It would, you see, place Islam on the “same level” as other religions, and Islam must dominate, and not be dominated. Hadi’s statement may appear puzzling. Islam is, as we all know, not a race. So why would ratifying the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination affect the status of […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: A Few Questions For Mahathir Mohamed (Part Three)
Mahathir Mohamed may not know this. He reads the paper, about protests in Gaza, or tunnel-building by Hamas, or perhaps he pays too much attention to the U.N., which seems to spend half its time, and more than half of its resolutions, condemning the mighty empire of Israel. But Israel is not the only, and […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: A Few Questions For Mahathir Mohamed (Part Two)
As to Israel, Mahathir Mohamed blames its existence for all the subsequent trouble in the Middle East. He says that before Israel was founded, there were no problems in the Middle East. Let’s just begin to examine that remark by looking at the Middle East today. The Sunni-Shia enmity, which dates back to the first […]
Malaysia: 93% of Muslim women have undergone female genital mutilation
Establishment media treatments of female genital mutilation routinely insist that it is an East African cultural practice and has nothing to do with Islam, but actually FGM is mandated in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the […]
Malaysia will not criminalize marital rape: “Islam has provided guidance on this matter”
“The Sepang MP then claimed that marital rape was a term that was created by the West, before arguing that the Quran stipulates that husbands are not allowed to be violent towards their wives. ‘Islam has provided guidance on this matter,’ Hanipa added.” Yes it has, but it is not the kind of guidance that […]
Malaysia Prime Minister: “Islam does not agree to killing…to cut people’s hands or heads is not Islamic”
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “The thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands…” (Qur’an 5:38) “Kill the idolaters wherever you find them…” (Qur’an 9:5) “Kill them wherever you find them…” (Qur’an 4:89) “Kill them wherever you find them…” (Qur’an 2:191) So apparently the Qur’an is un-Islamic. “Dr M: […]
Malaysia: Islamic Studies exam asks students about permissible ways to beat a disobedient wife
Why not? The mandate to beat one’s wife is in the Qur’an: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom […]
Malaysia: 10 Muslims arrested for plotting massacres at entertainment outlets
How did these Muslims misunderstand the moderate Islam that so famously prevails in Malaysia? “Police arrest 10 terror cell militants,” by Farik Zolkepli, The Star, September 15, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): KUALA LUMPUR: Members of a terror cell which believes that the prophesied Imam Mahdi will emerge in Mecca this year have […]
Malaysian leader: Disagree with public caning and you risk being accused of being anti-Islam
The Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president-elect of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, has said: The issue of public caning needs to be handled with care, as one could easily find themselves accused of being anti-Islam for disagreeing with it. In other words, “Islamophobic.” Ibrahim, who is set to become Prime Minister in two years, is absolutely right. […]
Malaysia: Two women caned as lesbians, state Sharia official says punishment “in line with provisions in the Quran”
“Those who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women – bring against them four from among you. And if they testify, confine the guilty women to houses until death takes them or Allah ordains for them a way.” (Qur’an 4:15) “Caning process of lesbians misunderstood, says Terengganu exco,” by Faiz Zainudin, FMT, September 4, 2018 […]