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Please visit the Annie Jacobsen Page, which is a discussion of the suspicious activity on Northwest Flight 327, on June 29, 2004. A group of fourteen Middle Eastern men were apparently on a "dry run" for a hijacking, looking for holes in the national air travel security system. All were in the country illegally – on expired visas, yet they were questioned and released after they landed in Los Angeles. Reference material: List of Islamic Terror Attacks in 2004. List of Islamic Terror Attacks from 9/11/2001 to 12/31/2003. Map: Muslims as a percentage of all residents, 2000 Where Will You Be When You Hear "Allahu Akbar"? "Allahu Akbar" is normally translated as an exclamation of the greatness of Allah. If you see a pattern in the type of people who use this phrase and the timing by which they employ it, you're at least more astute than Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, whose greatest concern following the Fort Hood attacks was that American Muslims might face "a backlash." Islam is the New Communism. Paul Hsieh wrote an excellent article about America's weakness in regards to the war against terrorists. However, he claimed that the mosque is distracting us from the real issue of Iran's nuclear weapons program. I respectfully disagree. The real issue is that we are fighting a war with Islam. The mosque, rather than distracting America, has brought her full attention to it. Islamist Infiltration. The Muslim Brotherhood is leading the way for radical Muslims to infiltrate American society and government. Their goal is simple: control the United States and impose Shariah law. ... [This is] the Brotherhood's five-phase plan for dominating America: · Phase I: Establish an elite Muslim Leadership and raise Islamicist consciousness in the community; · Phase II: Create Islamic institutions that the leadership can control and form autonomous Muslim enclaves; · Phase III: Infiltrate America's political and social institutions forming a shadow state; escalate conversions; manipulate mass media to remove language offensive to Islam; · Phase IV: Open hostile public confrontation over U.S. policies, riot, make militant demands for special rights and accommodations; · Phase V: Wage final conflict and overthrow (jihad). According to Sperry and Gaubatz, the consensus among counterterrorism officials is that the North American Brotherhood is already in Phase III. Islam's Achievement Gap. As the holy month of Ramadan has gotten underway, President Obama has intensified his longstanding mission to "remind us" of the progress and human advancement we all enjoy as a result of Islam and its practitioners. ... [But] how many Muslims have been Nobel Prize winners for science? Just two: Ahmed Zewail in 1999 for chemistry and Abdus Salam in 1979 for physics. For those keeping score, ... that's two prize winners in more than a billion Muslims. Muslim prayers welcome at Pentagon chapel. Less than 100 feet from where a hijacked airplane slammed into the Pentagon, Muslim military personnel bring prayer rugs on weekday afternoons for group worship. American Muslims Debate Loyalty to America. American Muslims are debating key questions of loyalty to America, a debate in which the stakes could not be higher. ... The jihadists are intent upon the destruction of this country. If moderate Muslims do exist, then it behooves them to fight the American traitors among us. If American Muslims continue to reflect a conflicted relationship with their country of birth, putting Islam above all else, then other Americans will rightly conclude that a civil war is upon us — one that al-Qaeda is steadfastly perpetrating. Obama Is Colluding with a New Fascist Imperialism. Wherever Islamic fascists go, they first like to frighten and intimidate less warlike peoples — as in London today, where any BBC criticism of Islamic fascists is streng verboten. That's what the Ground Zero Mosque and the Mohammed cartoon uproar have in common: They are purposeful agitprop campaigns to scare and intimidate all the weak-willed liberals in the West, a standard Islamist tactic to conquer by intimidation, just as Muslim conquerors have always done. Why bother to wage war when you can win by terror? The Tolerant Pose. Non-Muslims are barred from entering the cities of Mecca and Medina — not merely barred from building synagogues or churches, but barred, period, because their infidel feet are deemed unfit to touch the ground. This is not an al-Qaeda principle. Nor is it an "Islamist" principle. It is Islam, pure and simple. Lockerbie bomber: still alive, kicking, and being honored. This Friday the Muslim nation of Libya will be reaching out to the west by thanking Allah for the great wisdom and compassion of Gordon Brown and Kenny MacAskill. To mark the first anniversary of Abdelbaset Al Megrahi's triumphant return to Libya, Colonal Gaddafi has called for a national day of prayer as part of a low-key celebration. Under New American Management Al-Qaida Now Poses Inner Threat. If al-Qaida looks and sounds different as we approach 9/11's ninth anniversary, it's because it's under new American management. No fewer than four U.S. citizens and a permanent U.S. resident have risen to senior leadership posts. These five English-speaking leaders are actively planning or facilitating attacks against their countrymen, while recruiting and radicalizing other American turncoats to carry them out. Lambs to the Slaughter. I used to scoff at writers such as Sam Harris, Kevin Phillips, and Chris Hedges when they warned that Christians were a major threat to American freedoms. ... But I wonder now if Christians, in their naivite and in their desire to be thought tolerant, aren't inadvertently paving the way for an eventual Islamic theocracy. It seems that quite a number of Christian churches are now involved in "outreach" programs with local mosques. Coming to Grips With Shariah. Unfortunately, too many Americans still remain unaware of the magnitude of the danger we face from Shariah. Worse yet, their ability to comprehend this threat, let alone respond appropriately to it, is being seriously disserved by people who know better -- or should. Specifically, the public is being seriously misled by 1) some journalists and politicians who are obscuring the true nature of Shariah and 2) Shariah practitioners who engage in deliberate deception to facilitate the penetration of their doctrine into Western societies. Lessons from a Turkish Wedding. In the world news, we read of a moment of horror at a wedding in Gaziantep, in southeastern Turkey. During the celebration of his own wedding, as is all too common in the Middle East, Tevfik Altun, the groom, fired his AK-47 into the air, immediately lost control of it, and in an instant had killed his own father and two of his aunts, besides injuring eight others. ... Such a tale is easily dismissed as a moment of error, a single human tragedy due to basic carelessness, but there is more beneath the surface for Americans to heed: How different a culture we have — how different is western civilization from the rest of the world. It horrifies the left to say so, but this is indisputable. American Taxpayer, Financial Jihadist. Sharia-compliant finance (SCF) is now a thriving American industry. Sharia is Islam's authoritarian legal framework. It aspires to control not merely spiritual life but all aspects of society, including economic matters. The purpose of SCF is to advance that mission in two important ways. First, SCF legitimizes the incorporation of sharia into our legal system, despite the fact that many features of Islamic law are anti-constitutional. None Dare Call It... What? Former Speaker Newt Gingrich may be the most notable public figure in some time to state the obvious: radical Islam is a clear and present danger to America. In a speech last week at The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, Gingrich said, "this is not a war on terrorism ... this is a struggle with radical Islamists." The problem, he said, is that too many leaders are "sleepwalking" and won't face the threat. Sharia Law in Canada and Britain. The spread of Sharia Law to the entire world is part of jihad. In Canada and Britain, jihad is advancing. A June 2010 report entitled "Sharia Law in Britain: A Threat to One Law for All and Equal Rights" begins with Secretary General of the Islamic Sharia Council Suhaib Hasan saying, "If Sharia law is implemented, then you can turn this country [Great Britain] into a haven of peace because once a thief's hand is cut off nobody is going to steal." What Muslim Scientific Achievements? [Scroll down] Walid Phares, an author and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, noted that the U.S. shouldn't "be in the business of bringing religion, Islam or other to space development." ... "This is a ridiculous concept. Those who enter a spaceship are humans not members of religious sects. I think what lays behind this medieval perception of space technology is a policy of partnership with Islamist regimes, most of which are oppressive of their own people." More about the latest NASA scandal. Say Yes to a National Muslim Holiday. [Scroll down] We should treat the various Muslim holidays as we have the birthdays of American presidents with the singular Presidents' Day. My recommendation: We roll all the Muslim holidays into one National Muslim Day and celebrate it on September 11 each year. ... Rather than working to educate us slow-learning Americans about the merits of holidays like Eid al-Fitr and the birthday of Mohammad, it seems most fitting that we celebrate the contributions and significance of Islam in America's history with one special day each September 11. Mohammad likely does not enjoy birthday cards anyway because those cards too often are filled with cartoons and sketches. The Islam I Left Behind. Looking back, I see no particular time or event that, in one stroke, severed my link with Islam. There was nothing nearly as dramatic as what reportedly happened to Paul on the road to Damascus transforming him from a rabid Christian persecutor to a devoted follower of Jesus. My alienation with Islam started as far back as I could discern things. More to the point, I never embraced Islam in the first place, although I was born and raised in a Muslim family. Philadelphia's Islamist Boy Scouts. [Scroll down] Jawala Scouts or the Jawala Scout Youth Leadership Program, an Islamic paramilitary boys group, was incorporated in Philadelphia in August 2005. It was founded a short time before that. The children joining Jawala Scouts are as young as seven years of age. This is disconcerting, when considering some of the activities of the group, which include hand-to-hand combat, firearms training and survival tactics. Photographs from the group's official website show the kids dressed in military fatigues, hiking through the woods, and engaged in wrestling. What makes things worse are the type of individuals linked to Jawala Scouts. The Mosques of War. [Scroll down] After the conquest of Mecca in the year 630, Muhammad transformed the Black Stone in the Ka'aba, which ancient pagan Arabs had worshiped, into the paramount Islamic holy place. It became known as the Masjid al-Haram, or Sacred Mosque. During the Arab invasions of neighboring lands in the Middle East, North Africa, and beyond, under the new banner of Islam, numerous synagogues and churches were converted into mosques. In Damascus, Syria, the church of St. John is now known as the Umayyad Mosque. Also in Syria, the mosque of Job was originally a church. The Islamic tide swept into Egypt, and many Christian Coptic churches were converted into mosques. From North Africa, the conquests continued into Spain and Portugal, where again churches were converted into mosques. Understanding Muslims' Mindset. The Muslim's mind is imprinted with authoritarianism which starts with the supreme authority, Allah, through his one and only prophet, Muhammad, his Caliphs or Imams, and the high-ranking religious divines all the way down to the village clergy. This authoritarian mentality encompasses all aspects of life for the Muslim: the king and his dominion as the viceroy of God, the Amir and his despotic ways, the Khan and his unchallenged rule over the tribe, the village headsman and his extensive power, and finally the father and his iron grip at home over the women and children. All these authority figures are male. Muslim Enclaves U.S.A. It seems almost unthinkable, but Islamist groups are, as we speak, hard at work creating Muslim states-within-states in the U.S. Indeed, this process has been unfolding for a long time across the Western world, through the creation of isolated Muslim enclaves in both rural and urban areas, as well as through the designation of "no-go zones" where governments admit to having little authority over Muslims living there, essentially leaving them to function as autonomous regions. Islamic Law Comes to Dearborn. Is it illegal to preach Christianity to Muslims in America now? Acts 17 Apologetics, a Christian evangelistic group, was banned from passing out fliers at this year's Arab Festival in Dearborn, Mich., but they went to the festival anyway and ended up getting arrested. Radical Islamist Group Is Returning to Chicago for Major Recruitment Drive. They're back. A radical Islamist group critics say has links to Al Qaeda is gearing up to host its second annual U.S. recruiting event. The group, Hizb ut-Tahrir America, which is committed to establishing a caliphate, or international Islamic empire, kicked up controversy in Chicago last year with its first U.S. conference, "Fall of Capitalism & Rise of Islam." Osama bin Laden and jihadists love soccer and the World Cup. We're not the only ones who love the World Cup. Osama Bin Laden and his fellow jihadists do, too. Several prominent Islamist organizations have ties to soccer, according to Newsweek. And jihadists use the sport to bond with potential recruits. Thousands Protest Mega-Mosque on D-Day! Despite weather forecasts of thunderstorms, the skies were clear and beautiful Sunday afternoon for our Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA) rally against the Ground Zero mega-mosque, but not as beautiful as the patriotic crowd who came out to stand for freedom against this insulting manifestation of Islamic supremacism. It was a real cross-section of humanity: every race, creed, color and religion were out in all their glory. Vote to Bar Sharia May Be on Fall Ballot. Oklahoma is about as far from Saudi Arabia — one Muslim country that follows a strict version of Sharia — as you can get. But legislators in the Sooner State figure you can never be too careful. Hence their push to put a question on November's ballot that would ask voters to make state courts rely on federal and state laws when deciding cases and forbid the courts from using international law or Sharia law when making rulings. Sharia (Islamic Law) Not O.K. in Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Representative Rex Duncan wants to make sure no judge ever uses Sharia (Islamic law) to decide a case in Oklahoma. "Has any judge ever tried to use Sharia in Oklahoma?" a reporter asked the Republican politician, as he walked in front of the County Courthouse in Tulsa this week. "No," said Duncan, "and we want to make sure they never will." Who Gets the Benefit of the Doubt? Despite the willful denials of the Obama administration and progressives in general, most Americans understand we are at war with Islamic fascists determined to establish a worldwide, totalitarian, religious empire. Yet even most conservatives insist that such people are only a miniscule segment of the Muslim community. What if they're not? And if, as stated above, we are at war, why we are so hell-bent on giving so-called "moderate" Muslims the benefit of the doubt? The Left and Islam: A Love Story. [Scroll down] For all their disagreements on matters like women's rights, gay rights and abortion, Islam and the Left are in harmony on big-picture matters: They are authoritarian, totalitarian in the sense of wanting to control all aspects of human existence, virulently anti-capitalist, and regard the individual as existing merely to serve the collective. Consequently, they have the same obstacle in common: our freedom culture — i.e., Western liberalism, U.S. constitutional republicanism, and their foundation, individual liberty. Historically, Islam and the Left ally when there is a common enemy. But I'd stress that what I am talking about here is an alliance, not a merger. Islam and the Left — Two Sides of the Same Coin. The Islamists and the Leftists have the same goal. Absolute power. Islam like Communism is a means to that end. This is what makes them so dangerous. Their goal is to create absolute tyrannies based on ideologies that promise a better world. The 'peaceful' Jihad in America. Jihad is not mindless mass-murder, nor is it a syrupy "internal struggle to become a better person." No, jihad is the mission to establish and spread sharia. The installation of Allah's law, believed by Muslims to be a divine injunction, is the necessary precondition to the creation of Islamic societies. While it can, and often is, waged forcibly, Islamists don't resort to violence (or, at least, to more violence) where surrenders, appeasements and capitulations are available. Obama speaks softly and carries no stick at all. We are at war with radical Islam, and that war will go on for many years. For me, the question is this: Will the secular Western civilization shared by America and Europe, which allows us to enjoy life and its creature comforts, still be standing at the end of that war? Or will radical Islam, with an aggressive culture that treasures martyrdom and death over life, prevail? Modern Liberalism & Islam: An Uncanny Resemblance. Both Neo-Liberalism and traditional Islam present unmistakable hallmarks of Fundamentalist thought. (Neo-Liberalism defined here as the early 20th century attempt to hide socialism behind the term "liberalism.") Arguably, the main fixation behind both ideologies is controlling others, seeing to it they obey all the rules. In other words, both have a predilection towards totalitarianism. 30 Terrorist Plots Against the U.S. Foiled Since 9/11. Sheer luck and civilian bravery played roles in thwarting some of these attacks. Additionally, U.S. efforts in the war on terrorism, including operations in Afghanistan, have helped to weed out terrorist sanctuaries before they can organize attacks. Finally, domestic counterterrorism tools put in place since 9/11 have helped stop terrorists from operating on U.S. soil. Islam: The Great Pandemic. According to the Quran — the holiest book of Islam — Allah commanded Muhammad to instill fear into unbelievers. ... From what we know of Muhammad, is it unreasonable to conclude that he himself would be a member of al-Qaeda if he were alive today? Islamic War On Free Speech Heating Up. Four incidents recently showed anew how keenly Islamic supremacists want to shut down the freedom of speech — and how eager many Americans are to accommodate them. Graham defends calling Islam inferior. Evangelist Franklin Graham was the undisputed center of attention Thursday during National Day of Prayer observances in the nation's capital, putting in an early morning appearance outside the Pentagon, speaking to 350 people on Capitol Hill and then meeting the media at a press conference afterward. Despite the controversy that attended his participation, Mr. Graham's message was unchanging and unapologetic — that Islam is inferior to Christianity. I Am Proud of Franklin Graham. Much has been made this week of Franklin Graham's comments both about the Ground Zero Mosque and Barack Obama's religion. ... The political elites in this world view Islam as, frankly, primitive. "Well of course those crazy guys would believe in something like Sharia," think the secular political elites. After all, they are several hundred years behind Christianity. Christians have evolved — go to any Episcopalian church and you'll see a gay priest, a female priest, or what have you. Christians like Graham, and me, are viewed with the same suspicion as muslim clerics who defend their faith, but Graham and you and me will be questioned because, after all, Christianity is supposed to be more evolved. What's up with these 'incompetent' terrorists? What's up with the Islamic terrorists? Their latest failed attempt in Times Square does not stand alone in the litany of unsuccessful follow ups to 9/11. There was the incompetent Nigerian underwear bomber during the Christmas season. There was the infamous — and fortunately inept — shoe bomber, Richard Reid. And there have been numerous other attempts, both publicized and unpublicized, in which the terrorists have failed to achieve any measurable success. The Inevitability of Sharia Law in the West. When you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. And so liberals believe that the solution to every problem is more socialism. Americans often believe the solution to every problem is more democracy. And Muslims believe that the solution to every problem is Islam. Combine the three, and you arrive at the inevitability of Sharia law in the West. As Muslims harness democratic pluralities in countries that have become socialist, and thus less free, they will impose Islamic law. Don't talk about Muhammad or you're dead. We already know the culture and passion of Islamic radicals, fundamentalists and Jihad experts. They want an international caliphate going back to the 1920s. That means they want to control the world and have it run by Sharia law, all other Religions and people submitting to Islam. Is It Possible for a Practicing Muslim Soldier to Swear Allegiance to the U.S. Constitution? [Scroll down] It is indisputably clear from these two Shariah passages that it is incumbent on every practicing Muslim, which indicates Shariah-compliance, to pledge his or her total allegiance to Islam. Furthermore, it is mandatory for anyone claiming to be Muslim to actively oppose by force of arms U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama Ignores Islamic Extremist Threat. In June 1876, U.S. Army General George Armstrong Custer was defeated by Cheyenne Indians at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. In what became known as "Custer's Last Stand," defeat was attributed primarily to a false assumption. ... One hundred thirty-four years later, a false assumption and lack of understanding by President Obama for a threat of a new era could well spell similar disaster — this time for an entire nation. Detroit-area bus agency sued for rejecting aids encouraging Muslim defectors. A group that says it helps Muslims quit their faith sued Detroit's regional transit system Friday [5/28/2010] for violating its First Amendment rights by rejecting bus ads that ask, "Fatwa on your head? ... Leaving Islam? Got questions? Get answers!" Judge: Lejeune can't ban car decals linking Islam, terrorism. After his son was killed in the attack on the USS Cole, Jesse Nieto put decals on his car that included "Islam=Terrorism" and "We Died, They Rejoiced." But the Marine Corps deemed the decals offensive and told them he had to remove them or he could not park on federal installations. So he went to court, and won. Bowing to Radical Islam. On February 9, 2010, the Pompano Beach, Florida city commission granted the imam of the Islamic Center of South Florida (ICOSB), Hasan Sabri, the honor of giving the invocation at one of its bi-weekly commission meetings. ... Sabri began his prayer, otherwise known as Salaat, with the words, "A'uudhu billaahi minash shaitaan ar-Rajeem," which means "I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed." After he completed the Arabic, he attempted to translate for the audience his recitation. However, nothing close to the first statement would be found in the translation. Was this deliberate or merely an oversight? The Tragic Truth of War. Victory has usually been defined throughout the ages as forcing the enemy to accept certain political objectives. "Forcing" usually meant killing, capturing, or wounding men at arms. In today's polite and politically correct society we seem to have forgotten that nasty but eternal truth in the confusing struggle to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. There is No Peaceful Solution to Terrorism. It has become fashionable in modern circles to believe that terrorism is the cry of the oppressed, that bombs on buses are the voice of the disempowered and that beheaded schoolteachers are the response of a people deprived of their human rights. They are of course wrong. Terrorism is nothing more than strategic atrocity, a horror show meant to shock and repulse, to weaken morale and bring about negotiations. Islamville community weathers suspicions. Unlike the Amish or other religious groups who mistrust modern culture, the Muslims of the Americas use cell phones, drive cars, watch television and surf the Internet, especially for education. They also socialize with their neighbors. ... "We're just like everybody else," said [Haneef] Shabazz, while sitting in the bleachers at Stokes Field in Dover, watching his daughter try out for a local softball team. "We just get up before the sun to pray." The Editor says... Yeah, they're just like everybody else, except that they're offended by just about everything, their women walk around in a head-to-toe bag, you never know when they'll blow themselves up, or open fire on unarmed bystanders, or kill their own family members to protect their so-called "honor", and their ultimate goal is world domination. Making Jihadists. The great majority of jihadists emanate from the ranks of those born into the religion of Islam simply because they are the ones most thoroughly indoctrinated and influenced by Islamic dogma in their most receptive early years. Yet there are others who embrace Islam in adulthood, on their own, and enlist themselves as devoted jihadists for the same rewards that Islam offers. Wahhabism and the First Amendment. The First Amendment seems to be the Wahabbi establishment's best friend here in the U.S. "First Amendment concerns" seem to be a principal reason why, for nearly 30 years, the U.S. government has turned a blind and even benign eye on the creation within the U.S. of a network of Wahabbist mosques and related Wahabbist entities paid for and frequently staffed by the Saudi establishment — a network now bearing bitter fruit. Anwar al-Awlaki — The Terrorist from Central Casting. Awlaki suffered no poverty, but came from a well-connected, wealthy Yemeni family. He was born in the U.S. while his father sought an American education. When his radical sympathies were disclosed, we get the usual "that can't be true" from his former mosque adherents, along with the even more usual apologies along the lines of "if we had only known his proclivities, we of course would have reported him." The Educated Muslim Terrorist. Nidal Hasan, Abdulmutallab and Humam al-Balawi are jihadists who were educated and came from privileged middle- and upper-class backgrounds. Hasan was an American-trained U.S. Army doctor, Abdulmutallab was a London engineering student and the son of a wealthy Nigerian banker, and double-agent Dr. Humam al-Balawi was a member of the Jordanian professional class. DHS Underestimates Muslim Resistance to Countering Domestic Terrorism. Publicly, most Muslim and Arab organizations have said they oppose rising militancy and radicalization within their communities. But privately, they seem to harbor distrust of law enforcement agencies and believe profiling, not radicalization, is the primary problem in the United States. Islamic attacks on our airline industry. The list of incidents involving Muslim passengers disrupting flight operations aboard domestic aircraft is increasing, while criminal charges against the suspicious and disruptive Muslim passengers are not. Instead, accusations of racial profiling, alarmist and reactionary responses by the airlines, flight crews and passengers are becoming more widespread, despite the historical significance of such incidents and the consequential devastation and loss of life caused by these very same "dry runs" footnoted in the 9/11 Commission Report. Cool! Are IDF dogs trained to pounce all who say 'God is great' in Arabic? The Israel Defense Forces has denied allegations that it trains its canines to attack anybody heard saying Allah Hu Akbar, Arabic for 'God is great.' Israeli Arab MK Ahmed Tibi on Monday told the Knesset plenum that at a canine unit ceremony held the day before, parents of the soldiers witnessed demonstrations proving these allegations. The Editor says... The only thing wrong with this idea is that the Israelis are using trained dogs. Instead, they should be using trained pigs that weigh about 500 pounds each. TSA Hands Al-Qaeda Its Playbook. Terrorists love details. Al-Qaeda's U.S. embassy bombers knew the thickness of the embassy walls — a key detail in figuring out how much explosives were necessary to take the buildings down. The Mumbai terrorists had copies of the floor plans to the Taj Mahal Hotel before beginning their three-day siege. ... Terrorists do homework. They conduct intense reconnaissance missions so as to maximize the death toll on the day of their actual attacks. Hard to Explain Away This Attack. This is [an] opportunity to again rebut the canard that such terrorism is motivated by anti-Islamic discrimination or the desperate poor. Following the 9/11 attacks, committed mostly by an assortment of reasonably well-educated bourgeois Arab Islamists acting on direct orders from al-Qaeda, this tired leftist trope was beaten back. Like some of the 9/11 terrorists, Abdulmutalleb is a man of wealth and privilege, and he appears to have acted directly for an al-Qaeda offshoot in Yemen. Political Islam is bent on world domination. Here's what we know: Islamic law (Shariah) punishes "leaving Islam" with death. Islam has a bloody history of expansionism. Almost exactly two-thirds of Muslims in four countries polled in a 2007 survey by University of Maryland/WorldPublicOpinion.org favored both Shariah and the caliphate. And the Muslim Brotherhood's manifesto for "a grand Jihad" in America calls for "destroying the Western civilization from within" so that Islam is "victorious over all other religions." The Islamification of America, and the Emasculation of the U.S. Military. It is well known that the Far Left and Islamic terrorists are in cahoots, as are liberals and "moderate" Muslims. Both sides are using the other as "useful idiots" to further their agendas — one ideological, and the other theological. One is using clandestine sabotage and subterfuge, while the other openly promotes global jihad. Their common enemy is the "Great Satan" of the United States of America, which they agree, must be destroyed in order for their plans to proceed. For the time being, they are in league with one another. Hasan, Not KSM, Is Our Real Problem. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is an old-school jihadi. ... Hasan is new school. He is what's known as a homegrown terrorist. Virtually all the Islamic terrorist plots thwarted here in recent years were homegrown, not designed from afar by a KSM. Wait a minaret! Minarets mean little. What they signify means a great deal. To millions of non-Muslims, they signify terrorist attacks, hysterical mobs salivating with threats after the publication of a cartoon, promises to slaughter innocent people when the Pope makes a comment about history, attempts to introduce sharia law and Dutch movie-makers murdered on the street. Enemy Combatants on American Soil. Imam Siraj Wahhaj, from Brooklyn, NY, clarified our current situation with a statement he made in one of his numerous anti-American and Jihadist lectures during the late 1990s. "The Muslims in America are the most strategically placed Muslims in the whole world. America can't bomb them like they can in Iraq." I have listened to hundreds of hours of Wahhaj lectures, have conducted first-hand research at his mosque in Brooklyn, have attended his lectures in Atlanta, GA, and in VA. I am very confident Wahhaj and anyone who supports him (CAIR) is involved in supporting Islamic terror groups. Political Correctness Is Deadly. As many analysts have noted, political correctness has insinuated itself into the analysis of the murders at Fort Hood. Far better to rationalize the atrocity by referring to the assailant, Major Nidal Hasan, as a deranged individual, rather than a radical Muslim intent on bloodshed. It is self evident that not all Muslims are intent on violence, but as the history of the last few decades indicates most of the premeditated violence can be attributed to Muslims who rely on Koranic verses and Sharia to justify sanguinic action. Former Hertz employees sue company over special "prayer breaks" given only to Muslims. As important as the outcome of this case is the precedent it could set for extending special treatment to Muslim employees to the exclusion of others — essentially creating a second class of employees: workplace dhimmis. 20,000 gather for Eid al-Adha prayer in Dallas. North Texas Muslims entered 20,000-strong Friday morning [11/27/2009] into the Dallas Convention Center, in native costumes of far-flung lands for communal prayer for one of the holiest days of the Islamic faith. "This is the time to come together, to help each other and to understand each other," said Imam Yusuf Kavakci, the religious leader of the Dallas Central Mosque. What's Liberating about Islam? "What's liberating about Islam is that one is spared from having to think." This, essentially, is how a woman explained to me the change that had taken place in her life since her conversion to Islam. Since then, I've thought about her many times, especially because at that time I didn't know very much about Islam. Now I've learned more, have gotten to know many more Muslims, and just begun to worry about her lack of thought. Nidal Hasan and Fort Hood: A Study in Muslim Doctrine. While the media wonders in exasperation why he did it, offering the same old tired and trite reasons — he was "picked on," he was "mentally unbalanced" — the fact is his behavior comports well with certain Islamic doctrines. As such, it behooves Americans to take a moment and familiarize themselves with the esotericisms of Islam. Yesterday Communism, Today Radical Islam. Although they seem different — one claims to be religious whereas the other was, supposedly, a perfect science — communism and political Islam are essentially the same. Both are radical ideologies that divide the world into the elect and the profane. Both deny individuality and suppress free will. And both treat man-made dogma as infallible truth and seek to impose it by force. What our founders couldn't foresee. This once-great nation is coming apart at the seams. ... America has always welcomed immigrants who come here to become Americans. Immigrants who come here with no intention of becoming Americans, or to become hyphenated Americans do not share our founders' belief system. Black nationalism rejects the founders' belief system, and curses the nation they created. The seams of American society are further tested as Muslim immigrants refuse to accept and integrate into American culture. Instead, Islam insists that America accept its veils, custom, and culture. The remarkably good health of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi Attention Scotland: You've been had. Not-so-dead man walking. It was three months ago today, as Sen. Chuck Schumer recalls, that the Scottish government granted a "compassionate" release to convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdul Al-Megrahi on the grounds that he had terminal cancer — and less than three months to live. Three months later... Lockerbie bomber Megrahi release reaches six-month milestone. Families who lost loved ones in the Lockerbie atrocity have called for the bomber's medical records to be published — exactly six months after he was freed. US victims of the bombing said they wanted to see all the medical evidence that saw Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi released on the basis that he only had three months to live. Row as opposition demand for Lockerbie bomber's medical records. The Scottish government was under pressure Saturday to release medical documents for the Lockerbie bomber -- six months after he was released on compassionate grounds for having terminal cancer and supposedly only three months to live. Lockerbie bomber Megrahi living in luxury villa. The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is living with his family in a luxury villa in Libya six months after he was released from jail on compassionate grounds because he had less than three months to live. Lockerbie bomber may beat cancer (but wasn't he sent back to Libya to die?) Freed from his life sentence, the Lockerbie bomber was sent home by the Scots on compassionate grounds because he had 'just three months' to live. But six months later, Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi is still living — and doing it in the lap of luxury. Cancer Drug May Keep Lockerbie Bomber Alive in Libya for 5 Years. The Lockerbie bomber is at the center of a fresh row after it emerged he is taking a cancer drug that could keep him alive for five more years, The Sun reported. Freed to die at home, Pan Am bomber is living large . Seven months after his release from a Scottish prison on "compassionate" grounds, and four months after prostate cancer was supposed to have killed him, Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has had a miraculous turn for the better, death-wise. How very surprising. Essentially the same forecast was made six months ago. Lockerbie bomber to die 'within next month'. The Lockerbie bomber is expected to die "within four weeks" of the terminal cancer that led to his release from a British prison. Gadhafi's son: Lockerbie bomber is very sick. The only man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, released last year from a British prison on compassionate grounds, is alive but very sick, the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Tuesday [5/25/2010]. Dying Lockerbie bomber 'could survive for 10 years or more'. The Lockerbie bomber could survive for 10 years or longer, according to a cancer specialist who last year said he would be dead within three months of his release. Professor Karol Sikora, who assessed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi for the Libyan authorities almost a year ago, told The Sunday Times it was "embarrassing" the bomber had outlived his three-month prognosis. Megrahi, 58, is the only person convicted of the 1988 bombing of a US Pan Am jumbo jet over Lockerbie, which left 270 dead. Scotland to Aid U.S. Probe of Lockerbie Release. The Scottish government said it is prepared to assist with a coming U.S. Senate hearing on its release last summer of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, although it says it has yet to receive any specific requests from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the inquiry. Lockerbie Probe May Prove Uncomfortable for Obama Administration. The four Democratic U.S. senators probing the early release of the Libyan convicted in the Lockerbie bombing believe there were links to a BP oil deal, but their inquiry may have the unintended consequence of raising questions about just how strongly the Obama administration opposed the Libyan's release. The Lockerbie Bomber: What's the Story? The bombing was generally believed to have been orchestrated by Libya's dictator, Muammar al-Gaddafi. Megrahi was a Libyan intelligence officer and the head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines. After a trial in the Netherlands, Megrahi was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation that he not be eligible for parole for 20 years. Why anyone would consider paroling a terrorist responsible for the deaths of 270 people is a question for another day. Obama Approved Release of the Lockerbie Bomber. Some folks in Scotland are angry enough to leak to the Guardian what many of us already suspected. The Lockerbie bomber was released only with our approval — grudgingly given perhaps — but given nevertheless. Secret Support for Lockerbie Terrorist Reveals Need for "Lies Czar" in White House. Barack Obama desperately needs a "Lies Czar" to keep track of the president's lies so that The One can avoid tripping over his own words. Obama's latest lie-gone-wrong gaffe involves the release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, AKA the Lockerbie bomber. Just last week, Obama stated publicly that all Americans were "surprised, disappointed and angry" to learn of Megrahi's release. Lawmakers demand Lockerbie bomber medical files. Scottish lawmakers demanded Tuesday [8/10/2010] that their government publish full details of the medical advice that led to the release from prison of the Lockerbie bomber almost a year ago. A Year On, Bomber's Release Spurs Calls. U.S. senators ratcheted up pressure on the Scottish government over its decision to release the convicted Lockerbie bomber one year ago Friday, sending letters to U.K. and Scottish leaders demanding an array of medical, legal and diplomatic documents related to the release. Still kicking — and laughing. Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi just celebrated the first anniversary of his freedom. That is, of the inexplicable decision to release him — the lone Libyan terrorist convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that murdered 270 innocents — from a Scottish prison on the "compassionate" grounds that he had only three months to live. Father of 9/11 Victim Fights to Have 'Murdered by Muslim Terrorists' Inscribed on Son's Memorial. Peter Gadiel wants everyone to remember his son, James, who was killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks. And he also wants people to remember how he died: "Murdered by Muslim terrorists." For Gadiel, any tribute to his son would be woefully incomplete without those words. "I think it's important, because I think there's a nationwide effort to suppress the identity of the people who were involved in the attacks," Gadiel told Fox News. Betraying Our Dead. Eight years ago today, our homeland was attacked by fanatical Muslims inspired by Saudi Arabian bigotry. Three thousand American citizens and residents died. We resolved that we, the People, would never forget. Then we forgot. We've learned nothing. Instead of cracking down on Islamist extremism, we've excused it. Instead of killing terrorists, we free them. Instead of relentlessly hunting Islamist madmen, we seek to appease them. Jihadi Training Compounds, U.S.A. A battle in the war against radical Islam in Detroit was briefly waged on October 28 when the FBI engaged in a deadly shootout with an extremist imam refusing to be arrested. The imam was a leader in "Ummah," meaning "the brotherhood," a group said to consist of mostly African-Americans, many of whom converted in prison. This group isn't the only one trying to create an Islamic state within the borders of the U.S., and this shoot-out should be expected, unfortunately, to be a sign of more violent conflict coming down the line in this country with Islamic militant groups. CAIR: We Have a Problem. CAIR uses intimidation, blackmail, extortion, and any method a person can imagine to target individuals who oppose or attempt to bring forth their acts of criminal and/or unethical behavior. People should think of the Muslim Brotherhood not simply as a mob of thugs, but as a mob of thugs who provide support to Islamic based terrorist groups who have murdered and continue to murder our troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, and committed the acts against our country on 11 Sept. 2001. Replacing Black Power With Militant Islam. Even with the age of Obama dawning, for too many black Americans life is still fraught with the same old "us against them" sort of thinking. Where once militant blacks paraded in pseudo military garb claiming the mantle of "black power" and patterning themselves as "panthers" thrusting an angry fist into the air, now they cling to the separatist ideals of militant Islam. Islamic Nations Seek Legally Binding Way to Counter Religious 'Defamation'. As support wanes for its campaign to secure controversial but non-binding "defamation of religion" resolutions at the United Nations, the Islamic bloc is pushing ahead with an alternative route — one that would carry the weight of international law. Iran: Not a Theocracy but a Thugocracy. The mullahs are not insisting that Ahmadinejad stay in power whether or not he got most of the votes. They are saying — and they are saying not only to the world, but to the Shiite Moslem citizens of Iran — that Ahmadinejad actually got most of the votes. In other words, these representatives of pure Islam are lying to other Moslems — Moslems who are their fellow countrymen — about who won the election. Islam does not only prohibit lying to other Moslems, it also condemns it. Stealing is savagely punished. The mullahs are stealing votes. They are lying to those they pretend to protect. Religious Cleansing in Iran. 'Every aspect of a non-Muslim is unclean," proclaimed Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini. He explained that non-Muslims rank between "feces" and "the sweat of a camel that has consumed impure food." Other prominent ayatollahs, including Ahmad Jannati, the current chairman of the Guardian Council, have made similar utterances. Obama's State Department Submits to Islam. Here is but the latest act of submission to Islam by your State Department. A State Department cable has just been sent out with this announcement: The Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) has assembled a range of innovative and traditional tools to support Posts' outreach activities during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. ... Why aren't priests, pastors, etc. invited during Christmas to give blessings or talk about Christianity in the United States? An Open Question to Osama Bin Laden — or Any Other Islamist. The arch-terrorist's real reason for waging jihad has nothing to do with Israel or U.S. foreign policy. Is another 9/11 set to unfold? [Scroll down] [Daniel J.] Hill said the next terrorist attack will involve suitcase nuclear bombs that will be detonated in small, low-flying two-seater private airplanes manned by men hanging onto the belief that, like the 9/11 hijackers, they are about to die as martyrs and enter paradise. He is not alone in suggesting such a scenario. A 2007 book, "The Day of Islam," spells out the details, as do any number of Internet sites about a plot called "American Hiroshima." Islam on Capitol Hill? "Our Time Has Come," proclaims the Islam on Capitol Hill website. ... Is the Islam on Capitol Hill day of prayer meant to be a declaration of Islamic supremacism — that Sharia law's "time has come" in the U.S.? It could be the occasion for a ringing affirmation of adherence to Constitutional pluralism and non-establishment of religion. But it probably won't be. No to Islamic Law. Those of us who argue against Shari'a are sometimes asked why Islamic law poses a problem when modern Western societies long ago accommodated Halakha, or Jewish law. The answer is easy: a fundamental difference separates the two. Islam is a missionizing religion, Judaism is not. Islamists aspire to apply Islamic law to everyone, while observant Jews seek only themselves to live by Jewish law. Two very recent examples from the United Kingdom demonstrate the innate imperialism of Islamic law. Fairfax approves expansion of Islamic academy. Fairfax County supervisors on Monday [8/3/2009] narrowly voted to let a Saudi-funded Islamic prep school expand its campus on a hazardous country road, capping a months-long debate that mashed traffic concerns with accusations that the school's curriculum fosters religious intolerance. Is Democracy the Killer of Liberty? The very word "Islam" is derived from the root word of "taslim," which means submission, submission to the will and dictates of Allah as stipulated by Muhammad and elucidated by the medieval Islamic clerics. Free people withstood the assaults of tyrannies such as fascism and communism and paid dearly in preserving liberty. Now, liberty is once again in mortal danger. This time, it's from Islam. And democracy is indeed a great potential friend of the enemy. A Tale of Two Constitutions. Last Sunday's conference was titled, "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam," and it's was held at the Hilton Hotel in a suburb of Chicago. The shocking part of this story is that the majority of US lawmakers were silent about this gathering of avowed enemies of the US Constitution and American values. Those who did speak out made certain to preface their remarks with the old cliché "they are exercising their First Amendment rights." That was the rationale given by the management at Hilton Hotels, as well. The Islamist Who Served on the Electoral College. Election 2008 proved historic on a number of levels, but one milestone passed without the recognition it deserves. When the Electoral College convened on December 15 to ratify the citizens' choice of Barack Obama as the next president, Jafar "Jeff" Siddiqui of Lynnwood, Washington, became the first known Islamist to cast an electoral vote. Invasion By Immigration. The late British parliamentarian Enoch Powell warned more than 40 years ago that Britain had to be mad to allow in 50,000 dependents of immigrants every year. Powell, who was denounced as a racist and a xenophobe by the intellectual elites, compared it to watching a nation busily engaged in heaping up its own funeral pyre. In retrospect, Powell looks like a prophet. Fascism 101. Nazism was supremacist. Hitler preached that Germans and Aryans were a master race, born to rule the world. Militant Islamists — whether Shiite (like Khomeini) or Sunni (like Osama bin Laden) — also are supremacist, though they substitute religion for race, the "Nation of Islam" for the German nation. They claim Muslims — led by them — have a divine right to rule. The Nazis believed their triumph would come through a glorious war. The Islamists believe their triumph will come through a glorious holy war — a jihad against infidels and the West. The Nazis believed that only men, not women, are fit to lead and wield power. The Islamists concur. NYC Muslims push to add holidays to school year. Moneeb Hassan remembers having to choose between a final exam in American history or celebrating the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Adha. In the end, he chose both. Hassan, 17, is one of thousands of Muslim students in the city who must perform a balancing act between his academic and religious obligations during his holidays. But the nation's largest school district hasn't sanctioned official Muslim holidays. "People came to this country for freedom of religion," Hassan said. "We're just asking for fair and equal treatment." The Editor says... You should think twice before asking for fair treatment in New York City, Moneeb. They just might give it to you. One-Way Free Speech. On July 19th, a conference entitled "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam" took place as scheduled at the Hilton Hotel in Oak Lawn, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. There, in the heartland of a post 9/11 America, Hizb-ut Tahrir, an international organization outlawed as a terrorist group in several European and Middle East countries, sponsored sessions focusing on strategies to end free enterprise and replace it with Shari'ah law. When You Lie Down with Pythons. Nestled on lovely two-lane bypass, Popes Head Road, some 21 miles from Washington, DC, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) is a private K-12 school founded and financed by the Government of Saudi Arabia. The fully accredited ISA declares that it "promotes respect and mutual understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims, Arabs and Americans while keeping within the Muslim faith." Imam at Windy City Islamist confab: We'll fight til 'Islam Becomes Victorious or We Die in the Attempt'. Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), the international movement to re-establish an international Islamic state, or Caliphate, kicked off a new campaign to win American recruits Sunday afternoon [7/19/2009] in this Chicago suburb. Nearly 300 people packed the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel for its Khalifah Conference on "The Fall of Capitalism and the Rise of Islam" to listen to HT ideologues blame capitalism for World War I and World War II; the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown; the current violence in Iraq and Afghanistan; world poverty and malnutrition and inner-city drug use. Pope expresses 'deep respect' for Islam. Pope Benedict XVI expressed deep respect for Islam Friday [5/8/2009] and said he hopes the Catholic Church can play a role in Mideast peace as he began his first trip to the region, where he hopes to improve frayed ties with Muslims. Civilization and Mosques: The entire globe is Islam's religious ambition and field of conquest. Bombings and attacks in New York and London, Madrid and Moscow, Bali and Mumbai, Jerusalem and Balsan, are not isolated or discrete instances of local theatre low-intensive assaults, but components of a pattern of coordinated and executed warfare of a very singular kind. Where are the "separation of church and state" activists now? Muslim Group Giving 100,000 Qur'ans to Elected Officials. On the premise that nothing makes a better gift than a good book, a Muslim civil liberties group is launching a campaign to hand out 100,000 free copies of an expensive Arabic-English copy of the Qur'an to elected officials and influential policy makers. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is planning to announce their campaign at a press conference Tuesday [6/30/2009]. Hijab bullies want everyone to cover up. Lawful Islamists use two general strategies to advance their agenda: they request that Muslims be granted special privileges and, more broadly, they seek to impose their ways on others. The Other Intelligence Failure. There is some kind of suicide-supply chain working in the Muslim world and in Iraq that is able to draw recruits, connect them with bomb makers and deploy them tactically against U.S. and Iraqi targets on an almost daily basis. What is even more unnerving about these suicide bombers is that, unlike the Hamas crew in Israel, who produce videos of themselves, explain their rationale and say goodbye to families, virtually all the bombers in Iraq have blown themselves up without even telling us their names. Nobody wants a terrorist for a neighbor. President Barack Obama made a serious mistake when he decided to close the U.S. prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without first figuring out where to put the 240 detainees held there. Most of these people are hard-core jihadists whose main goal in life is to kill Americans. Obama can call it an "overseas contingency operation," but for the Gitmo detainees it is a declared war against us and terrorism is their weapon of choice. Man convicted in NY of trying to start terror camp. A jury convicted a Lebanese-born Swede on Tuesday [5/12/2009] of plotting to help al-Qaida recruit by trying to set up a weapons-training post in Oregon and distributing terrorist training manuals over the Internet. The Somali Pirates Are Jihadists. Let's not lose sight of who [Captain Richard] Phillips' captors were. His Somali pirate captors are Islamic jihadists, dedicated to the same goals as Osama bin Laden and other jihadists around the world. In August 2008, when the pirates became especially active off the Horn of Africa, Andrew Mwangura, head of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme, declared that Al-Shabaab, a group of jihadists in Somalia, use piracy to fund their jihad: "According to our information, the money they make from piracy and ransoms goes to support al-Shabaab activities onshore." Where Credit Is Due. The United States should start calling these "pirates" by their true name. They are Islamic terrorists who make millions in ransom from ship hijackings and kidnappings. They don't buy fancy cars and big houses like members of some drug cartels. Instead, they use the money to finance terrorism around the world. Somali Pirates Form Unholy Alliance with Islamists. Warships have done little to deter Somalia's pirates. But following the latest spate of hijackings, the West plans to take a more robust approach to protecting shipping. Intelligence agencies are alarmed at the pirates' increasingly close ties to Islamist groups. Walking the plank. All of the arguments of the wimp world view are predictably trotted out on issues like this: that violence only begets more violence, that we shouldn't in our arrogance claim the right to police the high seas and summarily dispatch justice, that this and other problems can only be addressed in multilateral fashion with U.N. approval. All of it is completely wrong. Piracy is a criminal act and a criminal act only. Show Me the Mullah. I am struck by the lack of coverage in the media of the obvious beneficiary of the rise in Somali piracy. Let's just ask the question; who stands to gain from this phenomenon? It's pretty simple really. The piracy in the northern Indian Ocean raises large sums of money for fundamentalist Mullahs and puts a big hurt on Suez Canal traffic. This piracy is a de facto extension of the strategy behind the assassination of Anwar Sadat and busloads of foreign tourists. War and Peace — and Deceit — in Islam (Part 1). Amazingly, for all the talk that Islam is constantly being "misunderstood" or "misinterpreted" by "radicals," the fact is, as opposed to most other religions, Islam is a clearly defined faith admitting of no ambiguity: indeed, according to Sharia (i.e., "Islam's way of life," more commonly translated as "Islamic law") every conceivable human act is categorized as being either forbidden, discouraged, permissible, recommended, or obligatory. "Common sense" or "universal opinion" has little to do with Islam's notions of right and wrong. War and Peace — and Deceit — in Islam (Part 2). The fact that Islam legitimizes deceit during war cannot be all that surprising; as the saying goes, all's fair in love and war. Moreover, non-Muslim thinkers and philosophers, such as Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, and Hobbes, all justified deceit in war. The crucial difference, however, is that, according to all four recognized schools of Sunni jurisprudence, war against the infidel goes on in perpetuity — until "all chaos ceases, and all religion belongs to Allah" (Koran 8:39). Clear and Present Danger. The most dangerous men currently incarcerated at Guantánamo are the 14 "high value" detainees. The Bush administration gave them this designation because they are uniquely lethal, having planned and participated in the most devastating terrorist attacks in history. Their collective dossier includes, among other attacks, 9/11, the American embassy bombings (August 7, 1998), the USS Cole bombing (October 12, 2000), and the Bali bombings (October 12, 2002). They are responsible for murdering thousands of civilians around the globe, from the eastern United States to Southeast Asia. Had they not been captured, they surely would have murdered thousands more. How Britain's mosques foster extremism. Today, there are between 1,200 and 1,600 mosques in Britain — no definite figure exists. Yesterday, the Charity Commission sought to gloss over the malaise in them by publishing figures on attendance, but not inquiring into difficult areas. At Quilliam, Britain's first counter-extremism think-tank, we commissioned a poll of more than 1,000 mosques in 2008, during Ramadan when mosques are busiest. Despite employing Urdu and Bengali-speaking researchers, we could poll only just over 500. Most British mosques don't maintain a reception or service to answer questions, and not every one we did reach was willing to answer. Cruel and Usual Punishment. Every time I tried to find a solution to all the ills of Muslim society, such as jihad, oppression of women and minorities, I was confronted with an Islamic law that stood in the way of a solution. Having been born and raised as a Muslim who lived under Sharia for 30 years of my life, I know first hand the destructive impact of sharia on the healthy functioning of society and its total disregard for basic human rights. Imaginary Islamist Think-Tanks. Despite what the pessimists say, there is one industry that is still flourishing in the UK. It consists of Islamists establishing their own think-tanks and pressure groups. They serve little purpose other than to bestow legitimacy upon ill-informed, extremist Muslim speakers, who can then attend conferences and get media access under the façade of expertise. Playing on both sides of the fence... Episcopal priest with Muslim beliefs defrocked. An Episcopal priest has been defrocked for refusing to recant her faith in Islam, Rhode Island Bishop Geralyn Wolf said Wednesday [4/1/2009]. Ann Holmes Redding's expulsion from the priesthood was two years in the making. Wolf first learned in June 2007 that Redding had become a Muslim when she recited the Shahadah — the Islam creed testifying to Allah as the only God and Muhammad as his prophet. Who's Sorry Now? In 2000, at a state dinner in Washington, Secretary of State Madeline Albright ... said the U.S. "must bear its full share of responsibility for the problems that have arisen in U.S.-Iranian relations." Those problems presumably include Hezbollah, created and supported by Iran, killing 243 American soldiers in their Beirut barracks in 1983. Before 9/11, Hezbollah was responsible for killing more Americans than any other terrorist group. They have never apologized for this and other actions. Free Speech Is Great, But ... Accusations of "Islamophobia" have been used as a cudgel to shut down debate even in Canada, where Islamic groups have used the law to try to silence National Review's Mark Steyn and others. We are seeing a similar dynamic here. Obviously, the challenge that immigration-driven multiculturalism poses to free speech here is the decaf, low-calorie version of what Europe and Canada face. The cultural distance between our society and the bulk of our immigrants is much smaller than in Europe, and we have a much stronger sense of ourselves, which has resulted in more success in getting newcomers to assimilate. Islam-Speak: It has become very clear that in the West, we have a fundamental misunderstanding of Islam. Its history, guiding principles, and more importantly, what it means to a Muslim when he uses certain terms. In order to understand what Muslims mean when they use a certain word, we must remember that in their minds and cultures, certain words do not mean anything like the accepted meaning we have for them in the West. Taliban from Outer Space. [Scroll down] When girls and women are denied education or even health care and are executed by their own kin for minor infractions against the cult, how does that square with our insistence that all men want greater opportunities for the kids? What about those Afghan parents who approve of or even encourage suicidal attacks by their sons? This not only confounds our value system, but defies biological reason. Human Rights vs. Islamic Rights. [Scroll down] The pre-cursor to the Cairo Declaration was the Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights, first proclaimed in the 1980's by the Islamic Council at the International Conference on the Prophet Mohammad and His Message. The document was rooted in the belief that Allah alone is the law giver and the source of all laws. ... Cairo, unlike the UNDHR is anything but a religion-neutral document. On the contrary, it overtly asserts that Islam is superior over other religions, and that the Islamic ummah is the "best nation". South Florida: Learn about Islam, ads say. South Florida Muslims launched an ad campaign Tuesday with banners on more than 120 buses urging Floridians to learn more about Islam. For eight weeks, buses in Broward and Miami-Dade counties will carry messages like "Islam: Got Questions? Get answers." The Editor says... Educating the public about Islam is what this page is all about. Hamas backers jailed in Texas. Two founder members of what was once the biggest Muslim charity in the US have each been jailed for 65 years. Shukri Abu Baker, 50, and Ghassan Elashi, 55, were convicted of channelling funds to the Palestinian militant group, Hamas. Holy Land Foundation defendants guilty on all counts. A jury on Monday [11/24/2008] determined that the Holy Land Foundation and five men who worked with the Muslim charity were guilty of three dozen counts related to the illegal funneling of at least $12 million to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. The unanimous verdicts are a complete victory for the government, which streamlined its case after a mistrial last year, and worked hard to carefully educate jurors on the complex evidence presented in the massive case. The dangerous illusion of independent terrorists. It may be that since the 9/11 attacks in New York, the world has completely misconceived the age of terror. The radical increase in the lethality, range, political consequence and strategic influence of terrorists comes not from their being non-state actors at all. Instead it comes from their being sponsored by states. Sometimes they are the instruments of states and at other times they make strategic alliances with states. A terrorist group operating without any state sponsorship is an infinitely less dangerous outfit than a terrorist group operating with the co-operation of even the most ramshackle state. Jewish Museum of Tolerance Is Intolerable to Muslims. A planned Museum of Tolerance in western Jerusalem is creating another rift between Jews and Muslims. An American Muslim group says the museum is going up on the site of a Muslim cemetery and it wants construction stopped. Israel's supreme court, however, ruled that the museum is being built on land that's been used for decades as a parking lot without complaint from Muslims. Fear and the Future of Islam: Fear is a primal human emotion. It is also a tool of the weak, the impatient, and those who having sensed a deficit of power, feel that they have no other recourse than to use it to subdue their presumed enemies. These people are called terrorists. But the terrorist does not seek to merely inspire fear for its own sake. He seeks to bring about change. He hopes that those whom he terrorizes will be persuaded to reconsider their positions. Hence the terrorist is not only the weakest but also the least imaginative of all change agents. Enough of Radical Islam. Enough with the pseudonyms. Western civilization isn't at war with terrorism any more than it is at war with grenades. Western civilization is at war with militant Islam, which dominates Muslim communities all over the world. Militant Islam isn't a tiny minority of otherwise goodhearted Muslims. Its a dominant strain of evil that runs rampant in a population of well over 1 billion. Messages From Mumbai: The threat of Islamo-Nazi terror remains real and urgent, and Americans must not take our safety for granted. While both the public and the president-elect focus almost exclusively on our dire economic challenges, we tend to dismiss the possibility of new terrorist attacks on American soil. An American challenges England's 'libel tourism'. [Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz's] frenzied use of the High Court in London to silence the media began in earnest after the 9/11 attacks on America. As a defendant in lawsuits brought by families of the 9/11 victims and others against al Qaida's financiers, he tries to squash any information about his activities. The New Presumption of Transparency. "If information cannot be freely exchanged, if journalists must fear being sued over information reported in good faith on matters crucial to our defense, matters such as the financial networks supporting jihadist terror, then we cannot make sound security policy," former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said at a recent conference on "libel lawfare." This is a useful term to describe lawsuits to suppress facts about radical Islam and terrorism. Silencing Speech: There are those members of the radical Muslim community who wish to silence their opponents via legal means. The goal is to instill fear and to create an undue fiscal burden on those who speak out against them, so that the truth about their dangerous agendas will never reach the public. Size of Islamist menace: Gallup polled more than 50,000 Muslims across 10 countries and found that, if one defines radicals as those who deemed the 9/11 attacks "completely justified", their number constitutes about 7 percent of the total population. But if one includes Muslims who considered the attacks "largely justified", their ranks jump to 13.5 percent. Adding those who deemed the attacks "somewhat justified" boosts the number of radicals to 36.6 percent. Which figure should one adopt? You Must Remember This. "We are in the process of an historical war between the World of Arrogance and the Islamic world," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has declared, "and this war has been going on for hundreds of years." "We are not fighting so that you will offer us something," said Hussein Massawi, a former leader of Hezbollah. "We are fighting to eliminate you." "Rome will become an advanced post for the Islamic conquests, which will spread though Europe in its entirety, and then will turn to the two Americas, even Eastern Europe," Yunis al-Astal, a Muslim cleric and Hamas parliamentarian has pledged. Criminalizing Criticism of Islam: There are strange happenings in the world of international jurisprudence that do not bode well for the future of free speech. In an unprecedented case, a Jordanian court is prosecuting 12 Europeans in an extraterritorial attempt to silence the debate on radical Islam. The prosecutor general in Amman charged the 12 with blasphemy, demeaning Islam and Muslim feelings, and slandering and insulting the prophet Muhammad in violation of the Jordanian Penal Code. The charges are especially unusual because the alleged violations were not committed on Jordanian soil. Iran and the Problem of Evil: The world is simmering in the familiar rhetoric and actions of movements and regimes — from Hezbollah and al Qaeda to the Iranian Khomeinists and the Saudi Wahhabis — who swear to destroy us and others like us. Like their 20th-century predecessors, they openly proclaim their intentions, and carry them out whenever and wherever they can. Like our own 20th-century predecessors, we rarely take them seriously or act accordingly. Amerabia: On May 4, an ominous alarm was sounded in a Pajamas Media column by Youssef Ibrahim, a former New York Times reporter. Mr. Ibrahim is an astute critic of the Islamists' steady, tireless and increasingly effective efforts to impose — on Muslims and non-Muslims alike — the repressive theo-political-legal agenda they call Shariah law. He warned that "In the very real war on terror, a noisy squabble over 'fighting them there so we don't have to fight them here' clouds a simple truth: namely, that 'they' are here already. Indeed, Islamists are busy constructing a wing of jihad in America's backyard." Stealth Jihad or Hysteria? During the recent Tyson Chicken controversy, I published an article at FrontPage in which I argued that Tyson and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) should not have agreed to make Eid al-Fitr a paid day off for employees at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the grounds that it set a bad precedent for accommodation of Islamic practices at a time when the Muslim Brotherhood is pressing forward a stealth jihad agenda of trying to impose Islamic Sharia law bit by bit and make American businesses and individuals grow used to the idea that Muslims must have special accommodation. Islamic States and Thought Crimes: The Thug's Ideal. The topic of my talk was theocracy and Islamic law. Islamic governments, as ideological states founded on claims to divine revelation, must jail — or worse — those who speak out against the clerics. This was the thug's ideal: In lieu of rationally demonstrating the "truth" of his beliefs, he would criminalize me, or jail me, or perhaps kill me, to stop the spread of ideas contrary to his. In Iran, this ideal has already been achieved; there I would have been arrested, condemned, and thrown into solitary confinement. To submit to the book is to exist in their hell. It is a book that contends that the greatest act of worship an individual can aspire to is committing suicide, while taking the life of a sinner. The author has 99 names but not one of them appears on the cover. This book demands total submission by its readers. And has captured the imagination of more than a billion people. What Do Muslims Want? For many people, religious practice — striving to obey God's commandments — is a high priority, the highest, even. Yet this priority can come into conflict with the character of the society in which one lives. This is undoubtedly the case for devout Muslims who voluntarily relocate to Western nations. This invariably will compromise what many of them profess to be their ultimate priority: living in accordance to the divine laws of Allah (i.e., sharia — most of which is derived from the words and deeds of seventh-century Mohammad). Truly endangered species: The world is increasingly at risk from a far more imminent threat, one [Al] Gore and his ilk seem content to ignore. In fact, the caviling about global warming can be seen as a deflection from a menace that is at hand and that risks turning vast human populations into endangered species: the rapidly metastasizing, totalitarian ideology of our time that has come to be known as Islamofascism or, alternatively, Islamism. Most suicide bombers are Muslim. Suicide missions are not always religiously motivated, but according to Oxford University sociologist Diego Gambetta, editor of Making Sense of Suicide Missions, when religion is involved, the attackers are always Muslim. Why? The surprising answer is that Muslim suicide bombing has nothing to do with Islam or the Quran (except for two lines). It has a lot to do with sex, or, in this case, the absence of sex. What distinguishes Islam from other major religions is that it tolerates polygyny. ... It is the combination of polygyny and the promise of a large harem of virgins in heaven that motivates many young Muslim men to commit suicide bombings. "-------" Terrorism. Yesterday, Muneer Fareed, head of the Islamic Society of North America, called for John McCain to cease using the terms Muslim or Islamic in describing — Mohammedan? — terrorism. … In fact, it does no such thing. The modifiers "Islamic" and "Muslim" are critical in helping to identify the methodology, motivation, and personnel working against us. What does paint the moderate Muslim community "in a very negative way" is Fareed's evident refusal to face up to a blunt fact: people calling themselves Muslims have waged a war against people they've labeled infidels. Muslim Groups Take Issue With McCain's Vocabulary. using the word "Islamic" to describe terrorists. The Washington Times reports Islamic Society of North America's secretary general wants McCain to use something he calls "more acceptable to the Muslim community." … But McCain strategist Steve Schmidt says there will be no changes. "The reality is, the hateful ideology which underpins bin Ladenism is properly described as radical Islamic extremism. Senator McCain refers to it that way because that is what it is." Muslim call to adopt Mecca time to replace GMT. Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers. The call was issued at a conference held in the Gulf state of Qatar under the title: Mecca, the Centre of the Earth, Theory and Practice. One geologist argued that unlike other longitudes, Mecca's was in perfect alignment to magnetic north. He said the English had imposed GMT on the rest of the world by force when Britain was a big colonial power, and it was about time that changed. The Editor says... Attention poorly educated Muslims: The magnetic poles migrate, so no point is "perfectly aligned" with them for long. Obama and Islamic Jihad. It is conventional wisdom that the United States, or the West in general, can make the global jihad problem go away by doing something that is not being done now, or by stopping doing something else. The possibility that the jihad might have arisen not as a reaction to actions of America and the West — and cannot be ended by our actions, either, with the possible exception of overwhelming military and cultural force — never seems to occur to anyone. Jihad Comes to Wall Street. If you've seen Geert Wilders's film Fitna, you may not have noticed a single headline amongst all the bombings, beheadings, and earnest expressions of Islam's eventual world domination: Halal-fund: investments for Muslims. But the investment vehicles referenced are an essential part of radical Islam's efforts to insinuate itself into Western societies in order to destroy them from within. A movie and a conversion: Europe begins to resist? Some analysts of Islam in Western Europe argue that the continent cannot escape its Eurabian fate; that the trend lines of the past half-century will continue until Muslims become a majority population and Islamic law (the Shari'a) reigns. I disagree, arguing that there is another route the continent might take, one of resistance to Islamification and a reassertion of traditional ways. I've never heard anybody say this before. Imam casts doubt over existence of bin Laden. The leader of Muslim imams in Norway said Monday [9/11/2006] that many Muslims feel they've been under collective suspicion since September 11, 2001. He also questioned whether Osama bin Laden actually exists. Why the Islamists will never win: Their apocalyptic vision of a world violently subjugated to their benighted interpretation of the will of Allah is unattainable. The War on Islamic Terror: Four Key Concepts. The war on terror represents the culmination of events set in motion centuries ago, back when the social evolution of humanity hit a fork in the road. Down one path lay the Enlightenment, the path taken by predominantly Judeo-Christian peoples. Down the other path lay a return to the Middle Ages, the path taken by predominantly Islamic peoples. Evangelicals' issue: Radical Islam. From one perspective, branding "radical Islam" as a family values issue is yet another example of the broadening of the evangelical agenda. But next November, it also could energize one of the Republican Party's key voting blocs, much like anti-gay marriage measures did in 2004. "It's the ultimate life issue," said Rick Scarborough, president of the Texas-based conservative Christian group Vision America. "If radical Islam succeeds in its ultimate goals, Christianity ceases to exist." Thanks but No Thanksgiving. [S]ome Muslims in the West seem to be making the argument … that Islam cannot integrate smoothly, or is entirely incompatible, with Western values and traditions. … A Toronto mosque called, National Post reports, The Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque says to "avoid participating" in dinners, parties or greetings on Thanksgiving because it is a kuffaar, or non-Muslim, celebration. Not only is this surprising, but the term kuffaar is a derogatory one meaning "ingrate" that was once applied to slaves. How I nearly lost my business. It seems too lunatic to be true. But here a hair salon boss reveals how she was driven to the brink of ruin — and forced to pay £4,000 for 'hurt feelings' — after refusing to hire a Muslim stylist who wouldn't show her hair at work. The Muslim Accomplishments That Weren't: Individual Muslims have been successful in the full range of the human scientific and artistic endeavor. But a closer examination of these successes reveals that they came about because these individuals stepped outside of the Muslim realm. Welcome Back, Carter. Now that our silver-tongued president has gone to Cairo to soothe Muslims' hurt feelings, they love us again! Muslims in Pakistan expressed their appreciation for President Barack Obama's speech by bombing a fancy hotel in Peshawar this week. Operating on the liberal premise that what Arabs really respect is weakness, Obama listed, incorrectly, Muslims' historical contributions to mankind, such as algebra (actually that was the ancient Babylonians), the compass (that was the Chinese), pens (the Chinese again) and medical discoveries (huh?). Minister warns of 'inbred' Muslims. A government minister has warned that inbreeding among immigrants is causing a surge in birth defects — comments likely to spark a new row over the place of Muslims in British society. Phil Woolas, an environment minister, said the culture of arranged marriages between first cousins was the "elephant in the room". The gene pool needs some chlorine! Research reveals new syndrome in inbred Arab family. Researchers at Haifa's Rambam Medical Center and the Technion's medical school have for the first time identified a rare syndrome — among five of 11 children born to Israeli Arab first cousins who married — that combines baldness, mental retardation and neurological problems that make walking difficult. Don't Pity the Polar Bear, Pity the Endangered Liberal. The Polar Bear population has actually been on the rise and while theoretical climate change computer models may claim that the Polar Bear will be in trouble — all told the Polar has it pretty good. For one thing … the Polar Bear can fairly safely cross from floe to floe without expecting to encounter a suicide bomber, an Iranian missile or some hate imprinted denizen of the Middle East who has been fasting for a month and thinks Polar Bears are an abomination unless draped in black sackcloth. That is the Polar Bear is fairly safe because unlike the rest of us, it lives far up North and well away from any major Islamic population centers, which are the real threat. We're far too nice to Muslim extremists. Of British Muslims aged 16-24, 37% would prefer to live under sharia in Britain, 37% would like to send their children to Islamic state schools and — most incredibly — 36% think Muslims converting to another religion should be punished by death. … The usual immigrant experience of gradual integration has failed for more than a third of Muslims. All the exhaustive and intrusive efforts of the race relations industry have been counter-productive. Islam's War for World Mastery: "During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers. If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire. If you said or did anything against the Americans, not only would there be no punishment; there might even be some possibility of reward." Thus wrote the eminent historian Bernard Lewis in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal. Radical Islam, not Bush, is the enemy. Before I mention the possible consequences of leaving Iraq, I'd like to mention an often overlooked result of our pulling out of Vietnam in 1973. Within two years of our leaving Southeast Asia, much of that region had fallen to brutal communist regimes, and several million innocent civilians were slaughtered by the communist Khmer Rouge in the killing fields of Cambodia, as well as hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese killed by their new communist government. The United States, the United Nations and the rest of the world did nothing. However, as bad as this was, it will be small compared to what will likely happen when we withdraw from Iraq with our tails tucked between our legs yet again. Why radical Islam — and why now? Read any newspaper or turn on any news broadcast and you're bound to encounter stories of Islamic radicals fighting, killing and threatening each other — and just about everyone else. … Shiite and Sunni militias, each claiming to represent true Islam, keep slaughtering each other in Iraq. Lurching toward radicalism. The homegrown plot to blow up transatlantic flights has intensified fears that the 1.6 million Muslims in Britain are rejecting political tolerance and free speech for a violent, radicalized version of Islam. Do British Muslims really pose a threat to that country and its traditional values? Some answers are provided by the most comprehensive survey to date of Muslim opinion in Britain. Free CDs won't stop terrorists. The [British] Prime Minister is known to be increasingly frustrated by the failure of the Government's existing strategy for ensuring that Muslims in Britain understand, absorb and adopt British values, especially those of tolerance, and the renunciation of terrorism. That strategy, whose ethos is summed up by the broad banner of "multiculturalism", has been a spectacular failure. The present generation of Muslims is, if anything, less integrated, more isolated, and more hostile to British values than its parents were. If You're a Muslim — It's Your Problem. When will the Muslims of Britain stand up to be counted? When will they declare, loud and clear, with no qualifications or quibbles about Britain's foreign policy, that Islamic terrorism is WRONG? Most of all, when will the Muslim community in this country accept an absolute, undeniable, total truth: that Islamic terrorism is THEIR problem? THEY own it. And it is THEIR duty to face it and eradicate it. Information on Islam: History and archeology show clearly that Allah was worshipped as a pagan moon god long before Mohammed came on the scene. Robert Morey, author of The Islamic Invasion, explains: "Islam's origins have been traced back by scholars to the ancient fertility religion of the worship of the moon god which was always the dominant religion of Arabia. The moon god was worshipped by praying toward Mecca several times a day, making an annual pilgrimage to the Kabah which was a temple of the moon god, running around the Kabah seven times, caressing an idol of a black stone set in the wall of the Kabah, running between two hills, making animal sacrifices, gathering on Fridays for prayers, giving alms to the poor, etc. These were pagan rites practiced by the Arabs long before Muhammad was born." Muslims can never conform to our ways. Ministers appear whimsically to be shifting from the multi-cultural society towards an integrated one. They are whistling in the dark if they think that will play well with the followers of Islam in our midst. Muslims are rooted in their faith and it governs the way they live. It is the only faith on Earth that persuades its followers to seek political power and impose a law — sharia — which shapes everyone's style of life. What it means to live by Muhammad's words and deeds: Every aspect of Islamic practice and belief finds its basis in Muhammad's words and deeds. … The mistreatment of women, polygamy, child-marriage, stoning of adulterers, cutting off the hands of thieves, mutilation of enemy corpses, the sentence of death for apostasy, the subjection of dhimmi or Christians and Jews, even the killing of writers who displease the faithful — all have their precedents in the things Muhammad said and did. Multiple wives will mean multiple benefits. Husbands with multiple wives have been given the go-ahead to claim extra welfare benefits following a year-long Government review, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Even though bigamy is a crime in Britain, the decision by ministers means that polygamous marriages can now be recognised formally by the state, so long as the weddings took place in countries where the arrangement is legal. The outcome will chiefly benefit Muslim men with more than one wife, as is permitted under Islamic law. Georgia Mayor Converts to Islam. Mayor Jack Ellis has converted to Islam and is working to change his legal name to Hakim Mansour Ellis. Ellis, 61, a Macon native who was raised Christian, said he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal. The D'Souza Follies: Today's jihadist predilection for suicide attacks is a matter of technological progress making possible what had hitherto been impossible; it does not represent a theological divergence from traditional Islam. Suicide attack recruiters today point to Qur'an 9:111, which guarantees Paradise to those who "kill and are killed" for Allah. This was not added into the Qur'an by contemporary Muslims, and has been acted upon by Muslims in the past: Andrew Bostom has found that John Paul Jones encountered suicide attacks by Muslim Turks in 1788. The Colonial War Against Islam: America has been fighting Islamists for longer than many realize. Even before independence was declared, American ships were pirated and their Christian crews enslaved by Muslim pirates operating under the control of the "Dey of Algiers" — an Ottoman Islamist warlord ruling Algeria. When the colonists rebelled against British rule in 1776, American ships lost Royal Navy protection. A Revolutionary War-era alliance with France offered French protection to US ships, but it expired in 1783. A courageous voice against the Muslim bullyboys. The Giraffe Heroes Project is an American organisation that celebrates the lives of ordinary people who stick their necks out for the common good. As its president, Anne Medlock, writes: "In stories back to the dawn of time, the healing of the wasteland has come only when someone refuses to be passive and summons up the courage to ignore all the naysayers, go forth, and slay whatever dragon has scared everybody else into terrified passivity. The Dark Ages — Live From the Middle East! Who would have thought centuries after the Enlightenment that sophisticated Europeans — in fear of radical Islamists — would be afraid to write a novel, put on an opera, draw a cartoon, film a documentary or have their pope discuss comparative theology? The veiled conceit of multiculturalism. How tolerant must a free society be of those who are intolerant of the values it holds dear? This question is at the heart of a controversy that has flared up in Britain over the past fortnight concerning Muslim women who wear nikabs, burkas and other face coverings that allow little more than the eyes to be seen. John Conyers And The Muslim Caucus. The likely new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he's just fighting bigotry in leading a Democrat jihad to deny law enforcement key terror-fighting tools. But he is in the pocket of Islamists. John Conyers, son of a leftist Detroit union activist, represents the largest Arab population in the country. His district includes Dearborn, Mich., nicknamed "Dearbornistan" by locals fed up with cultural encroachment and terror fears from a steady influx of Mideast immigrants. Britain stops talk of 'war on terror'. Cabinet ministers have been told by the Foreign Office to drop the phrase 'war on terror' and other terms seen as liable to anger British Muslims and increase tensions more broadly in the Islamic world. The shift marks a turning point in British political thinking about the strategy against extremism and underlines the growing gulf between the British and American approaches to the continuing problem of radical Islamic militancy. Brits End the "War on Terror". If Muslim leaders are correct when saying that the bin Ladens, al-Zawahiris, and Hassan Nasrallahs of the world don't equal Islam, then it inextricably follows that our actions against those terrorists do not equal an attack on Islam — once separated, always separated. As I've argued before, if it's wrong to assume guilt based on ethnicity, then it's equally wrong to shield guilt based on ethnicity. Why is this concept such a daunting challenge to surmount? Females fight ritual mutilation. Siham Rabiyah was 12 when her uncles sliced her genitals to uphold her family honour. She remembers the searing pain, the crowd around her and the blood, but little else about the day of her mutilation in the coastal Yemeni city of Aden. … From behind her black burka in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, Siham says she wants to talk about what happened to her to highlight the practice of female circumcision, which is still ritually performed in many areas of coastal Yemen and throughout the Middle East. Better late than never. Adopt our values or stay away, says Blair. Tony Blair formally declared Britain's multicultural experiment over yesterday [12/09/2006] as he told immigrants they had "a duty" to integrate with the mainstream of society. In a speech that overturned more than three decades of Labour support for the idea, he set out a series of requirements that were now expected from ethnic minority groups if they wished to call themselves British. Submit or Die. Many commentators have noted the apparent irony: The pope suggests Islam encourages violence — and Muslims riot in protest. Many commentators have pointed out the apparent hypocrisy: Muslims are outraged by cartoons satirizing Islamic extremism while in Muslim countries Christianity and Judaism are attacked viciously and routinely. Many commentators are missing the point: These protesters — and those who incite them — are not asking for mutual respect and equality. Terrorists' excuse du jour. If you've ever stood up to a bully, you know how this works. Confrontation tends to increase the chances of violence in the short term but decreases its likelihood in the long term. Any hunter will tell you that the most dangerous moment is when you've cornered an animal, and any cop will tell you that standing up to muggers puts you in danger. Children As Bombs: As if things weren't crazy enough already in the Middle East, here's the officially sanctioned message in sixth-grade Palestinian textbooks for 11- and 12-year-old kids: "The noble soul has two goals: death and the desire for it." The goal isn't to build magnificent skyscrapers or write brilliant novels or to work on cures for the world's most lethal diseases. The noble goal for the noble soul is as simple as strapping on a dynamite belt and blowing oneself into a million pieces in an Israeli pizza shop. No more ambulances for terror. What kind of cold-blooded thugs use ambulances as killing aids or propaganda tools? Islamic terrorists, of course, have an unsurpassed history of using emergency vehicles as tools of their murderous trade. International charities and media dupes have gone along for the ride. 8-10-2006 — Was This Meant As Next 9/11? Its scope was ruthlessly ambitious, causing destruction officials say would have been "unimaginable." The alleged plot to take down several U.S.-bound planes with liquid explosives appears to be unlike anything the world has seen in years. It's Fascism — And It's Islamic. George Bush recently declared that we are at war with "Islamic fascism." Muslim-American groups were quick to express furor at the expression. Middle Eastern autocracies complained that it was provocative and insensitive. Critics of the term chosen by the president, however, should remember what al-Qaida, the Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas and other extremist Muslim groups have said and done. Like the fascists of the 1930s, the leaders of these groups are authoritarians who brook no dissent in their efforts to impose a comprehensive system of submission upon the unwilling. The Islamofascist threat. If a small nuclear bomb went off in Grand Central Station, there would be no known enemy to bomb in return. If this is a real threat, then the war in Iraq makes sense. Do profile; don't tell. In the wake of last week's foiled terrorist plot to blow up 10 U.S. jetliners flying between Britain and the United States, sensible people are reconsidering our government's stubborn opposition to profiling. At last! Green Light For Profiling. Nearly seven years after the 9-11 attacks, the Bush administration is finally reconsidering its opposition to one of the most effective counterterrorism weapons at its disposal. In the months ahead, FBI agents may be able to profile potential terrorists on the basis of suspicious traits and activities, including their ethnic and religious backgrounds. Those most likely to commit acts of Islamic terrorism will no longer be able to hide in plain sight. The ACLU Continues Its Onslaught. Israeli security agents and police have used kinetic interviewing for screening people at airports and security checkpoints for years with much success. In a press release the ACLU has warned that the behavior analysis screening technique could result in racial profiling. Could result? Creating public policy based on what "could result" is nonsense since in this case the ACLU insinuates bad intentions on the part of US security and law enforcement agencies. Terrorists do not share our vision of peace. We have to ask ourselves what motivates someone to perpetrate such an act: boarding an aircraft, carrying explosives, intending to kill themselves and hundreds around them. It is entirely right to ask that question. But it is vital that we do not jump to facile conclusions and clutch at easy answers. British Doctor Is Convicted in Failed Car Bombings. A jury found the doctor, Bilal Abdulla, a passenger in the Jeep Cherokee, guilty of two charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to cause explosions in three bungled car bombing attempts in Glasgow and London over 24 hours. The judge, Sir Colin Crichton Mackay, will sentence Dr. Abdulla on Wednesday [12/17/2008]. Both charges carry potential life sentences. Lost and Found: Eleven Egyptian Students Why are Middle-eastern students allowed into this country at all? Any time a bunch of them arrive in the U.S. to attend flight school, or any other schoool, and then they disappear, it is cause for alarm. It is reason enough to deport them, before they disappear again. If the decision makers at the highest levels of the federal government used common sense, and were not afraid to be politically incorrect, they wouldn't allow anyone to immigrate to this country from predominantly Muslim countries. As long as these "students" continue to come here, they should be under constant surveillance. FBI Searching For 11 Egyptian Students. Eleven Egyptian students who arrived in the United States last month are being sought by authorities after failing to turn up for an exchange program at Montana State University. The Egyptian men were among a group of 17 students who arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York from Cairo on July 29 with valid visas, according to U.S. authorities and university officials. What war on terror? FBI Special Agent Richard Kolko practically scolded us civilians when 11 Egyptian men from Cairo went missing after entering the country on education visas. The men, all in their 20's, just vanished at JFK (one of the airports of now distant 9/11 memory). "There is no reason to believe the missing students, all men around 20 years old, represent a threat," charmed Kolko. "At this point, all they have done is not show up for a scheduled academic program, and their visas have been revoked." The next day he reiterated the plea, "They pose no threat." All Missing Egyptian Students in Custody. The last two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up at their college program were apprehended Sunday in Richmond, Va., customs officials said. Update: Last of 11 missing Egyptian students rounded up. A nationwide search for 11 Egyptian students who failed to show up for an academic program in Montana has ended with the last two caught outside their rented apartment in Virginia, U.S. authorities said on Monday [8/14/2006]. A Few More Little Facts. The line of the fight between civilization and barbarism runs right along the Israel-Lebanon non-border. If it's not won there, it won't be long until the front line is right here, and then it will be too late. When George Bush stands up for Israel, he stands up for the whole future of mankind. Islamofascism — an enemy like no other. "If other people in al Qaeda are really as sadistic as this guy seems to be, then we're really in for a long and awful war." National Public Radio's Daniel Schorr made this comment about the anti-American courtroom tirade of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker. Yes, Mr. Schorr, the Islamofascists — the ones who want us dead — are, indeed, that "sadistic." This shows that a lot of people, who should know better, still don't get it. Democracy didn't stop British terrorists. So why have native Brits been implicated for the second time in little more than a year (the London subway bombings was the first) in an Islamist conspiracy to commit mass murder? All 23 alleged conspirators held in Britain in connection with the latest plot were reportedly British born and raised. British oppression did not create these suspected terrorists. A radical Islamic ideology did. Profile in sanity. Osama and his pals must take great joy at watching 80-year-old grandmothers being patted down and their creams confiscated by jumpy security people. … Of course, the sane way to protect Americans in the sky is to stop looking for nail files and begin profiling people who might actually cause terror damage. That is not "racial" profiling, that is "terror" profiling. Most of the recent terror activities have been perpetuated by young Muslim men. So it is these people who need greater scrutiny when they check in for a flight. Al-Jazeera Promotes Global Terrorism. The U.S. and Israel will not be able to win this global war on terrorism unless the role of Al-Jazeera in radicalizing Arabs and Muslims throughout the world is recognized and addressed. Al-Jazeera Invades Canada and Threatens America. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a request to add Al-Jazeera English (AJE) to the list of television satellite services for distribution in Canada. Supporters of the Arab government-funded propaganda channel hope that acceptance in Canada will lead to more cable and satellite carriers in the U.S. picking up the incendiary network. US cable operator called a 'traitor' for carrying Al Jazeera. Allan Block was accused of being 'a traitor' for adding Al Jazeera English to the lineup at his cable operation, Buckeye CableSystem, a couple of months ago. … Buckeye's March 19 launch of the controversial news network, sister channel to Arab-language Al Jazeera, prompted some 50 letters. Mosque building made simple: Satisfy the local building codes and do not make excessive noise. Oh, and don't preach anti-Semitic garbage and call for violent world revolution. Which is where an otherwise anonymous new Muslim temple in Newmarket, Ont., might have got it wrong. A type of culture clash, by the way, that is being replicated throughout Canada and most of the Western world. Happy Hajj! You're Not Invited! Quite unlike the Jewish and Christian religious celebrations of Hanukkah and Christmas, if you are a non-Muslim, don't plan on investigating the mysteries of Islam by joining your Muslim friends on their trip to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj — you're not invited. A Laudable Death: Few men have so richly deserved death as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He met a swifter and cleaner end than what he meted out to Arabs and Americans alike; his violence included torture and beheadings, videotaped not only for purposes of propaganda, but, one suspects, out of a near pornographic pleasure in capturing human suffering on camera. Time to profile terrorists, not grandmas. There is one undeniable fact about the 1993 World Trace Center bombers, the Sept. 11 murderers, the Madrid bombers, the London subway bombers and the present liquid bomb plotters — all are clearly identifiable as being from Muslim nations. We've yet to see bombers who look even remotely like a gray-haired governess from Southampton, a harried middle-aged U.S. sales executive from Los Angeles or a haggard dad and mom with kids in tow returning home to Atlanta. 15 Years@War. On the morning of February 26, 1993, Islamic militants steered a nondescript Ryder van through the winding darkness of the parking garage under the World Trade Center. They had spent years planning this moment in secret meetings at mosques and jailhouses, in rural outposts that served as paramilitary camps, and in safehouses where explosive compounds were mixed in makeshift labs. Loaded into the van's rear compartment was a 1,400-pound chemical bomb. A post-9/11 vocabulary test: The indelible sight of workers plunging from the Twin Towers — head first, feet first, solo, hand-in-hand — roused me from slumber. The photos of children who were incinerated on United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 77 compelled me to start paying attention to the beliefs, goals, language, and lies of those who would gladly kill my children the same way. Dwelling on the tactic, never defining the enemy. Discussing the war on "terror" has been endlessly awkward. Terror — like blitzkrieg, sneak attack or even disinformation — is a tactic not an enemy. But in our politically correct era, we dwell on the tactic, never defining the enemy. Drop 500-pound bombs on his head if we must — and we must — but don't describe him as an Islamic jihadist in the age-old tradition of Islamic jihadists going back to Muhammad. Such historical precision might be hurtful and insensitive, and we wouldn't want that. Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown. The [British] Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or, most controversially, have a certain ethnic or religious background. Long war ahead. The western democratic world is so obviously pitted in an all-out defensive position against radical Islamic tyrants aiming to undermine us, it's hard to ponder how any rational individual would ignore the threat. But some still do. We're urged to be calm, not to throw stones. We're even urged to make amends for perceived sins of the past — to confess the crusades were really an assault against Islam, rather than a legitimate defense as extremist Islamic forces were at the very doors of Vienna. Now they are in our midst. An unappeasable global jihad. We are fighting a global war against international terrorists because the terrorists are engaged in a global jihad against infidels. The scariest thing about it is that a good many people in this country believe we actually have the luxury of opting out. … Why else would Democratic Congressman Martin Frost tell Fox News — approvingly — that "a majority of the American people has now decided that it was a mistake for us to go into Iraq"? The Editor says... Incidentally, Martin Frost is no longer a Congressman. Muslim Brotherly Hate: All of the problems that the world has experienced with regard to Islamic terrorists can be traced to what one man, Hassan Al-Banna, started in 1928, when he founded the secret society of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). The goal of the Brotherhood was to expel the West from the Middle East, and by doing so, reunite the Islamic world under one ruler. After all that political correctness and diversity and tolerance, they still get targeted by terrorists. What a shame. Canada's Cry: 'Why Us?' No city within Canada is more Muslim-loving and liberal than Toronto; the provincial government even considered sanctioning oppressive Muslim Sharia law. Want to live in a ghetto with your peeps and not have to integrate with your fellow Canadians? Toronto is the place for you. So why, people here ask, would anyone want to do damage to Toronto? Multiculturalism Breeds Terrorism. On June 2, 2006, seventeen Muslims, including five juveniles, were arrested in Canada for planning major terrorist attacks on Canadian soil against innocent people. Because these were "homegrown" Islamic terrorists, blame was rightly directed towards Canada's decades-old multiculturalism policies, which effectively encourages immigrants to stay frozen in the culture they came from instead of assimilating into Canadian society and Western values. This allowed preachers of militant Islamism — typically imams funded by Saudi oil money — to brainwash Muslims to hate the West and embrace terrorism. Multiculturalism is to blame for perverting young Muslims. Islamic radicalism did not begin with Muslim grievances over Western foreign policy in Iraq or Afghanistan. It has deep roots, going back to the 13th-century reformer Ibn Taimiyya, through Wahhabism to modern ideologues such as Sayyid Qutb in Egypt or Maududi in Pakistan. The EU Idiot's Guide to Islamic Extremism: Whenever Europeans get together to come up with ways to combat extremism and counter terrorism, not only do they find themselves being the ones prescribed with making all the adjustments — as opposed to the terror-prone Muslims — but they usually end up either with suggestions to scrap Holocaust Memorial Day, or with a very limited vocabulary. And yet the pandering continues . . . Police to brief Muslims before terror raids. Police have agreed to consult a panel of Muslim leaders before mounting counter-terrorist raids or arrests. Members of the panel will offer their assessment of whether information police have on a suspect is too flimsy and will also consider the consequences on community relations of a raid. Members will be security vetted and will have to promise not to reveal any intelligence they are shown. They will not have to sign the Official Secrets Act. Moderate Western Muslims, speak up! I thought about that following the arrests of 17 Canadian terror suspects last weekend. Most were citizens of Canada, born and bred, or residents. The police who announced the dragnet were careful to say that the young males did not represent any specific ethnocultural group — though all are Muslim. Peace-loving Muslims: Whether most people of a country are peace-loving or not is not nearly as important as who's calling the shots. At this particular time, fanatical jihadists are calling the terrorism shots in many Muslim countries. Their success in committing terrorist acts is in no small part the result of the actions by the millions of peace-loving fellow Muslims. First, there is not enough condemnation of their terrorist acts by the Muslim community. More important is the direct or indirect assistance terrorists receive through the silence of their fellow Muslims. It's time to stop blaming the good guys for problems in Iraq. Another obscene video from al-Qaida, this time showing the different ways in which abducted Russian diplomatic staff can be put to death. And, as one could well expect, feeling in Russia runs high. Against the United States, that is. A resolution in parliament and statements from Russian officials place the blame on U.S. authorities for not protecting Moscow's envoys. Death By Remote Control: Terror suspects held in Canada planned to use remote-controlled toys packed with explosives to target police stations, it is claimed. … CBC, citing court documents, said the radio-controlled toys would have targeted stations in Toronto. Meanwhile, it said a 19-year-old suspect had signed up at a Toronto-area college for flight training but withdrew for fear his activities would draw the attention of authorities. What's this? Muslims qubbling over ethics? Leader turned informant rattles Muslims. The surprise announcement by a prominent Muslim leader here that he was an informant who helped authorities arrest 17 Muslims on terrorism charges has raised questions in the Muslim community over the ethics of informing versus a responsibility to stop violence. Iran Is at War with Us. Iran has been at war with us for 27 years, and we have discussed every imaginable subject with them. We have gained nothing, because there is nothing to be gained by talking with an enemy who thinks he is winning. The roots of Islamism: Islamists believe in the re-ordering of society to secure total submission to a narrow, puritan and fundamentalist interpretation of Islam. They are conducting a civil war within the Islamic world designed to overthrow existing regimes, which they consider to be unforgiveably apostate, and replace them with a single and unified Muslim state, the restored Caliphate. Islamists believe that the sanctity and culture of Muslim lands are menaced and defiled by Western influences, from capitalism to feminism, which have to be eradicated. Rethinking the Foundations of Religious Freedom. In America, the separation of church and state is assumed. It is assumed because it is a matter of rights — because individuals have the right to religious freedom, church and state must be separated. Scholars give different accounts of the extent and limits of the right, but they rarely ask why individuals possess it in the first place. The events of [September 2001], however, suggest that justifying the right to religious freedom remains a foremost task of political theorists. There are 400 terror suspects on the loose in the UK. At least 400 Al-Qaeda terrorist suspects — double the previous estimates — are at large in Britain, according to police and MI5. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, director-general of MI5, has said the figure could be as high as 600 if all those thought to have returned from combat training in camps in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere are included. Where are the Muslim moderates? Where are those who oppose terrorism, religious wars, hatred and intolerance? Where are those who think it crazy to attempt to recreate the 8th century in the 21st century? Where are those who want not to destroy the Free World but to join it? They are out there, I suspect; in larger numbers than we might be led to believe. But if most are silent and fearful of speaking out, can you blame them? Muslims address silence on Europe attacks. Europe's Muslims have remained largely silent in the face of terrorist attacks that have killed 254 people in Madrid, London and Amsterdam. Europeans want to know why. Why have so few of them publicly condemned the train and bus bombings in Madrid and London? Why have so few spoken out against the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, killed because his work was considered an insult to Islam? Dutch police encouraged to read Koran. Police in Amsterdam will get half the purchase price back if they buy the Koran to deepen their knowledge of Islam, a spokesman said today. A new translation had just appeared in Dutch and officers on the beat were being encouraged to read this and a biography of the Prophet Mohammed, Ebe van der Land said. The Editor says... In the U.S., this would be called an "establishment of religion" -- if it was the Bible instead of the Koran. Civilian Casualty? It Depends. The news is filled these days with reports of civilian casualties, comparative civilian body counts and criticism of Israel, along with Hezbollah, for causing the deaths, injuries and "collective punishment" of civilians. But just who is a "civilian" in the age of terrorism, when militants don't wear uniforms, don't belong to regular armies and easily blend into civilian populations? Maybe Now We'll Get It. Maybe, as this terrible business in Lebanon unfolds, we'll finally get it: Guerrillas like to hide behind civilians. Muslim guerrillas take it a step further: "Civilians" are a weapon to them — as much a part of the fight as the AK-47 or RPG they carry. Those who have visited any Hezbollah installation in Lebanon over the years always remark on the fact that there are families, women and children, in and around the place. Lebanon Is Not Innocent. There is no way to fight a war without "collateral damage" to civilians unless the opposing armies agree to meet in a desert and let the superior force prevail. It certainly cannot be done when the aggressor is a terrorist army that deliberately places its headquarters, its weapons depots, its missile launchers and its staging bases in the middle of large urban centers like Beirut, or in the small villages abutting the border of its victims. Apocalyptic Muslim Jew-hatred: There are short-term reasons behind the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas. But underlying all the geo-strategy is a solid foundation of fanatical Jew-hatred, dating back to the founding of Islam. There is literally nothing Israel or Jews can do to appease those who seek to annihilate them. Arab Majority May Not Stay Forever Silent. Yes, world, there is a silent Arab majority that believes that seventh-century Islam is not fit for 21st-century challenges. That women do not have to look like walking black tents. That men do not have to wear beards and robes, act like lunatics, and run around blowing themselves up in order to enjoy 72 virgins in paradise. And that secular laws, not Islamic Shariah, should rule our day-to-day lives. Somali radio re-opens without music. A Somali radio station closed by Islamists for playing local love songs deemed to encourage immorality returned to the airwaves today after pledging to stop broadcasting music. Suicide bomber kills 59 in Iraq. A suicide bomber killed 59 people in a crowded Iraqi market on Tuesday [7/18/2006] after luring Shi'ite day labourers aboard his minivan with an offer of casual work. "Islam says: Kill in the service of Allah those who may want to kill you! Does this mean that we should surrender [to the enemy]? Islam says: Whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and in the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except with the sword! The sword is the key to paradise, which can be opened only for holy warriors! Islam is Not a Religion of Pacifists." |
