New in PJ Media: Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a country with a rich and magnificent heritage, one of the trailblazers of global political philosophy and culture, suddenly decides, for no particular reason, much less any compelling one, to throw away the legacy of two thousand years. Its leaders invite in a group […]
Ghana: Imam says ‘Anyone who insults the Prophet Muhammad, if you kill him, you haven’t done anything wrong’
Where did he get this idea? From Muhammad himself as depicted in Islamic tradition, which tells these stories, among others: A critic of the prophet of Islam, Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf, had mocked Muhammad in verse. Muhammad asked his followers: “Who is willing to kill Ka’b bin Al-Ashraf who has hurt Allah and His Apostle?” One […]
UK: Ex-policeman fined $1,355 for sharing jokes about Islam online
The thing is that Gray didn’t even originate these jokes. He just reposted them. And the jokes all have aspects of truth to them. Islam really does allow for child marriage, and Sharia-adherent Muslims, who might be more likely to avoid bacon than Muslims who ignore Sharia, are more likely to take the Sharia allowance […]
Rushdie Stabber’s Lawyer Says We May Never Know His Motive
“There could be a number of reasonable, plausible explanations as to what he was thinking.” The Iranian Fatwa targeting Salman Rushdie over his book was one of the early tests of Islamization in the West. And Western intellectuals failed badly, attacking Rushdie, who had come from a Muslim family, for offending Islam, rather than defending […]
Bangladesh: Muslim mob beats man and he is jailed for burning a COMMENTARY on the Qur’an
We have seen mobs beat people for burning the Qur’an before, and a Muslim or Muslims murdered Salwan Momika for doing so, but beating and arresting someone for burning a Qur’an commentary is something new. Leave it to Bangladesh to be on the cutting edge of global innovation. Of course, the commentary contains multiple quotations […]
UK: South Wales Police Now Forced to Halt Their Plan to Arrest People for ‘Anti-Muslim Hostility’
In the U.K., the South Wales Police wanted to adopt a definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” that went far beyond the definition accepted by the British government. Faced, however, with pushback from the Free Speech Union, the South Wales Police has for now halted its attempts to impose its expansive interpretation of what constitutes anti-Muslim hostility, […]
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Section 295-C: How Parliament Enforced the Death Penalty in 1986 Through Fake ‘Ijma’
In July 1986, Pakistan’s National Assembly was specially summoned to add the death penalty to Section 295-C. This single amendment turned the nation’s blasphemy law into one of the world’s most dangerous weapons against freedom of expression and religious minorities, especially against Christians. The proposed changes were straightforward, Islamic, and harsh: Along with life imprisonment, […]
Thailand: 1,000 Muslims surround transgender livestreamer, force public apology, self-slapping, head-shaving ritual
As of 2024, Muslims constitute about “5 percent of Thailand’s 66 million population and are its largest religious minority,” but Islam is still highly influential in a country where between 90 and 94% of the population is Buddhist, as revealed in the report below. This influence is what makes this story particularly significant. The pattern […]
Malaysia: Deputy prime minister calls for restrictions on the freedom of speech to prevent insults to Islam
If a person cannot tolerate criticism, no matter how mild, of his cherished beliefs, this usually means that he is unsure of those beliefs, and is deeply afraid that they will be proven false. Forcible suppression of challenges and contrary ideas are manifestations of a profound insecurity. “Insults against Islam, Malay rulers must be handled […]
Pakistan’s Draconian Blasphemy Law 295-C: A History of Blood and Islamic Supremacy
Pakistan’s Penal Code Section 295-C is today the most controversial and blood-soaked law in the country. Before examining this deadly Islamic law in detail, it is important to understand how these so-called religious offense laws developed in Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Many people believe these laws were only introduced by the military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq […]