This will make everything better, you see. They just have to understand each other’s religions. But as FoxNews, December 1 (thanks to Here she takes apart a highly disingenuous piece by one of the lawyers for the girl’s parents, the CAIR-linked Shayan Elahi. And here is her piece in
Turkey: Iranian atheist risks death penalty for apostasy if he is sent back to Iran
But wait! I thought all the learned analysts had assured us that there is no death penalty for apostasy in Islam! Isn’t that right, Mr. Kruse? ANSAmed, November 30 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, NOVEMBER 30 – Turkish authorities will be announcing their decision in the coming days over whether or not to repatriate […]
“Everyone is watching to see what happens to Rifqa”
So says Pamela Geller in an Read it all.
Ohio judge says forced Islamic marriage for convert to Christianity is invalid
Her father tried to assault her after he learned that she had converted to Christianity. One may hope that Ohio authorities handling the Rifqa Bary case are taking careful note of this case. “Judge: Christian’s ‘arranged’ Islamic marriage invalid: Muslim father allegedly assaulted daughter after learning of her conversion,” by Bob Unruh for World Net […]
Imam of Rifqa Bary’s Ohio mosque led Hajj trip with Nidal Hasan’s jihadist imam
Salah Sultan, formerly of the Noor Mosque in Columbus, Ohio, (before he himself was barred from entering the United States), and Anwar al-Awlaki, Nidal Hasan’s jihadist imam, led a Hajj trip together in 2002. Patrick Poole, who has done superb research work on the Noor Mosque, has the details here (thanks to Pamela). Yet we […]
Surprise: Converts from Islam to Christianity set free in Iran
International pressure sometimes works. Some unexpected good news in an update on this story: “Freedom for imprisoned Christian ‘apostates,’” by Chelsea Schilling for WorldNetDaily, November 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): After millions of prayers and numerous petitions from around the world, two Iranian women jailed for no other reason than being Christian […]
Rifqa Bary panel at Restoration Weekend: Spencer, Geller
Here is video of the main presentation and the question-and-answer session of Saturday’s panel at Restoration Weekend on the Rifqa Bary case, featuring Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs and me. (Video thanks to Pamela.) Rifqa’s inexcusable isolation continues. Show her you care: send her a Christmas card. Details here.
American convert to Islam endorses death penalty for apostasy
After this post, I decided to write to Umar Lee (with whom I’ve had some interaction in the past) and ask for an interview. Here is our exchange, in which he endorses the death penalty for apostasy in principle, just not at the moment in America. At very least, his honesty about Islamic teaching is […]
Rifqa Rally video!
Ace videographer Dave Miles kindly sent along these superb videos from the Rifqa Rally for human rights and religious freedom, Columbus, Ohio, November 16.
Spencer interviewed at the Rifqa Rally
Interviewed by ex-Muslim Nabil Qureshi at the Rifqa Rally, November 16, Columbus, Ohio. (Thanks to David.)