This story mentions the Boko Haram (“Western education is sin”) sect, but does not tie this attack to them directly. Perhaps this one was the work of “Reading the Manual is Sin.” In all seriousness, though, this story demonstrates that jihadist attacks on churches are continuing in Nigeria, and they will certainly try again. “Two […]
Archives for March 2011
Pakistan moves ahead with case against 17-year-old accused of “blasphemy” on school exam
“It was reported by a professor that he wrote some blasphemous remarks in the answer sheets of Physics and Islamic Studies papers.” And so authorities threw the book at Syed Samiullah, complete with recourse to a handwriting expert and psychiatric evaluations. The latter may save him from the blasphemy laws’ death sentence, but mark him […]
“The main problem here is the next parliament will write the next Constitution. So then the fanatics and the Muslim Brotherhood will govern us for decades”
The amendments in Egypt’s referendum were “meant to amend the current Constitution just enough to allow fair elections before a new document is written.” What they did not begin to touch, not surprisingly, was Article 2 of the current Egyptian constitution, which reads: “Islam is the religion of the state. Arabic is its official language, […]
Egypt: “Hundreds of Islamists” hurl stones and shoes at ElBaradei as he attempts to vote in referendum
The message: Thanks for all your help. Now, get out of our way. “Hundreds of Islamists stone Egypt’s ElBaradei,” by Mona Salem for Agence France-Presse, March 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): CAIRO “” Islamists hurled stones and shoes at Mohamed ElBaradei, Nobel Peace laureate and a secular contender for Egypt’s presidency, as […]
Islamic chutzpah: Ground Zero mosque organizers sue Burlington Coat Factory for “damage” to site
They’re going to tear down this building anyway, so what do they care about damage to its facade? This is just another Islamic supremacist attempt to bleed the kuffar. “Suit over Burlington ‘damage’ to GZ mosque site,” by Dareh Gregorian for the New York Post, March 20 (thanks to Her Royal Whyness): The Burlington Coat […]
U.K. Foreign Office: Backseat-driving Arab League leader “claimed he had been misquoted, or had put his criticism more strongly in Arabic than in English”
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Had Western powers done nothing, they would have been accused of sitting idly by, indifferent to the suffering of a Muslim population. Having done something, they are accused of doing too much, and chances are good that at some point, calls for revenge over the supposedly “indiscriminate” […]
Egypt: Voters approve constitutional changes that favor Muslim Brotherhood
Secular democracy on the march. An update on this story. “Egyptians Voters Approve Constitutional Changes,” by Neil MacFarquhar for the New York Times, March 20 (thanks to Barbara): CAIRO, Egypt “” Egyptian voters overwhelming approved a referendum on constitutional changes that will usher in rapid elections, with the results announced Sunday underscoring the strength of […]
Reuters touts Muslim Brotherhood operative as “the kind of moderate Islamic leader Congressman Peter King said the country needs”
Is Wendell Marsh of Reuters clueless, or complicit? “Islam is all-American for one U.S. Muslim leader,” by Wendell Marsh for Reuters, March 20: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – – Al Azhar, the centuries-old center of Islamic learning in Cairo, is a world away from Oklahoma City where William Suhaib Webb grew up. But it was not until […]
Arab League criticizes airstrikes on Libya, says civilians have been killed
Yesterday, Marisol wrote: “Tomorrow, or soon, they will pillory us again as the ‘world’s policeman.’” And here we are. These strikes against Libya are disastrously wrongheaded and play into the hands of Islamic supremacists, but that doesn’t stop the Arab League from using them to play the victim card and try to stir up a […]
Iran arrests Bahais for proselytizing
Will the Muslim spokesmen in the West who insist on pain of charges of “Islamophobia” that we all must believe that Islam is tolerant condemn this action by the Islamic Republic? I didn’t think so. Islamic Tolerance Alert from the Islamic Republic of Iran: “Iran arrests Bahai followers for proselytising faith,” from Reuters, March 15 […]