Tag Archives: Islamic fundamentalism

Same Script, Different Stage (Ctd.)

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Bamiyan, Timbuktu, and now Tripoli. Al-Jazeera reports: Attackers in Libya have bulldozed a mosque containing Sufi Muslim graves in the centre of Tripoli, a day after Sufi shrines in the city of Zlitan were wrecked and … Continue reading →

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Hikikomori, Literally

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Telegraph: Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the city of Kazan in Russia. … Continue reading →

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‘Honor’ Killings

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: The Daily Telegraph’s Cristina Odone is rightly appalled by the murder of Shafilea Ahmed: Shafilea Ahmed’s parents have been found guilty of her murder. The beautiful 17-year-old Cheshire schoolgirl was killed by her own mother and … Continue reading →

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Same Script, Different Stage

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-Posted on the Corner: Remember the Buddhas of Bamiyan? Well, here we go again… Via the Guardian: Islamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes have destroyed the centuries-old mausoleums of saints in the Unesco-listed city of Timbuktu in front of shocked … Continue reading →

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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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Re: 72% of Egypt’s parliament is Islamist

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Inspired by Razib’s earlier post, I put this up on the Corner: Via the New York Times: CAIRO — Egyptian authorities confirmed Saturday that a political coalition dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, the 84-year-old group that virtually invented political Islam, … Continue reading →

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Protesting Saudi Theocracy, The Femen Way

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

NSFW, but for readers who wish to investigate further, here’s some splendid footage (on many levels) of Ukraine’s Femen group protesting the Saudi regime’s refusal to let women drive. Nicely done. And as a reminder for anyone who needs it, … 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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