Islamist lawmakers disrupted the first session of Algeria’s new parliament Saturday, waving placards condemning alleged fraud in this month’s elections before walking out of the chamber. The 49 members of the three-party Green Algeria Alliance (AVV), a moderate Islamist coalition, staged their protest immediately after the roll-call of newly-elected deputies. They were followed
Thousands of devout Muslims prayed outside Turkey’s historic Hagia Sophia museum on Saturday to protest a 1934 law that bars religious services at the former church and mosque. Worshippers shouted, “Break the chains, let Hagia Sophia Mosque open,” and “God is great” before kneeling in prayer as tourists looked on. Turkey’s secular laws
A 17-year-old British Pakistani woman was allegedly killed by her parents for refusing to enter an arranged marriage, the New York Daily News reported on Monday. Shafilea Ahmed was a victim of an honor killing in September 2003 in Warrington, Cheshire according to a court hearing on her case. The young woman’s body
Regular readers of Counterjihad sites are familiar with Koran 4:34, which lays out the strict rules for beating one’s wife. Now the matter has been brought to court in Switzerland, after a man publicly declared his Koran-inspired views on spousal abuse in a TV documentary. Many thanks to Hermes for translating this article
Using money or consumer goods to buy votes has been forbidden by religion. The Fatwa has been issued by Darul Iftaa, the Egyptian authority has issued the fatwa on the eve of the first round of voting in the first post-Mubarak presidential elections. The first round will be held next week on 23 and 24.
Algeria’s traditional bars are closing one after the other but illegal outlets are mushrooming, in a prohibition-style game of cat-and-mouse played out with an increasingly Islamic state. Islamist parties may have suffered a stinging electoral setback last week but Algeria’s Islamization has been driven chiefly by the old ruling party, which took the lion's
Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia because police worry her sexy clothes and dance moves undermine Islamic values and will corrupt the country’s youth. National police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said Tuesday the permit for her June 3 “Born This Way Ball” concert - the biggest show on her
CAPITAL OF CALIPHATE WILL BE JERUSALEM
The witnesses and several newspapers said a mob of several hundred shouting insults at southerners torched the church.
The men believed the camel's milk and urine to be good for health, claiming it was written in a hadith.
