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Our Friends the Saudis

Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 1:26 pm PDT

In one of the world’s richest theocratic countries, an outbreak of pesky spirits leads to legal action. A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a “genie” to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say. They accuse the spirit of threatening them, throwing stones and stealing mobile phones, ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Sharia, Jinn, Genies, Superstition

Our Friends the Saudis

Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:31 am PDT

A horrific crime leads to horrific punishment, in the religious apartheid kingdom: Saudi beheads and crucifies murder convict. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi authorities beheaded and crucified a man convicted of brutally slaying an 11-year-old boy and his father, the Interior Ministry announced. According to the statement issued ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Sharia, Crime, Beheading

A Shout Out from HispanicBusiness.com

Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:01 pm PDT

Uh oh. HispanicBusiness.com - Conservative Blogger: Bush Also Bowed Before the Saudi King. Look out. Sanity is out of style.

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush

Monday Morning Bow

Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:26 am PDT

Here’s an open thread for Monday morning, for everyone who wants to yell at me some more for pointing out that by bowing to King Abdullah, Barack Obama was simply following the well-documented, well-known tradition of US Presidents to pander to the Saudis. To sum up, presidential pandering to the ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush

Bush Bowed Too

Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:36 pm PDT

More than a few people on the right are screaming that Barack Obama should be impeached for bowing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Those of you who are buying into this hyperventilating nonsense need to see this video. (Click the image to watch.) This deference to a very ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush

They've Got Us By the Gas Tank

Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:25 am PDT

Lots of people blogging about (what appears to be) Barack Obama’s obsequious bow to the ruler of one of the most repressive theocracies on the planet, Saudi Arabia, at the G20 meeting in London: But lest we forget, this toadying to the religious apartheid kingdom didn’t start with our ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia, Apartheid, Barack Obama, George W. Bush

Our Friends the Saudis

Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm PDT

The corrupt, obscenely wealthy rulers of Saudi Arabia continue playing Wahhabi bait-and-switch, promising reforms and delivering only more of the same Dark Ages misogyny. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Visitors to a women’s job training center heard terrified screams — and rushed to see an agent of the religious ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia

Our Friends the Saudis

Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:13 pm PDT

More of the ugly misogyny that makes the religious apartheid Kingdom of Saud so special: Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman for mingling. (CNN) — A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Sharia

Death Sentence for Translating the Koran

Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:01 am PST

Is there a difference between the current government of Afghanistan and the Taliban? 2 face death over Quran translation. The book appeared among gifts left for the cleric at a major Kabul mosque after Friday prayers in September 2007. It was a translation of the Quran into one of ...

Afghanistan, Taliban, Koran, RoP, Sharia

Hamas Bringing Back Crucifixion

Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 12:24 pm PST

In her Jerusalem Post column, Caroline Glick mentions a piece of news we haven’t seen reported elsewhere: Both Iran and its Hamas proxy in Gaza have been busy this Christmas week showing Christendom just what they think of it. But no one seems to have noticed. On Tuesday, Hamas ...

Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza, Rockets, Terrorism, Israel, Sharia, Crucifixion

Shocka! Islamic Law Biased Against Women

Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 8:47 am PST

It may be hard to believe, but a British Muslim think tank has discovered that some Imams are biased against women. A Muslim think tank has found some UK Imams discriminate against women when enforcing Islamic Sharia law. Scholars at the Centre for Islamic Pluralism (CIP) interviewed 90 Muslims ...

Islam, Sharia, Britain, Misogyny, Women's Rights

Treasury Considering Islamic Finance?

Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:54 am PST

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 ...

Islam, Sharia, Islamic Finance, Saudi Arabia, Harvard

Pat Condell Won't Back Down

Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:09 pm PDT

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

Pat Condell: Welcome to Saudi Britain (Now Deleted by YouTube)

Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:37 pm PDT

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

Pat Condell: Welcome to Saudi Britain

Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:11 pm PDT

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

Our Friends the Saudis: Astrologers Must Die!

Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:51 pm PDT

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 ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism, RoP

Saudi Clerics Issuing Death Fatwas for TV Producers

Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:14 am PDT

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 ...

Saudi Arabia, Islam, Sharia, Ramadan, Television, Media, Wahhabism

Sharia Courts in Britain

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 5:05 pm PDT

Sharia courts now have the power of law in Britain: Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts. ISLAMIC law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule on cases ...

LGF, Britain, Militant Islam, Islam, Extremism, Sharia, Shari'a, Islamic Law, Dhimmitude

Our Friends the Saudis: Mickey Mouse Must Die!

Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 12:42 pm PDT

I’m not the biggest fan of Disneyland, but this seems a little extreme. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Following is an excerpt from a religious program featuring Saudi Cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid, which aired on Al-Majd TV on August 27, 2008: Muhammad Al-Munajid: What is the position of Islamic law ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Islam, Mickey Mouse, Sharia

Our Friends the Saudis: 'Nothing Makes Satan Happier Than the Olympics'

Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 11:44 am PDT

Saudi cleric Muhammad Al-Munajid exhibits that noxious mix of misogyny and Islamic supremacism for which our friends the Saudis are infamous, in a sick rant about women’s “private parts” being exposed in the Olympics. Of course, to Neanderthals like this an ankle is a private part. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Islam, Sharia, Misogyny, Olympics

Our Friends the Saudis

Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 8:33 am PDT

One of Saudi Arabia’s arbiters of sharia law has been arrested in Dubai for possession of drugs. DUBAI - A Saudi judge who served as head of an Islamic court has been arrested in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on charges of possessing and using drugs, a newspaper reported ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Islam, Sharia, Hypocrisy

Our Friends the Saudis

Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:16 am PDT

The act of a deeply dysfunctional society: Saudi religious police ban pet cats and dogs. Saudi Arabia’s religious police have announced a ban on selling cats and dogs as pets, or walking them in public in the Saudi capital, because of men using them as a means of making ...

LGF, Saudi Arabia, Wahhabism, Islam, Dogs, Cats, Sharia

One Third of UK Muslim Students OK with Killing for Islam

Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 5:38 pm PDT

This Religion of Peace Moment is brought to you by Muslims attending British universities: Third of Muslim students back killings. ALMOST a third of British Muslim students believe killing in the name of Islam can be justified, according to a poll. The study also found that two in five ...

LGF, Britain, Dhimmitude, Islam, Sharia, Islamic Law, Shari'a, RoP

Hamas Kids Sentence Jew-Eating Rabbit to Amputation

Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:17 am PDT

That’s one of the more disturbing headlines I’ve written, but it’s completely accurate to describe this utterly depraved Hamas TV show, in which Assud the giant Jew-eating rabbit is tempted by Satan to steal and then is sentenced by ghoulish child host Saraa to have his hand chopped off. The ...

LGF, Hamas, Propaganda, Assud, Al Aqsa TV, Death Cult, Sharia, Islam

Britain's Top Judge: Sharia is Just All Right With Me

Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 6:21 pm PDT

The British legal system welcomes its new overlord: Sharia law SHOULD be used in Britain, says UK’s top judge. The most senior judge in England yesterday gave his blessing to the use of sharia law to resolve disputes among Muslims. Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips said that Islamic legal ...

LGF, Britain, Dhimmitude, Islam, Sharia, Islamic Law, Shari'a

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