From AP via the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Skeet Street. The United States on Thursday designated the Islamic Jihad Group, active in Central Asia, as a global terrorist group. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the group coordinated bombing attacks against the US and Israeli embassies in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and the […]
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UK Kids to get Islam Lessons
Indoctinating children in Islam to promote “multi-racial harmony.” From the UK Muslim News, “Borough kids first to get Muslim lessons” STOCKPORT schoolchildren will be the first in the country to take part in a project to breed multi-racial harmony. Council education bosses have teamed up with the Muslim Council of Britain to use new resource […]
Prisons change headwear policy in response to Muslim suit
In News from Wisconsin’s Baraboo News Republic, “Prisons to change headwear policy” with thanks to Two Stellas. MADISON – Wisconsin Secretary of Corrections Matthew Frank is ordering a change in the department’s headwear policy for prison visitors, just one day after a Muslim woman sued his department in U.S. District Court for allegedly violating her […]
Muslim drivers object to tickets when they leave taxis to pray
A replay of the Somali Muslims vs. Dell story from KCAU TV, with thanks to Two Stellas. CLEVELAND Somali immigrants who work as cab drivers at the Cleveland airport say police are ticketing them when they step out of their cabs for ritual Islamic prayers. Police say they are enforcing a requirement that all drivers […]
Grecula Plots Included Super Bowl Bombing
An update on this story from WCHS TV, “Suspect in bomb sale also allegedly plotted bombing during Super Bowl” HOUSTON – A Pennsylvania man who was arrested last week for allegedly trying to sell a bomb to al-Qaida is now accused of a more sinister plot. An FBI agent has testified that the suspect was […]
Univ. of Michigan: Islam is not linked to terror
Mindboggling incomprehension disguised as science from Eurekalert, “U-M study shows devotion to Islam is not linked to terror,” ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Islam is not to blame for suicide bombings, a University of Michigan study shows. Personal devotion to Islam is unrelated to support for suicide bombing among Palestinian Muslims, according to the study, which will be […]
Quebec rejects introduction of Sharia law into legal system
Welcome news from Canada’s Macleans, “Quebec rejects introduction of Sharia law into legal system in the province,” with thanks to Treehugger. QUEBEC – Quebec has rejected the use of Islamic tribunals, which can be used to settle family disputes, in the province. In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Quebec legislature passed a motion against allowing […]
Shiites want to limit Islamic references in Iraqi constitution
No public debate over Sharia Law in Iraq. It could provoke rioting and bloodshed. From the Duluth News Tribune, with thanks to Skeet Street. BAGHDAD, Iraq – Shiite legislators have decided not to push for a greater role for Islam in the new Iraqi constitution out of concern that the contentious issue will inflame religious […]
Newsweek to Al-Jazeera: ‘We Are Neutral’ on Quran Descration
Newsmax discusses Newsweek’s interview with Al Jazeera. Full transcript available at MEMRI. Just days after Newsweek “retracted” its Quran-flushing story, a top editor with the magazine seemingly backed away from its flat-out retraction, telling the U.S.-hostile al-Jazeera network that Newsweek was “neutral” on whether Americans had desecrated the Quran. In a May 19 interview with […]
5 children among 14 Shias accused of “˜blasphemy”
They could get three years in prison and a fine. From the Pakistan Daily Times, with thanks to Skeet Street. LAHORE: Five children, three elderly women and six men of the Shia sect have been accused of blasphemy under Section 298(A) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) in Haveli Koranga, Khanewal district, for allegedly making […]