Category Archives: Irrational religious authority
Senior member of extreme Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir teaches at LSE
TIMESONLINE… A senior figure in Hizb ut-Tahrir, a hardline Islamist group that the Government keeps “under continuous review” and the Conservatives want to ban, is teaching and preaching at a top university.
The Times has learnt that Reza Pankhurst, who was imprisoned in Egypt for membership of the group, is a teacher at the London School of Economics and regularly preaches to students at Friday prayers.
The group is supposedly barred from organising and speaking on campuses under the National Union of Students’ policy of “no platform” for racist or fascist views. The presence of one of its prominent members as a university teacher raises new concerns about Islamist radicalisation on campus.
A new review of campus extremism began last month after it was discovered that the alleged Detroit airline bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was a former president of the Islamic Society at University College London.
The Times understands that at least two London university lecturers are either supporters or members of Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Mr Pankhurst is a postgraduate student in the LSE’s government department and teaches classes for the course “States, Nations and Empires”.
On Fridays he is one of the regular speakers at prayers organised by the students’ union Islamic Society in the college gym.
A society member told The Times: “He preaches every other week and is constantly bringing the subject around to politics, talking about Afghanistan and the need to establish the Caliphate [Islamic state].
“Only last week he was talking about the Detroit bomber and saying the guy was not radicalised in London and it was all to do with foreign policy.
“Last year he recommended we should attend a conference which I later discovered was organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir, but he never mentions the party by name.” Continue Reading →
Irish news on the blasphemy law
First, thank you to Wellboy films for this tip.
It is interesting which religion actually utters a threat about any potential blasphemy. Interesting but not a surprise.
Notice the church actually has a pretty enlightened view on this law, as well as hate speech laws. It is noteworthy that the government of Pakistan has used the Irish law as a sort of a template for it’s own suppression of criticism of religion for UN resolutions.
Here is part II of this same report. By the way, for those of you who do not already know of it, there are some scenes taken from a perfectly charming Irish TV show called, ‘Father Ted’. If you take nothing else from this report do try and watch a few episodes of that. Especially ‘Speed’ and ‘Are You Right There Father Ted’.
U.K. Muslim inmates refuse therapy claiming discussing crime is haram
Of course it is only haram for Muslims to speak of their crimes with infidels, but halal to pray against these same infidels with fellow Muslims. The good part is, is that as long as they refuse to comply with therapy, chances are better they will be held to full sentence.
From The Telegraph U.K.
Muslim prisoners ‘refuse to take part in group therapy as it’s against religion’
Muslim prisoners are refusing to take part in group therapy sessions saying it’s against their religion to talk about their ‘past crimes’ in front of others.
Published: 9:19AM GMT 11 Jan 2010
Scores of Britain’s 10,000 Muslim prisoners – one in eight of all inmates – are refusing to take part in Offending Behaviour Programmes (OBPs ), claiming it is ‘forbidden’ or ‘Haraam’.
Haraam refers to anything that is prohibited by faith, and in Islamic culture criminals are barred from discussing their offences with others.
Previously, Muslim prisoners refused to take part in Sex Offender Treatment Programmes because it involved talking about offences against women, but now some are refusing to take part in all rehabilitation sessions where they have to ‘open up’ in front of other cons.
Among the courses some Muslims are declining to take part in are the Cognitive Self Change Programme (CSCP), just one of 13 OBPs on offer from the prison service.
The CSCP, which treats 7,000 prisoners each year, targets ‘high risk violent offenders’ and offers individual and group sessions to prisoners.
The course claims to: “Equip prisoners with skills to help them control their violence and avoid reconviction.
“It is aimed at offenders with a history of violent behaviour and is suitable for those whose violence is reactive and/or instrumental.”
Other programmes on offer include Enhanced Thinking Skills, Cognitive Skills Booster Programme, Controlling Anger and Learning to Manage it and various motivational courses.
One Muslim prisoner, Abu Dira, a maximum security prisoner at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, said this week: “Muslims cannot speak about their past crimes in a group setting.
“It is an established concept within the Sharia that a Muslim must not speak about the Haraam – prohibited things – and certainly should not advertise past mistakes to their peers.”
He says that it is clear from the words of Islamic prophet Muhammad, called a Hadith, that it was wrong to talk about past crimes. Continue Reading →
Britain’s ‘Little Muhammed’ performs illegal marriages
Here we go again- more from Britain’s Little Muhammed, Anjem Choudary. How does this creepy fanatic, founder of Islam4uk and prime welfare recipient fill in the gaps in his day when he is not planning to write disgusting hate letters to dead British soldier’s families, arranging marches in Wooton-Basset or holding hostile sessions against the U.K. in public squares? He’s performing sharia weddings. Interestingly, the article below quotes Imam Shahid Raza, who claims Choudary ‘ does not have the right qualifications to qualify as a sharia judge’. Wait a minute…..Mr. Raza himself is described as one of Britain’s “leading sharia judges”. Seems to me that neither respect English law, the only difference being that Choudary is a bellicose, publicity slut. Read here for his latest rantings.
Choudary tells couples not to register their weddings as doing so is forbidden in Islam and would be a recognition of British law. In keeping with his obvious mental deficiency, he does not seem to understand that these ‘marriages’ are a sham, are not recognized, leaving them irrelevant and useless. Curious for a man who went through law school after he flunked out of medical school.
One year ago, OneLawForAll was established in the United Kingdom calling for a ban on religious councils and tribunals in Britain, defending secularism and universal rights in solidarity with people living under Islamic rule. They describe sharia as unjust, particularly to women and children and that sharia courts are a quick and cheap route to injustice.
As one reader put it ‘ in a sane Britain, with a sane government, Choudary would have been brought to heel long ago’.
From The Daily Mail U.K.
War march fanatic Anjem Choudary runs secret sharia ‘weddings’
Another Mujahadeen auto-felating about killing people
his is the video given to the BBC from Al Jazeera, claiming to be of the man who killed all those CIA operators in Afghanistan. I hope he is sucking dick in hell where he belongs like all terrorists. Remember, his motive for his ‘revenge’ against the West, is that he is not being allowed to oppress the Afghans and indeed the world with his barbaric pedophile religion. Less than 4% of Afghanis support the Taliban. For an excellent analysis of the fight in Afghanistan please click herehttp://vladtepesblog.com/?p=17188
Stratfor: Malaysia: Fourth Church Attacked
January 9, 2010
Arsonists struck a fourth church on Jan. 9 in an ongoing row over the use of the word “Allah” as a reference to the Christian God, Reuters reported. Muslims protested at mosques on Jan. 8 after a court ruling allowed a Catholic newspaper to use Allah in its Malay-language editions. The protests sparked arson attacks against Christian churches, including the latest attack on the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in a Selangor state suburb. Police are urging churches across the country to increase security.
Stratfor: Egypt, Christians and Muslims set each other’s homes on fire
From Stratfor:
Egypt: Christians, Muslims Set Homes On Fire
January 9, 2010
Christians and Muslims set each others’ homes and shops ablaze near the southern Egyptian town of Naga Hamady on Jan. 9, three days after a gunman killed six Coptic Christians in a drive-by shooting, Reuters reported. Muslims set fire to four houses and a shop belonging to Christians in the village of Tiraks, while Christians set fire to four shops owned by Muslims in the village of al-Bahgorah. Six people were injured.
Egypt: Christians, Muslims Set Homes On FireJanuary 9, 2010Christians and Muslims set each others’ homes and shops ablaze near the southern Egyptian town of Naga Hamady on Jan. 9, three days after a gunman killed six Coptic Christians in a drive-by shooting, Reuters reported. Muslims set fire to four houses and a shop belonging to Christians in the village of Tiraks, while Christians set fire to four shops owned by Muslims in the village of al-Bahgorah. Six people were injured.
Plush pig toy pulled from McDonald’s happy meal in Singapore
This is another halal feel good story. Plush pig toys have been pulled from McDonald’s children happy meals in an attempt to consider the feelings of Muslim customers in Singapore. This decision makes about as much sense as Afghanistan’s lone hog (previously on view at the Kabul zoo) which has been quarantined due to fears of swine flu, a virus that the rest of the advanced world realizes is not contracted by direct contact with pigs, or the fatwa issued by Malaysian Muslim clerics against the evils of yoga.
From The Malaysian Insider, courtesy TROP
McDonald’s pulls pig toy
McDonald’s Singapore has imposed self-censorship when it decided to omit pig characters from its latest toy promotions. – Reuters pic.SINGAPORE, Jan 9 — Fast-food giant McDonald’s has stirred up a controversy in Singapore by omitting pig characters from its latest toy promotions.
The pig soft toy was expected to have been part of a 12-character Doraemon set depicting the animals of the Chinese zodiac calendar. Customers wanting the toy would have to pay US$2 (RM4.8) on top of making a food purchase.
But McDonald’s decided not to include the pig toy to avoid offending Muslim customers, and had a Doraemon Cupid toy in its place instead.
The move has upset Chinese customers keen on collecting all 12 toys in the series. One of them, staff nurse Daphne Koh, 26, said: “I was born in the Year of the Pig and would have collected the whole set. But without the pig, it makes no sense for me to do so.”
Retiree May Liaw, 55, who had wanted to buy a set to decorate her home for Chinese New Year, said: “It is strange to have Cupid in place of the pig. The set is incomplete and I am not interested in individual pieces.”
Various online forums are also abuzz with discussions on whether the fast-food chain has overreacted. Continue Reading →
Muslim acid attacks on the rise.
Muslim myth # 1431: women are respected in Islam.
Acid attacks are one of the most brutal forms of Islamist violence. They are also on the increase. These vicious assaults are not designed to kill, rather they are fashioned to maim and disfigure the victim beyond recognition so that they are left to live their lives in a constant state of shame, ridicule and rejection. Survivors are left with vivid memories of the attack and are forced to adapt to lifelong psychological distress, acute anxiety and fear, knowing that their attacker(s) will most likely be set free, able to return to repeat the abuse as he sees fit. Eighty percent of acid attack victims are girls and women and of that number, 40% are under the age of 18.
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has the second largest Muslim population in the world after Indonesia. A conservative nation ruled by sharia, it should come as no surprise to anyone that it is also one of the countries with high incidents of acid throwing along with Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, India and among the Muslim Chan in Cambodia. Pakistan has little legislation against such violence. Article 209 of Iran’s constitution states that a woman’s life is valued only half as much as a man’s, leaving women ripe for violent sexual, physical and psychological abuse, social ridicule and harassment. They in turn are further victimized by a legal system void of equality under the law deeming them little better than cattle. Iranian courts do not provide women any protection from abusive husbands. The plight of the Iranian woman is depicted in the story of this woman: Continue Reading →
Some of the peace Islam brought to Iran Dec 27th 09
Found this clip on gayandright. This is a country that has recently started a proxy war with Saudi Arabia in Yemen, has taken an oil well in Iraq, claiming the well was within Iran, is funding and fueling Chavez’s rather psychotic anti-Americanism and threatens to destroy Israel pretty much every day. Oh yes did I forget they equip elements of the Taliban in Afghanistan? Yes Islam is the religion of peace and the more Islamic a nation is, the more peace you get. Here is a nice sample of it below brought to you by the Islamic Republic of Iran:
Hate rants by Alleged al-Qaeda boss Anwar al-Awlaki on sale in London
MIRROR… Rantings by the terror chief accused of coaching the Christmas Day syringe bomber are on sale in London.
Alleged al-Qaeda boss Anwar al-Awlaki was hailed a hero by fanatic Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to explode a bomb concealed in his underpants on Northwest Airlines flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit.
Yesterday our investigators found a wide selection of al-Awlaki’s hate-filled tirades on sale in an Islamic bookshop yards from the East London Mosque which was regularly attended by Abdulmutallab.
We found DVDs of his chilling speeches prominently displayed next to the counter at Al-Furqan books on Whitechapel Road.
They included Constants on The Path To Jihad – described as “a virtual bible” for terrorists.
Some Iranians want Israel to save them from regime
From Ynet news with a hat tip to Islam in Europe
Iran bans contact with 60 groups
Ban includes BBC, Human Rights Watch and Israel Radio. Veteran Persian-language broadcaster in Israel says this is not the first time Iran points the finger at media
Iran has banned its citizens from having contact with 60 organizations including the BBC, Human Rights Watch and opposition website Rahesabz as well as US-funded broadcasters, state media have reported.
The deputy intelligence minister in charge of external affairs said that the 60 blacklisted groups were suspected of being involved in efforts by Western governments to topple the Islamic regime as part of a “soft war” and that it was an offence to communicate with them.
“Any kind of contact by individuals or legal entities with those groups involved in the soft war is illegal and prohibited,” state media quoted the deputy minister as saying on Monday without giving his name.
The blacklisted organizations also included US government-funded Voice of America and Radio Farda as well as US-based pro-monarchist satellite channels, Israel Radio and the outlawed rebel People’s Mujahideen.
Veteran Persian-language Israel Radio broadcaster Menashe Amir commented on the ban in a talk with Ynet and said, “We have been broadcasting for nearly 20 years, and this is not the first time Iran’s leaders accuse us of encouraging the Iranian people to conduct a fight for its rights.
“This does not impact our policies. Every time there were riots in Iran or important date nearing, they would try to block foreign broadcasts and the internet.”
According to Amir, the Iranian intelligence ministry’s claims are “setting the foundations for the completion of the political-cultural coup that began after the presidential election.”We talk with listeners in and outside of Iran, and many get on the air and express their opinion against the regime in a free and assertive manner. These listeners live in all corners of Iran and present a cross section of every cultural and age group. Some of them demand Israel come and save the Iranian people.”
Jonathan Weber contributed to this report
Canada: Gay Muslim a ‘pariah’ in his own community
Islamic Myth # 1431: Sharia is tolerant.
Thanks to Gay and Right
From The National Post
Gay Muslim scholar shunned by own community
Elise Stolte, Canwest News Service Published: Sunday, January 03, 2010
EDMONTON — Junaid Bin Jahangir was such a devout Muslim that when he arrived in Canada he ate only yogurt for two days until he was sure which food followed halal dietary rules.
The university student prayed five times a day, and joined a local mosque.
Then one day, at age 27, he started to wonder why he had never been with a girl. “Why don’t I like women that way?” he asked, and it led him to a counselling office, where he sat, sobbing, with the realization that he was gay — a pariah to his community.
Mainstream Islamic leaders say gay men should be shunned and some around the world are killed each year. Continue Reading →
Muslims in Luton call British soldiers baby killers, rapists, shout ‘burn in hell’
Let’s be perfectly clear. Radical Islam does indeed want troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan for one reason and one reason only- so they can continue to brutally force 7th century sharia on the population through terrorism, barbaric tactics, thuggery and intimidation without interruption, international scrutiny, global condemnation and NATO interference. Their aim is no different in the west, as they have made repeatedly clear and will continue to do so. While these ‘marches’ and ‘protests’ are insincerely billed as ‘reactions to the occupying forces’, they are in fact simultaneous pro-sharia, anti-west happy parades, designed to notify the British public that their aim is to one day transform the U.K. to an Islamic state, similar to the shit-holes they now occupy and administer on behalf of Muhammed in much of the Middle East.
These idiots refused to stand today in a Luton court because as Muslims and adherents to sharia they are not permitted to rise in respect of secular law. Sharia does not respect human beings. Nor does it respect the western ideals of democracy and freedom; it considers only God. These idiots terribly pained at the sight of a woman justice overseeing their trial, no doubt furthered their resolve to fight the good, soft jihad at a system that would consider a woman responsible for meting out justice. These idiots can also be rest assured at the sight of support by their fellow sharia lovers, many of whom are no doubt burqa clad young women who never donned the cloth until it became a fashionable visual agitation, a tool used to promote sharia whilst in solidarity with their Islamist brothers.
One sign held up by a Muslim extremist at the Luton homecoming read, ” Anglican Soldiers: Butchers of Basra”. Let’s again be clear of the butchery in Basra. As of November 2008, it was reported by the Women’s News Network that as much as $100 U.S. was paid to each Muslim hit-man, per victim of honour killings. Authorities of the southern city in Iraq claimed they were ‘powerless’ to prevent such Islamic killings following a staggering 70% increase. The butchery in Basra comes not from NATO troops, but from Muslim men against Muslim women. Conviction rates for these murders are very low and the police continue to protect perpetrators. (I bought my dog for more than a woman’s life is worth to such a Muslim man in Basra). The lies and hypocrisy go hand in hand with fantastical sharia, a totalitarian and oppressive legal system these idiots pray to God for.
From The Daily Mail U.K.
Muslim protesters ‘branded British soldiers as rapists and baby killers’ at homecoming parade
By Lucy Ballinger
Last updated at 4:43 PM on 04th January 2010
A group of Muslim protesters shouted ‘murderers’, ‘rapists’, ‘baby killers’ and chanted ‘burn in hell’ at soldiers on a homecoming parade from Iraq, a court heard today.
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment were greeted by protesters screaming the hostile jeers and holding placards as they marched through Luton last year.
There was a furious reaction from the hundreds lining the streets to give the 200 soldiers – known as the Poachers – a heroes’ welcome. Among the supporters upset by the protest were children and families.
The chants included: ‘British army murderers’, ‘British soldiers burn in hell’, ‘British soldiers you will pay’, ‘baby killers and murders all of you’ and ‘baby killers shame on you’.
Protesters: (from left to right) Jabair Ahmed, Shajjadar Choudhury, Ziaur Rahman, Jalal Ahmed, Munim Abdul and Yousaf Bashir arrive at Luton Magistrates’ Court today.
The regiment had just returned from a second tour of duty in Iraq, and had previously fought in Afghanistan – losing 12 of their comrades during the wars.
Today seven Muslim men appeared at Luton Magistrates Court charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words and behaviour which was likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress to others.
Munin Abdul, 28, Jalal Ahmed, 21, Jabair Ahmed, 19, Yousaf Bashir, 29, Shajjadar Choudhury, 31, Ziaur Rahman, 32, and white Muslim Ibrahim Anderson, 32, all from Luton, have pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The seven men refused to stand when district judge Carolyn Mellanby walked in, as is the custom in court. Their lawyers explained that this was because as Muslims they could not make a show of respect to any human being, only to God. Continue Reading →