New in PJ Media: Jerry Lee Lewis, the celebrated and notorious rock and roll pioneer, died last Friday, and for his sheer exuberance and joy of living, to say nothing of his heart-stopping pianistic pyrotechnics, he will be missed. From the looks of some of the coverage of his death, however, the only noteworthy thing […]
India: Hindu spokesman claims Muhammad spread Islam ‘not with sword but with his good character’
Here are a few statements attributed to this man of good character in the Hadith: “I have been made victorious through terror.” (Bukhari 4:52.220) “Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war…When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one […]
Video: Robert Spencer on the historical evidence for Muhammad’s existence
Monday. Get the book Did Muhammad Exist? here.
Video: Apostate Imam and Robert Spencer discuss the existence of Muhammad
Friday. Get the book Did Muhammad Exist? here.
Nigeria: Muslim kills parents for blaspheming Muhammad, says he has no regrets, deserves garlands
“O you who believe, do not choose your fathers or your brothers for friends if they take pleasure in disbelief rather than faith. Whoever among you takes them for friends, such people are wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 9:23) “There is an excellent example for you in Abraham and those with him, when they told their people, Indeed, […]
Switzerland: Muslima screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ tries to cut two women’s throats, wishes she’d done it better
“One of the two victims was hit in the neck, while the other was slightly injured in the hand.” She was likely aiming for the neck both times, but one never knows, she may have had this passage in mind: “When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I am with you; so confirm the […]
Video: Robert Spencer on the Jaipur Dialogues on the Truth About Muhammad
Wednesday. Get The Truth About Muhammad here, and Did Muhammad Exist? here.
Russia detains Muslim who was ‘preparing an act of terrorism against India’s ruling circles for insulting Muhammad’
“Indeed, those who malign Allah and his messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and the hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating punishment. And those who malign believing men and believing women undeservedly, they bear the guilt of slander and obvious sin. O prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of […]
Morocco: Woman gets two years in prison for ‘attacking the Muslim religion’ on Facebook
It is a brittle and insecure religion and culture that feels itself compelled to punish dissidents with prison or violence. That is true in many instances other than this particular one, and far beyond Islam itself. Meanwhile, this sort of thing doesn’t happen in the enlightened West. Here, we are free to criticize any and […]
Iran: Former president Rafsanjani’s daughter indicted for insulting Muhammad
One thing you can say for the Islamic Republic: the laws appear to apply to everyone equally, even the elites. Unlike the situation in the U.S., there don’t appear to be any privileged classes that are above the law, at least in cases of supposed blasphemy. “Ex-Iranian president’s daughter indicted after ‘insulting’ Islam’s Prophet,” Iran […]