Provided the law is allowed to stand and is enforced, it is a victory for human rights, non-Islamic law, and… Vitamin D. “Belgian lawmakers vote to ban full Islamic veil in public,” from Agence France-Presse, April 29: AFP – Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public, paving […]
Archives for 2010
Italy: Imam of Milan’s “central mosque” jailed on terror charges
“The Viale Jenner mosque has been linked to Islamist terrorism several times but has so far managed to avoid closure, despite a July 2008 order from the government.” Why? “Italy: Imam ‘arrested’ in Milan after terror conviction,” from Adnkronos International, April 29 (thanks to Sr Soph): Milan, 29 April (AKI) – A radical Muslim preacher […]
Pakistan: Taliban blow up 3 more schools
With apologies to Sam Cooke: Don’t know much about history; Don’t know much biology; Don’t know much about a science book; Don’t know much about the French I took; But I do know that Allah hates you*; And I know that if we blame the Jews, What a halal world this would be. *Sahih Bukhari […]
Afghanistan plans Internet crackdown
Sharia Alert: On the chopping block are sites dealing with “activities that conflict with the country’s Islamic culture.” There’s a lot of room to work with there, and that’s most certainly the idea. “Afghanistan to launch internet crackdown,” by Matthew Green for the Financial Times, April 28: Afghanistan’s government is introducing new rules to ban […]
Louisiana outlaws Sharia!
There. That wasn’t so hard, was it? Nonetheless, don’t expect this to go unchallenged. “Libel on tour: James Gill,” by James Gill for the Times-Picayune, April 28 (thanks to Mackie): Within minutes Monday a legislative committee repudiated both Islamic and British law. Neither, perhaps, represents an immediate threat to justice in Louisiana, but it was […]
Spencer interview: Is Obama a Muslim?
Here is part 3 of my interview Monday with NYC ITV, in which I answer the Question That Won’t Die. You can access all of the segments of the interview here (they’re on the lower right).
“Conservative” Muslim Suhail Khan spreads falsehoods about Muhammad’s marriage to 9-year-old Aisha
Suhail A. Khan serves on the Board of Directors for the American Conservative Union and as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement, a Christian organization dedicated to religious freedom worldwide. And both the American Conservative Union and the Institute for Global Engagement ought to be ashamed to be associated with this base […]
Pakistan: Christian barber beaten, sodomized for trimming a Muslim’s beard
An elaborate set-up, as detailed below. Police have taken no action, and the family is still receiving threats. Over a beard. “Pakistani Muslims Severely Beat, Sodomize Christian Barber,” from Compass Direct, April 28: SARGODHA, Pakistan, April 28 (CDN) — A Christian barber in this Punjab Province city is still recovering from broken bones and other […]
Hamas-linked CAIR smears anti-jihad Virginia driver as neo-Nazi
Speaking of lies and smears, a story went out last week about a Virginia driver with an anti-jihad sign on the back of his truck, who was made to change his license plate number after CAIR complained that his existing plate number contained coded neo-Nazi slogans. The implication of the story, of course, was that […]
Department of Corrections: No video removal
A certain blogger claims that Pamela Geller and I were responsible for the removal of a video taken at our FDI event at CPAC in February and appropriated by another blogger for his own use. The latter blogger’s entire video channel was taken down, an unfortunate event he attributes to our alleged complaint. There is […]