TagsTagsHere’s an interesting interview with Salman Hameed, an assistant professor of Integrated Science and Humanities at Massachusett’s Hampshire College: How to stop creationism gaining a hold in Islam. Unfortunately, it’s a little late to stop creationism from “gaining a hold.” It already has one. How is evolution perceived in Muslim countries? If ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Turkey, Harun Yahya, Islam
Shocking stories are emerging of child abuse in the unregistered and unmonitored radical Islamic madrassas of Pakistan... Oops. Did I write “Pakistan?” I meant Britain: Teachers ‘beat and abuse’ Muslim children in British Koran classes. Muslim children are being beaten and abused regularly by teachers at some British madrassas - Islamic evening ...
Following a disputed local election in Jos, Nigeria, fighting between Christian and Muslim gangs has left at least 400 people dead. JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Residents took more bodies to the main mosque in the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday, bringing the death toll from two days of clashes ...
We do have some LGF readers who are creationists, so we would be remiss if we didn’t bring to your attention a chance to win a prize of 100,000 new Turkish lira (about $63,191.14 US at current exchange rates), in a scientific essay contest being held by Turkish creationist Harun ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Turkey, Harun Yahya, Islam
The original source is a British tabloid, so consider it questionable: Report: Pop star Michael Jackson converts to Islam. The American singer Michael Jackson has converted to Islam, the Sun newspaper reported over the weekend. The 50-year-old pop star, who changed his name to Mikaeel, pledged allegiance to the Koran at ...
Kuwait’s Dr. Sa'd Al-'Inzi must be a lot of fun at parties. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Following are excerpts from an interview with Kuwaiti Islamist Dr. Sa’d Al-’Inzi, which aired on Al-Rai TV on December 10, 2007: Moderator: Doctors and professionals recommend that people should relax. Modern experiments and studies have ...
Syrian-born Saudi cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid responds to the evil Christians, Jews, and other infidels who accused him of calling for Mickey Mouse to be killed. (Courtesy of the evil Jewish infidels at MEMRI TV.) [Video] Interviewer: Arab and Western media accused you of issuing a fatwa about the killing of Mickey ...
At some point, we might want to ask if there are any Islamic charities who aren’t financing Hamas: US cracks down on Islamic charity. WASHINGTON – The Bush administration acted Wednesday against an Islamic charity suspected of helping to bankroll Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that the United States considers ...
At a special session of the United Nations General Assembly, the leader of the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia will sit down in the same room with an Israeli for the first time. What would bring Abdullah to do this, an act that must be repugnant to him? Answer: ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Blasphemy, Free Speech, United Nations
Frank Gaffney says the US Treasury, as part of its effort to deal with the banking crisis, is preparing to submit to Shariah. As reported in this space last week, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt set the stage with his recent visit to Saudi Arabia and other oil-rich ...
Sony has a new game coming out for the Playstation 3 called LittleBigPlanet, getting the kind of reviews for which video game authors sell their first-born children. The amount of money riding on games like this is beyond most ordinary schlubs’ capacity to imagine. But Sony has run afoul of the ...
Once in a while the Associated Press can still surprise you with good reporting. Here’s an uncharacteristically honest and forthright assessment of the rise of militant Islam in the Middle East; what surprised me the most about this article is that AP writer Paul Schemm doesn’t try to blame it ...
Islam, Militant Islam, Middle East, salafism, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Extremism
The Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan addressed yet another “inter-faith” conference today, and announced that “equating Islam with terrorism is dangerous.” Because it will lead to ... uh ... terrorism. “It is a great pity that we see incessant attempts to authenticate and unify Islam and terrorism. The doctrinal substance of Islam ...
The Obama campaign is trying to minimize the damage from a meeting attended by their “Muslim outreach director,” at which several notorious Hamas and Hezbollah supporters were present: Obama concedes mistake over Muslim outreach meeting. The Obama campaign’s Muslim outreach director participated in a meeting in mid September that was ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Islam, Militant Islam, CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Muslim American Society, MAS, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hizballah, Hezbollah
Pat Condell has a few words for the people who got YouTube to ban his last video, and a bit of a clarification on his views about the religious apartheid kingdom of Saudi Arabia. [Video]
Pat Condell, Islam, Britain, Sharia, Shari'a, Dhimmitude, Multiculturalism, Saudi Arabia
Here’s a terrific, detailed review of one of the textbooks created by the Discovery Institute in order to sneak their “intelligent design” creationism into American science classrooms. John Timmer precisely identifies the slippery tactics of this dishonest organization: A biologist reviews an evolution textbook from the ID camp. The Discovery ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Islam, Science, discovery institute
YouTube has deleted Pat Condell’s latest video, for “terms of use violation.” Which apparently means, “criticism of Saudi Arabia.” So here it is again. [Video]
Pat Condell, Islam, Britain, Sharia, Shari'a, Dhimmitude, Multiculturalism, Youtube
The crusty old atheist has another good rant, on the British government’s appalling decision to give sharia courts the power of law. [Video] UPDATE at 10/1/08 12:47:00 pm: YouTube has deleted this video. Here it is at Blip.tv: [Video]
Pat Condell, Islam, Britain, Sharia, Shari'a, Dhimmitude, Multiculturalism
Bruce Bawer on the see-no-evil political correctness that prevents many Westerners from talking honestly about Islam: Who’s Sleeping More Deeply — Europe or America? A big part of the reason for this dismaying American response to the cartoon affair is, of course, that Islamization hasn’t progressed as far in America ...
Islam, Europe, Militant Islam, Cartoon Jihad, Jihad, Political Correctness
Omar Bakri’s British followers, including Anjam Chaudhary, participated in a jihad conference in London on September 14, broadcast on Lebanon’s LBC TV, featuring a telephone visit by Bakri himself. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Following are excerpts from an LBC TV report on Muslims in London commemorating 9/11 which aired on ...
9/11, Britian, Islam, Militant Islam, Al Muhajiroun, Omar Bakri, Lebanon, Al Qaeda
Turkish Islamic creationist Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) is interviewed by Spiegel Online, and says that “All Terrorists Are Darwinists.” Oktar: Darwinism has laid the groundwork for Hitler’s and Mussolini’s fascism and Stalin’s communism. And when we look at the present day, we see that all the members of terrorist organizations ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Science, Turkey, Harun Yahya, Islam
The Middle East Media Research Institute needs help to continue running their incredibly valuable service. Do you want to see them close up shop? Me neither. Let’s help them out, lizards: MEMRI: URGENT APPEAL.
Islamic clerics in Saudi Arabia have been on a crusade (can I use that word?) to shut down Western-influenced media, and now their wrath is turned upon the heathen astrologers: The MEMRI Blog - Saudi Sheikh: Kill Hosts of Horoscope Programs. Member of the High Judicial Council in Saudi Arabia, ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism, RoP
The Church of England minister who suggested allowing creationism to be discussed (not taught) in British science classes has resigned, apparently at the bidding of the Royal Society. Professor Michael Reiss has quit as director of education at the Royal Society following the controversy over his recent comments on creationism. Last ...
Evolution, Creationism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Islam, Science
Saudi clerics are raging and seething about the Turkish soap operas (dubbed into Arabic) that are becoming very popular in the religious apartheid kingdom, and they’re calling for people to be killed. “If they continue airing depravity and shamelessness they should be banished from this place and others brought in ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism