Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam doesn’t punish apostasy. I expect that Zafar, Akyol, al-Marayati, Bassiouni, and Eteraz will immediately be jetting over to Tehran to explain to the mullahs that they’re getting Islam all wrong, wrong, […]
Egyptian Actress Under Fire for Playing Role of Mother Teresa
Hanan Tork, a popular actress in the Middle East of Egyptian origins, who recently took to the hijab and retired from acting, has returned to the silver screen””to much criticism and threats from the same Muslims who formerly praised her for donning the veil. According to Al Sawt, the actress is under “vicious attack” for […]
Algeria: Christian gets five years in prison for “shaking the faith” of Muslims
And of course if the Muslims had been shaken out of their faith altogether, they would have been under a death sentence. “Believer awaits appeal decision after ‘shaking the faith’ of Muslims,” from Mission News Network, April 23 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): …An Algerian Christian was sentenced to five years in prison for […]
India: Muslims mob attacks Christian prayer meeting, beating, kicking and mocking Christians
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Islamic Extremists Beat, Mock Christians in India,” from CDN, April 12 (thanks to Pamela Geller): NEW DELHI, April 12 (CDN) “” Islamic extremists in India attacked a Christian prayer meeting in West Bengal state, beating a 65-year-old widow and other women less than a month after they helped drive a […]
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 […]
“I was far too hurt, bitter, resentful and extremely angry at Islam and Mohammed for making me live in fear and guilt all my life”
There is a new post up at Liberated from Shakila, the ex-Muslim who writes from a Muslim country. In it, she responds to Islamic supremacist trolls who insist that she does not exist, that she is a fictional character of my creation. I myself wouldn’t respond to that sort of nonsense, but then again, I […]
Saudi Arabia: Another Twitter user faces charges for apostasy
“Many scholars and people are now demanding his execution.” That may be about as close to democracy as Saudi Arabia gets: giving the people what they want, at least when it’s death. “Another Twitter user accused of apostasy in Saudi Arabia,” from Emirates 24-7, March 25: An Arab man in Saudi Arabia is accused of […]
Iran misunderstands Islam, arrests a dozen Christians in crackdown on converts from Islam
How did the mullahs get the idea that there was anything wrong with Christians converting Muslims? Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam doesn’t punish apostasy. I expect that Zafar, Akyol, al-Marayati, Bassiouni, and Eteraz will immediately be […]
Pakistan: Muslims torture woman, shave her head, and parade her through the streets for converting to Christianity
Muhammad said, “If anyone changes his religion, kill him,” and every school of Islamic jurisprudence still mandates death for apostates. So the Muslims who tortured Seema Bibi but did not kill her must have been moderates. More terrifying Islamophobia, and more on this story. “Christianity to Islam, and back: 60-year-old woman disgraced for reconversion,” by […]
Ex-Muslim: “My mother wants me dead”
Sabatina James has spoken out before on how virtually no one in the present political establishment is willing to stand up for persecuted Christians, let alone ex-Muslims. When your cause is not fashionable, apparently your suffering does not count. “My mother wants me dead: Catholic convert speaks out after fleeing her Muslim family following ‘honour […]