This is a very significant case. It will be interesting to see how Shariff-Aminu’s appeal is received. This recalls the case of Robert Hussein Qambar Ali, a Kuwaiti national who converted from Islam to Christianity in the 1990s. Hussein was arrested and tried for apostasy, even though the Kuwaiti Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion […]
Sweden: Rioting Muslima screams ‘Why did they bring us here, the stray dogs, if they do not want Islam?’
But remember: it’s “racist” and “Islamophobic” to think that the mass Muslim migration into Europe has anything to do with jihad or Sharia. “The rampaging Muslims in Malmö: ‘Why did they bring us here, the stray dogs, if they do not want Islam?,’” translated from “Kravallande muslimerna i Malmö: ‘Varför tog de hit oss, fähundarna, […]
Sweden: ‘Hate crime’ police investigate as raw pork, two roasted Qur’ans placed at site of Arab cultural association
Yes, the person who did this is indeed a lout, unless he or she is a Muslim trying to gain coveted victimhood status, as we have seen so many times before. The perpetrator, if found, should be made to clean up any mess that was made. But that’s about it. The reaction from the Malmö […]
Turkey demolishes iconic church, ‘Hagia Sophia of Bursa’
Bursa is the fourth largest city in Turkey. In 2013, the building was handed over to an Islamic foundation, which left it to rot. Now that it has been razed to the ground, it will be rebuilt as a cultural center. Turkey’s brazen contempt for Christianity in destroying or appropriating iconic churches, especially Hagia Sophia […]
Brace Yourself: Charlie Hebdo Publishes Muhammad Cartoons Again
My latest in PJ Media: They’ve done it again: as the trial of some of those who plotted the Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre begins in France, Charlie Hebdo has republished some of the Muhammad cartoons over which so many people are so enraged. And as always, numerous people are saying that mocking Muhammad is “disrespectful” […]
Erdoğan’s Cultural Genocide Against Turkey’s Christian Heritage
In July, the Turkish government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan turned Hagia Sophia, the most iconic church of the Orthodox Christian world, into a mosque. In August, the historical Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora was also turned into a mosque. With these initiatives, Turkey has decidedly declared its aspiration to confront the Western […]
Sheikh of al-Azhar: Burning the Qur’an is an act of terrorism
Al-Tayeb’s words here are carefully chosen. If ever challenged as to whether he condemns terrorism, he can say, why, yes, of course he does, with this in mind. Meanwhile, he can participate with his friend Pope Francis in interfaith counterterror efforts, working to get blasphemy against Islam included in definitions of terrorism accepted among non-Muslims. […]
Muslim leader: We need to convert all Hindus to Islam out of compassion, it’s easy to fool and mass-convert them
Islamic supremacists are infamous for using whatever tactics they see fit to advance Islam, whether they be trickery and stealth jihad, such as the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates’ tactics of subversion, or violent jihad. Kalim Siddiqui, a Zakat Foundation Shariah Council member, not only mocks Hindus and their beliefs, but also views converting them, […]
Turkey’s economy plunges as tourists stay away after conversion of Hagia Sophia, Chora church to mosques
“A gesture to Muslims is [a] much more immediate [political gain] and preferable and the [gains from the] touristic side of Hagia Sophia can be negligible,” Sonmez argued. “That’s why he didn’t take it into consideration.” That is, the benefits of asserting Islam’s superiority over both secularism and Christianity outweighed for Erdogan any economic considerations. […]
‘The threat that is coming out of Turkey is similar to the threat that was coming out of Iran after the revolution’
David Lepeska here provides an excellent summary piece of Turkey’s movement away from secularism and back to Islam. And while it is certainly true that “the threat that is coming out of Turkey is similar in many ways to the threat that was coming out of Iran after the revolution,” Turkey’s transition into an Islamic […]