You’ve come a long way, baby. But make sure you keep babies off my “fun bags.” Or so says Kathryn Blundell, editor at the parenting magazine, Mother &  Baby.
Under the headline “I formula fed. So what?”, Kathryn Blundell says in this month’s Mother & Baby that she bottlefed her child from birth because [...]

Just one question: Why is any of this being allowed to proceed on Iran’s timetable? If the goal is still to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of a state sponsor of jihadist terrorism, that approach ought to seem just a bit counterproductive. “Iran ready to resume nuclear talks…

UC Irvine protest case raises questions about discipline practices By Larry Gordon and Raja Abdulrahim, Los Angeles Times UC Irvine’s recent decision to recommend suspension of a Muslim student group for its alleged role in disrupting an Israeli diplomat’s speech has focused attention on the largely hidden world of student discipline and group punishment on [...]

Aweys: Beard dyed henna in imitation of Muhammad “Short of complying with the instructions will attract punishment in accordance with the Sharia (Islamic) laws).” Sharia Alert from the Brave New Somalia: “Mogadishu men ordered to grow beard in 30 days,” by Abdulkadir Khalif for the Daily Nation, June 21 (thanks…

Of course, like many practices in Sharia law that violate modern standards of human rights and prohibitions on cruel and unusual punishment, amputation for theft persists in the Islamic world because it is enshrined in the Qur’an (5:38). “Taliban court orders amputation for thieves,” from the Zimbabwe Star, May 5:…

Not that the Palestinian war against Israel has anything to do with Islam. Oh, no. A few land concessions on Israel’s part will patch things up. “Hamas TV sermon: Iceland volcano was Allah’s punishment of Infidels,” by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook for PMW, April 27: A Palestinian cleric…

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This is a common species of wishful thinking and willful blindness. Its proponents imagine that Islam is a Religion of Peace™ with no anti-Semitic elements (you know the drill, Islam reveres the “People of the Book,” etc.), but it was corrupted by the Nazis. Thus [...]

This is a common species of wishful thinking and willful blindness. Its proponents imagine that Islam is a Religion of Peace™ with no anti-Semitic elements (you know the drill, Islam reveres the “People of the Book,” etc.), but it was corrupted by the Nazis. Thus all one needs to do…

Brutality under Sharia? Imagine that. The caning doesn’t come up as part of the complaint below — flogging for adultery is prescribed in Qur’an 24:2 — but this case demonstrates again that Sharia, along with its inherent defects, also glosses over or avoids the notion that power corrupts. Even with…

Sharia is not to be questioned. “Islamic court in Nigeria bans Twitter for debating on amputation,” from ANI, March 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): London, Mar 25 (ANI): An Islamic court in Nigeria has banned the use of Twitter and Facebook websites for conducting debates on the…