If even the wings of a butterfly have weight and shared causality, then what of the teachings and example of a seventh century desert prophet?
Islamic State quotes Muhammad to justify punishing men who shave
Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Men brace for ‘beard patrols’ in Iraq’s IS-held Mosul,” by Jean-Marc Mojon, AFP, June 1, 2015: Baghdad (AFP) – Every time he looks in a mirror, Laith Ahmed is worried. As of Monday, the young Iraqi’s hopelessly hairless chin could land him in an Islamic State […]
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 […]
Video and transcript: Robert Spencer at Muhammad art exhibit
Why we did it, and what’s at stake, as explained in my talk at the notorious AFDI/Jihad Watch Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest. Transcript as published in FrontPage: Below are the video and transcript to Robert Spencer’s speech at the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative and held […]
Islamic State destroys Christian graves in Mosul, quotes Muhammad to support doing so
They quote a hadith in which Muhammad is depicted as saying “that you not leave an elevated grave without levelling it, nor an image without erasing it.” They are, then, acting in accord with his words when they commit these acts of savagery. Will “moderate” spokesmen in the West explain how they’re misunderstanding Muhammad here? […]
Today is Your Last Chance to Submit Your Entry to $10,000 Muhammad Cartoon Contest
The deadline is fast approaching to enter AFDI’s first annual Muhammad cartoon contest. The winning prize is $10,000. The People’s Choice Award is $2,500. One more day. Hustle it up, folks. You may send as many entries as you like. To be considered for the Contest, entries must be received by midnight tonight. Email your […]
Islamic State justifies using child executioners by invoking Muhammad’s example
Will one of the Muslim groups that has denounced the Islamic State kindly explain how the Islamic State is misrepresenting Muhammad’s example here, and why it is wrong on Islamic grounds to use children as jihadi executioners? I thought not. “Islamic State’s Propaganda Magazine Justifies Use Of Child Executioners,” by Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe/Radio […]
Middle East Quarterly: Robert Spencer reviews Kecia Ali’s “The Lives of Muhammad”
More of the politically correct obfuscation that academics pump out by the gallon these days. “The Lives of Muhammad by Kecia Ali, Reviewed by Robert Spencer,” Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2015: Ali’s work evaluates and compares biographies of Muhammad, ancient and modern, favorable and unfavorable, arguing that the emphases of these life histories reflect the […]
Robert Spencer in the Daily Caller: Is The Islamic State Islamic? Of Course It Is
In the Daily Caller today I discuss the ongoing and stupid controversy over whether or not the Islamic State is Islamic. Is the Islamic State (ISIS) Islamic? The question would be on the order of “Is the Pope Catholic?” were it not for the fact that Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, David Cameron, and […]
Saudi Arabia: Man sentenced to death for insulting Islam, ripping Qur’an
In the enlightened West, we don’t have blasphemy laws. If someone expresses what Leftists and Islamic supremacists think of as insulting Islam here, the only thing that happens is that you’re excoriated as a racist and bigot, and shunned by all decent folk. Clearly a much more progressive way of doing things. Anyway, will any […]