Reality...

Bin Laden's cult of hate will live on


Robert Fulford: Even in death, Osama bin Laden provides fresh reasons why the world should continue to fear the crazed fury of radical Islamists. To admirers, his accomplishments make him a heroic, exemplary figure

Radical "Cleric" Label Is Not Owned By Islam...

It would appear that using the radical label depends of whether we agree with or oppose the position of the spokesperson.

Anti-Islamic political leader Geert Wilders comes to Canada


'I’m astonished he’s coming, to be honest,' Dr. Liyakat Takim said. 'This is not a discussion. He is spreading hatred toward Islam and his comments are nothing short of inflammatory'

Valid Position John...

...but the aricle heading should read The Sins Of The Majority. Those classifying themselves as Christians is around 79% while those that have no religious affiliation is approximately 19%, and the vast majority of these are "agnostic" rather than atheists so is it that wrong for the majority, who are paying the freight. want to promote their beliefs.

John Moore: The sins of the faithful


“Why do atheists care what other people believe?” asks Kelly McParland in a recent posting. Well Kelly, it’s not that we really care what the faithful believe it’s that we object to much of what the faithful do.
McParland compares belief in Allah and God to his misplaced faith in the Toronto Maple Leafs. “I know what it is to put one’s faith in something utterly hopeless. I realize the hours spent trying to figure out what’s wrong with the team, and why it is so perennially disappointing, are all wasted. But big deal. If I want to waste my time on the Leafs, it’s my time.”

True, but there isn’t a lobby to place Leafs souvenir books in our schools. Nor are children dragged against their will to Leafs games. There are no legislators whose guiding principles are derived from the question “What would Harold Ballard do?” Read More »

Muslim Jihad Against Christians Not Something New Either...

Jihad Through History

Jonathan Kay on Muslim anti-Semitism: A hate reaching back 1,400 years

Nutbars Should Be Dealt With...

 

 

...whether they are burning the Qur'an or Bibles!

Burning Qur'an 'religious terrorism': official

A top official of Cairo’s Al-Azhar university, which U.S. President Barack Obama referred to as a “beacon of learning” in an appeal for reconciliation with Muslims, warned on Wednesday that a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Qur'an risks ...

• Gary Clement on the Koran burning in Florida
• White House fears backlash over church Koran burning

...and I am sure the Qur'an doesn't advocate;

Jonathan Kay on honour killings: The genocide that Muslims inflict on themselves

Jonathan Kay  September 7, 2010 – 2:49 pm

Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

Qamar Jan, an 18-year-old Afghan woman, was attacked by her fiance after refusing to marry him. 

More developments in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman set to be stoned to death for the crime of “adultery” (even though her husband already had died at the time of her allegedly “illicit” relationship): This week, it was revealed that, even as she awaits on death row, Ashtiani got 99 lashes for the further crime of appearing in a Times of London photo without a headscarf. (The Times now concedes that the photo actually was of another woman — adding an additional level of surreal horror to what already was a singularly pitiful case.)
The only possible good news to be wrung from this horror is the fact that the case has united the whole of the civilized world — including Europe’s otherwise morally relativistic intellectuals — in unanimous condemnation of Iran’s Medieval theocracy. Even the most devout Euro-pacifist can only be horrified at the prospect of this regime possessing a nuclear weapon.
And yet Ashtiani is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to “honour killings” in Muslim societies. An astonishing investigative report in Britain’s Independent by celebrity left-wing journalist Robert Fisk (who has taken a laudable break from his America-bashing beat) concludes that the usual UN figure of 5,000 honour killings per year worldwide is off by a factor of at least four — and that the real number is about 20,000. Not all of the killers, it should be emphasized, are Muslim: There are some Christians and Hindus in this mix. But the vast majority of killings take place in Muslim nations such as Pakistan, Jordan and Turkey.

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Posted in: Full Comment  Tags: Islam, feminism, honour killings, Robert Fisk