Look at the tampon portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, ignore the wife-beating. What was Washington D.C. missing? A feminist hotel whose lobby has a giant portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg made out of “repurposed tampons”. Of all the ways the deceased justice would want to be remembered, a giant tampon portrait likely ranks below […]
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Al-Azhar grand imam says man who beheaded teacher doesn’t speak for Islam, but warns against ‘insulting religions’
Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, said: “I declare that Islam, its teachings and its Prophet are innocent of this wicked terrorist crime….At the same time, I emphasize that insulting religions and attacking their sacred symbols under the banner of freedom of expression is an intellectual double standard and an open invitation to hatred.” No […]
Iran’s Khamenei: ‘Muslim nations will never accept the humiliation of compromising with the Zionist regime’
While Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Sudan are normalizing relations with Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran remains determined to obliterate Israel, as the Palestinian Arabs and their allies have vowed to do since the birth of the modern state of Israel in 1948. Although the Palestinians claim to want a “two-state” solution, a […]
Iran: Woman bicycles without hijab, governor says she ‘insulted the Islamic veil,’ her motive is being investigated
“Authorities in Iran have arrested a woman for ‘insulting the Islamic Hijab,’ after a video of her cycling without a veil went viral on social media,” and as if that weren’t enough, Najafabad governor Mojatabei Raei claimed: “The residents of this city are holding a protest rally today after the unprecedented violation of norms.” Meanwhile, […]
France: Mosque apologises for sharing video calling for action against teacher for showing Muhammad cartoons
The Pantin mosque was shut down for six months by the French Interior Ministry for links to the beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty. Furthermore, according to AP: Authorities say the Pantin mosque has long had an imam following the Salafist path, a rigorous interpretation of the Muslim holy book. Pantin was where an 18-year-old […]
Erdogan Antagonizes His ‘Arab Brothers’
Burak Bekdil is a brave and humorful Turkish journalist who dares, while living in Ankara, to highlight the political follies of President Erdogan in articles he writes for foreign websites. A recent column of interest from him is here. Neither the Ottoman nor the modern Turkish language has ever been short of racist proverbs denigrating […]
France: Former education boss blames extreme Left for spread of jihad ideology in schools
Former French Inspector General of National Education Jean-Pierre Obin states that “we have in the National Education, in the administration and even in the classrooms some teachers and officials who are in ideological denial or complacency in relation to Islamism.” He adds that the “extreme left, very present in National Education, that thinks that attacking […]
UK Home Office to plead with Muslim migrants via Facebook ads not to come to the country
This plan (and waste of human resources) is absurd. It demonstrates just how clueless UK politicians are, while simultaneously being desperate to appear to the public as if they were doing something. The predominantly Muslim migrants from the Middle East and Africa already know that they should not be crossing the English Channel and illegally […]
Hamas-linked CAIR does victory lap as Oakland police end partnership with Joint Terrorism Task Force
The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has for years targeted any counterjihad activity as “hatred,” “racism,” and “Islamophobia.” Here it wins a big victory, courtesy of the anti-police sentiment being stirred up all around the country these days. The FBI is clueless about jihad terror and desperately corrupt, but this nevertheless represents a win […]
Sweden: Teacher says violent attacks on free speech ‘can happen here too,’ from ‘Islamists or right-wing extremists’
When did “right-wing extremists,” who in reality are vanishingly few in number, much smaller than their international media presence, ever assaulted or murdered anyone for exercising the freedom of speech? But it is part of remaining within the bounds of acceptable public discourse today to maintain an equivalence between Islamic jihadis and these “extremists,” however […]