Quiet resistance in Bangladesh to Sharia provisions discriminating against women, which are akin to those discriminating against dhimmis. From the Washington Times, with thanks to EPG: Bangladesh has used a “silent social revolution” to boost women’s rights and avoid the religious extremism that has plagued other Muslim countries, Foreign Minister M. Morshed Khan said in […]
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Female TV host’s killing sends chill through Kabul
It may have been an honor killing. Shaima Rezayee update, from the Christian Science Monitor, with thanks to EPG: Staff at a controversial TV station in Kabul are taking extra security precautions in the wake of a killing last Wednesday of a former colleague who was shot dead in her Kabul home. Shaima Rezayee had […]
Muslims plan anti-American protests
Global protest update. “Extremist Islamic groups behind unrest over Newsweek story,” from WND, with thanks to EPG: Despite Newsweek’s retraction of its Quran-in-the-toilet story, plans are proceeding for a global anti-American protest Friday involving leading Islamic organizations. Since the story broke, evidence shows that supporters of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban have been at […]
Spencer: Taking the Sting Out of Jihad
Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer in FrontPage today: Robert Redford and Paul Newman aren’t in on it this time, but The Sting has become a key weapon in stateside anti-terror efforts. Last week a 68-year-old Pennsylvania man named Ronald A. Grecula went to Houston for a meeting. He told the men he had arranged to […]
Turkey’s Forgotten Islamist Pogrom
A Let-Them-Into-The-EU Alert from Alyssa A. Lappen in FrontPage: For 50 years, historians, diplomats and state department officials have touted Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a great secular leader in a predominantly Muslim region, whose policies modernized and democratized Turkey, shaping it into a Western-style state. But Ataturk was western only insofar as he implemented the […]
Conyers: Full Text of House Resolution 288
From John Conyers’ Website, with thanks to KAOSKTRL. Text of My Resolution Regarding Relgious [sic] Intolerance [Conyers says]I received a large number of comments, and quite a spirited debate, concerning my resolution opposing religious intolerance, including desecration of the Quran. I appreciate all of the comments, both those supporting and opposing my actions. I continue […]
N.C. church stands by sign saying Quran “should be flushed”
From the North Carolina News & Observer, with thanks to disillusioned german. CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The pastor of a small Baptist church has refused calls to take down a sign posted in front of his church reading “The Koran needs to be flushed,” saying Tuesday he has nothing to apologize for. “My creed is the […]
Halal Food & All Muslim Med. Teams for Muslims in German Hospital
From IslamOnline, “Special Ward, Halal Food for Muslims in German Hospital,” with thanks to Two Stellas. BERLIN — In an unprecedented step in the European country, a German hospital has set up a special ward for its Muslim patients to be treated by an all-Muslim medical team. Betra hospital in the northwestern city of Hannover […]
Web sites claim al-Zarqawi wounded
Pentagon and U.S. intelligence officials question authenticity, from CNN. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi — the Jordanian-born insurgent leader in Iraq — has been wounded, several Islamist militant Web sites reported Tuesday. The message could not be independently verified. In Washington one Pentagon official with access to military intelligence said, “We have no information that would confirm […]
Al Azhar Plans TV Channel to Promote Islam
From AKI, EGYPT: SUNNI AUTHORITY PLANS TV CHANNEL TO PROMOTE ISLAM, with thanks to Skeet Street. Cairo – The most authoritative Sunni Muslim academic body, the al-Azhar University, is planning to launch a satellite TV channel with the aim of countering “anti-Islam onslaughts” and fighting “radical Islamic thoughts” broadcast on other Arabic satellite channels. The […]