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Fatwa Bans Christian Priests from Public Transportation to Church

Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, a prominent figure in Egypt's Salafi movement and vice president of the Salafi Call—the same sheikh who seeks to punish Muslim apostates, condemns Mother's Day, and advocates deceiving Israel—has just issued a fatwa, published in...

New York Times Shills for Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood

In a recent New York Times article titled, "As Islamists Gain Influence, Washington Reassess Who Its Friends Are," one Scott Shane does what the MSM does best: objectively list and discuss facts, but then offer an interpretation that has little grounding...

Islamic Sodomy or 'Islamophobic Hoax'?

In "Sodomy for the Sake of Islam," I wrote about Abdullah al-Asiri, the 2009 suicide-bomber who inserted explosives in his rectum, and how news emerged later that he likely relied on a fatwa permitting sodomy to "widen" his anus to accommodate the...

Sodomy "For the Sake of Islam"

Not only did the original "underwear bomber" Abdullah Hassan al-Asiri hide explosives in his rectum to assassinate Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef—they met in 2009 after the 22-year-old Asiri "feigned repentance for his jihadi views"—but this...

Calls to Destroy Egypt's Great Pyramids Begin

According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt's Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi'i, those "symbols of paganism," which Egypt's Salafi party...

Muslim Brotherhood 'Democracy': Slapping, Stabbing, and Slaying for Sharia

Prior to Egypt's presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of "holy war." Then, any number of Islamic clerics, including influential ones, declared that it was mandatory for Muslims to cheat during...

Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Leader Calls for Jihad on Israel

This would be the same "leader" of Egypt's new president, the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi—and the man whom some have even portrayed as the true power behind Egypt's presidency, with Morsi acting as his puppet. According to last Thursday's...

Egypt's First "Sex-Slave" Marriage

What is being dubbed as Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage" took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president. Last Monday, on the Egyptian TV show Al Haqiqa ("the Truth"), journalist Wael al-Ibrashi began the program...

Egypt's "Sex Slave" Marriage

What is being dubbed as Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage" took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president. Last Monday, on the Egyptian TV show Al Haqiqa ("the Truth"), journalist Wael al-Ibrashi began the program...

New 'Frog Fatwa': Amphibians Sacrosanct, Croaking Praises Allah

Following the presidential victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi, the very first fatwa to appear by Egypt's highest fatwa council addresses—not social, political, or economic issues in Egypt—but rather frogs. Specifically, it bans Muslims...