They have owned the property for 125 years, but according to the prior report — surprise! — the local government decided it was government property. The land is now worth a great deal. Local authorities have found that, as Hedy Hedley Lamarr declared in Blazing Saddles: "Unfortunately there is one…
These are the people who will be drafting the next constitution. A democracy is only as good as the values that inform its participants. "Islamists secure top spot in new Egypt parliament," by Marwa Awad and Lin Noueihed for Reuters, January 21: CAIRO (AP) – Final results on Saturday showed…
There is nothing "moderate" about the Maldives, where religions other than Sunni Islam are forbidden. The government appeared willing to consider a variety of measures toward further Islamization of the nation when protesters demanded concessions ranging from a complete ban on alcohol and pork to a ban on direct flights…
All of this is supposed to usher in a paradise under Sharia, just as soon as they can kill and terrorize enough people who would stand in the way. "Scores dead as assailants target northern Nigerian city," by Nima Elbagir and Hassan John for CNN, January 21: Lagos, Nigeria…
Give guns to large numbers of people with no durable sense of loyalty to unbelievers, whom they have been brought up since childhood to despise and to be prepared to fight, and there’s going to be some unfriendly "friendly fire." That much should be obvious, but it is too politically…
The last great hope of the West here is that Libya will be a "moderate" Islamic regime. In Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, Western governments have kept hoping to see the emergence of a model Sharia regime that will operate as Sharia has been advertised to them — not…
Surprise! It’s a self-serving, dysfunctional organization. "In memoir, ex-Muslim Sister paints an unflattering picture," by Noha El Hennawy for Al Masry Al Youm, January 16 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): As the Muslim Brotherhood strives to project the image of a moderate and democratic political organization, a book featuring…
He may have thought he was legally safe keeping it in terms of divine wrath, and that undoubtedly will undoubtedly be argued in court, but the lack of specificity actually lends itself to incitement. The suspect has apparently not restricted i…
Sharia forbids the propagation of non-Islamic faiths, and Sudan’s president Bashir had promised an intensified enforcement of Sharia alongside a campaign of cultural and linguistic Arabization. This is simply par for the course. "Sudan Threatens to Arrest Church Leaders," from Compass Direct News, January 18: KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 18 (CDN)…
Ireland, of course, has been in financial trouble, and appears willing to chase after the "next big thing" at the expense of principles to see some income. In all likelihood, Sharia finance will eventually bubble and burst like every other wave of irrational exuberance in the financial sector, and…
