Not about jihad terror. Not about Paris and Brussels and San Bernardino and Chattanooga. Not about al-Qaeda and the Taliban operating with impunity, and Pakistani government support, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. No, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz is worried about “Islamophobia,” and he wants the West to adopt Sharia blasphemy laws as […]
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No notion of superiority among men or women in Islam, says Pakistan’s first lady
“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and […]
Christians in Pakistan live in constant danger of persecution
“Shortly after the attack, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban named Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, which in truly Orwellian fashion means ‘Assembly of the Free,’ claimed responsibility, admitting brazenly that the attack was ‘aimed at killing members of Pakistan’s Christian minority gathered at the park to celebrate Easter Sunday.’” Meanwhile, in the West Christian leaders work actively to […]
Pakistan: Public schools teach hatred of Jews and Christians, “passion for Jihad”
No need to be concerned. Only 70% of Pakistani children go to these schools. Meanwhile, our children are learning to be sensitive to “microaggressions” and to eschew unpopular ideas as “hate speech.” “Children in Pakistan are learning disturbing things about other religions in school,” by Nafees Takkar, Christian Science Monitor, March 31, 2016: … In […]
Pakistan: 25,000 supporters of blasphemy law clash with police, set fire to cars
Tiny minority of extremists. “Islamists call for Sharia law in Pakistan after Salman Taseer blasphemy row,” by Samuel Osborne, Independent, March 28, 2016: Thousands of protesters have clashed with police in Islamabad in the second day of protests over blasphemy laws in Pakistan. Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament and other key buildings to demanding authorities implement […]
Pakistan: Muslim murders 53 at park as Christians were celebrating Easter
UPDATE: A Taliban group has claimed responsibility and says that it was targeting Christians. —– “He says the area was crowded because Christians are celebrating the Easter holiday and many families were leaving the park when the blast occurred.” “Tragedy strikes Lahore: Blast at Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park kills 53, injures 30 on Easter,” First Post, March […]
Pakistan: Major Muslim orgs say law protecting women from abuse is un-Islamic
Spousal abuse is universal across all cultures, but only in Islam is it given divine sanction, both in the Qur’an and in Muhammad’s example: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their […]
Pakistan: Muslim who previously murdered his mother shoots his two sisters dead in honor killing
Muslims commit 91 percent of honor killings worldwide. A manual of Islamic law certified as a reliable guide to Sunni orthodoxy by Al-Azhar University, 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 […]
Pakistan: 100,000 attend funeral of killer of blasphemy laws foe
Relax: it’s just a tiny minority of 100,000 extremists, chanting, “Qadri, your blood will bring the revolution” and “The punishment for a blasphemer is beheading.” Clearly the blasphemy laws, which have destroyed the lives of so many Christians and others in Pakistan, are hugely popular. No one is concerned about the human rights violations they […]
Pakistan: Protesters clash with cops after killer of blasphemy law foe executed
“Qadri was hailed as a hero in the conservative Islamic society after he gunned down Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, in 2011. Taseer, an outspoken critic of Pakistan’s 1980s blasphemy laws…” We always hear that those Muslims who believe in jihad and Sharia are a tiny minority of extremists. Stories like this one […]