In that shame/honor culture, she is lucky she didn’t suffer a worse fate. Anyway, this story is of interest because of what it indicates about the ease of divorce for men in Islamic law, and how this jeopardizes women. “Man divorces wife after she jokingly slaps him,” from Emirates 24/7 News, October 18 (thanks to […]
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Former Iraqi PM: “Iran is…trying to destabilize the region by destabilizing Iraq, and destabilizing Lebanon and destabilizing the Palestinian issue”
Allawi states the obvious about Iran. “Iran Destabilizing Entire Middle East: Former Iraq PM Allawi,” from AFP, October 17: WASHINGTON (AFP) — Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi on Sunday accused Iran of trying to “wreak havoc” across the entire Middle East and interfering in Iraq’s political process. In an interview with CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria […]
Muslims tell kangaroo court that Wilders is dangerous, ask for protection from him
Remind me again: which buildings did Wilders take down with those hijacked airplanes? Which Muslim filmmaker’s throat did he cut on an Amsterdam street? I keep forgetting. “Wilders is dangerous, Muslims tell court,” from Expatica, October 18: Muslims told judges trying anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders for hate speech Monday that he was dangerous, dividing a […]
Report says Osama in Pakistan under ISI protection
ISI is Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s principal intelligence agency. It is also an epicenter of the Pakistani government’s support for the global jihad. “Osama in northwest Pakistan under ISI protection: Report,” from PTI, October 18 (thanks to all who sent this in): WASHINGTON: World’s most wanted terrorists Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri may […]
Spencer on the Wilders trial: Wilders one step closer to victory
The lead story in Monday’s FrontPage is my piece about the prosecutors recommending that Geert Wilders be found not guilty of the trumped-up Stalinist crimes of which he stands accused: Friday came the good news: Amsterdam public prosecutors Birgit van Roessel and Paul Velleman declared Dutch freedom fighter Geert Wilders not guilty of discrimination against […]
Ground Zero mosque developer being sued for unpaid loan
More evidence of the dishonesty and untrustworthiness of the “moderate,” “bridge-building” Ground Zero mosque crowd. “More trouble for mosque man,” by Kathianne Boniello for the New York Post, October 17 (thanks to Pamela Geller): The money woes keep growing for a developer of the Ground Zero mosque. Valley National Bank is suing Sharif El-Gamal and […]
Iraqi Kurdistan: Islamic clerics blamed for prevalence of honor killing
Maybe the clerics say nothing because they know that with there being no mandatory retaliation in Islamic law against parents for killing their children, what can they really say against honor killing? “Retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father […]
UK: Muslim university students teaching death penalty for apostasy, stoning of adulterers
Wait a minute. I thought poverty was supposed to cause terrorism. So how is it that university students, who are well off enough to be there in the first place, are drawn to “Islamic extremism”? Could it be because there is so much in the texts of teachings of Islam that incites to violence and […]
New jihad threat targets Europe, “notably France”
More burqa ban fallout. It was swell of the Saudis to clue the French in about this, wasn’t it, after the Saudis have spent so much money fostering just this kind of thing. “Official: New al Qaeda threat targets Europe, ‘notably France,’” from CNN, October 17 (thanks to all who sent this in): Paris, France […]
“Here, [Muslims] can easily make problems for you if they found out you are Christian”
It seems that Misunderstanders of Islam abound in the Middle East, and are making life difficult for Christians there by, oddly enough, enforcing elements of the old laws of dhimmitude that only greasy Islamophobes seem to think are still part of Islamic law as any Muslim understands it today. Non-Muslims may not have authority over […]