FrontPage Magazine The media is abuzz with news that a portion of the Koran, which Muslims believe was first recited by their prophet, Muhammad, may actually predate Muhammad himself. Many seem to think that such news will have a large impact on the Muslim world and make Muslims rethink the veracity of their faith. Thus Tom Holland, a British historian, asserts, “It … [Read more...]
“It Is Permissible for the Mujahid to Enjoy Young Boys in the Absence of Women”
Recently a number of Arabic language websites posted the following picture which is attributed to the official Twitter account of Caliph Abu Bakr of the Islamic State. The Arabic writing reads: "It is permissible for the mujahid [jihadi] to enjoy young boys in the absence of women." The purported fatwa then justifies this position by quoting Koran 52:24: "There will … [Read more...]
Islamic Fatwa: Husbands Should Abandon Wives to Rapists in Self-Interest
Arabic French Spanish Islam permits Muslim husbands to abandon their wives to rapists in order to save their own lives—so says Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, vice president of Egypt’s Salafi party, the nation’s premiere Islamist party since the Muslim Brotherhood was banned. Burhami’s fatwa, or Islamic decree, is not altogether surprising. Earlier the Salafi sheikh said that, … [Read more...]
New Study Exposes Scandalous Fatwas of Brotherhood and Salafis in Egypt
Gatestone Institute As the full ramification of the Muslim Brotherhood’s year in power continues to be exposed, a new study by Al Azhar’s Fatwa Committee dedicated to exploring the fatwas, or Islamic decrees, issued by the Brotherhood and Salafis—the Islamists—was recently published. Al Azhar, in Cairo, is considered by many to be one of the oldest and most prestigious … [Read more...]
Foreign Policy Magazine Covers Up Syrian Sex Jihad
Foreign Policy magazine recently demonstrated why U.S. foreign policy, especially in the Middle East, is a disaster: because the establishment has a hard time factoring the foreign in their policies (more’s the irony). Put differently, whatever information doesn’t comport with modern Western epistemology—our subjective worldviews—must simply be false, unreal, to be discarded … [Read more...]