October 28, 2008 – 3:09 pm
It probably won’t cause riots and the burning of McDonald’s, though “The Messenger of Peace“, to be shot around the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, was originally a 1977 Hollywood film made by Moustapha Akkad and starring Anthony Quinn. It is often applauded by Muslims as an example of how commercial Western cinema can […]
October 20, 2008 – 6:30 pm
Uh huh, 7 years later, and some sanity might be prevailing A U.S. military “Red Team” charged with challenging conventional thinking says that words like “jihad” and “Islamist” are needed in discussing 21st-century terrorism and that federal agencies that avoid the words soft-pedaled the link between religious extremism and violent acts. “We must reject the […]
October 18, 2008 – 9:50 am
No longer considered p0rn, Indonesia Allows Bikini After months of discussions, Indonesian lawmakers have agreed that bikinis are acceptable attire for beaches in the world’s most populous Muslim country. “Tourists will be able to wear bikinis in special tourist areas, such as in Bali, so Indonesia’s tourism industry won’t be hurt by this legislation,” Democrat […]
October 17, 2008 – 6:28 pm
Check it out, we finally found something Islamists like A link between terrorism plots and hardcore child pornography is becoming clear after a string of police raids in Britain and across the Continent, an investigation by The Times has discovered. Images of child abuse have been found during Scotland Yard antiterrorism swoops and in big […]
October 16, 2008 – 2:15 pm
The real thing, though, I bet they are not real happy with the drink, either A British couple whose drunken escapade led to sex on the beach, tabloid headlines and a clash between Western permissiveness and Islamic values was sentenced Thursday by a Dubai court to three months in prison. Vince Acors and Michelle Palmer […]
October 11, 2008 – 8:16 am
In reality, it would probably be easier, and quicker, to list the things Muslims like, rather then the things that tick them off The artist, who has shown at Ronnie Wood’s Scream gallery, has a new exhibition with a headline picture showing a Muslim woman cradling a pig. Already, Mokhtar Badri, the vice-president of the […]
October 6, 2008 – 4:42 pm
The latest bit from the Religion Of Peace is up at Still Stacy. Here’s a teaser Saudi cleric favours one-eye veil. The two-eyed look remains too seductive for Sheikh Habadan. Indeed.
October 3, 2008 – 10:32 pm
Islamic fundamentalism is distant to their lives, and none of the comedians feels compelled to dwell on it, denounce it or blame it for their social conflict. But, beneath the gallows humor, there is anger at an American society that sees all Muslims as potential terrorists. Maybe when the so called “moderate Muslims” stand up […]
October 1, 2008 – 8:50 pm
The story Today marks the climactic end of the month-long Ramadan fast as thousands of Muslims from across the Triangle gathered for congregational prayers at the State Fairgrounds Exposition Center in Raleigh. The occasion, known as Eid al-Fitr (EED al FIH-trr), the happiest day of the Muslim year, is a celebration of the spiritual sacrifice […]
September 30, 2008 – 12:14 pm
Following up on the recent bombing in Syria The weekend attack that killed 17 people in Damascus was the work of a suicide bomber, according to Syrian officials. It marks a new departure for the Arab republic. Although affected by violent Muslim extremists in the past, Syria had thus far escaped the sort of mass […]
