Sunnis generally don’t accept it, but Shi’ites regard temporary marriage (zawaj al-mut’a) as sanctioned by Muhammad himself, as you can see from this clip, and hence part of Islamic law. So as Islamic groups fight against laws banning Sharia in the U.S. and pave the way for it to come to this country, will we […]
“I hope that Kuwait will enact the law for…sex slaves”
Translating Jihad has now posted the complete subtitled video of the statement by the hijabbed Kuwaiti “activist” Salwa al-Mutairi, calling for the revival of the Islamic practice of using captive non-Muslim women as sex slaves, in accord with Qur’an 4:3. “Video: Kuwaiti Activist: ‘I Hope that Kuwait Will Enact a Law for…Sex Slaves,’” from Translating […]
Kuwait: Teacher fired for praising Jews
“Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews” (Qur’an 5:82), so praising them in a school in a Muslim country is inviting trouble. “Kuwait Teacher Sacked for Praising Jews,” by Chana Ya’ar for Israel National News, June 12 (thanks to Tziona): A teacher in Kuwait has been sacked after holding […]
Nepali women victims of prostitution and slavery in Muslim countries
Might this have to do with the belief that Muhammad legitimized sex slavery for infidel women? ‘Nepali women victims of prostitution and slavery in Arab countries,” by Kalpit Parajuli for AsiaNews, June 9 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Kathmandu (AsiaNews) – Hundreds of Nepalese women who emigrate to Arab countries in search of better jobs and […]
Kuwaiti female activist advocates Islamic sex slavery
Sharia: it’s completely benign! Some important observations on this story. “Muslim Woman Seeks to Revive Institution of Sex-Slavery,” by Raymond Ibrahim for FrontPageMagazine.com (via RaymondIbrahim.com), June 6: Last week witnessed popular Muslim preacher Abu Ishaq al-Huwaini boast about how Islam allows Muslims to buy and sell conquered infidel women, so that “When I want a […]
Kuwait: “Female political activist” calls for legalizing sex slavery to protect men from “adultery or corruption”
Not that keeping a sex slave would in itself constitute adultery or corruption. Women taken captive as prisoners of war and then enslaved as concubines is sanctioned by the Qur’an, you see: “And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for […]
Kuwait: Prisoners may be set free if they memorize Qur’an
So what if they commit to memory verses calling for them to “slay the pagans wherever you find them” (9:5; cf. 4:89 and 2:191), calling Jews apes and pigs (2:62-65; 5:59-60; 7:166), and saying that Jews and Christians are accursed (9:30) and should be warred against and subjugated (9:29)? (And there are many more where […]
Islamic supremacists prevent construction of church in Kuwait
Islamic law forbids dhimmi communities to build new houses of worship or repair old ones, so the Kuwait City Municipal Council is here simply acting in accord with classic Sharia principles, although these principles are not being consistently applied. “Islamic fundamentalists preventing the construction of a church in Kuwait,” from Asia News, November 5: Kuwait […]
A day at the UN in Geneva — and Kuwait’s human rights report
The last meeting-place of the League of Nations, whose successor is just as useless David G. Littman in the Assembly Hall where Haile Selassie appealed to the free world for help against fascism in 1936 After speaking at the Vienna Forum in Austria on May 8, I traveled to Geneva, where through the kind offices […]
“This is war of religion, not just a war between Arabs and Israelis…this is an Islamic war, which will end in victory only under the banner of Jihad”
Here is yet more indication that the war against Israel is a jihad against Israel, motivated by an antisemitism with deep, ancient roots in Islam — and thus it will not be solved by Israeli concessions, or the establishment of a Palestinian state. The one thing we can be sure of about this is that […]