[FDNYRHEROES]

Andrew G. Bostom, writing at Frontpage mag. tells us forced conversions to Islam "have been the norm, across three continents — Asia, Africa and Europe — for over 13 centuries,"

Should be a war crime...

[SJackson]

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[PGalt]

Only forces of coercion — a word which, after all, implies the nullification of individual will.

Anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-individual, anti-life forces of coercion.

[alicewonders]

The silence is deafening.

[Obadiah]

Anyone heard from SHAMNESTY International???

Anyone???

Buhler???

[goldstategop]

They better look over their shoulders for the rest of their lives and have good security if they really renounced Islam. Muslims regard an apostate as worse than a non-believing Muslim and so see fit to put that person to death. You don't have to religiously follow Islam in the event you convert but you can never leave it once you do become a Muslim.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

[joonbug]

Forced religious conversion = torture?

Where is the MSM on this, those complaining about Gitmo, etc?

[holden]

Khaled and Ya'aqob's activities while held hostage will almost certainly become a microcosm for the larger battle--for the rest of us (or is that U.S.?)

Will some of us awaken from our pacifist slumber upon their implicit condemnation for leaving Islam or ultimately, as they might die at the hands of some crazed (Islamicist) lunatic, named Mahmoud, while vacationing in Jordan Valley, Idaho?

Or will we get more of what we did in Gaza City (or earlier from CNN in Baghdad), platitudes about the beautiful Palestinians and their peaceful religion?

Will they preclude the Islamic capital offense by never converting back, or by never having to meet a crazed Islamicist, because those who remain adherents to that 7th Century collection of insults will have necessarily adopted a very tolerant and ecclectic view of Rodney King's wish?

Yep, it could be a very telling microcosm.

HF

[EBH]

My guess is we won't see them return to any form of news reporting or journalism.

[arthurus]

The Fox gentlemen are, will indeed, be under sentence of death because they repeated the formula that IS a genuine- as far as the Mohammedans are concerned, conversion. If they now blow it all off as phoney and then do something totally forbidden like go to church, then any Moho anywhere is empowered and enjoined to slay the apostates, cut their heads off, preferably. They are probably only in actual danger if they return to a Mohammedan country or the Iranian wants to show how far his reach extends.

[StarCMC]

Forced coercion to religion is nothing new. The Spanish Inquisition was a response to the march of Muslims across Asia and Europe. They were on their way to dominate Europe and Spain wanted none of it. The Muslims were coming with a "convert or die" message and Spain responded with it's own.

[oldbill]

What's the big deal?

The Courts here in the USA are forcing everyone to convert to atheism using legal coercion.