Archive for April, 2011
U.S. Attorney says Justice Department will challenge Missouri anti-Sharia law
No state would be contemplating anti-Sharia laws were it not for Sharia’s political and supremacist aspects, and its elements that are at variance with Constitutional freedoms — notably, its denial of the freedom of speech and the freedom of conscience, and of equality of rights for women and non-Muslims. But it is doubtful in the […]
Pennsylvania court gives twice as much to sons as to daughters in inheritance case after will calls for distribution “according to Islamic Laws and Sharia”
“I think it’s a solution in search of a problem,” said North Carolina State Representative Joe Hackney in response to that state’s proposed anti-Sharia law. Well, Hackney, here is your problem. “Will Calls for Distribution ‘According to Islamic Laws and Sharia’; Pennsylvania Court Gives Twice as Much to Each Son as to Each Daughter,” by […]
Iran urges UN to act against “Islamophobia” in the West
Ale-Habib: Playing the victim card This is, as I’ve explained here many, many times, an attempt to impose Sharia restrictions on the freedom of speech upon the West. If Ale-Habib really wants to stamp out “Islamophobia,” he needs to stamp out Islamic jihad terrorism, Islamic supremacism, stealth jihad creeping Sharia initiatives, and the like, and […]
Sharia not a solution
Here is a bracing alternative to the soothing and deceptive explanations of Sharia that Islamic supremacists and Useful Idiots are offering these days to counter anti-Sharia measures in various states. Yameen Rasheed is writing for the Maldives, but Sharia isn’t different there from what it is in the U.S. “Comment: Shariah not a solution,” by […]
Indonesia: Jihadists recruit students to target Christians and introduce Sharia
“The mastermind of the massacre is 31 year old Fernando Pepi, a former student of the Islamic State University (Uin)…” A former student of the Islamic State University? And he misunderstands Islam so profoundly? How is this possible? “Jakarta: extremist group recruits students to target Christians and introduce shariah,” by Mathias Hariyadi for AsiaNews, April […]
Islamic Movement of Kyrgyzstan misunderstands Islam, seeks “to undermine social, political, and economic stability in the country”
We are constantly lectured in the West about how genuine Islam fosters peace, harmony, and societal stability. Then there are stories like this one, for which the learned analysts simply have no explanation. Why does a group that seeks to undermine society call itself Islamic? The true answer, of course, is that Islam is political, […]
Pakistan: Police break up Muslim rally threatening to burn church over rumors of Qur’an-burning
And the Western response to this madness is to call for restrictions on the freedom of expression, instead of calling these people out for their violent irrationality. “Police break up Muslim rally threatening to burn church in eastern Pakistan, say officials,” from The Associated Press, April 30: LAHORE, Pakistan “” Officials say police have broken […]
Raymond Ibrahim: Were conquered Christians really liberated Muslims?
Over the years at Jihad Watch we have seen many times how Islamic supremacists rewrite both history and contemporary reality in order to absolve Islam of any wrongdoing. Some of these efforts have been quite successful — notably, the whitewashing of medieval Muslim Spain. In this piece, our friend Raymond Ibrahim examines another. “Were Conquered […]
Caucasian contribution to the funding of jihad
Caucasian contribution to the funding of jihad by Joseph “Soso” Zaalishvili Anyone who thinks that jihad is a just war that simply begins one day, he is profoundly mistaken. Jihad involves the teaching of Islam, the spiritual state of the Mujahedeen, and even more importantly, a lot of money. I want to present one of […]
North Carolina considering bill to ban Sharia
It is good to see that there are a growing number of such bills all over the country. They will always be challenged by claims that they infringe upon Muslims’ religious liberties. But they wouldn’t exist at all, of course, were it not for the political and authoritarian aspects of Sharia. Backers of such bills […]
Egypt: 2,000 Islamic supremacists protest outside Coptic Church
It’s Friday afternoon, and you know what that means. This time the Islamic supremacists were protesting against their murderous brethren who attacked a church in Alexandria on New Year’s Eve, killing 21 — weren’t they? Oddly enough, no; rather, they were enraged over the Copts’ supposedly holding two women who converted to Islam. All the […]
Germany arrests three misunderstanders of Islam who posed a “concrete and imminent danger”
Profiling! Hate! Islamophobia! “Germany Arrests 3 Al Qaeda Suspects,” from the Associated Press, April 29 (thanks to PRCS): BERLIN ““ German police on Friday arrested three suspected members of the Al Qaeda terrorist organization who officials say posed a “concrete and imminent danger” to the nation. Authorities did not say whether the three had planned […]
Syria: Muslim Brotherhood behind new “Day of Rage”
“You were born free so don”t let a tyrant enslave you.” Yes. Instead, let Sharia enslave you. “Muslim Brotherhood Behind Syria”˜s New “Day of Rage,”” by Jonathon M. Seidl for AP, April 29 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): BEIRUT (AP) “” The banned Muslim Brotherhood urged Syrians to take to the streets on Friday as activists […]
Indonesia: Pentecostal church firebombed
Could this be a Catholic vs. Pentecostal Crusade Update? Or might Misunderstanders of the Religion of Peace be more likely to have a hand in this? Hmmm, which could it be? “Indonesia: Java Pentecostal church firebombed,” from AKI, April 29 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Jakarta, 29 April (AKI/Jakarta Post) – Amid the massive police crackdown […]
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: Egypt commits “systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom”
But fear not: the flowering secular democracy will be just great for Christians in Egypt. And if you believe that, I’ve got some lovely riverfront property I’d like to talk to you about. “Panel blacklists Egypt for religious oppression,” by Ashish Kumar Sen for The Washington Times, April 28 (thanks to all who sent this […]
Montreal mosque is “top Al Qaeda recruiting zone”
What? A mosque? A house of peace? Didn’t the Vast Majority of Peaceful Muslims at the Al Sunnah Al Nabawiah mosque rise up and tell these al-Qaeda recruiters that they were Misunderstanding the Religion of Peace? “WikiLeaks: Montreal mosque ‘is a top Al Qaeda recruiting zone,’” from the Daily Mail, April 27 (thanks to Pamela […]
Lara Logan: “They really enjoyed my pain and suffering. It incited them to more violence”
The brutal, opportunistic sexual assault of Lara Logan — an inconvenient incident in the feel-good story the mainstream media desperately wanted the Egyptian revolution to be — is for many Westerners an introduction to the deplorable treatment and constant harassment of native as well as foreign women in Egypt. And as we have seen, the […]
Somali sentenced to 10 years for lying about jihad links after arrest near Texas-Mexico border
Where national security is concerned, this case is about as disturbing as they come: “the San Antonio News-Express reported in March that federal officials believed Dhakane helped ‘violent jihadists’ from East Africa sneak through Mexico and into Texas.” Equally alarming is how lightly Dhakane is apparently getting off here, not only for importing jihadists into […]
Malaysia: 66-year-old man, 60-year-old woman sentenced to prison for being alone together when Islamic “anti-vice officers” raid house
Priorities: A government that minds citizens’ business on this level — as Sharia does — is using resources it could be employing on something more constructive, and it is using public money to do so. It is easier to look busy and productive by making an example of a hapless sixty-something couple than tackling more […]
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