In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be nice to tell a heartwarming story about a fairy-tale wedding where the bride and groom meet, fall in love, say their vows and live happily ever after. The kind of wedding Disney wants you to believe happens all the time. Unfortunately, though, as life isn’t a Disney movie, you will get no such heartwarming story.
Instead, you will get the story of a young Arab couple — let’s call them Abdul and Fatima — whose own marriage fell just short of the Disney standard. Read More »
As a decent, patriotic American, you are no doubt aware that in December 2008 an Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at then-President George W. Bush while Bush was giving a press conference in Baghdad. Like me, I’m sure you were outraged by the journalist’s attack, which is considered a great insult in Muslim nations.
And perhaps you’ve heard that the very next month, on Bush’s last day in office, roughly 100 people stood on Pennsylvania Avenue and gave the outgoing president an Iraqi-style sendoff by lobbing their shoes in the direction of the White House, to the cheers of passers-by and even a handful of security guards. Read More »
All right, you married guys out there, the next time you have troubles with the little lady and start feeling sorry for yourselves, I want you to remember the story of Mohammed Bello Abubakar. If ever there was a man who had a legitimate reason to gripe, this is the guy.
Mr. Abubakar, an 84-year-old former teacher and Muslim preacher from Nigeria, has — brace yourselves — 86 wives, making him either the world’s biggest masochist, or the world’s biggest mac daddy. Read More »