Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Islamic State: 80 lashes for wearing a soccer team jersey; Madonna’s music “anti-Islamic”

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“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. […]

Qur’an-shaped cake has Turks irked, say bakers should have shirked

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Don’t smirk. Here come Görmez’s clerks. For these students, trouble lurks. “There is no fun in Islam.” — Ayatollah Khomeini “Turkey fumes over Quran-shaped cake,” by Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, April 21, 2015: Turkish religious authorities have opened an investigation against Anatolian students for baking a cake in the shape of the Quran, […]

Malaysia: Islamic scholars say playing guitar and piano against Islamic law

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This is why Cat Stevens gave up music when he became Yusuf Islam, although his return to music suggests that these prohibitions can be set aside for purposes of dawah. In any case, this prohibition is not limited to Malaysian Islamic scholars, as it is founded on the hadiths below. It is consistent with the […]

Why Muslim Aversion for Valentine’s Day is Problematic

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Another Valentine’s Day is here, and another Islamic fatwa condemning it has appeared. Popular Egyptian Salafi preacher, Sheikh Abu Ishaq al-Huwaini, said yesterday that the celebration of Valentine’s Day is “forbidden according to Sharia.” He would be one of countless Islamic clerics to condemn that day in recent times. During his televised show, Huwaini said […]

Singapore: Photo of pork with “halal” label has “serious religious implications,” reported to police

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Imagine how grim and humorless someone would have to be to report something like this to the police. “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. […]

Afghanistan: Muslim clerics declare jihad against TV talent shows

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Characteristically, the dhimmi Telegraph says that “religious hardliners” have threatened these shows, but never identify which religion. It’s obvious, you say? Not the point. Do you think they would be so delicate were the “hardliners” in question Christian? I don’t, either. And the use of the word “jihad” doesn’t mitigate this, since the mainstream media […]

It’s that time of year again: Muslim clerics warn against observing Valentine’s Day

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It’s one thing to advise against it on religious grounds, but this missive comes from Aceh, where the imposition of Sharia has only gotten more intensive, and morality policing is already well off the rails. It is quite another matter when such a prohibition becomes grounds for harassment and intervention by law enforcement of one […]

Iran arrests 17 over water fight, head of morality police pledges to “act forcefully”

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It is a weak and paranoid regime for which young people with squirt guns pose an intolerable threat. An update on this story. “Iran arrests 17 youths over water fight,” from Agence France-Presse, August 7: Iranian police arrested 17 boys and girls over a water fight at a seaside park in the Islamic republic’s south, […]

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