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On the evening when Benjamin Netanyahu goes off to the US for "negotiations" with Fatah, four Israelis were murdered:

Four Israelis were killed Tuesday night in a Hamas shooting attack in the West Bank believed to have been aimed at torpedoing the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, set to kick off on Wednesday in Washington.

Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida told The Associated Press late Tuesday that Hamas carried out the attack.

The four victims, described by a settler spokesman as a couple and two hitchhikers – were driving on Route 60 near the entrance to Kiryat Arba when their vehicle came under fire.

The victims were named as Yitzhak Ames, 47, and his wife Tali Ames, 45, Kochava Ben- Haim, 37, and Avishai Schindler, 24, all from Beit Hagai. The Ames couple had six children, including a oneand- a-half-year-old toddler.

[...]

IDF troops immediately launched searches for the perpetrators and the Central Command raised its level of alert, out of fear that Palestinian terrorists will increase efforts to perpetrate attacks in the coming days with the goal of torpedoing the peace summit in Washington.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who heard about Washington to relaunch direct talks with the Palestinians, said upon landing that he would speak in the evening with US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and tell her that this “criminal attack” proves again the need for Israel to stand steadfastly by its security demands.

Netanyahu said that his heart goes out to the families of the victims, and that terrorism would not determine Israel’s borders or the future of the settlements.

Netanyahu spoke on the plane with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Yuval Diskin and Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi.

Netanyahu, according to his office, directed the security branches to act “without any diplomatic constraints against the murderers, and act aggressively against those who sent them.”

This is truly obscene, and the army - and Ehud Barak too - had better make a convincing effort to capture the murderers responsible for this. That aside, as One Jerusalem argues, the predictable observation that this was all a desperate attempt to kill the "peace process" is absurd. It's the "process" itself that's the problem.

Labels: anti-semitism, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States

Douglas Feith at Front Page Magazine writes about the history of revisionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky, 70 years after his death. It's from a lecture he did at the Park East Synagogue in NYC.

Labels: Israel

George Galloway, the former British MP, is still causing trouble, raising funds for Hamas at a mosque in Orlando. A pure disgrace he is.

Update: as Patrick Poole notes, Galloway is an ally of Florida governor Charlie Crist. More on the subject here.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, jihad, londonistan, terrorism, United States

Phyllis Chesler writes about the continuing nightmare for an American woman who was tricked into a marriage with a Muslim from Bahrain, and has ended up losing the custody of her daughter as a result of this taqqiya.

The American embassy has done nothing to help her cause, and despite John McCain's request, the forces of evil in Bahrain have not cooperated.

If this could be brought up by more people, maybe the poor woman whose daughter is being held hostage similar to the case of Betty Mahmoody's own daughter, could be given the help she needs to free hers from this tyrant and his equally loathsome family. That's why I'm also hoping more people are willing to get the word out about this.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

Soeren Kern at Hudson (via Act for America) brings up the subject of how Europe is facing its own problems with mosque building, and here too, there's some that need louder opposition, just like that against the Ground Zero mosque in New York City. Among those that need more serious opposition are one now being built in Marseille, which is even getting funding from Saudi Arabia.

It could help if some American politicians were to speak out against these as well, which could help to stop the construction of these projects before they're completed.

Labels: Europe, France, germany, islam, Italy, londonistan

Michael Bloomberg continues to raise eyebrows as his city staff now signals they're even willing to be shari'a compliant, by providing tax-free financing (Hat tip: Big Peace). This is another reason why it's a good thing that people are beginning to wake up and take a closer look at what Bloomberg is really like. He's not only willing to associate himself with people who support terrorism, but is even willing to insult the Constitution by ignoring its clause on separation of religion and state.

Bloomberg has also hosted a Muslim dinner and there too, he's defended the mosque (Hat tip: One Jerusalem). He's really gone overboard.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, New York, political corruption, terrorism, United States

Another case of homegrown terrorism in the land of the maple leaf (Hat tip: Doug Powers at Michelle Malkin):

Khuram Sher, who sang comical version of Avril Lavigne’s ‘Complicated’ on reality show, suspected of involvement in homegrown terror plot that involved attempted bombing of Canada’s main stock exchange, two government buildings.

Two terrorism suspects made a brief appearance in court on Thursday, and a third man, who appeared on Canada’s version of “American Idol,” has reportedly been arrested as part of an alleged homegrown plot.

Police arrested two Ottawa residents Wednesday and said they expected more arrests. The Toronto Star reported the third arrest, of Khuram Sher, on Thursday.

Who knows how many more potential jihadists are up in Canada? And who knows if the government will make a genuine effort to deal with them?

Labels: Canada, islam, jihad, terrorism, war on terror

Mondo Frazier at Big Journalism asks if Michael Bloomberg's business aspirations in the middle east have what to do with his strident support for the Cordoba mosque, which reminds me of Rupert Murdoch's own business deals with Saudi prince bin Talal. The answers could be found in the plans his company has for the UAE, according to the following press item from his offices:

On October 2, 2009, The Dubai Chronicle reported Chairman and President of Bloomberg LP Peter T. Grauer met with UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Maktoum’s Emirate office. According to the Dubai Chronicle, Grauer gave a presentation of Bloomberg future expansion plans in the ‘area of business information’ in the United Emirates, North Africa, and India. Grauer stated the UAE was a great place to expand, the UAE’s “logistic facilities” the ‘biggest incentive for investors and companies to expand their businesses in the country and the region beyond’.

“Particularly since the meltdown of the western capitalist system, there has been an increasingly large focus on the virtues of Islamic finance. Today, there is no one single provider of information that caters to the Islamic finance market. So by Bloomberg being here, we are in the process of building out an Islamic finance product. We are very confident that we can build a product that meets the needs of the market right now.”

–Max Linnington, Regional Head of Bloomberg Middle East and South Asia on the company’s plan to build a Bloomberg hub in Dubai at the Dubai International Financial Centre(DIFC), October 29, 2009

Read more at the link for further details. I don't know if Bloomberg is going to run again for mayor, but I do know he has gone out of control with his biz-based greed. He may not have thought about this, but by supporting the mosque construction as much as he has, he's drawn himself into the spotlight along with it.

Update: see also this editorial from the Wash. Examiner.

Update 2: Bloomberg may even be attacking the politicians opposing the mosque, as this Hot Air topic tells. Frankly, with the way he's behaving lately, I don't want to have anything to do with his businesses ever again. That means no wasting time on Bloomberg news sites, nor his official company. Others turned off by his behavior would do well to consider avoiding his businesses too.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, New York, political corruption, terrorism, UAE, United States

Andrea Lafferty tells at Big Journalism how she spotted an employee for ABC News trying to cause trouble by bothering a protestor against the Cordoba mosque, nagging him with questions that he may have already answered. And his cameraman colleague did nothing to stop him.

Ron Futrell says the network has some explaining to do, and I couldn't agree more. They practically owe it to everyone to stop acting so harrassing and teach some new ethics to their employees.

Update: ABC issued a reprimand to the employee (Hat tip: Newsbusters). IMHO, it would be much better to suspend or just dismiss him altogether. A reprimand is not enough.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, jihad, msm foulness, New York, terrorism, United States

Fred Barnes writes in the Weekly Standard about the upcoming alleged negotiations between Israel and Fatah, noting an important group being left out:

When direct talks begin next week between Israelis and Palestinians, the fate of Jewish settlers in the West Bank – tens of thousands of them – will be a major issue in the negotiations. But the settlers themselves won’t be part of the discussion. Nor have American officials involved in the talks been willing to meet with them.

You’ve probably heard that the settlers are an obstacle to peace. That’s not exactly true. Their absentee role in the peace process is different. They’re opposed to an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians that would uproot a large number of settlers from their homes or would leave Israel with inadequate security, at least from their viewpoint.

Obstacles or not, they’ve become “the most stereotyped and demonized people in the world,” says Dani Dayyan, the leader of the Yesha settler council for the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza. Yet the settlers have a case. It’s neither incoherent nor unreasonable, but it’s politically unacceptable and thus off the table in the new talks.

The settlers insist, for starters, that their settlements aren’t located on “occupied” Palestinian territory. Rather, they live on “disputed” territory, claimed as a homeland by both Palestinians and Jews (some of whom don’t consider themselves Israelis). “This is my homeland,” Dayyan says. “How can you ‘occupy’ your homeland?”

You can say that again.

And Israel has a “morally flawless” claim to the West Bank and other land it captured in the Six Day War in 1967, according to Dayyan. “We took what we thought was ours in a defensive war” against Arab countries, he says. “The rule that winner takes all was set by the Palestinians,” since they were prepared to claim any land seized in the war.

The settlers also point to the ancient past. “Jewish civilization and history come from Judea and Samaria,” Dayyan says. “Everything Jewish was born” in the West Bank. King David never visited Tel Aviv, but “his first capital was Hebron” in the West Bank. Today, a Jewish settlement has been established in the heart of Hebron.

There’s an overriding concern. Israel’s security would be jeopardized without settlers in the West Bank, Dayyan insists. “We are the guarantee of Israel’s security. Israel is indefensible without Judea and Samaria.” At one point, Israel is 9 miles wide. The Ben Gurion Airport is “geographically controlled by the hills of Samaria.” Thus, he says, Hamas or al Qaeda terrorists with shoulder-fired rockets could attack the airport and “paralyze” the country.

It most would likely fall to Hamas, one way or another, but even Fatah is bad enough. And yes, as I recall, the al Qaeda has infiltrated this area, via Gaza.

And by the way, it's stupid to call Jews who live in Judea-Samaria "settlers", just like "palestinians" are not a race, and the word was originally coined by the Romans as a name for Israel post-Bar Kochva revolution.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, United States

Yesterday, it was reported that a man stabbed a Muslim cab driver in New York. However, it turned out that the knifer himself was a leftist who was part of pro-Cordoba mosque group! In this article from the Village Voice (via Big Peace):

Michael Enright of Brewster, New York, who was booked on charges of attempted murder and assault with a weapon as a hate crime, is listed on Facebook as an employee of the New York City-based Intersections International, a “global initiative dedicated to promoting justice, reconciliation and peace across lines of faith, culture, ideology, race, class, national borders and other boundaries that divide humanity.” And a few weeks ago, they announced their support for — you guessed it — the Cordoba House, better known to many as the “Ground Zero Mosque.” [...] And on August 3, 2010, Intersections International came out with this press release:

Intersections supports the efforts of its partner organizations, The Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement, to develop a Community Center and Muslim prayer space, called “The Cordoba House,” at 47-51 Park Place in Manhattan. The vision is to create a place where individuals–regardless of race, faith or ethnicity–will find a center for learning, art, cultural expression and athletics; and most importantly, a center guided by the universal values of all religions–compassion, generosity, peace and human dignity.

What conclusions or guesses can be drawn from this case? Either the man was crazy enough to eat his own, or he did it in an attempt to "help" the side in favor of the mosque, or both.

But will they actually try to fix their bizarre malfunctions? Don't bet on it?

Labels: islam, Moonbattery, New York, terrorism, United States

This may have been going on for a lot longer than we think. And under Obama, it still is (Hat tip: Moonbattery):

Americans also may be surprised to learn that the United States has been an active participant in mosque construction projects overseas. In April, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Alfonso E. Lenhardt helped cut the ribbon at the 12th-century Kizimkazi Mosque, which was refurbished with assistance from the United States under a program to preserve culturally significant buildings. The U.S. government also helped save the Amr Ebn El Aas Mosque in Cairo, which dates back to 642. The mosque's namesake was the Muslim conqueror of Christian Egypt, who built the structure on the site where he had pitched his tent before doing battle with the country's Byzantine rulers. For those who think the Ground Zero Mosque is an example of "Muslim triumphalism" glorifying conquest, the Amr Ebn El Aas Mosque is an example of such a monument - and one paid for with U.S. taxpayer funds.

The mosques being rebuilt by the United States are used for religious worship, which raises important First Amendment questions. U.S. taxpayer money should not be used to preserve and promote Islam, even abroad. In July 2009, the Office of the Inspector General published an audit of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) faith-based and community initiatives that examined whether government funds were being used for religious activities. The auditors found that while USAID was funding some religious activities, officials were "uncertain of whether such uses of Agency funding violate Agency regulations or the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution" when balanced against foreign-policy objectives.

It gets worse:

It turns out that you and I are funding the State Department to purchase and distribute copies of Feisal Abdul Rauf's book, What's Right With Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West. [...]

Buried in a recent New York Times article on Imam Rauf's global hopscotch, the paper casually referenced that our government buys and hands out his tome in an effort "to lecture about tolerance" and pursue "interfaith dialogue" with Islamic nations.

So not only is the State Department employing this horrifying man as a diplomat, they're even promoting his book! This is most truly awful.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, political corruption, United States

The Israeli foreign minister has spoken with Israel Radio:

Israel and the Palestinians are unlikely to reach an agreement within a year, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday.

Speaking to Israel Radio, the foreign minister said that the Palestinians are making too many demands and that the Americans are forcing them to attend talks. Lieberman sought to lessen expectations, saying of the opening of new negotiations that, "It will be just another event like all such festive occasions."

Lieberman claimed that the Palestinians are only attending the talks because they are being forced to.by the Americans. His comments came after Israel Radio reported sources within the Palestinian Authority as saying that the Obama administration threatened to withdraw funding to the Authority, and to block other international funds, should Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas not agree to the renewal of direct negotiations.

According to Lieberman, Israel will not agree to US requests for a new freeze on settlement construction. Lieberman said that, after the end of the current freeze on September 26, building would restart in the settlement blocs and "natural growth" would be allowed elsewhere. There are settlements where each year a new classroom is needed, said Lieberman, including those which were established under Labor governments.

"Will we punish those who came as part of the Zionist enterprise?" he asked.

They better not! As for expectations, nobody really cares what Fatah thinks; they're not legitimate, and do not deserve any favors.

Labels: islam, Israel, United States

It turns out that, among the rotten apples on the GOP side in the Ground Zero mosque debate, there are 2 most awful people whom imam Feisal Abdul-Rauf can rely upon for support. One is none other than Grover Norquist (Hat tip: Jihad Watch):

"The support for criticizing a mosque is half a mile wide and an inch deep," conservative activist Grover Norquist warned. "And at the end of the process, the only people who will remember it are the people who feel threatened by this -- not just Muslims, but Sikhs, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists and Mormons."

So let's see, Norquist is drawing a moral equation between Islam and everyone else. May we point out that many Jews have a problem with the mosque as well, and are among the 70 percent of the public who oppose it?

Good to see that J. Michael Waller at Big Peace has also mentioned Norquist's latest attempt to meddle.

The second one is none other than Ron Paul (Hat tip: Power Line), who coughed out the following:

It has been said, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now being used in various ways by grandstanding politicians? It looks to me like the politicians are “fiddling while the economy burns.”

The debate should have provided the conservative defenders of property rights with a perfect example of how the right to own property also protects the 1st Amendment rights of assembly and religion by supporting the building of the mosque.

Instead, we hear lip service given to the property rights position while demanding that the need to be “sensitive” requires an all-out assault on the building of a mosque, several blocks from “ground zero.”

Just think of what might (not) have happened if the whole issue had been ignored and the national debate stuck with war, peace, and prosperity. There certainly would have been a lot less emotionalism on both sides. The fact that so much attention has been given the mosque debate, raises the question of just why and driven by whom?

In my opinion it has come from the neo-conservatives who demand continual war in the Middle East and Central Asia and are compelled to constantly justify it.

They never miss a chance to use hatred toward Muslims to rally support for the ill conceived preventative wars.

So he's inciting hatred towards neo-cons, all the while supporting dhimmitude, and he even seems to condone Abdul-Rauf's own claims that US policy in the mideast is what brought the 9-11 attacks:

If it became known that 9/11 resulted in part from a desire to retaliate against what many Muslims saw as American aggression and occupation, the need to demonize Islam would be difficult if not impossible.

There is no doubt that a small portion of radical, angry Islamists do want to kill us but the question remains, what exactly motivates this hatred?

If Islam is further discredited by making the building of the mosque the issue, then the false justification for our wars in the Middle East will continue to be acceptable.

Ugh, does this man sicken me to no end! The GOP would do well to distance him from the party already, because he brings nothing to the table but pure aggravation.

Update: more about this from News Real Blog.

Labels: dhimmitude, islam, jihad, Moonbattery, New York, political corruption, terrorism, United States

The Israeli police have recommended an indictment for the former prime minister, surely the most scandal-ridden of all politicians:

The Holyland corruption affair on Monday matured into police recommendations for serious indictments. The list is headed by former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who the police recommend charging with taking a bribe during his term as Jerusalem mayor.

[...]

According to the police, Olmert's former bureau chief Shula Zaken should be charged with taking a bribe, bribery mediating and breach of trust. Former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski, who served as head of the District Planning and Construction Committee, should be charged – according to the police – with taking a bribe, fraud and breach of trust.

Read it all. Olmert deserves to go down in disgrace for this, and I think it can be safely said that his career in politics is officially over.

Labels: Israel, political corruption

The Weekly Standard's Daniel Halper gives a report from the Ground Zero site on the demonstration against the Cordoba mosque, attended by thousands.

There was also, quite unfortunately, a gathering in favor of the mosque, and the worst part is that an anti-semitic incident took place there. That particular demonstration lasted less than an hour, and had less attendants.

Update: Rassmussen's latest poll finds that the opposition to the mosque is growing (via Hot Air Headlines).

Update 2: here's some pictures from the protest.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, islam, jihad, New York, political corruption, terrorism, United States

The New York Times said that the US government told Israel that Iran's nuclear threat is "not imminent", and it'd take them at least another year or so to complete their weapons (Hat tip: The Weekly Standard).

Let us be clear here: Iran has been pursuing nuclear jihad for years already, and now that they're already so close, we cannot afford to just sit back and wait. There is danger looming out there, and it has to be dealt with.

Here's more from The Atlantic.

Labels: iran, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States, war on terror

The Washington Examiner has a very straightforward article about Muslim bigotry, and some of Time's own bias in dealing with the subject.

Here's an op-ed by Ted Nugent.

Big Journalism informs that the AP has issued guidelines that the Ground Zero mosque not even be called that, out of none other than classical PC-ness.

Pamela Geller tells how the MSM has been inciting against her, claiming its all her fault for the opposition to the mosque.

Andrew Bostom has a semi-related item about how Time and CNN have whitewashed the history of "tolerant" Muslims in Spain.

Lee Smith writes on the Weekly Standard about how it would be a bad idea to allow a "project" backed by someone with ties like what Rauf has to be built anywhere in the USA.

Ned May writes about the Dutch connections to the funding for building the mosque, and here's the second part.

The wife of the imam, who's just as disgusting as he is, says opposition to the mosque is like "metastisized antisemitism". Umm, and just what does Sura 4: 46, 5:41, 5:51, 5:64, and even 5:33 happen to say? What a cretin she is.

Power Line has a special post about the issue.

Atlas Shrugs reports that Steve Emerson has uncovered some explosive audio tapes of imam Rauf's, 13 hours of recordings that include vicious anti-semitism, defenses of bin Laden's violence, support for Wahhabism, and other horrific things. Here's an audio about this from Bill Bennett.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, islam, jihad, racism, Spain, terrorism, United States

It's been reported that Israel and the palestinian authority are going to have talks in Washington on September 2. So far, as reported in Yisrael HaYom, for example, there'll be no demand for a further "settlement freeze". But that doesn't mean we should be letting down our guard. Concessions by Israel could happen, and we mustn't remain silent if it does. Even George Will in the Washington Post has said that many concessions by Israel would be suicidal.

That's why Israelis are going to have to start making some noise now, if they don't want another horrible fate cast upon the country.

Update: it remains to be seen how this will affect the connections between Fatah and Hamas.

Update 2: here's also a column by Jeff Jacoby.

Update 3: extra item from Power Line.

Update 4: and here's an entry from One Jerusalem.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States

For the second time, and hopefully the last, France has kicked out a hatemongering Muslim cleric from Egypt (Hat tip: Jihad Watch):

PARIS -- France on Thursday expelled for a second time radical Islamic cleric Ali Ibrahim al-Sudani back to his native Egypt having already kicked him out in January, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said.

"This individual very recently reappeared on our territory despite an expulsion order in his name, carried out in January," Hortefeux said in a statement of the former imam of the Hamza mosque, at Pantin outside Paris.

"This hate preacher has repeatedly said violently hostile things about the West that are totally against our society's values," he said, adding that Sudani was on Thursday afternoon aboard a flight to Egypt.

Since 2002, France has expelled 125 radical Islamists, including 29 imams and preachers, the statement said. It did not say how Sudani managed to get back into France.

Hmm. How did he get in? Through Spain, perhaps? But this is why 1]France is going to have to beef up border security, and 2]they're going to have to pull out of the EU and the Euro currency, if they're to keep the country safe.

Labels: Egypt, Europe, France, islam, racism

The New York Daily News (via Jihad Watch) reports that a growing number of construction workers are announcing anti-dhimmitude:

A growing number of New York construction workers are vowing not to work on the mosque planned near Ground Zero.

"It's a very touchy thing because they want to do this on sacred ground," said Dave Kaiser, 38, a blaster who is working to rebuild the World Trade Center site.

"I wouldn't work there, especially after I found out about what the imam said about U.S. policy being responsible for 9/11," Kaiser said.

The grass-roots movement is gaining momentum on the Internet. One construction worker created the "Hard Hat Pledge" on his blog and asked others to vow not to work on the project if it stays on Park Place.

"Thousands of people are signing up from all over the country," said creator Andy Sullivan, a construction worker from Brooklyn. "People who sell glass, steel, lumber, insurance. They are all refusing to do work if they build there."

"Hopefully, this will be a tool to get them to move it," he said. "I got a problem with this ostentatious building looming over Ground Zero."

One has to wonder though if the Obama-worshiping union bosses will have something to say about this. For now, this is a very remarkable show of speaking out and making clear that Americans will not be subservient to those who would destroy them.

Update: there's a special t-shirt sold here that opposes the mosque.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, New York, terrorism, war on terror

The Philadelphia Bulletin writes about the construction of the 9-11 museum, which is taking place 70 feet below ground.

While this is a very good article for reading, it did make me wonder - should this really be below ground, if I'm reading this correctly? I assume there will be a special structure that'll be located above ground from where you enter, but even so, this is a very challenging question about if this should really be underground.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, New York, terrorism, war on terror

They've produced a new documentary about the Mavi Marmara flotilla, and the anti-semites in the UK are outraged that it doesn't go low enough:

LONDON – A BBC documentary screened this week that investigated the Gaza flotilla incident on May 31 is causing a storm of protest – from critics of Israel, who are furious that the program was not as hostile to Israel as they thought it should be.

The critics, including an activist from the Free Gaza movement who was aboard the Mavi Marmara, are organizing demonstrations on Sunday outside the BBC’s London headquarters and other BBC offices, and are calling for a mass campaign of complaints to the BBC in general and the program makers in particular.

In Death in the Med, the BBC’s flagship documentary series Panorama examined the ill-fated Israeli interception of the Mavi Marmara, the only ship from the Free Gaza flotilla which saw confrontation between activists and Israeli troops.

The half-hour program had exclusive access to the Israeli navy unit that took part in the raid and interviewed a number of the commandos, as well as members of the Free Gaza group and the IHH movement that organized the flotilla.

Using previously unseen video footage from the IDF and confiscated passenger tapes, mostly recorded by members of a group called Cultures of Resistance, the program concluded that the main aim of the activists had not been to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, but rather to orchestrate a political act designed to put pressure on Israel and the international community.

The program also concluded that the Israeli commandos encountered a violent, premeditated attack by a hardcore group of activists organized by IHH members. Nine Turkish nationals were killed by the commandos after they came under attack when boarding the Mavi Marmara.

For a Beeb production, this sounds rather honest! No wonder the UK's anti-semites are mad. Some people will just never be happy and would rather drag the whole world down with them. And that includes the flotilla fiends.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, londonistan, Moonbattery, terrorism, turkey

Here's another case in America of a Muslim who simply won't respect company policy:

Imane Boudal, 26, asked her employers at Disneyland’s Grand Californian Hotel several months ago whether they would permit her to wear a headcovering while working as a hostess, a spokesman for a worker’s union said.

But when no reply was forthcoming, she decided to don the headscarf anyway, timing her decision with the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Leigh Shelton, a spokesman for the Unite Here Local 11 union said.

“Disney told Boudlal that if she wanted to work as a hostess she had to remove her hijab because it did not comply with the 'Disney Look,’” the spokesman said.

“Disney further advised Boudlal that if she refused to remove her hijab, she could either work a back-of-the-house position where any customers would not see her, or else go home.”

Miss Boudlal refused the compromise and is now bringing Disney before the US Equal Opportunity Commission, a federal agency that handles claims of workplace discrimination.

This is rather surprising that a Disney company, of all places, is willing to maintain this kind of policy. Does it mean they've learned their lesson since the time they attempted to subvert a Holy Land exhibition they once put on display in Florida, for the sake of CAIR and an Arabic prince whom they were doing business with?

Labels: CAIR corruption, islam, United States

Britain's told Libya not to celebrate the release of the Lockerbie bomber.

C'mon, do they really think that's going to work? Not only is Libya unlikly to heed message, I don't think even the UK expects it to work either.

Labels: jihad, libya, londonistan, terrorism

Let's put together a whole potpourri of articles on the further developments surrounding the Ground Zero mosque.

First, Haaretz, in all their incompetence, published an erroneous article saying that the mosque project leaders were backing off of it. Sorry, but it's not so at all. Unfortunately, Rick Moran, in all his own slapdashiness, has failed to acknowledge this.

Nancy Pelosi is not interested in knowing where the $100 million is coming from to build the mosque, but she does want to investigate the opponents (also via Jihad Watch). She's among many Democrats who need to be voted out of office. Atlas Shrugs has a special audio of this. Update: 9-11 Families for a Safe America have responded (Hat tip: The Weekly Standard).

Sarah Palin says the mosque is "like a stab in the heart" to Americans.

Bill Kristol says this is the beginning of the end for the mosque, but it ain't over till it's over. What will guarantee preventing its construction is if we keep up the fight, and not let it be forgotten.

Christine Brim did an expose earlier this week about the hidden websites of the Cordoba initiative. Soon after it happened, the specific site vanished.

Would you believe that George W. Bush is the next one whom supporters of the mosque are turning to, trying to get him to announce his support for the project (also via Big Peace). Well if you were aware of his real track record when he was president - that is, to insist that Islam was a "peaceful" religion, and even to undermine Israel - you'd know this isn't too surprising that now, all of a sudden, in the days after his term, the left suddenly sees in him as useful (some of the commentors at Michelle Malkin's site seem to realize this too). If Dubya is smart, he'll avoid making any statements, since it could end up hurting him more. The GOP must learn to avoid supporting dhimmi candidates like him in the future.

John Sexton considers Peter Beinart's response to opposition the most over-the-top of them all.

Dems are feeling the heat from Obama's stance on the issue.

J. E. Dyer talks about the unaccomodating posture the NY authorities have taken when it comes to Judeo-Christian rights in the city. Here's an extra post at Commentary's Contentions.

And here's a video of a rally against the mosque:

And that quote by Churchill is simply indispensable.

Raymond Ibrahim finds that some Muslims who allegedly oppose the mosque are using the whole issue as an excuse for anti-semitism. Almost predictable.

Yahoo's news blog asks if the developers have the funds for it, but what really raises eyebrows is the news about former Bush aide Ted Olson:

Meanwhile, former George W. Bush solicitor general Ted Olson backed the project. Olson, who recently won his case to strike down California's gay marriage ban in federal court, lost his wife in the 9-11 attacks. "I do believe that people of all religions have a right to build edifices, or structures, or places of religious worship or study, where the community allows them to do it under zoning laws and that sort of thing," he said on MSNBC. "We don't want to turn an act of hate against us by extremists into an act of intolerance for people of religious faith."

This is the most truly shocking part of this news, and might even tell a bit more about what Dubya was really like. Separating between Islam and what it teaches, including lines like, "make war against the unbelievers . . . until they are humiliated" (Sura 9:29). Olson is the very kind of RINO the conservatives must shun if they're to lead an effective battle against the mosque.

Michael Medved talks about how Obama has distorted the arguments on the mosque.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, dhimmitude, islam, msm foulness, New York, RINOs, terrorism, United States

Yad l'Achim has successfully accomplished another rescue effort of a Jewish woman who stupidly married an Arab Muslim:

Yad L’Achim has pulled it off again. The anti-missionary and anti-assimilation organization was able, within hours of receiving word of a Jewess trapped in an Arab village with her four children, to rescue the five and find them a safe haven outside Israel.

The story began just a week ago, when a tearful man arrived in Yad L’Achim offices in Bnei Brak on Tuesday evening and asked to speak directly with the director, Rabbi Shalom Dov Lifshitz. He explained that his sister had married an Arab several years ago, but was now trapped in his village somewhere in Palestinian Authority-controlled area, prevented even from leaving her house.

Yad L’Achim has faced this situation many times in the past, and a task force was quickly set up to collect the necessary information and determine a plan of action. The one opening seemed to be that the next day, Wednesday, she had been granted special permission by her Arab husband/master to leave for a one-time, important purchase – but only with three of her children; one of them was to be left behind in the care of a local Arab woman, to ensure that she would return.

The only thing that Yad L’Achim is willing to say about the rescue effort is that “miraculously, the woman and all four of her children were rescued.” How this occurred is not being publicized, for fear of jeopardizing future rescues of this nature. “All I can say,” said Rabbi Lifshitz, “is that there were miracles of people seeing and not seeing, and things were done that should normally have aroused attention, and with G-d’s kindness, everything transpired successfully.”

The woman and her children were taken to the nearest checkpoint, and with the help and cooperation of “local elements,” they were brought into area under Israeli jurisdiction, and from there, to a secret apartment.

Now do you know where they're going to live, following their rescue? In South America, because the "father/husband" is likely to go hunting and stalking around to try and snatch them again. A shame if it has to be that far away, but I suppose it's for the best.

Labels: islam, Israel, misogyny

Here is an op-ed on Israel National News about why Gush Katif still matters even five years after Ariel Sharon ended his career as a traitor by expelling Jewish residents and never paid them for their suffering.

Labels: anti-semitism, Israel, political corruption

Tayyip Erdogan has a supporter in Israel who wanted asylum, but was luckily captured and didn't get it:

TEL AVIV, Israel – A Palestinian who broke into the Turkish Embassy in Israel trying to take hostages and demanding asylum was turned over to Israeli authorities late Tuesday, ending a tense standoff.

Seven hours after he forced his way into the embassy, the attacker was escorted out of the embassy and bundled into an Israeli ambulance. Wearing a light blue shirt and limping slightly from an apparent gunshot wound, he raised his arms briefly and shouted before Israeli police and paramedics subdued him.

An hour earlier, the Turkish government said it had the situation in hand.

"Our embassy guards neutralized the individual as he tried to take the vice consul as hostage after shouting around for asylum," the Turkish statement said, adding he was armed with a knife, a gasoline can and a gun that turned out to be a toy.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor identified the attacker as Nadim Injaz, a Palestinian from the West Bank town of Ramallah. Israeli police said Injaz was recently released from prison after serving time for an attack on the British Embassy four years ago, also to seek asylum.

Channel 2 TV played a recording of a phone call it said came from the attacker.

"I have two hostages," he said in Hebrew. "I will blow up the embassy. ... If they don't let me leave this country now I will burn down the whole building. I will burn everything. I will burn the cars, the doors I will break down the doors. I will break everything."

A lawyer who said he spoke to Injaz by phone told Israel Radio that the hostages, the consul and his wife, had escaped.

Injaz said he admired Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"I love him and I respect him," he said. The Turkish leader "should give me political asylum against these murderers the Zionists, the murdering Jews," he added, linking the incident indirectly to recent tensions between Israel and Turkey.

He also condemned Palestinian leaders, saying President Mahmoud Abbas "should die" for stealing funds.

Let's see, he hates Israel, doesn't like Abbas either, but still supports Turkey, as if they wouldn't suppress him as well. Must be the bizzarrity of Islam sinking in for this dumb man.

But even if he hadn't approached the embassy so violently, would they have granted asylum? Probably not, because truly, do they care about the "palestinians"? Not really.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, Israeli Arabs, turkey

Who would've thought that one of today's most pretentious politicians would've agreed that a mosque shouldn't be built near Ground Zero (Hat tip: Jihad Watch):

WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Democrat says a mosque should not be built near the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada on Monday became the highest profile Democrat to break with President Barack Obama, who on Friday backed the right for the developers to build a mosque near ground zero.

In a statement, Reid said the first amendment protects freedom of religion and he respects that, but the mosque should be built somewhere else.

Just one correction: the mosque shouldn't be built anywhere at all, and the imam Rauf shouldn't even be recognized as legitimate, and certainly not if he's got shady dealings to his record.

That said, it's clear some Dems recognize that this is a very serious issue, and if they don't protest it as well, they'll fall out of favor with the public even more than they have now.

Update: in related news, Brent Baker at Newsbusters lets know that USA Today has endorsed the mosque and attacked its critics. Gannett and its news outlets are no longer worth reading, but then, that's probably a moot point.

Update 2: even the New York Times is predictably villifying decent Americans in this case.

Others on the subject include Hot Air, Fire Andrea Mitchell.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, msm foulness, New York, terrorism, United States, US Congress

Israel National News recently reported that there had been another form of land grab tactic attempted by Muslims in Jerusalem:

The Jerusalem Municipality has thus far removed 300 false tombstones that were built in the course of the past few weeks at the Mamilla Muslim cemetery in central Jerusalem. The tombs were built by Muslim elements who took advantage of the fact that the Jerusalem Municipality's Health Department granted them a permit to clean up and fix existing tombstones. Instead of just cleaning graves, however, the Muslims hired workers to try and grab land from the adjoining Independence Park (Gan HaAtzmaut).

After the land-grab hoax was discovered by Arutz Sheva, the Jerusalem Municipality filed a complaint with the police and immediately put a stop to all work at the site. On Monday this week, a court rejected the Muslims' request for a temporary order against the Municipality and granted the Municipality permission to remove the fictitious new tombstones.

Each new tombstone is dismantled only after an expert from the Antiquities Authority inspects it and confirms that it is indeed a new tombstone.

The new tombstones had no graves or human remains beneath them. Plastic bottles, cigarette packs and irrigation pipes were found beneath some of them. Others were built atop a sewage pipe.

Simply disgraceful, and we can only expect more of this for some time to come.

Labels: islam, Israel

I can't say this was too surprising, but now, Barack Obama has come out on the side of imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his company of thugs who're building the mosque near Ground Zero.

Here is the press release from 9-11 Families for a Safe and Strong America to this act of defeatism by the would-be president:

9/11 Families Stunned by Presidents Support of Mosque at Ground Zero

New York, NY, Aug. 14 — Barack Obama has abandoned America at the place where America’s heart was broken nine years ago, and where her true values were on display for all to see. Since that dark day, Americans have been asked to bear the burden of defending those values, again and again and again. Now this president declares that the victims of 9/11 and their families must bear another burden. We must stand silent at the last place in America where 9/11 is still remembered with reverence or risk being called religious bigots.

Muslims have worshipped in New York without incident both before and after the attacks of 9/11. This controversy is not about religious freedom. 9/11 was more than a “deeply traumatic event,” it was an act of war. Building a 15-story mosque at Ground Zero is a deliberately provocative act that will precipitate more bloodshed in the name of Allah. Those who continue to target and kill American civilians and U.S. troops will see it as a symbol of their historic progress at the site of their most bloody victory. Demolishing a building that was damaged by wreckage from one of the hijacked planes in order to build a mosque and Islamic Center will further energize those who regard it as a ratification of their violent and divinely ordered mission: the spread of shariah law and its subjugation of all free people, including secular Muslims who come to this country fleeing that medieval ideology, which destroys lives and crushes the human spirit.

We are stunned by the president’s willingness to disregard what Americans should be proud of: our enduring generosity to others on 9/11–a day when human decency triumphed over human depravity. On that day, when 3,000 of our fellow human beings were killed in barbaric act of raw religious intolerance unlike this country had ever seen, Americans did not turn outward with hatred or violence, we turned to each other, armed with nothing more than American flags and countless acts of kindness. In a breathtakingly inappropriate setting, the president has chosen to declare our memories of 9/11 obsolete and the sanctity of Ground Zero finished. No one who has lived this history and felt the sting of our country’s loss that day can truly believe that putting our families through more wrenching heartache can be an act of peace.

We will honor the memory of our loved ones. We will protect our children, whose lives will never be the same. We will not stand silent.

Let's not forget that the State Department under Obama has been employing Rauf as a diplomat, something that they must quit doing. Obama's dhimmified statement shows exactly why we cannot stand silent in the war against Islamofascism.

Polls have shown that almost 70 percent of Americans oppose the mosque at Ground Zero, which just shows how Obama is turning a deaf ear and a blind eye to public opinion.

Update: FOX News reports that Obama's misguided statement has created another election year debate subject. And Sarah Palin has written her own response to Obama (via The Weekly Standard), noting how the mosque builders have even rejected the NY governor's offer of another place to build it. Marco Rubio also notes how Charlie Crist, the dreadful governor of Florida, came out in support of Obama and Bloomberg on the issue.

Others on the subject include Doug Powers, Doug Ross, Non Stop Site, Fire Andrea Mitchell, Rhymes With Right, Smart and Silly, Coalition to Honor Ground Zero, Hot Air, Suzy Rice, Political Junkie Mom, Nice Deb, The Weekly Standard, Power Line (plus, this and this), American Kafir, Freedom's Lighthouse, Big Government, Right Pundits, Commentary, Ed Driscoll, Big Journalism, Jihad Watch, Maggie's Notebook, Jumping in Pools, Red State, Atlas Shrugs, Freedom Eden.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, political corruption, State Dept, terrorism, United States

Former Muslims United presents an interview with one of Rifqa Bary's attorneys, in two parts:


Interview was conducted by Tom Trento of the Florida Security Council, and Gatterdam sets the record straight on several issues.

Update: and in related notes, the police report has been made available about the charges filed by Rifqa's counselor against the father for threatening her.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

The Daily Caller reports that the Republicans are investing more effort in Maine, which hasn't been a big success for them in the past decade, since with Obama's already disastrous term in office, the GOP could find the state winnable again.

Unfortunately, whose name do I see here?

Things are beginning to look up, though. Less than two months ago, Americans for Prosperity launched a Maine Chapter, which is devoted to recruiting and training activists in favor of economic growth. Just last month, Marco Rubio, staunch conservative and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Florida, paid a visit to the Maine Heritage Policy Center. Additionally, talk radio host Howie Carr spent a day with conservative Maine congressional candidates Jason Levesque and Dean Scontras—both recently endorsed by Mitt Romney, news that made National Review. Conservative Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund and free market strategist Grover Norquist also have visited Maine in the past year.

Wow, that really took away much of the impact. Norquist, the businessman who's been an apologist for jihad and supports open borders for the USA, is among them? Even after he started getting involved with more dismaying "causes"? And what's really sad is if the GOP's more reliable members make no effort to have him distanced from the party.

Pamela Geller wrote about him on Big Peace last month, and I'm glad to learn someone's let the audience for Breitbart know who he really is. However, I don't see why she risked letting Bush off the hook:

Bush described Islam as “a religion of peace” in the wake of the Islamic jihadi attack on America. It wasn’t that Bush was a shill for jihad; it was just that he was uninformed, and worse, not curious. He had whispering in his ear the stealth jihadist Grover Norquist and his band of Muslim Brotherhood brothers propagandizing the nonsensical meme that it was “just a few fringe extremists” who “hijacked” the religion — as well as the planes. Ten years and 15,511 Islamic attacks catastrophically demonstrate what a turning point that window of opportunity really was.

Dubya was just "uninformed"? I must disagree here. He was involved with the Saudi king, disturbingly holding hands with him, and there were other very tasteless things he worked on as well, and we're supposed to think he was just uninformed? I'm sorry, but that's really risking letting Bush get away with some of his own errors. He could've avoided Norquist if he wanted to, yet he didn't. And that foolishness may have ended up costing America a lot even before Obama came into office.

Labels: immigration, islam, United States

The Jerusalem Post interviews Hebrew University professort Robert S. Wistrich, who wrote a new book called A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism - From Antiquity to the Global Jihad. He says:

"There's a common resentment of Israel and American often linked with anti-Semitic thinking. Clearly, this has been round 70-80 years but it picked up steam with the Islamic Revolution. What we see is an assault on the West in which Israel and the Jews have become a surrogate for an attack."

Interesting observation.

Labels: anti-americanism, anti-semitism, islam, Israel

As if it weren't bad enough that the US State Dept. is employing Abdul Rauf, the evil imam behind the mosque at Ground Zero, as a diplomat, they're even funding the repairs/building of mosques abroad as well. All this at the American taxpayers' expense.

This is just another example of their disgraceful conduct, and disrespect for the people of the USA.

On a related note, NY governor Patterson is offering an alternative site for the Ground Zero mosque. Frankly, it doesn't deserve any site at all, and Patterson shouldn't be offering state property to such monstrosities.

Update: I also recommend reading this article by Pamela Geller at Human Events about how the MTA in NYC tried to block the FDI's advertisements protesting the mosque, and it was only after they threatened to sue that they backed away. Bloomberg and the city employees he's appointed clearly have no shame, and the sooner they can be voted out of office, the better.

Labels: islam, jihad, political corruption, State Dept, terrorism, United States

So now, Rifqa Bary, Sri Lankan apostate from Islam, has turned 18. We must wish her well and that she be safe in her future life.

With that, let's also turn to a related subject that's quite disturbing, involving her supposedly loving and caring father: The Jawa Report revealed that Mohammed Bary apparently threatened a counselor of Rifqa's into not testifying on her behalf via a court-appointed counselor of his (!), as reported in court filings, some of which may remain sealed. And the prosecutor in the case, Ron O'Brien, refused to file charges because "it will negatively impact the Muslim community". Seems that what we have here is someone unsuitable for his job, because he acts according to cultural sensitivity.

Mr. O'Brien has backed off his initial stance following an outburst - at least it seems that way - but we've still got to keep our eyes open. You can contact his office here, or at the following address:

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien
373 South High St. 14th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 462-3555
prosecutor@franklincountyohio.gov

The father - and come to think of it, the mother and brother too - cannot be allowed to evade justice again.

Update: see also this troubling topic from Atlas Shrugs.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

It's not just in New York where opposition is growing to mosques like the one planned by the imam Abdul Rauf. Even across the USA, there's oppositions growing to other mosques being planned as well:

With the heated debates regarding the planned mosque near Ground Zero in New York making headlines in recent weeks, a New York Times report that was also published in the San Francisco Sentinel over the weekend serves as a reminder that not only the Big Apple has experienced confrontations due to a planned building of a mosque.

The report highlighted what has taken place in other locations across the United States in which mosques are proposed. For example, hundreds of protesters marched in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where a large Muslim center was proposed near a subdivision. Republican candidates have already denounced these plans, said the report.

[...] Diana Serafin, who opposes the Temecula mosque: “As a mother and a grandmother, I worry. I learned that in 20 years with the rate of the birth population, we will be overtaken by Islam, and their goal is to get people in Congress and the Supreme Court to see that Shariah is implemented. My children and grandchildren will have to live under that.”

She added: “I do believe everybody has a right to freedom of religion. But Islam is not about a religion. It’s a political government, and it’s 100 percent against our Constitution.”

It reminds me of the opposition to the mosque that was planned in Staten Island. The residents there were concerned about potential incitement to terrorism and violence, and it's the same even in other parts of the USA. All citizens should be concerned about the terrible impact Islam can have in their neighborhoods.

Yet that NYT article, as can be expected, is biased, and at Big Journalism, they study what's wrong with it.

Update: see also this disturbing topic at Big Peace about the imam Rauf's connections with 9-11 truthers and anti-semitic movements.

Labels: anti-americanism, islam, jihad, New York, United States

Big Peace has an entry with an audio where Frank Gaffney interviews Douglas Murray of the Center for Social Cohesion about how the UK has become a global hub for Islamofascism. Murray mentions how the Labor-led government embraced the Muslim Association of Britain/Brotherhood as part of their outreach to the Islamic world, one of the many things that led to the problems we suffer from today.

Labels: islam, jihad, londonistan, terrorism

The New York Post (via The Jawa Report) runs an exclusive revealing that Rauf and his gang only own half the site where the Burlington Coat Factory is located, while Con Ed owns the other:

Not so fast.

The developers of the controversial mosque proposed near Ground Zero own only half the site where they want to construct the $100 million building, The Post has learned.

One of the two buildings on Park Place is owned by Con Edison, even though Soho Properties told officials and the public that it owns the entire parcel. And any potential sale by Con Ed faces a review by the state Public Service Commission.

“We never heard anything about Con Ed whatsoever,” said a stunned Julie Menin, the chairwoman of Community Board 1, which passed a May resolution supporting the mosque.

Daisy Khan, one of the mosque’s organizers, told The Post last week that both buildings on Park Place are needed to house the worship and cultural center. But she claimed ignorance about the Con Ed ownership of 49-51 Park Place and referred questions to Soho Properties, which bought the building at 45-47 Park Place in 2009.

Rep. Peter King, who opposes the mosque, said the developers seemed to be “operating under false pretenses.”

“I wonder what else they are hiding,” said King (R-LI). “If we can’t have the full truth on this, what can we believe?”

Or who can we believe? Certainly not the nutjobs who're pushing this offensive project. See also this item about how your tax dollars may be paying for Rauf's trips to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Republican Rick Lazio, who's running for NY governor, has called for the PSC to nix the project following these revelations.

Update: read also this item on One Jerusalem about a conversation with Alan Craig, who successfully helped to derail the mosque that was planned in London near Olympic Stadium, and here's a poll on FOX about whether or not you support the mosque at Ground Zero (also via One Jerusalem).

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, New York, terrorism, United States

Barry Rubin at the Gloria Center writes about some of the incredibly misleading matters of racial issues in the Israeli-Arab conflict.

Labels: islam, Israel, Israeli Arabs

Patrick Poole writes about how a reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal contradicted a report he'd written about how Mohammed al-Hanooti, an imam from Washington DC with ties to terror funding, was going to make an appearance at a mosque in Elvis' city. This has continued even after the local FBI branch confirmed they had info that al-Hanooti was going to arrive. Poole tried to contact reporter Michael Lollar to ask why he was never contacted, and how about that, the alleged journalist wouldn't even give him an answer, which seems standard practice for such apologists.

I used to read the Commercial Appeal years ago, at a time when I really didn't consider how bad they could be, or are. Today, I wouldn't recommend them under any circumstances, and any residents of Memphis who'd rather not be suckered by apologia and fudging should cancel their subscriptions and not pay a dime for such a cruddy paper.

Labels: islam, msm foulness, terrorism, United States

Here is a disturbing case of a judge in New Jersey who refused to grant a restraining order to a woman whose Muslim ex-husband raped her, because he seems to think that religious beliefs take precedent over morale:

A New Jersey family court judge's decision not to grant a restraining order to a woman who was sexually abused by her Moroccan husband and forced repeatedly to have sex with him is sounding the alarm for advocates of laws designed to ban Shariah in America.

Judge Joseph Charles, in denying the restraining order to the woman after her divorce, ruled that her ex-husband felt he had behaved according to his Muslim beliefs -- and that he did not have "criminal desire to or intent to sexually assault" his wife.

According to the court record, the man's wife -- a Moroccan woman who had recently immigrated to the U.S. at the time of the attacks -- alleged:

"Defendant forced plaintiff to have sex with him while she cried. Plaintiff testified that defendant always told her "this is according to our religion. You are my wife, I c[an] do anything to you. The woman, she should submit and do anything I ask her to do."

In considering the woman's plea for a restraining order after the couple divorced, Charles ruled in June 2009 that a preponderance of the evidence showed the defendant had harassed and assaulted her, but "The court believes that [defendant] was operating under his belief that it is, as the husband, his desire to have sex when and whether he wanted to, was something that was consistent with his practices and it was something that was not prohibited."

One can only wonder if this judge recognizes his own country's laws against sexual assault, even in marriage. Is such a "lawmaker" even qualified to operate within the court system? I don't think so.

Charles' ruling was overturned last month by New Jersey's Appellate Court, which ruled that the husband's religious beliefs were irrelevant and that the judge, in taking them into consideration, "was mistaken."

The woman's lawyer, Jennifer Donnelly of New Jersey Legal Services, told FoxNews.com that Charles' ruling should add to the case for a proposed Oklahoma law, which will be on the ballot in November, which would ban judges from considering "international law or Shariah Law" in their rulings.

"Those who don't want the bill to pass say, 'there's really no need for it because why would a judge walk down that road of religion?'" Donnelly said.

"Clearly here, this judge did walk down that road. He may not have said 'Shariah law.' But I think it's indicative that, in trying to be respectful of religion, judges venture into a very slippery slope."

Any judge who does that should have their law license revoked.

First Amendment expert Eugene Volokh, a professor at UCLA, said, "The Shariah law debate is a total distraction," and he noted that in the U.S., two people may sign a contract and give an Islamic court the power to determine if the contract is breached. In a 2003 case, for instance, a Texas district court ruled that the private "Texas Islamic Court" should decide the amount a husband owed his wife in a divorce proceeding -- because when they got married, they had signed a contract specifying that was what they wanted.

But assault is illegal, regardless of any contract, Volokh said, and the Appellate Court in New Jersey ruled correctly.

"The claimed religious practice of non-consensual sex involved in this case is so heinous that almost everybody thinks that you shouldn't have the right to do that, no matter what your religious beliefs are."

The husband in the case has been indicted on criminal charges and is expected to face trial in the fall.

Donnelly said that, as far as she knew, her client had not had trouble with her ex-husband since they divorced. She added that she hoped the Appeals Court ruling for her client would set a precedent.

"This ruling will really help people coming behind her," she said.

The husband himself should be imprisoned and deported, and for now, if he's still out on the street, he should be ostracized by all people with common sense.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

And this is surely the most important of all, because it involves residential status (Hat tip: The Jawa Report):

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A juvenile court judge in Columbus, Ohio, has granted a runaway Christian convert's request to declare reunion with her Muslim parents impossible, paving the way for the girl to fight deportation.

Magistrate Mary Goodrich said Thursday that reconciliation between Rifqa Bary and her parents isn't possible before she turns 18 on Tuesday. Goodrich also said it's not in the girl's best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka.

This will pave her way to seeking citizenship, and an easier time getting medical exams.

Others on the subject include Phyllis Chesler, Bruno's North Star Blog, Former Muslims United, Atlas Shrugs, Jihad Watch, What's Wrong With the World, Real Courage.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

Globes reports that Turkey lost 90 percent of Israeli tourists:

Turkey's Ministry of Tourism has released figures that show the huge impact of the flotilla affair in May on Israeli tourism to the country. Only 2,605 Israelis visited Turkey in June 2010 compared with 27,289 in June 2009 - a fall of 90%.

Turkey's Ministry of Tourism also reported that the number of visitors from Israel in the first half of 2010 was down 22% to 75,071 from 91,450 in the corresponding period of 2009.

With that noted, how much tourism has Turkey lost from other parts of the world? Nobody with common sense should plunk their hard-earned money into Turkey's pockets. Americans planning overseas trips can divert their investments elsewhere, as can all Europeans and far easterners who understand the Islamic menace rising anew in Turkey.

Labels: anti-semitism, islam, Israel, jihad, turkey

An envelope containing what could likely have been anthrax was discovered at the Israeli embassy in DC:

WASHINGTON – Authorities say they are investigating an envelope with a white powdery substance found at the Israeli Embassy in northwest Washington.

Embassy spokesman Jonathan Peled says the FBI took the envelope Wednesday evening for testing. There were no injuries.

D.C. fire and EMS department spokesman Pete Piringer says the envelope was found in the embassy's mailroom. Piringer says hazardous material teams are conducting tests.

He says there are no illnesses or threats associated with the envelope and the building was not evacuated.

Embassy spokesman Jonathan Peled says the envelope was sent to the embassy, and not someone in particular. Peled says officials do not know who sent it and it wasn't opened.

So far, we don't know the exact culprits, but overall, it's not hard to guess that this could've been the al Qaeda who tried it, or some other Islamic terror group.

Labels: Israel, jihad, terrorism, United States

Israeli army general Dov Shefi is an Israeli voice in the battle against the construction of the Cordoba mosque:

No one was more shocked by the news than retired Brigadier General Dov Shefi, a former chief military prosecutor and now attorney general of the Defense Ministry who lost his son in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers. "For us it's like bringing a pig into the temple," Shefi told Arutz-7.

According to Shefi, people cannot accept the fact that a mosque will be built on the site of the disaster. "I think that the establishment of a mosque in this place, a place that serves as a memorial site for 40,000 families, is like bringing a pig (an unkosher animal) into the Holy Temple. It is inconceivable that in all the city of New York, this site was specifically chosen to establish an institution that represents the culture that led the terrorists of Al-Qaeda to carry out the greatest crime ever.

[...]

Shefi told Arutz-7 of his son Haggai, and the terrible news on the day of the disaster. He related that Hagai was a "genius of geniuses" and that and at the age of 29 he was already president of a high-tech company.

The Shefi family flew immediately to the U.S. after the disaster, and Haggai's body was found and brought to burial in Israel. Shefi said that Haggai phoned his wife after the plane hit the north tower to say goodbye to her.

Shefi is to be congratulated for stepping forward to present an Israeli view of the case, and also to remind that there was at least one Israeli-born victim of the horror on 9-11.

In related news, Business Wire (via Jihad Watch) reports that the ACLJ is going to file a court challenge against the mosque:

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which is representing a New York City firefighter who survived the 9-11 terrorist attacks, said today's vote by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is deeply offensive to many of the victims and families of the 9-11 tragedy. By a vote of 9-to-0, the Commission, appointed by New York Mayor Bloomberg, failed to landmark a historic site near Ground Zero - a site where the landing gear of one of the hijacked planes from 9-11 crashed through the roof of the building. The vote bolsters plans to build a $100 million, 13-story Islamic mosque on what many consider to be sacred ground.

"The actions taken by the City of New York represent a blatant disregard for the city's own procedures, while ignoring the fact that this is a historic and hallowed site that should not be destroyed to build an Islamic mosque," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. "It has been clear from the beginning that the city has engaged in a rush to push this project through - ignoring proper procedure and ignoring a growing number of New Yorkers and Americans who don't believe this site is the place to build a mosque. We're poised to file legal action on behalf of our client to challenge this flawed decision and put a stop to this project."

The ACLJ has presented New York officials with oral and written testimony urging city officials to landmark the site. "The building links two distinct periods in American history," the ACLJ argued. "It reflects the growth and rise of American free enterprise and stands as a symbol of America's strength and survival in the face of brutal, sadistic terrorism."

You can read the ACLJ's letter submitted to the city here.

The ACLJ is planning to file an Article 78 petition in state court to challenge the city's actions. The ACLJ will allege that there's been an abuse of discretion in the Commission's decision and the filing is expected to occur tomorrow.

The ACLJ represents Tim Brown, a decorated firefighter and first responder, who survived the Twin Towers' collapse and lost nearly 100 friends. The ACLJ also represents thousands of Americans who have signed on to the Committee to Stop the Ground Zero Mosque - Americans who oppose building an Islamic mosque on this site which should be used to honor and preserve the memory of 9-11 and its victims.

Correct. The site should be established as a memorial, NOT as a site for terror worship.

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Christine Williams at News Real Blog writes about how British prime minister David Cameron has been attacking Israel, ignoring Hamas' atrocities, and getting cozy with Turkey's Islamofascists. Here's also a recent column by Diana West about Cameron's trip to Eurabia.

Labels: anti-semitism, Armenia, dhimmitude, Europe, islam, Israel, terrorism, turkey

Interesting revelation about Rifqa Bary's health problems: her parents wanted her to go for chemotherapy treatment, probably with strings attached (they would pay as a potential trick to either comply or be branded an ingrate?). Fortunately, the judge has rejected the parents' demands:

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A state juvenile court judge on Tuesday rejected the request of a Christian convert's Muslim parents to order their daughter to continue chemotherapy for uterine cancer.

The request from the parents of Rifqa Bary does not meet the legal requirement of a medical emergency needing immediate treatment, Franklin County Juvenile Court Magistrate Mary Goodrich said during a hearing.

Goodrich made the ruling at the beginning of what's expected to be the final court appearances by Bary, who remains in foster care in state custody until she turns 18 next week.

Bary wants Goodrich to determine that reconciliation with her parents is impossible. The stakes are higher than a family reunion. If the judge agrees with Rifqa Bary, an undocumented immigrant from Sri Lanka, the girl could also receive a special status allowing her to stay in the country.

There weren't any serious signs of disease, and if she did do any chemotherapy treatment, it made her feel weak.

Now we have to hope that not only does Rifqa reach her 18th birthday, but that the judge will also grant her special residential status.

Labels: islam, misogyny, United States

The former NYC mayor has added his voice to the growing opposition to the mosque planned by an extremist imam, and rightfully describes it as a "desecration" (Hat tip: Weekly Standard blog):

"It sends a particularly bad message, particularly (because) of the background of the Imam who is supporting this. This is an Imam who has supported radical causes, who has not been forthright in condemning Islamic (terrorism) and the worst instincts that that brings about.

"So it not only is exactly the wrong place, right at Ground Zero, but it's a mosque supported by an Imam who has a record of support for causes that were sympathetic with terrorism. Come on! We're gonna allow that at Ground Zero?

"This is a desecration," he added. "Nobody would allow something like that at Pearl Harbor. Let's have some respect for who died there and why they died there. Let's not put this off on some kind of politically correct theory."

"I mean, they died there because of Islamic extremist terrorism. They are our enemy, we can say that, the world will not end when we say that. And the reality is it will not and should not insult any decent Muslim because decent Muslims should be as opposed to Islamic extremism as you and I are."

Too bad there aren't that many, eh?

The New York Daily News reports that the Landmarks Preservation Commission is going to vote against granting protected status to the Burlington Coat Factory, which could help keep the mosque from arising. Clearly, the inmates running the asylum here are corrupt and sellouts, and let's not forget Michael Bloomberg himself.

Labels: anti-americanism, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, New York, terrorism, United States