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” is “a […]
Pakistan: 100,000 attend funeral of killer of blasphemy laws foe
Relax: it’s just a tiny minority of 100,000 extremists, chanting, “Qadri, your blood will bring the revolution” and “The punishment for a blasphemer is beheading.” Clearly the blasphemy laws, which have destroyed the lives of so many Christians and others in Pakistan, are hugely popular. No one is concerned about the human rights violations they […]
Pakistan: Protesters clash with cops after killer of blasphemy law foe executed
“Qadri was hailed as a hero in the conservative Islamic society after he gunned down Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, in 2011. Taseer, an outspoken critic of Pakistan’s 1980s blasphemy laws…” We always hear that those Muslims who believe in jihad and Sharia are a tiny minority of extremists. Stories like this one […]
Pakistan: Christian women converted to Islam and married off to their kidnappers
“Marry those that please you of women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then one or those your right hand possesses…” (Qur’an 4:3) “Christian women in Pakistan forcibly converted to Islam and married off to their kidnappers,” by Shafique Khokhar, Asia News, February 26, 2016 (thanks […]
Pakistani army giving weapons, training to Islamic State in Afghanistan
“Pakistani military gave us weapons and used to tell us that Afghan forces are infidels and you must kill them.” How did the Pakistani military get infiltrated by people who misunderstand the peaceful teachings of Islam that Obama and Kerry and Cameron keep telling us about? Will they send an envoy over to Afghanistan to […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric says law protecting women from violence is un-Islamic
“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and […]
Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology: “Un-Islamic” for women to seek divorce without husband’s permission
Remember this one the next time you hear an Islamic apologist droning on about how Islam respects and protects women’s rights. “‘Khula’ without husband’s consent is un-Islamic: CII,” by Qaiser Butt, Express Tribune, February 18, 2016: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has declared it un-Islamic for courts to use ‘Khula’ (right of a woman […]
Pakistan: Christians appeal death sentence for blasphemous texts sent to Muslim cleric
They didn’t send the texts. They didn’t even own the phone. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are a human rights outrage. Countless numbers of Christians and others have been victimized. But the “human rights community” does nothing; it isn’t, after all, a case of “Islamophobia.” “Case of Blasphemous Text Messages; Christian Man Sentenced to Death Appeals to […]
Pakistan facilitated massive Taliban offensive in Afghanistan
As well as other jihad activity elsewhere. Even worse, they no doubt facilitated a great deal of this with money they received from the U.S. to fight terrorism, as they have done before. But they’re still our ally, illustrating the absurdity of U.S. foreign policy. “Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad,” by Carlotta […]
The Islamic Rape and Murder of Christian Boys
A group of Muslim men recently went into a Christian district in Pakistan, abducted a 7-year-old boy, and took turns gang raping him before finally strangling him to death with a rope. Locals found the child’s body dumped in a field the next day: [T]he body was sent for post-mortem examination which revealed that […]