Some of what you’ll find in The Critical Qur’an. Preorder here. Many Islamic spokesman claim that the surrounding context mitigates the sheer horror of Qur’an 9:5, “Kill the polytheists wherever you find them.” But is that really true? Find out how the most influential Islamic commentaries understand this passage. Many suras of the Qur’an begin […]
Bangladesh: Muslim riots over Qur’an ‘desecration’ continue, two Hindus dead, 150 injured, 88 Hindu temples attacked
All over the world, authorities turn a blind eye to this kind of behavior. They appear to be so “Islamophobic” as to expect it from Muslims. An update on this story. “Third day of clashes in Bangladash over Koran ‘desecration,’” AFP, October 15, 2021: Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of protesters […]
Many Qur’an translations try to obscure what it really says. This one makes it clear.
My latest book, The Critical Qur’an: Explained from Key Islamic Commentaries and Contemporary Historical Research, will be available in a few weeks, and is available for preorder now here. This is another one that I’ve wanted to write for years, and have finally had the opportunity. It’s the fruit of thirty-plus years of research and […]
Bangladesh: Muslim mobs vandalize Hindu temples over Qur’an desecration
The temples that have been ransacked had nothing to do with the video that has enraged the Muslim mobs, but that is of no importance. Jihadis and Islamic supremacists routinely traffic in the collective guilt that Muslims falsely claim they have been subjected to in the U.S. since 9/11. “Deadly violence in Bangladesh over Quran […]
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh claims Qur’an says ‘women are equal to men’ and calls non-Muslims ‘brothers in humanity’
Al-Tayeb said: “No one can deprive a woman of a single one of her rights, which were established by Islam, and which are found in a clear and concise sentence in the Qur’an: ‘Women are equal to men.’” I’ve searched all over for this “clear and concise sentence,” and I do not find it. The […]
France: Muslim pupil knocks his female teacher to the ground: ‘The Qur’an, make way, madam’
Celebrate diversity! What will France be like in five years? Ten? Apparently this young thug believed that by the Qur’an, he had the authority to order his infidel female teacher around. https://twitter.com/AmauryBrelet/status/1446516594545410055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1446516594545410055%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fdesouche.com%2F2021%2F10%2F10%2Fwallah-ecarte-toi-une-video-filmee-dans-une-salle-de-classe-montre-un-eleve-claquer-violemment-la-porte-sur-sa-professeur%2F “Muslim pupil knocks his French female teacher to the ground: ‘Holy Koran, make way, madam’ (VIDEO),” Medforth, October 10, 2021: Translation: “Wallah, get […]
CounterPunch: ‘Modern jihad’ of al-Qaeda and ISIS not in Qur’an, is ‘manifestation of age of neoliberal capitalism’
CounterPunch is a gang of hard-Left fantasists, but since their ideological kin run the world today, it’s worthwhile to look in on their fever dreams from time to time. The article below, which is a book review of a book that is clearly missable, contends that “modern jihad is exactly that—modern. It is not a […]
France: Muslim who quoted Qur’an while raping his victim takes two prison guards hostage
Rasmouk is not the first to quote the Qur’an while engaging in rape. A survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has said that her rapists would quote the Qur’an to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. On another occasion, Muslim migrants in France raped a girl and videoed the rape […]
Ex-Muslim Reveals What the Qur’an Says About Moderate Muslims
The Qur’an in numerous passages describes lax, or moderate Muslims, as being hypocrites deserving of scorn and persecution. Speaking as a former Muslim, this raises grave concerns when one considers realities such as Islam’s death penalty for apostasy and the jihad imperative. For a multitude of reasons (though chiefly for disbelief in or lack of adherence to […]
‘By the Qur’an of Mecca, I will smoke you out’: Muslim threatens Islamocritical writer on Paris street
Of Mecca. Islamic tradition divides the Qur’an into chapters from Mecca and chapters from Medina. The Meccan suras are supposed to be more tolerant and peaceful than the Medinan ones. Yet this chappie specifically invoked “the Qur’an of Mecca” as he was threatening to kill Zemmour. Does he know something that our Western non-Muslim imams […]