Posts Tagged ‘Dhimmitude’

Taking the fall? Iraqi Christians praying at Johannes Church in Sodertalje, Sweden

This report from the BBC’s ‘From our Own Correspondent’ series, looks at the Swedish Government’s recent deportation of Iraqis from Sweden. What seems unusual about the current wave of deportations is the the subjects are Assyrian Christians, possibly the most endangered Iraqis of all:

Although Sweden once led the way in welcoming Iraqi refugees, the authorities are now clamping down and Iraqi asylum seekers are increasingly faced with deportation.

Jakob’s family have been threatened with death in Iraq unless they convert.I have just spent a week meeting some very angry, very frightened people.

Lilian, for example, who cleans a house in Sodertalje. And George, who does odd jobs and shares a basement room in Gothenburg. And Jakob who is 20 and goes to high school in Gustavsberg outside Stockholm. Read the rest of this entry »

Call out the National Guard: Clarkson dared to make a joking remark about Burkas

Wah. There Is no Fun in Islam* Alert:

Jeremy Clarkson has joined the debate on whether burkas should be permitted in Britain in his own inimitable style.

The outspoken presenter provoked a flurry of complaints after telling viewers of Top Gear on Sunday night that he had seen a Muslim woman wearing sexy underwear beneath her burka.

Clarkson had been discussing the best way to stop drivers being distracted by female pedestrians, along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May.

Faeeza Vaid, co-ordinator at the Muslim Women’s Network, said: ‘The debate surrounding the burka is a serious issue which shouldn’t be publicly joked about. Rather than joking about it, we should be having serious dialogue.’

Apparently, humourless, more-PC-than-thou ’singer’ Lily Allen also complained on her Twitter Page about the remark – which makes it all good with us. Full story at the Mail.

*“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.”

- Ayatollah Khomeini, 1979

Some Muslim bus drivers are refusing entry to blind passengers with guide dogs as Islam teaches them t believe that the animals are 'unclean'

Blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their ‘unclean’ guide dogs.

One pensioner, a cancer sufferer, told how had twice been confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog, and had also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal.

The problem [of Muslims refusal] to carry guide dogs on religious grounds, has become so widespread that the matter was raised in the House of Lords last week, prompting transport minister Norman Baker to warn that a religious objection was not a reason to eject a passenger with a well-behaved guide dog. Read the rest of this entry »

NOTE: Since AFP have pulled their video from Un:dhimmi, we have decided to replace it with video content from Press TV – the media mouthpiece of the Iranian government, instead. The content is similar – but you will need to take account of the blatant bias.

If AFP had not intended to share their video content publicly, why did they post it on a public video sharing site? In doing so, they have undermined not only their own credibility, but the very purpose of YouTube. Shame on them.

The students clapped and cheered as a Hezbollah fighter perched on a rocket launcher paraded past. Later, they snapped photographs with guerrilla fighters, getting a firsthand account of the group’s tactics against Israel on the battlefield.

Excursions like the one more than 400 Lebanese university students took Saturday to a Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon are part of the militant group’s push to promote itself through “jihadi tourism” to mark the 10th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The efforts also include a sprawling new war museum touting Hezbollah’s history.

It’s a way for the militant group to showcase its military prowess at a time when Israel and the US say the Iranian-backed group is acquiring more sophisticated weaponry. “We are bringing students to the area previously occupied by Israel, to show them how the resistance, with its meagre capabilities, was able to defeat the strongest army in the world,” said Jihad Hammoud, one of the organisers of the student tours. Read the rest of this entry »

Amy Owen (L), who was penalised for refusing to wear Muslim dress to a school mosque visit, pictured with her mother

A Catholic schoolgirl has been branded a ‘truant’ by her teachers after she refused to dress as a Muslim for a school field trip to a mosque. Staff had ordered 14-year-old Amy Owen and her classmates to dress in headscarf, wear trousers or leggings and keep her arms covered for the compulsory visit to the mosque after it was arranged to promote ‘community cohesion.’

Parents at the 1,100 pupil Ellesmere Port Catholic High School in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire were also told they were each required to make a £3 contribution towards the trip for all Year Nine students. Michelle Davies’ daughter Amy Owen was ordered to wear a headscarf and trousers or leggings for a school trip to a mosque
But when Amy refused to dress in Muslim attire for the visit to Al Rahma Mosque in Toxteth, Liverpool, staff warned her about rules and said refusal would mean non attendance which would then be marked down as an ‘unauthorised absence.’ Read the rest of this entry »