Ford just got a big boost in the Salafist market. "Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram," by Angie Nasser for Now Lebanon, January 24: "And I think to myself, what a wonderful world…" A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet…
If there’s an app for that, it is surely haram. This item was broadcast in October, but is currently highlighted at MEMRI’s home page. "Saudi Cleric Sa’d Bin Al-Shathari: It Is Forbidden to Pray to Allah to Place Steve Jobs in Paradise," from MEMRI, October 8, 2011: Interviewer: There is…
Those who wage jihad to impose Sharia push a circular argument: Sharia is the only way to peace and security because it is the only condition under which they will allow peace and security to take hold. They try to prove the supposed necessity…
Indonesia’s approach to homegrown Islamic thug groups like the Islamic Defenders Front is noticeably more flexible than its dealings with groups with international connections. In particular, there seems to be no sense of urgency as long as "Islamic vigilantism" restricts its targets to Christians and Ahmadis. But evidence is…
I’m going to dissent from the majority and from our Frontpage article on Obama’s State of the Union address.
The Brotherhood and the Salafis don’t even need to collect the jizya from the Copts, as long as they’ve got Barack Obama. "Obama set to speed aid to Egypt: official," by Warren Strobel for Reuters, January 25 (thanks to Wimpy): (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the…
Human-rights attorney and activist Brooke Goldstein coming to speak at the Philadelphia Chapter of the Freedom Center.
Attempts at censorship begin after The Lantern publishes ad revealing the Muslim Student Association’s link to terror.
“Unions, environmentalists, teachers, Hispanic immigrants, women, I’m your president.”
