The intrepid mujahedin, spraying bullets at people buying food. “30 killed in Nigeria market attack,” from the South African Press Agency and Agence France-Presse, February 21: Kano – Suspected Nigerian Islamists opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, killing at least 30 people, a medic […]
Kuwaiti legislators call for ban on construction of churches
Funny how that keeps happening, in places far removed from one another. The common thread is Sharia’s prohibition on building new churches or repairing old ones. Christianity in Muslim lands is expected to die a slow death by strangulation and never reappear, though the plan has not always worked as human nature and common sense […]
Egypt: Salafists intend to prosecute Baha’is for “treason”
Baha’is’ very existence may soon be illegal in Egypt, under Islamic law. By contrast, the country that has allowed Baha’is to worship freely and maintain their headquarters in peace and security is none other than Israel. If the jihadists ever get their way regarding Israel, that will not continue. “Egypt’s Baha”is face more attacks from […]
Algeria: Attacks on bars escalate
Wherever Sharia experiences a resurgence, the observable effect is a decrease in tolerance, and an increase in harassment and intimidation. Note also another instance of another popular trend, often seen with regard to the building of churches: backdoor enforcement of Sharia through the use of other regulations and excuses. “Attacks on bars multiply in Algeria,” […]
Kuwait: Salafists call for ban on national holidays
The success of Salafists — that supposed Tiny Minority of Extreme Extremists — in Egypt and Tunisia is emboldening the movement elsewhere. Here again, as is often the case for women’s rights in particular, is the argument that what Islamic law provides for is all you can or should have, and to presume to offer […]
Egyptian liberal says American “Islamist lobby,” including CAIR and MPAC, are most powerful oppressors of liberal Muslims
Hey, now. That’s Islamophobe talk. Or “racist” talk. Do these comments make Essam Abdallah a “racist,” or do they make him an “Islamophobe?” Or can it be both? Inquiring minds want to know. “Egyptian Liberal Slams American Islamists,” from the Investigative Project on Terrorism, February 16: The most powerful oppressors of liberal Muslims in modern […]
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman: “Concerning the Islamic caliphate, this is our dream, and we hope to achieve it”
The key word is gradualism. Right now, playing at democracy serves as the means to the end that is the path of least resistance. “MB Spokesman Describes Caliphate ‘Dream’,” from the Investigative Project on Terrorism, February 17: Having swept into majorities in Egypt’s parliament, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman is making it clear the group has […]
Taliban: Al-Qaeda “operates in Afghanistan under the flag of the Islamic Emirate”
This would tend to throw a monkey wrench in the works for attempts at peace negotiations with the Taliban. “Al Qaeda ‘operates in Afghanistan under the flag of the Islamic Emirate’: Taliban spokesman,” by Bill Roggio for the Long War Journal, February 18: A Taliban spokesman who identified himself as an “Authorized Correspondent by the […]
Saudi Arabia nixes women in Olympics
If the Saudis allowed women in the Olympics, there would exist the horrendous prospect that people might, you know, see them. Maybe even without niqabs. Not to mention the need for elaborate chaperoning and possibly futile attempts to avoid interaction with unrelated men. Otherwise, if you allow women into the Olympics, they will have sex. […]
Report: U.S. officials believe Iran sanctions will fail, leaving military option
The world has seen at least five years of kicking the can down the road on the Iranian nuclear program, in a long cycle of imposing incrementally tougher sanctions, waiting, getting a report, noting noncompliance, and imposing more sanctions. There virtually appeared to be an official policy of procrastination and denial until last fall, when […]