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Posted in islam on Mar 12th, 2009
The following was said by Egyptian cleric Muhammad Hussein Ya’qoub on Al-Rahma TV on January 17. According to wikipedia, Ya’qoub is “one of the most recognized salafi Sheikhs/islamic scholars in Egypt”. This is not some fringe extremist: this seems to be mainstream, Egyptian theology. Via memri: Muhammad Hussein Ya’qoub: “If the Jews left Palestine to [...]
While running our display on Thursday, a common defence that Hamas apologists tried to give was that “Israel created Hamas!” Even if true, this is a ridiculous excuse, but I’m way too exhausted right now to get into that absurd argument. I just find it funny that two days after hearing that over and over [...]
The BBC reports: Snoop Dogg has revealed he has joined the Nation of Islam after appearing at the religious group’s annual Saviours’ Day event in Chicago. The rapper, who described himself as the “leader of the hip-hop community”, told followers he would share what he learned with other musicians. He told reporters that he joined [...]
The Globe and Mail today published an excellent op-ed analysis of the CAF’s suspicious activities and the funding they receive from the government. This is in response to their statements that Stephen Harper and Michael Ignatieff are professional whores, and the Harper government’s threat that they would cut off their $447,000 grant. Here is an [...]
Posted in islam, United States on Feb 26th, 2009
I wish I was surprised. TEL AVIV, Israel – The Obama administration’s reported pick for a top intelligence post once peddled a book to U.S. public schools that falsely claims Muslims inhabited North America far before European explorers. The book, funded by Saudi Arabia, also contains widely inaccurate anti-Israel Arab propaganda. Charles “Chas” Freeman, the [...]
Now we’re talking! The full story is over at Jihad Watch. Here’s an excerpt: In other words, the overwhelming majority of Muslims in Britain. Yet “opponents say the strategy would brand the vast majority of British Muslims as extremists and alienate them even further.” If a Muslim believes in all the above, he/she has already [...]
Posted in islam on Feb 16th, 2009
An Afghanistan appeal court has upheld 20-year jail terms for two men who published a translation of the Koran. The prosecution said the translation contained mistakes and called for the defendants to be executed. The men were convicted of modifying the Muslim holy book into Persian while not including the original Arabic text. Critics have [...]
The Austrian Times reports: Social Democrat (SPÖ) Education Minister Claudia Schmied has banned a Muslim man from teaching his religion at a Vienna secondary school after he distributed anti-Semitic leaflets to pupils. Schmied ordered the city school council today (Thurs) to take such action against the man, who had been teaching at the Cooperative Secondary [...]
Posted in News, Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2009
Since this too horrific for words, I’m going to hope that this woman’s confession is false and was a result of torture: (AFP) A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the [...]