In Other News...

OK, I need to go to bed, but IreneQ's post on Malaysian politics is a real eyeopener. She writes, "Whatever you Americans want to say about Bush, at least he never claimed that those who don't vote for him would be sentenced to eternal damnation."

And she quotes, "PAS (the opposition Islamic party) has maintained that voters who back the party will have a passage to heaven while those who reject it will go to hell, its spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat said. "The heaven and hell issue is nothing new. It is already stated in the Quran that those who rally behind Islam are also those who want to live under divine laws laid down by Allah"." How's that for hard-to-believe campaign promises?

However, these Islamists can be observant at times (at least, if you take them out of context). For instance Mr. Mat also said, "women are trouble". I couldn't agree more.