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Saturday, February 12, 2011
American Thinker: Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
American Thinker: Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
Generally, sharia restricts women's social mobility and rights, the more closely sharia is followed. For example, in conservative Saudi Arabia women are not allowed to drive cars. In Iran, the law oppresses women. For example, women's testimony counts half that of men, and far more women than men are stoned to death for adultery.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Will Radical Islam Come to Power in Egypt?
Will Radical Islam Come to Power in Egypt? - World - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., say the United States has to stop the spread of radical Islam in Egypt. Many Mideast experts worry that Islamic extremists could gain power in the Arab country. One group known as the Muslim Brotherhood is active in Egypt and its writings have revealed that it wants to establish Islamic states. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians continued their call for political change on Wednesday. Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has begun talks with opposition leaders including members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The brotherhood's participation in decision-making about Egypt's future has become a political issue in the U.S. "I think the primary goal should be to stop the spread of radical Islam," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. during a news conference on Tuesday. "That is where our focus should be." Many analysts in the U.S. and abroad have been concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood gaining influence in a new Egyptian government.
A brotherhood text titled "Jihad is the Way" details support for the establishment of an Islamic regime. "Jihad for Allah," Mustafa Mashhur, the reported leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1996 until 2002, wrote, "is not limited to the specific region of the Islamic countries, since the Muslim homeland is one and is not divided. The banner of jihad has already been raised in some of its parts, and shall continue to be raised, with the help of Allah, until every inch of the land of Islam will be liberated, and the state of Islam established."
The brotherhood's participation in decision-making about Egypt's future has become a political issue in the U.S. "I think the primary goal should be to stop the spread of radical Islam," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va. during a news conference on Tuesday. "That is where our focus should be." Many analysts in the U.S. and abroad have been concerned about the Muslim Brotherhood gaining influence in a new Egyptian government.
A brotherhood text titled "Jihad is the Way" details support for the establishment of an Islamic regime. "Jihad for Allah," Mustafa Mashhur, the reported leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from 1996 until 2002, wrote, "is not limited to the specific region of the Islamic countries, since the Muslim homeland is one and is not divided. The banner of jihad has already been raised in some of its parts, and shall continue to be raised, with the help of Allah, until every inch of the land of Islam will be liberated, and the state of Islam established."
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Hizb Ut-Tahrir
Hizb Ut-Tahrir: Shariah Takes Precedence over U.S. Constitution: Imam Promises to Fight "Until Islam Becomes Victorious or We Die in the Attempt" :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism
Oak Lawn, Illinois - 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 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.
A speaker identified as Abu Atallah even blamed capitalism for the late singer Michael Jackson's decision "to shed his black skin." Hizb ut-Tahrir aims to restore the Caliphate that existed during the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk abolished it in 1924 in an effort to create a secular, Europeanized state.
A speaker identified as Abu Atallah even blamed capitalism for the late singer Michael Jackson's decision "to shed his black skin." Hizb ut-Tahrir aims to restore the Caliphate that existed during the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. Turkish leader Kemal Ataturk abolished it in 1924 in an effort to create a secular, Europeanized state.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Good Works Ministries
About Us: "Good Works Ministries is a Faith based, non-profit organization that was formed for two purposes.
Our primary ministry is to help kids that are aging out of the foster care program and to establish a more effective means of serving these young adults by providing a one stop process for the various services that are available or are needed by them. We are working to develop a comprehensive approach to reaching out to these young adults and other at-risk-youth. By partnering with various organizations and local community groups we can create a single entry point that will function as a link in the chain for these young adults. This will provide a way for them to access educational and social services, a computer lab, local workforce partnerships, and financial assistance for additional support or housing. Housing is a key need for these young adults. We are focused on acquiring housing for them and offering the various transition services in house for those individuals that are interested in participating in our program.
In addition to our primary ministry we feel it is important to provide a community service ministry that teaches Christian principles while giving and serving others. This portion of Good Works Ministries will incorporate young adults who want to serve and learn new skills into a program working with community volunteers to do restoration and repair projects for low income families, the elderly, single parents, or others ministries that are in need of help. Our leaders in this ministry have many years of experience in custom renovation and a desire to help others while teaching young adults new skills. If you are an organization in need of experienced volunteers please contact Pat Howe.
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Our primary ministry is to help kids that are aging out of the foster care program and to establish a more effective means of serving these young adults by providing a one stop process for the various services that are available or are needed by them. We are working to develop a comprehensive approach to reaching out to these young adults and other at-risk-youth. By partnering with various organizations and local community groups we can create a single entry point that will function as a link in the chain for these young adults. This will provide a way for them to access educational and social services, a computer lab, local workforce partnerships, and financial assistance for additional support or housing. Housing is a key need for these young adults. We are focused on acquiring housing for them and offering the various transition services in house for those individuals that are interested in participating in our program.
In addition to our primary ministry we feel it is important to provide a community service ministry that teaches Christian principles while giving and serving others. This portion of Good Works Ministries will incorporate young adults who want to serve and learn new skills into a program working with community volunteers to do restoration and repair projects for low income families, the elderly, single parents, or others ministries that are in need of help. Our leaders in this ministry have many years of experience in custom renovation and a desire to help others while teaching young adults new skills. If you are an organization in need of experienced volunteers please contact Pat Howe.
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Monday, January 03, 2011
Bombing opens vein of Christian anger in Egypt
Bombing opens vein of Christian anger in Egypt: "CAIRO -- The New Year's Day suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people has opened up a vein of fury among Egypt's Christians, built up over years of what they call government failure to address persistent discrimination and violence against their community.
Christian protests spread to Cairo from the northern city of Alexandria where the attack took place. Late Sunday, riots erupted outside the cathedral-headquarters of the Coptic Church after the country's top Muslim religious figures and government officials met with Pope Shenouda III.
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Christian protests spread to Cairo from the northern city of Alexandria where the attack took place. Late Sunday, riots erupted outside the cathedral-headquarters of the Coptic Church after the country's top Muslim religious figures and government officials met with Pope Shenouda III.
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Good Works Ministries
News & Events: "The Good Works House is ready for a new school year!
We opened our first Good Works House on August 1st, 2010 for young women who have aged out of foster care and are interested in attending college. The home provides a safe living/study environment with mentorship and community building skills development. We will house up to eight occupants with an additional room for much needed temporary housing for emergency situations. The home has a large meeting area for educational seminars and fellowship. We will be able to hold workshops for youth who are preparing to age out of foster care. These workshops serve a large number of youth, plus allow our house members important opportunities to participate in mentoring roles with other at-risk youth.
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We opened our first Good Works House on August 1st, 2010 for young women who have aged out of foster care and are interested in attending college. The home provides a safe living/study environment with mentorship and community building skills development. We will house up to eight occupants with an additional room for much needed temporary housing for emergency situations. The home has a large meeting area for educational seminars and fellowship. We will be able to hold workshops for youth who are preparing to age out of foster care. These workshops serve a large number of youth, plus allow our house members important opportunities to participate in mentoring roles with other at-risk youth.
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Sunday, December 05, 2010
In Pakistan, Christianity Earns a Death Sentence - Yahoo! News
In Pakistan, Christianity Earns a Death Sentence - Yahoo! News: "By OMAR WARAICH / ISLAMABAD Omar Waraich / Islamabad – Sun Dec 5, 9:40 am ET
It all began a year and a half ago, with a quarrel over a bowl of water. A group of women farm workers were suffering in the heat near a village in Pakistan's Punjab province. Aasia Noreen, an illiterate 45-year-old mother of five, offered them water, but was rebuffed. Noreen was a Christian, they said, and therefore her water was unclean - sadly, a common taunt hurled at Pakistan's beleaguered Christians. But rather than swallowing the indignity, she mounted a stout defense of her faith.
Word of the exchange swiftly filtered through the village of Ittan Wali, in Sheikhupura district. The local mullah took to his mosque's loudspeakers, exhorting his followers to take action against Noreen. In a depressingly familiar pattern, her defense of her faith was twisted into an accusation of blasphemy, according to her family and legal observers familiar with the case. As a frenzied mob pursued her, the police intervened, taking her into custody. But far from protecting her, they arrested and charged Noreen with insulting Islam and its prophet. And on Nov. 8, after enduring 18 months in prison, she was sentenced to death by a district court, making her the first woman to suffer that fate. (See how WikiLeaks' disclosure fueled anti-U.S. anger in Pakistan.)
In the ensuing weeks, the case of Noreen, popularly known as Aasia Bibi, has sparked a national furor. Human rights campaigners and lawyers have denounced the sentence. Religious fundamentalist groups, usually at odds with one another, have suddenly coalesced around a campaign to defend the blasphemy law and attack its critics. One politician who called for Noreen to be pardoned now faces a fatwa for alleged apostasy. Another politician, who is trying to have the blasphemy laws amended, has been warned that she will be besieged. On television, religious scholars have disagreed among themselves over the law's merits. Divisions are also being seen within the government, with powerful figures taking opposing sides. And there has even been global outrage, with Pope Benedict XVI last week calling for Noreen's freedom.
Noreen's case has spurred the first genuine debate over some of Pakistans most controversial laws. The original blasphemy law was drawn up by the British, in the Indian Penal Code of 1860, aimed at keeping the peace among the subcontinent's sometimes fractious diversity of faiths. Not only did Pakistan inherit the laws after partition, but it added to them. In the 1980s, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's military dictatorship introduced a slew of elastically worded clauses, including a death sentence for those deemed to have defiled the sacred name of the Prophet.
Before Zia, there were only two reported cases of blasphemy. Since the death sentence was inserted in 1986, the number has soared to 962 - including 340 members of the Ahmadi Muslim sect, 119 Christians, and 14 Hindus. Close examination of the cases reveals the laws often being invoked to settle personal vendettas, or used by Islamist extremists as cover to persecute religious minorities. (See how WikiLeaks exposed insecurity over Pakistan nukes.)
Vague wording allows the blasphemy laws to be used an instrument of political and social coercion, says Ali Dayan Hasan, senior South Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. And they give the state a sectarian character.
No conclusive evidence has been presented against Noreen, say people familiar with the case. The district judge relied on the testimonies of three other women, all of whom bore animus toward her. Noreen had long been under pressure by fellow farmworkers to convert to Islam, her family says. And the district judge ruled out any possibility of her innocence or mitigating circumstances.
Christians are subject to vicious prejudice in Pakistan, where their beliefs are said to make them 'unclean.' Municipalities routinely advertise jobs for cleaners with a note saying they would prefer Christian applicants. And defending their rights is not popular. When Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab, visited Noreen in prison and urged her release, he was branded an apostate by fundamentalist groups. And in the fundamentalist view, apostasy, like blasphemy, is punishable by death.
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It all began a year and a half ago, with a quarrel over a bowl of water. A group of women farm workers were suffering in the heat near a village in Pakistan's Punjab province. Aasia Noreen, an illiterate 45-year-old mother of five, offered them water, but was rebuffed. Noreen was a Christian, they said, and therefore her water was unclean - sadly, a common taunt hurled at Pakistan's beleaguered Christians. But rather than swallowing the indignity, she mounted a stout defense of her faith.
Word of the exchange swiftly filtered through the village of Ittan Wali, in Sheikhupura district. The local mullah took to his mosque's loudspeakers, exhorting his followers to take action against Noreen. In a depressingly familiar pattern, her defense of her faith was twisted into an accusation of blasphemy, according to her family and legal observers familiar with the case. As a frenzied mob pursued her, the police intervened, taking her into custody. But far from protecting her, they arrested and charged Noreen with insulting Islam and its prophet. And on Nov. 8, after enduring 18 months in prison, she was sentenced to death by a district court, making her the first woman to suffer that fate. (See how WikiLeaks' disclosure fueled anti-U.S. anger in Pakistan.)
In the ensuing weeks, the case of Noreen, popularly known as Aasia Bibi, has sparked a national furor. Human rights campaigners and lawyers have denounced the sentence. Religious fundamentalist groups, usually at odds with one another, have suddenly coalesced around a campaign to defend the blasphemy law and attack its critics. One politician who called for Noreen to be pardoned now faces a fatwa for alleged apostasy. Another politician, who is trying to have the blasphemy laws amended, has been warned that she will be besieged. On television, religious scholars have disagreed among themselves over the law's merits. Divisions are also being seen within the government, with powerful figures taking opposing sides. And there has even been global outrage, with Pope Benedict XVI last week calling for Noreen's freedom.
Noreen's case has spurred the first genuine debate over some of Pakistans most controversial laws. The original blasphemy law was drawn up by the British, in the Indian Penal Code of 1860, aimed at keeping the peace among the subcontinent's sometimes fractious diversity of faiths. Not only did Pakistan inherit the laws after partition, but it added to them. In the 1980s, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's military dictatorship introduced a slew of elastically worded clauses, including a death sentence for those deemed to have defiled the sacred name of the Prophet.
Before Zia, there were only two reported cases of blasphemy. Since the death sentence was inserted in 1986, the number has soared to 962 - including 340 members of the Ahmadi Muslim sect, 119 Christians, and 14 Hindus. Close examination of the cases reveals the laws often being invoked to settle personal vendettas, or used by Islamist extremists as cover to persecute religious minorities. (See how WikiLeaks exposed insecurity over Pakistan nukes.)
Vague wording allows the blasphemy laws to be used an instrument of political and social coercion, says Ali Dayan Hasan, senior South Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. And they give the state a sectarian character.
No conclusive evidence has been presented against Noreen, say people familiar with the case. The district judge relied on the testimonies of three other women, all of whom bore animus toward her. Noreen had long been under pressure by fellow farmworkers to convert to Islam, her family says. And the district judge ruled out any possibility of her innocence or mitigating circumstances.
Christians are subject to vicious prejudice in Pakistan, where their beliefs are said to make them 'unclean.' Municipalities routinely advertise jobs for cleaners with a note saying they would prefer Christian applicants. And defending their rights is not popular. When Salmaan Taseer, the governor of Punjab, visited Noreen in prison and urged her release, he was branded an apostate by fundamentalist groups. And in the fundamentalist view, apostasy, like blasphemy, is punishable by death.
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Saturday, December 04, 2010
Chase orders Southlake bank to remove Christmas tree | Northeast Tarrant | News from For...
Chase orders Southlake bank to remove Christmas tree | Northeast Tarrant | News from For...: "SOUTHLAKE -- Chase Bank told a businessman to remove the Christmas tree he donated to a local branch because it could offend people.
Antonio Morales, owner of Bellagio Day Spa in Southlake, had assembled and decorated a 9-foot-tall tree in the lobby of the Chase Bank branch at 1700 E. Southlake Boulevard as a favor to the branch manager, who is one of his clients.
The tree remained in the lobby from the Monday before Thanksgiving until Tuesday. Morales said his friend called him Wednesday to tell him the tree had to go. She later showed him an e-mail from JPMorgan Chase saying that the tree had to be removed because some people were offended by it.
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Antonio Morales, owner of Bellagio Day Spa in Southlake, had assembled and decorated a 9-foot-tall tree in the lobby of the Chase Bank branch at 1700 E. Southlake Boulevard as a favor to the branch manager, who is one of his clients.
The tree remained in the lobby from the Monday before Thanksgiving until Tuesday. Morales said his friend called him Wednesday to tell him the tree had to go. She later showed him an e-mail from JPMorgan Chase saying that the tree had to be removed because some people were offended by it.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Let's call it the German 'Holiday' Village | Philadelphia Daily News | 11/30/2010
Let's call it the German 'Holiday' Village | Philadelphia Daily News | 11/30/2010: "It turns out that the letters spelling 'Christmas' were removed yesterday afternoon from the archways on the north and west sides of the plaza, at the request of Managing Director Richard Negrin. They will be replaced with the word 'Holiday.'
City spokesman Mark McDonald said Negrin asked for the change after the city received complaints from workers and residents.
'As a city of great diversity, one shouldn't be surprised that there's a difference of views when it comes to symbols and words,' McDonald said.
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City spokesman Mark McDonald said Negrin asked for the change after the city received complaints from workers and residents.
'As a city of great diversity, one shouldn't be surprised that there's a difference of views when it comes to symbols and words,' McDonald said.
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Smithsonian Christmas-Season Exhibit Features Ant-Covered Jesus, Naked Brothers Kissing, Genitalia, and Ellen DeGeneres Grabbing Her Breasts | CNSnews.com
Smithsonian Christmas-Season Exhibit Features Ant-Covered Jesus, Naked Brothers Kissing, Genitalia, and Ellen DeGeneres Grabbing Her Breasts | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) -- The federally funded National Portrait Gallery, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, is currently showing an exhibition that features images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show's catalog as 'homoerotic.'
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Barack Obama's grandmother 'prays he converts to Islam' - Telegraph
Barack Obama's grandmother 'prays he converts to Islam' - Telegraph: "Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother has said she prayed for the US president to convert to Islam, according to reports.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
What will be Barack Obama's ACHIEVEMENTS in 2011?
What will be Barack Obama's ACHIEVEMENTS in 2011?
- Finding and keeping qualified economic advisors
- Triangulation to the center of American politics
- Airport security (TSA)
- Federal Regulation of all human behavior $
- Setting world record for the number of appearances and interviews on television
- Historically high Frequent flier-miles on Air Force One $
- Afghanistan war
- American dollar devaluation $
- Unemployment $
- Iran
- Iraq
- North Korea
- Inflation and/or Deflation $
- Economic growth $
- rescue mission by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund $$$$$$
- Terrorism
- Prosecution of business "fat cats"
- Guantanamo Bay closing
- "Too big to fail" $
- Gays in the military
- Union Pensions unfunded liabilities $
- Stability of American Dollar ($)
- Federal deficit $
- Increase/decrease Federal debt $
- Increase/decrease Federal spending $
- Federal tax increase $
- Health Care quality $
- Consumer confidence
- Energy independence
- Over-Regulation of American Business
- Balance of trade with China
- Prosecution of Terrorists
- Global governance
- Obesity
- Global warming
- Green jobs $
- Nationalization of American Business
- START treaty
- Winter Olympics for America
- Political bipartisanship
- Listening to the American People
- Upholding the Constitution of the United States
- More documentation of United States violations of Human Rights
- Explaining Obamacare more clearly and forcefully
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Christians in Gaza Fear for Their Lives as Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com
Christians in Gaza Fear for Their Lives as Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com: "Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Top Iran cleric rejects Holocaust as 'superstition'
Top Iran cleric rejects Holocaust as 'superstition':
"A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, dismissed the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II as a new 'superstition' for the West, media reported on Saturday.
'The Holocaust is nothing but superstition, but Zionists say that people of the world should be forced to accept this,' he was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.
'Americans and Westerners are affected by newly appeared superstitions such as the Holocaust,' he said according to ISNA news agency."
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"A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, dismissed the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II as a new 'superstition' for the West, media reported on Saturday.
'The Holocaust is nothing but superstition, but Zionists say that people of the world should be forced to accept this,' he was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA.
'Americans and Westerners are affected by newly appeared superstitions such as the Holocaust,' he said according to ISNA news agency."
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Monday, August 23, 2010
American Thinker Blog: Obama, Black Liberation Theology and Karl Marx...Revisited
American Thinker Blog: Obama, Black Liberation Theology and Karl Marx...Revisited: "If Obama had not himself made such a big deal of his faith during the campaign, I doubt seriously that this would still be an issue. However, since Barack Obama made closing the God-gap one of his primary missions in campaign '08, it hardly seems fair to now put his faith out of bounds for earnest public discussion.
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