“Why did they not produce four witnesses? Since they produce not witnesses, they verily are liars in the sight of Allah.” — Qur’an 24:13 Because of the Qur’an-derived stipulation that sexual crimes can only be established by the testimony of four male Muslim witnesses, along with the Sharia provision that women’s testimony is not admissible […]
Diplomat: US Muslim’s Qur’an contest showing reflects “important role Muslim-Americans play in helping to shape society”
How exactly does a 14-year-old boy from New York City memorizing the Qur’an reflect the “important role Muslim-Americans play in helping to shape our society”? The US Consul General to the UAE, Paul R. Malik, doesn’t appear to have explained. It would be interesting to know which Muslim-Americans have played important roles in shaping our […]
Catholic scholar: “Equality is foreign to Islam…under Islamic law, someone who is an ‘infidel’ could be put to death”
The UAE has adopted a new law that forbids “all forms of discrimination based on religion, caste, creed, doctrine, race, colour or ethnic origin” — a move that shows, according to Fr. Samir Khalil Samir, that the UAE “has decided not to stick to religious legalism.” In other words, it could only reject “all forms […]
UAE: Muslima sentenced to death for jihad murder of American teacher
She “embraced takfiri and jihadist ideology and then engaged in terrorist acts in support of the terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and Daesh.” Where could she have turned in the UAE to find instruction as to why she should reject the ideology of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State? Where is the large-scale Muslim movement dedicated to refuting […]
Moderate Dubai court jails man for insulting Islam on Facebook
They must be moderates, for if they were “extremists,” they would have sentenced him to beheading. In any case, this same “moderation” is coming to the U.S., as authorities of all sorts counsel submission to those who proclaim that they will kill us for what they perceive as insults to Islam. Those authorities mask their […]
UAE: Indian man charged with insulting Islam on Facebook
“The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” — Barack Obama, September 25, 2012 “Indian charged in UAE with ‘insulting Islam,’” IANS, April 14, 2015: Dubai, April 14 (IANS): An Indian man has been charged in a UAE court for allegedly posting on a social networking site comments that insult […]
UAE halted air attacks on Islamic State after pilot capture
The UAE “ceased its participation because of concerns over a lack of contingency plans to rescue downed aircrew.” Indeed. The whole enterprise against the Islamic State has been poorly thought out and continues to be hamstrung by the prevailing denial and refusal to examine its guiding ideology. “UAE halted Isis air attacks after pilot capture,” […]
Poverty causes terrorism? UAE jihadi arrested in palatial home
The Muslima who murdered an American at a mall in Abu Dhabi was arrested in her home. Pope Francis and John Kerry and others say we need to address the root causes of jihad terrorism by addressing problems of hunger and poverty. Would this woman have been turned away from jihad if she had, say, […]
UAE: Muslima held in stabbing of US teacher also left bomb at home of American doctor
“The stabbing comes on the heels of a security warning from the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi in late October, advising Americans of a ‘recent anonymous posting on a Jihadist website that encouraged attacks against teachers at American and other international schools in the Middle East.’” An update on this story. “UAE police arrest suspect […]
UAE defends designating Hamas-linked CAIR, MAS as terror groups
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the United Arab Emirates’ Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this interview with Fox’s Bret Baier, he says: “Our threshold is quite low when we talk about extremism. We cannot accept incitement or funding when we look at some of these organizations. I mean, for many countries the definition […]