Online fatwa service

Here. A fatwa is, of course, legal guidance of any nature, so calm down and pay more attention, youse at the back.

Danish cartoons were published in Egypt in October

And no one took a blind bit of notice. Check Sandmonkey. Takes a while to crank up a mob… (Meanwhile, the Romans are reported to be about to invade again unless we ban this. The druids are unhappy, too, and they know where my house lives.)

Denmark

It has been suggested that I post a Danish flag on this page. Unfortunately I don’t do flags, but this page is already pretty red-and-white and there’s a decapitated me floating top-right to demonstrate my sympathies. Some have succumbed, however.

Cartoons and toons and stuff

Karim–who I believe to be an active believer, is such is possible, and who, for all I know, may want to cut my head off–has an eminently sensible response to the cartoons: Muhammed was used to get such situations with the kouraich and the whole unfaithful lobby who accused him with sorcery, and the ability…

God, Allah and the Hell’s Angels

With the universe about to go up in flames as a result of a couple of innocent cartoons (check Belgium’s Le Soir’s take on the French Egyptian Le Soir’s problems), I wonder what the effect would be were Hans Teeuwen’s God and Allah sketch to be translated into a language more generally understood. In it…

God, Allah and the Hell's Angels

With the universe about to go up in flames as a result of a couple of innocent cartoons (check Belgium’s Le Soir’s take on the French Egyptian Le Soir’s problems), I wonder what the effect would be were Hans Teeuwen’s God and Allah sketch to be translated into a language more generally understood. In it…

Green / degreening

Fernando Navarro suggests that both I and Joseph Townsend are wrong. The Spanish word for executioner, verdugo, he says, was applied originally to a rod cut green, verde, and used to administer beatings. If Townsend was wrong, then his confusion or that of his informer might have arisen if (a) executioners were clothed in, or…

Christmas dinner in church

I know where I should be grazing this Christmas, thanks to the Archbishop of York: We are so lucky in this country to have churches that are nearer our homes than most supermarkets. I encourage you to take advantage of that this Christmas. Unfortunately there’s no way he can be referring to the Queen’s churches,…