“They will be recruited by the terror groups and sent back to Myanmar to wage war,” and then the establishment media will portray them as innocent victims of the rapacious Myanmar war machine. “Counter terrorism cop confirms elements of terrorism among Rohingya refugees,” Sun Daily, August 27, 2018: KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Special Branch Counter Terrorism […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Thin-Skinned Muslims In Malaysia
Here is the story in all its preposterousness: Malaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper was detained Thursday [Feb.15] over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing “obscene” moves insulted Islam and could hurt racial harmony. It was the second time in two years that Wee Meng Chee, […]
Malaysia: Female student starts screaming after Qur’an recitation, mass hysteria breaks out
Could this outbreak of mass hysteria have anything to do with the passages of the Qur’an that were being recited? Maybe the girl who started it all began screaming when she read some of the Qur’an’s passages about women. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they […]
Malaysia: Muslim justifies his marriage to 11-year-old by saying he wanted to marry her since she was 7
Oh, that makes it all right, eh? Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. Child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. Turkey’s directorate of religious affairs (Diyanet) […]
Malaysia’s new Prime Minister: “We will not do anything contrary to Islam”
Malaysia has just welcomed a new Prime Minister: 92-year-old Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. One of Mohamad’s first statements was a vow to “continue” to “safeguard Islam.” He said: We will establish a Government that upholds the laws and the Constitution of the country and we will not do anything contrary to Islam. He also gave […]
Malaysia: Yet another man arrested for insulting Islam on Facebook
This keeps happening in “moderate” Malaysia. But in the West, we are much more enlightened. We don’t arrest people for insulting Islam. We simply excoriate them as “racists” and “Islamophobes,” and ostracize them from polite society. We are much more advanced in the West. In case you missed it: Mahathir Mohamed, who has famously said […]
Malaysia: Six publications banned because they “confuse Muslims and threaten public order”
The Home Ministry in Putrajaya, a city in Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur, has banned six publications “because their contents may be detrimental to public order, morality and the public interest.” To be more explicit: the publications were deemed to be “contrary to Islam’s Ahli Sunnah Wal Jamaah (Sunni) teachings.” They contain “elements promoting liberalism that […]
Malaysia: Seven Muslims arrested for plotting jihad massacres at non-Muslim places of worship
How did these Muslims stray from the famously “moderate” Islam of Malaysia? Why wasn’t that “moderate” Islam not sufficient for them? Why was it not able to withstand the challenge from the supposedly “hijacked” “radical” version? “6 Islamic State suspects arrested in Johor for planning attacks on places of worship,” Channel News Asia, March 24, […]
Malaysia: Muslim mob screaming “Allahu akbar” surrounds Archbishop as court refuses to allow Muslims to leave Islam
This verdict was no surprise. Nor was the thuggery that followed in its wake. The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the […]
Malaysian rapper detained by police over dog video considered insulting to Islam
In keeping with Islamic jurisprudence, there is no fun in Islam, no pluralism, no personal expression allowed that is deemed to be offensive, which includes dogs: Malaysian police said a popular ethnic Chinese rapper has been detained over complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing “obscene” moves insulted Islam […]