NY Times blogger John Tierney wonders: Should African women be allowed to engage in the practice sometimes called female circumcision? Are critics of this practice, who call it female genital mutilation, justified in trying to outlaw it, or are they guilty of ignorance and cultural imperialism? The topic is to be debated at the American…
Category: Islam
Saudi Rape Victim’s Sentence
No, the sentence of 200 lashes handed down to a Saudi girl for being alone with a man before being attacked and brutally gang-raped by 7 other men has NOT been reversed. But it has been “clarified“, according to CNN: The Justice Ministry acknowledged in its statement Tuesday that the [young woman’s] attorney is no longer…
Islamic Law For Women
Saudi Arabia is very strict with regard to its Islamic doctrine and its influence in the courtroom is strong. Strong enough, in fact, that a court in the town of Al-Qatif recently convicted a 19-year-old woman for being alone in a car with a man, sentencing her to 6 months in jail and 200 lashes…
Hitchens: Islamofascism a Valid Term
At Slate, Christopher Hitchens defends the use of the term “Islamofascism” to good effect. Hitchens first takes on the faux-intellectuals who refuse to make the obvious connection between modern, radical Islam and manner of life that imposes on those unlucky enough to fall under its sway: It’s quite the done thing, in liberal academic circles,…
Speaking of Cartoons…
…why is this rather odd-looking chap receiving a barrage of death threats? Meet artist Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist whose drawing depicting the head of Prophet Mohammed on the body of a dog, caused a firestorm of controversy and, according to CNN, prompted Al Qaeda to offer $150,000 to the person who slits Lars’ throat. …
Islamist Nearly Lands School Board Position
Yesterday Patrick Poole wrote a must-read article about Anisa Abd El Fattah aka Caroline F. Keeble, an active promoter of Hamas’ agenda here in the U.S., came close to becoming a member of the school board in Columbus, Ohio. The reason a Hamas operative almost ended up on the school board of the 15th largest…
Islamists Deface Giant Buddha
The Telegraph says: Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite. The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban’s destruction six years ago of the giant Buddhas at Bamiyan, in neighbouring…
Giuliani Not Fit To Live
So say the leaders of Palestinian terrorist groups. “If I had the occasion to meet him (Giuliani), I would hurt him,” said Ramadan Adassi, chief of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorist group in the West Bank’s Anskar refugee camp. “For the sake of the American people, Giuliani shouldn’t be elected. He is a disgusting…
Basra, Test Case for Withdrawal
The Christian Science Monitor says that Basra is turning into an emerging "Shiite Taliban state" now that the British are packing up their kit bags and leaving town: The billboard in Umm al-Broom Square was meant to advertise a cellphone service. Instead, it has become a message to those who dare to resist the rising…
The Difference
The back and forth between Robert Spencer, author of “Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn’t“, and John Derbyshire is ancient history in terms of Net time. But the subject is still highly relevant. Derbyshire said this in his initial review of Spencer’s book: I understand that this bogus equivalence must be very…