Tag: Koran
Controversial Florida Pastor Terry Jones Goes Face to Face with Dearborn Imam
April 22, 2011.
Video: Fox News
Pastor Terry Jones, the Florida man who burned a Koran in March, triggering a wave of violence in Afghanistan, appears on a Fox program with an imam and a moderate Christian cleric.
The Meaning of the Koran
By ROBERT WRIGHT September 15, 2010.
Print: New York Times
Robert Wright tries to show that the Koran is saying the same thing as the Bible.
Queensland lawyer Alex Stewart smokes pages from the Koran and Bible
The Courier-Mail, AAP September 13, 2010.
Print: Adelaide Now
In a stunt posted on YouTube, an Australian burns both the Koran and the Bible, testing pages from each as rolling paper for a marijuana joint.
Afghanistan’s dirty little secret
Joel Brinkley September 1, 2010.
Print: San Francisco Chronicle
For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers. In Kandahar, population about 500,000, and other towns, dance parties are a popular, often weekly, pastime. Young boys dress up as girls, wearing makeup and bells on their feet, and dance for a dozen or more leering middle-aged men who throw money at them and then take them home. A recent State Department report called “dancing boys” a “widespread, culturally sanctioned form of male rape.”
Sociologists and anthropologists say the problem results from perverse interpretation of Islamic law.
Far From Ground Zero, Obscure Pastor Is Ignored No Longer
By DAMIEN CAVE August 26, 2010.
Print: New York Times,
Florida pastor Terry Jones plans to commemorate the 9-11 attack by burning copies of the Koran.
No mosque at Ground Zero
Pat Condell June 9, 2010.
Video: YouTube
Pat Condell tells Americans why they should stop the planned building of a Mosque at Ground Zero.
‘South Park’ creators warned: Poking fun at Muhammed could invite deadly Muslim rage
Michael Sheridan April 22, 2010.
Print: NYDailyNews.com
RevolutionMuslim.com posted a warning following the 200th episode of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ‘South Park,’ which included a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad disguised in a bear suit.
Pakistan: Who’s Attacking the Christians?
Omar Waraich / Gojra August 5, 2009.
Print: Time
A number of factors contribute to growing religious intolerance: a harsh blasphemy law and the increasing presence of radical Islamist organizations
Six Christians killed over Quran claims
Associated Press August 1, 2009.
Print: msnbc
In eastern Pakistan, homes torched over allegations holy book was defiled
Challenging Sex Taboos, With Help from the Koran
ROBERT F. WORTH June 7, 2009.
Print: New York Times
Wedad Lootah, a Muslim woman from Emirati now living in Dubai, counsels Arab individuals and couples about sexual relationships. She recently published a book, “Top Secret: Sexual Guidance for Married Couples.”
My persecution by the Muslim McCarthyites
Taj Hargey April 9, 2009.
Times Online
Islam in Britain has been taken over by the followers of a distorted faith. We need a reformation to rescue it
Muslim education: A long, long lesson
March 26, 2009.
Economist
For Muslim youngsters, studying their faith is a time-consuming business







