Archive for the ‘Islamic Fascism’ Category

Alex Aan’s trial begins Thursday Via:- Maryam Namazie Alex Aan‘s trial begins tomorrow, Thursday, with the first prosecution witnesses being called, according to Rafiq Mahmood. Alex is the 30 year old Indonesian civil servant who has been charged with ‘insulting’ Islam in an atheist group in Facebook. Rafiq says: This isn’t just for Alex but [...]

Religious right in Egypt hoping for Islamic law Hazem Salah abu Ismail’s blend of populism and ultraconservative Salafi Islamhas turned him into a leading presidential candidate. By Jeffrey Fleishman CAIRO — The men gathering outside the yellow mosque agreed: Adulterers should be stoned to death, the hands of thieves cut off. “But not now,” said [...]

Religion and freedom of speech are poles apart. In Egypt, a 17 year has been sentenced to three years in prison for a Facebook post that made fun of Muhammad. An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that mocked Islam [...]

Islamist prisoners spread radicalization in UK jails, report finds Ministers of parliament visited Belmarch prison in south-east London, which detains some of the most dangerous extremists in the country, including radical cleric Abu Hamza. (Reuters) By AL ARABIYA Islamist prisoners in the United Kingdom are preaching radical Islam to new inmates, recent findings in a [...]

Filming of Egyptian TV series halted  after Islamist students complain of actresses’ ‘indecent’ clothes Filming of an Egyptian TV series at a university in Cairo reportedly was halted after Islamist students protested against “indecent” costumes worn by the actresses, AFP reported. Cairo’s Ain Shams University had given Misr International films, the production company, permission to [...]

Salman Rushdie brushes off call for festival ‘blasphemy’ ban by: Amanda Hodge AN Indian Muslim leader has demanded Salman Rushdie be banned from the country’s biggest literary festival, warning that an invitation to the novelist who endured a fatwa will add “salt to injury”. The vice-chancellor of Darul Uloom Deoband, one of India’s most influential [...]