Posts Tagged: Islamic law
Polls Demonstrating Muslim Intolerance and Support for Terrorism Help Explain Recent Attacks
Multiple polls demonstrate that the general Middle Eastern and Western Muslim population harbors dangerous attitudes that help explain recent terrorist attacks in France, America, Iraq,...
Jordanian Cleric Says Islamic Law Bars Killing of ‘Wicked Heretic’ Jews
Video footage of a Jordanian Salafist sheikh declaring that the killing of Jews by Palestinians is forbidden by Islamic law has recently been circulating widely...
How Islamic Are Muslims?
Islamic law demands much of Muslims; how successfully do they fulfill its precepts? Scheherazade S. Rehman and Hossein Askari of Georgetown University provide an answer in...
Near Dutch ‘Sharia Triangle,’ Jewish Community Holds On
JTA -THE HAGUE, the Netherlands — On a cold winter night in 2008, Wim Kortenoeven was startled by the crackling of a large fire...
Can Erdogan Achieve His Islamist Dream for Turkey
The menu for meals on my Turkish Airlines flight earlier this month assured passengers that food selections "do not contain pork." The menu also offered a...
Voting in Egypt as Holy War: Its Only Value, to Empower Sharia
Despite the fact that some in the West portray Islam and democracy as being perfectly compatible, evidence continues to emerge that, for many...
Senior Palestinian Official Backtracks on “End” of Israel Remarks
JERUSALEM- A senior Fatah official, speaking on pan-Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera this Friday, seemingly reiterated the PLO's continuing support for its 1974 "phased plan"...
