When would be a good time? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it well: “Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was ‘well timed,’ according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation … This ‘wait’ has almost always meant ‘never.’ We must […]
Archives for 2011
Indonesia: 1,800,000 people take part in jihad terror networks
Tiny Minority of Extremistsâ„¢ Update from modern, moderate Indonesia: “Indonesia: About ‘1.8 million people’ have terror links,” from AKI, October 12 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta, 12 Oct. (AKI) – About 1.8 million of Indonesia’s 246 million people have potential links to terrorism, according to the country’s anti-terror chief. “The number is this. More or […]
Norway: Iranian embassy demands removal of poster depicting Khomeini as dictator
Sympathy for the devil. “Press release: – We defend students’ free speech,” from SAIH (Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund), October 14 (thanks to James): SAIH annual campaign has created reactions. This year’s campaign focuses on the students’ role as critics and democracy builders. Students throughout the world experience to be censored, monitored, persecuted […]
Malaysia: “Obedient Wives Club” calls for group sex in “Islamic Sex, Fighting Jews to Return Islamic Sex to the World”
Words fail, except to say you just can’t make this stuff up. An update on this story. “Malaysian polygamy club ‘encourages group sex’,” from Agence France-Presse, October 15: An “Obedient Wife Club” known in Malaysia for its controversial views has published a book urging men in polygamous Muslim marriages to have group sex with their […]
Iranian reports of retrial for apostate from Islam said to be “misleading”
An update on this story. No tactic on Iran’s part would be surprising. The prosecution of Joseph Nadarkhani is inherently unjust, and authorities have only become more desperate and deceitful as the case progressed. “False Reports on Iran Pastor’s Retrial Worrisome,” from CBN News, October 15 (thanks to Kenneth): Misleading reports about Iranian Pastor Youcef […]
Saudi Arabia: Despite royal decree, lingerie stores drag their feet on hiring women sales clerks
That’s right. It took a decree from the king himself to end an ironic consequence of the strict separation of the genders, whereby Saudi women actually had to buy lingerie from men because of a ban across the board on female sales clerks. Not surprisingly, the retailers continue to look for excuses to get around […]
Morocco: People somehow keep “misunderstanding” Islam even without al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda is only the best-known brand name. They did not invent violent jihad themselves. “Morocco’s problem: Freelance jihadis, not al-Qaida,” by Paul Schemm for the Associated Press, October 15: RABAT, Morocco (AP) “” After years of promoting jihad in online forums, Muadh Irshad was ready to take his fervor to the real world. “I spent […]
Egyptian state TV admits false reports of soldiers’ deaths, used to incite Muslims against Copts
As the army plowed armored personnel carriers into the crowd of protesters, state television worked to incite Muslims to “protect the army” from the Christians, and mobs of Muslims took to the streets to attack anyone they suspected of being a Christian. The abuse was compounded even in death as death certificates were falsified with […]
Egyptian military reportedly issues a decree criminalizing religious discrimination
The head of the Egyptian Human Rights Organization called it a “limited but positive symbolic step.” The decree is foremost an attempt take the pressure off of the military following its massacre of Christian protesters last Sunday. The true test will be how it is enforced. Generalities about “discrimination” leave its identification in the eye […]
Iran: Assassination plot charges are all about fueling “Iranophobia” and “Islamophobia”
They’ve learned well from Islamic groups in the West: all criticism is an act of hatred. All disapproval of various Islamic teachings and practices is an act of hatred. All accusations of wrongdoing are acts of hatred and the fruits of thoughtcrime. “‘US after fueling Iranophobia in world’,” from Iran’s own PressTV, October 14: Iran’s […]