Thursday, November 02, 2006

21st CENTURY SO FAR?? LIKE THE WORST TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE EVER.

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;) of the month to Pamela, United American Committee...
!! URGENT !! URGENT !! URGENT !!
DO NOT MISS THIS SPECIAL AIRING OF "OBSESSION: THE MOVIE" ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL THIS SATURDAY!
THIS AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY
SHOULD BE SEEN BY ALL AMERICANS.
FOR MORE INFO GO TO:
http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/

An exclusive one hour special of Obsession will be aired on prime time this weekend on the Fox News Channel.
Scheduled for Saturday night at 8 PM, 1 AM, and 5 AM,
and Sunday at 4 PM and 10 PM EST.
Director Wayne Kopping will be interviewed alongside a
40-minute version of the film.


Wayne Kopping and Obsession were featured on CNN's Glenn Beck Headline News Show.

You can now order the 60-minute pre-release edition of Obsession.

Obsession was featured in the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.
Obsession was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the recent Great Lakes Independent Film Festival.

"This movie ought to be shown … in every community center, every school, every church, synagogue and mosque, every living room in America…" -
Nolan Finley, The Detroit News, editorial page

"You have images from Arab TV rarely seen in the West... I don’t understand why the whole world has not stood up and said 'Enough of this!' "
- Trey Ware, KTSA Radio Show Host, San Antonio, TX

"Obsession is extremely well done … and will scare the living hell
out of anyone who watches it." - Scott McKay Editor, FamilySecurityMatters.org

"Everyone who sees this movie opens his eyes... You brought the threat home with messages that are being shown continually to the citizenry in the Middle East... You will remember [this film] for the rest of your life. " - Frank Beckman, WJR Radio– ABC Detroit
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Below is a must-read post from today's homepage on
a site that is not only intelligent, but refreshing and one that brings us hope.
It is my firm belief that reform-minded Muslims are the minority, however. Until the "moderates" denounce the radical, hate-filled philosophy that passes for Islam these days - and not just the "methods" of terrorists - I will not change my mind. It is not enough to disagree with the methods of Islamofascist terrorists, they need to admit that the entire philosophy behind their deeds is wrong... mainly that Jews and other "infidels" are not evil, damed, or wrong. They need to all come fully in to the 21st century - in every way. Not just technologically, or as they find it suits them opportunistically. It means being aware, mature, evolved, spiritually independent, enlightened and most of all tolerant and accountable.
The majority of the world's Muslim population is nothing close to this.
That's how I see it.
Hopefully, some how, some way, that will some day change...
-jillosophy

THE MANY FACES OF REFORM-MINDED MUSLIMS
Posted November 1, 2006

The Third Feminist Wave, a book profiling maverick Muslim women in the West.
Written by Belgian journalist Dirk Verhofstadt.
To be officially launched at Antwerp Book Festival, November 2006
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With this update, muslim-refusenik.com is embarking on an exciting experiment: to build an archive of articles by reform-minded Muslims. By reform-minded, I mean more than non-violent. I mean Muslims who are passionate about restoring reason and humanity to Islam.
I posted the first such article a few weeks ago. Click here if you missed it. Below is the latest article. I love the questions that the writer, Ali, is challenging Muslims to ask themselves...
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One Muslim's Message to His People
By Ali S. Wyne

Our leaders are failing us. Whether or not we wish to confront it, the reality in much of the Muslim world is that of stagnant standards of living, limited freedoms, and needless bloodshed. If they do not intend to advance our best interests, then we must assume leadership ourselves.
I am a proud Muslim. However, I am disillusioned with the behavior of a small but disproportionately influential number of our people, who advocate and commit violence in the name of Islam.
The Holy Qu’ran, which I admire for its simplicity and humanity, expressly forbids such behavior. For this reason, I have nothing but contempt for religious leaders who are more interested in self-aggrandizement than they are in disseminating truthful interpretations of our holy text. I challenge them to tell me, in good conscience, that they are upholding Islam by telling their disciples to seek glory in their own destruction and that of others.
I am as fierce and persistent a critic of American foreign policy and Israeli conduct as you are likely to find. However, I find it increasingly difficult to support the behavior of Muslims who express their grievances through violence, notwithstanding my natural sympathies for them and their causes.
Pope Benedict XVI recently delivered an address in which he invoked a 14th-century Byzantine emperor’s criticism of Islam as “evil and inhumane.” Although I, too, took offense to his remark, I was stunned to learn that almost immediately after he issued it, a group of Muslims murdered an Italian nun in response. Why did so few leaders in the Muslim community condemn this act of revenge? Although I had tried to legitimate Muslims’ reaction to the printing of objectionable cartoons in Jyllands-Posten, I could not attempt to justify this particular event. Are Muslims going to respond to each criticism of Islam with an exhibition of arson, looting, and murder?
Since September 11, 2001, questions like these have grown more unsettling.
Why is it that suicide bombers are almost invariably Muslim, as are the individuals who plot to destroy commercial airliners?
Why is it that the Muslim world’s economy, with some exceptions, continues to stagnate, and that indices of human development therein are often comparable to those in sub-Saharan Africa?
Why is it that freedoms for women and political activists therein are among the most restricted in the world?
Why is it that Muslim governments so rarely condemn the violence that Muslims perpetrate, even against fellow Muslims?
In the seventh and eighth centuries, our ancestors were among the most progressive leaders of the civilized world. How and why is it that our present legacy is so different from theirs?
These outcomes are not the product of Western policies — of which, again, I am a fierce critic. Centuries of nearly uninterrupted decline cannot be solely ascribed to others’ actions.
Our leaders, of course, are as aware of this fact as any outside observer. But what incentive do they have to convey this truth? A government can far more easily institute and maintain repressive policies if it steeps its people in falsehoods, and keeps them distracted. Indeed, whatever rhetorical flourishes they may offer to the contrary, most leaders in the Muslim world care little that their people are desperate and miserable.
Indeed, however many of the arguments of “terrorism experts” may be distorted or inaccurate, they are grounded in some truths that no exercise in denial can obviate. When Islamic civilization enjoyed its greatest influence as a progressive and pluralistic community, the world’s most famous Muslims were intellectuals, whose work paved the way for Western inquiry into a myriad of disciplines. Today, the world’s most famous Muslims are terrorists, who have betrayed the religion that they claim to honor, and the people whom they purport to defend.
Rather than encourage young people to work hard and find employment, terrorist organizations exploit their suffering, drawing their recruits from the ranks of the poor and disaffected. (Youth unemployment in many Muslim countries often approaches or exceeds 50 percent.) Osama bin Laden and his supporters should ask: what good has al-Qa’ida’s mission achieved for Muslims? The world over, people increasingly view us with suspicion, fear, and repulsion.
Similarly, Muslim leaders should ask themselves: what good have their policies achieved for Muslims? While the rest of the world moves forward, we struggle, and blame others for our plight. We do so not because we suffer from some intrinsic tendency to defer responsibility, but because our leaders, to whom we look for guidance, encourage our denial.
Accordingly, I have nothing but contempt for Arab rulers who invoke the suffering of Palestinians to distract their citizenries. Palestinians deserve the full support, political and otherwise, of the global community, not the hollow words of individuals who have never before cared for, or acted to serve, Palestinians’ interests.
Whether they are monarchs who take refuge in the splendor of their palaces, or imams who achieve sanctity by the deceit of their words, it is time to bring to light these individuals’ abuses of power, and to inspire today’s Muslims to oppose their directives. I am calling for a revolution that is born not of the sword, but of the pen and of the heart. To young Muslims who wish to honor the legacy of their ancestors, and assume their place in global civil society, I say:
Resist the impulse to blame others for the condition of our people.
Work hard to improve it.
And, most importantly, strive to become the honest and sincere leaders who will one day offer hope and true leadership to Muslims.
If you disagree with my conclusions, I hope that you will ask yourself the same questions that I have asked myself, and recognize that we share the same goal: achieving the renaissance of Islamic society.
This outcome will never prevail, however, unless we accept reality, with all of the pain and ignominy that it carries. Illusions and complacency are the most oppressive barriers to our freedom.
Removing them will doubtless be arduous. But if we succeed in this endeavor, Insha’Allah, our people will rise.
This article originally appeared in The Tech, issue 126 volume 45. It may be freely distributed electronically as long as it includes this notice but cannot be reprinted without the express written permission of The Tech. Write to archive@the-tech.mit.edu for additional details.
For more debate, go to the Letters Archive...
Do you know about the death threat that I and 11 others recently received? Click here to learn more and sign our petition...
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Dhimmitude is the status that Islamic law, the Sharia, mandates for non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians. Dhimmis, "protected people," are free to practice their religion in a Sharia regime, but are made subject to a number of humiliating regulations designed to enforce the Qur'an's command that they "feel themselves subdued" (Sura 9:29).
This denial of equality of rights and dignity remains part of the Sharia, and, as such, is part of the law that global jihadists are laboring to impose everywhere, ultimately on the entire human race.

The dhimmi attitude of chastened subservience has entered into Western academic study of Islam, and from there into journalism, textbooks, and the popular discourse. One must not point out the depredations of jihad and dhimmitude; to do so would offend the multiculturalist ethos that prevails everywhere today.
But in this era of global terrorism this silence and distortion has become deadly. Therefore Dhimmi Watch seeks to bring public attention to the plight of the dhimmis, and by doing so, to bring them justice.
Please, visit this site: http://jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/
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Here's an update on the fallout and furor over the Australian Cleric's "women are meat" speech... Of course, it's all about the islamophbia, stupid... oh, but not to mention Islamic double standards - uh, I mean logic... pretzel logic...
"Any campaign that deliberately targets Islam and the Muslim community can only have negative repercussions on the wider community, and unfortunately will only incite hatred against Muslims," the imams said. (read 'threatened')

"We stress that it is for the Muslim community, not external sources or pressures, to decide its own affairs* and therefore such inflammatory media campaigns** do not serve the interest of our Australian community."
*funny, I think along those same lines every time I hear "convert or die, infidel!"
**what about their own inflamatory rhetoric and suicide bombing campaigns?
They think they live in a bubble where they can say and do as they please, without reproach.
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;) to Pamela, United American Committee...
Everything you wanted to know about the Religion O' Peace
but were afraid to ask...

The Truth About Muhammad
an interview with Robert Spencer of jihadwatch.org, and an expert on Islam, it's philosophy, teachings and history.

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Robert Spencer, a scholar of Islamic history, theology, and law and the director of Jihad Watch. He is the author of six books, seven monographs, and hundreds of articles about jihad and Islamic terrorism, including Islam Unveiled: Disturbing Questions About the World’s Fastest Growing Faith and the New York Times Bestseller The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). He is the author of the new book, The Truth About Muhammad.
"... muslims traditionally have looked to Muhammad as the supreme example for human behavior (cf. Qur'an 33:21), what he was really like, according to the sources Muslims themselves consider reliable, will reveal a great deal about what non-Muslims can realistically expect in the long term from the Islamic world and the American Muslim community."
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Meanwhile, across the pond... give some the freedom of expression
and this is what they do with it...
They use it to threaten everyone else's freedom of expression...
Cleric: Criticizing Islam Threatens Peace

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A leading Turkish cleric called criticism of Islam a serious threat to world peace, speaking Wednesday as Turkey prepared for a controversial visit by Pope Benedict XVI later in the month.
Benedict visits Turkey - his first as pope to a predominantly Muslim country - two months after provoking widespread anger by quoting an emperor who characterized the Prophet Muhammad's teachings as "evil and inhuman."
(gee - what would give anyone that idea?)

Ali Bardakoglu, head of the country's religious affairs, said "it was saddening" to see Islam being criticized while the religion's contribution to civilization is ignored.

(oh, I think we're all frighteningly aware of their more current contributions - namely that of suffering, oppression, blackmail, death and torture)


"This attitude, which fuels division and lack of mutual trust,

is seriously threatening world peace,"

(There was no perceived division and lack of trust until they started expressing themselves)

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Muslims arrested in Old Bailey demo

Four Muslims were arrested outside the Old Bailey yesterday during angry protests against the trial of a man allegedly involved in protests against Danish cartoons.
"We should not be surprised at people doing something like 7/7. How else do you expect Muslims to express themselves?" - Anjem Choudary, cartoon protest organizer - "Islam is the fastest growing belief in the UK, the fastest growing belief in Europe and the fastest growing belief around the world."
Female protesters, in a separate enclosure from the men and wearing full veils, held placards reading: "Shariah — the only option for the UK."

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And more Islamic respectfullness for freedoms of all kinds...
TURKEY: CONVERTS CHARGED UNDER SPEECH LAW

A Turkish prosecutor slapped criminal charges against two converts to Christianity earlier this month, accusing them of “insulting Turkishness,” inciting hatred against Islam and secretly compiling data on private citizens for a local Bible correspondence course.

Hakan Tastan, 37, and Turan Topal, 46, joined the ranks of 97 other Turkish citizens hauled into court in the last 16 months over alleged violations of the country’s controversial Article 301 restricting freedom of speech.
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Zakat and Jihad from the Words of the Master
by Douglas Farah

There is an extensive campaign by CAIR and other Islamist groups to portray jihad as a purely spiritual struggle a good Muslim wages to overcome personal evil. It is also a point made often by the “moderates” of the Muslim Brotherhood. This has led to confusion in policy and a fear of offending if one calls jihad what it really is.

But as I have said repeatedly, just read what they say themselves to understand what the real agenda is. They tell us what they want to do, and yet we refuse to take them seriously by either understanding and knowing what they say, or acting to stop them...
(it's the Caliphate, stupid)
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Yes folks, it happened right here in the good old U S of A...
Oh, don't look so surprised.
It's called "multiculturalism". Get used to it.
Hey... where's the ACLU?
Father convicted in genital mutilation
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. - An Ethiopian immigrant was convicted Wednesday of the genital mutilation of his 2-year-old daughter and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in what was believed to be the first such criminal case in the United States.
Adem's attorney acknowledged that the girl had been cut, but implied that the family of the girl's mother, who immigrated from South Africa, may have been responsible.
Here's the article from 10.22.06:
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posted by jillosophy at 11/02/2006 10:58:00 AM

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