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POPS"Democratic Iraq" promoting Islamic deathsquads against gays Reporter Peter Tatchell- Saddam Hussein was a bloody tyrant. I campaigned against his blood-stained misrule for nearly 30 years. But while Saddam was president, there was certainly no danger of gay people being assassinated in their homes and in the street by religious fanatics. Since his overthrow, the violent persecution of lesbians and gays is much worse. Even children suspected of being gay are abducted and later found shot in the head.
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POPSTop Sharia Judge Issues Fatwa Authorizing Murders of Satellite TV Owners.... Fatwas are regularly issued on everyday issues, although they do not have the weight of law. One of the most viewed Arab satellite networks is Rotana, which broadcasts films and music videos. It is owned by Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, a billionaire businessman and member of the Saudi royal family whom Forbes ranks as the world's 13th richest person. Several other networks are owned by Saudi princes. Al-Lihedan did not specify particular channels in his judgment.
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POPSKidnapped Pakistani Christian Girls Forced To Convert To Islam after receiving a fatwa (religious decree) from a Muslim religious leader, to justify their actions. Later on, it was disclosed that the Muslim religious leader was bribed to provide the 'fatwa.' When Masih went to Gill to demand his daughters back Gill refused to let them go. Gill, though, threatened Masih and said that now the girls had accepted Islam they could not return to their Christian family. Ashfaq Fateh, a Christian social worker from Toba Tek Singh, told Minorities Concern of Pakistan that Gill warned Masih that if he filed a case against him, his family would be killed. He also claimed that he could not be caught by the police or found guilty by any court. Despite these threats, Masih reported all the details to the local police. However, no action has been taken to get the girls released and the police have told him to keep quite about the whole affair.
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POPSIntellectuals Condemn Fatwa Against Writers Last month Saudi Arabia's Shura council threw out a proposal for a law promoting respect for other religions and religious symbols, apparently for fear it might lead to the building of churches. King Abdullah recently called for the first time for a dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews after discussing the idea with Pope Benedict XVI. But it was reported yesterday that the kingdom's leading official cleric, the Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Bin Abdullah al-Sheikh, had denied issuing an invitation to Israeli rabbis to take part in a conference.
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POPSFatwā on Pappe."Death threats by phone almost on a daily basis" "The last thing I enjoy is being the person that holds up a mirror to his society's face and says, 'Look how ugly you are.' Some people like to challenge and incite their neighbours. I'm not like that, I don't write in order to annoy and I certainly don't hate myself, and I also love many people in Israel. I did not commit treason. "But, I'm a historian, and this is the truth the way I see it: The story of a victim and a victimizer. And the victim is the Palestinians. Without idealizing the Palestinians -victims are not necessarily nice people, but they are still victims." Pappe claims that his promotion at Haifa University has been blocked due to his political activity. "Provincial Haifa was unwilling to grant me the rank of a professor. I left for England as a doctor and in two days I climbed two ranks and became a faculty professor at the University of Exeter," ...YNet
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POPSNasser al-Din Shah Qajar Or, to give him his full name: Qadar-qadrat-i-Qavvi--Shaukat-i-Shahanshah-i-Jam Jah din Panah-i-Zillu'llah ul-Mamdud fi'l-ardin Ghias-ul-Islam va-ul-Muslimin us-Sultan ul-Azam va Khaqan ul-Afkham Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar
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POPS Blasphemy Not a long article but suggests a way to allow the moderate muslims to stand up.
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POPSAn Eye for an Eye An endless litany of religious edicts speak to ancient tribal beliefs over property, children and sex to technologically-influenced dilemmas, such as can a husband divorce his wife by merely sending her the news via SMS. (LAT)
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POPSSheikh Fadlallah's Good Side Strongly defending women's rights, issuing a fatwa against the violence and any unequal treatment of women by IslamISTs and those who generally distort Isalm.
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POPSOfficial Saudi website for fatwas Official Saudi website for fatwas The move is apparently an attempt to ensure that fatwas issued by authorised scholars are given prominence. Visitors to the new website will be able to ask questions on various topics and get replies from the Council of Senior Ulema (Islamic scholars).
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POPSWho is Yusuf al-Qaradawi ? Portrayed as moderate (unsuccessfully). Supporter/co-director huge, controversial mosque taking over wide established Boston neighborhood. Remember, The Muslim Brotherhood are the ROOT of contemporary terrorism. The grand mufti of Jerusalem in the 30's,his personal associations with Hitler and his officers, their actions against the Jews together, before WWII and Israel. Arafat was his pupil. Look this stuff up. This guy is now issuing the call, for all good Muslims to come to the aid of their mullahs.
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POPS Holland A Divided Society Dutch society became, and remains, bitterly divided in the wake of the Van Gogh murder. Some of Hirsi Ali's compatriots decided it was time to address the issues of women, Islam and integration head on. The Dutch writer Leon de Winter, a defender of Hirsi Ali, talks openly about his country's failure to integrate Muslim immigrants, attributing the problem to the Dutch "guilt complex": "As soon as we let people from the Third World come here to work in our rich country, we . . . somehow saw them as sacred victims."
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POPSActivist burns rare koran to make statement It's not like he hasn't done something like this before, he edited a copy of the bible with a black marker and a pair of scissors. But we don't see the same kind of response from Christians as we do from muslims on perceived insults...the bible says turn the other cheek.
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POPSDanish Muslims call for fatwa against Jyllands-Posten It strikes me as typical. They think they're superior and an insult to Mohammed or even a perception that you are insulting them can be met with severe consequences. If a fatwa is issued against a newspaper, what happens? Do all the employees get their heads cut off, or just a visit from a homocide bomber? I've only known of fatwas against individuals, this is new to me.
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