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Vlad: The OIC posts a cartoon of Mohamed as a pig on its report of 'Islamaphobia' then removes it when it is pointed out that they tend to burn down buildings and murder people when others pubish similar images. Here is an explanation of why. I suggest getting the original OIC PDF from here,
The Muslim conquest of Persia led to the end of the Sassanid Empire in 644, the fall of Sassanid dynasty in 651 and the eventual decline of the Zoroastrian religion in Persia. The Sassanid Empire was first invaded by Arabs in present day Iraq in 633 under general Khalid ibn Walid resulting in the Muslim conquest of Iraq.
Following the transfer of Khalid to the Roman front in the Levant, the Muslims eventually lost Iraq to Persian counterattacks. The second invasion of Iraq began in 636 under Saad ibn Abi Waqqas when a key victory at the Battle of Qadisiyyah led to the permanent end of Sassanid control west of Persia. The Zagros mountains then became a natural barrier and border between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Sassanid empire.
Owing to continuous raids by Persians (who were threatened by the Arabs) into Iraq, Caliph Umar ordered a full invasion of the Sassanid Persian empire in 642 which was completed with the complete conquest of the Sassanids by mid 644. The quick conquest of Persia in a series of well coordinated multi-pronged attacks, directed by Caliph Umar from Madinah several thousand miles from the battlefields in Persia, became his greatest triumph, contributing to his reputation as a great military and political strategist.[1]
Afghan security forces have shot dead two militants who attacked a charity office in the southern city of Lashkar Gah, officials say.They say the two men, wearing burkas, were killed before they could detonate their explosives-laden vests.A woman working for the International Relief and Development charity and a guard were injured in the attack.Lashkar Gah is near Marjah in Helmand province, the focus of a major Nato-led offensive against the Taliban.Last Saturday, suicide bombers launched an assault on the city of Kandahar, in the neighbouring province, which left at least 35 people dead.A Taliban spokesman said the attacks were in response to a planned major offensive by US and Nato forces against militants in the Kandahar province.
Read more here.Robert Spencer: Further weakening the great myth of a moderate Islam, the slick and self-proclaimed moderate Muslim Tarek Fatah has now exposed himself as an enemy of those who are truly interested in defending human rights against the global jihad and Islamic supremacism. He did so by savaging the courageous freedom fighter Wafa Sultan in a National Post article here.Luckily, the Post was decent enough to publish this magnificent response: "Counterpoint: In defence of Wafa Sultan," by Joanne Hill in the National Post, March 12 (thanks to all who sent this in):Tarek Fatah has used the National Post to present a one-sided, inaccurate and potentially dangerous editorial about statements made by Dr. Wafa Sultan during her March 3rd debate in Toronto with Dr. Daniel Pipes.Mr. Fatah's article is not an unbiased report: it is an opinion piece full of loaded terms such as slur, attack, hateful, anguish, Islam haters and vitriol. He misquotes Dr. Sultan and presents as fact a conclusion that is not supported by any of her statements: a conclusion that I believe puts her life in danger.I am a freelance reporter; I covered the debate between Dr. Pipes and Dr. Sultan for the Jewish Tribune. I have an audio recording of the entire event, including the Question and Answer period, so I can state with complete accuracy what was and was not said by Dr. Sultan.Mr. Fatah assumes the authority of a mind-reader to reveal what he claims is Dr. Sultan's hidden intention. Given his first-hand experience of the eagerness of some Muslims (or "Islamists" if he would prefer) to issue death threats against anyone who is perceived as threatening Muslims, there are three reasons why I find it disturbing that he would attribute to Dr. Sultan this motivation: "Perhaps the answer she had in mind was too outrageous even by her own standards: Force Muslims to convert or die."
And the US rakes Israel over the coals for wanting to build some homes in its capital?
Docoumentary on PATV presents cities along the Israeli coastline as Palestinian geography. [PATV (Fatah), Aug.-Dec. 2007]Fatah TV documentary on the "Palestinian coastline"[PATV (Fatah), Aug.-Dec. 2007]"We don't forget that the West Bank and Gaza have another section in Palestine - which is the Palestinian coast that spreads along the [Mediterranean] sea, from the Gaza Strip and Ashkelon in the south, to Haifa, in the Carmel mountains. Haifa is a well-known Palestinian port. [Haifa] enjoyed a high status among Arabs and Palestinians, especially before it fell to the "occupation" [Israel] in 1948. To its north, we find Acre. East of Acre, we reach a city with history and importance, the city of Tiberius, near a famous lake - the Lake of Tiberius [Kinneret - Sea of Galilee]. Jaffa, an ancient coastal city, is the bride of the sea and Palestine's gateway to the world."
Finnish researchers into issues related to immigration have increasingly become victims of online threats against themselves and their families. Some of them have withdrawn from public discussions rather than face the intimidation.University of Helsinki Chancellor Ilkka Niiniluoto does not know of a time when the Finnish scientific community had faced such attacks. “It could be compared with situations in history such as the Soviet Union of the time of Stalin, or when Galileo Galilei was victimised by the Inquisition”, he says.“Few know the kind of direct harassment that researchers undergo today”, says Veronika Honkasalo, a researcher at the Youth Research Network. Honkasalo pointed out that Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen (Nat. Coalition Party) said last spring that people should be able to speak critically about immigration issues without being labelled a racist.“With that excuse it would be possible to say anything at all”, Honkasalo said.
PARIS - Nobel prizewinner Shirin Ebadi on Tuesday accused German engineering giant Siemens and Finnish telecoms firm Nokia of supplying Iran with technology to help it suppress democratic dissent.Speaking on France Culture radio, the exiled Iranian feminist and 2003 Nobel peace laureate, said Western firms are undermining opposition to Tehran's authoritarian regime and called for international economic sanctions."Unfortunately, a certain number of firms support the Iranian regime in its repression and censorship," she said."It's clearly the case with Siemens and Nokia when they send the Iranian state software and technology that it can use to monitor mobile telephone calls and text messages," she declared.Earlier this month, the firms' joint subisidiary Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) had already insisted that a system it sold Tehran in 2008 is not capable of bugging calls or spying on the Internet.Nokia went further following Ebadi's latest charges, insisting that networks supported by its technology could in fact boost freedom of expression."We, as a company, in no way approve of the misuse of telecommunication equipment," Nokia Siemens Network spokeswoman Riitta Maard told AFP."We believe that communication and mobile phone technologies play a significant role in the development of societies and the advancement of democracy," she said.Ebadi is unconvinced, however, citing the contract as evidence that Western governments are not serious about their threat of new economic sections against Tehran."When it comes to commercial contracts, human rights fall by the wayside," she told France Culture, noting that Germany is still Iran's main European trading partner and accusing it of seeking more lucrative ties.
But then again, Obama sat in a pseudo church for twenty years listening to Marxist sermons laced with anti-Israel diatribes and calls for Black separatism. KGS
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt cancelled the formal opening Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo to protest what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said were "provocative" Jewish and Israeli action.Hawass and Culture Minister Faruq Hosni were due to attend the event, a week after 150 people, including rabbis and the US and Israeli ambassadors, attended the rededication of the Maimonides synagogue.Hawass, citing press reports, said in a statement that the cancellation comes after "provocative" acts during the March 7 ceremony in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarters by the Jewish community.He referred to "dancing and drinking alcohol in the synagogue, as reported by several newspapers" and said these acts "were seen to provoke the feelings of millions of Muslims in Egypt and across the world."The decision was also taken at "a time when Muslim holy sites in occupied Palestine face assaults from Israeli occupation forces and settlers," Hawass said.
"Thus, under the clear guidelines of Islamic law, it is entirely possible that if someone says something factually true, but which does not benefit Islam, that person can be judged guilty of slander under sharia. This is the net that has snared Geert Wilders: the Amsterdam court is implementing sharia on behalf of the Muslims of the Netherlands, and therefore the truth is no defense.Now let’s apply the same rules to Mohammed the Pig. The republication of the drawing in Norway is deemed harmful to Islam. Therefore the image has defamed Islam, which makes those who display it guilty of blasphemy under sharia. By a strict application of the law, the offending parties must be put to death.But the OIC’s use of the same drawing is not harmful to Islam: it is intended to explain to faithful Muslims the iniquitous behavior of the infidels, and to illustrate the dangerous blasphemy in which they are engaged. The OIC is acting in the interests of Islam, for legitimate and sharia-approved reasons, and its actions benefit Islam. Thus no slander or defamation is involved in the Islamophobia report.There are no contradictions, no double standards. Everything makes complete sense, and is as clear as a bell.But only if you think like a Muslim."
“I was shocked during my last visit to the farm to see the watchman screaming in pain and I took him to the hospital in Farwaniya. There, doctors diagnosed him with a problem with his organ,” the farm owner was quoted as saying by Kuwaiti daily Al Rai on Saturday.The unnamed watchman reportedly explained to his employer that he had been doing “sexual things” to the animals and that he may have contracted a dangerous disease. The farm owner said that the expatriate worker cried continiously and saying that he was “extremely tired.”Readers’ comments on the internet ranged from sympathy for the lonely man to outrage for cruelty to animals. Many asked questions whether the animals were now fit for human consumption.In 2006, a Sudanese man was forced to take a goat as his “wife”, after he was caught having sex with the animal.The village council of elders ordered the man to pay a dowry of 15,000 Sudanese dinars ($50) to the goat’s owner who had surprised him with his goat.The elders said the man should not be taken to the police, but rather pay a dowry for the goat because he used it as his wife.
[...] Why is this all not more worrisome for Israel? This is so for several reasons. First, the Administration is not going to do much or anything against Israel in material terms. It is not a tough government and doesn't want confrontations. Its goal is not to injure Israel but to make itself look good. Moreover, it knows that pushing harder won't bring any reward since Israel won't yield and the peace process is going nowhere.Second, Israel is protected by a very strongly favorable American public opinion and by Congress. At this point, Congress is no longer cowed by Obama. Indeed, the Democrats are angry with him for endangering their survival by the unpopular actions he is pressing on them. They know that the November elections look very bad for them. Taking on Israel will make things even worse. And they also have a better understanding of the radical forces in the region and the threat they pose. In other words, they are not so far left as is the White House. After the November elections, the Administration will be on even weaker political ground, especially vis-à-vis Israel.Third, the Obama Administration's strategy won't work. The radicals will become more aggressive; the more moderate Arabs know that the Administration won't credibly defend them. Sensing blood (albeit mistakenly) the PA will raise its demands higher. The PA could only exploit the opportunity if it demanded final status talks-something it would never do-and try to get the best possible peace agreement with U.S. support. But since they won't deliver for the Administration, they won't collect much from it.Eventually, the extremism of Iran, Syria, the Iraqi insurgents, Hamas, Hizballah, Libya, and to a lesser degree the PA will force a shift in U.S. strategy. Either the Obama Administration will adjust accordingly-at least partly-or will not survive its own electoral test. (This is not to underrate economic factors, which remain the highest priority for Americans, but it is unlikely that these will "save" the Administration, quite the contrary. A continuing economic mess plus foreign policy disasters would make its situation worse.)This current crisis will blow over when the Administration grows tired of it and has wrung all the benefits it can from the issue, and not before.
- ALGIERS, MARCH 15 - The proposal to introduce prison terms for men who beat their wives goes against the Koran and the teachings of the prophet Mohamed, according to the head of Algeriàs Superior Islamic Council.Qaher Sharif fiercely criticised the bill presented to the head of state Abdelaziz Bouteflikàs by the head of the Consultative Council on Human Rights Farouk Qustantiti."This man's aim is to violate a law of the Koran and of the Sunnah, and he meddles in subjects that are beyond his competence", Sharif said in an interview with the Arab-language edition of the daily newspaper El Khabar."Hés done it before with the death penalty, and now with beatings," he added, asking "what difference can it make to him what goes on between a man and his wife?"The President of the Islamic Council said that he was stunned by Qustantinìs proposal, because "God has already pointed out precisely the way that a husband must behave towards his wife".He quoted verses 34 and 35 of the Surah on women, in which men are advised to "admonish women, confine them to their bed and beat them" should they commit "nushooz", a term signifying both infidelity and a refusal of sexual intercourse. Sharif pointed out that the text is so precise that it indicates the method of punishment to be used against the wife, and that this should be neither "too insistent, nor provoke disfigurement".
The health of the freed Lockerbie bomber has 'greatly improved' now he is home in Libya, Colonel Gaddafi's son boasted yesterday.He said Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi was doing much better since being released seven months ago by the Scots on compassionate grounds because he had 'only three months to live'.In words which will confirm the suspicions of Lockerbie victims' families, Saif Gaddafi - widely tipped to succeed his father as Libyan leader - also finally admitted that the convicted killer's release had dominated trade talks with Britain.This would have included discussions about lucrative oil deals, despite the fact that Megrahi was officially released purely on compassionate grounds. Five months after the release, Libya announced plans to invest £5billion in the UK.Megrahi, 57, has acquired national hero status in Libya, with babies named after him and an extraordinary 30,000 well-wishers reported to have visited his 'death bed'. Queues of pilgrims form outside the sumptuous villa in Tripoli where he remains with his family despite doctors' predictions that he would be dead by Christmas.London-educated Saif Gaddafi told the respected Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat that Megrahi 'was sick and was released for humanitarian reasons, and was soon in better health and in a good condition. His future is now in God's hands'.Ministers in London always insisted the decision to free Megrahi was entirely in the hands of the Scots, while Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill denied he was under any pressure to release the convicted bomber.
More hereHundreds of Palestinians clashed with police in several east Jerusalem neighbourhoods early Tuesday amid heightened religious and political tension in the Holy City.Police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at protesters in the Shuafat refugee camp who hurled rocks at security forces. The Palestinians dispersed after army troops moved in.Similar clashes broke out in other parts of east Jerusalem. Police said they deployed 3,000 policemen across the city.
In an article in Saturday's OT (a Finnish Swedish language paper) dealing with the situation in Israel, readers get unclear information. First, it is claimed that Israel is planning new controversial settlements and than it says that Israel is building new apartments in Jerusalem. The truth is that the new housing is planned in the Orthodox Jewish district of Ramat Shlomo in the northeastern part of Israel's capital Jerusalem. The area currently has about 16,000 inhabitants. There is therefore no question of a new settlement and there is no real reason for the condemnation of the world against the building plans.Palestinians, who stubbornly refused to negotiate with Israel for over a year, take the construction plans as the reason for withdrawing from the currently planned indirect negotiations, but there is no logic in this, because Israel never promised to refrain from building in Jerusalem.U.S. and EU condemnation of the building plans while refraining from making any criticism of the Palestinians says something about their attitude towards Israel.It seems that EU politicians would have created their own fantasy world in the Middle East. EU foreign minister Ashton said on Saturday that the EU is prepared to use its trade relations in order to force Israel into negotiations with the Palestinians.Carl Bildt of Sweden said on the occasion of the building plans in Jerusalem that there are no guarantees that Israel seeks peace and Finland's Stubb said on Sunday that the EU could act as a neutral judge in the Middle East since Europe has no historical burden in contrast to the U.S..In reality, Israel has always been willing to begin direct negotiations, there is no need for pressure. It is the Palestinians who have refused.When it comes to peace like we know that Israel made peace with both Egypt and Jordan. Israel displaced the Jews from Gaza a few years ago and issued a building freeze on West Bank last fall to possibly obtain peace with the Palestinians. Israel want to have peace, but perhaps not on the EU and Bildt's conditions.EU without historical load? Almost entire Middle East was occupied by European countries for 80 years ago.The EU is neutral arbitrator? The EU criticizes and condemns Israel for building housing for their citizens. At the same time they are silent when the Palestinians elevates terrorists to that of heroes, the more Jews killed the greater the hero. Last week, the 32-th anniversary of a terrorist attack that killed 37 Israeli civilians Palestinians planned to inaugurate a square in honor of Dalal Mughrabi who carried out the terrorist attack.
The opening ceremony was canceled at the last minute for "technical reasons" but the Palestinian leadership of President Abbas and down has defended and supported the project despite Israeli protests.Israel wants to build housing for its citizens, that is no obstacle to peace and no reason for condemnation, however, the Palestinian Authority's elevation of terrorists into role models for young people is an effective way to prevent a peaceful development and should be strongly condemned.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday strongly defended Jewish settlement construction in East Jerusalem in the face of US pressure and what one of his own top diplomats described as the worst crisis in relations with Washington for more than three decades.A defiant Mr Netanyahu appeared to be digging in despite clear indications that the Obama administration is now demanding the scrapping of plans for 1,600 new Jewish homes, whose announcement overshadowed last week's visit to Israel by the US Vice-President Joe Biden. Mr Netanyahu's stance appeared to guarantee, after a highly charged week, the protraction of a stand-off in which a full-scale diplomatic row blew up at the start of Mr Biden's visit and appeared to abate at the end of it. But it was then reignited by demands from Hillary Clinton and an angry White House that Israel make amends for the "insulting" announcement just as indirect negotiations with the Palestinians had finally been arranged.The US is now said to be demanding substantive concessions from Israel after a warning by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that he would not take part in talks if the plan to expand the mainly ultra-orthodox Ramat Shlomo settlement went ahead. The row has appeared finally to bring to a head the year-long tensions between the two governments since Barack Obama tried in vain to persuade the Israeli Prime Minister to agree to a total settlement freeze. He was thwarted by Mr Netanyahu who agreed only to a partial 10-month freeze, which did not include East Jerusalem.
- Hamas gunmen used Palestinian children as human shields, and established command centers and Kassam launch pads in and near more than 100 mosques and hospitals during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last year, according to a new Israeli report being released on Monday that aims to counter criticism of the IDF.The detailed 500-page report, obtained exclusively by The Jerusalem Post, was written by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (Malam), a small research group led by Col. (res.) Reuven Erlich, a former Military Intelligence officer who works closely with the army.The IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) cooperated with the report’s authors and declassified hundreds of photographs, videos, prisoner interrogations and Hamas-drawn sketches as part of an effort to counter the criticism leveled at Israel in the UN-sponsored Goldstone Report.Work on the Malam report began immediately after former judge Richard Goldstone issued his damning report of Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip in September.One example of the material revealed in the Malam report is an-until-now classified sketch of the village of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza discovered by IDF troops during the operation, that details the extensive deployment of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and snipers inside and adjacent to civilian homes.The sketch was discovered in a home of a Hamas operative together with several IEDs and Kalashnikov rifles.
Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC is doing what the Western media was blamed for: Using cartoons to illustrate a news story. Naser Khader: It is historic.While Muslim organizations have announced that they will drive a witch hunt in the Danish newspapers, if they do not apologize for having published the Muhammad cartoons, the global organization of the Islamic world, the OIC, does not hesitate to publish a Muhammad cartoon to illustrate a news story.This is the case in the February edition of the OIC's monthly newsletter in February on cultural and social affairs.The newsletter is sent from the "Office of Islamophobic sightings," and in the chapter "adverse events" where the "newspaper-case from Norway is briefly summarized, and used the image of Mohammed as a pig, which is on the Koran, as the accompanying illustration.First published in NorwayThe image was first published in early February on the front page of the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, which printed cartoons of Mohammed to illustrate a case of the Police Security Service (PST) in Norway, which had the link to the controversial cartoons on his Facebook page.PST created last year, a Facebook profile where people can make comments and links. It was through this Facebook profile, the newspaper found the caricatures.Large demonstrationsThe case triggered massive demonstrations among Muslims in Norway and widespread criticism within the Muslim community to "abuse of freedom of expression."Among others, there was a request to precisely OIC from Suhaib Hassan of the Islamic Sharia Council of the UK."The 57 Muslim states must put pressure on Norway and Denmark to get them to stop such foolish and insulting drawings" was accompanied by a requirement for Muslim countries to withdraw their ambassadors from Denmark and Norway.Conservative Spokesman of immigration policy Naser Khader calls the use of images of historical as well as a double standard.As far as I know, it is the first time you get such a controversial Mohammed drawing from an official body. This drawing will indeed offend devout Muslims far more than the original cartoons. If a critical Arabic newspaper printed it, would the editor be sacked and probably jailed. The original drawings were never officially shown, "says Naser Khader to jp.dk.He adds that he is convinced that it's not an error."It looks like a paradigm shift. There must be an agenda behind it. The OIC after all, is trying to prove its legitimacy as the body that defends Muslims throughout the Muslim world. It will show that Muslims are under attack. But it is hypocritical that they would need to show such a drawing, but others may not, "says Khader.It has not been possible to get a comment from the OIC, which has its headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Here Dem-Rep Van Hollen openely admits the Dems plan to use it.Here we have the President of the United States and Congressional leaders actually talking about the possibility of a brazen and open violation of one of the most fundamental aspects of our Constitution and Republic! How we actually make laws!Let me be as clear as I know how. If this is done, this will create the greatest Constitutional crisis since the Civil War. It would be 100 times worse than Watergate.…It would be government by fiat… meaning there would be no law… the mere discussion by officials in this government is such a grotesque violation of the actual legislative function of Congress [that it] puts us… at the brink. At the brink.This is why we conservatives revere the Constitution. This is why we stress the Constitution’s words have meaning and historical context and must be complied with. Because otherwise we have anarchy, which leads to tyranny.This is a crucial lesson for those of you who… aren’t sure what your beliefs are, or if you have any beliefs. Or aren’t sure if you even care. We have an effort underway by the one of the most powerful chairmen in Congress, the woman who heads the Rules Committee, …openly discussing gutting Congress. Gutting Congress.”
The UK is going to hell in a hand basket, with the British political elite racing to see who can get there first. KGS
Jihad Watch: U.K.: 15% increase in non-Muslims' use of Sharia courts
Lending legitimacy to a system that does not deserve it, and would seek to subjugate them if it were strong enough. "Fears over non-Muslim's use of Islamic law to resolve disputes," by Afua Hirch for the Guardian, March 14:
Campaigners have voiced concerns over a growing number of non-Muslims using Islamic law to resolve legal disputes in Britain despite controversy over the role of sharia law.A spokesman for the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) said that there had been a 15% rise in the number of non-Muslims using sharia arbitrations in commercial cases this year. Last year, more than 20 non-Muslims chose to arbitrate cases at the network of tribunals, which operate in London, Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester, Nuneaton and Luton. "We are offering a cheap and effective service for Muslim and non-Muslims," said MAT spokesperson Fareed Chedie."95% of the people who come to us for arbitration do not feel they need legal representation." Chedie said that tribunals deal mainly with civil and commercial cases, including mosque disputes referred by the Charity Commission. But the tribunals have also continued to hear cases in the field of family law and divorce, Chedie said."We are increasingly dealing with reconciliation and mediation in marriage," said Chedie. "Many of these are cases where women have petitioned because they have a difficult marriage and want some guidance and direction. If they then want to terminate the marriage then we can help with that."The increase in marriage and divorce cases comes as one law firm has begun offering advice on civil Scots law and sharia law, making it the first in Britain to offer both civil and Islamic law as part of one service.Glasgow law firm Hamilton Burns says that it is responding to a greater demand from Muslim clients who want advice on sharia law alongside civil advice under Scots law. It has teamed up with Shaykh Amer Jamil, a Muslim scholar who specialises in Islamic family law."We hope that by incorporating sharia family jurisprudence against a background of domestic Scottish legislation, we can provide our clients with as much relevant information as possible," said Niall Mickel, a solicitor advocate and managing partner at Hamilton Burns.But some groups have criticised the move by the Scottish firm, arguing that the recognition of sharia law decisions in Britain is regressive and harmful to women....
Vlad Tepes and V.H team up once more to expose the nonsense of the EU.
"This is through the looking glass. People should be burning the EU buildings down along with the UN at this point."
