In Islamic law, apostasy leads to death — something this writer conveniently leaves out. But that fact is crucial in understanding the often violent hostility sparked by perceived to insults to Islam, and the threats frequently faced by Muslim skeptics and would-be reformers even on the most minor of levels….
“Hlal wanted to kill the Vatican’s head of state (the pope), saying he was ready to assassinate him and gain his place in paradise,” in accordance with Qur’an 9:111, which promises paradise to those who “slay and are slain” waging jihad for the sake of Allah. “Italy: Deported Moroccans ‘plotted…
Complaining about the Judaization of Jerusalem makes about as much sense as complaining about the anglicization of London. Or the Americanization of Kansas City. Of course, so much of the Islamic narrative about Jerusalem depends on layer upon layer of radical historical revisionism that the clerics do not recognize anything…
It ought to be, and it would be long overdue with regard to American tolerance of Pakistan’s foot-dragging, highly selective approach to addressing jihadist groups within its borders, and the frequent complicity of the Inter-Services Intelligence with those groups’ activities, whether involving Kashmir or the western frontier provinces. “Congressman cites…
Of course there is always response and retaliation in war. That’s what war is. But what Makhdoom Qureshi is trying to do is put the blame on America for Shahzad’s jihad attack. The implication of his statement is that if we stop resisting the jihadis, they will stop fighting us….
While Obama fiddles. “The threat keeps growing: List of terrorists in our midst gets longer and longer,” an editorial from the New York Daily News, May 1 (thanks to Sr. Soph): …Hard on the heels of Najibullah Zazi’s subway bomb try, the Manhattan U.S. attorney has indicted two Brooklyn men,…
While so many captives to wishful thinking in the West continue to place their hope in Islamic reformers gaining a wide following, this is generally the fate of those who actually question Islam’s tenets. Islamic Tolerance Alert from the Kingdom of the Two Holy Places: “Head of the religious police…
Parvez Ahmed is the former National Board Chairman of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He thus has no business being on a Human Rights Commission. Ray Holt deserves congratulations. “Councilman Changes Vote On Nomination: Parvez Ahmed’s Nomination To Commission Stirs Controversy,” from News4Jax.com, April 26 (thanks to Randy):…
Reports conflict at this point on whether al-Ghamdi has been fired outright. It would be interesting to find out what, if anything, he would do to bridge the gap between the opinions he has expressed and the oppression he continues to oversee in his position as “general manager for the…
