Will the Islamophobia never end? “Easter bomb attack near Nigeria church kills at least 20,” by Victor Ulasi for AFP, April 8 (thanks to David): KADUNA, Nigeria “” A car bomb blast outside a church in northern Nigeria on Easter Sunday killed at least 20 people and put the country on alert over fears of […]
Archives for 2012
Tunisia: Islamic supremacists destroy crosses in cemetery, smear feces on church fresco, demand that priest convert to Islam or pay jizya
“Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” — Qur’an 9:29 […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood puts up second presidential candidate
Their first choice may not be allowed to run, which may have something to do with his previously having been jailed “on charges of terrorism and money laundering.” And remember, he’s the front-runner. Arab Sping Democracy on the March Update: “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood puts up second candidate,” from AFP, April 8 (thanks to David): CAIRO […]
“Submit to Sharia or get out” of Sudan: Christians must become citizens today or be deported, in bid to rid country of Christianity
But no worries. Everyone knows that Sharia is benign and fully compatible with freedom and humane values. The Sudanese government is just misunderstanding it. “Southern Sudanese Christians Fear Forced Repatriation,” from Compass Direct News, April 6: JUBA, South Sudan, April 6 (CDN) “” Christians from South Sudan who have until Easter Sunday (April 8) to […]
Egypt: Islamic supremacist group names as presidential candidate a Muslim cleric banned from entering France for promoting “hatred and violence”
Gamaa Islamiya supports him because he wants Sharia in Egypt. How a Misunderstander of Islam who calls for hatred and violence could be a supporter of Sharia, that benign, positive, completely-compatible-with-democracy entity, remains unexplained by the learned analysts. “Egypt’s Islamist group names cleric banned from France for president,” from The Associated Press, April 8 (thanks […]
Peace process: Hamas executes “collaborator” with Israel “in accordance with our religion”
And that means it was an Execution of Peace. “Hamas executes 3 in Gaza, including ‘collaborator,’” from Reuters, April 7 (thanks to all who sent this in): Hamas executed three men on Saturday, hanging two convicted murderers and a Gazan found guilty of collaborating with Israel, the Hamas-run ministry of interior said. It did not […]
Married off at five years old — in northern England
“There is no Islamic justification for forced marriage,” says Samina, and yet there is ample support for child marriage, and how freely can a child really consent to such a thing? “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine […]
“Partisans of Sharia” misunderstand Sharia, bomb intel offices in Yemen
We all know, of course, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” that Sharia is completely benign and compatible with U.S. Constitutional principles of freedom. Thus we should expect Muslims in Yemen and elsewhere to rise up and repudiate in word and deed, and actively work against, this group claiming the name Sharia and perpetrating acts […]
Stop stigmatising Muslims, Islamic leader tells jihad terrorists and Islamic supremacists — no, wait…
Once again a Muslim leader’s ire is directed not against those Muslims who use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and supremacism, but against those non-Muslim leaders who dare to try to protect freedom. “Stop stigmatising Muslims, Islamic leader tells French politicians,” from RFI, April 7 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): […]
Easter greetings from the Liberated One
Shakila, the ex-Muslim writing from a Muslim country at the Liberated blog, has Easter greetings and some momentous news here.