Nothing that a few Christian apologies can’t fix. “After Morsi, Christians and churches targeted by Islamists,” from Asia News, July 15 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Cairo (AsiaNews) – More than a hundred Christian families have fled El Arish in the Sinai after receiving death threats from Islamist groups following the fall of Mohamed […]
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Modern, moderate Malaysia: Muslim mob assaults man, strips him naked for allegedly ridiculing Ramadan
Ramadan: the month of spiritual renewal. “Man Assaulted, Stripped Naked For Allegedly Ridiculing Ramadan,” from Bernama, July 16 (thanks to Twostellas): KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) — Eight men assaulted and stripped a cybercafe worker naked yesterday, for allegedly making controversial views on social websites, ridiculing the month of Ramadan. The 24-year-old victim was also […]
Pakistan: Man beaten for eating during Ramadan
It’s a time of renewed piety, after all, and many Muslims see terrorizing the non-observant — striking terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah (cf. Qur’an 8:60) as a manifestation of piety. Video thanks to Pamela Geller.
Malaysia: Vatican envoy apologizes for comments on “Allah” issue
Malaysian Christians have been forbidden to use the word “Allah” for God, although in Arabic-speaking Muslim countries, Christians have used this word since before the advent of Islam. Archbishop Marino sided with the Christians, whereupon Muslims started calling for him to be expelled from the country. So Marino has now duly apologized and affirmed his […]
“Teachers who teach western education? We will kill them! We will kill them in front of their students, and tell the students to henceforth study the Qur’an”
The students will no doubt find this an enormously appealing advertisement for Islam and the Qur’an. But after all, the Qur’an does command Muslims to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (8:60). More on this story. “Boko Haram leader calls for more schools attacks after dorm killings,” by Monica Mark in […]
Robert Spencer: Can Parents” Divorce Push a Teen to Join Al-Qaeda?
In PJ Lifestyle I discuss a jihadist’s “Officer Krupke” defense. An 18-year-old convert to Islam from Long Island, Justin Kaliebe, has pled guilty to trying to join Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law), a Yemeni group affiliated with al-Qaeda. He is facing a thirty-year prison sentence. But not so fast, says his lawyer, Anthony LaPinta. […]
Pakistan: Christian gets life in prison for sending “blasphemous” text messages
This is the kind of law that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its Leftist allies want to bring to Western countries. “Pak Christian man gets life term for sending blasphemous SMSs,” from PTI, July 14 (thanks to all who sent this in): LAHORE: A Christian man in Pakistan’s Punjab province has been sentenced […]
Saudi Airlines refuses to sell tickets to Israeli civilians to fly them from U.S. airports
“Federal law says an ‘air carrier or foreign air carrier may not subject a person in air transportation to discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex or ancestry.’” So will Saudi Arabian Airlines be prosecuted for violating federal law? Somehow I doubt it. “Saudi Airlines discriminating against Israeli citizens – refuses […]
Mauritania: Court reduces sentence of Canadian jihadist, will be freed soon
Yet another convert to Islam misunderstands his new, peaceful religion, and thinks that it has something to do with warfare against unbelievers. Islamic authorities in Canada who claim to reject this understanding of Islam have no program to prevent young converts from misunderstanding Islam in this way. “Canadian to be freed in Mauritania after sentence […]
Israel: Muslim gets life in prison for honor murder of sister
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a […]