At noon today, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is planning to hold a forum on the anti-Sharia bills currently being considered by 20 states. I wonder if Edina Lekovic will be there. Lekovic is the MPAC flack whom Steve Emerson caught lying on national television, denying she was editor of a Muslim student publication […]
Archives for June 2011
Ibn Warraq: Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. (Part 1)
Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. by Ibn Warraq The overall philosophy or mission of the conference was to educate the public and the government about the ideology of our enemy which is, as the Westminster Institute announced, “well-organized, well-funded, and grounded in the authority of religious […]
Australia: Muslims demand taxpayer-funded halal training center
In Scotland, the dirty kuffar must pay for the Muslims’ schools. In Australia, they must pay for their halal training center. It is the lot of the Infidel to pay for the Muslims’ enterprises, as specified in the Qur’an (9:29). “Australian Muslim community demands ‘taxpayer-funded halal training centre,’” from ANI, June 20 (thanks to Twostellas): […]
Scotland: Who would supervise taxpayer-funded Islamic schools?
The schools proposed here would seek state funding; issues that should be raised immediately in response are those of curriculum and oversight. The design of an “Islamic” curriculum promises a minefield of problems including advocacy for a state governed by Sharia (now part of the measure of “extremism” in Britain), and the issues of women’s […]
U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan fires back at Karzai’s anti-American rhetoric
An update on this story. Eikenberry still chooses his words carefully, and does not mention Karzai by name. Someone might do well to remind Karzai why he is in power in the first place, as he acts as though he had no U.S. help — and funding, funding, and more funding, so much of which […]
Complaint about blasphemous Pakistani floor tiles: “the holy name of Allah … is being deliberately humiliated to create chaos in the country in pursuit of the agenda of anti-Muslims”
You have to hand it to the Global Islamophobic Zionist-Crusader Conspiracy: they certainly don’t lack attention to detail, even scheming about the floor tiles in an Islamabad bank! The complaint registered two years ago is illustrative once again of the conspiracy paranoia that is rampant in Pakistan. More on this story. “Bombed Islamabad bank denies […]
Egypt: Copts, Anglicans, and Catholics, and human rights body reject draft law on places of worship
An update on this story, which discussed some of the potential problems with the “reforms” of the new law. In particular, the plan to move to a decentralized system to permit or deny building according to local approval echoes the system that has been so disastrous for Christians in Indonesia. There are additional issues, described […]
Nigeria: Jihad against card players
As noted below, Boko Haram’s choice of targets focuses primarily on practices or institutions that go against Sharia law. Here, there is no mention of whether there was any actual gambling at any card game, which would be haram, or if the games themselves were considered close enough. In any case, to attack what is […]
Australia: Muslim cleric misunderstands Islam, says “Democracy is evil, the parliament is evil and legislation is evil”
He said it. Ibrahim Saddiq Conlan must be a greasy Islamophobe. –˜Democracy is evil, Parliament is evil” says radical Muslim cleric in billboard debate,” by Clayton Hinds for Christian Today Australia, June 19 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Democracy and parliaments are evil declared a radical Australian Muslim cleric in Sydney on Friday night […]
Gadhafi calls for global jihad as NATO bombs Libyan civilians
Unfortunately for him, however, it looks as if the global jihad has already opted to replace his regime. “Gadhafi calls for ‘global jihad’ as NATO bombs Libyan civilians,” from the International Business Times, June 19: The news first broke from the Libyan government itself, early Sunday, with NATO confirming the mistaken strike one hour later. […]