The attack was intended to be a land grab, reportedly orchestrated by an influential local Muslim, but the assailants were obviously prepared to kill in the process, clearly confident all along that the police would look the other way. “Pakistan Muslim Militants Kill Christian, Injure 20,” by Stefan J. Bos for BosNewsLife, October 7 (thanks […]
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Indonesia arrests three Misunderstanders of Islam with suspected connections to suicide attacks
Based on the precedents established by recent, laughably brief sentences for jihadist attacks, the bar is set quite low for how much time these defendants may serve if they are convicted. Indonesia has a choice here of whether it intends to continue encouraging the repetition and escalation of Islamic supremacist violence by rewarding it with […]
Egyptian Salafists: “The people who don’t recognize Islamic Sharia won’t enter paradise,” and those who oppose it are “adulterers, thieves, and immoral people”
It is a foregone conclusion that post-revolutionary Egypt will continue to have Sharia law as the basis of legislation in its next constitution, as is enshrined in Article 2 of the current constitution. Therein lies a perpetual source of instability: Sharia has something to say about every aspect of Muslim life, and there can always […]
Malaysian Muslim political party moving forward with bid to implement hudud
Forward thinking Muslims of Malaysia’s most ‘piously Muslim’ political party, PAS, are trying to usher in the future now; a future where Islamic law is in complete control of every aspect of every person’s life in the country. PAS says they are willing to ‘discuss’ the issue, but this is of course a thin veneer […]
Obama State Dept offers condolences to Khan family for killing al-Qaeda traitor Samir Khan
Mind-boggling. Next they’ll be apologizing for killing Awlaki and bin Laden. “U.S. State Dept. contacts Khan family: Official offers parents condolences on death of al-Qaida propagandist,” by Tim Funk for the Charlotte Observer, October 7 (thanks to Wimpy): An official from the U.S. State Department has called the Charlotte family of al-Qaida propagandist Samir Khan […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders three relatives in honor killing, dances happily around their dead bodies
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Celebrating death: Men dance around bodies after shooting 3 relatives,” by Shamsul Islam for The Express Tribune, October 8 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): FAISALABAD: A man shot and killed his sister, niece and another relative and began dancing around the dead bodies in the limits of Police Station […]
Wisconsin: Muslim hits man on the head with tire iron for insulting Islam
At least he didn’t behead him. He must be a moderate. “Wausau Man Attacked With Tire Iron,” from WSAU.com, October 8 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Wausau, Wi (WSAU) A man was attacked on Wausau’s east side on Friday afternoon during a reported argument over religion. Witnesses to the attack in the 600 block […]
Russia: Islamic supremacists bomb bikini-clad women to enforce Islamic dress codes
Bikinis: haram. Setting land mines on a beach to maim bikini-clad women: halal. Note in this piece how quickly the Caspian beach has been made Sharia-compliant. “Terror at the Beach,” by Anna Nemtsova in the Daily Beast, September 30 (thanks to Mehreen): The beach is crowded with men these days. Powerful, muscled Dagestani men, who […]
France: Muslims in suburbs “increasingly do not see themselves as French”
More on this story. This Middle East Online report has additional information, but has a markedly different emphasis from the prior report. Here, Muslims have supposedly thrown up their hands in disillusionment with French democracy, which has “failed” them, turning instead to Islam, even as the report acknowledges “many residents are drawn to an Islamic […]
Pakistan: Lawyer for assassin of governor who criticized blasphemy law says killing wasn’t “terrorism” because people wanted him dead
The attorney also argued that the Sharia court had jurisdiction, not the civil court, which he said ignored Islamic jurisprudence about blasphemy and so rudely fixated instead on the fact that Mumtaz Qadri committed murder. It is noteworthy that Salman Taseer, the victim, is now cast as a blasphemer himself. That is indeed the reason […]