“Daily Blic ran a photomontage of the leader of the Islamic community Muamer Zukorlic dressed in an Orthodox Christian bishop robe,” and that’s worth 100 million euros. One will recall the observation of the South African Motoon that provoked outrage in that country: “Other prophets have followers with a sense of humor!” “Serbian Muslims demand […]
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Muslim Council of Britain condemns ban on Islamic hate preacher entering the U.K.
Let’s revisit some sayings of the quotable Zakir Naik: “People who change their religion should face the death penalty” “If he [Osama Bin Laden] is terrorising the terrorists, if he is terrorising America the terrorist … I am with him. Every Muslim should be a terrorist.” And he has said western women make themselves “more […]
France: Pork and wine party goes forward, but in a different location
Relocated, so as not to offend Muslims. An update on this story. “Banned Paris “sausage and wine” party goes ahead,” from Reuters, June 19: (Reuters) – A “sausage and wine” party went ahead in Paris despite a police ban but was staged near the Arc de Triomphe instead of in a Muslim neighbourhood. Friday’s event […]
Trouble in paradise? Chair of Iran’s Guardian Council criticizes Thug-in-Chief’s lack of enthusiasm for aggressive enforcement of veiling
You know you’ve got a problem when Ahmadinejad is the one momentarily sounding more “moderate” than the next guy (though that’s all “moderation” is — a position relative to others). And the photo above from May, which accompanied this report, shows Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has some supporters… except that for all we know, the one […]
E.U. judge releases jihad suspect wanted by U.S.
But “he has to report to police twice a week.” What could possibly go wrong? An update on this story. “Kosovo terror suspect wanted in U.S. released,” by Fatos Bytyci for Reuters, June 18 (thanks to Sr. Soph): A European Union judge in Kosovo has released from detention a Kosovo Albanian man wanted on U.S. […]
Is this America? Christian activists arrested in Dearborn just for showing up at Arab Festival
What happened at last year’s Arab Festival I received this note from David Wood of the account of Nabeel Qureshi: Yes, you heard it here first, folks. David and I, along with Negeen and Paul Rezkalla, were arrested and spent last night in jail. It is a long story which we will elaborate in full […]
UNRWA money going to Hamas, US giving $60 million to UNRWA
State.gov, June 18 (thanks to John): Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced today that the United States will be making an additional contribution of $60.3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to support UNRWA’s core budget and special projects in the West Bank, […]
Fitzgerald: What’s not to like about Feisal Abdul Rauf and his mosque of “tolerance”
What was it all about, really, that rally in Lower Manhattan a few weeks ago? I mean the one that was attended by thousands (though the police did not offer an official estimate, a policeman present told one of the organizers that he estimated the crowd at “5,000”). I mean the one where a man […]
Egyptian government now not only persecuting Copts, but meddling with Christian doctrine
It is not enough that the Egyptian government facilitates persecution of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous Christian minority. Now the government is interfering directly with the church’s autonomy concerning doctrine. According to the Assyrian International News Agency: The head of the Coptic Church in Egypt has rejected a court ruling that orders the church to allow […]
UAE: Gang rape victim gets one year in prison
Islamic law requires four male Muslim witnesses who actually saw the act to establish rape or adultery. Absent those witnesses, a woman who makes such an accusation is incriminating herself — even in modern, moderate Abu Dhabi. “Woman who reported rape jailed for one year,” by Hassan Hassan, Marten Youssef and Rym Ghazal in