arrests on Tuesday of seven people, including her […]
Mullah Krekar contradicts his own defense
Mullah Krekar on Al-Jazeera Mullah Krekar, the Muslim leader now living in Norway, has gotten tangled up. He now says he is not the leader of Ansar al-Islam, a jihadist group in Iraq, but he sang a different tune to Al-Jazeera recently: “Mullah Krekar, under arrest in Norway for suspected terror links, represented himself in […]
Sudan Sharia watch: 16-year-old girl to be flogged for adultery
More insight into the law that radical Muslims want to impose on the world. Note also that this girl is from a dhimmi Christian family. Islamic law stipulates that dhimmis are not to be punished for drunkenness, since Christianity and Judaism allows drinking, but they are to be punished for adultery and theft. “Amnesty International […]