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“Worrying”
A French junior minister in charge of youth said recently: “There is no such thing as moderate Islam”. Coming from a minister who orginally came from Algeria, Jeannette Bougrab’s statement deserves attention, especially after she described as “worrying” the recent election successes by Islamic parties in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
Sharia Law
In a recent press interview, Jeannette Bougrab said [...]
Presenting The World’s Youngest ‘Employee’
An audit conducted at a local government agency in the Zamfara state in Nigeria, Africa, has found that an employee has put his one-year-old child on the organization’s payroll. Nigeria is rather noted for corrupt practices that permeate practically all levels of its society, and the exploitation of child labor is commonplace. [...]
Survey On Forced Marriages
A report on forced marriages in Germany has revealed that the problem is far more widespread than previously believed, and it is bound to intensify the debate there about Muslim immigration and the influence of Islam. The survey had been commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, and conducted by German [...]
TV Interview Does Not Bode Well
The re-broadcast of a television interview recently by a Facebook-based news outlet of a radical Islamic leader in Egypt probably sent a chill down the spines of moderate Muslims as well as believers of other faiths in the country. The interview was hosted by Ms. Reem Maged, an Egyptian television journalist [...]
An Extraordinary Case
So fearful is the USA that Sharia Law will be introduced that more than a dozen states are considering the introduction of anti-Sharia bills. Against this background, a judge in Florida more than raised eyebrows when he said that he would turn to “Ecclesiastical Islamic Law” to resolve one particular issue in the case. [...]
No Monthly Alimony
Indonesian officials in Banda Aceh have defended the use of Sharia laws, arguing that it protects women’s rights. This is especially so in divorce cases as it is the responsibility of the husband to pay for his wife’s monthly alimony. However, many men have been found to ignore this mandatory ruling. Divorce cases often [...]
Sentenced To Death – But For What Crime?
The case against Iranian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani is proving to be a hot potato. Sentencing him to death is the easy part. But with the widespread international condemnation over the death sentence, Iranian authorities have now decided, in an unusual move, to pass the case to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali [...]
Lashkar-i-Islam Says It’s Against Islam
In Pakistan north western tribal areas near Afghanistan, the Lashkar-i-Islam group, a local ally of the Taliban, recently executed a man and a boy whom they found guilty of sodomy.
Local Culture
The Lashkar-i-Islam group, which is allied to the Taliban, has an active presence in 7 districts in Pakistan’s north western tribal areas near [...]
No Forgetting After 10 Years
On September 11 this year, a small crowd of Arab protestors showed up outside the U.S. embassy in London on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 twin terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center (“WTC”). At that time, another gathering was taking place inside the embassy. The latter was a formal [...]
Boko Haram (Western Education Is Sinful)
An Islamist sect in Nigeria called Boko Haram (Western Education Is Sinful) has threatened to extend its deadly bombings to universities. One specific university is believed to be its target.
Intelligence Reports
Police in Nigeria said that there is intelligence report that one particular university is being targetted but that other universities are also vulnerable. [...]
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