Child marriage is broadly tolerated in many areas of the Islamic world because Muhammad, the supreme example of conduct for Muslims (cf. Qur’an 33:21), consummated his marriage with a nine-year-old girl, Aisha, when he was 54. Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that Aisha was actually nine at the time of the consummation, but […]
Archives for June 2010
“We suggested that they convert to Islam and be saved, or pay the jizya poll tax, or else, we would wage war against them”
Just the other night on Staten Island, a Muslim American Society spokesman insisted that the Qur’an’s martial verses applied only to a long-vanished time and place, not to today. These Egyptian Muslim clerics, however, and many others don’t seem to have gotten the memo. “Egyptian Clerics Reminisce about the Victories of Early Islam and Lament […]
Saudi cleric behind adult-suckling fatwa is “adviser to the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice”
More on this story. Of course, it bears repeating as often as possible that this was Muhammad’s idea. And it sure is funny how “misunderstanders” of Islam in various ways keep popping up in such high places. “Saudi clerics issue fatwa okaying adult breast-feeding as way of circumventing Islamic law,” by Paulina Reso for the […]
A statement from the Copt at the center of the kerfuffle during last Sunday’s SIOA rally
Thousands of people thronged to Ground Zero last Sunday to register their disapproval of a plan by Islamic supremacists to build a huge 15-story mega-mosque overlooking that site at the SIOA rally organized by Pamela Geller and me. The mainstream media ignored the rally, except to offer estimates of the crowd size so low as […]
New York: Misunderstander of Islam “compelled” by his faith gets 15 years for aiding al-Qaeda
Note that Hashmi says that he was compelled by his faith, and refers to the “noble mujahideen.” Islamic jihadists virtually always refer to Islam and the Qur’an and Muhammad to explain and justify their actions. Yet last night, one of the Muslim American Society apologists trying to mollify Staten Islanders angry about the shady sale […]
Shocker: Abbas lies to Obama, denies PA incitement against Israel
The problem with this is that the anti-Israel and Islamophilic Obama will fall for the lies, or appear to the world to have done so. War Is Deceit Update: “Abbas not truthful to Obama; denies PA incitement,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, June 10: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas […]
Saudi man gets four months in prison and 90 lashes for kissing a woman in a mall
They were caught on mall cameras, “engaging in immoral movements in front of other shoppers.” Sharia Alert from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places. “Saudi convicts young man for kissing woman in mall,” from AP, June 10: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court has convicted a man and sentenced him to four months […]
Iran sets aside $1.5 billion to enforce ban on loud laughter, nail polish, high heels and immodest clothing, in accord with “Islamic values”
Don’t laugh. Not loudly, anyway. They have plenty of money, courtesy of oil revenues from the West. Just note that this is what Sharia enforcement will one day look like in the West, if nothing is ever done to halt the advance of Sharia in Western countries. “Iran to intensify clothing curbs, citing ‘Islamic values,’” […]
Relax: New survey says that most Pakistanis are pacifist
Which doesn’t mean they don’t enjoy a good movie featuring a bloody knife and a machine gun Jihad violence all over the country? What jihad violence? We hate violence, dude! We are pacifists! Hold my rife and I will make the peace symbol for you! “Most Pakistanis are pacifist, says survey,” by Amir Wasim for […]
Robert Spencer vs. Mustafa Akyol
Mustafa Akyol responds in FrontPage to my article “Another Moderate Muslim Joins the Jihad: Mustafa Akyol.” Then I add a further response: I Support Justice, Not Jihad By Mustafa Akyol Recently Robert Spencer argued on Frontpage that I, once a “moderate Muslim,” have joined the jihad against “infidels” and especially the state of Israel. Well, […]