Tag Archives: Islam

The Saudi Way

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Via the Washington Times: If the pope called for the destruction of all the mosques in Europe, the uproar would be cataclysmic. Pundits would lambaste the church, the White House would rush out a statement of … Continue reading →

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Olympic Fun

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner. Well, here’s a shocker, the Saudi theocracy (and like-minded Brunei and Qatar) will not be sending any female athletes to the 2012 Olympics. As Time’s Nina Burleigh points out: It’s not because Saudi women athletes don’t … Continue reading →

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72% of Egypt’s parliament is Islamist

Posted on January 22, 2012 by David Hume

Islamists Win 70% of Seats in the Egyptian Parliament: Egyptian authorities confirmed Saturday that a political coalition dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 84-year-old group that virtually invented political Islam, had won about 47 percent of the seats in the … Continue reading →

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Reading Lessons

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

To say that Muslims tend to have an exalted view of the Koran is, to say the least, an understatement. As the Economist explains: But when it comes to parsing holy writ, there is one big difference between Islam and … Continue reading →

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Contagion

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Mail: Muslim students, including trainee doctors on one of Britain’s leading medical courses, are walking out of lectures on evolution claiming it conflicts with creationist ideas established in the Koran. Professors at University College London have expressed … Continue reading →

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What if all music was ‘Christian’ music?

Posted on July 19, 2011 by David Hume

I think this sort of rhetorical question is a good way to understand the role of religion in much of the Islamic world: there is no distinction between pop culture and religiously inflected culture. I thought of that when noticing … Continue reading →

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There’s No Pleasing Some People

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

The BBC is going to be showing a three part documentary on the prophet Mohammed. Fair enough, but this little detail doesn’t bode too well for its objectivity: The BBC has also made clear that its series is “in line … Continue reading →

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Move Along, Nothing To See Here

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner. Via the Daily Telegraph: Police have been accused of “covering up” a campaign of abuse, threats and violence aimed at “Islamicising” an area of London. Victims say that officers in the borough of Tower Hamlets have … Continue reading →

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“Moderate” Muslims: Part of the Problem?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted over at the Corner: While President Obama’s comment that bin Laden was “not a Muslim leader” may have made good sense as propaganda, as a statement of fact it was nonsense. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Irshad Manji … Continue reading →

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Trouble in the Asylum?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Via the Guardian: Close allies of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali … Continue reading →

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