Muslim attempts at “reformation” continue to be limited to words not actions. A few days ago, efforts to set a minimum age for marriage in Saudi Arabia “received a blow after the Grand Mufti said there was nothing wrong with girls below 15 getting married.” Two years earlier, the justice ministry began pushing for setting a minimum age in the Arabian kingdom. According to … [Read more...]
Loyalty and Enmity: Parallels between Islam and the Mafia
FrontPage Magazine Editor’s note: The following is Part Two of a three-part series examining the many parallels between Islam and the mafia following Bill Maher’s recent exclamation that Islam is “the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will f***ing kill you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture, or write the wrong book.” Click here for Part One. Death … [Read more...]
The Salafi Mindset Returns to Egypt: Mickey and Donald Banned
Dr. Yassir Burhami, vice president of Egypt’s Salafi party, issued a fatwa or Islamic decree last week saying that it is forbidden to hang pictures of “Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse” inside of children’s bedrooms. Burhami added on the website ana salafi (“I am a Salafi”) that “All children toys are thrown on the ground by the child and he hugs it later, and there is no problem … [Read more...]
Are Women Equal to Camels in the Muslim World?
Editor’s note: The following was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an anonymous American teacher living in the Muslim world Following the posting of my article on Little Lama, the five year old girl whose father, after brutally torturing, raping and killing her, was exonerated thanks to Islamic law, I received an email from a friend who had a question regarding my statement, … [Read more...]
Islamic State Stones to Death Second ‘Adulteress’
French Less than 24 hours after the Islamic State stoned a woman to death on the charge of adultery in the town of Tabaqa, in Raqa province, news comes out again that the new "caliphate" has stoned to death yet another woman on the same charge in Raqa. A source said that the Islamic State announced that they would be stoning the second woman in public, but few of the locals … [Read more...]