This ‘investigation’ didn’t take long, as it’s been less than a week since author and activist Irshad Manji was all but chased out of Malaysia after her aborted attempt to promote her new book here in Malaysia. Normally the Malaysian government conducts its business at a much more leisurely pace. Then again, the results of […]
Modern, moderate Malaysian muftis mull maledicting Manji’s Muslim misrepresentation
Irshad Manji’s expansive and broad-minded Islam is her own creation, with no basis in Islamic tradition. Hugh Fitzgerald said it back in 2008: “Irshad Manji has certainly created her own private Islam. She is the child of Asian refugees from Uganda. She has never lived in a Muslim society. She has always enjoyed the freedoms […]
Irshad Manji visits Malaysia to promote new book and is promptly accused of ‘insulting Islam’
Canadian author and Muslim activist Irshad Manji recently visited Malaysia to promote her new book, Allah, Liberty and Love (!). Apparently Muslims here in Malaysia didn’t feel the love and were not amused, angrily demanding that her book be banned and that she never be allowed to set foot in Malaysia again. Wait a minute. […]
Malaysian Prime Minister: Show moderate face of Islam to counter Islamophobia
It’s something that Islam’s apologists, spokesmen, and various useful idiots (both Muslim and otherwise) endlessly recycle and repeat: Islam is moderate, despite the copious amounts of evidence to the contrary. And it’s a meme that Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia never tires of intoning. Funny that he never seems to get around to presenting actual […]
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur’s official Friday sermon says “Jews are the main enemy to Muslims”
Delivered in mosques all over the nation’s capital city, this sermon was based on Qur’an 5:82, which says that the Jews will be the worst enemies of Muslims. It’s noteworthy that this sermon was delivered in Malaysia, half a world away from Israel: clearly the Malaysian enmity for Jews is based on Islam, not on […]
Malaysian state holding seminar on “threat of Christianity”
They’ve changed the name now, but the substance is the same. They’re not concerned about Muslims committing violent jihad in the name of Islam. No, a far greater threat is that of Christians proselytizing Muslims. Islamic Tolerance Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia: “Malaysia in religious row over ‘threat of Christianity,’” from AFP, March 29 (thanks […]
Fines and jail time for Malaysian restaurants not certified as ‘halal’
Showing once again that the Islamic supremacist racket slash ratchet only goes one way. In a few short months, any Malaysian restaurant owner or food vendor that fails to register for and publicly display a ‘halal certificate’ on his premises will face both fines and jail time. There’s no escape — Islamic supremacism continues to […]
Singer Erykah Badu banned from Malaysia over temporary “Allah” tattoo
Badu deserves partial credit if she got a tattoo (rather, temporary body art) in non-Roman characters and actually knows what it says, unlike so many hipsters with “exotic” tattoos that may actually say “I have gout.” The case is also a study in how multiculturalist arrogance — the presumption of open-minded enlightenment — can actually […]
Malaysia: State sermon warns that inviting someone to “be my Valentine” invokes the wrath of Allah
It’s all fun and games until someone gets turned into a pillar of candy hearts. “Muslims told Valentine’s Day can invoke wrath of God,” from the Malaysian Insider, February 10 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 “” An invitation “to be my Valentine” on February 14 is against Islamic beliefs and […]
Saudi arrested in Malaysia over “sacrilegious” Twitter posting, could face death
His crime, again, was reported earlier as comparing his poetry to the Qur’an. The Qur’an is adamant that no one can “produce a sura like thereof,” and that it has no rival (2:23). The author of the offending tweet has been hunted down like an armed and dangerous fugitive terrorist and captured in Malaysia after […]