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 […]
Archives for 2012
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 […]
Syrian opposition leader: Israel “main enemy of the Syrian revolution”
Still more Arab Spring democracy on the march. “Israel To Remain an Enemy, Says Syrian Rebel Leader,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Israel National News, May 20 (thanks to all who sent this in): As Syria creeps into total anarchy, rebels also insist that Israel will remain an enemy after the anticipated fall of Syrian […]
Obama urges Karzai to surrender to Taliban
What are we fighting for? “Obama to urge Afghan president Karzai to push for Taliban settlement,” by Ewen MacAskill in the Guardian, May 20 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Barack Obama is to use the Nato summit to press the Afghan leader Hamid Karzai to engage with greater urgency with the Taliban about a political settlement […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric misunderstands Islam, issues fatwa threatening female NGO workers
The leaders listed below are urging other clerics to condemn this fatwa. We shall see if they will. “Fatwa against female NGO workers condemned,” from the Daily Times, May 15 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): LAHORE: Chanan Development Association (CDA) has condemned a fatwa issued by Maulvi Abdul Haleem, a former Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal MNA, […]
Egypt: Islamic supremacists warn of “armed action,” murder if secularist wins presidency
Arab Spring democracy on the march! “Islamists Threaten Insurgency Should Secularists Win Egypt Election,” by Michael Rubin for the generally reliably dhimmi Commentary, May 20 (thanks to David): …On May 19, Islamic Jihad Organization member Shaykh Usamah Qasim took to the pages of Al-Misri al-Yawm to warn that Islamists would not tolerate a victory by […]