Breaking: Bush Issued Fatawa
Administration officials have recently told I Cogitate that President George W. Bush issued a plethora of fundamentalist fatawa soon after taking the oath of office in 2000. The first detailed that he...
View ArticleHow to Win the War on Terror...
...Without Losing Elections.[front-paged at Booman Tribune] [for the purposes of this analysis, I am going to stipulate that Usama-bin-Laden was solely responsible for 9/11 and that the hijackers did...
View ArticleWhat Would Prophet Muhammad Do?
DKos has been facing quite an internal battle all weekend about those Danish cartoons that insulted Muslims. Not on the front page, but on a few comments pages. Some bloggers understood the issues...
View ArticleAyatollah Ali al-Sistani announces a death fatwa against gays
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has issued a violent death order against gays and lesbians on his Web site, according to London-based LGBT human rights groups OutRage. Written in Arabic, the fatwa comes...
View Articlede-legitimizing Bin Laden
At Dean's World, I've posted a lengthy essay on the need to de-legitimize bin Laden and the jihadi movement by demonstrating their lack of credentials to issue fatwa. It's actually an updated version...
View ArticleAl-Sistani's North American rep issues fatwa
Considering this announcement was made today in Canada, I have doubts this will get any significant coverage in the US MSM. It just might make a few rightwingnut heads explode."Obey your country's...
View ArticleThe ABC miniseries "The Path to 9-11" lies to serve Israel's agenda
The ABC miniseries "The Path to 9-11" lies to serve Israel's agenda. ABC lied about what bin Laden's fatwa said. Bin Laden's fatwa is publically available, see for yourself. Here is the fatwa from...
View Article"Middle East Sports are Complicated"
I've been trying to imagine the Iraq situation as a football game. Start with Shia on one side of the ball and Sunnis on the other. The Yanks are the Officials. Embedded in both side are thugs and...
View ArticleToday's Increasingly Destabilizing Events in New Middle East (dis)order! What...
I have a lot going on here today trying to take care of two elderly parents. I have been unable to write anything until now. As a result I have spent the day monitoring events and every time I...
View ArticleKnighting Salman Rushdie,new Al Qaeda Graduation, Remember The muslim...
I have been thinking the last couple of days as to the wisdom of Britain knighting Salman Rushdie at this point in time. Rushdie was awarded a knighthood for services to literature in Queen...
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Drive-through Fatwas
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View ArticleSaudi Cleric's Ramadan Letter to Osama Bin Laden on NBC
Appended below is the letter of Shaykh Salman al-Oadah to Osama Bin Laden. As a Muslim, I can tell you that a letter like this can affect the militant and terrorist tendencies of some extreme elements...
View ArticleAnn Coulter Wants A Fatwa -- New Cartoon!
Hello friends, Here's today's Headzup original toon... "Ann Coulter Wants A Fatwa"Enjoy!
View ArticleThe Big Lie About Iran's Nukes
You know sometimes it drives me absolutely bonkers when so-called "journalists" fail to report on obvious, easily-discoverable and CRITICAL facts about current events. The looming war or strike or...
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Desperate flight of Taslima Nasreen
Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, 45, is on the run from Islamic fundamentalists, who issued fatwas against her in 1994. She was in Kolkata, flied to Jaipur, then now she is hiding in...
View ArticleZardari gets fatwa issued against him for flirting with Palin
As I've said before, you can't invent stuff this crazy and ridiculous.
View ArticleRushdie: Twenty Years Later
In 1989, I was in my second year of college, taking a course in journalism offered by my alma mater, Villanova University. We had an assignment to write a feature article, and I chose the fatwa issued...
View ArticleTop Muslim clerics issue Fatwa denouncing terror attacks on Canada and U.S.
In what I feel is the biggest and yet totally unreported story of the day. Top Imams affiliated with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada have issued a fatwa calling those terrorists who attack the...
View ArticleMuslim leader issues fatwa against terrorism
LONDON — The leader of a global Muslim movement has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, that he calls an absolute condemnation of terrorism.Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, a former Pakistani lawmaker, says...
View ArticleThe Stupidity of Saudi Senior Clerics
The most recent misogynist fatwa prohibiting women to work as cashiers that was issued by Saudi Arabia's "wise" governing body of clerics, might be a blessing in disguise because it could, most...
View ArticleMonday Musing #14: Can Monkeys and Rats Save America?
We’re living in some nasty times. Conservatives accuse liberals of empathy, as though it’s a bad thing. That’s already one of those You-can’t-make-this-shit-up things. We hear some sane news...
View ArticleNow here's a "Rape Plan" Republicans can REALLY get behind.
From The Daily Star: BangladeshThe High Court yesterday ordered district officials in Shariatpur to explain why they failed to protect 14-year-old rape victim Hena from being whipped to death as per a...
View ArticleIslam 101: The Fatwa
Islam 101 is a series of diaries authored by various Muslim members of the Daily Kos community. Its purpose is to expand the knowledge of Islam and its various beliefs, concepts, and traditions, in...
View ArticleNew “Muslim Barbie” Restricted To Back Seat Of The Barbie Glam Convertible
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA—The prominent Saudi cleric, Abdullah Al-Shihiri, has issued a fatwa, or religious edict, governing Mattel’s recently released “Muslim Barbie” that restricts the popular children’s...
View ArticleSalman Rushdie on Hillary: I know about being demonized for decades and...
Salman Rushdie lived for years with a worldwide price on his head — a fatwah by the Iranian Ayatollah. So I was blown away by his comment about Hillary last night on Bill Maher (at about :55):xYouTube...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: News of the World
Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, current leader Neon Vincent, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, Interceptor7, Magnifico,...
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