From the Jerusalem Post, “German state to offer Islam class in every school,” with thanks to RSK. The western German state of Hesse expects to offer instruction in Islamic religion for Muslim students in every school in the state, a state official said Friday. At least one school in every district in the state will […]
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Muslim Women Can’t Jump (or Run either)
From CNS News, “Pakistan Police Arrest Runners in Mixed-Sex Road Race,” with thanks to Scaramouche. An attempt to organize a mixed-gender mini-marathon ran into trouble in Pakistan on Saturday when police disrupted the event and arrested scores of people, local media reported. Organized by two human rights groups, the foot race in the city of […]
Jihad warriors on the march from Cambodia to Southern Thailand
From TNA, with thanks to Peter in Bangkok: Cambodian Muslims flock to Thailand’s troubled South SA KAE0, May 19 (TNA) – Thai immigration officials on the Thai-Cambodian border have reported an unusual rise in the number of Muslim men from Cambodia travelling to Thailand’s three southern border provinces. More than a hundred Cambodian Muslims a […]
“Sometimes you read about these awful things”
Open day at a mosque in the Dutch city of Middelsburg. A translation, courtesy Cid Martel, of a report in the Dutch Disease blog: There weren’t many but the ones that were there got an elaborate tour through the house of prayer. Past the classrooms where children study the Qur’an in weekends and through the […]
Italian hostage ‘not well’ but alive — and captors demand Islamic law provisions as condition for release
“Italian hostage ‘not well’ but alive,” from UPI: Kabul, Afghanistan, May. 21 (UPI) — An Italian relief worker taken hostage in Kabul is alive, but unwell, her alleged captor said during a phone call, the ANSA news agency reported Saturday. Clementina Contini, kidnapped Monday in the Afghan capital, “is not well and has an infection […]
Truce Now With Israel, More Demands Later, Islamic Jihad Activist Says
No surprise here. The agenda has always been and remains the recovery of the lands of Israel for the Dar al-Islam. From CNSNews.com, with thanks to Nicolei: Jenata, West Bank (CNSNews.com) – If it were up to Ibrahim Alsakra, a member of Islamic Jihad who recently won a seat in municipal elections in the Palestinian […]
Scrappleface: Mosque Closings Spark Weapons Shortage
A joke for Saturday morning: Scott Ott writes humorously at Scrappleface, “Baghdad Mosque Closings Spark Weapons Shortage” Since Friday’s announcement by a Sunni Muslim cleric that Baghdad’s Sunni Mosques would close for three days to protest killings blamed on Iraqi security forces, consumers said they’re struggling to find alternate sources for weaponry. “My children and […]
Hani Ramadan Wins in Court; Gov’t Stands Firm
From SwissInfo, “Controversial Muslim scholar wins in court,” with thanks to Fjordman. A controversial Muslim scholar who was fired from his teaching job after publicly defending death by stoning has won a second victory in a Geneva court. However, the cantonal authorities responded by saying Hani Ramadan, who is also director of Geneva’s Islamic Centre, […]
Australian law targets Muslim suspects
Refreshing directness and honesty from Dennis Richardson, who realizes that we don’t need law enforcement officials to spend an equal amount of time targeting Mennonites and Muslims. From UPI, with thanks to all who sent in this or similar stories: Richardson said in testimony Thursday that the laws were aimed at Islamic extremists who would […]
Thai militants ‘use al-Qaeda training’
It’s an “insurgency, not jihad.” Never mind those, uh, Al-Qaeda military training CD’s. From AFP, with thanks to Skeetstreet: MUSLIM separatist militants in Thailand’s southern provinces are using al-Qaeda military training CDs, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said today. “On May 19 authorities searched Jihad Witaya or Ponoh Jihad (Islamic school) and found ammunition, evidence of […]