The lie that the Islamic State implements a vile aberration of Islam is common, yet the worst human rights abuses continue to be committed in the name of Islam elsewhere. The barbarous religious police in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia forced two transgender women into a sack and beat them to death with sticks. Transgender […]
Saudi religious police arrest woman for going out in public unveiled
Notice how they’re not arresting, say, jihad terrorists. This woman has also received multiple death threats. “Saudi police arrest young woman for removing abaya,” by Sami Aboudi, Independent, December 12, 2016: Saudi police detained a young woman for violating modesty rules after she removed her abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes women are required to wear, […]
Saudi Arabia: Muslim brothers kill their mother because she opposed the Islamic State
This is straight out of the Qur’an, which says that Abraham gives an “excellent example” to Muslims when he tells his pagan family that there is now “enmity and hatred” between them and him until they worship Allah alone (60:4). And: “O you who have believed, do not take your fathers or your brothers as […]
Saudi Arabia: Muslim clerics call for jihad to defend the Islamic State
Against a Russian-led Shi’ite/Orthodox Christian crusade, you see. This shows one reason why the Saudis have not moved energetically against the Islamic State themselves: if they did, they could be facing an internal uprising from Saudis who believe the Islamic State to be manifesting authentic Islam. “Saudi opposition clerics make sectarian call to jihad in […]
Saudis arrest 93 members of the Islamic State
The Saudis struggle to contain the believers in the understanding of Islam that they have spent billions to spread around the world. “Isis: Saudi Arabia makes scores of arrests and ‘foils terrorist plots,’” by Mark Piggott, International Business Times, April 28, 2015: Security forces in Saudi Arabia have arrested 93 members of Isis – also […]
US Embassy in Saudi Arabia halts operations amid “heightened security concerns”
“The message did not cite a specific security concern or threat…” Right-wing extremists, no doubt. “US Embassy in Saudi Arabia halts operations amid ‘heightened security concerns,’” FoxNews.com, March 14, 2015: U.S. officials said Sunday they will halt operations at the embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia for the next couple of days, in response to […]