Ford just got a big boost in the Salafist market. “Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram,” by Angie Nasser for Now Lebanon, January 24: “And I think to myself, what a wonderful world…” A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the […]
Archives for January 2012
Saudi cleric: No praying for Allah to have mercy on Steve Jobs’ soul
If there’s an app for that, it is surely haram. This item was broadcast in October, but is currently highlighted at MEMRI’s home page. “Saudi Cleric Sa’d Bin Al-Shathari: It Is Forbidden to Pray to Allah to Place Steve Jobs in Paradise,” from MEMRI, October 8, 2011: Interviewer: There is a great deal of interest […]
U.K.: “Strict Muslim” raped women and girls to punish them for being out alone at night
Those who wage jihad to impose Sharia push a circular argument: Sharia is the only way to peace and security because it is the only condition under which they will allow peace and security to take hold. They try to prove the supposed necessity of Sharia by attempting to create it, through harassment, sexual assaults, […]
Indonesia: “Tolerance of Islamic vigilantism is helping to breed a new generation of terrorists”
Indonesia’s approach to homegrown Islamic thug groups like the Islamic Defenders Front is noticeably more flexible than its dealings with groups with international connections. In particular, there seems to be no sense of urgency as long as “Islamic vigilantism” restricts its targets to Christians and Ahmadis. But evidence is accumulating that feeding that proverbial crocodile […]
Obama Administration holds talks with Muslim Brotherhood, speeds pace of aid to Egypt
The Brotherhood and the Salafis don’t even need to collect the jizya from the Copts, as long as they’ve got Barack Obama. “Obama set to speed aid to Egypt: official,” by Warren Strobel for Reuters, January 25 (thanks to Wimpy): (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to […]
Egyptian Salafi leader misunderstands Islam, says that Egypt’s Christians can be dealt with like the Jews of Medina
Islamic spokesmen in the West routinely say that the Qur’an’s command to fight against Jews and Christians, impose the jizya (poll tax) upon them and make them submit as inferiors to Islamic rule (9:29) is a relic of history, never to be revived — and that only greasy Islamophobes say otherwise. Yassir Al-Burhami didn’t get […]
South Carolina mosque leader arrested in cigarette trafficking and money laundering scheme
Cigarette trafficking has been used to fund Hizballah. “Mosque Leader Charged in Cigarette Smuggling Ring,” from IPT News, January 23: A leader of a South Carolina mosque was among 11 men arrested in a cigarette trafficking and money laundering scheme spanning several states. A 26-count indictment issued in November and unsealed last week accused Nasser […]
NY Times enraged over showing of film on stealth jihad to NYPD; Bloomberg apologizes; Hamas-linked CAIR demands police commissioner’s resignation
This whole controversy is epitomized by the photo illustration and lead paragraph of the first New York Times story on this issue: “In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims,” by Michael Powell, January 23. The photo shows the black flag of jihad flying above the White House, with the caption, “An Islamic flag […]
Pakistan: Christian woman who was kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam is free after 10 years
“There is no compulsion in religion,” according to Qur’an 2:256, but in reality, Islamic law is rife with means of coercion directed at unbelievers, whom Qur’an 9:29 offers the options of conversion, subjugation, or war. For that matter, “compulsion” is ultimately in the eye of the person in power doing the compelling, and rationalizations abound […]
Detroit: Muslim high school students charged with assault for brutally attacking opponents after a play; Hamas-linked CAIR cries racism
First this: “The quarterback for Lutheran planned to touch his knee to the ground to end the game, with Lutheran leading 48 to 6. Police said game officials knew this and instructed teams not to have contact after the snap. But players from Star Academy, according to police, went after the quarterback, knocking him to […]