In this mailing:
- Bruce Bawer: Sharia for New Year's
- Mirek Topolánek: Political Islam
and Sharia Should Be Outlawed in Europe
- Amir Taheri: Behind the Latest
Protests in Iran
by Bruce Bawer • January 7, 2018
at 5:00 am
- These extraordinary
legal actions are almost exclusively reserved for the
punishment of those who have criticized Islam.
- On the contrary, it
seems clear that the real reason for these prosecutions is
that people in positions of authority fear violence by
Muslims if their critics go unsilenced.
- The same reporters
and commentators who insist that it is absurd to worry about
sharia coming to the West are, in fact, ideologically
arm-in-arm with those in authority who are aggressively
introducing sharia-style laws in the West, prosecuting speech
that violates those laws, and issuing dark warnings -- in
tones unbefitting public officials in a free country -- that
you had better learn to be sharia-compliant or you will be
sorry. The real lesson of all this is that we had better learn
to be aggressive in our resistance to this proliferation of
sharia-influenced prohibitions or we will, indeed, end up
being very, very sorry.
Last September, a man named Mark Feigin posted five
comments on the Facebook page of an Islamic center. They were not
Islam-friendly. "THE MORE MUSLIMS WE ALLOW INTO AMERICA,"
he wrote, "THE MORE TERROR WE WILL SEE." He called Islam "dangerous"
and said it has "no place in western civilization." A
couple of his comments included vulgar or profane language. On
December 20, the State of California sued Feigin, charging him with
violation of a penal code that reads, in part:
"Every person who, with intent to annoy or
harass, makes repeated telephone calls or makes repeated contact by
means of an electronic communication device... to another person
is... guilty of a misdemeanor."
According to the state Attorney General's office,
Feigin was guilty of a crime because he had engaged in
"repeated harassment" of people whose religion he sought
to "mock and disparage."
by Mirek Topolánek • January 7,
2018 at 4:30 am
- "Let us look...
at the parallel legal system that is gradually creeping into
the EU....The emergence of these enclaves, reinforced by elite
policies of multiculturalism, group identity politics, and the
deconstruction of Western heritage, has contributed to the
fracturing of Western European nations and has weakened the
overall sense of mutual responsibility for one's fellow
citizens." — Andrew Michta, The American Interest,
June 6, 2017
- The roots of the
radical Muslim behavior that is now sweeping Europe can be
traced to elements of Islamic law and doctrine created in the
7th century that are being maintained today. These include
polygamy for men; allowing men to buy and sell women as sex
slaves or concubines; divorce rights [for men that]
discriminate against women; insistence on a dress code for
women that includes hiding their faces; and discriminatory
inheritance laws.
- These are the types
of laws that Muslim communities in Europe are pushing for and
adhering to, and they are based on inequality of gender,
religion, ethnicity and social status. In sharia law, there is
no freedom of religion, speech, thought, artistic expression
or the press...There is no united protection for all people.
Justice is different for Muslims and non-Muslims, for men and
women... There is no democracy... Jews and Christians are dhimmi,
third-class citizens...
Mirek
Topolánek. (Image source: David Sedlecký/Wikimedia Commons)
The following are excerpts of a speech delivered by Mirek Topolánek, former
prime minister of the Czech Republic and former president of the
European Council, at the Legal Salon in Prague on November
2, 2017.
Equality, in the legal sense, is based on the
principle of freedom and the right of every person to dignity and
equal treatment before the law [such that] the law... does not [make
a distinction]... between people [based on] their economic or
social status, age, ethnicity, [etc.]
The principle of equality is enshrined in the
Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, a declaration that is
part of the constitutional order of the Czech Republic...
by Amir Taheri • January 7, 2018
at 4:00 am
Protesters
in Iran, on December 31 2017. (Image source: Voice of
America/Wikimedia Commons)
For more than a week now, Iran has been in something
of turmoil with crowds of various sizes holding protests in more
than 30 cities, including the capital Tehran. Thanks to scenes not
seen in Iran since 2009 when the regime managed to put down a
popular uprising in Tehran, many questions have been raised about
what is euphemistically referred to as "the events".
The first question is: Who are the protesters?
As always, the regime's analysis is that the
protests are the result of conspiracies by the United States which,
with the departure of President Barack Obama, who sought
accommodation with the present leadership in Tehran, is now
committed to regime change under President Donald Trump.
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