Yeah, Because Sharia Law = Peace

Don't you see? Sharia law is the key to prosperity and peace. Hell, I don't understand why we haven't implemented it here yet.

HuffPo:

Today was an historic moment for people in Pakistan's Swat region, and a remarkable achievement by the provincial government of the northwest frontier province (NWFP). After negotiations between the provincial government, its stakeholders and representatives of Tehrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), an agreement was finalized to implement Sharia (Islamic Jurisprudence) Law in Swat, provided TNSM and its followers are able to maintain peace.

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From their early days in provincial government, leaders of ANP acted with diplomatic and political acumen, first releasing Sufi Mohammad and then supporting the moderate elements of the region. Now, by meeting public demand, they are positioned to isolate 'Taliban' elements of Malakand, who have lost their popular leverage.

Hopefully, peace will return to Swat once again.

How could Swat not achieve peace now that they have a legal code that condones slavery, encourages floggings for drinking and gambling, promotes a husband's right to beat his wife for "highhandedness", supports cutting off limbs for stealing, recommends the crucifixion or mutilation of highway robbers, demands the execution of homosexuals, advocates the whipping and stoning of adulterers and those who engage in premarital sex, commands the death of those who would speak against Islam, and directs muslims to wage violent and unjust jihad? (*)

H/t Dinah Lord


UPDATE: "This is really, really bad news, as Pakistan capitulates to Taliban terrorists."


UPDATE II: "Peace, Taliban style. I wonder what Geo TV correspondent Mosa Khankhelhe said that merited "the death penalty, as prescribed by Islamic law" -- as the Taliban like to call their various murders?"


UPDATE III: Pakistan surrenders to Islamists

Death To All Juice

In the wake of a recent pro-Palestinian protest, a wonderful meme has swept the conservative blogosphere surrounding the following picture:



(I found the photo at Hot Air but it was originally posted by Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs)

Ed Morrissey ponders what this young man meant by his sign and offers a few possible takes on the issue:

1. He’s unhappy with the sentence OJ Simpson received in Las Vegas.
2. Tropicana was really behind the 9/11 attacks.
3. Got Milk?

I'm a soda man myself but do I wish death to all juice? Certainly not. I'm no crazy food radical like the members of that hard-line Palestinian group. What are they called again? Hummus?


PLUS: Juice Icons Band Together To Fight Juicephobia

Ezra Levant, The Western Standard & The Alberta Human Rights Commission

I posted a few weeks ago about the Canadian Islamic Congress dragging Mark Steyn before a Human Rights Commission on charges of Islamophobia and inciting hatred. I wrote it with the intention of highlighting the very real threat these commissions pose to the inalienable human liberties of free speech and freedom of the press. I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that the battle Mark Steyn is currently fighting did not occur in a vacuum; it began with the case of Ezra Levant and The Western Standard.

As most of us will remember vividly, two years ago the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve cartoons depicting the prophet of the Islamic faith Muhammad. In response, many muslim groups deemed these depictions of their prophet offensive and blasphemous so they torched a few embassies, desecrated some flags, held violent riots leading to 100 deaths, you know, the usual. As the controversy was snowballing, I remember being captivated not by the grossly unreasonable reactions these muslim groups displayed in response to the cartoons, but by the cowardice of the mainstream media in the United States, Britain, and Canada. In an ideal world, the media response would have been a non-partisan showing of unity for the fundamental right of free speech through a mass reprinting of the offending cartoons. Instead, most newspapers printed stories about the case without reprinting the pictures. Alone stood publisher Ezra Levant of The Western Standard.

Fast-forward a year and a half and Ezra Lavant is sitting before the Alberta Human Rights Commission. The first "interrogation," as Levant calls them, was Friday, January 11.

It is crucial that we make note of the trials Ezra Levant is being subjected to by his own government; The Western Standard has gone defunct in the wake of the accusations, his reputation has been sullied, he must finance his own defense while Alberta taxpayers pay for the prosecution, and he has been forced to live and breathe these accusation for nearly two years. Levant is a great man fighting for a right that must be protected at all costs. In the interrogation, which was videotaped and released against the wishes of the Human Rights Commission, he eloquently outlines his convictions and indignation at these charges. As Canadian citizens, we must stand witness to this travesty of justice and speak out against it.


Mr. Levant's Exceptional Opening Statement (For A Transcript Follow The Link):




Perhaps His Best Moment. Levant Rips Into The Government Representative Over The Question Of Intent:




Levant Explains The Root Of Violence & Islamophobia:




An Incisive Explanation of Freedom of Expression In Canada:




And Other Choice Moments:





The case has been mentioned at Little Green Footballs, Hot Air, and Ace of Spades.