I tried to tell you. “Tunisia: Country Fears Spread Of Fundamentalism,” from ANSAmed, April 20 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – TUNIS, APRIL 20 – Tunisia is fighting a political and ideological battle at the same time, about the State’s secularity. Everybody seems to agree on the issue, at least in words, but there are some […]
Archives for April 2011
Spencer: Egypt: Muslims Riot Over Appointment of Christian Governor
In FrontPage for Thursday I discuss the latest manifestation of the march toward Sharia in Egypt: In the new modern, moderate, secular, democratic Egypt of the Arab Spring, Muslims in Qena are enraged and protesting because a Christian governor has been appointed for them. It was yet another indication that the Egypt that will emerge […]
Nigeria: Muslim opposition candidate rejects election results, 40,000 displaced in violence
“We left our homes for fear of attacks from the mobs,” said a Christian woman in Kano. “Jonathan rival rejects vote result as thousands flee Nigeria unrest,” from the Daily Nation, April 20 (thanks to Twostellas): The Muslim opposition candidate in Nigeria’s presidential polls rejected the results today but urged calm after deadly post-election riots, […]
Obama to give Libyan rebels $25 million in aid
Aiding the jihad. “Obama To Give Libyan Rebels $25 Mln In Aid, But No Weapons,” from AGI, April 20 (thanks to C. Cantoni): (AGI) Washington – Obama plans to provide Libya’s rebels with up to $25 million’s worth of aid, but not weapons. The U.S. President plans to provide the Libyan rebels in Benghazi with […]
US accuses Pakistan’s spy agency of jihadist links
Admiral Mullen says that the ISI has a long-standing relationship with the Haqqani network,” and it has only been four and a half years since the British accused the ISI of having ties to al-Qaeda, so you have to admire Mullen for being quick on the draw. “US accuses Pakistan over militant links,” by Zarar […]
Muslims protest Tennessee anti-terror legislation
The bill doesn’t even mention Sharia, but Muslims are still enraged. “Muslims rally at Tennessee Capitol to protest legislation,” by Chas Sisk for The Tennessean via WBIR.com, April 20 (thanks to CJN): Several hundred Muslims thronged the state Capitol on Tuesday in protest of legislation that they say takes aim at their religious beliefs, calling […]
“They said nothing’s better than paradise and you can earn that by killing non-believers.”
Paradise is guaranteed in the Qur’an to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (9:111), so can any “moderate Muslim” explain how the Taliban is misinterpreting the Book of Peace in this regard? “Revelations of a failed teenager suicide bomber,” from Radio Australia News, April 20: A teenage would-be suicide bomber who survived his […]
Muslim prof in Kansas: Muslims should ask Congress to outlaw Qur’an-burning — because it incites violence
Liaquat Ali Khan teaches commercial law, arbitration and international law at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He argues here that Muslims should petition Congress to outlaw the burning of the Qur’an because doing so incites violence — in contrast to the burning of the American flag, which, he says, the Supreme Court declined to outlaw […]
Afghanistan: Demonstrators riot, partially destroy paper mill that recycled Qur’ans into toilet paper — three paper mill employees arrested
So what is a pious Muslim supposed to do with his worn-out copy of the Qur’an? Traditionally these have been burned, but that is a highly charged practice these days. And obviously you can’t give them to the paper mill to be recycled. “Three Afghans held for disrespecting Qur’an,” from the Gulf Times, April 19 […]
“Christian life in Iraq has been a living hell ever since U.S. forces ousted the late Saddam Hussein in 2003”
In “The Silent Extermination of Iraq’s ‘Christian Dogs,’” our friend Raymond Ibrahim in FrontPage (via RaymondIbrahim.com), April 19, discusses the rapid deterioration of the situation of Christians in Iraq — while the world yawns: Last week an Iraqi Muslim scholar issued a fatwa that, among other barbarities, asserts that “it is permissible to spill the […]