* For a good Muslim like Yusuf its of course totally unislamic to do something like this during Ramadan, right? But if we dig a little deeper we can find ample evidence that the jihad never stops:

Here is an exceptionally detailed Islamic Tolerance Alert, and also a case study in the limitations on the usefulness of the term “Islamist.” The mainstream media uses it in some settings to describe proponents of Islam as a political platform (for example, in Turkey) who are not at the moment employing or endorsing open warfare; just as often, it is used to describe those who are, as a somewhat “softer” alternative to “jihadist.” In either case, while the imprecision may not always be intentional on the part of the journalist, the reader must note with caution where the term may be used to sidestep the connection of “Islamist” activities with actual Islamic texts and teachings.

In this case, the Pact of Umar looms large, due the far-reaching precedent it set in prohibiting the building of new churches or repairing of old ones. And as always, there is the instruction from the Qur’an itself (9:29) that unbelievers “feel themselves subdued.”

* Islamists destroy Somali church,  will build a mosque on the site of the colonial-era church. (Must be one of those ‘land for peace’ initiatives/ed)

“Kenya: Islamists attack church in northern town,” from Compass Direct News, thanks to JW

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