More Misunderstanders of Islam and Ramadan sow mayhem in the name of Allah in Tatarstan. “Fight over Islam, money and power brings violence to Volga,” by Thomas Grove for Reuters, July 27 (thanks to Maxwell): KAZAN, RUSSIA – Not far from glitzy boulevards where an oil boom has sent up stadiums and high-rises overlooking the […]
Ramadan kareem! Muslims murder four soldiers in Thailand
There is a “surge in violence” in Thailand since Ramadan began. Somehow these Misunderstanders of Islam didn’t get the memo that Ramadan is a time to “reconcile differences and seek peace.” And oddly enough, they misunderstand Islam and Ramadan in exactly the same way as the Muslims in Bulgaria who somehow got the crazy idea […]
France: Seven Muslims beat up woman for attending party during Ramadan
“According to the woman, the men issued threats and said: ‘You are a bad Muslim’, and ‘you bring shame to Islam because you went to a party on a day of Ramadan.’” Attending a party during Ramadan: haram. Beating up a young woman who attended a party during Ramadan: halal, and pleasing to Allah. Eurabia […]
Robert Spencer: Ramadan Follies
At Atlas Shrugs I discuss Ramadan: politically correct myth versus reality. Another Ramadan is upon us, and no less an authority on Islam than Barack Hussein Obama has assured us that the Muslim month of fasting is a time in which Muslims “cherish family, friends, and neighbors, and to help those in need.” Meanwhile, in […]
Sharia in action in Kuwait: Police arrest man for drinking water in public during Ramadan
Ramadan is, according to Barack Obama, a time to “cherish family, friends, and neighbors, and to help those in need.” Or else. “Kuwait police arrest, detain man for drinking in public during Ramadan,” from Bikya Masr, July 24 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): DUBAI: It is illegal to drink or eat in public in […]
Tunisian airline bans alcohol during Ramadan
The first of its kind. Ruining tourism — and seen by liberals as the “forced Islamization of the country.” “TunisAir suspends serving alcohol on flights during Ramadan,” by Monzer Beldiafi for Al Arabiya, July 22: In the first initiative of its kind, the Tunisian flag carrier Tunis Air decided to ban offering alcohol in its […]
Ramadan kareem! Jihadists murder 20 and wound 80 across Iraq
Somehow these Misunderstanders of Islam didn’t get the memo that Ramadan is a time to “reconcile differences and seek peace.” And oddly enough, they misunderstand Islam and Ramadan in exactly the same way as the Muslims in Bulgaria who somehow got the crazy idea that “Ramadan is a month of holy war and death for […]
Muslims in Thailand misunderstand Ramadan, murder one person and injure seven in bomb blasts
Somehow these Misunderstanders of Islam didn’t get the memo that Ramadan is a time to “reconcile differences and seek peace.” And oddly enough, they misunderstand Islam and Ramadan in exactly the same way as the Muslims in Bulgaria who somehow got the crazy idea that “Ramadan is a month of holy war and death for […]