And those who oppose Sharia must be destroyed. Just ask the British Home Office. “Insight: From remote Mauritania, hacker fights for Islam worldwide,” by Elise Knutsen for Reuters, June 28: DAKAR (Reuters) – In Nouakchott, a dusty city wedged between the Atlantic ocean and western dunes of the Sahara, a young hip-hop fan coordinates a […]
Mauritania: Prosecutors seek 10-year sentence for jihad terrorist from Canada
Canada is exporting jihadists while Canadian officials are lying in wait to persecute freedom fighters. This AP story is the usual ridiculous mainstream media treatment. Yoon has ties to a “terrorist group.” Which one? We’re not told. He says he went to Mauritania for “religious study.” Which religion? We’re not told. Only in the sixth […]
UN Human Rights Council elects as its VP Mauritania, where it’s legal to own slaves and illegal to leave Islam
CNS News adds: “Ruled by a former military coup leader, Mauritania is a North African Islamic state where conversion to another faith is punishable by death. The country”s criminal code provides for a three-day period of reflection and repentance for any Muslim found guilty of apostasy. ‘If he does not repent within this time limit,’ […]
Mauritania: Anti-slavery activists arrested for burning Islamic law books justifying slavery
I am not in favor of book-burning as a symbolic act, but the significant points here are that Islamic legal manuals justify slavery, contrary to the claims of Muslim spokesmen in the West, and that slavery still exists in Mauritania, justified by those legal texts, despite the protestations of authorities to the contrary. “Activists Arrested […]
Mauritanian group declares jihad against France: “the jihad will be exported everywhere it is necessary”
France, they explain, is “hostile to the interests of Islam.” Another “defensive jihad” found its excuse. “Radical Islamist group threatens France,” from Agence France-Presse, January 3: Bamako – The Mauritanian Hamada Ould Mohamed Kheirou, presumed leader of an armed Islamist group active in west Africa, has again threatened France with war in a video seen […]
Mauritania: Calls to establish morality police
The good news is that this trial balloon isn’t flying just yet, though there is plenty that is nowhere near modern or “moderate” about Mauritania, including the persistence of slavery and female genital mutilation (72.2% prevalence as of 2007). The bad news is that there is nonetheless a push for more enforcement of Sharia. “Mauritanian […]
Islamic cleric says Egypt church bombing was in accord with Islamic teaching
“You should attack those who attack you, with a force that is equal to or greater than theirs.” But wait…I thought the Jews did it! And as Zip points out, “every religion has its extremists,” or so the dogma goes, but when did you ever hear of a Christian cleric justifying violence against innocent Muslims? […]
Anti-slavery activists face railroading in Mauritania
Slavery is taken for granted in the Qur’an, and is still practiced in many areas of the Islamic world — here, in Mauritania. And where are the human rights organizations, as these freedom fighters get railroaded? “Anti-slavery activists face possible charges in Mauritania,” from Middle East Online, December 16 (thanks to Twostellas): NOUAKCHOTT – Seven […]
“Reformist” Sheikh Qaradawi joins jihad chanting at rally in Mauritania
Al-Qaradawi has been praised by establishment dhimmi Islamic scholar John Esposito as a champion of a “reformist interpretation of Islam and its relationship to democracy, pluralism and human rights.” “Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi Joins Crowds in Jihad Chants at Rally in Mauritania,” from MEMRI, November 10 (thanks to all who sent this in): Following are excerpts […]
Mauritanian jihadist calls for attacks on “infidels and apostates,” threatens “black nights” for France and Sarkozy
This story is now several days old, but the pitch and content of Semman’s rhetoric are instructive. Qur’an 9:5 paves the way for open-ended warfare against unbelievers (“wherever you find them”), while apostates from Islam are marked for slaughter according to Muhammad’s own command. “Mauritanian jihadist threatens attacks against France,” from Agence France-Presse, October 20: […]