Who came out against reform last year? The “moderate,” “largely secular” Muslim Brotherhood. “‘Egyptian curricula states Jews, Christians are infidels’,” by Oren Kessler for the Jerusalem Post, June 28: Egypt’s school curriculum, laden with anti-Semitic and anti-Christian sentiment, must undergo drastic reform to comply with international standards, according to a new report to be presented […]
Muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch, claiming she was fired for refusing to remove her hijab
The natural environment for a Muslima The real question is, Why would a Muslima want to work at Abercrombie & Fitch in the first place? Wouldn’t she find the clothing line, the advertising, and the whole atmosphere objectionable on moral grounds? Shouldn’t she prefer to shun such an environment rather than want to work there […]
FrontPage Magazine interviews The Anti Jihadist
FrontPage Magazine’s managing editor Jamie Glazov interviews Jihad Watch contributor ‘The Anti Jihadist’ about Islamic persecution of Christians in Malaysia. An excerpt: Frontpage Interview’s guest today is The Anti-Jihadist, a counter-jihad writer, activist and critic of Islam who resides in a majority Muslim country. He writes under a pseudonym for reasons that do not need to […]
Australia: Muslim cleric misunderstands Islam, says “Democracy is evil, the parliament is evil and legislation is evil”
He said it. Ibrahim Saddiq Conlan must be a greasy Islamophobe. –˜Democracy is evil, Parliament is evil” says radical Muslim cleric in billboard debate,” by Clayton Hinds for Christian Today Australia, June 19 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Democracy and parliaments are evil declared a radical Australian Muslim cleric in Sydney on Friday night […]
Surprise, Surprise . . . Malaysians ready to demolish another non-Muslim house of worship
This barely rates a squib of a story in the local paper. Of course, it’s not a surau, madrassah or mosque that’s at risk of imminent demolition. “Ex-Hindraf Leader stops temple demolition”, from The Star Online, 17 June: MAKKAL Osai reported that former ISA detainee and Hindraf leader K. Vasantha Kumar managed to temporarily halt […]
U.K.: Islamic hate preacher says government wants “to create a docile brand of Islam but it is not going to happen”
And Abu Izzadeen vowed to “confront” Home Secretary Theresa May if she comes to “Muslim areas” to discuss the government’s new guidelines on Islamic supremacism and non-integration. An update on this story. “Theresa May’s in sights of fanatics,” by Dominik Lemanski for the Daily Star, June 12 (thanks to Twostellas): Islamist fanatic Abu Izzadeen last […]
Tolerant New Egypt: “When they were beating me, they kept saying: ‘We won’t leave any Christians in this country'”
It is a politically correct article of faith that there is nothing inherently abusive in Sharia law that cannot be written off as tribal or cultural baggage, or as a prescription so old (14 centuries ago, after all!) that it is assumed no longer to be relevant even to sincere believers — at least not […]
Turkey: Christian woman buried as Muslim
We have covered many more stories about problems obtaining the official recognition of non-Muslim identity in places like Egypt, where changing one’s religion on the national ID card from Islam is well nigh impossible, and Malaysia, where in a few bizarre cases, the surviving family was blindsided with claims about the Muslim identity of the […]
Egyptian cleric: We ask non-Muslims to convert, but if they don’t convert or pay jizya, we fight them
Enjoy that first paragraph of the report below. Mazen al-Sarsawi knows his ahadith, but American history, not so much. But as for the hadith, al-Sarsawi is not inventing the courses of action he prescribes. Muhammad himself said: “Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in […]
Bishop fears for survival of Christians in Nazareth
That’s Qur’an 3:85, hung near the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, as reported here. Such banners are nothing new; nor is the supremacist menacing. And the world largely continues to look the other way. “Bishop Concerned Over Survival of Christian Community in Nazareth,” from Voice of America, June 1 (story and photo thanks to […]