“Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.” — Qur’an 24:13 Because of the Qur’an-derived stipulation that sexual crimes can only be established by the testimony of four male Muslim witnesses, along with the Sharia provision that women’s testimony is not admissible […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Magazine: Blaming the Rape Victim in Dubai
In FrontPage I discuss the case of Marte Deborah Dalelv, and why it shouldn’t surprise anyone. Dubai, not willing to take the international heat, has pardoned Marte Deborah Dalelv, a Norwegian woman who had been sentenced to sixteen months in prison for making the mistake of reporting that she had been a victim of rape. […]
Dubai police asked rape victim “Are you sure you called the police because you just didn’t like it?” — then jailed her
UPDATE: Dubai, not willing to take the international heat, has pardoned Marte Deborah Dalelv. (Thanks to Block Ness) ———- “Under UAE law, rapists can only be convicted if either the perpetrator confesses or if four adult Muslim males witness the crime.” That is pure Sharia, based on Qur’an 24:4 and 24:13. Those verses, according to […]
Modern, moderate Dubai: Norwegian woman raped, gets 16 months in jail for sex outside marriage
In Islam the victim of rape is to blame, for she has sullied the family’s honor by engaging in sexual immorality. The fact that it was forced upon her makes no difference at all. Think this is only something that greasy Islamophobes say? Think again. We have seen a Muslim rape victim ostracized in India; […]
Fun for the whole family: Dubai set to open Qur’an theme park
“The estimated $7.3-million project will include a garden with plants mentioned in the Islamic holy book and an air-conditioned tunnel depicting events from the Qur’an.” What fun! I can’t wait to see these passages depicted: 2:65 Allah transforms disobedient Jews into apes “And well you know there were those among you [Jews] that transgressed the […]
“We the noble citizens of the UAE are ashamed to see singers, dancers and bling-bling whores coming here to spread their filth in our country”
Enforcing Islamic purity by suppressing the freedom of speech — where have we seen that before? Islamic supremacist hactivism in modern, moderate Dubai: “Virgin Radio Station Hacked in Protest of Western Singers,” from Al Bawaba, June 6 (thanks to Twostellas): Online radio listeners of Virgin Radio Dubai were in for a rude shock Tuesday morning […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Dubai: couple gets year in jail for sex outside of marriage
What fun the Sharia supremacists will have when they begin to turn on their Leftist patrons and helpers. “Couple jailed for sex outside marriage in Dubai,” by Bassam Za”za” for Gulf News, May 18 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Dubai: A couple has been sentenced to a year in jail for sex outside of […]
Woman breaks back trying to escape Dubai sex traffickers
The Qur’an allows for the owning of sex slaves: If you fear that you will not act justly towards the orphans, marry such women as seem good to you, two, three, four; but if you fear you will not be equitable, then only one, or what your right hands own; so it is likelier you […]
Sharia in action in modern, moderate Dubai: British teacher faces year in prison for lunch with married man
If only we had turned over our ports to them. “British teacher faces a year in jail for having lunch with married man in Abu Dhabi,” from the Daily Mail, March 29 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A British woman could be locked up for a year in an Abu Dhabi jail for having […]
Modern, moderate Dubai arrests two for witchcraft
It’s a grand thing how Dubai police are on the job, looking out for jihad terrorists witches and sorcerers. “Gulf: Clampdown on sorcerers and witchcraft,” from ANSAmed, June 11 (thanks to Lachlan): (ANSAmed) – DUBAI, JUNE 11 – In the shadow of the enormous skyscrapers in Dubai, symbols of modernity and innovation, old superstitions and […]