At least 73 people were killed and hundreds injured. And of course we all know that Islam is a Religion of Peace, and therefore it simply isn’t possible that its peaceful and moderate adherents would ever be moved to violence. It must therefore be the fault of…the Zionists! “Egyptian MP Mustafa Bakri: America and Israel […]
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Libya: Sufis face continuing persecution after revolution
Wherever Sharia experiences a resurgence, the observable effect is that tolerance decreases and harassment of all kinds increases. Muslims are certainly not immune, especially if they belong to sects at variance with the dominant practice of the country, such as Sufis, Ibadis (also facing persecution in Libya), Ahmadis, or Shi’ite minorities in Sunni countries and […]
Egyptian film star gets three months in jail for insulting Islam
More glories of the Arab Spring — and remember, this is the kind of anti-free speech law that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), with the willing cooperation of the Obama Administration, is trying to bring West. This man has had a 40-year career making fun of all sorts of people and things, but only […]
“If people try to rule the country with the Koran, with sharia law, that means they look to us as second-class people”
I tried to tell you. “Christians fear losing freedoms in Arab Spring,” by Oren Dorell and Sarah Lynch for USA Today via the Tucson Citizen, January 30: From her home in a labyrinth of stonewalled alleyways, Samia Ramsis holds a key chain bearing the face of the Virgin Mary as she sits in her yellow […]
U.S. Accused of Running Over Egyptian Civilians
How many are the lies that Egypt’s military regime has forwarded concerning its role in attacking and killing Egyptian demonstrators since it usurped power a year ago? There were, for instance, the lies concerning the Maspero massacre, where the military slaughtered Christian Copts who were protesting the constant attacks on their churches“”including by running them […]
Bridge for sale: Muslim Brotherhood assures German foreign minister it is committed to peace with Israel
The message changes with the audience. When the Brotherhood’s members are talking among themselves, or to Arab and Muslim audiences, there is a very firm, if not openly antisemitic, line against peace with Israel. It is plausible, though, as part of the Ikhwan’s gradualist approach, that the Camp David Accords will see an incremental erosion, […]
Four Misunderstanders of Islam admit to jihad plot to bomb London Stock Exchange, U.S. embassy
Still more misunderstanders of the Religion of Peace Will the Islamophobia never end? “Terrorists admit plot to bomb London Stock Exchange and US Embassy,” by Duncan Gardham for the Telegraph, February 1 (thanks to David): Four al-Qaeda inspired terrorists have pleaded guilty to plotting a Christmas bomb attack on the London Stock Exchange, the American […]
Macedonia: Muslims riot, burn church after Christians at carnival mock Qur’an
If the Western intelligentsia takes notice of this at all, it will be to excoriate the “bigotry” and “provocation” by the Christians at the carnival, and to call for restrictions on the freedom of speech to guard against “denigration of religion.” No one will call on the Muslim community to stop reacting with violence to […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood stops protesters from marching to parliament
When the uprising was useful to them, they did not hinder it, and they supported it. Now they’ve got a good thing going and the usefulness of the revolution and of public dissent as a means to an end has run its course, unless the Ikhwan decides to leverage it against the military in its […]
NATO report adds to evidence of Pakistani support for Taliban
It seems all but miraculous that no one has claimed “Pakistanophobia” as the root of these reports of Pakistan’s double game. “Secret NATO Taliban report revives Pakistan fears,” by Nick Paton Walsh for CNN, February 1: Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Pakistan continues to support the Taliban in Afghanistan, a secret NATO report says, according to […]