Hot Post in the Feminist Hawks’ Nest: “Normal” Domestic Violence in Morocco is a Crime in the United States

Editors Note: On Sundays we’re going to start a new feature where we republish some of the most popular and important posts of the week for those who might have missed them. This post by Phyllis Chesler was originally published on July 27, 2010.
So sayeth the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division.
On July 31, [...]

August 1st, 2010
Topic: NRB

Brutality and Subjugation: The Women of Islam at Home and Abroad

Talk is cheap. I’ve heard a lot of talk about the Islamic faith in the past several years. I’ve heard everything from Muslims are pure evil to Muslims are the embodiment of all that is good and pure in the world.
As with most things pertaining to a group of people sharing a religion, I believe [...]

July 31st, 2010
Topic: NRB

The Arrogance of Brilliance

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange puts lives at risk with the Afghan war logs

July 29th, 2010
Topic: FPM

Muslim cleric: “Hitler was right to…do what he did to the Jews”

Mind you, Hussam Fawzi Jabar is an Islamic cleric. He has devoted his life to studying the Qur’an and Sunnah. And he doesn’t seem to have come across anything in that extensive study to make him reconsider his vile and genocidal anti-Semitism. Yet the myth persists that Islamic anti-Semitism is…

July 29th, 2010
Topic: JW

Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Mississippi College Reverses Punishment of Student for Swearing Outside of Class – FIRE

Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Mississippi College Reverses Punishment of Student for Swearing Outside of Class July 28, 2010 JACKSON, Miss., July 28, 2010—Isaac Rosenbloom is again able to pursue advanced training as a paramedic at Hinds Community College (HCC) now that the school has reversed its punishment against him for swearing a single [...]

July 28th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

“Normal” Domestic Violence in Morocco is a Crime in the United States

So sayeth the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division.
On July 31, 2008, a couple was married by arrangement in Morocco when the bride was 17 years old. They moved to Bayonne, New Jersey, where the new husband found work as an accountant. The husband’s mother came to live with them.
On November 1st of that [...]

July 27th, 2010
Topic: NRB

O’Reilly’s Burqa Betrayal

Bill O’Reilly pushes the horror faced by millions of Muslim women into invisibility.

July 14th, 2010
Topic: FPM

Iran backs down, won’t stone “adulterous” mother — but she is not safe yet

International pressure works. But the Sharia punishment for adultery is still in place. An update on this story. “Iran backs down: World fury forces Tehran to spare ‘adulterous’ mother from being stoned – but will they hang her instead?,” by Wil Longbottom for the Daily Mail, July 9 (thanks to…

July 9th, 2010
Topic: JW

Found Guilty of Adultery Sentenced to be Stoned to Death- US Has “Concerns”

CNN reports that Sakine Mohammadi Ashtiani, 42, has been found guilty of adultery by Iranian authorities and will soon be stoned to death for that crime – a crime that she confessed to after receiving 99 lashes of the whip in front of her kids.
They will bury Sakine up to her chest and then pelt [...]

July 7th, 2010
Topic: NRB

Miley Cyrus is in Dire Need of Some Politically Incorrect Parenting

When is a child, not a child? Could it be when she can arouse an adult?
Of course the answer is a resounding NO. And if that question made you sick to your stomach, I apologize– and congratulate you. Obviously you are among the few, with enough functioning gray matter to understand that just because a [...]

July 7th, 2010
Topic: NRB