Another strikingly uniform and consistent "misunderstanding" of women’s rights under Sharia. If they were truly misunderstandings, you’d think we would see a little variety and creativity. Your tax dollars at work, if you are in a NATO country. America and her allies should have been on the case of the…
According to Umdat al-Salik, a manual of the Shafi’i school of Islamic jurisprudence certified as "reliable" by none other than Al-Azhar University in Cairo: "The subject peoples … must keep to the side of the street; may not build higher than or as high as the Muslims’ buildings, though if…
Gee. He must not get his religious guidance from the HuffPo tafsir department. "Spanish imam under investigation after calling on Muslims to ‘discipline’ misbehaving wives," from Al Arabiya, March 6: A Spanish imam near Barcelona is under investigation after allegedly calling on the faithful to “discipline” errant wives using physical…
When will someone sue the pants off of al-Qaeda for "Islamophobia?" "Al Qaeda flag hoisted after 25 police killed in Iraq shooting spree," from the Associated Press, March 6: A gang of gunmen disguised in military-style uniforms and carrying forged arrest warrants killed 25 police Monday, then hoisted the…
"War is deceit," but there are still some scruples about nose jobs. Nose jobs are deceit as well, but in that case, it’s a bad thing. There are some serious points to take away from this story, however. One is that those who are legislating Sharia will still act above…
The great irony here continues to be that their mutually exclusive ideologies would be duty-bound to attempt to annihilate one another if they came into competition. But for now, North Korea needs cash, and Iran wants the bomb. They have coll…
Still more indiscriminate and irrational violence. For their trouble, the Taliban killed two civilians, and FTD doesn’t make a "Sorry, We Were Aiming for the Infidels" bouquet. "Suicide attack on Afghan NATO base where Korans burned," from Reuters, March 5: Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least two civilians…
Somehow, almost 10 days after the fact, the second-hand report of regret is about as convincing an apology as one from Saturday Night Live’s "Gilly." The British should issue a statement explaining: "Here’s what we’re not going to do in response: 1. Riot 2. Kill 3. Wantonly destroy our own…
This effort is an attempt to keep proselytizing a one-way street in accordance with Sharia. "Anti-Christianization” course in Egypt aims to combat conversion," from Bikya Masr, March 3: CAIRO: A recent course in Egypt’s southern city of Aswan has raised a few eyebrows after it was announced that the course…
The mastermind’s sentence of 18 years in jail is actually one of the longer terms we have seen out of Indonesia in recent cases. "Two jailed over church plot, book bombs," from the South African Press Agency and Agence France-Presse, March 5: An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced the…
