Good for the Marriott Oak Brook. It will interesting to see which “moderate” Muslim advocacy groups speak out now in defense of Hizb ut-Tahrir and its conference, since Hizb ut-Tahrir openly supports Sharia and the restoration of the caliphate, with all that means for the denial of rights to women and non-Muslims. CAIR’s Brave Ahmed […]
Archives for 2010
Stoning for Women Accused of “Adultery” — Iran’s Position under International Law
Comments by David G. Littman: NGO Representative to the UN – Geneva: Association for World Education / World Union for Progressive Judaism We were relieved to learn that it was possible to concentrate the minds of Iranian leaders by spreading the ghastly ‘stoning’ news worldwide: Iran backs down, won’t stone “adulterous” mother — but she […]
Islamic cleric linked to jihad attacks in U.S. calls for murder of those who “defame” Muhammad
Capital offense And of course “defamation,” in this context, means “telling the truth about what he said and did,” as well as the Motoons. “Qaida magazine urges killing of those who defame Mohammed,” from AFP, July 11 (thanks to Mukund): DUBAI: An English-language Al-Qaida magazine in its first issue ran an article it said was […]
“This is called an ideological war. We will never bow down to any man-made law.”
So said one of the tiny handful of Muslim protesters who turned out for this demonstration. Yet they weren’t disheartened by their small numbers: “You may only see a minority here but we are the lion cubs. We will not keep quiet.” Indeed, there are many precedents in history for victory by a small, energized, […]
Former member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps: Iran will attack Israel, mullahs see Obama’s overtures as “sign of weakness”
Indeed they do, as we have pointed out here many times. “Iranian fighter turned US spy: Tehran will attack Israel,” by Dudi Cohen for Ynet News, July 10 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): A former fighter in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) turned US spy offered a rare glance into one of the most complex […]
Libyan ship heading for Gaza sponsored (in part) by… Barack Obama?
Certainly it would be consistent with everything we do know about Barack Obama. In any case, it’s noteworthy in itself that the Obama Administration has given money to any entity connected with Gaddafi. Carl in Jerusalem has the details: There’s some dispute over its ultimate destination, but a Libyan ship left for this area from […]
Muslim murderer of Theo van Gogh has no regrets
That this is a news story at all reflects Western assumptions that simply aren’t shared by someone like Mohammed Bouyeri. To a non-Muslim Westerner, Bouyeri’s act was a cold-blooded, brutal murder, something far beyond all the bounds of decent and acceptable behavior, something that prison is designed to lead Bouyeri to think about and ultimately […]
Pakistan: Hindu boy drinks from water cooler near mosque; outraged Muslims drive Hindus into cattle pen
A civilized, stable society requires anger management, not to mention a well considered set of priorities. The sense of entitlement to rule, and to retaliate against the slightest insults, and the imperative to wage jihad to achieve and maintain dominance promote neither quality. Lacking those, one finds scenes like this. “Hindus hounded into cattle pen […]
Just after Abbas calls on Arab states to war against Israel, Obama calls him and expresses “strong support” for his “commitment to peace”
At the Arab League summit last week, Abbas said to the Arab states: “If you want war, and if all of you will fight Israel, we are in favor. But the Palestinians will not fight alone because they don’t have the ability to do it.” And now this (thanks to Ken). The White House Office […]
Islamic apologists featured at CNN: Relax, stoning isn’t in the Qur’an!
So there shouldn’t be a problem, right? Wrong. That does not begin to exonerate Islam from playing a role in stonings committed under Islamic law. Apologists like to give the impression that Islam is a sola scriptura affair, relying entirely on the content of the Qur’an. It makes it easier to sell unbelievers the notion […]