Miss World axes bikinis fearing Muslims; Muslims vow to stop entire contest

via Miss World axes bikinis for Muslim Indonesia – FRANCE 24. h/t Europe News

Contestants at this year’s Miss World beauty pageant will not wear bikinis in the parade in a bid to avoid causing offence in Muslim-majority Indonesia, organisers confirmed Wednesday.

The 137 women taking part in the September contest will swap bikinis for more conservative attire, such as traditional sarongs, for the beach fashion section.

The contest is being held on the resort island of Bali, where foreign tourists flock in their millions and the beaches are packed with women sunbathing in skimpy swimwear.

But Miss World Organisation chairwoman Julia Morley insisted that none of the pageant’s contestants would wear a bikini.

“I don’t want to upset or get anyone in a situation where we are being disrespectful,” she told AFP from London.

“We treasure respect for all the countries that take part in the pageant,” she said, adding the final outfits had not yet been finalised.

“We discussed the beach fashion issue last year with Miss World in London before we even agreed to host the event because we knew this would be sensitive in Indonesia,” said Nana Putra from media group MNC, the official broadcaster and local organiser.

Update: Indonesian Muslim hardliners vow to stop Miss World

JAKARTA — Islamic hardliners vowed Thursday to stop the “immoral” Miss World beauty pageant taking place in Indonesia even after organizers agreed this year’s contestants would not wear bikinis.

The Hizb ut-Tahrir group slammed the show as like “selling women’s bodies” and threatened to hold demonstrations against it, while a group in the province where the final is due to take place also voiced strong opposition.

Organizers confirmed on Wednesday the contestants would not wear bikinis during the beach fashion section, to be held in Bali, and would instead wear more conservative attire such as traditional sarongs.

However, the concession was not enough for hardline groups in Indonesia, where some 90 percent of the 240 million population are Muslims.

“Supporting this event is the same as supporting the selling of women’s bodies,” said Ismail Yusanto, spokesman for Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia, who also warned the group may organize protests.

“Women are lowering themselves by allowing themselves to be turned into objects, to be stared at and have their bodies measured.”

Hardline group the Islam Reformist Movement (Garis), which is affiliated with prominent radicals the Islamic Defenders Front, also said the bikini ban was not enough.

“They will still wear outfits that will encourage sex and immoral acts,” said Chep Hernawan, the head of Garis which has its base in West Java province.

So says the religion of four wives, temporary marriages and instant divorces.

Why would any pageant choose Bali as a host location? In 2002, Muslims killed 202 in Bali nightclub bombing:

Two Americans and 88 Australians were among the 202 killed and up to 300 more were injured.

Aerosmith Concert Canceled, Bieber Attacked

Just another day in Dar al Islam. via Aerosmith Cancels Indonesia Concert Over Security Fears | Billboard.

An Aerosmith concert promoter says the band has canceled next week’s show in Indonesia over security concerns, one day after news surfaced about an alleged bomb plot at the Myanmar Embassy.

Helmi Sugara, event organizer spokesman, said Sunday that the legendary American rockers were scheduled to perform May 11 before a nearly sold-out crowd of 15,000 in the capital, Jakarta.

He said the band canceled Saturday, a day after Indonesia announced it had arrested two suspected militants with bombs.

Meanwhile, all Justin Bieber’s pandering to Muslims didn’t prevent a Muslim from jumping on stage and attacking him in Dubai:

A crazed fan stormed onstage and grabbed singer Justin Bieber from behind on Sunday in Dubai during the middle of a piano performance.

The 19-year-old Canadian pop star was performing one of his last songs, Believe, when a youth in a white shirt and jeans blindsided the unsuspecting singer.

Bieber managed to free himself and dashed to the side of the stage.

Bieber also performed on Saturday in Dubai as part of his international Believe Tour and pulled a song out of respect for the country’s Muslim culture.

Bieber skipped the song One Less Lonely Girl because the state religion of Islam frowns upon men touching women who are not their relatives.

Frowns upon? They kill.

The singer typically recruits a young female fan to join him during the song to flirt with onstage.

The respectful move followed another thoughtful incident on his international Believe Tour that occurred recently in Turkey.

The Boyfriend singer paused his show multiple times on Thursday to allow fans to step away for the Muslim call to prayer.

A show in Oman reportedly was cancelled because the nation deemed his act ‘too sexy.’

Bangladesh: Muslims riot, kill 30+ waging jihad for stricter sharia law (video)

Alternatively titled, ‘Why We Must Stop Muslim Immigration and Sharia Law.” h/t SDAMatt2a

China: More arrests after more Muslim separatist violence

Wherever Islam is found so too are violence and jihad on non-Muslims. Uighuristan is no different. via Daily Times – Leading News Resource of Pakistan – China makes more arrests over Xinjiang violence.

BEIJING: China has arrested more suspects over clashes in the ethnically divided region of Xinjiang last week that left 21 people dead, state media said Monday.

China blamed the violence in the western Chinese region on “terrorists”, but rights groups say the charge is used to justify the authorities’ use of force against members of a Muslim minority.

State-run broadcaster CCTV said Monday that “another group of terrorists has been arrested”, citing senior security official Meng Hongwei and adding that police had seized weapons and flags belonging to a separatist group.

The report did not say how many people had been arrested.

Local authorities have said that eight members of the Uighur ethnic group were arrested in connection with last week’s unrest in the region, which is often hit by violence.

Chinese officials have said that 15 police officers and social workers were among the 21 killed in gun fights on April 23 in Barchuk county.

Many Uighurs complain of religious and cultural repression by Chinese authorities, which rights groups identify as the source of unrest in Xinjiang. Chinese authorities and state media often blame the unrest on “terrorism”.

And guess what, China says clash suspects met to study Quran

The group was led by Kasmu Memet, who began hosting the Quran study sessions in September, according to an account from the Xinjiang police that was posted to official websites.

In March, they began manufacturing swords and conducting test explosions in preparation for carrying out a major attack this summer in densely populated areas of Kashgar, the account said.

Brunei Quietly Goes Sharia

via Radicalization of Islamic Nations: Brunei Quietly Goes Sharia.

Brunei Darussalam is a small Southeast Asian Muslim nation, extremely rich thanks to its large reserve of oil wealth, about which we have covered little. Here, in a letter of faithfreedom.org’s Ali Sina, we hear from a secret Brunei apostate about how that country is quietly walking the path of Islamic radicalism and instituting Sharia as the system of governance:

I am from a small, majority Muslim country called Brunei Darussalam. For so long, we have enjoyed tranquility, peace, harmonious and acceptable tolerance towards other religion as well as each other (amongst Muslim). We are a rich country and everything is heavily subsidized by the government, hence, whatever law they impose on us, we have no objection, until now…

Recently, our King has instructed his Religious Minister (yes we have a Ministry of Religious Affairs) to implement a Syariah law where punishments such as amputation (for theft) and stoning to death (for adultery) will exist! And of course, this extreme and radical order received negativity from some people. To cut the story short, the government has now succeeded in turning the whole nation against TWO individuals who spoke out, and by speaking out I meant voicing out their views and opinions in a local newspaper, Borneo Bulletin (we only have 2 English newspapers in the country).

The first person basically questioned the rationale and the need to implement such things, and at the same time voiced out their opinions on how inhumane and barbaric these punishments seem to be. The link to the article can be found here –http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Hot-Topics/wouldnt-offenders-end-up-as-a-burden-on-society.html.

The latter actually supports the Syariah Law but condemned stoning to death and pointed out that it was not mentioned in the Quran, but only in Hadis which according to him, can be denied. He sounds very knowledgeable in Islam and has also put forward interesting findings on the matter. This person also had a blog (which has now been removed) and is pretty well known as he regularly submits opinions to the newspaper. Similarly, here is the link to that article – http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Hot-Topics/what-about-the-rights-of-victims.html.

Now, the government through the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MORA) seems to have started a campaign to silence these individuals just because they disagree. The first out of a series of backlashes was less than a week after these articles were published where the Public Relations Unit of MORA replied to the second writer. Their reply, in my opinion is an empty talk filled with mockery where instead of replying  in a professional and knowledgeable manner, they resorted to calling the writer an ánti-hadith’ and went on to diminish the writers’ credibility by reminding him that his knowledge is not sufficient to allow him to speak in such matter. The full article can be found here –http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Hot-Topics/the-punishment-of-stoning-for-a-muhshan-exists-in-islamic-law.html.

The second attack on the opinion writers was in a Friday sermon a week later where the Imam again echoed the Public Relation’s campaign in labeling the writers as ‘anti-hadith’ and made it sound as if they were trying to confuse and bring down the faith. This has indeed sparked hatred and anger towards these opinion writers as almost all Bruneian Muslims look up to the religious leaders and of course will believe and support whatever they say. And this Friday sermon was presented nationwide. As with all Friday sermons, this piece was also published and can be read here –http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Local-News/imams-remind-ummah-against-anti-hadith-group.html.

The third and most recent attempt to silence these thinkers is through the State Mufti’s (the State’s head of religious leader) lecture last week. In his lecture, he emphasized on the death punishments for apostates and that those who dared to speak or act against the law of Allah will be considered as apostates. The rest of this silliness may be found here –http://www.brudirect.com/index.php/Local-News/death-for-debasing-islam.html.

Dear Mr Ali Sina, how in the world can I get out of this mess? Although the Syariah law has not been implemented yet, according to MORA, the drafting is done and it’s only a matter of time before we can enjoy the law of Allah (pun intended). As much as I would love to get out of this country, I seem to suffer from Stockholm syndrome. Most of my friends and families are with the government and hate these writers as well. Those who at first agreed with them, now refuse to discuss the matter anymore, perhaps out of fear. And I do not know what happened to these writers now. Lastly, apart from asking for your opinion on how to stop this matter, I also would like to ask the readers to help spread this absurdity around since here we are not allowed to even utter a disagreement.

A secret apostate
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Dear Secret Apostate,

Sadly it seems that the Muslim world has to go through a cleansing process before they dump Islam.  This happened in Iran, when people, not knowing what they were doing, support a religious crook to get rid of a despotic king.  Iranians really did not want the Sharia and Khomeini promised freedom and separation of religion from state.  He said he had no interest in politics and will leave the power to people. Of course, like any good Muslim he lied.

Now 34 years have passed and Iranians have seen the true face of Islam.  At least for Iran, Islam is finished. Once Iran becomes free, it won’t take long before Islam becomes the faith of the minority in that country.

Of all the uprisings in Islamic countries, Obama ignored the Iranians while aiding and abetting the Muslim Brotherhood everywhere else. More at islam-watch.org.

Lest we remind you, Obama recently hosted the Sultan of Brunei at the White House, or as the White House website pandered, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam. That came on the heels of Obama Giving $6 Billion to Muslim Nations for Green Energy in partnership with Brunei.

Is it any coincidence Obama is doing business with and giving away your tax dollars to nations who enforce Islamic sharia law?

Buddhist group vows to fight Islamization of Sri Lanka

Is any nation not fighting the scourge of Islamization? via Asia Times Online :: Sri Lanka’s anti-Muslim campaign fuels discord.

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s minority Muslim community is coming under intense pressure from a hard-line Buddhist monk organization allegedly linked to certain powerful individuals in the President Mahinda Rajapaksa-led administration.

The Buddhist Power Force, more commonly known as the “Bodu Bala Sena” (BBS) in the native Sinhala language has lashed out at the country’s second-largest minority, which makes up 9.2% of the population, demanding an outright ban on several Muslim

practices including the traditional dress code of women and halal dietary guidelines.

Just days after pressuring the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU), the apex religious body of Islamic Theologians in Sri Lanka into withdrawing the halal certification provided to companies in the country, the BBS is now targeting the traditional Muslim garb including the abaya (long black cloak), niqab (face cover) and hijab (head cover).

Addressing a news conference in Colombo, the group’s general secretary, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, said the Muslim attire was creating all kinds of social and security issues.

“We will fight until this attire is banned from this country, so that there is no chance to unofficially enforce the Islamic Sharia Law in Sri Lanka, which is a Buddhist nation,” he said.

…

The government is yet to come out openly and condemn the victimization of the Muslim community, and even Muslim ministers in the government are quiet despite the continuous harassment of their community. Sri Lankan police chief N K Illangakoon has said that he will ensure the safety, security and equality of everyone, no matter to which race or religion they belong.

Meanwhile, veteran left-wing Sri Lankan politician Vasudeva Nanayakkara has expressed concerns over the increased activities of the BBS, warning that their activities can lead to riots in the country. The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), a body comprising of over 57 member countries, this week wrote to the Sri Lankan government expressing its concerns over the escalating ethnic tensions in the island.

Much more, read it all.

Update:  Buddhist group wants back their monestary that was taken over by Muslims

“Addressing a mass rally held in Kandy city in the Central Province Sunday, the national organizer of Bodu Bala Sena Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera said that the organization would not speak of Halal again since they had won the Halal issue. …

The Buddhist monk vowed that the Bodu Bala Sena would now take up the issue of removing a mosque that has allegedly taken over the Buddhist monastery in Kuragala.

Kuragala rock cave is believed to be a Buddhist monastery dating back to 2nd century BC, The Buddhist organization says that in recent times the Muslim fundamentalists have taken over the site and destroyed the evidence of Buddhist heritage.”

Senior sharia law enforcer crashed car while ‘high’ on weed

Reefer madness, too good not to post.

via Sharia law enforcer crashed car while ‘high’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

The Aceh Post newspaper is reporting that a senior sharia law enforcer called Zulkarnain, was admitted to hospital after crashing into a tree.

A police officer who arrived at the scene told the paper that he found marijuana in the car.

The head narcotics detective in the area says Zulkarnain’s urine later tested positive for the drug, which is strictly forbidden under sharia law.

There are also reports that Zulkarnain denied the drug use.

What’s the penalty under sharia?

Muslims like them some 420 as we found out from TLC’s “All-American Muslim” weed smokers.

 

Islamic party in Bangladesh wants to expel non-Muslims, reunify with Pakistan

Furthering the idea of a Mughalistan split we told you about back in 2009. via BANGLADESH Islamic party wants to expel minorities, reunify with Pakistan – Asia News.

Dhaka (AsiaNews) – Acts of violence, especially against Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, and strikes (hartal) continue across the country as Jamaat-e-Islami supporters call for reunification with Pakistan, and the creation of a “pure” state, free of its non-Muslim population.

Since unrest began more than a week ago, 87 people have died-mostly police and peaceful protesters. The atmosphere is increasingly tense after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the country’s main opposition party, decided to throw its support behind Jamaat and call for an end of war tribunals set up by the ruling Awami League. In addition, the BNP has called for the death penalty imposed on Jamaat’s deputy chief Delwar Hossain Sayeedi to be dropped, and for the government to resign.

For Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League, opposition demands are unacceptable because they would mean her defeat.

However, Jamaat appears bent on pursuing its agenda come what may. With the BNP on its side, it does not seem willing to stop its terror strategy. In fact, it has begun handing out weapons to women and children to “save Islam and its soul from danger”.

Well-organised, the Islamic party has a large pool of supporters. On a number of blogs, many of them are openly calling for reunification with Pakistan and the expulsion of Hindus, atheists and Christians. Instructions are also provided on how to sabotage railway lines, attack security forces, and cause unrest during strikes.

Some of the suggestions are quite “creative”. For example, on one site instructions are given on how to generate pictures using the photo of death-row leader Sayeedi against the background of a full moon. Waved as if they were real thing, the pictures have been used the stress the urgency to save him and avoid going to hell. In other touched up photos showing people floating in the air, radiant faces, jinn (spirits) and angels are presented as supporting the Muslim revolt.

As the country’s largest minority (9.6 per cent), Hindus have been the main target until now. What is more, most witnesses in the war crimes trials have been Hindus.

The latest wave of attacks also suggest that other religious (Buddhist and Christian) and ethnic (tribal) minorities might be the next to be targeted, as was the case in the past.

In fact, police recently arrested a group of Muslim fundamentalists that planned to kill ten teachers at an Ahmadiyya school. Ahmadis are a Muslim religious group deemed heretical by mainstream Islam.

Although exact figures do not exist, Bangladesh’s War of Liberation in 1971 is said to have caused the death of up to 1.5 million civilians. At least 200,000 women were raped,  mostly Hindu. About 60 per cent of all Bangladeshi refugees in India were Hindu.

 For more posts on the Islamic jihad being waged in Bangladesh click the link tag below, including:

• An Islamic Coup in India — Mughalistan

• Pakistan-Bangladesh plan Mughalistan to split India

Filipino Muslims wage jihad on Malaysian town, villagers flee

Unreported by Western media, another front in the ever-expanding jihad by Muslims leaves a trail of dead bodies and creates new refugees. This time in Malaysia.

Update: Filipino militant incursion toll rises to 60 after clashes in Malaysia

via Villagers flee Sabah towns as Malaysia, Philippines fail to calm Sulu forces – InterAksyon.com. h/t kb

Semporna, Malaysia – Terrified Malaysians fled a town where the bodies of gunmen lay in the streets Monday as the Philippines called for its neighbor to show “maximum tolerance” for Islamic Filipino intruders.

A total of 27 people have been reported killed after two deadly shootouts in Malaysia’s state of Sabah on Borneo island, where militants landed on February 12 and claimed the state on behalf of the heir to a former Philippine sultanate. Journalists saw convoys of armed vehicles moving toward affected areas after Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose government was scrambling to contain Malaysia’s worst security crisis in years, ordered strengthened security in the state.

Dispatching Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario to Malaysia, the Philippine government called the deaths “deeply regrettable” and urged “maximum tolerance in dealing with the remaining members” of the sultan’s group. It also prodded Malaysia for more information on the confused situation on the ground and asked that a Philippine naval ship be allowed to land to provide humanitarian, consular and medical help to besieged intruders.

An estimated 100-300 Filipino intruders have been holed up for three weeks, surrounded by police and the military, in the remote farming village of Tanduo. The tense standoff erupted in a shootout Friday that killed 12 intruders and two police.

Fears of a wider guerrilla infiltration spread after a Saturday gunbattle in Semporna, a town that is hours away from Tanduo by road, in which six police and six gunmen died, according to authorities.

Another gunman was beaten to death there Saturday by villagers, police have said.

Federal police chief Ismail Omar was quoted by the national news agency Bernama as saying Monday that the situation was “under control”. But an Agence France-Presse reporter in Semporna said residents were fleeing the normally laid-back seaside town, where the foul-smelling corpses of three men still lay in the streets on Monday in a grisly reminder of the shocking unrest. Residents said they were gunmen killed by police.

“Our peaceful town has become a nightmare to live in,” Julasri Yaakob, 38, said as he heaved a bag full of clothes onto a lorry. “We are moving out because these are uncertain times. We heard the gunshots. My children are afraid.” Schools, stores and government offices were closed in the town but there was little sign of a security presence despite the recent shootout and fleeing population. The affair has exposed lax border security and was likely to fuel longstanding complaints in Sabah that massive illegal immigration has fuelled lawlessness, just as Najib is due to call elections in coming months. Followers of the 74-year-old Manila-based Islamic leader, Jamalul Kiram III, say the gunmen are ready to die to defend his claim to Sabah, which was once controlled by the now-defunct sultanate. Supporters of the Filipino intruders took their campaign to cyberspace on Monday, manipulating Google listings to post a message backing the incursion. A Google search for “Sabah” came back with a results page that displayed a “Wikipedia” entry preview calling Malaysian control of the state “illegitimate”. A number of Philippine sites also were reportedly defaced by pro-Malaysia hackers. The exact identities of the gunmen and their numbers remain a mystery. Malaysia’s opposition has pounced, accusing the government of incompetence, failure to protect national sovereignty and failure to release timely information on the crisis. Sabah has seen previous smaller cross-border raids from Islamic militants and other bandits from the Philippines, but nothing of this scale. The Sulu sultanate’s power faded about a century ago but it has continued to receive nominal Malaysian payments for Sabah under a lease deal inherited from European colonial powers.

Muslim invaders may ask Obama to intercede.

An Islamic Coup in India — Mughalistan

via The Noisy Room:

An Islamic Coup in India — Mughalistan

Yesterday, I received word of some horrible bombings by Islamic militants in India. 13 were killed and 70 were injured. Not a peep of this on the news. Islam is cutting a bloody swath across the planet and the media is giving us shiny things to chase after as distractions. So much for Peace be Upon Him and all that. Jihadists are murdering innocent Hindus and no one seems to care.

Then, even more comes to light as 4 are killed in Bangladesh in a violent ‘Bloggers Riot‘…

And while the world turns a blind eye to the bloody massacres in India, the Mughalistan Project takes shape. It is the Islamic Pakistan-Bangladesh plan to split India. The plan is being billed as Mughalistan — An undivided Islamic nation in the Indian Subcontinent. Pakistan and Bangladesh would be connected through a land corridor running across the Indo-Gangetic plain, the heartland of India.

In 1947, India was partitioned into two countries based on religion — India for Hindus and Pakistan for Muslims. Pakistan had two parts to it — West and East. West is now Pakistan, East is now Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 occurred and a declaration of independence was made. Muslims wanted a corridor between the two countries in 1947 to unite the country and now want it again to ensure that Bangladesh becomes Islamic. For a full explanation of this Project, read here.

Islam has totally infiltrated India. India has 29 member states and 7 union territories. Kashmir now has a population that is 97% Muslim. This has happened by highly aggressive conversions, marriages and brutal violence. Muslims now own around 100 districts in India and what they don’t own, they are now trying to take by converting owners to Islam, by using violence to drive the Hindus out or by outright theft.

In West Bengal, out of their 19 districts, 5 are now Muslim and the takeover is growing rapidly. Islam composes 40% of the population there now. In Assam, out of their 21 districts, 8 are now a Muslim majority. There are thousands of no-go areas — these are areas that only Muslims may venture into and where sharia law rules. In Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India, the Islamic population is now 25%. In Bihar, it is 20%. Kerala — 30%. And in Jammu, it is 40%. These are the most violent territories and it is spreading like wildfire. These numbers were given to me by others living in India. In the US, we are worried about Mosques and Madrassas. In India, their entire country is being invaded; converting hundreds of Hindus every day by force and the rape of Hindu women is commonplace.

According to the last census in India, the Muslim population was 13.4%. My sources tell me it is actually closer to 35%.

If Mughalistan becomes a reality (and it looks like it is well on its way to being one), it will be the largest Islamic Republic on the planet and it will take the whole of eastern, northeastern and northern India as part of its domain. Mughalistan will be an independent homeland for the Muslims of India and it will become part of the upcoming caliphate.

Read the rest at The Noisy Room and this via Make Way For Mughalistan | Gates of Vienna.

“Moghul” or “Mughal” comes from a Persian word meaning “Mongol”. It was the Persians’ description of the Central Asian conquerors of Persia, whose hordes were the descendants of Genghis Khan and Tamerlaine. The Moghuls overran Persia, adopted Islam, became Persianized, and invaded the Indian subcontinent to slaughter the infidels there in the name of Allah.

The Moghul invasion of India began early in the 16th century and advanced steadily across the subcontinent until the British arrived in the early 18th century and put a stop to the expansion. The British did not object to Islam per se — and they were shrewd at encouraging the Hindus and Muslims against each other to facilitate their own rule — but the spread of Islam in India by warfare was halted by the British presence until they left in 1947.

The successful Moghul invasion of India was the second attempt to conquer the subcontinent for Islam. The first one was undertaken by the Arabs under the Umayyad Caliphate in the early 8th century. After a quarter of a century of warfare and destruction, the Arab invaders were driven back to the west of the Indus River. In later centuries the hosts of Mohammed made sporadic attempts to conquer the Hindus, but enjoyed no lasting success until the Moghul invasion eight hundred years later. Had it not been for the arrival of the British, the whole of the Indian subcontinent would likely have been Islamized, with Hinduism eradicated within Islamic territory, just as Buddhism had been before it.

The Hindu genocide at the hands of Islam lasted more than a thousand years, and continues in a reduced fashion to this day. It is the largest genocide in recorded history, with many millions of Hindus — possibly over a hundred million — slaughtered by the Muslim invaders, and countless millions more enslaved or forcibly converted to Islam. The sheer wanton destruction wielded by the Islamic conquest staggers the mind…

A movement has recently emerged in India to restore the northern portion of the Mughal Empire in the form of an entity known as “Mughalistan” (or “Mughalstan”, depending on who is spelling it).

When India gained its independence from Britain in 1947, it was partitioned into two states, an Islamic one and a multi-religious one that was predominantly Hindu. The largest concentrations of Muslims were in East Bengal and what is now Pakistan, in Baluchistan and portions of Sindh, Kashmir, and the Punjab. These two regions, separated by a wide stretch of Hindu India, became East and West Pakistan respectively. In the early 1970s a civil war erupted between the two, resulting in the formation of Bangladesh out of what had been East Pakistan.

Before the partition of India, Indian Muslims had pushed for a corridor across northern India that would connect the two halves of the new Islamic state. However, the Muslim population in those regions was not considered sufficient to warrant its inclusion, and the corridor never materialized.

Now, more than sixty years later, the idea of an Islamic corridor has returned. In the intervening decades the Muslim portion of India, as everywhere else, has increased relative to the non-Muslim population. Devout Muslims in the subcontinent have refloated the idea of a corridor connecting Pakistan and Bangladesh. It would include heavily Muslim regions in Northern India, southern Nepal, and coastal Burma. The proposed name for resulting Islamic superstate would be “Mughalistan”, echoing the glory of the Moghul Empire before the arrival of the British.

The Mughalistan movement has a long-term goal that includes much more of India than just a northern corridor. Thanks to their fecund demographics, Muslims are now a much larger proportion of the population across swathes of central India, including the Hyderabad region where the recent terror attacks took place.

Follow the links and read our 2009 post on the topic – Pakistan-Bangladesh plan Mughalistan to split India? as well as the documentary The Bangla Crescent at the bottom of our videos page.

Malaysian govt classifies Christian’s as Muslim, refuses to rectify

More Islamic tolerance.”[T]hey are not allowed to be represented by non-Muslims lawyers.”

via Another Christian MyKad case goes to Syariah Court | My Sinchew.

As a last resort another Bumiputera Christian has gone to the Syariah High Court to determine her religious status following the National Registration Department’s (NRD) alleged refusal to rectify its error of listing her as a Muslim in her MyKad. This follows another three similar cases also before the Syariah High Court in Sabah.

Juinah binti Paulus @ Zulkifli, a Murut woman from Tenom in the western interior of Sabah, maintains she is a Christian from birth. But the Majlis Ugama Islam Negeri Sabah (Muis) shot back and insisted that her mother had embraced Islam 22 years ago in nearby Keningau, situated in Sabah’s oldest interior division in the beautiful valley between the Crocker and Trus Madi ranges.

Like many Bumiputera Christians in Sabah and Sarawak with bin or binti in their names, they are automatically classified as Muslims in their MyKad. The NRD has consistently refused to rectify this and would only do so if the Syariah Court ruled that they are indeed not Muslims. This is despite a recent Cabinet directive to resolve such disputes quickly. A main hurdle faced by such complainants is that they are not allowed to be represented by non-Muslims lawyers. This has come to be known as MyKad ‘Islamisation’ in East Malaysia.

Juinah, 29, has filed a case with the Keningau Syariah High Court last year citing the Director General of NRD in Putrajaya as respondent and the Chief Registrar of New Converts in Kota Kinabalu as second respondent.

In her sworn statement to her application, she said she has never embraced Islam at any stage of her life and this fact is known to the Chief Registrar of New Converts.

She said her Murut mother, Radong @ Norhayati binti Ampasoh, 53, is a Christian as is her father, Paulus@Zulkifli bin Rambus, 51, is also a Murut Christian. He is a subsistence farmer.

She married Matius bin Mangantig, 34, who is also a Christian of Rungus ethnicity and they have a three-year old son Carl Xavier.

Juinah said she is a full fledged member of Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB) Sabah since 2008 and was baptized 16 years ago by Pastor Minna Berahim and Pastor Raphael Buin of SIB Church in Kuala Ungga.

She said she has suffered greatly due to the mistake made by the NRD in classifying her as a Muslim and wants an order from the court to say that she is a Christian and not a Muslim to enable her to go back to the NRD to get a new MyKad.

She also provided a statement from her ketua kampong of her village confirming that she is a Christian.

Replying on behalf of Muis, Rais bin Japar, from the prosecution division of Jabatan Hal Ehwal Agama Islam Negeri Sabah, denied all claims made by Juinah in her affidavit. He said according to records, Juinah’s mother had embraced Islam in 1980 in Keningau and is known by her Muslim name as Norhayati binti Ampasoh. But this did not say how this made Juinah a Muslim. The rest of her four siblings are not tagged as Muslims in their MyKad.

The other three cases still pending were brought by a 53 year-old widow and her two adult daughters and supported by the respective local churches. All three are from the Dusun Banggi tribe.

Elsewhere in the region, Bishops expose ploy to convert under-aged students to Islam (Part 1)