Video courtesy Pamela Geller. They’re chanting “Allahu akbar” and “Khaybar, Khaybar, ya Yahud, jaish Muhammad sa yaoud” — “Khaybar, Khaybar, O Jews, the army of Muhammad will return.” 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 […]
Return of Islamic leader worries Islamophobes Tunisian women
Famous last words for a free society, or even one less beset by Sharia than it might be: “Oh, that can’t happen here.” Reports on the role of Islamic movements in the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings have placed considerable faith in the “secular” elements of those societies to resist Sharia’s regressive influence on human rights. […]
Synagogue torched in Tunisia
UPDATE: This story has been widely disputed, and its veracity cannot now be verified. ———————- The secular ruler Ben Ali is gone and now the Islamic supremacists are reasserting themselves — with police approval. “Synagogue torched in Tunisia: Jewish leader,” from AFP, February 2 (thanks to Pamela Geller): TUNIS — Arsonists set fire to a […]
Tunisia: Supporters of “Islamist” leader assault opponents
I put “Islamist” in quotation marks because Ghannouchi has reportedly stated his opposition to the imposition of Sharia in Tunisia, or at least has appeared to do so. How an advocate for political Islam can oppose Sharia is unclear. In any case, there are no heroes in this story: one of those who were attacked […]
Tunisia: Thousands greet return of “Islamist” leader
An “Islamist” is generally a proponent of political Islam. I generally tend not to use the word, because many draw a distinction between “Islamic” and “Islamist,” implying (and sometimes asserting outright) that political Islam is a twisting and hijacking of the original, presumably non-political, non-supremacist Islamic religion. Since that is a false distinction, I shy […]
Top Iranian pol on uprisings: “In my opinion, the Islamic Republic of Iran should see these events without exception in a positive light”
Larijani sees an opening for Islamic rule. “Iran Sees Rise of Islamic Hard-Liners,” by William Yong in the New York Times, January 28 (thanks to all who sent this in): TEHRAN — Hopeful that the protests sweeping Arab lands may create an opening for hard-line Islamic forces, conservatives in Iran are taking deep satisfaction in […]
“We want freedom for the hijab, the niqab and the beard”: Islamic supremacists demonstrate in Tunisia
A direct challenge to the secular character of the Tunisian state. “Tunisia security forces chase Islamist protesters: ‘We want freedom for the hijab … and the beard,’” from Reuters, January 29: TUNIS — Tunisian security forces chased groups of protesters through central Tunis on Friday and fired tear gas, after dispersing hundreds of demonstrators holding […]
Qaradawi applauds anti-regime demonstrations in Muslim countries
Qaradawi, of course, is a forthright and unapologetic pro-Sharia Islamic supremacist. “Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi Joins In Support for Anti-Regime Demonstrations in Arab Countries,” from MEMRI, January 28 (thanks to Pamela Geller): In response to the wave of mass anti-regime demonstrations currently taking place in several Arab countries, prominent Sunni cleric Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, head of […]
Exiled pro-Sharia leader set to return to Tunisia
But he says that he wants to establish true democracy in Tunisia. However, it is unclear in that case what would make him an Islamist, which is a term generally applied to adherents of political Islam. It seems that he wants to establish Sharia, but wants to do it as an expression of the popular […]
Islamophobes Tunisian women wary of Islamic parties’ rise
While discussions of Sharia in the West are often academic exercises where comfortable pundits reassure themselves with visions of how Islamic law “ought” to work, women like those quoted below know they face a very real loss of rights and of their way of life if Islamic parties take control. “Women keep wary eye on […]