Cigarette trafficking has been used to fund Hizballah. “Mosque Leader Charged in Cigarette Smuggling Ring,” from IPT News, January 23: A leader of a South Carolina mosque was among 11 men arrested in a cigarette trafficking and money laundering scheme spanning several states. A 26-count indictment issued in November and unsealed last week accused Nasser […]
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NY Times enraged over showing of film on stealth jihad to NYPD; Bloomberg apologizes; Hamas-linked CAIR demands police commissioner’s resignation
This whole controversy is epitomized by the photo illustration and lead paragraph of the first New York Times story on this issue: “In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims,” by Michael Powell, January 23. The photo shows the black flag of jihad flying above the White House, with the caption, “An Islamic flag […]
Pakistan: Christian woman who was kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam is free after 10 years
“There is no compulsion in religion,” according to Qur’an 2:256, but in reality, Islamic law is rife with means of coercion directed at unbelievers, whom Qur’an 9:29 offers the options of conversion, subjugation, or war. For that matter, “compulsion” is ultimately in the eye of the person in power doing the compelling, and rationalizations abound […]
Detroit: Muslim high school students charged with assault for brutally attacking opponents after a play; Hamas-linked CAIR cries racism
First this: “The quarterback for Lutheran planned to touch his knee to the ground to end the game, with Lutheran leading 48 to 6. Police said game officials knew this and instructed teams not to have contact after the snap. But players from Star Academy, according to police, went after the quarterback, knocking him to […]
“If they found out that I am no longer one of them, they would hate me and would want to kill me”
Shakila over at the Liberated blog has just post some very personal and affecting musings on what it is like to live as a secret apostate in a Muslim country: Even when I am surrounded my thousands, I still feel so alone. I guess this is because I am living this dual existence which is […]
Maldives: Fears of resurgence of female genital mutilation
The common factor in the persistence of female genital mutilation outside of Africa is the Shafi’i school of Islamic jurisprudence, which holds the practice to be obligatory. The Maldives has been on a fast track here of late toward intensified observance of Sharia, and the government has already ruled with respect to Sharia’s criminal punishments […]
Bra jihad: Somali jihadists who forbade bras allow women to wear them fitted with explosives
Another bright idea from the boobs at al-Shabaab. “Attack claims 2 Kenyan soldiers, 11 Shabaab,” by Bernard Momanyi for Capital FM, January 23: NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 23 — Two Kenyan soldiers were killed in Somalia on Sunday in a major attack that also left 11 Al Shabaab militants dead. Military Spokesman Emmanuel Chirchir said a […]
Human Rights Watch: Violence against religious minorities in Indonesia “surges”
Wherever there arises a renewed interest in Sharia, the observable effect is that tolerance decreases and harassment increases, and violent persecution often results with the aim of putting the unbelievers in their supposed place. “Violence against Indonesia’s religious minorities surges -HRW,” from by Thin Lei Win for AlertNet, January 24 (thanks to The Religion of […]
Sharia court orders expulsion of three Christian clergymen in Indian-controlled Kashmir
The case against Rev. Khanna for daring to baptize seven converts from Islam continues to grind on, and the question remains: whose law is supreme in Kashmir? Indian law, or the local Sharia courts? They have also tried to get rid of Fr. Borst before. They have had it in for him for a long […]
North Carolina: Convicted jihadi accused of plotting to behead witnesses
Hysen Sherifi’s jihad continued even in prison. “Convicted terrorist accused of plotting to kill witnesses,” from the Associated Press, January 24 (thanks to EZ Rider): RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina man sentenced to prison recently as part of a homegrown terrorist ring has been accused in a federal court document of plotting to kill […]