Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a […]
Archives for May 2012
Pakistan turns to Interpol after Twitter declines to help manage “anti-Islamic material”
Is Interpol under Sharia? Maybe — it has helped enforce it in the recent past. “Pakistan turns to Interpol after Twitter declines to help manage ‘anti-Islamic material,’” by Jon Russell for The Next Web, May 21 (thanks to Twostellas): Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Senator Rehman Malik, has taken to Twitter to explain that, following the Twitter […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric misunderstands Islam, justifies honor killing
Doesn’t he know that honor killing is a cultural practice that has nothing to do with Islam? No, he doesn’t, because it isn’t. The problem with the “Islamophobia” narrative that Islamic supremacists retail in the West is that it keeps running up against the reality of Islamic teachings and how Muslims act upon them. “Former […]
Pakistan: Muslims misunderstand Islam, vandalize Hindu temple
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Religious intolerance: Hindu temple vandalised in Peshawar,” by Riaz Ahmad for the Express Tribune, May 21: PESHAWAR: In a brazen act of vandalism, unidentified men sneaked into a Hindu temple in the capital city of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, smashed a holy figurine and burnt down scriptures and images of deities. […]
“A fatwa was announced in a mosque on May 11, stating that any woman using a cell phone will have acid thrown in her face”
The niqab won’t help Acid attacks are increasingly popular among Islamic supremacists bent on controlling women and punishing them for getting out of line. “Pakistani Women Writers Denounce Islamic Clerics’ Fatwas Against Women’s Use Of Cell Phones And Access To Secular Education,” from MEMRI, May 20 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Former Pakistani lawmaker […]
Modern, moderate Malaysian muftis mull maledicting Manji’s Muslim misrepresentation
Irshad Manji’s expansive and broad-minded Islam is her own creation, with no basis in Islamic tradition. Hugh Fitzgerald said it back in 2008: “Irshad Manji has certainly created her own private Islam. She is the child of Asian refugees from Uganda. She has never lived in a Muslim society. She has always enjoyed the freedoms […]
Which of them will take the place of caliph?
Which of them will win a place of honor in the Islamic world? The Prime Minister of Turkey Erdogan as caliph, or Iranian President Ahmedinejad as the leader of all Muslims, Sunni and Shi’ite? Or someone else altogether? I do not know. Maybe they are going to put together a great Islamic state. Or will […]
Iraq: Muslims shoot up, destroy Christian-owned cafe in Bartella
Nahro Farid wrote this to me this morning: “They do this because they know they can get away with it. They know very well that their victims are Christians, thus they won’t be punished. They would never do this to a Muslim shop owner.” “Gunmen attack Assyrian-owned cafe in Bartella,” by Nahro Farid for Ishtar […]
R.I.P. David Littman
We have lost a lion It is with great sadness that I must report that my friend David Littman, one of the foremost warriors for human rights of our age, has died today in Switzerland. Longtime Jihad Watch readers will recall his many reports at this site (see here — scroll down), recording his numerous […]
Germany: Islamic supremacist calls for murder of members of anti-Sharia party
“Far right” in this story and other mainstream media stories means opposition to Islamization and Sharia. “Islamist calls for murder of German far-right party: media,” from Expatica, May 20 (thanks to David): A German Islamist is calling for the murder of members of a far-right party that regularly provokes ultra-conservative Muslims using cartoons of the […]