Posts tagged as: fatwa

Islamic ‘Adult Breastfeeding’ Fatwas Return

Islamic ‘Adult Breastfeeding’ Fatwas Return

More shameful Islamic practices.

Separation of Mosque and State? Robert Spencer Vs. Zuhdi Jasser

Separation of Mosque and State? Robert Spencer Vs. Zuhdi Jasser

The million dollar question – are jihad, terrorism and sharia law inextricably linked to Islam itself, or can so-called moderate Muslims embrace American concepts of liberty and justice, independent of the political aspects of Islam?

Indonesia: Fatwa against transsexuals and transvestites

Indonesia: Fatwa against transsexuals and transvestites

Yet most such people in the West would consider resistance to Sharia to be “bigoted” and “racist.” Sharia Alert from Indonesia: “Islamic scholars against trans working in women’s beauty salons,” by Mathias Hariyadi for Asia News, May 26 (thanks to Block Ness): Jakarta (AsiaNews) – A group of Islamic experts…

It’s back! Saudi cleric revives controversy over adult-suckling fatwa

It’s back! Saudi cleric revives controversy over adult-suckling fatwa

Yes, you read that right, and our You Might Want to Read This Sitting Down Department sends its suggestions that… well, you know. Why would something this wacky make a repeat appearance? What kind of weirdo would suggest such a thing? Who, indeed? (Insert awkward silence here.) Muhammad, actually, according…

Fatwa in India: Illegal for women to work, support family

Fatwa in India: Illegal for women to work, support family

Destitution before dishonor! For the women, that is — not for the drafters of the fatwa. “Deoband fatwa: It’s illegal for women to work, support family,” by Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui for TNN, May 12 (thanks to Puneet): LUCKNOW: Darul Uloom Deoband, the self-appointed guardian for Indian Muslims, in a Talibanesque…

Fatwa calls for murder of Saudi Sheikh who said men and women can pray together

Fatwa calls for murder of Saudi Sheikh who said men and women can pray together

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…

Spencer: Separating Islam From Terrorism

Spencer: Separating Islam From Terrorism

In FrontPage this morning I discuss the new policy on Islamic terrorism, same as the old policy on Islamic terrorism: Barack Obama has removed all mention of Islam from the National Security Strategy document, which during the Bush Administration said: “The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is the great ideological…

Separating Islam From Terrorism

Separating Islam From Terrorism

Another empty statement of Islamic moderation.

Islamic scholars sort of condemn violent jihad

Islamic scholars sort of condemn violent jihad

Predictably, Western non-Muslims on their endless search for a Moderate, Peaceful Islam have made a great deal of this new declaration, but the more I see about it, the less impressive it seems. More on this story. “Scholars issue New Declaration on Ibn Taymiyah’s fatwa,” by Talib Bin Mahfoudh for…

New fatwa says modeling is un-Islamic

New fatwa says modeling is un-Islamic

High fashion This one was perhaps inevitable, given Islamic laws regarding the covering of women. Sharia Alert from India: “Fatwa against modelling by Muslim women,” from the Press Trust Of India, April 6 (thanks to Twostellas): A fatwa has been issued by a leading Islamic seminary against modelling by…



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