“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar” - Henry David Thoreau
Kuwait’s parliament approved a law imposing the death penalty on any Muslim who insults God, his prophets, messengers, Prophet Mohammad’s wives or the Koran, in any form of expression, if they don’t repent.
Islam is a religion of tolerance, peace and acceptance, but that doesn’t mean it should be stepped on,” lawmaker Ali al-Deqbasi told [...]
Our favourite Trainee King is on top simpering form today on his tour of the Middle East. Talking to those lovely chaps in Qatar, he has let it be known that he is so fascinated by Muslim culture that he has been taking lessons in Arabic for the last six months, so that he can [...]
From The Guardian…
One of seven Saudis due to be put to death on Tuesday by crucifixion and firing squad for armed robbery, speaking over a smuggled mobile phone from his prison cell, has appealed for help to stop the executions.
Nasser al-Qahtani told Associated Press from Abha general prison on Monday that he was arrested as [...]
Do I want to offend anyone? No I don’t. Is it necessary that I do? Yes, yes it is.
Why am I sticking this up you may ask? After all, no recent violence. No recent overt demands that we submit.
So why am I being deliberately offensive? Because it is my bloody right to do so, that’s [...]
Al-Qaeda calls for internal spiritual struggle against France.
…and another for them.
A muslim who raped a 13-year-old girl he groomed on Facebook has been spared a prison sentence after a judge heard he went to an Islamic faith school where he was taught that women are worthless.
I don’t recall that being included in the national curriculum.
Adil Rashid, 18, claimed he was [...]
The Israeli air-force has c.100 F-16I Soufa (Storm) Vipers (nobody uses the official name “Fighting Falcon” because that is camper than a scout jamboree). These are block 50/52 F-16s (the USANG flys block 15s) which have been tricked with conformal tanks and additional Israeli ‘tronics and integration with Rafael and Elbit weapons and systems such [...]
This is a definite one for the “couldn’t make it up” files. Just read the whole thing because I can’t comment any further.
But if you are in the market for a holy goat and have the price of an Aston-Martin you now know where to get one.
Oh and it’s organic BTW.
What is the post Roman West? How does it differ from the Roman Empire?
Well, for example, under the Roman Empire the army was a professional force - it was the state.
The warbands of the Germanic chiefs were not the world of the Middle Ages either - the armies of the Middle Ages were Feudal, the [...]
Collected by Andrew Bolt:
Muslim leaders have vowed to discuss the offensive video from their U.N. platforms (at the UN General Assembly this week), sowing concern among free-speech activists of a fresh push toward an international law that would criminalize blasphemy…
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has reiterated his demand from the United Nations [...]
Tim Blair is setting up a challenge, although, no prizes of course. Unless you think getting some murderous theo-fascist nutjob pissed off is prize enough.
Anyway, these guys who drink the Mo-Aid seem to be permanently pissed anyway, so what are they drinking, or, for those of us who need to know, what is the name [...]
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
H/T Tim Blair
To call these riots infantile and imbecilic is to give them a dignity they don’t deserve. They can only be described as Islamic….
All week we’ve heard Muslims telling we in the West that that we need to understand how important the prophet is to them. We do understand, and we don’t care.
One Amendment at a time.
From Glynn Reynolds
Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed to be the filmmaker behind the anti-Muslim movie that has sparked protests and rioting in the Muslim world.’
When taking office, the President does not swear to create jobs. He does not swear to ‘grow [...]
New incident, same old riot.
Six die as police open fire at crowd protesting against burning of Quran in Ghaziabad
