The veracity of this story cannot be taken for granted, as it comes from a mouthpiece for the Iranian regime, the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, and reflects Shi’ite polemic against Sunnis. However, it also shows the pitfalls and difficulties of genuine Islamic reform: anyone who attempts such a thing is immediately branded a heretic and […]
From Egypt with Jihad
“In the mid-1970s unfolding events in Egypt—the undisputed leader of the Arab world and politics—were also having a major impact on the Saudi educated elite,” wrote Yossef Bodansky in his 1999 book, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America. As the then-House Taskforce on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare director discussed, previously examined […]
OIC Council of Foreign Ministers to discuss humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan with focus on ummah solidarity
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is the “collective voice of the Muslim world,” which seeks to expand the Muslim ummah by any available means. Whether it be to strengthen the “brothers” of the Taliban who are now ruling Afghanistan under Sharia, or supporting the Palestinian jihad against Israel, it’s all the same. Taliban commander Muhammed […]
Hamas Furious with Egypt for ‘Taking Israel’s Side’
Hamas is furious with Egyptian mediators and believes Cairo is cooperating with Israel’s foot-dragging on efforts to reach a deal for the rehabilitation of the Gaza Strip and a more permanent ceasefire with the terrorist group. This is according to a report in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar. More on Hamas’ anger with Egypt is […]
The Rise of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
The current president of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, rescued his country by staging a coup on July 3, 2013. That coup he engineered to overturn the rule of then-President Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), who was solidifying his hold, and that of the fanatical MB to which he belonged, on the […]
Spain: Actress called ‘racist’ for criticizing the wearing of the niqab
What race is Islam again? What race is the niqab? I keep forgetting. One critic said: “And who has told you that they are not dressed like that by their own choice?” Sure, buddy. And just imagine what would happen if one day one of them decided to go out without the niqab. “Social networks […]
Egypt: 80-year-old Islamic scholar jailed for saying Islam was spread by conquest
An 80-year-old Egyptian Islamic reformist scholar was jailed for telling the truth that Islam was spread by conquest, as obvious as truth is. Ahmed Abdo Maher was being “Islamophobic” in the view of those who judged his case. They found him guilty of “contempt of Islam,” which in the view of Islamic supremacists everywhere is […]
Egypt: Teachers and students beat up Coptic Christian children for wearing crosses
The question does not get asked often enough: why is it that certain barbaric behaviors are accepted when they come from one group, but not from others? In no Western country, nor in Israel, would it be acceptable for a teacher and students to beat up students who were of a different religion, and elementary-age […]
Egypt: Two Muslim brothers murder Christian shopkeeper
In mid-October, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi “committed Egypt to a five-year program of human rights reform.” He shocked the country when he stated: “If someone tells me they are neither Muslim nor Christian nor a Jew or that he or she does not believe in religion, I will tell them, ‘You are free to […]
Islamic scholar: If one’s wife ‘is a nasty person and refuses to understand, in such a case, we turn to beating’
The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “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 […]