The comments below are based on some brief notes taken by attendees at three “‘Ask-A-Muslim” events recently staged by Robert Azzi, a Muslim who travels around New Hampshire to meet, at schools, town halls, churches, and other venues, with non-Muslims who are encouraged to ask him “anything at all” about Islam. Here are three of […]
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Australia: Muslim decided to join the Islamic State after making pilgrimage to Mecca
He ultimately didn’t go because the Islamic State was, in his view, not tough enough on unbelievers. But in any case, what does this reveal about the pilgrimage to Mecca? What did Amin Elmir hear there that made him decide to join ISIS? No doubt asking such a question is “Islamophobic,” but Western leaders should […]
UK: Islamic Center Leicester says “an apostate does not have right to life,” mosque trustee is Assistant City Mayor
What will Humanists UK and the Leicester City Council do when they find out that this is just standard, Qur’anic Islam? The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among […]
UK former equity chief warns: “Islamophobia” is a “bullies charter” used by “censorious Muslims”
In mid-May, the UK government refused “to adopt a working definition of ‘Islamophobia’ proposed by an all-party Parliamentary group”. The definition put forward determined that “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”. Now…. Britain’s former equality tsar Trevor Phillips OBE has warned the sweeping […]
Canada: Quebec premier “shrugs off” complaints that new anti-religious symbols law encourages “Islamophobia”
“Quebec Premier François Legault says he doesn’t “really” believe Muslim women in the province who say they’ve been the target of Islamophobic incidents since the government passed a law making it illegal for some civil servants to wear religious symbols. Several Muslim women who wear either the hijab or niqab have told CBC News that […]
Germany: Muslim migrant who raped teen girl with 10 friends claims she “demanded” sex
This is in line with the idea that is all too common among Muslim migrants in Europe, and enunciated fairly often, that Western women are all whores. And why does this keep happening? One survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK said that her rapists would quote Quran to her, and believed their […]
A Few Questions for Ilhan Omar
Now that the allegations of immigration fraud against Rep. Ilhan Omar have entered the mainstream, although she steadfastly refuses to address them, it is important to remember that these charges are not the only reason why she causes concern. Last March, Omar was the main speaker at a private fundraiser in Los Angeles for CAIR. […]
Nigeria: Muslims murder at least 20 civilians on their farms as other villagers flee
No “Islamophobia” was committed, so the international media will, as always, be silent about this. “Islamist insurgents kill at least 20 civilians in northeast Nigerian village – sources,” Reuters, June 26, 2019: MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Islamist insurgents killed at least 20 civilians in a northeast Nigerian village, a government-allied vigilante, a government and a […]
Minnesota: City council in Ilhan Omar’s Congressional district drops Pledge of Allegiance to avoid offending Muslims
They didn’t mention Muslims, of course, but there is no doubt whatsoever that this was done to placate them. “In order to create a more welcoming environment to a diverse community we are going to forgo saying the pledge of allegiance before every meeting,” said Councilman Tim Brausen. The newcomers who need to be welcomed […]
UK has “by far the highest rate of returning jihadi fighters in Europe”: 400 have returned, only 40 prosecuted
The Islamic State is at war with Britain. These are enemy combatants. They should have been stripped of their citizenship as soon as they went to the Islamic State. Would Britain have allowed 400 British Nazis who had gone to Germany to reenter Britain and roam around freely in 1941? But the present-day British government […]