A terrific opinion piece by Charles Moore in The Telegraph, with thanks to Joerg and Andy: Was the prophet Mohammed a paedophile? The question is sometimes asked because one of his wives, Aisha, was a child when he married her. As Barnaby Rogerson gingerly puts it in his highly sympathetic recent biography (The Prophet Muhammad, […]
Archives for 2004
‘Mired in a religious war’
I seem to have overlooked this when it was published over a week ago, but it is still well worth reading. From Sam Harris in the Washington Times, with thanks to Fanabba: Perhaps it is time we thought the unthinkable about Iraq. Perhaps it is time we considered the possibility that we will break everything […]
Tariq Ramadan Live
From The Guardian, with thanks to Susan: Tariq Ramadan online chat! Susan notes: “In this live chat session at al-Guardian (where else), Tariq Ramadan is repeatedly asked about his ‘moratorium’ on stoning. He does not answer the question, repeatedly.” Look at all the other questions he doesn’t answer as well. And note: he is identified […]
CAIR Calls on Wiesenthal Center to Repudiate “Islamophobia”
The predictable reaction to Bruce Tefft’s address. A CAIR press release: ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ — The Southern California office of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today called on the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles to repudiate Islamophobic comments blaming the faith of Islam for terror made at a recent conference sponsored by […]
UN Forum Explores Ways To Fight ‘Islamophobia’
When is the UN Forum on “Christianophobia” going to begin? From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, with thanks to Anthony: United Nations, 10 December 2004 — A deep misunderstanding of Islam is fueling anger, hatred, and fear about one of the world’s great religions. Scholars and diplomats from around the world gathered in New York on […]
Macedonia: Muslim Student Threatened With Death By Co-students In Skopje
Women’s rights alert. “The faculty refuses to comment.” From Focus English News, with thanks to Twostellas: Skopje. A female Muslim student from the Faculty of Law in Skopje has withdrawn from delivering a speech on emancipation of the Muslim woman after being threatened with death by Albanian co-students, Macedonian Dnevnik daily announced.
‘Al Qaeda could stage seaborne attack within 12 months’
From the Daily Times of Pakistan, with thanks to Kemaste: LONDON: Al Qaeda could stage a seaborne attack within the next 12 months, in a tactical strategy to drive maritime shipping costs and travel times to record highs, a British private defence firm said on Friday. Aegis Defence Systems intelligence director Dominic Armstrong said that […]
UK: Honor killing over love song dedication
From The Sun, with thanks to Filtrat: A YOUNG Asian woman was murdered for bringing disgrace on her family — after they heard a love song had been dedicated to her on a radio station, cops said yesterday. The so-called honour killing was probed by West Yorkshire Police — but they met a wall of […]
Texas: Bangladeshi Muslim caught crossing border with member of group linked to Al-Qaeda
From the Brownsville Herald, with thanks to Kemaste: December 10, 2004 — Last week’s arrest of a Bangladeshi immigrant trying to illegally enter the country has federal authorities concerned over the vulnerability of the U.S.-Mexico border to infiltration by terrorists. Federal court records show Fakhrul Islam, age unknown, was arrested Dec. 4 with 13 other […]
Jihadist pizza courier ‘targeted’ Amsterdam sex zone
Some like to compare Christian conservatives to jihadists. This is one of the differences. From Expatica, with thanks to Kemaste: AMSTERDAM — Justice authorities arrested a Moroccan man last month after receiving a tip-off that Islamic extremists were allegedly planning an attack on the Red Light District in Amsterdam, it was reported on Friday. The […]