It is worth noting how several translators render the key word in the Qur’an’s notorious verse sanctioning the beating of disobedient women (4:34), وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ, waidriboohunna. Pickthall: “and scourge them” Yusuf Ali: “(And last) beat them (lightly)” Al-Hilali/Khan: “(and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful)” Shakir: “and beat them” Sher Ali: “and chastise them” […]
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Free citizens protest CAIR in Oklahoma!
This is something that I hope becomes just the first of many. CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR operatives have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted […]
France: Most people support a burqa ban
And the support comes from across the political spectrum. “Ban on burqas receives strong public support in France,” by John Follain in The Sunday Times, January 24: A report drawn up by French MPs will this week call for a ban on Afghan-style burqas and other garments that cover a woman’s face. The proposal has […]
Bin Laden claims credit for Christmas Flight 253 jihad bomb attempt
Paleosama And reveals himself to be a supporter of Pat Buchanan: “God willing, our raids on you will continue as long as your support for the Israelis continues.” Buchanan (and Barack Obama) assume that the global jihad is all the result of American actions, and that therefore changes to American foreign policies can end it. […]
U.K.: Muslim students recruited for jihad in Somalia while al-Shabaab avoids ban
Jihadist indoctrination at universities in the U.K. is nothing new. If anything, al-Shabaab is late to the party, though clearly eager to catch up. “UK students recruited for Somali jihad,” by Richard Kerbaj for the Sunday Times, January 24: Students from some of Britain’s top universities are travelling to Somalia to fight with a terrorist […]
Hizballah moves rocket sites into interior of Lebanon
Hizballebanon Update: Hizballah continues to expand what amounts to a parallel state, running roughshod over Lebanon’s sovereignty with the government in Beirut either unwilling or unable to assert itself. “Hezbollah’s relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon’s interior poses wider threat,” by Howard Schneider for the Washington Post, January 23: BEIRUT — Hezbollah has dispersed its […]
Indonesia: Muslim mob burns two churches over lack of “permits”
In practice, the permit system described in the article below functions rather like a modern-day Pact of Umar, making the construction of churches — or the use of existing buildings as churches — similarly subject to the whims of local Muslim communities. These churches were not approved, and thus, not “protected” under the dhimma pact. […]
36 Americans converted to Islam in prison now waging jihad in Yemen
But will prison officials do anything to keep this from happening in the future? What do you think? “Making license plates and terrorists,” an unsigned editorial from the New York Post, January 23: It should come as no surprise that up to three dozen American Islamists re vealed this week to have skipped off to […]
U.S. friend and ally Pakistan reaching out to “all levels” of Afghan Taliban
Reintegration! Reconciliation! This will amount to more Sharia. “Pakistan reaching out to ‘all levels’ of Afghan Taliban,” from Dawn, January 23 : ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is reaching out to “all levels” of the Afghan Taliban in a bid to encourage reconciliation with its war-torn neighbour, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. “We are trying to reach […]
Muslim arrested at Canadian border for lying about aiding Hamas, but Tariq Ramadan welcomed back in
Now wait a minute. Mohamad Mustapha Ali Masfaka is indicted for lying about his ties to a charity that aided Hamas. Yet Tariq Ramadan gave money to a charity that aided Hamas, and he has been granted a special “exemption” to enter the country after being barred for five years. Of course, Mohamad Mustapha Ali […]