16 days ago by PsiCop

Islamism continues to make the world safe for barbarity. The latest example of the triumph of fundamentalist Islam, can be seen in this report from the BBC: Somali adulterer stoned to death Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until ...

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18 days ago by marcocobianchi

Finalmente un dibattito appassionante. L’etica c’entra con l’economia? Ricordo le parole con le quali Francesco Giavazzi ha risposto al ministro Tremonti quando questi aveva sostenuto la necessità di etica nel fare credito: “Non sapevo che la sharia facesse parte della legge bancaria italiana”. Poi ...

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22 days ago by Abu Salma

Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar (hafidhahullah) quoted Imam Rabbani Mujaddid Alf-i-Thani Ahmad al-Sirhindi (rahimahullah), in lesson 5 of his lecture series called “Fundamentals of Tasawwuf” and said that this was a quote that his own shaykh (Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad, hafidhahullah) had said should be writt ...

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28 days ago by Always On Watch

Note to family and friends: Updates on Mr. AOW are being added to this post , last updated on October 23. From Reliapundit, the Astute Blogger: OBAMA ADVISOR DALIA MOGAHED TODAY: "I don't regret anything I said," she said. "My regret is that I went on the show." ER, UM . . . WHAT DID SHE SAY? THIS: ...

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30 days ago by Said Bak

Shaykh Husain Abdul Sattar (hafidhahullah) quoted Imam Ahmad al-Sirhindi (rahimahullah), in lesson 5 of his lecture series called “Fundamentals of Tasawwuf” and said that this was a quote that his own shaykh (Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad, hafidhahullah) had said should be written in gold: “We need the nass ...

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34 days ago by truthmerchant

The death threat that was found stabbed into the bullet ravaged carcass of film producer Theo Van Gogh (distant relative of the famous artist) vowed the same fate for writer, former Dutch parliamentarian and womens’ rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The 2004 short film Submission (written by Ali and ...

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55 days ago by Michael Robbins

Two recent pieces in the NY Times and in Foreign Affairs have highlighted the challenges that Hamas has been facing from religious extremists in Gaza over recent months. They both note the armed confrontation with Jund Ansar Allah as well as criticisms by some that Hamas has not fully implemented th ...

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67 days ago by Jillian

In a post I wrote recently for Global Voices, I covered the efforts of the Mouvement Alternatif pour les Libertés Individuelles, a new Moroccan activist group that recently made headlines for eating in public during Ramadan. In effect, they broke the law; Article 222 of the Moroccan Penal Code stipu ...

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77 days ago by Amal A

A Sudanese court found the journalist Lubna Al Hussain guilty of wearing immodest clothing (i.e pants) and fined her $200 but no lashes. According to the law, Al Hussain could have received up to 40 lashes for her transgression of the ambiguous modesty rules. Other women have received that punishmen ...

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83 days ago by sylviarjones

Islam’s Challenges To ‘Universal Human Rights’ Sabatina James uses a pseudonym and lives under police protection after fleeing Austria, where her father threatened to kill her for converting from Islam. December 09, 2008 By Jeffrey Donovan Sabatina James has one wish. She wants to enjoy the principl ...

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