U.S. Army Makes Soldiers "Culturally Literate" About Islam

Can't maqke thisa shit up. This is part of COIN that's getting our soldiers killed in the name of "nation building" for a people who still live in the 7th century. Worse, we're pulling out in two years so the Taliban is just holding on til then. Meanwhile, our boys bleed and die for nothing.

COIN is a crime against ourselves.

FROM JUDICIALWATCH.ORG:


U.S. Army Makes Soldiers "Culturally Literate" About Islam

November 01, 2011

In this new era of political correctness, the U.S. Army has published a special handbook for soldiers that appears to justify Islamic jihad by describing it as the “communal military defense of Islam and Muslims when they are threatened or under attack.”

Because radical Muslim groups consider Islam to be perpetually under moral, spiritual, economic, political and military attack by the “secular west” they consider military jihad a “constant necessity” and use it as a “rallying cry to resist and attack all this is un-Islamic,” according to the new Army manual.

The handbook was created to help soldiers become “culturally literate” ambassadors with sensitivity and understanding of Islamic civilization. The goal is to help them understand how vital culture is in accomplishing military missions. Military personnel who have a distorted picture of a host culture make enemies for the United States. At least that’s what the publication (“Culture Cards: Afghanistan & Islamic Culture”) says. An organization of scientists dedicated to national and international security issues discovered the new Army tool and published it on its website a few days ago.

The manual has nearly three dozen informative chapters dedicated to subjects such as Muslim taboos, the five pillars if Islam, Jihad, the Quran and Muslim festivals. There are also sections on ethnocentrism, cultural relativism and social norms and mores. The lengthy introduction defines cultural competency—awareness and sensitivity of another group—and social norms and mores in Arab countries.

The portion on jihad is especially interesting because it’s described as a wide-ranging term that includes the everyday spiritual and moral struggle to live a life submitted to God, the attempt to spread Islam by education and example, and the communal military defense of Islam and Muslims when they are threatened or under attack. Today radical Muslim groups consider Islam to be perpetually under attack by the “secular West” – morally, spiritually, economically, politically and militarily, the Army handbook says. They thus consider military jihad as a constant necessity, and use jihad as a rallying cry to resist and attack all that is un-Islamic.

At the end of each section there is a question that’s supposed to stimulate “critical thinking.” At the end of the jihad section the question is: “How can the concept of jihad add legitimacy to the claims and aims of Al Qaeda and others? It would certainly be interesting to see how most enlisted men and women, or American civilians for that matter, would answer that particular question.

The new Army manual concludes by revealing all the things that make soldiers “culturally literate.” Among them are appreciating and accepting diverse beliefs, appearances and lifestyles, understanding the dangers of stereotyping and ethnocentrism and understanding Islamic and jihadist cultures.

Unlimited Muslim Entitlement

The mainstream press continues to deny the Islamic invasion and provide cover and disinformatioon regarding their actions.

FROM CANADAFREEPRESS.COM:

Don't shoot me in the head while shouting Allah Akbar and tell me it's workplace violence

Unlimited Muslim Entitlement

Daniel Greenfield Tuesday, December 20, 2011

In addition to being exempt from satirical cartoons, airline security procedures and human rights—the chattering media classes in all their wisdom have decided that Muslims should also be exempt from the laws of economics.

Forget welfare, Muslims are now entitled to media welfare. When normal religions want to put on a show promoting their religion, they build themselves a cable channel. Sadly, Bridges TV, the Muslim cable channel dedicated to challenging stereotypes, hating Jews and promoting Islam ran into some trouble when its founder and president beheaded its co-founder, who also happened to be his wife.

Muzzammil Hassan, turned out not just to be the president and founder of Bridges TV, but also a member of the Muslim Club for Men, and is now challenging stereotypes about Islam at Clinton Correctional Facility. But TLC stepped into the breach to provide Americans with more of that programming challenging stereotypes about Islam that they never asked for.

All-American Muslim was founded dedicated to the proposition that Muslims are just like the rest of us. They put on their Hijabs one head at a time just like the rest of us and promote wearing them more often than the Geico reptile comes on to sell insurance. After a media blitz for the launch of the series, the Americans, being the Islamophobic bastards that they are, turned the channel to watch something else.

In Orwell’s 1984 the television sets were always turned on and only leading party members were allowed to turn down the volume. Sadly, for the left, that kind of programming is beyond them, though if they could, you can bet there would be an Al Gore, Chris Matthews or Stephen Colbert looking back at you through your television.

Article continues HERE.

Danish cartoon sparked fanatic's plot to kill Aussies

This article is an example of the misunderstanding of what drives Muslims to commit violent Jihad against the West. The Danish cartoons are often cited as the reason for the violent reaction of Muslims. However, that is incorrect. The cartoons, and many other innocuous incidents are merely excuses masking the root cause which is the Quran and the most basic tenet of Islam to dominate all of humanity. To think that cartoons or other "insults" are the cause of violence allows the root cause to go unchallenged.

FROM SMH.COM.AU:

Danish cartoon sparked fanatic's plot to kill Aussies

Steve Lillebuen
December 18, 2011 - 12:27PM

Wissam Fattal's descent from champion kickboxer to would-be terrorist appears to have begun at least six years ago, when a Danish cartoon sparked outrage, protests and several deaths across the Muslim world.

It was 2005 and Fattal, an expectant father with five siblings, was already a devout Muslim - but he was certainly no extremist.

At least, not yet.

The Danish cartoons appeared to change that, setting him on a path towards a criminal conviction for plotting to kill as many Australians as possible to advance the cause of Islam.

Fattal, now 35, had just returned to his homeland of Lebanon when the cartoons were first published.

He was infuriated by what many Muslims believed was an insulting, offensive depiction of the prophet Mohammed.

Article continues HERE.

"IF ANY STATE PREVENTS US FROM SPREADING ISLAM ON ITS SOIL WE WILL WAGE JIHAD ON THAT STATE"

Damned if we do and damned if we don't, allow Islam to dominate the West that is. Whether we allow a takeover or if it happens violently, the result will be the same: dhimmitude.

File this under From the Horse's Mouth.

"IF ANY STATE PREVENTS US FROM SPREADING ISLAM ON ITS SOIL WE WILL WAGE JIHAD ON THAT STATE"

Sharia Adherence Mosque Survey: Correlations between Sharia Adherence and Violent Dogma in U.S. Mosques

File this under Enemy Within.

This is a quite long, but extremely through analysis of the extent of violence preached in Mosques in the US. In round numbers, 80% of Mosques promote violence as a means of expanding Islam. The report examines the inner thinking and workings of the Muslim mindset and influence of the Quran and Sharia.

FROM TERRORISMANALYSIS.COM:

Sharia Adherence Mosque Survey: Correlations between Sharia Adherence and Violent Dogma in U.S. Mosques

by Dr. Mordechai Kedar and David Yerushalmi, Esq.

Abstract

A random survey of 100 representative mosques in the U.S. was conducted to measure the correlation between Sharia adherence and dogma calling for violence against non-believers. Of the 100 mosques surveyed, 51% had texts on site rated as severely advocating violence; 30% had texts rated as moderately advocating violence; and 19% had no violent texts at all. Mosques that presented as Sharia adherent were more likely to feature violence-positive texts on site than were their non-Sharia-adherent counterparts. In 84.5% of the mosques, the imam recommended studying violence-positive texts. The leadership at Sharia-adherent mosques was more likely to recommend that a worshipper study violence-positive texts than leadership at non-Sharia-adherent mosques. Fifty-eight percent of the mosques invited guest imams known to promote violent jihad. The leadership of mosques that featured violence-positive literature was more likely to invite guest imams who were known to promote violent jihad than was the leadership of mosques that did not feature violence-positive literature on mosque premises.

Preface[1]

The debate over the connection between Islam and its legal doctrine and system known as Sharia on the one hand and terrorism committed in the name of Islam on the other rages on among counter terrorism professionals, academics, policy experts, theologians, and politicians. Much of this debate centers on the evidence that the perpetrators of violence in the name of Islam source the moral, theological, and legal motivations and justifications for their actions in Sharia. Much of the opposition to this focus on Sharia centers on the argument that Sharia is and has been historically malleable and exploited for good and bad causes.

The authors and the editors of Perspectives on Terrorism wish to acknowledge and express gratitude to the Middle East Quarterly, which originally published the results of this study in its Summer 2011 edition (available online at http://www.meforum.org/2931/american-mosques) for granting permission to republish the results of this study in a more expansive online format.

This study seeks to enter this fray but at a more empirical level. Since we know that mosques are in fact a situs of recruitment and “radicalization” for terrorism committed in the name of Islam, this study seeks to enter into that domain to determine if there is an empirical correlation between actual, manifest Sharia-related behaviors and the presence of violent and jihad-based literature, and further, the promotion of that literature. While the presence of violent and jihad-based literature alone does not necessarily suggest the worshippers at such a mosque adopt the violent literature’s approach to the use of violence, if the imams at such mosques also promote the literature, and if those mosques are more likely to invite guest imams and speakers who are known to promote violent jihad, the presence of these factors together would be strongly suggestive of an environment prone to jihad recruitment. Thus, this study also seeks to determine if the spiritual leadership in these mosques is supportive of this genre of literature.

Article continues HERE.

Holland stands up to Muslim intimidation

Well, well, well, the little Netherlands is standing up to the tsunami of jihad. These two stories should be an inspiration and example for all Western nations. Little by little, some Western governments are realizing the extent and the danger of the Muslim invasion and colonization that is taking place in plain sight. Go Holland. Go Geert Wilders.

First, in response to Egypt's demand that Geert Wilders be stopped from publishing a book, the Dutch ambassador to Egypt has told the Egyptian Foreign Minister that in Holland, people have freedom of speech and that if Egypt doesn't like that, to stay home, it's none of Egypt's business.

Story here:

FROM RNW.NL:

Egypt summoned ambassador over Wilders

Published on 14 December 2011 - 8:02pm

Egypt is concerned about a book that Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders plans to publish in the spring. Earlier today, the German Press Agency DPA reported that Dutch ambassador Susan Blankhart was summoned by the Egyptian Foreign Minister in November to explain anti-Islamic comments by the controversial MP.

Article continuies HERE.

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The second item concerns a debate was invaded by a mob of Muslims demanding the death of a Muslim, lesbian panel member. the reaction of the audience was to eject the mob and have them arrested, then carry on with their agenda. Good on them for not running from Muslim intimidation. These good folks should also be an example for the weak kneed Western politicians who only want to appease the Islamic mobs and accept dhimmitude under Muslim overlords.

FROM CARE2.COM:

Islamic Extremists Call for Lesbian’s Death (Video)

by Paul Canning
December 13, 2011
6:45 pm

A December 8 debate, which included the Canadian Muslim lesbian author Irshad Manji and MP Tofik Dibi on a panel, was disrupted when extremists from the group Sharia4Belgium stormed the event, held at the De Balie theater in Amsterdam. The mob threw eggs and called for Manji’s neck to be broken.

The group of about 20 men and boys arrived halfway through the evening, chanted slogans and pelted the audience with eggs. A police mobile unit had to be called to eject the rioters, and two Belgian men aged 19 and 22 were arrested.

Article continues HERE.

Jirga justice: Mother killed for opposing vani

A slice-of-life in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. This sad story illustrates the subjugation and denigration of women in Muslim societies. In Pakistan, as throughout much of the Muslim world, woman are no more than chattel and living pieces of flesh used to settle debts and in barter, or murdered for refusing to turn over her 12 year old daughter to settle a debt.

FROM TRIBUNE.COM.PK:

Jirga justice: Mother killed for opposing vani

Suspec­t had wanted 12-year-old sister to be handed over to his brothe­r-in-law.

Published: December 12, 2011

GUJRANWALA:
A woman was shot and killed in Pindi Bhattian on Saturday night allegedly by her son for refusing to allow her daughter to be handed over as vani.

An FIR registered against the suspect, Asif Ali Babar, a resident of Chaki Wali village, and six others at the Pindi Bhattian police station says that Khursheed Bibi had refused to abide by a vani settlement requiring her 12-year-old daughter to be married to a man from the family of a woman Babar had married without her family’s consent.

Complaint Riaz Bhatti, brother of the deceased, told The Express Tribune that the suspects had arranged the child’s ‘marriage’ with Mehdi Hasan, Babar’s brother-in-law, three months ago. The marriage was arranged to settle a dispute between Babar and his second wife’s family.

The complainant said his brother-in-law (child’s father) had filed a kidnapping case against Hasan after the child was forcibly married and sent with him. He said he had moved court for her recovery over police’s failure to take action against the suspect. He said a court bailiff had then recovered the child from Hasan’s custody from Chiniot some two and a half months ago and sent her to live with her parents.

The complainant said his nephew (Babar) and the former nazim had earlier planned to marry the child to a son of one Saifullah, who is also nominated in the case. He said the marriage could not take place as his sister had sent the girl to a relative’s house. “Babar brought her back and arranged her marriage with his wife’s brother,” he said. Babar’s second wife, who is also nominated in the FIR, has been arrested by the police. SHO Rana Sajjad said Ansar Abbas Bhatti, the former tehsil nazim who allegedly declared Babar’s 12-year-old sister vani, was abroad and could, therefore, not be arrested at the moment. He said raids were underway to arrest others.

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NO DINNER WITH ISRAELI MINISTER, TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL

Turkish president Abdullah Gul is showing his true colors, because, you know, what self-respecting Muslim would break bread with the son of apes and pigs.

Looks like the amenable relationship between Israel and Turkey is over as Turkey moves ever faster and ever closer to becoming a Sharia dominated radical Islamic state. Of course, it's all the Jews fault for being Jews.

FROM AGI.IT:

NO DINNER WITH ISRAELI MINISTER, TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL

18:59 10 DIC 2011

(AGI) Vienna - Turkish president Abdullah Gul was expected to take part to an official dinner in Vienna, but when he heard that Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak would be there, too, he decided not to attend, according to the Austrian press agency Apa, quoting the Austrian daily Turkish language paper Zaman.

Witness: Hollywood shooter shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he fled

Of course, this will be another case of a lone wolf Muslim going Jihad being reported as some poor deranged soul with no connections to al Qaeda. But the thing is, Jihadists need no direct connection with any known Muslim terrorist group because they have the Koran and the teachings of Mohammed as a guide and inspiration. The administration's denial that Islam is the driving force behind ALL Muslim terrorist activities is allowing the Muslim invasion and colonization of America to go on unopposed.

FROM GREELYGAZETTE.COM:

Witness: Hollywood shooter shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he fled

Posted by Matt Lacy • December 11, 2011

A witness reported that a man who was randomly shooting at people in Hollywood, shouted “Allahu Akbar”, which means “Allah is greatest.”

The shooter, Tyler Brehm a 26 year old white male, began shooting at several vehicles in Hollywood at Sunset and Vine. During the shootings, at least one person was wounded. The police arrived and the suspect was shot and killed.

While police say they are still unsure of the motive for the shootings, a witness told KTLA Channel 5 the suspect was shouting “Allahu Akbar” as he ran away.

April Manlo told the reporter, “He was running over there, I heard two shots and he was shouting and running ‘Allahu Akbar.’”

A spokesman for the LAPD told the Gazette that at this time they were not able to confirm Manlo’s statement.

Investigators have not yet released a motive for Brehm’s rampage; however friends and neighbors say he was troubled over a recent breakup with his girlfriend.

Judge upholds CAIR official’s conviction in terrorism funding case

A victory in the war to stop the Islamification of America. This is a major victory because many believed that CAIR was beyond the reach of our laws. While CAIR itself has not yet been named a terrorist organization by the government, this decision goes a long way toward that goal.

FROM GREELEYGAZETTE.COM:

Judge upholds CAIR official’s conviction in terrorism funding case

Posted by Jack Minor
December 9, 2011

A Federal court has upheld the conviction of multiple officials with the Council on American Islamic Relations and others for providing funding to a terrorist group.

The Holy Land Foundation trial was the largest terrorism funding trial in American history. CAIR, the Islamic Society of North America and other Muslim organizations were named as un-indicted co-conspirators in the case.

While the first trial ended in a hung jury, a subsequent trial found the parties guilty on charges of material support of terrorism.

The Holy Land Foundation was once the largest Muslim charity organization in the United States. HLF was under investigation for years before finally being closed down by the Bush administration after the terrorist attacks on 9/11.

On Wednesday, Judge Carolyn Dineen King, with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, issued a ruling upholding the conviction.

King wrote, “While no trial is perfect, this one included, we conclude from our review of the record, briefs, and oral argument, that the defendants were fairly convicted. For the reasons explained below, therefore, we affirm the district court's judgments of conviction of the individual defendants. We dismiss the appeal of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.”

One of the convictions upheld was Ghassan Elashi, founder of CAIR's Texas chapter. Elashi received a 65-year prison sentence for funneling over $12 million from the Islamic charity known as the Holy Land Foundation to the jihad terrorist group Hamas, which is responsible for murdering hundreds of Israeli civilians.

CAIR, which says it is dedicated to enhance understanding of Islam and empower American Muslims, has had multiple leaders within the organization that have either had ties to or been convicted in terrorism cases. Some of them include:

Nihad Awad: Executive director of CAIR. Wiretap evidence from the Holy Land case placed Awad at a Philadelphia meeting of Hamas leaders and activists in 1993 that was secretly recorded by the FBI. Participants hatched a plot to disguise payments to Hamas terrorists as charitable giving. According to FBI transcripts, Awad was recorded discussing the propaganda effort during the meeting.

Omar Ahmad: Founder of CAIR and chairman emeritus. U.S. prosecutors named Ahmad as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land case. FBI special agent, Lara Burns, testified at the trial that Ahmad was also at the Philadelphia meeting. Prosecutors also designated him as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Palestine Committee” in America.

Bassem Khafagi: CAIR's former community relations director, was arrested for involvement with the Islamic Assembly of North America, which was linked to al-Qaida. After pleading guilty to visa and bank fraud charges, Khafagi was deported.

Abdurahman Alamoudi: Another CAIR director, Alamoudi is currently serving 23 years in federal prison for plotting terrorism. according to the U.S. Treasury Department, Alamoudi, who was caught on tape complaining that bin Laden hadn’t killed enough Americans in the U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, was one of al-Qaida’s top fundraisers in America.

Mousa Abu Marzook, a former CAIR official, was designated by the U.S. government in 1995 as a "terrorist and Hamas leader." He now is a Hamas leader in Syria.

Randall Royer: Former civil rights coordinator for CAIR. In 2004 Royer began serving a 20-year prison sentence for aiding al-Qaida and the Taliban against American troops in Afghanistan.

Man could receive death penalty for adultery with ex-wife

Talk about crazy. Is this the kind of "law" we want in Western society? Because if not, we need to stop the colonization of the West by Muslims. Actually, if these kind of laws were in force in the West, the West would cease to exist.

FROM DIGITALJOURNAL.COM:

Man could receive death penalty for adultery with ex-wife

Dec 9, 2011 - 21 hours ago in World

By Katerina Nikolas.

Jeddah - Under strict sharia law a Saudi man could be stoned to death for committing adultery with his ex-wife, who was unaware he had divorced her.

A Saudi woman has demanded that her ex-husband receive the strictest punishment under sharia law, for committing adultery with her. In a bizarre tale the Saudi man divorced his wife without letting her know, yet continued to have sex with her. The woman had no inkling they were no longer man and wife.
Emirates 247 reported that four months after divorcing his wife, the man told her he had just divorced her. However, when she checked the court records she found he had deceived her and they had in fact been divorced for 120 days.

Under the strict Wahhabism that is observed by all Saudis, sex outside marriage is considered adulterous and can merit the death penalty. According to Islam Review "In Islam, once a husband divorces his wife irrevocably, or with three pronouncements of divorce, that woman becomes totally ‘haram’ for him. He cannot remarry her until she marries another man and the marriage is consummated and that temporary husband divorces her."

Court sources have said that the man could be stoned to death for his adultery. His crime was not to deceive his wife but to have sex with her after divorcing her, without first ensuring she was married to and then divorced from another man.

Sharia's Sinister Smiles

Here's another fine essay by Raymond Ibrahim delving into the Islamic tactic of da'wa and how it is used to decieve kuffars until such time as the Muslims can overpower them.

FROM FAMILYSECURITYMATTERS.ORG:

December 9, 2011
Sharia's Sinister Smiles

Raymond Ibrahim

The totalitarian nature of Sharia law can only be grasped when one appreciates how thoroughly it permeates and dictates everything in a believer's life—including when and to whom a Muslim may smile.

Popular Islamic TV preacher Sheikh Muhammad Hassan appears in this video clip asserting that, according to Sharia, it is "not at all permissible" for Muslims to smile at non-Muslims, "except in cases of da'wa."

Often translated as "missionary work," the word da'wa means to "call" or "summon" non-Muslims to Islam. Because it shares the same goals of jihad—empowering and spreading Islam—da'wa is often seen as jihad's nonviolent counterpart.

In fact, Sheikh Hassan himself asserts that "da'wa mode differs from jihad mode. Jihad mode requires power, zeal, manliness—basically, a stern face and such. But when in da'wa mode, you must smile, you must be gentle."

Article continues HERE.

Iranium

A four part video that looks at the Iranian development of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them anywhere in the world. Iran has been in open warfare against the West for over 30 years and is accelerating its efforts to become the leader of the Muslim world and master of all the non-Muslim world.

Iranium

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3



Part 4

Criticism of Islam Could Soon be a Crime in America

Another look at the efforts of the Muslim street to outlaw any criticism of Islam anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, the Obama administration is working hand in hand with the most radical Islamists to create a legal wall to prevent any discussion of the Muslim invasion of America and the West.

FROM FAMILYSECURITYMATTERS.ORG:

December 8, 2011

Criticism of Islam Could Soon be a Crime in America

Clare M. Lopez

When President Obama delivered his much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world at Cairo University in June 2009, the free world trembled while the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) gushed with praise and begged for a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The OIC is the largest head of state organization in the world after the United Nations (UN) itself and comprises 56 Muslim countries plus the Palestinians. It claims to be the "collective voice of the Muslim world," i.e., the ummah, and speaks on its behalf in effect as the seat of the next Islamic Caliphate. In 1990, the OIC membership adopted the "Cairo Declaration ," which officially exempted all Muslim countries from compliance with the UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights and replaced it with Islamic law (shariah).

One of the fundamental laws of Islam deals with "slander ," which is defined in shariah as saying "anything concerning a person [a Muslim] that he would dislike." At the OIC's Third Extraordinary Session, held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in December 2005, the organization adopted a "Ten-Year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the 21st Century." A key agenda item of that meeting was "the need to counter Islamophobia" by seeking to have the UN "…adopt an international resolution to counter Islamophobia, and call upon all States to enact laws to counter it, including deterrent punishments." The word "Islamophobia" is a completely invented word, coined by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) front group. OIC adoption of the term reflects the close operational relationship between the OIC and the Ikhwan.

Six years later, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to host OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in Washington, DC in mid-December 2011 to discuss how the United States can implement the OIC agenda to criminalize criticism of Islam. Cloaked in the sanctimonious language of "Resolution 16/18," that was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in April 2011, the WDC three-day experts meeting is billed as a working session to discuss legal mechanisms to combat religious discrimination (but the only religion the Human Rights Council has ever mentioned in any previous resolution is Islam). The UN Human Rights Council, which includes such bastions of human rights as China, Cuba, Libya, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, introduced Resolution 16/18 to the UN General Assembly (UNGA), where it was passed in March 2011.

Article continues HERE.

Concerns grow over 'morality police' in Tunisia

Modern, secular Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring is rapidly being taken over by morality police, much as we see in Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Arab Spring is predictably the gateway not for democracy, but rather the complete domination of the Middle East by the Muslim Brotherhood and even more radical Salafists.

FROM MAGHAREBIA.COM:

Concerns grow over 'morality police' in Tunisia

2011-12-07

Tunisians fear that a committee to prevent vice will endanger their liberties but the group founder says that they will only uphold "Tunisia's Islamic identity".

By Houda Trabelsi for Magharebia in Tunis – 07/12/11

Bearded men roam the streets and batter with their batons those whom they perceive different from their sect, terrifying women and youths. Tunisian woman Monia Jawadi emphatically described what the country would look if it were to institutionalise its first morality police.

Reports that Tunisia may establish a committee for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice have sent waves of anxiety among citizens, especially as the country struggles to preserve its social gains.

"It would be a major disaster if such a committee was given a legal license," Jawadi said, adding that the body would be "alien" to Tunisia and its habits.

Committee founder Adil El Almi, however, argued that the creation of religious police has become "indispensable" in Tunisia.

"The recent election has proved that the Islamic identity of the Tunisian people is out of the question," he told Magharebia.

"Our field of activity will mainly be social, and we'll try to find solutions for problems before they are referred to courts," he said. "We'll also redress grievances and defend the oppressed. We will start from that, and we'll follow a policy of gradual stages and arguments."

Article contin ues HERE.

Collective Punishment Under Islam

An accurate description of life under Muslim rule for non-Muslims, AKA dhimmis, or kuffars, or pigs and dogs.

FROM HUDSON-NY.ORG:

Collective Punishment Under Islam

"Wherever You Can Reach Them"

by Raymond Ibrahim
December 8, 2011 at 4:30 am

During a recent altercation in Egypt, a Christian inadvertently killed a Muslim. This incident, according to an AINA report, "turned into collective punishment of all Copts in the majority Christian village." Two Christians "not party to the altercation" were killed; others were stabbed and critically wounded. As usual, "after killing the Copts, Muslims went on a rampage, looting and burning Christian owned homes and businesses."

Despite all this, "Muslims insist they have not yet avenged" the death of their slain co-religionist; there are fears of "a wholesale massacre of Copts." Many Christians have fled their homes or are in hiding.

Collectively punishing dhimmis—non-Muslims who refused to convert after their lands were seized by Muslims, and who are treated as infidels, or "second-class" citizens—for the crimes of the individual is standard under Islam. In this instance, dhimmis are forbidden to strike—let alone kill—Muslims, even if Muslims perpetrate the conflict. Prior to the fight that killed him, the Muslim in question had, through the help of radical Salafis, burned down the Christian's home and was threatening him over a property dispute. Still, non-Muslims are forbidden to raise their hands to Muslims, even in self defense.

Collective punishment for Egypt's Christians is common. Earlier this year, when a Christian was accused of dating a Muslim woman, 22 Christian homes were set ablaze to cries of "Allahu Akbar" ["Allah is Greater"]; when Muslims made false accusations against another Christian, one was killed, ten hospitalized, an old woman thrown out of her second floor balcony, and homes and properties were plundered and torched, as documented in a report aptly titled "Collective Punishment of Egyptian Christians."

Nor are such examples limited to Egypt: when Muhammad cartoons deemed blasphemous by Muslims were published in Europe, Christians in faraway Muslim countries such as Nigeria were killed; when Pope Benedict quoted history deemed unflattering by Muslims, anti-Christian riots around the Muslim world ensued, churches were burned, and a nun was murdered in Somalia. Months ago, when an American pastor from a fringe group burned a Koran, dozens of U.N. aid workers were killed by Muslims in Afghanistan; some were beheaded.

This practice of attacking one set of Christians as retribution for the acts of another set has roots in Islamic law. The Pact of Omar, a foundational text for Islam's treatment of dhimmis, makes clear that the consequences of breaking any of the debilitating and humiliating conditions non-Muslims are made to accept -- such as to be granted a degree of unguaranteed safety by the Muslim state -- were stark: "If we in any way violate these undertakings … we forfeit our covenant, and we become liable to the penalties for contumacy and sedition"—penalties that include enslavement, rape, and death.

Article continues HERE.

Obama Calls Fort Hood Terrorism ‘Workplace Violence’

Just how blatant can Obama be in his unrelenting efforts to have Sharia law imposed on America? To call the mass murder of 13 US citizens by a Muslim fanatic who was shouting Allah Akbar as he did so a mere instance of "workplace violence" is beyond criminal, in the case of Obama, being the President,it is treasonous.

FROM CONSERVATIVEPAPERS.COM:

Written on December 7, 2011 at 9:40 pm by alpineski

Obama Calls Fort Hood Terrorism ‘Workplace Violence’

Sen. Susan Collins on Wednesday blasted the Defense Department and the Obama administration for classifying the Fort Hood terror massacre as ‘workplace violence’, she suggested political correctness is being placed above the security of the nation’s Armed Forces at home.

Collins a Republican from Main also referenced a letter from the Defense Department depicting the Fort Hood shootings as workplace violence. She criticized the Obama administration for failing to identify the true threat which was al-Qaeda and radicalized Islam.

Intelligence agencies originally intercepted communications between the military psychiatrist Hasan whom murdered 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., and a radical cleric in Yemen known for his incendiary anti-American teachings. His name was Anwar al-Awlaki, once a ‘spiritual leader’ at a mosque in suburban Virginia where Major Hasan once worshiped and became radicalized.

Al-Awlaki left the United States to become the “regional commander” within the al-Qaeda terrorist organization in 2009. He repeatedly called for jihad against the United States. Al-Awlaki encouraged others to “fight jihad” he had a sermon in 2009 posted on his blog ”44 Ways to Support Jihad“.

After the Fort Hood shooting, on his website al-Awlaki praised Hasan’s actions, Hasan and Al-Awlaki communicated with at least 20 emails back and fourth before the Fort Hood terrorist act. Al-Awlaki acknowledged his correspondence with Hasan. Somehow the Obama administration refuses to connect the dots with Hasan to al-Qaeda despite these communications.

Faisal Shahzad, convicted of the attempted car bombing of Times Square in May 2010, told interrogators that he too was “inspired by” al-Awlaki, as well as Seattle Weekly cartoonist death threat among many other threats throughout UK and the USA including a passenger plan plot, a stabbing of a British minister and a cargo plan plot.

On September 30, 2011, in northern Yemen’s al-Jawf province, two Predator drones fired Hellfire missiles at a vehicle containing al-Awlaki and three other suspected al-Qaeda members, he was killed.

Rep. Peter King of New York said: ”There’s a definite threat from Islamic radicalization in various parts of our society, including within the military, and we can’t allow political correctness to keep us from exposing this threat for what it is.”

Also the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman, said the military has become a “direct target of violent Islamist extremism” within the United States.

Is the Obama administration delusional or simply trying to knowingly mislead the American people as to the real motivation behind Hasans’ terrorist act?

Canada bankruptcy may hurt Islamic finance in North America

Well cry me a river. A Sharia compliant bank is going down the commode. This is just one more facet of Sharia that is incompatible with Western business and society.

FROM REUTERS.COM:

Canada bankruptcy may hurt Islamic finance in North America

Mon Dec 5, 2011 6:43am EST

By Shaheen Pasha and Cameron French

DUBAI/TORONTO (Reuters) - The insolvency of an Islamic mortgage lender in Canada may hinder the growth of sharia-compliant finance in North America, where the industry has struggled to gain traction in the absence of a supportive regulatory framework.

UM Financial Inc was ordered into receivership in October, leaving about $32 million worth of mortgages in the hands of Toronto's legal system. Accounting and business advisory firm Grant Thornton was appointed receiver by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The case has exposed uncertainty over the legal treatment of sharia-compliant mortgages in default, and questions over the transparency and oversight of smaller Islamic lenders. Industry experts said this could make investors in Canada and the United States more wary of considering Islamic finance in future.

"The failure of an Islamic financial institution should not immediately be construed as a failure of sharia-based financing," said Sheikh Muddassir Siddiqui, sharia scholar and partner at SNR Denton in Dubai.

But he added that the insolvency could give Islamic finance a bad name if the Canadian legal system determined that Islamic mortgage holders were not the ultimate owners of property for which they had been paying.

Since Islam forbids the use of interest, sharia-compliant mortgages rely on a "diminishing musharaka" contract to help Muslims finance homebuying. A lender and a homebuyer share the costs of purchasing a home; the homeowner then pays rent to the lender while purchasing the lender's share of the house in installments. When the value of the house is eventually paid off, full title is transferred to the homeowner.

But it is unclear who ultimately owns the home in the case of a bankruptcy by the lender, if legal title remains with the lender. This raises concern that mortgage holders could lose their homes if creditors come after the lender's assets.

Article continues HERE.

Lahore, false accusation of blasphemy against a Christian. Fears for his life

This is a too typical example of what living in a Muslim majority country is like for the minorities. In the case of Pakistan, an Islamic "republic", it means that Sharia law supersedes secular law and is imposed on all citizens, Muslim and non-Muslim alike. In other words, there is no protection from false accusations of blasphemy against minorities by Muslims, in fact it means the authorities will side with their Muslim brothers despite civil laws.

FROM ASIANEWS.IT:

12/06/2011 12:06
PAKISTAN

Lahore, false accusation of blasphemy against a Christian. Fears for his life

by Jibran Khan

A builder of 25 has been falsely accused of having ripped and burned pages of the Koran by a Muslim known for his hatred toward non-Muslims. The police registered the complaint despite the intervention of religious leaders. Fanatic groups threaten to kill him.

Lahore (AsiaNews) - A Christian of 25 was yesterday accused of blasphemy in the district of Qazi, Shahdra, Lahore. Construction worker Khurram Masih, married for two months, was working at the residence of Abdul Majeed. After completing the installation of marble tile he collected some pieces of paper, newspapers and wooden boards to burn. Abdul Majeed once he saw the burnt leftovers started screaming that Khurram Masih had ripped and burned parts of the Koran. Other workers gathered, attacking Masih and dragging him to the police station.

Abdul Majeed made the request to file a complaint against Khurram Masih for blasphemy. Religious leaders, along with human rights activists gathered at the police station and tried to resolve the issue, but the officers and local residents did not want to let Masih go, and continued to insist that the complaint be upheld. And this morning a FIR (First Information Report) for blasphemy under the Pakistan Penal Code was registered against Khurram Masih.

Human rights activists, including Khalid Shahzad and Khalid Gill, were present at the police station, they asked for protection for the accused and have protested that the charge was false. Extremist groups have announced through loud speakers that a Christian had desecrated the Koran and had to be punished. The human rights activists are concerned about the safety of Khurram Masih, who is not safe in the Shahdra police station. Father Francis Xavier, of the diocese of Lahore, told AsiaNews: "It is a very sad incident, the young man was falsely accused of blasphemy. The person who made the complaint is linked to religious groups, and is known for his hatred toward non-Muslims. There have been ads in the area inciting hatred towards Christians. We fear for the life of Khurram Masih, he must be assured protection from those who want to kill him. "

The introduction of the notorious blasphemy laws in 1986, during the dictatorship of General Zia ul-Haq of Pakistan, led to an exponential increase in complaints for "desecration of the Koran" or "defamation of the Prophet Muhammad." Between 1927 and 1986, when the "Black Law" was passed, there were only seven cases of blasphemy. Instead, the victims since 1986 have risen to over 4 thousand and the figure is increasing: in fact, from 1988 to 2005, the Pakistani authorities have indicted 647 people for crimes related to blasphemy, but in recent years, there have been thousands of cases of innocent Christians, Muslims, Ahmadis, and members of other religions who have been accused on the words of others, without the slightest hint of proof.

Who is Responsible for Muslim Violence?

An outstanding analysis of the roots of Islamic violence.

Only Muslims can end their violence at the source, but we can end it on the receiving end. We can't stop them from abusing women in their own country or minorities or animals, but we can stop them from abusing us

FROM CANADAFREPRESS.COM:

Who is Responsible for Muslim Violence?

By Daniel Greenfield
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Who is responsible for Muslim violence? Anyone but Muslims. When Howard W. Gutman, Obama’s ambassador to Belgium, told his audience that Jews should be accepting responsibility for the violence practiced on them by Muslims, because it’s their own damn fault for insisting on having a Jewish state, the State Department wasn’t willing to stand behind his words, but neither did it disavow him.

Imagine for a moment if Howard W. Gutman had adjusted his red hipster glasses and told his audience that Muslims should take responsibility for Islamic terrorism. Hillary would have personally fired him, after yelling at him for a good thirty minutes, and Obama would have issued an apology to the Muslim world. Every newspaper column on both sides of the Atlantic would have spent the better part of the week denouncing Islamophobia and clucking over how mainstream intolerance has become.

The idea that Jews should take responsibility for the Muslim violence directed at them is mainstream, but the notion that Muslims should be taking responsibility for Islamic terrorism, even to the extent of condemning it is still one of those No-Go Zones. But is it more of a stretch to suggest that people should take responsibility for their own violence or for the violence directed at them?

This week there has been another related controversy when the Republican Jewish Coalition failed to invite Ron Paul to its forum. Ron Paul has repeatedly blamed American foreign policy for Al-Qaeda terrorism. He even described the original World Trade Center bombing as a “retaliation”. In Paul’s mind every act of Muslim violence against us is a response to some original sin that we committed against them.

Paul’s view is common on the left, which calls every attack an opportunity for us to engage in deep soul searching until we can finally understand why Muslims hate us. But if we were to suggest that the next time our bombers fly over one of their cities, it’s an opportunity for Muslims to engage in some soul searching and work out why that sort of thing keeps happening, that’s another one of those completely inappropriate suggestions.

When Americans die, it’s blowback. When Muslims die, it’s more imperialistic warmongering by the running dog lackeys of the new world order

Article continues HERE.