by Timothy Whiteman The Examiner In a report from the Gatestone Institute, noted research librarian, translator, author and columnist Raymond Ibrahim writes that a fatwa (official Islamic authorization) sanctioning sodomy "for the sake of Islam" has been issued. In 2009, al-Qaeda operative Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri killed himself in an attempt to assassinate the Saudi Deputy … [Read more...]
Islamic Sodomy or ‘Islamophobic Hoax’?
Published in Jihad Watch In "Sodomy for the Sake of Islam," I wrote about Abdullah al-Asiri, the 2009 suicide-bomber who inserted explosives in his rectum, and how news emerged later that he likely relied on a fatwa permitting sodomy to "widen" his anus to accommodate the explosives. (Click here for a graphic picture of the aftermath of this approach.) It wasn't long before … [Read more...]
Sodomy “For the Sake of Islam”
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Translations of this item: Spanish Not only did the original "underwear bomber" Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri hide explosives in his rectum to assassinate Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef—they met in 2009 after the 22-year-old Asiri "feigned repentance for his jihadi views"—but this "holy-warrior" apparently had fellow … [Read more...]
Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids Begin
Published in FrontPage Magazine According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt's Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi'i, those "symbols of paganism," which Egypt's Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, Bahrain's "Sheikh of Sunni Sheikhs" and … [Read more...]
Muslim Brotherhood ‘Democracy’: Slapping, Stabbing, and Slaying for Sharia
Published in Investigative Project on Terrorism Prior to Egypt's presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of "holy war." Then, any number of Islamic clerics, including influential ones, declared that it was mandatory for Muslims to cheat during elections—if so doing would help Islamist candidates win; that the elections … [Read more...]