From the daily archives:

Saturday, August 16, 2008

‘There is no humor in Islam…’

August 16, 2008

Picture of the week: Afghanistan

While the Taliban burn schools and murder aid-workers, there are signs that even soldiers of Allah may have a propensity for the lighter side of life, if only they were free to follow their whims instead of Islam. The balloon man above is is an outstanding example of the entrepreneurial spirit [...]

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Just another day in Kashmir

August 16, 2008

Kashmiri Muslims carry Islamic and black flags during a protest march towards Pampore, the home town of slain separatist leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz outside Srinagar on August 16, 2008. Tens of thousands of people shouting freedom slogans massed in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir to mourn 22 protesters killed in police firing during huge demonstrations in the [...]

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Philippine farmers return to burned-out homes

August 16, 2008

RNWW
*  Islam, the gift that keeps on giving…
Tens of thousands of displaced Filipinos have returned to their homes, or what is left of them, after fierce fighting broke out between government soldiers and Muslim separatists in the south of the country earlier this week. The government says at least 10,000 houses were destroyed in North [...]

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Islam: easy to get in, impossible to get out…

August 16, 2008

‘Modern, moderate’ Malaysia: Protesters yelling “Allahu Akbar” halt forum on religious conversions after only one hour
More on the case of Lim Yoke Khoon, and on a short-lived forum on the disputes over jurisdiction that arise from conversions to Islam in Malaysia.
“Malaysia: Court denies woman’s appeal to leave Islam,” from Compass Direct News, August 15:
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 15 (Compass [...]

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Nigeria: “Christian Prayers Killed Muslim Leader” rumors make Muslims run amok

August 16, 2008

*  Bring Back that Old Black Magic:

Nigeria: “Islamist” leader dies; group attacks Christians, blaming their prayers
“The members of his Muslim sect went on rampage, demonstrating against America and the state of Israel, over claims that it was the prayers of Christians over the aborting of the gospel event of 2004 that caused their leader to [...]

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Graveyards for Muslims in the Dar al Harb

August 16, 2008

With thanks to the Gates of Vienna
Islamic cemetery to be opened after end of Ramadan
Western officials do not realize the significance of opening an official Muslim cemetery within their jurisdiction, but the Muslims do: they know that by doing so they have carved out a little piece of Dar al-Islam within Dar al-Harb, in perpetuity.

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Green light from mullahs for killing of Shirin Ebadi?

August 16, 2008

* There is no room for dissent in a totalitarian mullah state….
The charge has been prompted by an accusation issued by official sources, saying that the Nobel laureate has become Bahai. For the Iranian criminal code, this makes her worthy of death, and if someone were to kill her he would not be punished.

 
 
 
 
Tehran (AsiaNews) [...]

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Condi: “We need more educated terrorists”

August 16, 2008

U.N.-funded school honors infamous terrorist

Declared ‘hero’ led attack that murdered 36 civilians in Israel 

* SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TERROR

 
Back in May, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice publicly raked Israeli officials over the coals after they refused to let seven Palestinians who’d won US-sponsored Fulbright scholarships leave Hamas-controlled Gaza.
* Israel’s Explanation of the Palestinian Fulbright Scholar Fiasco
Israel insisted the [...]

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