Nearly Four out of Five Gazan Women Victims of Violence

Of course, they have it better than women in Afghanistan, where nine out of ten women are victims of domestic abuse.

The vast majority of women in Gaza face violence of varying types, a new survey has found.

The study, by the Gaza-based Palestinian Women's Information and Media Center, found that violence against women in Gaza has increased since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in the June 2007 coup and Israel subsequently imposed restrictions on the coastal enclave.

The study found that 77.1% of Gazan women have experienced violence of various sorts, with almost half experiencing violence of more than one type.

A quarter of the women said they do not feel safe in their own homes because of violence and more than a third said they were unable to fight back as they had more urgent priorities to deal with.

67% of the women surveyed said they had encountered verbal violence, 71% mental violence, 52% physical violence and more than 14% sexual violence. . . .

Palestinian women's rights activists have told The Media Line that domestic violence is not tackled adequately by the Palestinian police, who often turn a blind eye to such complaints.

There are few shelters for battered women in the Palestinian territories.

Hamouda said laws to combat violence against women were lax and contributed to a culture of impunity for perpetrators, especially in relation to honor killings.

Honor killings are cases in which women accused of bringing dishonor to the family are killed by relatives. Killings often involve women suspected of fraternizing with men who are not their husbands or relatives.

"The authorities do punish them, but they have a weak law," Hamouda said. "When it comes to so-called honor crimes, the articles of the criminal laws still mete out mitigated sentences to the perpetrators. The organization is trying to increase awareness of violence against women and make it a higher priority for rights organization, civil society organizations and factions."

We want them to help women participate in public life and make this an important part of their strategy," she said. "Not just a political slogan." Read More.

For more on violence toward women in Islam, see "Islam and Wife-Beating: Muslim Scholars Speak."

Christian Girl Kidnapped by Muslims in Iraq

Mosul (AsiaNews) - A Christian girl was kidnapped by an Islamic group while at university. The girl, Sarah Edmond Youhanna, attended the first year of the faculty of education at the University of Mosul. The kidnapping occurred on 28 December. The kidnappers had telephoned the family of the girl and said they were members of an Islamic group. The police have opened an investigation and arrested some students. The event has spread an atmosphere of panic among the many Christian girls who attend the university. In the past, Islamist groups have attacked Christian college girls, throwing acid on them because they were wearing makeup or not wearing the veil. Over the past two months in Mosul four churches and a convent of Dominican nuns have been targeted in attacks; several Christian and Muslim homes have been destroyed. Five Christians have been murdered, others are victims of kidnappings. According to the Christian authorities such attacks are targeted and are part of a project of "ethnic cleansing" against the Christian community throughout Iraq. Source.

"Revolution Muslim" Protests Shia Rally in New York

I just don't get these guys. They're willing to stand on corners and condemn the beliefs of their fellow Muslims, and they openly proclaim that Muslims are supposed to terrorize the enemies of Islam. But they are absolutely terrified of engaging in public debate and showing people that Muhammad was a true prophet.

It's easy to shout your views; it's something else entirely to defend them in a reasonable manner. You can write your views in magic marker on a piece of poster board ("Revolution Sharpie"?), but that does nothing to show that your views are correct.

I suppose that the most interesting thing about this video is that it shows how successful America is. Let's face it, in practically any Muslim country, this interaction would have ended in bloodshed. Here in America, however, we manage to keep a strained peace between groups that would otherwise annihilate each other.

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German Muslim Gets Life in Prison for the Honor Killing of His Daughter

But girls like Rifqa Bary, who abandon Islam, are in no danger from Muslim relatives, right?

Kleve, Germany - A German court imprisoned a Kurdish man, 50, for life on Tuesday for ordering the "honour killing" of his own daughter after being told she had lost her virginity. A son and an Azeri friend lured the 20-year-old woman, Gulsum, to a lonely country road near the Dutch border, throttled her with a rope and clubbed her to death, inflicting horrific injuries to her face. Read More.

Those Radical Christians!

It's quite common to hear Western atheists (primarily fans of Richard Dawkins) say that radical Christianity is just as much of a threat as radical Islam. This video proves they're right.

Following Muslim Rape of Pakistani Christian Toddler, Family Finally Given Asylum in Canada

Of course, this won't bother the Muslims who read about this. (Well, it might bother them enough to voice disapproval in the comments section, but it certainly won't bother them enough to actually do something about the little girls being raped in Muslim countries.) Indeed, the Muslims here will be more angry that I have posted the facts than they are about their fellow Muslims raping little girls in order to force conversions to Islam.

A seven-year-old Pakistani girl and her family have been given asylum in Canada after reports the child was raped and left to die when her Christian father refused to convert to Islam.

The identities of Baby Neeha and her family are being protected by immigration officials, said human rights lawyer Chantal Desloges and One Free World International, a church that was instrumental in getting the family here.

The family arrived in Canada on Dec. 12 after a three-year battle by organizers to spirit them out of danger in Pakistan.

They are living in the Mississauga area and will be visited next month by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, who was so touched by the family's plight that he doled out a ministerial permit, of which he has only issued two.

Church founder Rev. Majed El Shafie said the family of seven have been hiding from extremists in Pakistan for about three years.

Baby Neeha, at the age of 2 1/2, was raped by the son of her father's employer and left to die by the roadside, he said. No one was arrested for the crime.

"These horrific events took place because her father, who was Christian, refused to give in to pressure from his Muslim employer to convert to Islam," El Shafie said. Read More.

December Shocker: Art Therapy Fails to Reform Muslim Terrorists!

"Free the Gitmo prisoners! They're innocent!" That's what people were chanting not too long ago. So the U.S. started releasing inmates left and right. Lo and behold, they've been popping up ever since in terrorist attacks.

So what was the government's brilliant plan to rehabilitate these violent Muslims? You guessed it. Art therapy. No, I'm not joking.

Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.

American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials. Read More.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and (almost) Happy New Year to everyone. On Christmas, I remind my children not to take their presents for granted, as there are children around the world who didn't receive toys this morning. Similarly, as those of us who are a bit older celebrate the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us not forget our brothers and sisters who are suffering even more at Christmas time, due to the persecution of Muslims. Here are a few instances to consider.

Christmas in Pakistan

GOJRA, Pakistan--Christmas in Gojra, where a tent camp houses Christians who lost their homes to a rampaging Muslim mob, will be celebrated not with decorations and cheer but with fear of another attack.

Those living in the canvas shelters after the worst violence against minorities in Pakistan this year left them homeless say they are still regularly harassed: Rocks are thrown at their camp at night, and they've been threatened by cell phone text messages promising a "special Christmas present."

"Last year I celebrated Christmas full of joy," said Irfan Masih, cradling his young son near one of the open ditches of the tent camp that has been his home for nearly five months. But now "the fear that we may again be attacked is in our hearts.

"They are threatening us, (saying) 'We will again attack you and will not let you out of your homes, we will burn you inside this time,'" he said. Read More.

Christmas in Indonesia

Fifteen police officers backed up by soldiers and local residents will guard every church across West Java during Christmas celebrations to prevent possible attacks, police said.

Dozens of churches in the province have closed since 2004 after being stormed or attacked by hard-line Muslim mobs. In 2000, militants bombed churches across the archipelago on Christmas Eve.

This week in Bandung, West Java, many Christians won't be able to celebrate Christmas in a church because they were denied permits to build their places of worship.

West Java Church Federation (BKSG) leader John Simon Timorason said Wednesday the biggest obstacle was applying for a building permit to build a church, so local Christians eventually opted to hold Christmas prayers in shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, shops and homes.

He said more than 60 percent of the 1,920 churches in West Java were built without permits because of difficulties in obtaining permits. Only 15 percent of churches have permanent buildings and have permits.

"We face difficulties obtaining permits. Those equipped with permits, such as the churches in Purwakarta, Bekasi and Depok, had their permits revoked due to pressure from intolerant groups," Simon told The Jakarta Post. Read More.

Christmas in Iraq

Christians in the Iraqi city have opted not to celebrate Christmas this year, since Ashura, a major Shi’ite day of mourning, falls on the same day. So out of “respect” for the local Shi’ites, Chaldean Catholic Bishop Imad Al Banna asked all Christians in Basra not to engage in any public celebration of Christmas, and not even to entertain guests or show any joy in the day.

Would Shi’ites curtail one of their celebrations to show similar “respect” to the Christians? Would they mute their joy on Eid al-Fitr if it began on Good Friday? And what would happen to these Christians if they failed to show this “respect”?

Meanwhile, Christians are still streaming out of Iraq in such large numbers that the ancient Christian community is on the verge of extinction. Islamic jihadists last week attacked churches and Christian schools in Mosul, with forty people killed in bomb attacks and random Christians targeted for violence on the streets. This is after jihadist violence late last year killed forty and drove 12,000 Christians from the area. “It is terrible,” one Mosul Christian told the Times of London: : “Most of the Christians are staying at home, or when they go out they watch their backs.” A member of another religious minority, the Yazidis, who lives in a Christian village remarked: “You cannot live in Mosul. Every day you find Christians being killed. Very few are still going to church. The women have to wear hijabs. They send someone first in a car to check if there is someone outside the church.” Source.

Christmas in Egypt

[I]n Egypt, Christian Solidarity International and the Coptic Foundation for Human Rights released a new report detailing rampant abuse of Christian women by Muslims: “Cases of abduction, forced conversion and marriage are usually accompanied by acts of violence which include rape, beatings, deprivation of food and other forms of physical and mental abuse.” John Eibner of Christian Solidarity International wrote a letter to Barack Obama about the treatment of Christian women, asking him to speak out and noting: “Trafficking of Christian women in Egypt is not a new phenomenon....But this problem has now reached boiling point within Egypt’s Coptic community, which views it as symptomatic of a much broader pattern of religious persecution.” But Obama, busy courting the good will of the Islamic world, is unlikely to say anything. And meanwhile, the State Department’s 2009 report on international religious freedom noted that the Egyptian government often turns a blind eye to crimes committed against Copts -- and government officials have on occasion even participated in those crimes. Source.

Christmas in Turkey

The Christians in Turkey are facing a similarly somber Christmas. “We are treated,” said the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, “as citizens of second class. We don’t feel that we enjoy our full rights as Turkish citizens.” Yet “we prefer to stay here, even crucified sometimes.” Source.

Christmas in the U.S.

Lest we think that we're immune here in the West, today, a Muslim named Umar Farul Abdul Mutallab attempted to blow up a plane to Detroit. The man claimed to be acting on behalf of Al Qaeda.

FoxNews--A male passenger possibly linked to terrorist organization Al Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday, Fox News confirmed. The man is believed to be Nigerian.

Several people were hurt and one person, possibly the suspect, was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical Center at Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said. An emergency was declared aboard the flight, operated as Northwest flight 253, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson.

The suspect, who ABC reported suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was connected to Al Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, Fox News confirmed. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said. Read More.

Of course, moderate and liberal Muslims are too busy complaining about the intolerance of the Swiss minaret ban to do anything about the persecution of non-Muslims in Muslim countries.

(Temporary) Victory for Rifqa!

*****UPDATE***** "Fox and Friends" is on a roll. They did another interview about Rifqa, this time with Rifqa's former lawyer.



*****UPDATE***** In a shocking turn of events, someone in the mainstream media actually let someone speak honestly about Rifqa's case. Here's an interview with Rifqa's friend Jamal Jivanjee.



Rifqa Bary had another hearing today. Her parents (and CAIR) were demanding that she be returned home, that she not be permitted to receive Christmas cards, and that she be forced to submit to Muslim counseling sessions. Fortunately, her parents weren't successful. For the moment, Rifqa is safe from her parents, from her womanizing and binge-drinking Muslim brother, and from Muslims who would love to obey Muhammad's commands by killing her. Here next hearing is January 19th.

COLUMBUS--The magistrate in the Rifqa Bary case ruled today that the 17-year-old who ran away from her Columbus home in July does not have to sit down for mediation with her parents.

There were several issues resolved today at the hearing in Franklin County Juvenile Court, including:

• Mediation. Magistrate Mary Goodrich said issues now being discussed would best be resolved with individual counseling instead of group mediation.
• Third-party messages. Bary's parents don't want her to receive any cards or letters directly, and had filed a motion that any messages first go to Franklin County Children Services. Omar Tarazi, the family's attorney, withdrew that motion today.
• Rifqa's mental health. Assistant County Prosecutor Chris Julian said that a counselor was trying to determine whether 17-year-old, whose full name is Fathima Rifqa Bary, has post-traumatic stress disorder. Read More.

Muslim Child Beheads a Man

I really don't like posting videos like this. I'm not a fan of horror movies, and these videos are worse than horror movies. At the same time, however, people in the West simply don't understand what we're up against. So for all those who believe that Islam is peaceful and moderate, here you go.

Qur'an 8:12--When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.

Qur'an 5:33--The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement.

*****WARNING***** The following video is extremely graphic, and is only here for people who have absolutely no clue what's going on in the world. If you already know the truth about Islam, don't watch this.

New Year's Resolution for Muslims in Indonesia: "Destroy More Churches in 2010"

I Triple-Dog-Dare Muslims to say that this has nothing to do with Islam.

Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Last night a crowd of angry Muslims, including women and children, attacked the Church of Saint Albert, in Bekasi Regency, about 30 kilometres east of Jakarta. The situation is now under control but the local Catholic community is afraid of an escalation before Christmas.
Kurniadi is a member of the committee charged with the church’s construction. He told AsiaNews, “Suddenly, a bunch of bikers arrived in the area where the church stands.” They had banners and kerosene tanks. “We don’t know why we were attacked,” he said.

Kristina Maria Renteana, who was present when the Church was attacked, said, “The mob had about a thousand people,” not only men, but “women and children” as well.

Running around in cars and motorbikes is a tradition for Indonesian Muslims during “national celebrations.”

Last night was the first day of the Islamic New Year, the start of the month of Muharram. Local sources told AsiaNews, on condition of anonymity, that the “crowd was made of people from Tarumajaya and Babelan”, two villages in North Bekasi where Islamic extremists are a majority.

Saint Albert’s Church, a chapel that is part of Saint Arnold’ Church in Bekasi, was not yet finished. Started on 11 May 2008, it had the required building permit for places of worship and was 80 per cent complete. Workers had finished the walls and the roof. Only ceramic floor tiles had to be laid.

Although not yet finished, it was set to host Christmas Mass for the local Christian community.

Now it is damaged but police and government authorities have urged the parish priest, Fr Joseph Jagadwa, to go ahead with the Mass anyway. Source.

Those Who Live in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Stones

It was asked on a previous thread (*) whether Surah 2:106 solves the problem of the missing verse on stoning. The short answer is, it doesn’t. For a slightly longer answer, see below (For those who need the back story on this issue, as well as more detailed treatments of the problems this poses for Muslims, see here)

Here is how Surah 2:106 reads in various translations:

“None of Our revelations
Do We abrogate
Or cause to be forgotten,
But We substitute
Something better or similar:
Knowest thou not that Allah
Hath power over all things?” (Yusuf Ali)

Such of our revelations as We
abrogate or cause to be forgotten,
We bring (in place) one better or the like
thereof. Knowest thou not that Allah is
able to do all things? (Pickthall)

Whatever a Verse (revelation) do
We abrogate or cause to be forgotten,
We bring a better one or similar to it.
Know you not that Allah is Able to do all things? (Hilali)

One problem with this would be that Muhammad never said anything to abrogate the verse on stoning, as is proven by the fact that it was only discovered to be missing from the Qur'an by Umar after the time of Muhammad’s death, and neither was it caused to be forgotten, as is once again demonstrated in the case of Umar. If Umar was nonplussed by the fact that the verse was not to be found in the Qur’an, then according to the testimony of Umar it was never abrogated. If Umar remembered the verse in order to make this observation, then the verse was not forgotten.

A second problem is that Surah 2:106 says that any verse/reveation that is abrogated or caused to be forgotten will be replaced by Allah with something better or similar. Once again this runs aground on the fact that Muhammad was dead at the time the verse on stoning was discovered to be missing. In other words, Muhammad was not around to replace the verse with another one.

In light of this, it is surely ironic that Muslims so often accuse the Jews of removing things from the Torah, such as the command to stone adulterers, and anyone familiar with Muslim commentators knows just how often this example comes up, when the command to stone adulterers is still there in the Torah to this day but is nowhere to be found in the Qur’an.

This is a prime example of the proverb, "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones". Surely God catches the wise in their craftiness. (Job 5:14)

Muslims in Paristan, France

If only non-Muslims could assemble for prayer like this in Saudi Arabia!

Hey, the Muslims are getting angry and violent over being filmed. Why does this seem familiar?

DLR - 75018 - la laïcité remise en cause (bis)
by infos_DLR_Paris

For those of us who don't speak French, Minoria has translated enough of the exchange to let us know what happened:

I have just heard the whole thing.It was real nonsense.The Muslims acted like hooligans.

1.A Frenchman got in and decided to film the Muslims while praying.

2.A man started saying it was forbidden like 10X.

3.The Frenchman asked if they had an order that prohibited it.The Muslim just kept saying it was forbidden.The Frenchman said it was a PUBLIC place,the street.He asked by WHAT GOVERNMENT REGULATION he was forbidden to film them.They said nothing.It was obvious there was none.

4.Then the Muslim started saying "you have no right"like 10X in all.The Frenchman said:"Are you a policeman?"He wasn't.The other was saying:"It is forbidden.The people don't want it."

And he THREATENED the guy saying if he didn't stop it he would regret it tonight.Then another Muslim who was a security man from the mosque said not to film.He said he was against violence and it was incidents like that that gave Islam a bad name(Note:but he was not telling the other Muslims to STOP harassing the Frenchman.

5.Then they said that how he would like it he got in his(the frenchman's house),breaking the door,in effect invading his home.But the Frenchman said it was a street.He asked again if there was a law against filming.Another Muslim said it was a place of worship,the frenchman said it was the street.The mosque guy said there was no order for letting them pray on the street but it was tolerated by the authority.(OK,my view:but that does not give them the right to push and harass one from filming if they want to,it is a public place).

6.Also the man said that photos had been taken before but with their permission,the Muslims'.If HE wanted to take photos he would have to get the permission of the mosque.Again the frenchman said:"Forbidden by who?""By we ourselves!"Then another muslim:"You don't the right to film us."The woman was saying nothing important really,just in effect asking what happened and he told her he had been threatened.

In effect the Muslims had no right to prevent anybody from filming them,they knew it and in spite of that were violent to the Frenchman.And the Muslims in charge were saying that they wanted him out just because they felt like it.The title was "La LAICITE remise en cause"(Secularism is questioned,argued against)

Somebody was yelling "Take your camera away!"several times,a muslim.They were telling him in the end that he needed their permission to film and he wanted to know why.In effect the Muslims were overreacting to the tolerance given them to pray in a public place,showing intolerance and freaking out over somebody who was filming them.The OVEREACTION was evident,too much,I was shocked,no sense of humour in those Muslims,no sense of tolerance.

For a complete translation by Fernando (too long to post here), see the comments section.

Newt Gingrich: "Victory or Death"

I generally can't stand politicians, but I have no problem acknowledging a brilliant speech when I see one.

Praising Allah almost Required in Public Elementary School

Children in an Indiana public school were scheduled to sing about praying to Allah, Ramadan, etc., until complaints started rolling in. The school claimed the song was inclusive of all religions, but the portion of the song dedicated to Christianity expressed nothing but doubt.

Notice how Muslims respond to the cancelation. People not wanting their children being required to sing Allah's praises is "Islamophobic." I wonder if these Muslims would allow us to require their children to sing "Jesus is Lord, and He died for my sins." Sheer hypocrisy (yet again).

A battle over religion is brewing in central Indiana after a public school wanted second graders to sing a song declaring, “Allah is God.” The phrase was removed just before the performance after a national conservative group launched a protest.

The principal of Lantern Road Elementary School in Fishers, IN, said they were trying to teach inclusiveness through their holiday production. It included references to Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa. However, no other deity, other than Allah, was referenced in the show.

“It went off…without a hitch,” Danielle Thompson told the Indianapolis Star. “Several families thought it was a nice program.”

But others did not – especially David Hogan. His daughter came home with a copy of the lyrics just days before the production. Hogan, a Christian, told the American Family Association, a conservative advocacy group, that he was deeply concerned to learn that his daughter had been singing, “Allah is God.”

Here’s what the children were assigned to sing:

“Allah is God, we recall at dawn,
Praying ‘til night during Ramadan
At this joyful time we pray happiness for you,
Allah be with you all your life through.”

But when it came time to perform the “Christian” part of Christmas, children were assigned to say:

“I didn’t know there was a little boy at the manger. What child is this?
I’m not sure if there was a little boy or not.
Then why did you paint one on your nativity window?
I just thought if there was a little boy, I’d like to know exactly what he (sic) say."

Micah Clark, executive director of the Indiana AFA, launched an Internet protest once he heard about the allegations. “What surprised me here is that we’ve had a secular scrubbing of Christmas for so long and the school apparently didn’t see the problem with kids singing to Allah,” he told FOX News Radio. “You won’t even mention Jesus and you’re going to force my child to sing about Allah?

In email correspondence the school initially defended the reference as a way to be inclusive of all religions. However, once complaints starting rolling in, school leaders decided to eliminate the Allah reference.

That drew the ire of the Muslim Alliance of Indiana. “It’s unfortunate if that was removed from the program just because of Islamophobic feelings,” Shariq Siddiqui told the Indianapolis Star. “Schools are a place where we should learn more about each other rather than exclude each other based on stereotypes and misconceptions.”

But Clark said having children bow and pray is problematic for non-Muslim families. “(This show) affirmed Islam and negated Christianity. I wouldn’t have had a problem if it had been equal to all faiths.”

At least one Christian family approved of the Allah reference. “I’m a Christian and I was in no way offended by the program at Lantern Road,” said Judy Grasso to The Star. Source.

Islam's Eddie Murphy: "I Was Just Joking about Engaging in Jihad!"

Move over Eddie Murphy! Step aside Chris Rock! Just when you thought terrorists didn't have a sense of humor, this Jihadi claims that he was only joking when he started recruiting other Muslims for a terrorist attack against innocent people in a shopping mall. Ha! Why didn't I come up with that one! This guy should write for Saturday Night Live!

Is a Northwest Knoxville convenience store operator a jihad jokester or a terrorist-in-waiting?

That was the question U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Guyton faced Monday as federal prosecutors Jeff Theodore and Will Mackie pushed for the detention pending trial of Hazam Ali Ahmed.

The 35-year-old Ahmed was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms after authorities last week found two guns inside the Central Convenience Store on Keith Avenue that he operated.

However, testimony at Monday's hearing shows Ahmed has been on the radar screen of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force since at least January 2006.

FBI Agent Mark D. Murphy testified that an informant clandestinely recorded chats with Ahmed in early 2006 during which Ahmed allegedly tried to recruit the informant into the terrorist network al-Qaeda.

"He referred to jihad," Murphy said of Ahmed. "He asked the confidential source if he would be interested in joining jihad. He stated that he was connected to al- Qaeda, that he had worked for them for several years. He wanted the informant to join al-Qaeda. "

According to Murphy's testimony, Ahmed told the informant, with whom he was acquainted, that he planned to wait "until his son reached the age of seven" before putting into action a plan to carry out a terrorist attack at a shopping mall.

However, defense attorney Barbara Clark elicited testimony from Murphy that Ahmed told agents "he was joking." She also noted that although the FBI had been monitoring Ahmed for nearly four years now, they had not unearthed any proof that Ahmed had taken any steps to craft or carry out such a plot. Source.

Muslims Blow Up Yet Another Girls' School in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Taliban militants blew up a girls' school in Pakistan's Khyber district Monday, officials said, as two soldiers and seven insurgents were killed in clashes in the northwest tribal belt.

The pre-dawn school attack took place in Saddokhel town in northwest Khyber tribal district, where militants detonated explosives planted around the building, destroying all five school rooms but causing no injuries.

"They are Taliban. They are the same people who do not want children to get an education," senior administration official Rahim Gul Khattak told AFP.

Islamist militants opposed to co-education have destroyed hundreds of schools, mostly for girls, in the northwest of the country in recent years as they wage a fierce insurgency to enforce Sharia law. Source.

Of course, our Muslim friends will tell us that this has nothing to do with Islam. But this doesn't really matter at this point. Like it or not, the fastest growing movements in the Muslim world are groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, the Taliban, al Qaeda, etc. If Muslims can't control the rise of these radical groups, shouldn't the rest of us be fighting the spread of Islam? To put the matter differently, if peaceful Muslims are crumbling before militant Muslims across the Muslim world, why should we think that peaceful Muslims will succeed in the West?

Sam Shamoun and David Wood on "Jesus or Muhammad" this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!

It's that time again! Take a trip to the No Taqiyya Zone! "Jesus or Muhammad" this weekend. We're trying to fit in as many of your suggestions as possible, but we got a ton, so some will have to wait till later. Here's the line up (though times are subject to change, so be sure to check back).

FRIDAY (December 11)
7:00 P.M.-9:30 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) The Swiss Minaret Ban
10:30 P.M.-1:00 A.M. What Muhammad Thought about the Bible

SATURDAY (December 12)
7:00 P.M.-9:30 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) The Pagan Origins of Islam
10:30 P.M.-1:00 A.M. The Satanic Verses

SUNDAY (December 13)
7:00 P.M.-9:30 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time) Is Islam Monotheistic?
10:30 P.M.-1:00 A.M. Christianity, Islam, and the Incarnation

Visit www.ABNsat.com and click the top box on the right to watch the programs online.

Muslim Radicalization Gains Momentum in the US

Of course, CAIR got to distance themselves from their more Sharia-minded brethren, but all in all, this seems to be a solid article. Props to Google and the AFP.

Long-feared by US intelligence, Muslim radicalization is gaining momentum in the United States, hit by a spate of recent cases featuring youths recruited and trained overseas for jihad, analysts say...

Some analysts say the United States has been slow to respond and still has little understanding of the scope and nature of the problem.

"Twelve warning signs is 12 too many," said Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Georgetown University in Washington.

"For too long, I think we may have been complacent in the United States, thinking this was a problem that occurred elsewhere and that it wasn't a problem we really had to address in the US," he added, acknowledging it was difficult to determine the extent of the development.

Read the whole article here.

Christian Hoteliers Cleared of Insult Charges against Muslim Woman

Notice the chain of events. A Muslim woman insults Christianity by saying that Jesus was only a prophet and that the Bible is unreliable. The Christians respond by criticizing Muhammad and Islam. The Muslim then complains and files charges for insulting her religion. Fortunately, this instance of legal jihad didn't work.

Christian hoteliers accused of insulting a Muslim guest for wearing the hijab and berating her for her beliefs were dramatically cleared this afternoon.

Benjamin and Sharon Vogelenzang denied using threatening, abusive or insulting words which were religiously aggravated against white British Muslim convert Ericka Tazi, 60. . . .

Mrs Tazi, who converted to Islam when she married a Muslim 18 months ago, was staying at the hotel while she attended a pain management clinic at Aintree Hospital for her fibromyalgia.

She claimed Mr Vogelenzang called the prophet Mohammed a murderer and a warlord and likened him to Saddam Hussein and Hitler.

But the couple denied her version of events and claimed Mrs Tazi told them Jesus was a minor prophet and that the Bible was untrue. Read More.

Since Mrs. Tazi doesn't believe that Muhammad was a murderer or a warlord, I have to wonder what the terms "murderer" and "warlord" mean in her dictionary. Anyone got some definitions that wouldn't apply to Muhammad?

Get Sam Shamoun a Laptop for Christmas!

Friends,

Sam doesn't know I'm doing this (though he'll probably see it tonight). If you watch our program "Jesus or Muhammad," you'll usually see Sam and me sharing my MacBook. That's because Sam needs a laptop, and it's almost Christmas. Sam doesn't have the money to lay down for a good laptop, and neither do I (and I'm sure the rest of you don't either). However, if we all chip in, I think we can get Sam a nice laptop and some necessary software. Sam's articles have been a huge resource for all of us over the years, and I think we owe it to him to help him continue his work. I'm putting in the first $50 (about all I can come up with right now). We get 800-1000 visits per day here, so if everyone kicks in a few dollars (or more), we can get this covered. If we raise enough funds, I'll purchase the laptop and the software and give everything to Sam by our next set of broadcasts (December 11th-13th!). Note: Those of you with blogs can copy the code and insert the widget.

*****UPDATE***** As you can see, the goal's been met. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I'll update everyone when I've got Sam set up with a sweet new Gospel-Defending, Islam-Destroying system.

The Myth of the Anti-Muslim Backlash (vs. Actual Facts)

Whenever Muslim terrorists kill a bunch of Westerners, their fellow Muslims immediately start complaining about an impending backlash against Muslims. This is largely due to the way many Muslims think. When someone does something that offends a Muslim (e.g. drawing a cartoon of Muhammad), there's an immediate backlash against non-Muslims, often involving a worldwide killing spree. Thus, Muslims assume that other people think like literalist Muslims do, and that since many Muslims kill at random when offended, so will the rest of the world.

Fortunately, the anti-Muslim backlashes rarely occur. Indeed, Muslims struggled to come up with instances of anti-Muslim hate crimes after the Fort Hood Massacre, and the best example they found was a Muslim woman who had her scarf tugged in a grocery store. This is startling evidence of Western tolerance.

But the statistics are even more staggering. According to an FBI study on hate crimes, it's actually much safer to be a Muslim in America than a Jew in America:

There were 1,606 hate crime offenses motivated by religious bias in 2008. A breakdown of these offenses shows:

65.7 percent were anti-Jewish.
13.2 percent were anti-other religion.
7.7 percent were anti-Islamic.
4.7 percent were anti-Catholic.
4.2 percent were anti-multiple religions, group.
3.7 percent were anti-Protestant.
0.9 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc.

Yet, while the majority of religiously-motivated hate crimes are directed at Jews, we hear relatively little complaining from Jews. Muslims, on the other hand, proclaim their mythical mistreatment from the rooftops, in an effort to keep the peace until the next terrorist attack.

Note: The population of Jews and Muslims in America is roughly comparable. According to CAIR, in 2001 there were 6-7 million Muslims in the US, and according to Jewish American Yearbook, in 2006 there were 6.4 million Jews in the US.

Topics for "Jesus or Muhammad"

Friends,

Sam and I are going to be doing several live episodes of "Jesus or Muhammad" on December 11th, 12th, and 13th. Any thoughts on topics? We'll try to cover as many of your suggestions as possible. Also, if anyone would like to upload a question on YouTube and send us the link, we could play the question on the program and then respond to it.

Women In Egypt Taking Self Defense Classes to Defend Themselves from Harassment by Muslim Men

As Muslims in the West strive to spread Islam, more and more facts about the Muslim world make this unappealing.

CAIRO--The grunts and groans of women stop several men in their tracks and send them jostling for a better glimpse at the window. Inside is a group of people who could not be less pleased to see them: a self-defence class for Egyptian women.

“Your body language has to be strong,” Mary Elsouyem, the teacher, says. “The moment they start trouble, you send a harsh message letting them know that their behaviour is not acceptable.”

Her class, which meets once a week in the upper-class Cairo neighbourhood of Maadi, is one of dozens that has been started across Cairo. Eight other women were learning with The Times: five wore veils, one was a Coptic Christian, another was three months pregnant. All the women said that they faced harassment daily.

“I thought it was so normal for us to take this abuse. We’ve let the men get away with it for too long,” Sarai Khella, 23, who was brought up in central Cairo, said. For years she kept her head down while men hissed and catcalled on the street. . . .

A study conducted by the Egyptian Centre for Women’s Rights in Cairo reported that nearly 83 per cent of Egyptian women and 98 per cent of foreign women said that they had been sexually harassed in Egypt. More than 62 per cent of men who were surveyed admitted that they had harassed women.

The study found that regardless of what women wore they were still hit upon. Approximately one third were wearing a headscarf and conservative clothing and one fifth were in a full veil and cloak. SOURCE.

Notice that your chances of being sexually harassed if you are a woman visiting Egypt are close to one hundred percent. Notice also that a woman's dress is irrelevant to whether Muslims harass her.

Muslim Rapes and Kills Young Pakistani Boy in Mosque Bathroom after Eid Prayers

One of the most common claims by Muslims in the West is that the West needs Islam to correct all the immorality here. But when we turn to the Muslim world, we find rape (of both boys and girls), throwing acid in women's faces, beating women, murder, torture, slavery, etc.

A young Pakistani boy was raped and killed in the bathroom of a mosque in Dubai on Friday. The man who allegedly raped and murdered the six-year-old boy has been arrested. Dubai Police said they received information that a Pakistani child was found dead in the bathroom of a mosque located in 
Al Qusais on Friday.

When the police reached the mosque, a man told them that he had come to the mosque for Zuhr prayers and that when he went to the bathroom to prepare for it, he saw traces of blood on the floor after which he saw the child behind the door. The boy’s pants had been removed.

The police, upon entering the bathroom, noticed that the child had been raped. They took the body to the General Department of Forensic Medicine and launched an investigation. Later, a Bahraini national was arrested on the suspicion of committing the crime.

He confessed to the crime during interrogation. He said he consumed alcohol late into the night on Thursday and went to the mosque to perform Eid prayers on Friday and returned home. He continued drinking alcohol and later went out to visit his friend to celebrate the festival.

Around 9:30am, he left his friend’s house and went to the mosque. He 
saw three children on the street, who asked him for Eid gifts.

The man told the police that he saw a boy, whose age he guessed to be around nine. He told the boy that he had no money on him but he would give money if the latter followed him.

He then took the boy to the bathroom in the mosque, locked the door and raped him during which he covered the boy’s nose and mouth with his hands to prevent him from screaming.

He later noticed that the child had stopped moving, so he left him there and fled the scene. He returned home and had a shower.

The suspect told the police that he did not know the boy and that day was the first time he had seen him. He also confessed that it was not the first time he had had forcible sex with males. Source.

Muslims need a better argument. We have no reason to think that the spread of Islam will make any country better, especially when Muslim countries lead the world in human rights violations.

VIDEO: Muslim Woman Stabs Jewish Guard

Of course, if a Jewish woman had stabbed a Muslim guard, Muslims would be calling for the death of Israel (oops, they already are). But it's perfectly acceptable for Muslims to attack Jews, since Jews are persecuting Muslims by refusing to hand over the state of Israel. (Note: Muhammad said that he would expel all Jews from the Arabian peninsula, which is perfectly acceptable to Muslims. But if Jews expel Muslims from a square inch of Palestine, it's "Death to Israel.") Is anyone starting to think that Muslims are inconsistent, and that they only care about Muslims?

YNet News--The two-minute video shows the guards checking the woman's items in an x-ray machine. When they shift their gaze from her for a moment, she seizes the opportunity to quickly pull out a knife and attack.

A Magen David Adom paramedic told Ynet on the day of the incident, "The guard was lying on the ground with a stab wound to his lower abdomen, and the young female terrorist was apprehended. The guard was in great pain; he was in a state of shock."

According to the rescue services, the stab wound was 5-centimeters deep (about 2 inches). The guard was treated at the scene and later evacuated to Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem in moderate condition.

The assailant, a 21-year-old resident of the West Bank town of Ramallah, was taken in for questioning by the Jerusalem Police. Source.

Muslim Father Calls for Son's Death for Apostasy

Wait a minute! Western Muslims keep telling us that Islam doesn't promote the death penalty for apostasy! What's this I'm reading?

MONTREAL -- In Lamine Yansané's hometown of Boké in Guinea, his father is a revered imam who sometimes leads Friday prayers. But after Mr. Yansané married a Catholic woman and abandoned Islam for Christianity, his father disowned him, and Friday prayers have featured a call for his death, the Federal Court heard yesterday.

Mr. Yansané, who has been denied refugee status, is seeking a last-ditch reprieve on the grounds that he faces certain harm if he is deported from Canada. "If you return him to his country, he is going to die," Mr. Yansané's lawyer, Stewart Istvanffy, told the court. He called his client "a victim of radical Islam, who is threatened by the imam of his town, his own father." READ MORE.

Hmmm. This makes me want to open up my Muslim sources and see if Western Muslims are trying to deceive me.

Ackkk! Look what I've found!

Sahih al-Bukhari 6922—Muhammad said, "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.”

Sunan Abu Dawud 4337—The Apostle said: Kill those who change their religion.

Sunan an-Nasa’i 4025—Muhammad said: "After me there will be many calamities and much evil behavior. Whoever you see splitting away from the Jama’ah or trying to create division among the Ummah of Muhammad, then kill him, for the Hand of Allah is with the Jama’ah, and the Shaitan is with the one who splits away from the Ummah, running with him."

Sunan Ibn Majah 2535—It was narrated from Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever changes his religion, execute him.”

Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik 36.18.15—The Messenger of Allah said, “If someone changes his religion—then strike off his head!”

But surely Islam would never command Muslims to carry out such penalties against their own relatives! Let me check the sources.

Sunan Ibn Majah 2540—It was narrated from Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah said: “Carry out the legal punishments on relatives and strangers, and do not let the fear of blame stop you from carrying out the command of Allah.”

Whoa! It seems someone's been lying to us about what Islam teaches! But surely a religion would never allow its adherents to lie in order to protect themselves and their religion. Would it? Would it?

America vs. the Narrative

Here's the beginning of a surprisingly good article from the New York Times (gasp!).

What should we make of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who apparently killed 13 innocent people at Fort Hood?

Here’s my take: Major Hasan may have been mentally unbalanced — I assume anyone who shoots up innocent people is. But the more you read about his support for Muslim suicide bombers, about how he showed up at a public-health seminar with a PowerPoint presentation titled “Why the War on Terror Is a War on Islam,” and about his contacts with Anwar al-Awlaki, a Yemeni cleric famous for using the Web to support jihadist violence against America — the more it seems that Major Hasan was just another angry jihadist spurred to action by “The Narrative.”

What is scary is that even though he was born, raised and educated in America, The Narrative still got to him.

The Narrative is the cocktail of half-truths, propaganda and outright lies about America that have taken hold in the Arab-Muslim world since 9/11. Propagated by jihadist Web sites, mosque preachers, Arab intellectuals, satellite news stations and books — and tacitly endorsed by some Arab regimes — this narrative posits that America has declared war on Islam, as part of a grand “American-Crusader-Zionist conspiracy” to keep Muslims down.

Yes, after two decades in which U.S. foreign policy has been largely dedicated to rescuing Muslims or trying to help free them from tyranny — in Bosnia, Darfur, Kuwait, Somalia, Lebanon, Kurdistan, post-earthquake Pakistan, post-tsunami Indonesia, Iraq and Afghanistan — a narrative that says America is dedicated to keeping Muslims down is thriving. READ MORE.

Thousands of Muslims Shout "Death to America" During Their Peaceful Hajj

The attack by Major Nidal Malik Hasan is confusing to Western media because Islam is so incredibly peaceful. As everyone knows, most Muslims love freedom, America, and apple pie. Isn't it strange, then, that Muslims had nothing to do during the Hajj but shout "Death to America"? Actually, they did have something else to do. They also shouted "America is the enemy of Allah," "Israel is the enemy of Allah," and "Death to Israel." Notice in the video that these chants rank alongside the Shahadah in importance. But shouldn't these dedicated Muslims realize from reading the Qur'an that Islam condemns violence and killing? Where's CNN's Arsalan Iftikhar when we need him to distort the Qur'an to make it sound peaceful? Oh, he's busing convincing non-Muslims that Islam is peaceful. He has no time to convince his fellow Muslims.

"Revolution Muslim" Posts Our Video, But Refuses to Debate!

I just don't get it. They live in New York, I live in New York. They claim that Islam is true, I claim that Jesus is Lord. They like to argue, I like to argue. It would seem, wouldn't it, that some public debates would already be in the works? Not at all. I contacted them, but they didn't respond. And they're even posting our videos now!

Amazingly, while many liberal Muslims can't stand these guys because of their views, I actually respect them for proclaiming what Islam really teaches. I hope that they will eventually gain enough confidence to defend their views in public debate.

As things stand, they only seem willing to debate their fellow Muslims.



I think Sam and I will challenge them publicly next time on "Jesus or Muhammad."

*****UPDATE***** Well, I finally heard back from our friends at "Revolution Muslim." Yes, they refuse to debate, and they gave the classic "You-reject-Islam-so-there's-no-point-in-debating-you" excuse. Then the leader called me a "nigger" and threw many other insults at me (not to mention my mother!), in an email worthy of Nadir Ahmed's website. As it turns out, I was totally wrong about these guys. Based on the video I had seen, I assumed that they were intelligent young Muslims eager for dialogue and debate. After receiving a single email, I see that they are spoiled children eager for attention, but not knowledgeable enough to discuss their beliefs rationally. They have no business sharing the podium with anyone.