In the West we have beauty contests featuring human beings, but elsewhere it ain’t necessarily the same. Saudi Arabia; where men are men and goats are nervous: Riyadh, Dec 29 (DPA) A beauty competition for goats began Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, as part of an auction bringing together traders and […]

….because they say you should always look for the good news in everything. And you know you’re having a bad day when: A middle-aged man was beaten to death allegedly by his four wives at village Kabirpur under sadar upazila of the district early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as […]

Firstly, apologies for the sparse posting in the last few days. TheEye is working on a large project which will be of interest to everyone when it’s done. In the meantime, with typical BBC handwringing, we hear that: A Swansea bar serving a cocktail drink called a ‘Suicide Bomber’ has […]

Al-Qaeda has apparently welcomed the decision this week by FIFA to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. EXTREMISTS welcomed FIFA’s decision to have Qatar host the 2022 World Cup, predicting Al-Qaeda will establish an “Islamic State” in the Gulf region in the coming years, monitors said. “You fools, know that […]

Via Atlas Shrugged, does this make you feel safer when travelling by ‘plane? Behold the latest conscript in the Islamic army…an 80 year old wheelchair-bound Terror Nun. El Al-type profiling, anyone? Please?

Surely this YahooAnswers entry has to be a troll? In case it isn’t why not head over in the 4 days left on this question and help the lad out with a helpful suggestion or two? TheEye’s favourite suggestion so far is “Your best bet is to Google “Lemon Party” as […]

The world really has gone mad. New rules have been introduced in the US to make full-body scanning compulsory – with an opt out to get a full groping instead. Okay, this picture is three years old but in light of the extra rules on searching travellers it’s worth another […]

If anyone needed any demonstration of kind of freedom that the BBC’s “brave Palestinian fighters” are fighting Israel for, here it is…to have a Taliban lifestyle imposed on themselves. Using screen shots of a customer’s Facebook profile, owners of a West Bank internet cafe helped Palestinian intelligence forces capture a man […]

Apparently it’s a protest song by a band called Burkha Blue which bills itself as Afghanistan’s only all-female band; currently artistically “resting” due to likelihood of waking up dead. It’s catchy in a fuckinghellisthisforreal sort of way. Enjoy. Or not.

There are some unusual daily reads on TheEye’s list, and ArabNews is one of them. Which is how we learn that: Saudi Arabia’s top government-sanctioned board of senior Islamic scholars has endorsed a fatwa that calls for a ban on female vendors because it violates the kingdom’s strict segregation of […]