Wait a minute. Isn’t Malaysia supposed to be “moderate”? And isn’t Irshad Manji a leading “moderate” Muslim writer? Irshad Manji has not been much heard from in recent years, but about ten or twelve years ago she was the Moderate Muslim Du Jour (a position since occupied by luminaries including Zuhdi Jasser and Maajid Nawaz), […]
Malaysia: Chinese Year of the Dog images removed to avoid offending Muslims
It seems as if authorities the world over, with very few exceptions, have determined that this is the one group to whom everyone must kowtow. And that is because some of them have a disturbing tendency to react to being “offended” by murdering people. In the fifth grade, everyone was told that the way to […]
Malaysia: Muslim beats his 9-year-old daughter to death for making mistakes while reciting Qur’an
A culture of violence, the foundational text of which commands men to beat women from whom they “fear disobedience” (Qur’an 4:34), is going to give rise to this sort of thing, just as that same foundational text’s calls for violence against unbelievers (2:191, 4:89, 9:5, 9:29, 47:4, etc.) are going to give rise to jihad […]
Malaysia: Muslim who beat his 9-year-old daughter to death would “recite the Quran during the night”
In his reciting of the Qur’an during the night, this man no doubt came across this passage: “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. […]
Malaysia: Imam says girls should marry before 15, otherwise their value drops
Malaysian Imam Azhar Idrus stated that “girls are getting married at a later age due to education, adding that they are about 28 years old by the time they are finished with university” and that by “28 years old, no one would want to marry them.” Robert Spencer addresses the acceptance of child marriage in […]
“Moderate” Malaysia: Mufti asks, Why pray for a non-Muslim to reach heaven?
They’re all going to hell anyway: “O Prophet! Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination.” (Qur’an 9:73) “It is not for the Prophet and those who believe to pray for the forgiveness of unbelievers even though they may be […]
Malaysia: Muslims stall reform of child marriage laws
Islamic spokesmen in the West routinely insist that child marriage has no basis in Islam, and that Muhammad’s child bride, Aisha, was not actually a child when he married her. In reality, child marriage has abundant attestation in Islamic tradition and law. “Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for […]
Malaysia: Muslim cleric active in deradicalization program promotes hatred of non-Muslims
Deradicalization programs, upon which the West has placed so much hope, have long been an obvious failure. Such programs are based on the premise that the true teachings of Islam are peaceful, and so all that needs to be done is show the jihadis how they’re misunderstanding the Qur’an and overlooking its teachings of peace, […]
Malaysia: Beer festival canceled for fear of jihad terror attack
“On Sept 21, Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun was reported as saying that police had advised DBKL against allowing the event because of security reasons. He was quoted by Bernama as saying that police had received information on militants planning to sabotage the event.” Do the social media giants realize what is coming? It […]
Islamic State jihadis from Malaysia waging jihad against Myanmar government
The international media is only interested in one side of the story in Myanmar. But there is another side. “Malaysian IS members carrying out ‘holy war’ against Myanmar government,” Bernama, September 18, 2017: MELAKA: A number of Malaysians backed by the Islamic State (IS) militant group is engaging the Myanmar government in a “holy war” […]