“This incident and previous incidents clearly show that what the global arrogance is attacking today is the foundation of Islam and the Holy Koran.” And yet the global arrogance has bent over backwards to make sure that no one got the idea that it is attacking Islam or the Qur’an. Khamenei assumes that the global […]
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Iran judiciary top dog: Qur’an-burning “a new plot by the World Arrogance led by international Zionism”
Of course! Who else could be behind it? “Iran says Quran burning shows new Zionist conspiracy emerging,” from the Iranian Students News Agency, September 14 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): TEHRAN (ISNA)-Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani condemned insult to the Holy Quran, saying that a new Zionist conspiracy is emerging. “Insult to the Holy […]
Hamas-linked CAIR demands that Hartford, CT city council feature Muslim prayer rather than interfaith moment of silence
Hamas-linked CAIR actually claims here, in a fine Orwellian twist, that to feature Islamic prayer rather than an “interfaith moment of silence” would be a gesture of “equality.” An update on this story. “Conn. Muslims ask for equality from city council,” by Everton Bailey, Jr., for the Associated Press, September 14 (thanks to Block Ness): […]
Shi’ite misunderstanders of Islam set off car bomb in Bahrain
Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update. “Amid Shiite unrest, explosion hits cars in Bahrain,” by Brian Murphy for Associated Press, September 14 (thanks to Maxwell): DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Security officials in Bahrain say an explosion has damaged at least two cars in the first such attack since the country’s Sunni-led rulers began a crackdown on suspected […]
Fitzgerald: Laurie Goodstein and the Times: Weighed, and found wanting
Laurie Goodstein, who reports for The New York Times on Islam in America without, apparently, ever thinking she has a responsibility to study the texts and tenets of Islam, and to learn about, and be keenly aware of, the arts of Taqiyya and Tu-Quoque in which Muslim spokesmen are so well-versed so that she, too, […]
Indonesian president glosses over violence against Christians denied the right to worship even in an open field
Christians in Bekasi, as in other parts of Indonesia, have been unable to secure a place of worship due to a permit system in the country that stacks the deck against non-Muslims. Lacking a building, they went to worship in a field, and that site has been attacked as well, with jihadists even punching female […]
Italy to present resolution to U.N. pressing for rights of religious minorities in Pakistan
Islamophobes! Don’t they know this is unnecessary, insulting, and humiliating because Islam is so tolerant? In all seriousness, though, it is long overdue, and every country that calls itself “free” should have taken on this cause long ago. However, in today’s U.N., whether a resolution that is not watered down to the point of being […]
Gambian President: Islam not a religion of violence, but if you burn Qur’ans or draw Muhammad, we’ll kill you
He said it. “Gambian president: Islam is the best religion,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, September 14 (thanks to Twostellas): Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Monday said Islam is not a religion of violence and that true Muslims are noble and honorable. President Jammeh, a stanch Muslim himself, made the remarks during his annual […]
Iranian fatwa: Kill those who burn Qur’an
And still no defense of the freedom of expression from Obama or anyone else in the West. “Iran Ayatollahs Issue Fatwas Against Koran-Burners,” by Ali Sheikholeslami for Bloomberg, September 13 (thanks to all who sent this in): Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — Two Iranian grand ayatollahs issued fatwas calling for the killing of those who insult […]
Australian lawyer smokes pages of Qur’an and Bible, employer “extremely unhappy and disappointed”
No doubt the Queensland University of Technology is upset about the prospect of all those enraged Christians rioting, burning tires and Alex Stewart in effigy, chanting “Death to Australia,” and all the rest — no, wait… Moral Equivalence Alert: “Australian lawyer smokes pages of Bible and Koran, asking ‘Which is best?,’” from the Telegraph, September […]