In recent months, every criticism of Islam in the West has been met with accusations of hatred (often “incitement” as well), and with the demand that one should just stop all of that. “Tolerance” and criticism are now mutually exclusive, lest someone be insulted. But have restricted rights to free speech for the sake of […]
Archives for 2010
Mosque shootout: 18 injured over who should lead prayers
Don’t judge this too harshly. After all, don’t we hear about shootouts in churches all the time, over who has to clean up after the potluck supper, or who gets to be head of the parish council? Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes, It’s Really A Religion of Peace Update: “Pakistan mosque shootout leaves 18 injured,” […]
Palestinian Authority TV stages bloody scene demonizing Israel
But deep down, they really, really want peace! “Demonization of Israel in staged bloody scene on PA TV,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, November 16: A PA TV documentary about Palestinian paramedics, intended to show a medic’s typical experiences, includes a scene staged with actors that shows a Palestinian […]
UK: Halal meat served in House of Commons without MPs being told
Well, they’ll have to get used to it sooner or later. Islamization of Britain Update: “Commons canteens ‘served halal chicken,’” by Craig Woodhouse in The Scotsman, November 16 (thanks to Steven): Halal meat has been served in the House of Commons without MPs and staff being told, it emerged last night. The Commons catering service […]
Pakistan: “The campaign to confront the country’s blasphemy laws…is hampered by the danger of being accused of undermining Islam”
And so innocent people continue to be victimized. “Family leads outcry at blasphemy death penalty,” by Andrew Buncombe (what a perfect surname for a mainstream media journalist!) in the Independent, November 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): Campaigners in Pakistan say the case of Asia Bibi – the first woman to be sentenced […]
UK: “23-year-old man” charged for “death list” blog
He’s a “man,” a “23-year-old man,” a man who lives in “Dunstall, Wolverhampton.” And those, of course, are the details that the Telegraph considers salient in helping the reader understand why a certain “Bilal Zaheer Ahmad” decided to get involved with a hit list of British MPs. Farther down in the story we do hear, […]
University of California-Irvine reinstates Muslim group with history of shouting down opponents and supporting jihad terror
Tolerance: the MSU and other Islamic supremacists on various campuses “maintain a double standard–one that regards any negative comment about Islam or Muhammad as hate speech (and deserving of punishment or death, according to some) but considers violent rhetoric against Israel and the Jewish people a duty.” “‘We will fight you,’” by Jill Nelson in […]
‘Unlawful sex’: lovers sentenced to 100 lashes in U.A.E.
“Muslim foreigners who commit adultery are lashed and deported, while non-Muslims are jailed and deported.” Sharia Alert from the modern, moderate U.A.E.: “‘Unlawful sex’: lovers sentenced to 100 lashes,” from AFP, November 16 (thanks to Block Ness): A Filipina maid and her Bangladeshi lover will each receive 100 lashes and be deported for having sex […]
Raw Story: Geller and Spencer hoodwinked the public into believing that the Ground Zero Mosque is a Ground Zero Mosque
Leftist pseudo-journalist/propagandist David Edwards uses a suspicious story about a domed church in Arizona that people are supposedly “fearing” because they think it is a mosque to claim that “Islamophobia” is reaching a fever pitch, and that Pamela Geller and I played a role in that by successfully “dubbing” an “Islamic center that is planned […]
“Political correctness gone loopy!”
I noticed in the story Marisol posted here about a toy pig being pulled from a farm set that someone remarked, “This is political correctness gone loopy.” That sounded familiar, so I searched the site and found eighteen stories posted here over the years that contained some variation on the idea of “political correctness gone […]