Those who confidently predict that Islam will sooner or later reform and become something benign and peaceful should ponder the fate of all genuine reformers — such as Faraj Fouda. “Slain Egyptian anti-Islamist writer Faraj Fouda remembered,” by Ramadan Al Sherbini for Gulf News, June 12: Cairo: Twenty-one years after his killing by Muslim radicals, […]
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Christians “are being driven from their biblical heartlands by hard line Muslim governments with no toleration of religious diversity”
But in the U.S., if you say that Muslims are persecuting Christians and being anything but tolerant, you will be smeared as a “racist” “Islamophobe.” It is increasingly clear that those who make such charges intend to clear away obstacles to this persecution. “Christians face being driven from the Middle East,” by Simon Kent for […]
Obama monitors everything — except mosques
Madness. “Obama’s Snooping Excludes Mosques, Missed Boston Bombers,” from IBD, June 12 (thanks to Paul): Homeland Insecurity: The White House assures that tracking our every phone call and keystroke is to stop terrorists, and yet it won’t snoop in mosques, where the terrorists are. That’s right, the government’s sweeping surveillance of our most private communications […]
Pakistan: Taliban kidnap 16-year-old convert from Islam to Christianity
Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam […]
Afghan parliament rejects ban on child marriage, saying it violates Islamic principles
Few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage: “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with […]
Egypt: 7-year-old Christian girl abducted and held for ransom
Earlier this month, “unknown persons” kidnapped a 7-year-old Christian girl in Dakhaleya Province in northern Egypt. The girl, Jessica Nadi Gabriel, was attending a wedding ceremony with her family when she was seized and whisked away. Her father later revealed that the 7-year-old girl’s abductors called him demanding a 650,000 Egyptian Pound ransom””the equivalent of […]
Italy: Police arrest Muslim blogger for plotting jihad against Italy and France
“The suspect had created an ‘Italian’ branch of the grassroots jihadist movement Sharia4 via his blog, Sharia4Italy, according to investigators.” But…but…Sharia is benign and completely compatible with Western democratic values — isn’t it? “Italy: Police arrest Moroccan blogger for ‘plotting Jihad,’” from AKI, June 12 (thanks to Twostellas): Brescia, 12 June (AKI) – Police in […]
London-based Muslim TV channel rebroadcasts show on wife-beating to European audiences in French, English and Arabic
UPDATE: An important observation from Jihad Watch reader John: “The fact that this show is on a London based channel shows the hypocrisy and uselessness of so-called anti-hate speech laws. Why wasn’t anyone prosecuted for advocating violence against women on a UK channel? And more importantly, where were the feminists and all those who claim […]
Tensions high in British town after Muslim youths attack non-Muslim girls
“This is becoming a regular occurence on the streets of the UK.” But it is not, no matter now many times the British media (including the generally reliable Commentator) insist that it is, a racial issue. It is an issue of a violent and supremacist belief-system. “Tensions high in British town after ‘Muslim youths’ attack […]
Robert Spencer: “We’re living in a world of unreality, of Orwellian doublespeak”
On Sunday and Monday I spoke at the American Freedom Alliance conference in Los Angeles, “Europe’s Last Stand?” Above is an interview I did with Politichick’s ever-superb Anne-Marie Murrell during the conference. Also during the conference I interviewed Geert Wilders and met the great George Gilder, who was another one of the featured speakers. I […]