Once again we see that the real “hate” doesn’t come from those trying to resist Islamic supremacism, but from those who are propagating it. “Muslim clerics warned against hate sermons,” from The Citizen, January 7 (thanks to Twostellas): Muslim clerics have been warned against sermons that provoke religious tensions. The warning was given here yesterday […]
OIC top dog fulminates against new Muhammad cartoons as “abuse of freedom of expression”
“Ihsanoglu urged all Muslims to exercise restraint in the face of this incitement. He reiterated the OIC’s principled position on developing an international consensus on dealing with a frequency of deliberate acts of incitement, within the framework of the Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18.” In other words, don’t riot and kill this time, since soon […]
Tunisia: Muslim cleric says “wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year is forbidden by Islam”
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! “Tunisians urged to spurn New Year greetings,” from AFP, December 31 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): AFP – A preacher from the hardline Salafist movement that has achieved growing prominence in Tunisia since the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings told Tunisians on Monday that the exchange of New Year’s […]
Malaysia: Muslim leader says Christians should stop demanding religious equality
Where did Ismail Ibrahim get the idea that there was something wrong with Christians asking for equal rights in a majority-Muslim state? Has he been reading Islamophobic literature? Also: Arabic-speaking Christians were using the word “Allah” the God of the Bible since before the invention of Islam. “Stop demanding religious equality, says ex-Fatwa Council chief,” […]
Indonesia: Muslims demand that President not attend Christmas celebration
“They decided to attend the program because they don’t have sufficient understanding of Islam.” So here we have the spectacle of an Islamic hardliner, someone whom Western Muslim spokesmen would say is a misunderstander of Islam and an “extremist,” charging “moderate” Muslims with misunderstanding Islam. So both sides now claim that the other side just […]
UK: Muslim parents suing Greek Orthodox school for banning hijab
“The school has a very particular uniform policy which is shared with parents…Her parents actively chose us and, before she arrived, we held a meeting which included details of the uniform plan….The parents actively sought our school. They must have done so with their eyes open.” Here again we see an attempt by Muslims to […]
Hatred and Violence in the Qur’an Awareness Month: “You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews”
Still more Jew-hatred: they “misled many,” they have “strayed,” they are cursed by David and Jesus, Allah is angry with them, and they’re the worst enemies of the Muslims: Say, “O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth and do not follow the inclinations of a people who […]
Australia’s largest mosque issues fatwa against Christmas, then withdraws it after criticism and says it was taken “out of context”
“Out of context”? Sheesh. All these years and they still fall back on that tired dodge? Isn’t there anyone in the Islamic Supremacist Talking Points Factory who can come up with anything new and more convincing? “No merriness here: mosque puts fatwa on Christmas,” by Natalie O’Brien for the Sydney Morning Herald, December 23 (thanks […]
Modern, moderate Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body: Don’t wish Christians “Merry Christmas,” don’t attend Christmas parties
Feel the love and tolerance. “Avoid wishing “˜Merry Xmas,” insist Indonesian conservative Muslims,” from al Arabiya, December 20 (thanks to all who sent this in): If the world is ready for Christmas with just five days to go before the 25th, Indonesia is yet to decide if they will be a part of the celebration. […]
Jordanian Muslim leader to Netanyahu: “Get ready. The army of the Prophet Mohammad is coming your way.”
Once the jihad in Syria has toppled Assad, he says, they will conquer Israel. Not that that purely nationalist struggle against a vicious dictator has anything to do with Islam. “‘First we take Damascus, then Tel Aviv,’” by Roi Kais for Ynet News, December 16 (thanks to Lachlan): The leader of the radical Salafist movement […]