What? A mosque imam? A man who has dedicated his life to understanding Islam properly, was involved in jihad bombing attacks? Pope Francis is undoubtedly on his way to Herat now to explain to this cleric that he is misunderstanding his own religion, and that true Islam and the proper understanding of the Qur’an reject […]
Indonesia: Buddhist woman gets one and a half years prison for complaining about mosque loudspeakers
Coming soon to a Western country near you. An update on this story. “BREAKING: Buddhist woman imprisoned for complaining about mosque’s speaker,” by Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta Post, August 21, 2018: A Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for complaining about the volume of the azan (Islamic call […]
Indonesia: Woman complains about mosque loudspeakers, gets blasphemy charge, Muslims burn Buddhist temples
Moderate Indonesia. “Woman on trial for blasphemy in Indonesia after her complaints about noisy mosque sparked riots,” Associated Press, August 14, 2018: Indonesian prosecutors have demanded an 18-month prison term for a woman who was charged with blasphemy after she complained about the volume of a mosque’s loudspeakers. The ethnic Chinese defendant, Meiliana, 44, was […]
Austria: Imam in mosque calls on Muslims to establish Islamic state and wage jihad
Waging jihad in order to establish an Islamic state is something that Muslims have done throughout the history of Islam, as I show in my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. There is no doubt that similar teachings can be found in other mosques in Austria and elsewhere. So what will Austrian […]
Video: Imam whose son was training school shooters hits reporters on New Mexico compound: “they hate Islam”
It’s noteworthy that AP would carry this story at all; certainly neither AP nor the rest of the establishment media is ever so solicitous of those whom they smear as “anti-Muslim” to allow us to tell our side of the story. But the imam Siraj Wahhaj is here engaging in some “war is deceit” action. […]
Canada: Mosque loses charity status for promoting “hate and intolerance”
“Many of the views expressed by the organization’s speakers are misogynistic, homophobic, racist and/or promote violence.” Hmmm. “Misogynistic”: “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 […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Mosque At Basking Ridge: A Morality Tale? (Part 7)
Busy as ever, Mr. Chaudry has been inviting non-Muslims to visit the Islamic Center, and after the service, in an adjoining room, Chaudry and the Center’s imam took their questions: Why were the women and men separated for prayers? Does the Qur’an prohibit women from driving? What’s the deal with sharia, and is it practiced […]
Turkish government using US mosques to spread “Islamist-nationalistic fervor”
It is widely known that Saudi-funded mosques pose a threat due to their spread of Wahhabi ideology. Now Turkey, with its dreams of reviving the Ottoman Empire, is spreading its jihadist ideology through its own mosques in the U.S.: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent re-election is fueling concerns about his growing powers not just […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Mosque At Basking Ridge: A Morality Tale? (Part 6)
The Guardian report continued: To some people in Basking Ridge, Chaudry’s struggle looked less noble. They saw his battle with the town government as a local political feud, which dated back to his tenure as an elected official, long before he ever proposed the mosque. Chaudry had first run for a seat on the town […]
Sweden: Muslim preacher teaches Muslims to hate non-Muslims, children wash in mosque after being with Christians
Imagine the surprise of Swedish authorities when they discover that this isn’t happening just among a tiny minority of extremists, but is mainstream Islamic practice. But by then it is likely to be far too late. “‘After day with Christians, Muslim teens wash in mosque’: Study charts rise of Salafism in Sweden,” RT, July 16, […]