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?
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Another empty statement of Islamic moderation.
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…
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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This looks great at first glance, but as with so many of these kinds of initiatives, it looks less and less good the more one examines it.
The focus seems to be entirely upon a fatwa issues by Ibn Taymiyya. Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) was a jurist [...]
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