Less than a day after Turkey vowed to back Sweden in NATO if the European Union accepted Turkey as a member, news comes of a potentially catastrophic deal with Turkey. This is all about the bigger fish for Erdogan: his goal for a revived Ottoman Empire. Dire consequences would result if Turkey joins the EU. […]
Turkey vows to back Sweden in NATO, if the EU accepts Turkey as a member
It was a big mistake to allow Turkey to be part of NATO in the first place. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s goal is to revive of the Ottoman Empire (a global caliphate); he continues to manipulate NATO to that end, and is now employing this new tactic to move closer to his goal. Erdogan […]
Nigeria: Sultan vigorously condemns Sweden and EU for Qur’an burning, demands investigation
The Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar, who is also President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, is demanding action over Qur’an burnings. He described the burnings as “a provocative and blasphemous act.” Not in the West, Mister! Note how his zeal comes from a region of particular concern regarding Islamic expansion and a […]
Violence and terrorism work: Sweden is considering making Qur’an burnings illegal
This is how the freedom of expression is dying in the West; officials all too readily bow to violent intimidation. “Sweden is considering making Koran burnings illegal, Aftonbladet reports,” Reuters, July 6, 2023: STOCKHOLM, July 6 (Reuters) – The Swedish government is examining whether it could make setting the Koran or other holy books on […]
Pakistan: Christians take to the streets to protest against Qur’an burning in Sweden
The Christians in Pakistan know that they are in danger from enraged Muslims who will murder them because someone they had nothing to do with half a world away burned a book. Meanwhile, even the UN is discussing the burning of the Qur’an, while no one cares about the persecution of Christians in Pakistan, Nigeria […]
A Showdown Is Coming Over Freedom of Expression in Europe
New in PJ Media: Will Europe embrace and defend the freedom of expression or blasphemy laws? And once Europe makes its choice, what will the United States of America do in turn about the same issue? The showdown is coming in Europe, and it’s coming quickly. Last Sunday, Phedon Phedonos, who is the mayor of […]
Jihad group says it will attack Christians and churches in Pakistan in revenge for Qur’an-burning in Sweden
What do the Christians in Pakistan have to do with the burning of the Qur’an in Sweden? Nothing whatsoever. But Sweden is nominally Christian, and so as far as these jihadis are concerned, all Christians are responsible. Islamic apologists in the West frequently accuse those who dare to discuss Islam’s doctrine of jihad of blaming […]
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation calls for international ‘collective measures’ to stop desecration of Qur’an
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held an emergency session in Cairo and issued a call for “collective measures” to stop “acts of desecration of the Holy Quran and international law should be used to stop religious hatred after the holy book was burned in a protest in Sweden.” The OIC does not ascribe to […]
Sweden: Government condemns Qur’an-burning, calls critics of Islam ‘extremists’
Once the West discards the freedom of expression in order to appease Muslims, and adopts Sharia blasphemy laws, also to appease Muslims, it might find that what it threw away had some actual value. But by then it will be too late. “Government: Koran burnings have NO place in Sweden,” translated from “Regeringen: Koranbränningar har […]
Iraq: Enraged Muslims break into Swedish embassy in Baghdad after Stockholm Qur’an burning
“If freedom of speech is guaranteed to Iraq and the world, then the believers have to express their views on the burning of the holy books… through massive angry protests against the Swedish embassy in Iraq,” said Muqtada al-Sadr. A superficially clever argument, but destroying property and menacing people is not equivalent to registering one’s […]