Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif responded: “Our blood was spilt on the street but I swear to my Allah that the blood of our innocent martyrs will write end of these cowardly assassins!” In other words, more jihad bloodshed is to come. “Pakistan: 25 killed in suicide blast near Punjab chief minister office,” Indian Express, […]
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Pakistan: 22-year-old Muslim takes 5-year-old bride
“Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Nigeria “There is no minimum marriage age for either men or women in Islamic law. The law in many countries permits girls to […]
Canada: Two Islamic organizations stripped of charity status for funding Pakistani jihadis
ISNA Islamic Services of Canada was stripped of its charitable status for “non-compliance”…..Authorities also revoked a related charity, the Canadian Islamic Trust Foundation. Also to be noted: The money, raised by the Toronto-based Jami Mosque, was passed to the ISNA Development Foundation “for remit” to the Relief Organization of Kashmiri Muslims (ROKM)…..research indicates that ROKM is the […]
Pakistan: “The main focus of the education in the madrassahs is on Jihad”
The author, a reformist Muslim, writes: “The main focus of the education in the madrassahs is on Jihad, but the students are not told about the most significant type which is ‘struggle with oneself’, Jihad bin Nafs, rather the simple meaning of Jihad explained to the students is that of battles and wars.” There is […]
Pakistan: Christian arrested for blasphemy for criticizing Muhammad
In the enlightened West, people aren’t arrested for criticizing Muhammad. They’re just excoriated as racist, bigoted Islamophobes, and shunned by all decent people. Everyone the world over agrees that Muhammad, alone of all human beings, must never be criticized. “Police arrests Christian man on blasphemy charges in Gujrat,” The Nation (Pakistan), July 15, 2017 (thanks […]
Pakistan: Ad for sewer workers “only for non-Muslims”
Islamic law forbids non-Muslims to hold authority over Muslims, relegating them to the most menial jobs in society; the Qur’an says that the polytheists (among whom are numbered Christians, for believing in the Trinity and the divinity of Christ, cf. Qur’an 5:17, 5:72, 5:116) are “unclean” (9:28). Hence this specification is entirely Sharia-compliant. “PAKISTAN: Non-Muslims […]
Facebook VP travels to Pakistan to assure government it will remove “anti-Islam” material
This initiative is already in full swing: in mid-February, traffic to Jihad Watch from Facebook dropped suddenly by 90% and has never recovered. We do not post any “explicit, hateful and provocative material that incites violence and terrorism,” but Facebook is acting as judge, jury and executioner in all this. There is no appeal and […]
Pakistan: Muslim tribal council orders honor killing of 13-year-old girl
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar, the most respected authority in Sunni Islam, says that “retaliation is obligatory against anyone who kills a human being purely intentionally and without right.” However, “not subject to retaliation” is “a father […]
Pakistan: Hospital that let Christian die pressuring relatives to drop charges against them by ordering their arrest
These Christians are poor and disadvantaged, and are unlikely to get any help from Pakistani authorities, who share the ideology of the people who let Irfan Masih die. An update on this story. “Hospital in Pakistan Accused of Letting Christian Die Requests Arrest of Relatives, Colleagues,” Morning Star News, June 27, 2017: LAHORE, Pakistan (Morning […]
Ramadan isn’t over yet: 15 dead, 70 wounded in jihad bombings in Pakistan market
Those targeted were Muslims, but were no doubt considered to be apostates or heretics in some way by the attackers. “Deadly bombings rock Pakistan market,” Fox News, June 23, 2017: At least 15 people were killed and 70 others were wounded Friday after two bombings at a crowded market in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, Pakistani […]