Courtesy of Dhimmi Watch:

Another provocative essay from Wolfgang Bruno (news links in the original):

A remarkable testimony to the power of the modern mass media revolution was noted in the complaints of an Egyptian cleric in 2005:

Leading Egypt Cleric Wants Fewer Frivolous Edicts The chief Muslim cleric in Egypt wants tighter controls on who may issue religious edicts, or fatwas. Egypt’s Grand Mufti says more fatwas have been issued in the past 10 years than in the previous 1400 years. Modern technology has made it easier than ever to issue or receive a fatwa, one of the religious edicts that guide Muslims’ interpretations of Islamic law. Someone with a specific question about what Islam allows can get a personalized fatwa on the matter over the Internet, through television or via cellphone. The number of religious edicts keeps growing, and because Islam has no central authority there is no set system for governing who is allowed to issue them.

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