It sufficed for authorities that the radio show host cautioned the imam that they were in Sweden, though the imam said he didn’t care; that didn’t matter. Authorities do appear to have approached the issue with kid gloves, as one can’t help but wonder how light a touch they would have used had this exchange […]
Iranian reports of retrial for apostate from Islam said to be “misleading”
An update on this story. No tactic on Iran’s part would be surprising. The prosecution of Joseph Nadarkhani is inherently unjust, and authorities have only become more desperate and deceitful as the case progressed. “False Reports on Iran Pastor’s Retrial Worrisome,” from CBN News, October 15 (thanks to Kenneth): Misleading reports about Iranian Pastor Youcef […]
Iranian pastor facing death sentence for apostasy may get new trial
What remains to be seen is if the new trial becomes an opportunity to formally pile on all of the imaginative new accusations leveled against Joseph Nadarkhani in the past month as international attention and opposition to his death sentence for apostasy have grown. An update on this story. “With pressure mounting, Iranian Supreme Court […]
CNN says Iranian pastor’s death sentence for apostasy shows “nuance” of Islamic law
Will Joseph Nadarkhani get a “nuanced” hanging? This story has been circulating for a few days, but is certainly not the first time CNN has tried to peddle Paper Sharia: that is, Sharia as advertised as what it could, would, should be, as opposed to Sharia as observed. This report virtually ignores the other innumerable […]
Malaysia: Muslims who attended church dinner to get therapy to “restore their belief and faith”
The therapeutic culture meets Islam’s apostasy law in modern, moderate Malaysia. “Proselytising of Muslims is punishable by prison terms of various lengths in most Malaysian states.” That shows they’re moderate: in more Sharia-compliant societies, apostasy is punishable by death. “Muslims get therapy after church meet,” from AP, October 10 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): […]
Islam’s Predictability – Apostasy, Execution, and Lies
As one ponders the fate of Yousef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor on death row for refusing to renounce Christianity, it is well to reflect that, for all the talk that Islam is perpetually “misunderstood,” it is actually immensely predictable and consistent; not only do its patterns cross time and space, but their manifestations are often […]
Iran levels yet another accusation against apostate from Islam: oh, hey, he ran a brothel, too
For those who are keeping score at home, in the past two weeks, Joseph Nadarkhani has gone from being a Christian pastor charged with apostasy from Islam to a traitor and a Zionist, a rapist, and now the proprietor of a brothel. Never mind that “in a translated Iranian Supreme Court brief from 2010, however, […]
Geller: Fighting Sharia in Dearborn
In “Fighting Shariah in Dearborn” in World Net Daily today, Pamela Geller details the latest developments in our AFDI organization’s ongoing legal battle for the freedom of speech in Dearborn, Michigan: Well over a year ago, the human-rights group American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), of which I am executive director, filed a lawsuit in Michigan […]
Iran desperately piles on new allegations against apostate from Islam facing death penalty
“In a translated Iranian Supreme Court brief from 2010, however, the charge of apostasy is the only charge leveled against Nadarkhani.” But suddenly, Youcef Nadarkhani is not just an apostate, but a “Zionist” and “traitor.” Now he’s also accused of rape and extortion. Nadarkhani’s lawyer said the deputy governor’s comments were the first mention in […]
When Muhammad’s words are not Islamic
This sounds great, right? A Muslim writing about the Yusef Nadarkhani case says that there is no Islamic justification for the death penalty for apostates. The only problem is that he doesn’t even mention the fact that some Muslim authorities, contrary to his claims, do root the death penalty for apostasy in the Qur’an. Nor […]