Surprise! It’s a self-serving, dysfunctional organization. “In memoir, ex-Muslim Sister paints an unflattering picture,” by Noha El Hennawy for Al Masry Al Youm, January 16 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): As the Muslim Brotherhood strives to project the image of a moderate and democratic political organization, a book featuring the angry account of a […]
Norway: Suspect arrested in video calling for Allah to destroy royal family
He may have thought he was legally safe keeping it in terms of divine wrath, and that undoubtedly will undoubtedly be argued in court, but the lack of specificity actually lends itself to incitement. The suspect has apparently not restricted it to, say, brimstone falling from the sky, but leaves open the possibility of a […]
Sudan threatens church leaders “who are involved in preaching or evangelistic activities”
Sharia forbids the propagation of non-Islamic faiths, and Sudan’s president Bashir had promised an intensified enforcement of Sharia alongside a campaign of cultural and linguistic Arabization. This is simply par for the course. “Sudan Threatens to Arrest Church Leaders,” from Compass Direct News, January 18: KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 18 (CDN) “” Sudan’s Ministry of Guidance […]
Ireland may be the first EU state to sell Islamic bonds
Ireland, of course, has been in financial trouble, and appears willing to chase after the “next big thing” at the expense of principles to see some income. In all likelihood, Sharia finance will eventually bubble and burst like every other wave of irrational exuberance in the financial sector, and economies that pursued it will be […]
Egypt: Salafists denounce IMF loans as riba (usury), want to hit up Europe instead
In Eurabia, you see, they expect they can get a Sharia-compliant loan. Where, pray tell, are the wealthy Arab states? The West, of course, will give in to blackmail about the threat of instability without aid, while Egypt’s brethren in the region could apparently care less. “IMF loans are usury, says Salafi party,” by Hamdi […]
Egyptian military ruler told Jimmy Carter video of soldiers stomping on woman was fake
That’s the handy thing about conspiracy paranoia: it doesn’t have to make sense. Never mind multiple, corroborating sources of the images. The incident occurs around 30 seconds into the video. “Egypt’s Military Ruler Told Carter Video of Soldiers Stomping on Woman Was Fake,” by Robert Mackey for the New York Times, January 19: During a […]
Bangladesh: “Islamist coup plot” foiled
“… the plot involved up to 16 Islamist officers, both active and retired, raising fears about the prevalence of hardliners in the upper ranks of the 140,000-strong military.” “Islamist coup plot foiled in Bangladesh, says army,” by Shafiq Alam for Agence France-Presse, January 19: The Bangladesh army said Thursday it had foiled a plot last […]
Stop the presses! Muslim Brotherhood website “rife with antisemitism”
The fig leaf of moderation the Muslim Brotherhood has put on drifts lazily and embarrassingly to the ground. They have tried to put on a friendly face, and many in the West have been taken in by the ruse, but the Ikhwan simply cannot sweep eight decades of supremacist and antisemitic rhetoric under the rug […]
Iran’s Thug-in-Chief: U.S. created AIDS to enfeeble third world
Needless to say, this kind of conspiracy paranoia and nuclear weapons do not go together very well. “HIV created by West to enfeeble third world, claims Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,” by Ahmad Vahdat for the Telegraph, January 18: The radical Iranian leader added to his reputation for outlandish statements with the clam that African states were being […]
Indonesia: Sunni-Shi’ite conflict simmers in East Java
“There’s still a tendency to see these things in Sunni-Shia terms. But the Middle East is going to have to overcome that.” – Condoleezza Rice, January 2007. Yes, somehow, there’s still a tendency to see the Sunni-Shi’ite conflict as a conflict between Sunnis and Shi’ites. We have seen outbreaks of persecution of Shi’ites in Pakistan, […]