Why wouldn’t these Islamic scholars, of all people, know that Islam respects women and grants them more rights than they enjoyed in pre-Islamic Arabia? Ingrid Mattson, call your office! “Kwara: Islamic Scholars Rise Against Female Gov,” by Hammed Shittu in This Day, June 1 (thanks to Twostellas): [...] Also, some…
Doesn’t Adnan Mirza know that Islam no longer teaches warfare against unbelievers, and that Islamic scholars tell Muslims that they should integrate happily into Western secular societies? What’s that? That’s only for Western consumption, and actually the jihad imperative and Islamic supremacism worldwide are more confident and assertive now than…
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…
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…
Once again, Western custom and practice must adapt to Islamic custom and practice. There is never any compromise on the Islamic side, or any adaption, assimilation, or accommodation, when in non-Muslim countries. But no one ever seems to notice. “Female Muslim doctors allowed to wear disposable sleeves for modesty: official…
Naivete. “Moderate Muslims speak, but they are rarely heard,” from the Houston Chronicle, March 18: Recently two events have occurred that describe opposing views of how some Muslims see the world. The reactions of Muslims in the United States to these two events will affect how their non-Muslim fellow citizens…
And you know that’s where babies come from. No, wait… Sharia Alert. “Islamic clerics oppose women`s reservation,” from Indo-Asian News Service, March 12 (thanks to Twostellas): Not only certain political parties, but even some influential Islamic scholars and clerics are strongly opposed to the women`s reservation bill. Their opposition seems…
This is the kind of thing that leads financial institutions to make special accommodations for Sharia finance. “Ottawa Imam issues fatwa against credit cards,” by Jennifer Green for Canwest News Service, February 18 (thanks to Twostellas): In an economy awash in easy credit, Ottawa’s leading imam is definitely swimming against…
In the lead story in FrontPage this morning I discuss how Geert Wilders is being denied a fair trial — although of course the very fact that he is on trial at all indicates that it is not a fair trial. The Stalinist-show-trial aspect of the Geert Wilders “hate…
