Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding […]
Archives for December 2012
Mona Eltahawy links her vandalism of AFDI ads to a sexual revolution, or something
Mona in her famous pink coat “Journalist” Mona Eltahawy, who took pink spray paint to our AFDI pro-freedom ads because they labeled jihadists as “savages,” although she had nary a word of complaint when the New York Times and Hillary Clinton also labeled jihadists as “savages,” has written a poem in which she obscurely links […]
Yemeni official charged with apostasy, faces death penalty
“This is an Islamic country, and Islam is clear about everything. There is no need for people to voice their opinions about it. And if he truly is an apostate, he should be punished.” Again and again we see this: utter certainty about what Islam is all about, enunciated by Muslims in Muslim countries — […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood says new Sharia constitution has passed overwhelmingly
No big surprise there. But only 32 percent turnout? Is the level of indifference in Egypt really that high, or do most Egyptians figure the Sharia die is cast and there is nothing they can do about it now? “Egypt Islamists say charter passed in referendum,” from AFP, December 23 (thanks to all who sent […]
Australia’s largest mosque issues fatwa against Christmas, then withdraws it after criticism and says it was taken “out of context”
“Out of context”? Sheesh. All these years and they still fall back on that tired dodge? Isn’t there anyone in the Islamic Supremacist Talking Points Factory who can come up with anything new and more convincing? “No merriness here: mosque puts fatwa on Christmas,” by Natalie O’Brien for the Sydney Morning Herald, December 23 (thanks […]
Hatred and Violence in the Qur’an Awareness Month: “And the Jews say, ‘The hand of Allah is chained’…cursed are they for what they say.”
Today brings still more Qur’anic antisemitism: And the Jews say, “The hand of Allah is chained.” Chained are their hands, and cursed are they for what they say. Rather, both His hands are extended; He spends however He wills. And that which has been revealed to you from your Lord will surely increase many of […]
Syrian rebels deploying religious police to enforce Sharia
“Syria: Religious Police Patrol Aleppo’s Countryside,” by Basel Dayoub for al-Akhbar, December 19 (thanks to Lachlan): …Residents of the embattled city, whose main concerns revolve around security and survival, were shocked to hear that opposition groups who control the Aleppan countryside are deploying a vice-and-virtue police to enforce a deeply conservative interpretation of Islamic law. […]
New York: Three Muslims charged with misunderstanding Islam, training to be jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers
Still more Muslims succumb to the all too prevalent misunderstanding of Islam that gets the crazy idea that it teaches some kind of violence. Yet no Muslim group anywhere has any program for teaching against this view of Islam. Now, why is that? “Three Men Appear in Court in Mysterious Terror Case,” by Mosi Secret […]
Syria: “Our first goal is to get rid of Assad. Then we want a state where the Quran is the only source of law.”
They want to make Syria a Sharia state, which means no alcohol or tobacco, or “immoral” movies and TV shows. No one seems to be offering any other vision of Sharia, despite claims in the West that it is so multifarious as to defy easy characterization. “Jabhat Al Nusra’s new Syria,” by Balint Szlanko for […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Indonesia: House mulling total ban on alcohol
“There’s really no such thing as just Sharia, it’s not one monolithic Continuum – Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the 1,500 years in which multiple and competing schools of law have tried to construct some kind of civic penal and family law code that would abide by Islamic values and principles, […]