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People Flogged Unconscious Under Sharia Law Punishments in Indonesia
December 10, 2019
The regions of Indonesia that are governed by sharia law apply punishments that include public flogging for crimes of premarital and extramarital sex, exemplified in several recent cases where individuals were beaten unconscious in public cainings that have been condemned by Amnesty International Indonesia as “cruel, in human, and degrading” forms of punishment.
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Egypt’s Blasphemy Laws Are a Cudgel for Punishing Opponents of Islamism
December 10, 2019
A high-profile case involving blasphemy charges against a popular Egyptian t.v. host/physician/writer has highlighted how the country’s draconian blasphemy laws are used as a cudgel by hardline Islamist religious leaders and their state partners to silence any criticism of Islam by Muslims and non-Muslims alike, contributing to a climate of religious totalitarianism in Egypt.
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IS Terrorist Attack in London Renews Linked Questions about Prison Deradicalization & Threats from Returnees from Syria
December 04, 2019
Last week’s knife attack by an IS follower on England’s London Bridge that killed two and wounded three has generated renewed debate among the country’s counter-terrorism officials about the implications of the lack of success of deradicalization prison programs for Islamist terrorists.
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Muslim Woman Sues California Theater over Pepperoni Pizza Violation
December 04, 2019
A Muslim-American woman is suing a California movie theater chain over a 2017 incident in which she was served a pepperoni pizza with alleged pork content that “violated her religious duties as a devout Muslim.”
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Islamist Extremists Get Death Sentence for 2016 Terrorist Attack on Bangladesh Cafe
December 04, 2019
The seven perpetrators of a high-casualty attack in 2016 on a Dhaka cafe have been sentenced to death by a court in Bangladesh, although three years after the assault on the Hokey Artisan Cafe, the Bangladeshis government disputes the IS claim of responsibility and, instead, maintains that the perpetrators were part of a homegrown Islamist extremist group called the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
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