Archives: Posts From June 2008

Virginity Restoration on the European Taxpayer's Dime
By David J. Rusin | Sat, 28 Jun 2008 at 11:33 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: "The summer months are a big time for new hymens," notes a recent story from Denmark, one of many European countries that see more Muslims undergoing "virginity restoration" prior to marriage. A French woman of Moroccan descent illuminates the typical ...

The Non-Handshake That Shook Ireland
By David J. Rusin | Thu, 26 Jun 2008 at 11:58 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Shaking hands is a centuries-old custom that conveys greetings and respect. For this reason, refusing an extended hand will likely be interpreted as an insult. Such was the case when a Muslim asylum seeker set to receive an award for volunteer work in ...

Salon Owner Stunned by Hair-Raising Discrimination Fine
By David J. Rusin | Mon, 23 Jun 2008 at 11:20 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: When Bushra Noah interviewed for a job as a hair stylist at Wedge, a trendy salon in central London, owner Sarah Desrosiers quickly determined that she was not right for the post. Wedge specializes in "funky, urban" cuts, which Desrosiers expects her ...

Television Viewers Tuning in to More Islam
By David J. Rusin | Sat, 21 Jun 2008 at 11:56 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: If television programming reflects the society that produces and consumes it, then Islam's increased presence on the small screen underscores the growing impact of — and fascination with — Muslims in the West. Three news items highlight this trend. A ...

A Dutch Muslim Anonymously Appeals for Introspection
By David J. Rusin | Wed, 18 Jun 2008 at 11:08 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: On June 10 the newspaper de Volkskrant published an intriguing essay (translation here) by a "highly educated Dutch Muslim woman" writing under the name Samira al-Onal. She challenges Muslims in the Netherlands to stop demanding special treatment, to ...

Virginia's Islamic Saudi Academy Offers Lessons in Radicalism
By David J. Rusin | Mon, 16 Jun 2008 at 11:19 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Nelson Mandela has called education "the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." But such change need not be positive. Textbooks employed by the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA), a K-12 school near Washington, DC, illustrate how Wahhabi ...

Ontario in Denial over Polygamy Culture
By David J. Rusin | Fri, 13 Jun 2008 at 11:03 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: On the lengthy register of Western accommodations to Shari'a law, none is more striking than the de facto acceptance of polygamy. A story from Toronto vividly demonstrates the human cost of this practice, the brazen efforts to transplant it to the West, ...

The Inquisition of Mark Steyn and Maclean's
By David J. Rusin | Wed, 11 Jun 2008 at 11:18 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Two years ago Maclean's, the oldest newsweekly in Canada, published an excerpt of Mark Steyn's book America Alone, which sharply critiques the ascendancy of Islam in a Western world suffering from "civilizational exhaustion." Activists led by Canadian ...

CAIR's ‘Islam 101' Assembly Earns a Failing Grade
By David J. Rusin | Fri, 6 Jun 2008 at 11:12 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Students at Friendswood Junior High, a public school near Houston, TX, were recently subjected to a forty-minute assembly led by members of a controversial Islamist pressure group. Ensuing outrage over the "Islam 101" event — which pupils attended ...

Christians Warned Not to Evangelize British Muslims
By David J. Rusin | Tue, 3 Jun 2008 at 11:17 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: Earlier this year Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali sparked a controversy when he declared that Islamism is filling the void left by Britain's abandonment of its Christian roots, to the point that some parts of the UK are now "no-go areas" for ...

UK Prison Service Shackled by Multiculturalism
By David J. Rusin | Sun, 1 Jun 2008 at 11:50 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: A leaked internal review paints a disturbing portrait of life at Whitemoor Prison, a high-security jail in Cambridgeshire, England. The report details an "ongoing theme of fear" among staff members, who believe that radicalized Muslim inmates are taking ...