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by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 163 Comments › )Filed under Islam, Religion, Sharia (Islamic Law) at March 2nd, 2014 - 10:00 am
Anti-Sharia Protests in Support of Amina Tyler
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 38 Comments › )Filed under Censorship, Europe, Free Speech, Islam, Sharia (Islamic Law), World at April 5th, 2013 - 2:04 am
This is not your run of the mill San Francisco Slutwalk.
The demonstrations were in support of a young Tunisian activist named Amina Tyler. Last month, Tyler posted naked images of herself online, with the words “I own my body; it’s not the source of anyone’s honor” written on her bare chest. The head of Tunisia’s “Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice,” reportedly called for Tyler to be stoned to death for her putatively obscene actions, lest they lead to an epidemic.
Full story on recent protests (and arrests) here. These women are serious.
A Giant Leap For Women’s Rights In Saudi Arabia
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 81 Comments › )Filed under Art, Humor, Islam, Middle East, OOT, Open thread, Satire, Saudi Arabia, Sharia (Islamic Law) at April 3rd, 2013 - 9:00 pm
[Al-Jazeera] Word spreads of alleged change in law.
On Monday, Saudi daily al-Yawm cited an unnamed official as saying women can now ride bikes in parks and recreational areas. According to the official, the ruling stipulated that women must wear a full-body abaya, be accompanied by a male relative, and stay within certain areas. They are allowed to bike for recreational purposes only, not as a primary mode of transportation.
That’s not satire from The Onion. The Kuwaiti artist who produced that illustration (Mohammad Sharaf) is going to get a knock on his door in the middle of the night. It also turns out that Al-J cropped the original image. Here’s what was left out:
The sarcastic Persian caption translates to “non-prohibited.” Fun facts to know and tell on The Overnight Open Thread.
Muslim Terror in Nigeria, Again.
by coldwarrior ( 2 Comments › )Filed under Christianity, Headlines, Islam, Islamic Terrorism at January 22nd, 2012 - 12:55 pm
The Nigerian Christians and the Government are on the front lines of a war, a war to stop the spread if Islam. 165 are the latest to die at the hands of the Muslims. Yet, our governments int he ‘Judeo-Christian’ West sit by and watch the massacres offering no hel0p to our Christian Brothers in Nigeria.
Nigerian Islamist Group Kills 165 in Bombings
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan visited the sites of bombings in the northern city of Kano as the death toll from attacks in the region reached 176.
The militant Muslim group Boko Haram, which is fighting for sharia rule in country’s mainly Muslim north, claimed responsibility for blasts that struck eight government buildings on Jan. 20 killing at least 165 people, its spokesman, Abu Qaqa, said by phone. Another 11 people were killed when suspected Islamist gunmen attacked a bank, a police station and a hotel in the northeastern town of Tawafa Balewa today, police said.
“Any terrorist attack on one person is an attack on all of us,” Jonathan told reporters in Kano, saying his government will strengthen security in the city and the country. “We must join hands to fight, the terrorists can’t win Nigeria.”
Authorities in Africa’s top oil producer blame Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is a sin,” for bombings and attacks in the mainly Muslim north and the capital Abuja over the past year. The group claimed the Christmas Day bombing of a church near Abuja that killed 43 people and the Aug. 26 suicide-bombing of the United Nations building in the capital that killed 24 people. Islamic militants pose a worse threat to the country than the 1967-1970 Biafra civil war, Jonathan said on Jan. 8.
Government buildings in Kano, the biggest city in northern Nigeria, including a regional police office, a smaller station, the immigration office and a building used by the state security police, came under bomb and gun attacks by militants, police said. Jonathan, who had declared a state of emergency in parts of four states in the northeast region on Dec. 31 to battle the insurgency.
