What is it with Muslims, Bombs & Mosques?
Police in India have arrested Islamic cleric Abdul Nasser Madani in connection with blasts that hit the city of Bangalore in mid-2008.
Abdul Nasser Madani was arrested at his home in the state of Kerala.
He accuses the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, whose capital is Bangalore, of “framing” him.
One woman was killed and several others injured in July 2008 when seven bombs hit crowded areas of the city, which is India’s information technology hub. Â ( BBC)
What they say is not what they do:
Lies, lies, lies
“Maintaining Good Relations with the Copts Is a Religious Duty”
from a Muslim cleric at Al Azhar, Islam’s highest institution of higher learning. That’s for foreign consumption. A few days later, what happens? Here:
Cleric misunderstands Islam, leads followers to misunderstand it as well. Happens every day. “Muslim Cleric Calls for Jihad, Coptic Christians Attacked in Egypt,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, August 14:
The annihilation of the Copts is a done deal for Egypts Muslims….
Al-Arabiya Director: The Majority of Muslims Do Not Want or Need a Mosque Near Ground Zero
Unfortunately he is in no position to speak for the majority of Muslims…..
“there are no practicing Muslims in the area who need a place to worship, because it is a commercial district. Is there anyone who is [really] eager [to build] this mosque?… MEMRI
May Allah bless the peace & love of Ramadan!
“The Batak Christians deserve to be stabbed to death”: Indonesian Muslims terrorize Christians as children shout “Allahu Akbar” (JW)
Indonesian Christians sit in outside Presidential Palace, in protest against church closures and other Islamic persecution
More on this recent incident, along with the Islamic Defenders Front’s persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in the days leading up to Ramadan.
Despite the title of the article, which implies a more reciprocal level of activity, the “pushing back” occurring here is but a demonstration held on Sunday, and the ongoing, determined defiance of religious minorities whose only “provocation” is to go on living their lives according to their constitutional rights.
It is not so much pushing back as standing one’s rightful ground. But even that is too much of an affront to Sharia, as shown by the violent response even to the demand for the right to worship in a field. “Religious minorities in Indonesia push back,” by Irwan Firdaus for the Associated Press, August 15: JW
Quite normal, wouldn’t you say? For a Muslim, that is…..

TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: Idris Nsubuga, Mohamood Mugisha, Haruna Hassan Luyima and Issa Ahmed Luyima (New Vision)
The racist Uganda bombers responsible for killing 79 people at a World Cup Soccer party cried as they appeared in court this week.
The New Vision reported:
FOUR key suspects who confessed to involvement in the bomb blasts were paraded before journalists yesterday.
Two of them, Edris Nsubuga and Haruna Hassan Luyima, cried over the pain their actions caused. Issa Luyima and Haruna Hassan Luyima are brothers, while Nsubuga is their friend. The fourth suspect was identified as Mohamood Mugisha.
“I am very sorry for the loss of life. I was hesitant to pick on Ugandans.My target was the Americans, who I think are responsible for the suffering in the world. I am very sorry to the people, who knew me,” Issa Luyima, described as the mastermind of the blasts, said without emotion. Â Â More from Gateway
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