by Raymond Ibrahim • Nov 30, 2011 at 1:28 am Cross-posted from Jihad Watch Soon after publishing "Muslim Prayers of Hate"—which linked to an Arabic video containing various Muslim clerics invoking Allah to strike their enemies with pain and disease, including cancer—YouTube removed the video. Researching the web in connection to another article (dealing with … [Read more...]
Egypt: Female Political Candidate Says ‘Women Deficient in Intelligence’
by Raymond Ibrahim • Nov 23, 2011 at 3:52 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to the Arabic newsite Donia Alwatan, a female, Salafi candidate running for Egypt's parliament, Mona Salah (pictured), asserts that "women are deficient in intelligence and religion," and that, in agreement with Sharia, it is impermissible for them to take over the presidency. She is, of … [Read more...]
Grand Mufti Distorts Word ‘Infidel’ to Dupe Infidels
Soon after reporting that Egypt's Grand Mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, had pronounced all Christians "infidels," I received several emails forwarding what looked like a response from Gomaa. Some websites—such as the ever-hysterical "American Muslim"—published it, providing the following additional information: Prof. Faroque Ahmad Khan took it on himself to investigate [the … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia: Women Must Cover Provocative Eyes
by Raymond Ibrahim • Nov 16, 2011 at 1:08 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to a report that appeared on Al Arabiyya News, Saudi Arabia's Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has confirmed that it will begin "interfering with" and "ordering" women to cover their eyes, "if they provoke fitna [temptation, sedition, etc]." The spokesman added, … [Read more...]
Muslim Brotherhood: Only “Drunks, Druggies and Adulterers” Reject Sharia
by Raymond Ibrahim • Nov 15, 2011 at 2:01 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood just made a few assertions that have ruffled the nation's secular and Christian populace. At a conference attended by some 5,000, Senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, Dr. Essam el-Erian, Vice President of the "Freedom and Justice" party, the Brotherhood's political wing, … [Read more...]