According to this story, “the moderate Muslim country has a dual-track justice system, in which Islamic courts operate alongside civil courts.” So, a “moderate Muslim country” can issue and carry out caning sentences? A local sultan’s intervention in this case is not remotely enough to prevent more such sentences in the future. An update on […]
Malaysia: Muslims protest, threaten over Motoon: Long live Islam,” “Down with Sweden,” “Take some lessons from 9/11!!!”
Warranting another 9/11? Threatening blood and death over a cartoon — and Western non-Muslims continue to kowtow to their irrational bullying, instead of standing up and saying, “Wait a minute. Killing people, or threatening people with death, because of a perceived insult to someone you revere is madness, and we’re not going to stand for […]
Why we don’t see more Islamic reformers: Pro-Sharia group sues Muslim reform group over its use of the word “Islam” in its name
Sisters In Islam angered Sharia supremacists by opposing the caning of women for drinking alcohol, polygamy, and child marriage, and so a Muslim group is suing it to stop it from using the word “Islam” in its name. Apparently caning, polygamy and child marriage are so much a part of Islam in the view of […]
Malaysia’s religion minister rejects child marriage reform
As always, what’s standing in the way here is Muhammad’s own example — a “beautiful pattern of conduct,” per Qur’an 33:21. Muhammad married Aisha when she was six, and consummated the marriage when she was nine. For this cleric, condemning child marriage would thus run the risk of implying Muhammad did something wrong, or that […]
Malaysian women say caning for adultery was “good” for them
Of course, as they’re already under the thumb of Sharia enforcers, they can’t be sure of what might happen if they said anything else. An update on this story. “Malaysian women say caning “good” for them,” by David Chance for Reuters, February 18: KUALA LUMPUR – Three Malaysians who became the first women to be […]
Malaysia canes three women: “Islam is a big part of the equation here”
“I hope this will not be misunderstood, so that it defiles the sanctity of Islam.” Oh, no worries. Sharia Alert from modern, moderate Malaysia: “Malaysia Court Canes Three Women,” by James Hookway in the Wall Street Journal, February 17 (thanks to all who sent this in): Malaysian authorities said Wednesday that officials caned four Muslim […]
Malaysia arrests ten tied to Christmas underwear jihadist
Isolated Extremist Update: “Nigerian underwear bomber: 10 terror suspects held,” from New Straits Times, January 28: KUALA LUMPUR: Police last week acted quickly to forestall a serious threat to national security when they nabbed 10 terror suspects with links to international terrorist organisations. The nine foreigners and a Malaysian were also believed to be linked […]
Muslim leader: Muslims could be behind the pigs’ heads found in Malaysian mosques
After Malaysian Muslims firebombed several churches, Christians seemed to retaliate with a non-violent but pungently symbolic gesture, leaving pigs’ heads at two mosques. But now a Muslim leader has suggested that Muslims were also behind this — in a naked attempt to incite the local believers to a murderous rage against non-Muslims. This recalls also […]
Malaysian court stands up for the freedom of speech; may we keep it in the West, please?
Sisters In Islam has published a good deal of valuable information about the plight of women under Sharia. And now they have won an important free speech case. The Dutch persecutors prosecutors of Geert Wilders should take note. “Malaysian Court Ends Ban on Book,” by Liz Gooch in the New York Times, January 25 (thanks […]
Malaysian Islamic scholars: Hey, we just discovered that “Allah” is not an accurate translation for “God”
The Islamic supremacist attempt in Malaysia to prevent Christians from using the word “Allah” for the God of the Bible — as Arabic-speaking Christians have done since pre-Islamic times — has just taken a new twist: for the first time, Islamic scholars are saying that “Allah” is not properly translated “God” — something that their […]