“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari 7.62.88 Muhammad being the supreme example of conduct for Muslims (cf. Qur’an 33:21), child marriage […]
Muslim cleric tears up and burns New Testament at U.S. Embassy in Cairo: Watch for international Christian riots — no, wait…
Christians will not, of course, riot over this. Christians realize that the Muslim cleric who destroyed this copy of the New Testament has harmed neither them nor the New Testament, and that to harm or kill innocent people because of this would be criminal madness. And as for his being charged with blasphemy, while it […]
Robert Spencer: Ahmadinejad and Morsi lay out the Islamic agenda
Destroy Israel and free speech, and all will be well. My piece in FrontPage this morning: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mohammed Morsi, arguably the foremost exponents today of Sharia rule, both spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, and their speeches together amounted to an Islamic supremacist wish list for the world. The foremost […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi at UN, calls for restrictions on free speech
Freedom of expression must come with “responsibility” — i.e. it must be restricted in accord with Sharia. “Egypt’s new President Morsi debuts at UN,” from AP, September 26 (thanks to Kuzz): UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Egypt’s new President Mohammed Morsi debuts at the United Nations on Wednesday with a speech that will be closely watched […]
Honor killing caught on film
In Egypt. Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” […]
Sharia in action in Egypt: Atheist detained on blasphemy charges for atheist video
This is the kind of law that so many now want to bring to the United States. “Rights groups condemn detention of atheist on blasphemy charges,” by Mai Shams El-Din for Egypt Independent, September 24 (thanks to Lachlan): Human rights organizations have criticized the arrest of atheist activist Alber Saber. Saber was originally arrested over […]
Obama quietly cancels meeting with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi
It will certainly be back on right after the election, after all the easy marks have been fooled. “Obama cancels election-season meeting with Egyptian Islamist Morsi,” by Neil Munro for the Daily Caller, September 24: President Barack Obama has quietly cancelled a politically risky plan to meet this week with Egypt’s new Islamist president. The […]
Egypt: Muslims distribute leaflets telling Christians to leave city or have their property destroyed
They’re standing firm, but it is hard to see that they have much of a future in Muslim Brotherhood Egypt. “Christian Families in North Sinai Face Threats, Refuse To Leave,” by Milad Zaki for al-Monitor, September 21 (thanks to Lachlan): Rev. Gabriel Habib, priest at the Church of the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Michael […]
Morsi adviser on Egypt’s treaty with Israel: “I am reflecting the opinion of the Egyptian public and the political forces which…concur on the need to amend, or cancel, the treaty”
I tried to tell you — back in January 2011. But such concerns were dismissed as “fearmongering.” “The common refrain you hear in the US: The Middle East is being overrun with religious radicals bent on oppressing women and destroying Israel. That is nonsense, of course.” — Islamic Republic of Iran tool Reza Aslan “Amending […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood demands that France take “firm and rapid measures” against magazine that printed Muhammad cartoons
Still more demands for curbs on the freedom of speech. “The Muslim Brotherhood will have a significant role to play in post-Mubarak Egypt. And that is good thing [sic].” — Reza Aslan “Egypt Islamists demand French action on cartoons,” from AFP, September 20 (thanks to Wimpy): Egypt’s influential Muslim Brotherhood demanded Thursday that France act […]