Category: Islam
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Iranian chastity enforcer Reza Tsaghati is out of a job following his alleged appearance in a gay sex tape
TSAGHATI, above, was the hardline Director of Islamic guidance and culture in the northern Gilan province of Iran until a video appearing to show him having sex with a “much younger man” went viral last week. The Publica reports that that Tsaghati, “a staunch advocate” for mandatory hijab-wearing by Irianian women, has been dismissed from…
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Rabbi arrested and sentenced for stealing a Palestinian rights banner from Cleveland State University
BACK in February, a banner belonging to a campus Palestinian rights group was stolen, leaving students and police puzzled as who would do such a thing. Days later the anwer was provided by the culprit himself: Orthodox rabbi Alexander Popivker, above, who used Instagram to confess. He wrote: As an act of civil disobedience I…
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Afghan women ‘have all the rights afforded to them by Islam.’ Attending Beauty salons is not one of them.
IN an interview last year, Afganistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Abdul Quaha Balkhi, above, insisted that women, under Taliban rule, enjoy full rights in accordance “with Islamic law.“ Which means that they practically have no rights at all. Now its reported that beauty salons in the Islamic state have been banned, because beautification, apparently, is…
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Austrian police foil suspected Islamist plot to attack a Pride event in Vienna
AUSTRIAN authorities revealed today (Sunday) that they had arrested three young men—the youngest just 14—for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on Vienna’s Pride event that drew 300,000 on Saturday. According to ABC News, the three—Austrian citizens of Bosnian and Chechen origin whose identities were not revealed—had become radicalized online and sympathised with the Islamic State…
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PETA re-writes the creation myth in a vegan Bible; calls objectors ‘wrong-headed’
ANIMAL sacrifice runs rampant throughout Scripture because “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” All this bloodshed is totally unacceptable, according People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has taken liberties with the Bible in a new publication entitled The Book: PETA’s Version of the Creation Story. Produced as a digital…
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Anything shorter than a fist-length beard is a ‘sin’ under Islamic law, lawsuit claims
IN order to get a handle on the rules regarding Islam and beards, today I watched video (screenshot above) showing precisely what’s permitted and what’s not with regard to facial hair. My dive into YouTube was prompted by news that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is suing US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, and…
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US history professor under investigation for showing an image of Mohammed
THE Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, (FIRE) wants San Francisco State University to immediately call off an investigation launched against history professor Maziar Behrooz for showing a drawing of Mohammed while teaching a lesson on the history of the Islamic world. This is the second time this year that an image of the so-called…
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God & government: new report says ‘anomalous’ bishops should be removed from the House of Lords
A SWEEPING review of the relationship between faith and the state is due to be published within weeks, and, according to The Guardian those involved say much of the final report will talk about the “positive impact” of religion and worship on UK society. Details of the review coincide with a report by the Commission…
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Yorkshire police drawn into a row over ‘disrespect’ for a Quran at a Wakefield school
POLICE in the UK, like so many other services under the control of an utterly in competent Conservative government, are overworked and under-resourced, so my question today is why the hell did coppers get themselves involved in an incident involving “disrsepect” of a copy of a Quran at Wakefield’s Kettlethorpe High School? According to the…
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‘Blasphemous’ Darwin: Bangladesh joins other Islamic countries in a war against evolutionary teaching
Religious institutions in Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt and Turkey have issued fatwas against the theory of evolution. Now we learn that in Bangladesh has bowed to Islamist pressure and has excluded Darwin from classrooms. REPORTING on the row for Eurasia Review, P. K. Balachandran, wrote that the two parties had described the Darwinian…
Barry Duke, the Angry Atheist 