News items and other various tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share with his friends.
Some schools in the UK are dropping the Holocaust from their curricula because they fear the lessons may offend Muslim students. Additionally, they’ve removed the crusades because those lessons contradict what is taught in the Islamic mosques.
I’m speechless…
Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/…
(via Slashdot)
Women in France who come from families with Muslim values are feeling the pressure to be virgins when they marry. But what do you do when you’re not one? Just go to the doctor and have your hymen sewn back together.
Link: http://today.reuters.com/…
(via digg)
We’ve all heard about the Shias and the Sunnis in Iraq, but a lot of Americans don’t really know what that means. The linked article gives a quick breakdown of the main differences between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, the two primary Muslim denominations. It all comes down to the succession of power from Muhammad.
Charles Krauthammer, a columnist for The Washington Post, has written an op-ed piece on the Islamic response to Pope Benedict’s speech. Here’s an exerpt from the article:
“‘How dare you say Islam is a violent religion? I’ll kill you for it’ is not exactly the best way to go about refuting the charge.”
I cannot agree with him more. The main defense I’ve heard of the violent reactions to the Pope’s speech is that these people only represent a tiny minority of the Islamic community. Baloney! The vast majority of Muslims still allow the violence by not condemning it. If mainstream Islam truly opposed the activities of this “fringe minority”, the extremists would be arrested and charged with crimes—just as we do with “Christian” abortion activists who firebomb clinics and try to kill the doctors.
And the weirdest thing is that the Islamic community does not appear to see the inconsistency between their words and actions. That’s the irony of Islam.
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…
UPDATE: Just to be fair, here is a differing opinion.
Here are the 12 cartoon pictures of Mohammad that are causing so much controversy. Given the reaction, I was expecting something much worse.
Chad Cloman
Denver, CO USA
