Tareq Al-Suwaidan said it, and no one will bat an eye. But if a critic of Islam quotes him, his words will immediately become “Islamophobic.” “Kuwaiti Islamic Scholar And Muslim Brotherhood Leader Dr. Tareq Al-Suwaidan: The Prophet Muhammad Promised Us That We Will Rule The Whole World; I Met Hamas Leader Haniyeh Last Week, He […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric incites his teen son to murder Shia man over ‘blasphemy’ against Muhammad
Imagine the screaming headlines if a rabbi or priest had incited his teenage son to murder someone from a different sect over “blasphemy” allegations. But you’ll only hear about this here. “Pakistan: Teenager kills 55-year-old Shia man over ‘blasphemy’ against Prophet Muhammad; second murder in four days,” OpIndia, June 24, 2024: A teenager stabbed a […]
Austria: Teacher refuses to read from Bible because it was ‘not fair to Muhammad’
This teacher knows who is in the driver’s seat in Austria today. “Teacher refuses to read the Bible,” translated from “Lehrerin lehnt Bibellesen ab,” Unser Tirol, June 4, 2024 (thanks to Medforth): Islam is playing an increasingly important role in schools. A recent case at a high school in Döbling shows how far consideration for […]
Italy: Muslim children exempted from studying Dante because he put Muhammad in hell
No one would dream of calling upon any other group to give up its own cultural, heritage and identity. The way Italy is going, before too long all students will be completely exempt from studying Dante, or anything besides the Qur’an. “Backlash as Muslim children in Italy exempted from studying Dante,” by Nick Squires, Telegraph, […]
Robert Spencer’s latest book: ‘A groundbreaking work that will revolutionize the popular understanding of Muhammad’
My latest book, Muhammad: A Critical Biography, will be out October 22, and is available for preorder now: click here. Muhammad: What can we really know about him? We know a great deal about Muhammad—or so it seems. Islamic tradition contains an astonishing wealth of information about the founding figure of the Islamic faith, and […]
London’s King Cross Station removes Muhammad message for Ramadan after public backlash
Expect anything in Sadiq Khan’s London. One couldn’t imagine the display of crosses, the Star of David, or messages from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament featured on display boards in a prominent and high traffic railway station for Christian and Jewish holidays in Muslim countries. In a one-way-street scenario, although “diversity”initiatives are not found […]
Pakistan: Student gets death sentence for ‘derogatory words’ about Muhammad and his wives on WhatsApp
“The court ruled that the messages were intended to outrage the religious feelings of Muslims.” Hurting their feelings will be illegal in the West before too long as well, if the Left gets its way. “Pakistani student, 22, awarded death sentence over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp messages,” Hindustan Times, March 9, 2024: A 22-year-old student was sentenced […]
Two Mohammeds, One of Them a Syrian Refugee, Rape Woman in Brooklyn
Following in Mohammed’s footsteps. The original Mohammed raped a lot of women in his time and many of his namesakes are carrying on his work around the world. A 25-year-old man accused of wielding a knife while his accomplice allegedly raped a female worker inside a Brooklyn business nearly two weeks ago has been arrested in connection […]
Islam and Criminal Law
Two of the most valuable things by which our culture has been enriched are the freedom of expression and the freedom of religion. They are so highly esteemed that many countries have enshrined them in their constitutions. The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States may serve as an example. The curious thing […]
India: Muslim journalist admits Muhammad’s child marriage, is praised, yet Hindu who noted it got death threats
Nupur Sharma was forced into hiding for saying what Irena Akbar is being praised for saying. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad consummated his marriage with (i.e., raped) Aisha when she was nine, and the resultant fact that child marriage is accepted in wide swaths of the Islamic world. “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with […]