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Lockerbie Bomber Still Alive As Libya Plans $8 Bllion Investment in Britain

Libyan secret agent Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi who blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 was released from Scottish jail in August 2009 on compassionate grounds.  He was serving a life sentence then but the Scottish government released him when doctors said he had less than 3 months to live, as he [...]

Saudi Cleric Calls For Death Sentence On “Modernisers” Calling For End To Sex Segregation

While Jannah B’int Hannah and Asra Nomani have been actively campaigning for an end to sex segregation (or physical separation) in  mosques in Washington DC and West Virginia respectively, over in Saudi Arabia a prominent cleric has just issued a fatwa calling for the death sentence for those whom he described as “modernisers” who refused to [...]

USA – Muslim Women Question Sex Segregation In Mosque Prayer Hall

A report from Washington DC caught my attention a while back.  It says that one Muslim woman by the name of Jannah B’int Hannah led a group of 20 Muslim women to worship in the main prayer hall of the Islamic Center of Washington. In most American mosques today, the main prayer hall is the preserve of Muslim [...]

Has Manohara Odelia Pinot Found A New Lover?

Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra just doesn’t get it.  He is still waiting for his want away wife, Cik Puan Temenggong Manohara Odelia Pinot to return to him.  He even got the Syariah court to issue a “be loyal” command to Manohara Odelia Pinot.  But the runaway wife told Tengku Muhammad [...]

Malaysia Muslim Women Caning – Cane First, Talk Later

It is difficult at times to understand what the Malaysian leaders are thinking.  Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s recent announcement that Malaysia has started on the path of caning Muslim women for offenses under Syariah law came as a complete surprise to a nation that was eagerly waiting to see if Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno [...]

Elton John’s Comment On Gay Jesus Offends Muslims Also

62-year old Sir Elton John is a 5-time Grammy award winning singer and songwriter.  He is also a gay person, and proud of it.  And he is against religion.  He once famously said :  ’From my point of view, I would ban religion completely.’”  In a recent interview with Parade magazine, Sir Elton John called Jesus a “compassionate, super-intelligent [...]

Mistresses To Tiger Woods – Apologize To Us

There is a Latin phrase that aptly describes Tiger Woods’ apology on TV the other day.  It is called “mea culpa”.  Translated into English, it simply means “my fault”, or “my own fault”. And so we hear Tiger Woods said, live on TV channels throughout USA and around the world, these words: “ I am deeply sorry [...]

Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti – “Terrorism Is Criminal”

We are used to reading reports of terrorism in newspapers and watching video clips of such acts of terror on TV.  Perhaps the most spectacular act of terroism was the September 11, 2001 suicide attack on the World Trade Center in New York City by al-Qaeda operatives who hijacked 4 commercial airliners and used them as guided [...]

Women Caning – Malaysia In Damage Control Mode

So now 3 totally unknown, unnamed and unexpected Muslim women have beaten Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno to become the first woman to be caned in Malaysia.  Following Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein’s announcement of the caning of 3 Muslim women for engaging in illicit sex, news that Malaysia has joined other Muslim nations in caning women spread round [...]

Kartika Caning – No Hope For Historic First

In a way we can sympthasize with Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno.  When she was convicted by the Syariah High Court of drinking alcohol, she readily admitted her guilt, paid the RM5,000 fine, and was all prepared to receive 6 lashes of the cane as punishment.  Despite urgings by various parties, including government ministers, other politicians and women advocacy [...]