Tag Archives: Islam

Local wingnuts in Columbus, Ohio are outraged! From the website on the billboard: For starters, Muslims are Christians – if “Christian” means someone following the teachings of Christ, so by learning about Islam you are not disobeying Jesus. For example the Quran forbids Swine, (Holy Quran 2:173) and so too does the bible (Deuteronomy 14:8). This is also the case …

Kenya’s Parliament has approval a bill that makes it legal for men for take multiple wives without getting the approval of their first wife. Female legislators are furious. Female MPs in Kenya have stormed out of a late-night parliamentary session in a row over the legalisation of polygamy. The law is intended to bring civil law, where a man is …

A Long Island Muslim family has filed suit against the owners of the Empire State Building, saying that they were “forcibly” ejected for praying on the 86th floor observation deck. Fahad Tirmizi, 32, and his wife, Amina, 30, hit the owners of the landmark skyscraper with a discrimination lawsuit Tuesday over the July 2, 2013, observation deck incident. “To most, …

Via Gulf News: Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry has banned 50 given names including “foreign” names, names related to royalty and those it considers to be blasphemous. Saudis will no longer be able to give their children names such as Amir (prince), Linda or Abdul Nabi (Slave of the Prophet) after the civil affairs department at the ministry issued the list, …

Posted today to Matt Barber’s website: The frenzied, irrational hatred people of the world have for Christians is inspired by, and based in, Satan’s hatred for God and His people. It’s a demonic hatred found in people who have rejected the Lord. Have you ever noticed that there is not the same deep hatred for non-Christians and non-Christian religions? Satan …

The Associated Press reports that four men were lashed in a Nigeria courtroom today after a Sharia tribunal convicted them of homosexual acts. The four were among dozens caught in a wave of arrests after Nigeria strengthened its criminal penalties for homosexuality with the new Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act in January. The men could face further violence in prison …

Yesterday I reported that I could not find confirmation of a claim that Iran had executed two young men for homosexual acts. The story got legs on wingnut media yesterday afternoon, including at the Michelle Malkin-founded Twitchy, which shrieked that LGBT groups were being hypocrites for “remaining silent” on the story. Today activist Scott Long reports that the story was …

Twitchy is gleefully jumping on today’s claim that Iran has executed two gay men by shrieking that the “silence” from LGBT activists is yet more evidence of the left’s hypocrisy. Or something. Never mind that the story is brand new and has yet to be independently confirmed. I’d point them to my post, but they banned me a few weeks …

Iran Press News yesterday reported that the government there has executed two young men for homosexuals acts. The story has not yet appeared in other news outlets at this writing. The site, which gets about 500K monthly visits, describes itself on Facebook: Iran Press News: an independent news outlet focused on the advancement of democracy and human rights in Iran. …

“The United States is deeply troubled by the hateful rhetoric used by President Jammeh in his National Day speech on February 18.  All people are created equal and should be able to live free from discrimination, and that includes discrimination based on sexual identity and sexual orientation. We call on the Government of The Gambia to protect the human rights …

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According to newly released court documents, Seattle gay nightclub arson suspect Musab Masmari told a friend that “homosexuals should be exterminated.” This is the first evidence yet disclosed as to Masmari’s possible motivation for setting the fire on New Year’s Eve as over 750 patrons celebrated. According to investigative documents filed in King County Superior Court, the 30-year old Masmari …

Via the New York Times: If there were such a thing, it would probably be rule No. 1 in the teaching manual for instructors of aspiring suicide bombers: Don’t give lessons with live explosives. In what represented a cautionary tale for terrorist teachers, and a cause of dark humor for ordinary Iraqis, a commander at a secluded terrorist training camp …

With the support of Mayor De Blasio, New York City public schools will add two Muslim holidays to its calendar. Also being added is the Lunar New Year, which historically sees massive absences by Asian students, who comprise one-sixth of public school enrollment. Though Mayor Bloomberg was adamant that the public school calendar remain the way it is, De Blasio …

“Where are the left wing, the gay and LGBT organizations denouncing the Islamic texts that inspire such mayhem and murder of gays? Where is that fierce gay leadership condemning Muslim oppression of gays under the sharia? Where are those brave activists who rushed to condemn me when I ran an ad campaign highlighting Muslim oppression of gays under the sharia? …

Nigerian Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama was appointed by Pope John Paul II in 1995. Yesterday New York City-based Sahara TV interviewed him about Nigeria’s super-criminalization of homosexuality. Here’s how they recap the clip below: Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, joined SaharaTV’s Rudolf Okonkwo to explain his reasons for supporting Nigeria’s recently enacted Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act. “We thank God that this bill …

You wouldn’t think it possible, but it’s getting even worse in Nigeria. Via the Associated Press: Thousands of protesters threw stones into the Shariah court in a north Nigerian city Wednesday, urging the speedy convictions and executions of 11 men arrested for belonging to gay organizations. Security officials fired into the air to disperse protesters in Bauchi city so the …

Episode 14 in a monthly series.

The BBC reports: A Nigerian man has received 20 lashes after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicted him of homosexual offences. Under Islamic law, courts can punish homosexual acts by stoning to death. But the judge said he took into account that the Muslim man, Mubarak Ibrahim, 20, carried out the acts seven years ago, and …

The BBC reports: An Islamic court in Nigeria’s northern state of Bauchi has put on trial 11 Muslim men accused of being homosexuals in violation of their religion, a religious leader has told the BBC. A 12th person arrested – a Christian – would be tried under secular law, a BBC reporter says. Under Islamic law, a person can be …