From the Guardian: Liberal Democrats yesterday warned that the government’s counter-terrorism proposals would inflame community tensions and alienate young Muslims, as they unanimously passed a motion urging the party to defend civil liberties and oppose any move to water down human rights legislation. The emergency motion warned that many of the measures included in last […]
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When the Landlord Is Muslim
A real estate sale in Washington conducted in accord with Sharia. As the Muslim presence in the West grows, it is likely that this will become increasingly common, and calls for it as a matter of human rights will increase — calls with important implications for the prevalence of other Sharia provisions in the West. […]
Saudi Arabia fears Iranian encroachment
The House of Saud has always feared – above all other threats – an expansionist Iran. The Iranian revolution in 1979 sent the Saudi monarchy into a panic, mostly stemming from their eternal mistrust of their native Shi’ite minority, which is the majority population of the oil-rich Hasa province. All throughout the 1980s, the two […]
Pakistani groups call for the execution of “blasphemer”
More tolerance in Pakistan, as 22 religious organizations have called for the execution of Younis Masih, a 40 year old Christian who was jailed after allegedly making derogatory remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, per Pakistan’s Daily Times: Difa-e-Islam Mahaz (Front for Islam’s defence), an alliance of 22 Sunni religious organisations, demanded that alleged blasphemer Younis […]
Switzerland prevents visit by Islamic scholar
Egyptian scholar Sheikh Wagdy Ghoneim, on his way to attend a two day convention in Switzerland held by local Muslim organizations, was denied entry into the country by Swiss autorities. While the government has not yet issued a statement on why Ghoneim was not allowed into the country, it may have a little something to […]
Cat Stevens: British foreign policy to blame for July attacks
In the latest example of a faded celebrity who just can’t keep his or her mouth shut, Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam,) speaking at Cardiff University in the UK, suggested that it was really Britain’s foreign policy which invited the London terrorist attacks, according to the Associated Press (thanks to DC Watson). British foreign policy […]
“Afghans will never agree on any secular or liberal system. Islam is the modern system and Afghanistan’s future is tied with Islam”
I told you so update. “Afghan Vote: No Future Without Islam, Says Qanooni,” from AKI, with thanks to Kemaste: Kabul, 20 Sept. (AKI) – (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) – As vote counting continues after landmark parliamentary elections, Afghani power broker, Younus Qanooni, has warned that the country’s future cannot be modelled on a Western liberal […]
UK: Two Muslim passengers arrested for suspicious behavior on plane to Cyprus
This report comes from a local UK paper, Wakefield Today: “Terror on plane” (thanks to Kemaste). They locked themselves in the bathroom and were banging on the walls. This is a strange story, but Islamic prayer, which one said was what he was doing, doesn’t involve banging on walls. A BUSINESSMAN from Wakefield was caught […]
Computer evidence’s fate is unsure in Al-Arian trial
You can’t interrogate a website, right? So the PIJ website material shouldn’t be admitted, right? If the defense wins on this one, Al-Arian might as well start choosing furniture for his new USF office. Al-Arian Walk Watch, from the St. Petersburg Times, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Al-Arian and three co-defendants are charged with […]
Nigerian Islamic court orders amputation
This is the reality of Sharia coming to Kano, where battles over it have raged for some time. From the Mail & Guardian, with thanks to Twostellas: Nigerian Islamic judges have ordered that a teenager from Niger have his hand cut off after he confessed to stealing a motorbike, court officials said on Monday. This […]