A Religion of Peace?

The Evidence for March 2009

I thought this might be instructive for those who believe that violence and hatred from Muslims is created by a “tiny minority of extremists” who have “hijacked a religion of peace,” and that true Islam is “tolerant.”

Below are just the stories that came to me in this one month. Dates are when I saw the story, not necessarily when it happened. Having a full time job, I didn’t spend a lot of time searching. I’m sure there are many more.

The picture above is of a 43 year old Muslim cleric, and his second wife, a 12-year-old child. He has been charged with child abuse in Indonesia, but Muslims are protesting, because Shari'a law allows marriage at age 9, based on the perfect example of the Prophet. See the story under March 18th.

If you can’t read all the stories, just read the headlines and think about it. One can hardly wait to see what hate and death this "Religion of Peace” gives the world in April.

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March 1, 2009

Kassam rockets continue to hit Negev
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410732719&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Islamic hate-preacher gets OK to march in London calling for the implementation of Sharia
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025059.php

Missile threat to British troops
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5822094.ece

March 2

Ten years in prison for murdering 45 innocent people
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jS8Cg0JoxeazNJFwAMTMfnWI3Osw

Six killed in Pishin girls’ madrassa suicide blast
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg1_6

Obama Security Breached: Schematics for ‘Marine One’ Found at Iranian IP Address
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025072.php

Pakistani kidnappers set latest deadline to kill American
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70154

Yemeni Jew killer deemed unfit for trial
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898324041&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull

March 3

Bulgaria MP Yanev: Numerous Southern Villages Are Converted to Islam by Force
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=101658

Pakistan Attack on Cricket Team Leaves 5 Police Dead
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agNpf4qdFAyE&refer=

March 4

Pakistan: Young couple in hiding after tribal court sentences them to death
http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3417

Jordan: Teenager murders 30 year-old sister over alleged affair
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025095.php

Norway: Muslim girls beaten for not wearing the hijab
http://europenews.dk/en/node/20590

March 5

Taliban blow up Pakistan music shops
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBMCt5YhEC4hRzH2UqzEI1FKHoOg

Former Muslim bakery leader allegedly brags in jail about journalist killing
http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_11842728?source=emailLiam1304

M'sian man fights baby's secret conversion to Islam
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090305-126458.html

Muslims attack Christian community in Punjab
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=14650&size=A

Explosion in a Pakistan mosque wounds over 30
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980699&Language=en

March 6

Egyptian cleric: The Jews "are enemies not because they occupied Palestine. They would have been enemies even if they did not occupy a thing."
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025130.php

Daily Mail removes reference to Muslim husband telling his wife to read the Qur'an as he strangled her
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025128.php

Militants bomb ancient shrine in Pakistan (Militants? Presbyterians, no doubt!)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29528251/

March 7

Fear of death stalks women in Swat
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/fear-of-death-stalks-women-in-swat-ha

Iran: ICC warrant for mass-murdering Sudanese president insult to Muslims
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025134.php

March 8

Muslim Cop Beats Up Home-less Man, Claims Islamophobia
http://europenews.dk/en/node/20816

Egypt: Rumors of Muslim girl involved with Christian boy erupt into violence and death
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025145.php

Iraq suicide cyclist kills 28 in Baghdad
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jKyBx-sxJaZYnh07KQpA41erRdPQ

Davis Cup, pro-arab anti-israeli demonstration, riots and hate
http://tedekeroth.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/davis-cup-pro-arabic-anti-israeli-demonstration-riots-and-hate/

Two Buddhists killed in Thai Muslim south
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSBKK466416

March 9

Women and children bear scars of most acid attacks
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/printArticle.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=277431&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24

Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman (75) for mingling
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/09/saudi.arabia.lashes/index.html?eref=edition

Afghanistan: Court upholds (20-year) jail term for 'blasphemous' reporter
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3085587696

March 10

Egyptian Christian Burned Alive; Father Murdered Also
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025179.php

Pakistan: One Woman Dead In Attack On Christians
Would-be rapist instigates attack in response to charges leveled against him.
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5844&backpage=summaries

Libya Tortures Four Christian Converts From Islam
http://www.aina.org/news/2009039174117.htm

UK jihadists used welfare and earthquake relief money to finance jihad
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025165.php

March 11

9/11 defendants: "We ask to be near to God, we fight you and destroy you and terrorize you. The Jihad in god's cause is a great duty in our religion."
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025198.php

Pakistani jihadi organization targeting U.S.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025193.php

Sudanese Lecturer Demands Fatwa Allowing ICC Prosecutor's Killing
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/14481.htm

March 12

A BRITISH mother of two is being held in jail after being found guilty of adultery - for having a cup of tea with a male friend.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25177107-954,00.html

Canadian given 10-year sentence for UK bomb plot
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090312/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_terror_sentence

Dutch authorities foil terrorist attack
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025214.php

Honor killing in Germany: Girl's face "beaten beyond recognition
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025203.php

Extortion, Guns and Visa Fraud
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=326250&paper=59&cat=104

March 13

Man who beheaded wife pleads "innocent"
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-stbehe0314,0,4443778.story

FBI tracking jihad recruiting in Minneapolis
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025218.php

Libya “Detains” And “Tortures” Four Christians For Leaving Islam, Group Says
http://www.worthynews.com/5195-libya-detains-and-tortures-four-christian-for-leaving-islam

March 14

Make Every Woman Wear A Burkha
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/89222/-Make-every-woman-wear-a-burkha

8-year-old girl is shot at in MP for spraying colours on a (Muslim) man
http://www.mumbaimirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=200903122009031203014107514bea34

"Martyrs' Trilogy," memoirs of Bali attackers exalted as heroes
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=14704&size=A

Iraqi footballer shot dead by fan (not, apparently in the name of Allah, but indicative)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7944919.stm

A mild-mannered English teacher tried to kill his sister and continued to issue threats of violence even while in prison for an earlier threat. He says it's because he's a Muslim.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025233.php

March 15

Taliban threaten to kill aid workers as spies
(Wonder if these are the “moderate Taliban the administrations wants to work with?)
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/afghan.taliban.threat/index.html?eref=edition

Two Israelis murdered in jihad terror attack, moderate Fatah takes responsibility
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025250.php

Minister beaten after clashing with Muslims on his TV show
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1162039/Minister-beaten-clashing-Muslims-TV-show.html

March 16

Muslim blames American culture for beheading
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/03/muslim-blames-american-culture-for.html

Tourists blown up as they admire sunset in Shibam, Yemen
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25192366-401,00.html

Thousands of girls in Britain have suffered genital mutilation
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025256.php

UK: Imam's daughter converted to Christianity, and her father came after her with an axe
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025255.php

March 17

Pakistan: "The Taliban have ordered the killing of women seen in market areas"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025273.php

Islamists kill five people in Algeria
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j9prZeurLKNTYKAiqXMs4CJuzmUw

March 18

Had to add some context to today’s stories!

Brutal Murder of Ahmadi Muslim Husband and Wife In Pakistan
The deceased, Dr Shiraz Ahmad Bajwa and Dr Noreen Bajwa were husband and wife and were both trained as doctors. The assailants first taped together the hands, feet and mouths of both victims. They then tied rope around their necks and strangled them to death. Dr Shiraz and Dr Noreen were expecting their first child.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/brutal-murder-ahmadi-muslim-husband-wife-pakistan/

Muslim Cleric Arrested for Molesting Child Bride
(Jakarta, Indonesia) Last August, a 43-year-old Muslim cleric, Pujiono Cahyo Widianto (aka Sheik Puji), married 12-year-old junior high school student Lutfiana Ulfa (pic) as his second wife. http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196868.php

New York: "Man" convicted of conspiracy to murder Americans
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025296.php

Two out of three serious teenage criminals are children of parents born outside the Netherlands. In most cases, no prison sentence is imposed. (Guess it would be “Islamophobic.)
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/180309_1.htm

March 19

"Fundamentalist elements" suspected in torching of music school in Jenin
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025300.php

No more safe at home, Pak Hindus flee to India
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/mar/18sld1-hindu-families-face-the-heat.htm

'Your temple is a threat to our religion'
http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/mar/18sld2-hindu-families-face-the-heat.htm

March 20

Hamas: We may be "forced" to kidnap more Israeli soldiers
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237461634849&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iranian Extremists Threaten to Kill 3 Ex-Muslim Pastors
http://christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2009/03/iranian-extremists-threaten-to-kill-3-ex-muslim-pastors-20/index.html

Jordanian charged in threat to Jewish school
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/03/jordanian-accused-of-mailing-threatening-letter-to-jewish-school.html

Taliban threatens to behead founder of jihadist website
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025328.php

Somali Islamists behead two sheikhs – group
(And three elderly women—but that doesn’t count. Women are property in Islam.)
http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSLK425430

Brother of girls murdered in honor killing threatens to kill their aunt
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025319.php

March 21

Jordanian beats daughter to death for wearing makeup in 'honour' killing
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hwjvTpIchKrok25w73HCuTfNOKYA

Terrorist car bombing averted at Haifa mall
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237461637566&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

All homosexuals should be stoned to death, says Muslim preacher of hate
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1163510/All-homosexuals-stoned-death-says-Muslim-preacher-hate.html

India says has proof Pakistan involved in Mumbai attacks
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March1707.xml&section=international

March 22

Pakistan: Woman set ablaze by husband dies, police fail to arrest husband
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=168554

Report claims al-Qaeda can recruit in UK at street level
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2497079.0.report_claims_alqaeda_can_recruit_in_uk_at_street_level.php

Religious bullying and the mutual social control among young Muslim women in Danish educational institutions appears extensive.
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/denmark-girls-supervise-each-other.html

Mother of three killed by brother
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=168372

March 23

Pakistan: "Unidentified men" blow up school for girls
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025368.php

In Iraq, Chaos Feared as U.S. Closes Prison
Ex-Inmates Reanimate Sunni, Shiite Militias
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/21/AR2009032102255.html

Yemeni Condemned to Death for Israel Contacts
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=16151

Muslim moral police burn a girl alive in Ghaziabad
http://www.webnewswire.com/node/450416

March 24

Somalia: Islamists Destroy Graves (Not even dead Muslims are safe!)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200903231600.html

Weapons found at Bangladesh Islamic school
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=72485

Four School Children Killed in Bomb Attack in Iraq's Mosul
http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/03/25/2001s468194.htm

Hunted in Bangladesh... the terror suspect freed twice by courts in Britain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1164844/Hunted-Bangladesh--terror-suspect-freed-twice-courts-Britain.html

Spain: Press, Morocco Announces End To Gay Tolerance
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.@AM59231.html

Muslim militants issue new threat to behead Red Cross worker
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/261430,muslim-militants-issue-new-threat-to-behead-red-cross-worker.html

March 25

Villagers burn girl alive in 'honour killing'
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Villagers-burn-girl-alive-in.5103494.jp

Media help escalate honor killings, study reveals
In “Moderate” Turkey, the study also showed that 26.2 percent of the parents and 25.9 percent of the students said they support such killings.
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=170502&bolum=100

March 26

Muslim "Reformist": Muslim countries must have nukes in order to "strike terror in the hearts of the enemies"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025404.php

Afghan bomber accidentally blows up militants (The news isn’t ALL bad)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/27/2527452.htm?section=justin

In Loving Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor Killings Worldwide
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025395.php

Former Maple Leaf employee charged in needles-in-meat case
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/27/guelph-meat.html

Suicide attack kills 48 at Pakistani mosque
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7967594.stm

More Muslim Pedophiles Arrested in Britain
http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/03/british-police-seem-to-go-to-no-end-to-tip-toe-around-muslim-crooks-and-pedophiles-on-march-27-2009-6-muslim-men-were-arres.html

March 27

Unreported World travels to Turkey to investigate honour killings, which have now reached record levels with more than 200 girls and women killed in the past year alone.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/episode-guide/series-2009/episode-3

Saudi cleric teaches boy to hate, curse Jews
http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2061.htm

Filipino group with al-Qaeda ties threatens beheading
http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/03/26/filipino-group-with-al-qaeda-ties-threatens-beheading/4626/

Qaeda says hit Koreans in Yemen over U.S. ties
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52Q21L20090327

Women told: 'You have dishonoured your family, please kill yourself'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/women-told-you-have-dishonoured-your-family-please-kill-yourself-1655373.html

Rape victim converts to Islam to marry accused
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=4564d4ad-4290-4163-a2e7-0aaf0de26557&Headline=Rape+victim+converts+to+Islam+to+marry+accused

March 28

Iran executes 16 year old girl for “crimes against chastity.”
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/iran-execution-of-a-teenage-girl/

Saudi mufti okays marriage for 10 year old girls
http://www.alarabiya.net//articles/2009/01/15/64297.html

Pakistan: Christians Brace For Sharia in Swat Valley
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=5858&backpage=summaries&critere=&countryname=&rowcur=

Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/hezbollah-uses-mexican-drug-routes-into-us/

Taliban militants in northern Pakistan are preventing 300,000 children from being vaccinated against polio, the World Health Organization says.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/27/Taliban_opposes_polio_vaccinations/UPI-16181238174110/

Teen army cadets in uniform targeted by vicious (muslim) thugs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165346/Teen-army-cadets-uniform-targeted-vicious-thugs-blamed-deaths.html

New York Muslim child: "Who are struck by Allah's wrath?" "The Jews"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025424.php

March 29

Wanted by International Criminal Court, Sudan's president gets lavish welcome at Arab League meeting in Qatar
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025436.php

Iranian missile experts in North Korea ahead of rocket launch
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25259115-601,00.html

Weapons flowing into Gaza
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727570243&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Bloody clash in south Philippines
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7969474.stm

March 30

Pakistan: Army fights militants after storming police academy
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3154715690

UK Woman sentenced for jihad leaflet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7972580.stm

In Iran, a case of eye for an eye
http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/03/30/03/1427-82/index.xml

Spain: Mother sentenced to 17 years for forced marriage. Family threatens to stone 14-year-old.
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/spain-mother-sentenced-to-17-years-for.html

UK: Mother-in-law 'kept her sons' three wives locked up like slaves or dogs for 13 years'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1166117/Mother-law-kept-sons-wives-locked-like-slaves-dogs-13-years.html

March 31

Latest Gitmo releasee: Al-Qaeda operative accused of taking part in anthrax plot
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025466.php

Hamid Karzai signs law 'legalising rape in marriage'
(Our ally upholds the Qur’an.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5080797/Hamid-Karzai-signs-law-legalising-rape-in-marriage.html

Italy: Muslims try to blow up 14-century fresco
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025459.php

UK Muslim Taxi Driver Bludgeons Rider With Baseball Bat
http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/uk-muslim-taxi-driver-bludgeons-rider-with-baseball-bat-again.html

And we leave you with a wanted War Criminal, responsible for 300,000 dead, performing a Muslim pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, Mecca.
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=10108339&nav=8H3x

It has come to this. Reporting the facts is now considered to be "hate speech" and "islamophobic." The UN is trying to outlaw reporting the truth or quoting from the Qur'an and the Hadith.

All this murder, terror, violence, hatred and misogyny, in one month, from thousands with the name of God on their lips. Yes, there are hundreds of millions of peaceful Muslims. But there are millions who subscribe to the violent, 7th century teaching of the Qur’an that Islam must rule the world, by force as needed, and the violence and murder are acceptable in the service of Allah.

This is a religion that has large elements that are also a political movement, that are intolerant of other faiths, (Try to build a church in Mecca!) and that recognize no separation of “mosque and state.” Tens of millions of Muslims believe that it is acceptable to murder non-Muslims, to murder female family members over “honor” and that any atrocity done in the name of Allah is blessed. And the peace-loving, moderate Muslims are a silent majority, intimidated and as likely to be victims of the violence and hatred as are Jew, Christians and Buddhists. If they are a majority. There’s no way to tell.

April will bring the same, and May, and June and most in the West will avert their eyes, mutter comforting clichés and hope not to be victims themselves.