Qur’an 4:34 states: Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, […]
Archives for August 2010
Where will the Ground Zero mega-mosque be? On Ground Zero
This morning Politico has a story entitled “GOP takes harsher stance toward Islam” by Ben Smith and Maggie Haberman about the Republican Party’s alleged slide toward “Islamophobia,” complete with a tut-tutting quote about (what else?) tea parties and bigotry from Honest Ibe Hooper of Hamas-linked CAIR. Smith and Haberman do not, of course, see fit […]
Thailand: Jihad against rubber plantation workers
And policemen. “Three shot dead in Thai restive south,” from Reuters, August 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): YALA Thailand (Reuters) – Three people, among them a policeman, were killed in Thailand’s troubled southern region Saturday in attacks blamed on Muslim separatists, police said. A man and his wife were shot dead while […]
Indonesia: Muslim mob, police, government officials force closure of church
Muslim authorities collude with the mob out of fear and/or conviction. Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Mob Threats Lead to Closure of Church Building in Indonesia,” from Compass Direct, August 13: JAKARTA, Indonesia, August 13 (CDN) — Police and local government officials joined forces with a Muslim mob to close a church in […]
Gingrich: “There is nothing surprising in the president’s continued pandering to radical Islam”
Fallout. “3 Republicans Criticize Obama’s Endorsement of Mosque,” by Edward Wyatt in the New York Times, August 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): […] John Boehner, the Ohio Republican who is the House minority leader, said: “The decision to build this mosque so close to the site of ground zero is deeply troubling, […]
Egypt: Muslim cleric calls for jihad, Muslims attack Coptic Christians
Cleric misunderstands Islam, leads followers to misunderstand it as well. Happens every day. “Muslim Cleric Calls for Jihad, Coptic Christians Attacked in Egypt,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, August 14: (AINA) — On August 13 Sheikh Tobah, Imam of the village of Shimi 170 KM south of Giza, called during Muslim Friday prayers for Jihad […]
New York: Moderate Muslim who beheaded his wife may be able to claim he was crazy after all
Muzzammil “Mo” Hassan founded Bridges TV to project a positive, moderate image of American Muslims. And everything was going just great until he beheaded his wife in the Bridges studios. Now he wants to use the insanity defense, which was previously disallowed. But there is ample precedent for jihadists being declared insane in the U.S., […]
Obama backpedals from blessing on Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero
Even a relentless ideologue such as he can see which way the wind is blowing. But will this hedging be enough to convince the gullible that he has not betrayed them? Probably. “Obama supports ‘the right’ for ground zero mosque,” by Jason Kobely for AP, August 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): WASHINGTON […]
Geller: “No one has suggested abridging the 1st Amendment to stop the mosque, and to oppose the Ground Zero mosque is not to oppose the 1st Amendment”
In “Obama Backs Ground Zero Mosque at Ramadan Celebration”¨” in Human Events, August 14, Pamela Geller explains why Obama is all wrong about the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero: President Obama came out Friday evening in favor of the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at the hallowed ground of the 9/11 attack. Obama told the ummah […]
SIOA Condemns Obama’s Blessing of Ground Zero Mega-Mosque; Bolton, Wilders, Gingrich to Speak At 9/11 Rally
Yahoo News has it: NEW YORK, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The human rights organization Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) strongly condemns Barack Obama's blessing of the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque to be built at the hallowed ground of the September 11, 2001 jihad terror attack. SIOA founder and executive director Pamela Geller said in a statement […]