In this video, Christine Douglass-Williams talks to the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation about the doctrines of Islam as it pertains to Jews which is reflected in attacks on Israel from the day of its founding and continues to this day. She also addresses the stealth and violent jihad, how they work in tandem and the […]
‘Reformist’ imam: ‘Oppression of women in Muslim society does not stem from Qur’an’ but from ‘misogynistic hadith’
“The rampant oppression of women in Muslim society does not stem from the Koran but is chiefly the product of misogynistic hadith,” says Taj Hargey. 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 […]
Iran’s vice president quits, media calls him a ‘reformist’
The Guardian reports that Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif, “Iran’s most prominent reformist, has resigned from the government.” Some have also referenced him as the “nice face” in Iran’s regime. But no “nice faces” or genuine “reformists” actually exist among the Iranian regime leadership. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, is also often referred to as […]
Amina Wadud’s Fantasy Islam
Some Muslim scholars, such as Amina Wadud, read the Qur’an differently regarding women’s rights. Wadud wrote: “In the area of gender, conservative thinkers read explicit Qur’anic reforms of existing historical and cultural practices as the literal and definitive statement on these practices for all times and places. What I am calling for is a reading […]
Tariq Ramadan and the Women Who Have Accused Him
Now that Tariq Ramadan, that “towering intellect” who is “one of the seven most important religious innovators of the 21st century,” will soon complete his first trial in Geneva, there are many more such trials to come. There are still four women in that city whom he is charged with sexually assaulting when they were […]
Tariq Ramadan on Trial in Geneva
Tariq Ramadan is now living in a world of woe. Once a professor of Islamic studies at Oxford, described by TIME Magazine as a “towering intellect,” he has ever since 2017 been subject to charges of particularly violent rape by four women in France, a Swiss woman in Geneva, and, in a separate case, four […]
Egyptian researcher: ‘Islam has a problem with other religions, human rights, civil values, and personal liberties’
It would be interesting to see a “moderate Muslim” spokesman in the West, one of the legion who hoodwink conservatives by claiming that Islam, rightly understood, is peaceful and benign, discuss or debate these assertions with Islam Behery, or try to refute what he says here. Instead, they will ignore it. Now, why is that? […]
Video: Is Reform Possible in Islam? Sanjay Dixit, Vibhuti Jha and Robert Spencer
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Bahrain: Three Shi’ite reformers go on trial for allegedly questioning the foundations of Islam
Why don’t we see more genuine efforts at reform among Muslims? Because reformers are often treated as apostates or heretics, and prosecuted (or worse) accordingly. “Bahrain charges religious reformers with questioning Islam,” Associated Press, February 20, 2023: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Gulf nation of Bahrain plans to put three religious reformers on trial […]
‘Reforming’ Saudi Arabia sentences respected academic to death for sharing ‘hostile’ news on WhatsApp
For whatever reason, it may behoove Westerners to say that Saudi Arabia is reforming, but the real test of reform is freedom of expression. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, who has been applauded by many, has begun a “sweeping crackdown against dissent, which saw some of the kingdom’s prominent academics, journalists, and preachers thrown into […]