There are echoes in this story of obstacles faced by women seeking access to health care in places like Afghanistan. But France is not Afghanistan, and Nassim Mimoune was sentenced to six months in jail. As the judge told him, the laws of the republic are not secondary to his demands. In his mind, the […]
Saudi textbooks instruct children in how to carry out amputations for Sharia punishments
Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Al-Saud, whom this report names as being responsible for the contents of the textbooks, said he didn’t know how those ideas got in there. Qur’an 5:33 prescribes the amputation of hands and feet on opposite sides for “waging war against Allah,” and “spreading corruption (or mischief) in the land.” Six Saudis […]
Pakistan: Asia Bibi, a Christian jailed on false “blasphemy” charges, to spend another Christmas in prison
Does Pakistan think it makes its Islamic republic look strong and powerful to persecute this woman and reduce her to this state? Quite to the contrary, it conveys a sense of fear, both that Islam cannot stand on its own merits in the free market of ideas, and of angering violent Islamic supremacists who may […]
Pakistan: 675 “honor killings” in the first nine months of 2011
They’re working hard in Pakistan to ensure the Muslim world doesn’t slip from being responsible 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. As this report notes, there is no law against domestic violence. Such legislation stalled out in the assembly in 2009 with resistance on Islamic grounds. It would run the risk of prohibiting something Allah […]
Kenya: Christians increasingly targeted by Somali Muslims
How not to return the favor for being given refuge: trying to turn your host country into Somalia. “Attacks on African Christians surging,” by Michael Carl for World Net Daily, December 20 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Attacks on Christians are surging in Kenya, and analysts say Islamic radicals are putting a bull’s-eye on […]
Muslim chaplain at Northeastern University calls convicted al-Qaeda member who attempted to fire on U.S. soldiers “brave,” condemns soldiers as “kafirs”
Abdullah Faaruuq also said “And I say they call this the land of the free and the home of the brave. And I call it the land of the coward and the home of the slave.” Oh, hey, here’s a lost verse from the Sana’a Qur’an manuscripts: “Don’t let the door hit you…” “Raising Money […]
Arab satellite channel slammed for airing “Arab Idol”
Change the channel. There might be an episode of Extreme Home Makeover, Muslim Brotherhood Edition: “Tonight, we’ll sabotage someone’s miserable house from within!” More than a little hostility toward music and “songstresses” may also play a role in the indignation discussed here. “Name of Arab talent show stirs controversy, raises religious questions,” from Al Arabiya, […]
Al-Qaeda releases “new” old al-Awlaki video
But, as the network television slogan used to go, if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you. This video was apparently only released on Tuesday. “Awlaki video urges U.S. Muslims to join al Qaeda,” from Reuters, December 20: (Reuters) – U.S.-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, […]
“Much of the uplifting narrative about the Arab Spring was based on wishful thinking in the West”
As we tried to tell you. “The terrifying truth behind the so-called Arab Spring,” by John R. Bradley for the Daily Mail, December 20 (thanks to Thomas Pellow): Stripped above the waist “” save for her bright blue bra “” the protester lies in a street just off Cairo’s Tahrir Square, seconds before a soldier […]
Surprise! Egypt’s military moves to portray detained protester as “woman of questionable morals”
But the army’s morals are clearly above reproach That protester stepped out of line, and forfeited her right to “protection.” Again: Muslims took to the streets, incited by state media, to “protect” the army from uppity Christians in the October 9 massacre. Now that soldiers have done this to a Muslim woman in an abaya, […]