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Islam = 30 Lashes For Walking Dog

March 6th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Adnkronos International:

A 70-year-old man has been sentenced by an Iranian judge to four months in jail and 30 lashes for going out on the street with his dog.
The incident took place in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran when the owner of the dog was caught by a police who quickly handcuffed the man. [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Dogs/Pets · Iran · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #598572

March 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Hat tip to the Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler:
From Arab News:

Early morning shoppers at a supermarket in Jeddah [Saudi Arabia] were left reeling yesterday, with some falling unconscious, after a well-built Syrian man clinched a knife and decapitated his 15-month-old nephew in front of his mother in the store’s fruit and vegetable section.
In a brutal murder that has [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · Muslim/Islam · Saudi Arabia · Terrorism

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #728656

February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

From Breitbart.com:

Two mentally retarded women strapped with remote-control explosives—and possibly used as unwitting suicide bombers—brought carnage Friday to two pet bazaars, killing at 73 people in the deadliest day since Washington flooded the capital with extra troops last spring.
The coordinated blasts—coming 20 minutes apart in different parts of the city—appeared to reinforce U.S. claims al-Qaida [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Al Qaeda · Crime/Law · Iraq · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam · Terrorism

Three Arrests In Denmark Cartoonist Plot

February 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments

From Breitbart:

Danish authorities on Tuesday arrested three people suspected of plotting a cartoonist’s assassination for his depiction of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb-shaped turban that enraged Muslims two years ago.
Three of Denmark’s largest newspapers said they would reprint the cartoon on Wednesday to show they would not be intimidated by fanatics. It was one [...]

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Tags: Blog · Censorship · Dhimmitude · Internet · Islamofascism · Linkfest · Media · Muslim/Islam

Archbishop Of Dhimmitude

February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

From the BBC:

The Archbishop of Canterbury says the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK “seems unavoidable”.
Dr Rowan Williams told Radio 4’s World at One that the UK has to “face up to the fact” that some of its citizens do not relate to the British legal system.
Dr Williams argues that adopting [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Dhimmitude · Government · Muslim/Islam · The UK

More Appreciation Of Life From The Religion of Peace™ Vol. #498652

February 7th, 2008 · Comments Off

From BosNewsLife:

A 70-year old woman remained in critical condition Sunday, January 27, in Bangladesh after suspected Muslim extremists reportedly tried to burn her alive to prevent her from being baptized as a Christian.
Rahima Beoa, who was planning to be baptized on February 13 in Muslim-majority Rangpur district, 248 kilometers (154miles) northwest of the capital Dhaka, [...]

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Tags: Christianity · Crime/Law · Islamofascism · Muslim/Islam

Suicide Bombers Have Dangerous Lives

January 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

From news.au.com:

A would-be suicide bomber fell down a flight of stairs and blew himself up as he headed out for an attack in Afghanistan, police say.
It was the second such incident in two days, with another man killing himself and three others on Tuesday when his bomb-filled waistcoat exploded as he was putting it on [...]