Western female convert to Islam loves the veil, says Islamic women are ‘real’ feminists
Just got done reading this opinion piece written by Islamic convert Yvonne Ridley, a British journalist who was captured by the Taliban shortly after the 9-11 attacks after sneaking into Afghanistan in an attempt to write a story on the oppressive nature of the Taliban. They let her go after ten days once she promised to read the Koran and study Islam.
Pope: “deeply sorry” for reactions in Muslim countries to his speech; also Italian nun killed by ‘Somali gunmen’
I’m way behind this weekend on the news, so I’ll start off this morning with news about the Pope’s non-apology apology (usually those aren’t good, but in this case, it is) and the news of an Italian nun who was murdered by, as the news describes it, ‘Somali gunmen.’ I think we know that that means.
Muslim outrage over the Pope’s remarks on Islam
Memeorandum has a link roundup of news stories and blogposts on the latest instance of Muslims taking offense at someone criticicizing Islam, this time, the Pope. The NYT reports:
Attack on US Embassy in Syria
Sounds like the work of Islamofascists – again.
OBL/9-11 terrorists video: Will Howard Dean NOW officially pronounce OBL as guilty?
He wanted to give him the presumption of innocence before, so I was just curious if, in light of the release of this video, which shows OBL meeting with the 9-11 hijackers, if Deanie was ready to officially declare OBL guilty of masterminding the 9-11 attacks.