Category Archives: Irrational religious authority

British family gunned down in honour murder massacre

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From The Daily Mail U.K.

Secret love-child ‘sparked honour killing massacre’ of British family in Pakistan

Last updated at 12:42 PM on 30th May 2010

Natalie SnowdenNatalie Snowden is believed to have had a child with Kamar Mahmood

An Asian man whose marriage breakdown allegedly led to the murders of his parents and sister may have split up with his wife because he had a love-child with a secret girlfriend.

Kamar Mahmood separated from his wife Nabeela after being married for nine years.

It is understood that the shame of the couple’s split – and the news that Mr Mahmood had allegedly cheated on his wife with a white, blonde girl – outraged Nabeela’s family so much that they decided to take revenge.

Nabeela’s three brothers and two other men are accused of shooting dead Mr Mahmood’s father Moham-mad Yusaf, 51, his mother Pervaze, 49, and sister Tania, 22, who were in Pakistan for the marriage of their youngest son, Asad, 24.

The victims were sprayed with bullets as they prayed at a relative’s graveside in a village in Gujrat province. Continue Reading →

Saudi women protest rape of children in KSA

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This is the first video I have seen by Saudis protesting the lack of person status women have in the KSA. Very encouraging, even if they kep the protest very tame and focus on child ‘marriage.’

Sweden’s integration minister upset about forced ‘marriage’ in Malmo

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The Swedish authorities seem to be noticing some of the more illiberal aspects to their multicultural paradise. The following is a machine translation from this Swedish newspaper. While its a tad rough, you will get the idea. Sooner or later, even the Swedes had to notice that Islam will clash with any other notion of basic human rights and the dignity and person-hood of women.

We want to stop forced marriages:

TYRANNY We note that honor repression has been accused of racism, but forced marriages exist in Sweden. (FP). Therefore, the government presents today a new strategy to prevent young are married against their will, writes Nyamko Sabuni (PF).

A girl in Malmö was married when she was in fifth grade.  She was twelve years old. The following year she started in sixth grade.  Still too young to drive a moped, see adult films at the cinema or even get the scores.  By that time she lived with her husband and gave birth to her first child.  This was depicted in a series of articles about forced marriages in Sydsvenska Dagbladet.  At least 25 high school girls Scanian was reported to be married every summer, but that the community responded.

It has long been lacking a solid knowledge of forced marriage in Sweden. Those of us who warned of honor repression has been questioned. Like when the Socialist government investigators Masoud Kamali accused us of fomenting racism.

But culture relative addicts can no longer deny that this oppression affects thousands of young people. A number of institutions on behalf of the Government reported on the prevalence of violence and oppression. According to the Youth Board, there are at least 70 000 young people who feel that parents, religion and culture set limits on who they can marry.

In two studies (Socialstyrelsen Stockholm University in 2007 and 2009) found that among young people living with limitations related to marriage are those who are vulnerable to psychological and physical violence by parents or other relatives.  A review of county court judgments, which were seized as young as a result of, for example, domestic violence, shows that one third of all convictions in 2007 were girls (who) were (victims of)  honor (related crimes). Most had been victims of violence by relatives, sometimes for years.  Half had been threatened to death.  Almost all had received themselves take the initiative to seek help.

The picture is alarming. Today the government decides on a strategy for continued work to prevent young people are married against their will. The focus is on strengthening prevention, support and protection, improved collaboration between agencies and increased knowledge.

. • Protection against forced marriages and child marriages are tightened. Investigator of Justice Goran Lambertz Council, has been asked to suggest how including forced marriages and child marriages may be criminalized.

• Rehabilitation of the victims of honor crimes. Children who are disposed to honor because of repression may have been victims of violence for a long time.  They could be threatened by the family and relatives during the time they are placed in special housing.  The government will decide whether to develop a guide for support and rehabilitation of children and young people who are victims of honor related violence or oppression. Support for the girls who seek There are girls who feel intense pressure to prove they have not had sexual intercourse before the wedding night. Therefore, looking for some help in clinical care. My starting point is that these girls need help and support but it is not the way to offer health care operations.  In order to assure the quality of the hospitality of these girls is the National Centre for women’s safety given the task of developing a manual for health care.

• National public awareness campaign. Children and young people should have knowledge of their rights and the ways in which authorities and NGOs are working to strengthen their rights.  The government will decide on a national information campaign targeted at young people in secondary schools in order to prevent and avoid exposure to violence and oppression.

There is more at the original Swedish site. Please click over and use whatever translation tools you prefer.

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South African paper caves to Muslim pressure

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From The Mail & Guardian online:

meeting between Muslim leaders and the Mail & Guardian after the publication of a controversial cartoon has left M&G CEO Hoosain Karjieker proud of the community and the process followed to reach a resolution.

The newspaper has undertaken to refrain from publishing any images of the Prophet Muhammad while reviewing their editorial policy in terms of religious matters, after a meeting with Muslim leaders from a cross-section of organisations, and interest groups.

The meeting at Channel Islam in Johannesburg on Wednesday followed a failed court attempt by the Muslim Council of Theologians to stop the newspaper from publishing a Zapiro cartoon on May 21.

The cartoon depicted the Prophet Muhammad reclining on a psychiatrist’s chair bemoaning his followers’ lack of humour. It referenced the uproar in some Muslim communities over the Everyone Draw Muhammad Day campaign.

While interest in the incident has been high, with traffic volumes doubling on the M&G site, there was no violent backlash. Karjieker was particularly impressed with the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), which called on the community not to boycott the newspaper.

“It’s been very good,” said editor Nic Dawes. “I think a discussion that has been simmering quietly has been brought out into the open. Ultimately we’ve reached a very South African solution.

“I’m delighted actually.”

Cross-section
Represented at the meeting were leaders from the MJC, the Muslim Council of Theologians — or Jamiatul Ulama — and the Somali Association of SA, among others.

“It was a tough meeting but the level of engagement was very mature,” said Karjieker. “It was on a level we haven’t had before as a community or a paper.”

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Mail & Guardian regrets Muhammad cartoon

May 26, 2010 6:45 PM | By Sapa

The Mail & Guardian (M&G) newspaper regrets the offence caused by a cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad published on Friday, editor Nic Dawes said.

Dawes said the newspaper, along with cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro, met with Muslim community representatives and business leaders in Johannesburg on Wednesday to discuss their concerns.

“We explained to them that we did not intend to cause any harm and we distanced ourselves from the islamophobic imagery depicted on a Facebook group,” Dawes told Sapa in a telephonic interview.

The cartoon, published on Friday, depicts Muhammad lying on a couch complaining to a psychiatrist: “Other prophets have followers with a sense of humour!”

Dawes said publishing the cartoon did not mean the newspaper supported the Facebook group “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” that sparked outrage in Pakistan and other Muslim countries.

In distancing itself from the group, the M&G explained on its website the group claimed to be a protest against restrictions on freedom of speech and religious fanaticism, but had seemingly become a forum for venting islamophobic sentiment.

“We certainly didn’t intend the cartoon to be an endorsement of those kinds of sentiments, which we repudiate,” Dawes wrote on the site.

“We regret the offence caused by the cartoon and the pain experienced by many Muslims around the country.”

On Wednesday Dawes said in light of what the paper had learned since publishing the cartoon on Friday, it decided to review its editorial policy on religion, especially where it concerned the Prophet Muhammad.

The review would be informed by consultation with a variety of parties within the country and based on “the constitutional values of freedom of expression and the M&G’s own values of social justice”.

“We have committed to not reproduce depictions of the Prophet during the review period.”

Dawes could not give a time frame on how long the review process would take, but said it may be a couple of months. The review did not mean the M&G was going to relinquish its editorial independence.

“I cannot commit myself to any religious rules in editorial considerations,” he said, but consideration would be given to respect all communities.

“We parted very amicably with the community and I am very pleased that we can come out of it with one of those very special South African solutions where dialogue managed to resolve a very difficult situation,” Dawes said about the meeting.

Protest for Islamic face covering disguises

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Here is a video of more grateful Islamic immigrants to Europe showing their eagerness and appreciation for all the good things they received at the expense of European nations, and how they hope to integrate and contribute. H/T Baron Bodissey

Was that the Al Queda Jihad flag watermark in the above video? Or are they just full of hate to see us, in our own countries.

Oh look! Talking bags! If only the unknown comic had thought of this:

Muslims are running out of drinks fast

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Back in the 70s, I don’t know how it is now exactly, you could get Coke legally in Israel, but Pepsi was a back market thing. In Arab or Islamic nations the reverse was the case. The reason was, Muslim nations told companies that if they sold their products to Israel, they would not be able to sell them in Arab lands.

Coke, to its credit, said they would not be blackmailed and would sell to anyone who wished to buy it. Pepsi however, caved to the blackmail.

So please add that little story to the following video and enjoy a slice of irony with the stupidity already present:

Then of course we have the Starbucks issue:

If we can get them to boycott a few more drinks out there in the desert, maybe the problem will solve itself in a few days.

Muslims idea of community harmony is to sue to get your way.

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Muslim doublespeak really is amazing. In this article from Australia, a set of Muslim families sue a water-park for telling them that their excessive dress was unhygienic for the various water activities, exactly as France has done and exactly for the same reasons, and of course the Muslims demanded money and a written appology claiming this was a victory for “Harmonious community relations”. Of course, harmony could never ever be Muslims obeying the damn rules when its in the interest of hygiene and proper health let alone the culture of the place they chose to move to.

Random 'Burkini' picture

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From Australian News at Google:

An Islamic woman has won $16,000 in compensation and a written apology after she and her friends were refused permission to go on water rides at Perth’s Adventure World because of their religious clothing.

Pakeeza Shaikh won the money this month following a year-long court battle after her group was told they could not go on water rides because of inappropriate swimwear.

Ms Shaikh complained in a private conciliation at the Equal Opportunity Commission that the group had suffered discrimination, and had been humiliated about covering up their bodies in line with their religious beliefs.

The parties could not comment yesterday because of a confidentiality agreement, but it is understood the money has been divided between the five Islamic families visiting the park as a group in February last year. It is understood they had rejected earlier offers of financial compensation until a written apology was included. Continue Reading →

Petition against NYC 13 story ground zero Mosque to open 911 2011

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We Oppose the Mosque at “Ground Zero”

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Please read our petition below and fill in the form to add your signature. Then, forward this petition to your friends and family.

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We Stand With the Victims of 9/11,
We Oppose the Mosque at “Ground Zero,” and
We Urge You to Join Us in Opposition

To Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Elected Officials of New York:We the undersigned join with millions of Americans who are opposed to the founding of a mosque at the very site where Islamist jihadists destroyed the World Trade Center and took the lives of nearly 3,000 people.

We are opposed to the grotesque symbolism represented by the building of this mosque at “ground zero.” We are especially appalled that those pushing for this mosque have designated its grand opening date for September 11, 2011 – the ten year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history.

We are deeply disturbed by the insensitivity to the families of the victims of the 9/11 jihadist attack exhibited by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his supporters. We find it grossly hypocritical that Islamists and their allies repeatedly lecture Americans about the need to be “sensitive” to Muslims while Imam Rauf and his allies practice the height of intolerance and insensitivity through the blatant act of building a mosque at “ground zero.”

We are offended by the views Imam Rauf has expressed about 9/11, such as his conspiratorial theory that Muslims did not perpetrate the 9/11 attack and that America’s policies were partly to blame for the attack. Such views are a slap in the face of the victims and families of 9/11.

We find it repulsive that Imam Rauf and his followers and supporters would seek to build a mosque near ground zero promoting the same Sharia ideology that the 9/11 hijackers used as the justification for their act of unconscionable murder.

Therefore, in deference to the families of the 9/11 victims and their memory, we call upon the elected officials of New York to oppose the building of this mosque near ground zero and for them to urge Feisal Abdul Rauf and his followers to find another location for it.

Please click here to go to the form and sign the petition. No matter how genuine or peaceful the principles of this mosque are, the fact that they intend to open on the 10th anniversary of 9-11 shows a poor intent as there simply is no way they cannot be aware of how it looks. It is a clear incitement and must be opposed.

David G. Littman: 25 years at the UN Human Rights bodies. A retrospective:

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This is some compelling watching. David G. Littman himself speaks on some of his impressions in new interviews on his eperiences in the UN Human Rights Council and other UN bodies, and the extraordinary degree of obfuscation and other tactics used by the various members of the UN to avoid any discussion of actual human rights.

This is some compelling watching. There is more interviews on this with Mr. Littman to come, but this is the second in his retrospective on the UN.

Enjoy

Untitled from Vlad Tepes on Vimeo.

Creator of ‘everyone draw Mohamed day’ interviewed.

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Clearly the death threats got to her. What a shame. No matter though, I still think the rest of us can make this work every year. For freedom of speech, for freedom from irrational and violent religious authority, for freedom from arbitrary and never ending-increasing limits to our speech, thoughts and artistic expression, may Everyone draw Mohamed day become a global free world phenomenon. Maybe in the future, with floats, parades, gay people, women in skimpy clothing, pork stands every 100 feet and a clear statement of, “we have our own values. You are not obliged to participate. But you may not impose yours on us.

Eeyore for Vlad and a H/T to the good Baron for this video:

Please feel free to comment on what the Muslims at the end of this clip say. The logic is so poor and insulting that really this could be a lot of fun.

Everybody Draw Mohamed day!

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Here is a post I have been looking forward to for a while. Below, a few videos made especially for Everybody Draw Mohamed Day.

The first, from Blazing Cat Fur. This video was actually featured on FOX news I am told!

It even has a great original song for the occasion. Maybe next year we will have a whole slew of catchy tunes like Christmas carols. Only for everybody Draw Mohamed day.

Thunderfoot did this one below with his usual excellent fiery rhetoric. One hopes perhaps partially with his influence, a classical education may come back into vogue and Western youth will get a grip on what is true and not true, and what is worth defending and not.

Normally I don’t go much for poetry, But I really like this!

Lastly, below, one I have been working on for about a week. Many friends of Vlad and Gates of Vienna and Tundra Tabloids etc. have been kind enough to submit some of their work to us for this project. I want to thank them very much, and if any of them wished to be named in the credits and where omitted, it is because when I was uncertain, I chose the course of their safety. However they can let me know and I will post their names and say which drawing here. Also, I didn’t have room to use all of them but man I got some fantastic stuff from people. So I will most certainly make some kind of a sequel fitting the mood of some of the drawings I got. For this one, I went for funny.

Also, Europe News offers this article on much of the pertinent details behind this fine and I hope, soon to be annual event. Next year, I want to see a parade in Montreal with a float of Mohamed in chaps.

ARSON ATTACK ON LARS VILKS

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Arson attack on Lars Vilks
Last night attackers tried to burn Muhammad cartoonist’s house down
COPENHAGEN May 15 2010
By Uwe Max Jensen, Sappho.dk
During the night of May 15 unknown perpetrators smashed a window in Lars Vilks’ house in Scania, Sweden, poured gasoline into the bouilding and proceeded to set fire to it.

By coincidence the artist spent the night with his girlfriend and escaped with his life.

After being alerted by the Swedish police, Vilks has returned to his house, where Sappho.dk contacted him at noon today.

“The place is swarming with police and I can talk no further right now,” Vilks told Sappho’s reporter. In the background one can hear policemen talking to each other.

Sappho is following the case and will soon have a man on the spot in Scania.

Lars Vilks’ blog is up and running again after being hacked following Islamicist attacks on him at Uppsala University last Tuesday.

In a comment to this latest attempt on Vilks’ life, the President of the Free Press Society Lars Hedegaard expresses his astonishment.

“How was possible for these murderers to gain access to Vilks’ house only a few days after a mob assaulted him at Uppsala University? What are the Swedish police and political class up to? As far as I know not a single Swedish politician has had a word to say about the attack in Uppsala. Is the truth that Swedish power-holders prefer to see Vilks killed in order to send a message to other critics of the Swedish multicultural idyll?”

“Now is the time to demonstrate practical solidarity. We can all do that by purchasing the drawing his would-be murderers are so angry about,” says Lars Hedegaard.

*****  UPDATE  *****

In Swedish, google translate makes some sense of it:

From The Montreal Gazette:

UPDATE from The Local.se

Arson attack on Muhammad artist’s home

Published: 15 May 10 17:39 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/26662/20100515/

Dictionary tool Double click on a word to get a translation

Police have launched an investigation into arson after the home in southern Sweden of controversial artist Lars Vilks sustained fire damage on Friday night.

Vilks was not at his home in Nyhamnsläge at the time of the attack. An acquaintance of the artist discovered the damage on Saturday morning. Windows had been smashed, there was minor fire damage to the front of the house and plastic bottles filled with petrol were found inside the property, local newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad reports.

Police said the house was empty and the fire had dissipated of its own accord. A forensic examination was carried out on Saturday morning.

“We’ve launched a preliminary investigation into arson,” police spokeswoman Sofie Österheim told news agency TT.

The embattled artist, who was physically attacked at a lecture theatre in Uppsala earlier in the week, said he was now considering moving from his home.

“I don’t think I can live here full time. It’s obvious this is a high risk area. I guess I’ll just be here at certain times,” Vilks told TT.

The artist left the house at 10.30pm on Friday and was not aware of the damage until the morning.

“It wasn’t all that bad from a purely material perspective. They’ve broken window panes and set fire to a curtain by sticking a hand through a window,” said Vilks.

“It’s not so pleasant but I’ve become hardened. I get threats all the time but it’s hard to assess what’s behind it.”

In this case, Vilks believed the perpetrators were amateurs.

“These are the kind of people who drive off with some petrol and try to start a fire. But one thing can lead to another.”

Vilks has had a $100,000 bounty on his head from an Al-Qaeda-linked group since the publication of his drawing of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog in 2007.

TT/The Local (ne**@******al.se/08 656 6518)

A report from the civil war in England

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I don’t know what to make of this guy. Don’t know if he is on the level or what. But based on daily reports I see in the British MSM, some fraction of which we post here on Vlad, I have no reason to doubt the veracity of this report.

Ok some of the mystery of this has been explained to me by a sharp youtube user I speak with occasionally, who goes by dontbendoverforallah. Apparently, there is a campaign by some Muslim organization which is against democracy, and plasters areas including people’s private doors and property, with stickers telling Muslims not to vote. As an additional thought, I would say that is this is done in areas which have a certain percentage of Muslims, its also a method of ethnic cleansing of the non-Muslims.

Here is a link to the page of the group doing the stickering and about which, the person in this video is discussing.

From that website:

One of the main excuses some people use today in attempt to justify the evil act of voting for a person to make law on one’s behalf is that the majority of Muslim scholars say it is allowed to vote, and some even go further saying it is a religious duty
One of the main excuses some people use today in attempt to justify the evil act of voting for a person to make law on one’s behalf is that the majority of Muslim scholars say it is allowed to vote, and some even go further saying it is a religious duty.

This, like every other so-called argument used to justify voting for man to play the role of God and make law, is entirely flawed and can never be used as an excuse to associate partners with Allah by choosing a lawmaker besides Him. There are many places in the Qur’aan in which Allah (SWT) informs us of individuals in the past who were favoured by Him and were given knowledge, yet they abused the knowledge they were given, started to follow their own desires and misled the people.

For example, the Jews and Christians (People of the Book) were accused by Allah of worshipping their rabbis and priests by obeying and following their religious edicts which clearly went against the commands of Allah. Allah (SWT) says in the Qur’aan:

“They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allah).” (EMQ at-Tawbah, 9:31)

‘Uday bin Haatim used to be a Christian. When he heard the Messenger of Allah (SAW) recite the above verse he tried to deny this and responded: “We did not worship them (rabbis and priests).” The Prophet (SAW) replied: “Did they (rabbis and priests) not forbid what Allah permitted and hence you forbade it; and they permitted what Allah forbade and thus you permitted it?” ‘Uday replied “Yes.” The Prophet (SAW) said, “That is how you worshipped them.” After this incident ‘Uday (RA) embraced Islam.

So it can be argued that any Muslim who blindly follows a scholar when he permits what Allah forbids has taken him as a lord and false god besides Allah. Any matter which is clearly forbidden by Allah – such as alcohol, committing shirk (in this case, voting for man to make law), adultery, interest (ribaa), and so forth – cannot be made lawful by scholars. Moreover, one cannot claim on the Day of Judgement that they were merely following their scholars or the majority of people and therefore cannot be blamed for their actions. Allah (SWT) says:

“And those who followed (blindly) will say: “If only we had one more chance to return (to the worldly life), we would disown (declare ourselves as innocent from) them as they have disowned (declared themselves as innocent from) us.” Thus Allah will show them their deeds as regrets for them. And they will never get out of the Fire.” (EMQ al-Baqarah, 2:167)

Furthermore, it is reported in the Sunan of Ibn Maajah that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said: “Verily, what I fear most for my Ummah is misguided Imaams.” There can be no doubt that the misguided Imaams (or scholars) of today are those who allow voting for man-made law by twisting the verses of Allah and Shari’ah principles in order to achieve popularity, maintain their career and please the masses, tyrannical governments and disbelievers.