CAIR’s Minnesota chapter led a personal attack on the credibility of Omar Jamal and Abdi Bihi in connection with their planned presence at a conference whose literature described al-Shabaab as an “Islamic extremist terrorism organization,” to which CAIR took exception. There are at least two noteworthy aspects to this story: First, the threats are a […]
Tunisia: “Islamists” throw stones at demonstrators “rallying against extremism”
Did anyone in the camp opposing the stone throwers have a “Thank You For Proving Our Point” sign? “Islamists, liberals face off outside Tunisian assembly,” by Cecile Feuillatre for Agence France-Presse, December 3: Police fired tear gas as thousands of Islamist supporters swooped on central Tunis Saturday to confront liberal demonstrators rallying against extremism as […]
Egypt: Salafist candidate denounces Egyptian Nobel Prize winner’s work as “inciting promiscuity, prostitution and atheism”
And they wonder why their assurances are met with skepticism. Remember that this is the group that has won upwards of 20% of the vote so far, and will have a role, along with the Muslim Brotherhood, in writing Egypt’s next constitution. We tried to tell you. There will undoubtedly be more hollow assurances about […]
Iraq: Hundreds of Muslims ransack Christian properties, and “the police did not react”
“The fundamentalist wrath was unleashed by the vitriolic sermon of an imam in the local mosque, after which punitive raids were launched across the city.” More on the story about which we received eyewitness reports yesterday as the violence was ongoing. Will the imam or the participants in the rampage face any meaningful consequences? “Zakho, […]
Egypt’s Salafists set out plans for Sharia: “In the land of Islam, I can’t let people decide what is permissible or what is prohibited”
Attempted charm offensives aside, it’s back to business as usual. The Muslim Brotherhood is still the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in Egyptian politics, but the Salafists’ unexpectedly strong performance in the election (weren’t they supposed to be a Tiny Minority of Extremists?) sheds new light on the ideological orientation of the electorate. A democracy is only […]
Cardinal: “Let’s suppose that tomorrow part of Jerusalem belongs to a Palestinian state: one morning a group of fundamentalist Muslims could decide to build a mosque where the Holy Sepulchre stands”
Cardinal Tauran has thus called attention to the very real possibility in the future that Christian sites may be used for blackmail as a bargaining chip against Israel and the West, and that their security cannot be guaranteed by Palestinian governance. Indeed, one will recall the desecration of the Church of the Nativity in 2002, […]
Bridge for sale: Egypt’s Salafists attempt charm offensive after strong showing in elections
Speaking of reassurances that are lacking in substance, the spokesman for the Salafist al-Nur party says Egypt’s Copts have nothing to worry about. There are two problems with his approach. First, he employs the common tactic of speaking in pleasant-sounding generalities, almost entirely avoiding specific tenets of Sharia. The Salafists’ general disposition toward Sharia law […]
Iranian women fight so-called “family protection” bill that would allow men unlimited “temporary” marriages and ease requirements for polygamy
If there were truth in advertising, it would be the “Free Sex for Me, But Not for Thee Act of 2011.” Not all Iranian women are willing to see the bill sail through unchallenged, knowing how they will be victimized by it. An update on this story. “Iranian women fight controversial ‘polygamy’ bill,” from Payvand […]
“My name is Bosch and I’m a recovering Muslim”
Our friend Bosch Fawstin has a new column posted at FrontPage Magazine, entitled “Non-Muslim Muslims and the Jihad Against the West”: My name is Bosch and I”m a recovering Muslim. That is, if Muslims don’t kill me for leaving Islam, which it requires them to do. That’s just one of the reasons I”ve been writing […]
Tunisia: Muslims besiege university, take hostages to demand face veils, end of mixed classes
The Sharia Spring marches on. Have we mentioned that we tried to tell you? Well, we tried to tell you. “Salafists besiege Tunisian university: Dean, professors taken hostage,” from Middle East Online, November 29 (thanks to Twostellas): TUNIS – A group of Salafists disrupted classes on Monday at a university west of the capital Tunis, […]