But don’t be concerned. “Religious experts” assure us that their use of the Qur’an and Hadith constitute a misunderstanding of jihad. Why there are so many such Misunderstanders of Islam is, as always, left unexplained. “In sign of desperation, Islamist party calls for armed struggle,” by Shahriar Sharif for Khabar South Asia, August 28 (thanks […]
Bangladesh: Muslim girl acts in play warning against social ills forbidden in Islam, rewarded by being caned and expelled for “un-Islamic activities”
Rasheda, a champion of Islam’s moral code, just got a tough lesson in how exactly it works. See, even though her play was warning against what Islam identifies as social ills, school officials found another social ill forbidden by Islam: acting in plays. (Other Muslims, however, contend that only Misunderstanders of Islam believe such things. […]
Bangladesh: Court issues arrest warrant for author of novel insulting Muhammad
We don’t have this sort of thing in the enlightened West. In the enlightened West, no one will arrest you for writing something negative about Muhammad. They’ll just smear you as a racist and a bigot and threaten to kill you. The West is thus much more enlightened than Bangladesh. “Bangladesh arrest warrant over “˜blasphemous” […]
Bangladesh: Mob misunderstands Islam, beats imam who converted to Christianity nearly to death
How did this mob get the idea that there was anything wrong with Muslims converting to Christianity? Islam is a religion of tolerance, right? “There is no compulsion in religion” (Qur’an 2:256), right? Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us […]
Bangladesh: Muslim mob misunderstands Islam, attacks Christian missionaries on suspicion that they were converting Muslims
How did this mob get the idea that there was anything wrong with Christians converting Muslims? Muslim spokesmen such as Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy. So why couldn’t Christian missionaries preach to Muslims in Bangladesh? I expect that […]
Bangladesh: Muslims vandalize Hindu temples
As noted just yesterday, these are more fruits of the partition of Muslim territories from India. The religious cleansing of those regions continues. “Bangladesh: JeI activists vandalise Hindu temples,” from ZeeNews, February 11 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): New Delhi: Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists vandalised several Hindu temples in the Hathazari area of Chittagong in […]
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 […]
“Since 1990, Islamic fundamentalists have silenced my freedom of expression and tried to kill me, forced me to flee my country and leave my family”
Remember: this is the kind of law that Islamic supremacists want the U.S. to adopt, and the Obama Administration appears willing, judging by their support for a resolution calling for the criminalizing of religious defamation (i.e., telling the truth about Islam and jihad) at the UN recently. Note also what Nasrin says about what the […]
Bangladesh: Teacher facing three years in jail for “blasphemous” book in school library
This is the kind of restriction on the freedom of speech that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is trying to bring to the West, with willing help from the Obama Administration. There is, as always, a symbiotic relationship here between the violent and the stealth jihad; note the threats against the Bangladeshi writer Taslima […]
Bangladesh: Over 100 injured, 230 cars set on fire, shops vandalized, archbishop struck with stone in “Islamist” rampage
More on this story. “Islamists go on Dhaka rampage,” from UCA News, September 20 (thanks to Twostellas): Several hundred supporters of the country”s largest Islamist party went on the rampage in Dhaka yesterday during a protest to demand the release of several of their top leaders arrested on war crimes charges. The crimes allegedly took […]