Ivy League Conservatives

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An Australian bridegroom was horrified to learn after he had walked down the aisle that he was already married — after a drunken holiday romance he could barely remember.
The husband has had to confess in the [...]

Nothing new, but still irritating. Fox News:
Authorities in a northern Malaysian city are calling on Muslim women not to wear bright lipstick and noisy high-heel shoes if they want to follow the “Islamic way,” an official said Tuesday.
The municipal council in Kota Baru, run by a conservative Islamic party, is distributing pamphlets that recommend women refrain [...]

Well, in so many words. You know, I don’t think what he said is so bad. We’re such politically incorrect nitwits these days that anything that isn’t glowing praise is often construed as racism. One should be proud of the country in which they live. If things are really as terrible as people complain that [...]

As always, a well-researched and insightful look into this epidemic.

Now they can’t say fatwa or shariah. And they can’t judge or discuss religion! Who is running this circus, anyway?

According to the article, Russia, China, Vietnam, and Indonesia seem to be balking behind the scenes. 

Am I, at the tender age of 24, already out of touch with today’s youth? In 2007, 21% more abortions were performed on UK girls under 14 than in 2006. What are they teaching those girls there?
The Guardian has more on this trend:
Nadine Dorries, a Tory MP who has campaigned for a reduction in the time [...]

This is positively abhorrent. In Darfur, nearly every woman in an aid camp has been raped–including females as young as four.
CNN:
ZAM ZAM DISPLACEMENT CAMP, Sudan (CNN) – Sudan’s Darfur crisis has exploded on many fronts — violence, hunger, displacement and looting — but United Nations peacekeepers say the biggest issue now affecting the region is the [...]

Scented stamp, you had me at coffee, jasmine and chocolate. But sweet-and-sour-pork? 

…in countries like Egypt, China and Iran. Although the BBC article also includes a brief mention of American bloggers being fined or jailed in recent years for inflammatory statements, it doesn’t describe the content for which they were punished. 

Where are the MasterCard ad men (and women) when you need them? From this morning’s Independent:
20 Minutes that it took for Wayne and Coleen to marry in the 17th-century splendour of the Villa Durazzo
 
£35m Estimated worth of Wayne and Coleen Rooney – football’s latest power couple
5/1 Odds being offered by William Hill that the marriage will not make [...]

In Yemen, over half of the women who marry are under 15 years old. That’s not a misprint. It’s the disgusting results of a study conducted by the Yemen’s Women and Development Study Centre, an affiliate of the University of Sanaa.
 

A telling glimpse into the female Muslim world.

Jordan gets on the bandwagon and opposes Wilders and Fitna. I wonder if Michael Moore feels lucky that he’s a U.S. citizen making films against his own country and not a Dutch citizen making films against radical Muslims. Follow the underlined link to read the full story and see Fitna. 

…the search for the next Miss Headscarf. No, seriously. 
June 4 (Bloomberg) — Hibo Abdull wants to be Denmark’s first Miss Headscarf.
The 24-year-old aspiring actress is competing to scoop up the title in a pageant for headscarf-wearing women sponsored by state broadcaster Danmarks Radio. While some Danes regard the hijab as a symbol of what they see [...]