Sharia is divine law in normative Islam. The brutality and extreme human rights abuses that are being perpetrated in Afghanistan (and in other Sharia jurisdictions) is in full accordance with Sharia, despite the routine branding of critics of Islam. Under the Sharia: Hudud crimes (apostasy, revolt against the ruler, theft, highway robbery, adultery, slander, and […]
Saudi Arabia: US woman held for 2 years, becomes 3rd American woman held in detention there
Carly Morris’ “case marks the latest instance of a dissident or critic of the Saudi government being detained or convicted for using social media. Human rights activists at the Freedom Initiative, which has followed Morris’s story, said she was the third American being held in detention in Saudi Arabia.” Saudi Arabia oppresses its dissidents routinely, […]
Austria: Mosque found to be hub for jihad terrorist recruitment
Why didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims rise up and throw out the Islamic State recruiters, and remind the congregation that Islam is a religion of peace that has nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism? “Graz mosque as a hub for terrorist recruitment,” translated from “Grazer Moschee als Drehscheibe für Terror-Rekrutierung,” Puls 24, September […]
Tampa mosque event to feature one antisemitic imam and another who supports Sharia punishments
Stoning adulterers, killing homosexuals, and hating Jews is all standard Sharia. Stoning adulterers is not “extremist”; it is Islamic law. The caliph Umar, one of Muhammad’s closest companions, even maintained that it was originally in the Qur’an: ‘Umar said, “I am afraid that after a long time has passed, people may say, “We do not […]
Pakistan: Imran Khan walks back condemnation of attack on Rushdie, says his words were taken out of context
Every scoundrel claims his words were “taken out of context” when he’s caught out. In this case it’s noteworthy that Khan feels compelled to take the “out of context” defense lest anyone think he actually supports the freedom of speech and Salman Rushdie’s right to live despite having ostensibly offended Islam. Aren’t the Muslims who […]
Iran: ‘I don’t know Salman Rushdie, but I am happy to hear that he was attacked since he insulted Islam’
The threatened punishment for insulting Islam is to come in this world as well as the next: “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.” (Quran 33:57) Note also the Iranian paper Vatan-e Emrouz’s focus on the […]
Nigeria: Imam justifies murder of Christian student, ‘we the Muslims have red lines which MUST NOT be crossed’
What was that you were saying about how the Muslims who condone violence are a tiny minority of uneducated extremists, not those who are well-versed in the faith? “Deborah Samuel crossed Islamic red line; don’t blame her killers: Imam of National Mosque Abuja,” by Adefemola Akintade, Peoples Gazette, May 13, 2022: Ibrahim Maqari, imam of […]
UK: Muslim cleric forced to flee city after death threats he received for denouncing ‘Islamic extremism’
One might almost get the idea that the “extremists” were a large and formidable group without significant opposition. But that would be “Islamophobic.” “Muslim cleric who condemned Islamic extremism at the Manchester Arena bombing inquiry is forced to FLEE the city after receiving death threats,” by Jessica Warren, MailOnline, May 2, 2022: Death threats have […]
Israel: Thousands of Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ march in support of Tel Aviv jihad murderer
We’re constantly told that supporters of jihad terrorism constitute a tiny minority of Muslims, while the vast majority abhors the killing of innocent civilians in the name of Islam. “Thousands join march of support to home of Tel Aviv terrorist,” by Dalit Halevi, Israel National News, April 8, 2022: When the name of the terrorist responsible for […]
Germany: Muslim leader justifies murder attempt, rails against ‘Jewish dogs’ on social media
“The Cologne-based DITIB is the largest Islamic umbrella organization in Germany, comprising over 900 mosques. Did DITIB members rise up and denounce Mustafa Keskin for his denial of the Armenian Genocide and his Jew-hatred? There is no evidence that any did. The largest Islamic umbrella organization in Germany doesn’t seem to have had a problem […]