Jan 02, 2015 09:36 pm | Robert Spencer
How did a Muslim cleric get the idea that he should fight with the
Islamic State? Doesn’t he know that what they do has nothing to do with
Islam? Did he miss the Qur’an’s peaceful and tolerant passages? “Saudi
IS cleric killed in northern Syria,” Associated Press, January 2, 2015:
BEIRUT (AP) — A Saudi […]
Jan 02, 2015 09:02 pm | Robert Spencer
According to Islamic law, Muslim men can take “captives of the right hand” (Qur’an 4:3,
4:24,
33:50). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet! Lo! We have made lawful unto thee
thy wives unto whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy
right hand possesseth of those whom Allah hath given thee as spoils of
[…]
Jan 02, 2015 08:33 pm | Robert Spencer
In the Ottoman Empire, the Janissaries were an elite military group
made up of men who had as children been taken forcibly from their
Christian families and converted to Islam. The Janissaries were often
used against their own ancestral people — for jihad attacks against
Christian areas. Here, they have become a symbol of rapidly […]
Jan 02, 2015 07:19 pm | Robert Spencer
“According to police, they were guilty of wearing “shameful and immoral
dress in public,” not in accordance with the Islamic code, which was
put in place by Ayatollah Khomeini in the beginning of 1981. He ordered
covering all the parts of the body except the face and wrists.” Khomeini
didn’t originate that. It comes from […]
Jan 02, 2015 06:55 pm | Robert Spencer
I trust that John Kerry or Joe Biden is on his way to Broward County to
explain to Sheheryar Alam Qazi and Raees Alam Qazi how they’re
misunderstanding the Religion of Peace. “Accused Oakland Park
Terrorist’s Phone Conversations Can Be Used as Evidence, Feds Say,” by
Chris Joseph, BrowardPalmBeach.com, January 2, 2015: Oakland Park
brothers […]
Jan 02, 2015 04:11 pm | Robert Spencer
Over at PJ Media I recap ten of the year’s lowlights: Here are the most
significant advances made by Islamic supremacists this year. 10. The
abduction of the Nigerian schoolgirls Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the
Nigerian jihad group named the Congregation of the People of the Sunnah
for Dawah and Jihad and better known […]
Jan 02, 2015 03:50 pm | Robert Spencer
Georgetown Panel Promotes One-Way Interfaith ‘Dialogue’ By Andrew
Harrod Princeton University professor Robert P. George lauded Imam Hamza
Yusuf, the radical president of Berkeley, California’s Zaytuna College,
as “my beloved friend, my brother” at a recent Georgetown University
day-long conference. George, a Catholic conservative luminary, was
disturbingly uncritical of the Islamic apologetics that suffused the […]
Jan 02, 2015 03:26 pm | Robert Spencer
This is no surprise. It is in line with the fact that the churches that
Muslim mobs burned in Egypt last year, and that the government promised
to rebuild, are still in ruins. Even though the Egyptian government has
moved strongly against the Muslim Brotherhood, there are still very
many people in Egypt, and in […]
Jan 02, 2015 03:13 pm | Raymond Ibrahim
[Via RaymondIbrahim.com] Speaking before Al-Azhar and the Awqaf
Ministry on New Year’s Day, 2015, in connection to Prophet Muhammad’s
upcoming birthday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a vocal
supporter for a renewed vision of Islam, made what must be his most
forceful and impassioned plea to date on the subject. Among other
things, Sisi said […]
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