And they want more blood, too: “we call upon all Muslims around the world to target the people like (him).” An update on this story. “Somali group hails attack on Danish cartoonist,” from AFP, January 2 (thanks to Maxwell): MOGADISHU — Somalia’s radical Islamic Shebab group hailed Saturday the…
Because they are girls. No higher education for girls. Note also the gratuitous poke at Israel in the first paragraph. “Rare gender identity defect hits Gaza families,” by Ivan Watson for CNN, December 17 (thanks to Dotty): Gaza City (CNN) — Two Palestinian teenagers stroll amid the mounds of rubble…
But as everyone knows, the ex-Muslim convert to Christianity in Ohio, Rifqa Bary, has nothing, nothing, nothing whatsoever to fear from her Muslim family or from any other Muslim, and those who think she does have reason to fear are greasy Islamophobes. These Sudanese Muslims must be Misunderstanders of Islam….
That is, it is hypocrisy from a Western point of view. As far as the Saudis are concerned, Islam is the truth, its truth is self-evident, and therefore the Swiss are obligated to accommodate it in a way that the Saudis are not obligated to accommodate non-Muslim religious observance. “Saudi…
On Nov. 18, two Iranian Internet activists, Ali Behzadian Nejad and Omid Lavassani, were sentenced to six years in prison. Their crimes? Mr. Lavassani had the audacity to design a Web site for the leading opposition figure Mir Hossein Mousavi. Mr. Nejad is being jailed for “published comments” written by others on his blog, and [...]
