Abdel Rahman Al-Rashed should have a chat with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Here are Al-Rashed’s remarks on the Russian terror, from Al-Sharq Al-Awsat via the Mirror, with thanks to Nicolei: IT is a certain fact that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims. The […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslims call for ‘peaceful jihad’
Of course, in the Islamic world the Ahmadis are persecuted heretics. From The Independent, with thanks to cflap: Tens of thousands of devotees of an Islamic sect rejected by the Muslim world converged on a Surrey village yesterday to hear their leader call for a peaceful “jihad” against fanatics who follow “extremist and ignorant mullahs”. […]
Islamic ‘terrorism’ is holding Muslims hostage: Musharraf
Note the Pakistan paper’s sneer quotes around “terrorism,” even though this is one of Pakistan’s better papers. Also, it would be nice if Musharraf (or anyone else) could present a picture of this “true path” he mentions that would be coherent from the standpoint of Islamic theology and law. Without that, the radicals will always […]
Iranian Intellectual: ‘Muslims Should Reform Religion… Accept Democracy’
Kedivar’s words about reform are much needed, even if his claims that Islam supports freedom and democracy run against the plain sense of the Qur’an and Sunnah — that is, unless he means freedom and democracy for Muslim men only. In any case, his words will win lip service from self-proclaimed moderates, opprobrium from radicals, […]
Educators and Parents Protest Against ‘The Culture of Death’ Taught In Saudi Schools
According to MEMRI, “two articles that appeared approximately a year apart in the Saudi daily Al-Watan, by Hamza Qablan Al-Mozainy, a lecturer at the Department of Arabic Language and Literature at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, examined the ‘culture of death’ in Saudi schools and the role that teachers play in disseminating it.” (Thanks […]
Investigation of Cleveland cleric widens
Imam Fawaz Damra (PBS) Imam Fawaz Damra, the Cleveland cleric and erstwhile media darling as a famous “moderate” Muslim, now stands accused of lying about his ties to terrorist groups. And today he is in more hot water. From AP: CLEVELAND – A Muslim cleric accused of hiding terrorist ties is now the subject of […]
Moderate Muslims March in Phoenix
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Liberal Muslim Scholar: The Term ‘Jihad’ is Misunderstood by Islamist Clerics
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Najaf’s residents rip radical cleric
Not really all that popular? If this story is true, it suggests that Al-Sadr could be in a position like Lenin’s in 1917 Russia, when he was supported only by a small minority, but was ruthless and persistent enough to carry the day anyway. If these people complaining about him are too frightened even to […]
Pakistan: death sentences for jihadis in church school attack
From the Daily Times of Pakistan: An anti-terrorism court judge delivered death sentences to three convicts and life imprisonment to another four for a terrorist attack on a missionary school in Murree in May 2002, on Wednesday. Anti-terrorism Court Judge Safdar Hussain Malik, handing down the sentences at Adiala Jail due to security reasons, gave […]