Jihad rising in modern, moderate “Arab Spring” Tunisia. “Radical sheikh calls for Tunisia holy war,” by Monia Ghanmi for Magharebia, June 21 (thanks to Lachlan): A recent video from a self-avowed al-Qaeda member called for holy war against the Tunisian government, raising fears among citizens that extremist violence could escalate. The June 11th message from […]
Tunisia: Man dies from injuries he got during Islamic riots over “un-Islamic” art exhibition
Ah, the Arab Spring in full flower. “Tunisia: Man dies in Salafite clashes over ‘un-Islamic’ art exhibit,” from AKI, June 13 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Tunis, 13 June (AKI) – A 22-year-old Tunisian man has died from the injuries he sustained during violent clashes in the east Tuesday between police and Salafites angered by an […]
Tunisia: Salafis riot, attack cities, soldiers guard presidential palace
Democracy and pluralism are running wild in Arab Spring Tunisia. Here are two more stories updating this story. “Tunisia: Salafis attack cities, 86 arrested,” from ANSAmed, June 12 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – TUNIS – Salafis have gone on the rampage in many Tunisian cities, with the destruction of property and the setting on fire […]
Tunisia: Islamic supremacists destroy un-Islamic artwork
More flowering of Western-style pluralism in “Arab Spring” Tunisia. “Protesters damage “˜offensive” artwork in Tunisia,” from AFP, June 11 (thanks to Benedict): Protesters have damaged several works of art at an exhibition in Tunisia, in what appears to have been the latest in a series of attacks by Islamic religious hardliners on liberal or secular […]
Tunisian minister of Religious Affairs calls for imprisonment and stripping of citizenship from France-based Tunisian author for insulting Muhammad
Freedom on the march in “Arab Spring” Tunisia — I tried to tell you: “Tunisia: crusade against anti-Islam intellectual,” from ANSAmed, June 5 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – TUNIS, JUNE 5 – Jelil Brick has been living in France for over twenty years now after escaping the claws of Ben Ali’s political police and has […]
Tunisia: Thousands of misunderstanders of Islam chant “Obama, Obama, we are all Osama”; “Every Muslim is a jihadist”
These Tunisians have somehow gotten the crazy idea that Osama was a representative Muslim, and that jihadists are good Muslims, not hijackers of the Religion of Peace. Are they reading the writings of greasy Islamophobes? More on this story. Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: “Thousands of Tunisians [sic] Salafis: ‘Obama, We Are All Osama’; MC […]
Tunisia: 5,000 Islamic supremacists rally, hail “the beginning of the end for the children of secularism”
The “Arab Spring” once again shows itself to be a “blessed Islamic revival.” “Tunisia: Salafist Congress In Kairouan Draws Thousands,” by Houda Trabelsi for Magharebia, May 24: housands [sic] of salafists converged on Kairouan Sunday (May 20th) outside the Uqba Ibn Nafi Mosque for the second annual congress of the Ansar al-Sharia movement. As many […]
Arab Spring in Tunisia: Islamic supremacist party calls for polygamy and end to adoptions
Polygamy is sanctioned by the Qur’an (4:3) and adoption is forbidden — see Qur’an 33:4 and 33:37-40, which refers obliquely to Muhammad’s marriage to the ex-wife of his adopted son Zayd. The canonical Islamic story of this episode has Allah commanding Muhammad to marry Zayd’s ex-wife in order to show that adoption is illegitimate. Critics […]
Tunisia: Islamic rally chants battle cry invoking Muhammad’s massacre of Jews
As I explain in my book The Truth About Muhammad, Muhammad led a Muslim force against the Khaybar oasis, which was inhabited by Jews — many of whom he had previously exiled from Medina. When he did so, he was not responding to any provocation. One of the Muslims later remembered: “When the apostle raided […]
“Arab Spring” Tunisia: TV station chief fined $1,500 for showing film insulting Islam
See yet again the glory of the Arab Spring, which from the beginning I identified as an Islamic supremacist winter, as Sharia descends upon Tunisia. Nabil Karoui should be glad that he got out of this with his head still on his shoulders. “Tunisia’s Islamic hardliners score victory in television trial,” by Bouazza Ben Bouazza […]