Islamic law forbids the subjugated People of the Book (Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians) to make public display of their religious festivals. The dhimmis “are forbidden…to ring church bells or display crosses…recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals or feastdays” (Reliance of the Traveller, o11.5 (6).) “Christians Prohibited from Choir Practice […]
Iran’s exiled Crown Prince: ‘Alongside Jews and Baha’is, Iranian Christians face rampant persecution’
When Iran became an Islamic Republic, immediately non-Muslims began to be repressed and persecuted. Yet anyone who notices the obvious connection is vilified as an “Islamophobe.” “Iran’s exiled Crown Prince highlights ‘widespread and rampant persecution’ of Christians,” Article 18, November 20, 2024: The exiled son of the former Shah of Iran has highlighted the “widespread and […]
Pakistan: Islamic party riots, demands that government ban marches calling for rights for religious minorities
“Islam must dominate, and not be dominated.” — Hasan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood “Officials in Pakistan Attempt to Ban Rights March Organizers,” Morning Star News, August 29, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – Sindh Province officials are trying to impose a ban on organizers […]
Pakistan: Muslim mobs demand Chief Justice’s resignation for saying Ahmadiyya man has ‘right to religion’
How can Mubarak Sani have a “right to religion” when the Qur’an directs Muslims to “fight them until persecution is no more and religion is all for Allah” (8:39)? “Pakistan: Islamist mobs descend into Supreme Court premises, demand Chief Justice’s resignation for saying Ahmadiyya man booked for blasphemy has ‘right to religion,’” OpIndia, August 20, […]
The Olympics, the Arabs, and Israel
In 2021, an Algerian judoka, Fethi Nourine, received a ten-year ban on participating in international competitions after he had refused to fight an Israeli, Tohar Butbul, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With that history hanging over him, at this year’s Olympics another Algerian judoka, Redouane Messaoud Dris, instead of insisting he would not fight an […]
Indonesia: Muslims riot and demand that church stop its worship services
“One resident stated that the mob stopped the church’s worship because the service occurred in a majority-Muslim community.” As the Muslim population grows in the West, watch for this. “Muslim Residents Prohibit Indonesian Church from Worshiping,” International Christian Concern, July 24, 2024: 7/24/2024 Indonesia (International Christian Concern) — Another church in Indonesia has faced pressure to […]
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light believers fled Egypt because of persecution, now persecuted in Turkey
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (not to be confused with the much larger, albeit still minuscule, Ahmadiyya movement) is a relatively new Shi’a eschatological sect. It doesn’t teach violence, but as it was founded in an Islamic milieu, this persecution was inevitable. Muhammad, says the Qur’an, is the “seal of the prophets” (33:40). […]
Celebrate Diversity: Muslim Cab Driver Beheads Jesus Statue Outside NYC Church
New in PJ Media: Diversity is our strength and all that, and we all saw it in our social studies books back in seventh grade: smiling children, all carefully chosen to represent a smorgasbord of races and ethnicities, happily playing together without a care in the world. A recent incident in Queens, N.Y., however, shows […]
Louisiana: Imam prays ‘Oh Allah, annihilate the Jews and the Chris…Oh Allah, count them, kill them one by one’
It is consistently astounding that hatred and incitement of this kind is preached openly and yet gets no media attention, as Muslims are one of the establishment media’s protected groups. “Lafayette, Louisiana Imam At Friday Sermon: ‘Oh Allah, Annihilate The Jews And The Christians… Their Helpers, Kill Them One By One, Do Not Spare A […]
Maldives comes out for Hamas, will ban holders of Israeli passports from entering the country
What will be the first Western nation to follow suit? Britain? France? Germany? Sweden? Old Joe Biden’s America? “Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza,” Associated Press, June 2, 2024: COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury […]