Via Hot Air. What’s wrong with teaching the infidel children they are “dogs,” huh?
THE HAGUE, 09/04/08 - A primary school in Amsterdam wished to provide its pupils with an understanding for other cultures. But during a visit to a mosque, the children were told they were dogs.
With a view to developing understanding and respect for other cultures among children, primary school De Horizon regularly organises outings to various religious organisations. The chairman of the El Mouchidine mosque told the children from group 7 (aged 10) and their chaperones however that non-Muslims are dogs.
In a letter to the children’s parents, the school expresses its regret at the incident: “We are shocked that during the guided tour, the mosque’s chairman told the children and chaperoning parents that non believers were dogs. We consider this statement as unacceptable since we allow our children to partake in this project to develop respect for freedom of religious choice”.
In the meantime, the school’s management has addressed the mosque on the undesirable behaviour of the chairman. Both parties will say nothing further on the matter. “We will resolve the matter amongst ourselves and I have no inclination whatsoever to discuss the matter with the media”, as newspaper De Telegraaf quoted the school’s spokesperson Mariet ten Berge. “We have been to the mosque before and it always went well”.
Angry parents had sent the letter on to De Telegraaf but were reportedly rapped on the knuckles by the school’s management. “The school wishes to play this down. That is precisely the problem”, as one mother commented.
Don’t forget: this is the chairman of a mosque in Amsterdam, no doubt teaching his congregation that all non-Muslims are dogs. I wonder what other wonderfully peaceful things are spewed there when outsiders aren’t present?
Morrissey at Hot Air has a post regarding John Kerry’s latest shenanigans: trying to convince his constituents that he is pro-troop/vet as we head into November. As Morrissey shows and I noted before regarding the Jason Mattera Winter Soldier II video, it’d be nice to issue Kerry a one-way ticket out of DC this fall.
But why is Kerry making such a big deal about “fighting for the soldiers who fought for us” and “taking care of our veterans” now?
Jim Ogonowski is a farmer and small businessman from Dracut who recently retired as a lieutenant colonel after serving 28 years in the Air Force and Air National Guard. Jim first came to national attention on September 11, 2001 when the plane his brother was piloting was hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center. In the words of ABC News, Jim “stepped forward when others could only cry.”
After his brother’s death on 9/11, Jim came to the rescue of his brother’s family by working the farm and saving it from being sold.
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Service to country has been an Ogonowski family tradition. Jim’s two grandfathers were in the military. All his uncles, his father, brother and sister all served in the service. Jim’s son Charlie, a junior at UMASS – Lowell, is in ROTC and he too will one day be a military officer.
Given John Kerry’s actions and comments over the last few decades, he’s effectively been ridiculing and accusing (bottom of page 3) Jim Ogonowski’s whole family for more than a quarter century.
Via Johnny Dollar’s Place. Listen to the whole thing. I’ve always said Alan Colmes is not a real liberal. A real liberal would never bring a radical Islamist on their radio show and confront his hate. They’d bring him on to bash Bush and talk about how wonderful Islam is together.
Obama’s success is truly a remarkable commentary on the goodness of Americans and how far we’ve come in resolving matters of race. I’m 72 years old. For almost all of my life, a black having a real chance at becoming the president of the United States was at best a pipe dream. Obama has convincingly won primaries in states with insignificant black populations. As such, it further confirms what I’ve often said: The civil rights struggle in America is over and it’s won. At one time black Americans did not have the constitutional guarantees enjoyed by white Americans; now we do. The fact that the civil rights struggle is over and won does not mean that there are not major problems confronting many members of the black community but they are not civil rights problems and have little or nothing to do with racial discrimination.
As police listened in on the men using a hidden bug, they heard Umar Islam and Abdulla Ahmed Ali discuss a train bombing in which one participant wanted to take his child.
Ali said: “That’s why he wanted to take his kid on the train with him - shake them up.”
Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said Islam said his wife may join the plot if it was a “significant operation”.
Ali was overheard considering taking his child but said his wife “would not agree to it”.
The prosecutor said: “Such a sacrifice is beyond contemplation for those who are the targets but not those who participate in activities such as this.”
Mr Wright also revealed they had drawn up devastating plans to target nuclear power stations, gas and oil refineries, the National Grid and Canary Wharf, the court heard.
Jurors were told their ambitions were “limitless” and they were shown chilling suicide videos in which one alleged plotter promised to leave body parts “decorating the streets”.
“I don’t think it [a same-sex union] should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state,” said Obama. “If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans.”
And here’s the quote from Al-Zawahiri that CNN chose to leave out of their article:
“The United Nations is an enemy of Islam and Muslims,” he said. “We promise our Muslim brothers that we will do our utmost to strike Jews in Israel and abroad with help and guidance from god.”
A senior Church of England member called yesterday for the building of mosques to be banned.
Alison Ruoff said more construction would lead to Islamic no go areas dominated by exclusively Muslim populations living under sharia law.
Mrs Ruoff, a member of the General Synod, the Church’s parliament, added: “If we don’t watch out we will become an Islamic state. It’s that serious.”
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Speaking on Premier Christian Radio, she said: “We are constantly building new mosques, which are paid for by the oil states.
“There are enough mosques for Muslims in this country.
“You build a mosque and then what happens? You have Muslim people moving into that area, all the shops become Islamic, all the housing will become Islamic and that will be a no-go area for anyone else.
“They will bring in Islamic law. We cannot allow that to happen.
“We are still a Christian country, we need to hold on to that.”
Inayat Bunglawala, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said: “These are very narrow-minded and bigoted remarks.
“As a Christian, she surely ought to be working to build good ties between different communities.”
Mr. Bunglawala, give us ONE example of Muslims in a Muslim country “working to build good ties between different communities.” Is there an example in Mecca? You know, that city that non-Muslims aren’t even allowed to enter?
How about Iran? Isn’t Christianity outlawed there?
Africa? That entire continent where Muslims still enslave Christians?
Shut it, Mr. Bunglawala. Keep your dirty lies and ad hominem smears to yourself. Your religion only calls for tolerance and “good ties” when it’s in the minority.
The “shocking and sensational” inner workings of an alleged homegrown terror cell were unveiled yesterday in a Brampton court – and included the plotting of an attack “much greater” in scale than the London 2005 bombings that killed 52 people.
In a document made public for the first time, the Crown painted a broad picture of the expected evidence in the trial of a youth who pleaded not guilty to belonging to a terrorist group. The trial opened yesterday.
According to the allegations, the so-called Toronto 18 were attempting to secure a safe house to store weapons and practise military drills, and embarking on a mission to destroy the West – one they should be willing to die for.
Details of the alleged plot, which also included storming Parliament Hill and beheading politicians, emerged in a factum filed by the Crown that described the case against the accused as “shocking and sensational.”
The document contains transcripts of wiretaps and videotapes that include one conversation in which one of the accused speaks of the group’s ambitions.
“They’re probably expecting what happened in London or something,” he said. “… Some bombing in a subway kills 10 people and everybody gets deported. We’re not doing that. … So our thing it’s, it’s much, much greater on a scale … you do it once and you make sure they can never recover again.”
In arguing for a publication ban, the Crown said the evidence of these violent schemes and aspirations are so disturbing they could prejudice the future trials of the 14 adults who are also charged with belonging to this group. The accused were among 18 adults and youths arrested in a massive police sweep in 2006 for allegedly belonging to an Al Qaeda inspired cell. Charges against three youths have been stayed. Of the adults, 10 remain in jail and four are out on bail.
In response to concerns raised by the Crown, as well as defence lawyers representing some of the adults, the judge banned the publication of any names and a small portion of the allegations.
Until yesterday, all evidence in these cases was covered by other publication bans. The expected evidence remains to be either admitted or rejected during the youth’s trial.
While some of the allegations have already surfaced in public reports, a great deal in the factum had never been published. Some of that expected evidence includes:
Videos of terrorist indoctrination, in which the accused are exhorted to wage battle in the new empire of “Rome” in North America, “whether we get arrested, whether we get killed.”
Wiretap surveillance in which they discuss their desire to “establish the religion of Allah and to get rid of the oppressors” and the need for funds to finance their goals of building a “team” to “go make an attack.”
The construction of a “radio frequency remote-control detonator” that needed to be improved because its range was nine metres.
Allegations the accused attended two training camps. One was a 12-day camp near the town of Washago, Ont., where they practised military-style exercises in camouflage gear and undertook firearms training with a 9-mm firearm. The second was a two-day camp at the Rockwood Conservation Area, where they donned camouflage clothing and made a propaganda-style video of their military drills.
According to the Crown’s factum, the alleged terrorists first popped onto the radar of police in August 2005, when two of the adults were stopped at the Canada-U.S. border in a rented vehicle while attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition into the country.
If you clicked on the “Toronto 18″ link above you know that there are some people pretty serious about supporting this group of jihadists. After reading the article I quoted, if you too feel the strong urge to defend these Islamic terrorists, their FaceBook support groups are here and here (must log in to view).
Following threats to our staff of a very serious nature, and some ill informed reports from certain corners of the British media that could directly lead to the harm of some of our staff, Liveleak.com has been left with no other choice but to remove Fitna from our servers.
This is a sad day for freedom of speech on the net but we have to place the safety and well being of our staff above all else. We would like to thank the thousands of people, from all backgrounds and religions, who gave us their support. They realised LiveLeak.com is a vehicle for many opinions and not just for the support of one.
Perhaps there is still hope that this situation may produce a discussion that could benefit and educate all of us as to how we can accept one anothers culture.
We stood for what we believe in, the ability to be heard, but in the end the price was too high.
You think these serious threats of physical harm had anything in common with Theo van Gogh’s demise?
This isn’t as big a deal as the Network Solutions fiasco. Fitna is already viral, and will be perpetually appearing and reappearing on YouTube for good now. Hot Air has links to some torrents you can try. Here’s my copy, on DailyMotion.
And the YouTube version, in two parts thanks to their 10 minute video limit.
Via Atlas, this story from the Miami Hurricane, the school newspaper of Miami University.
Muslims students at the University of Miami have organized for the Islamic call to prayer, broadcasted each Friday afternoon this month from Richter Library’s clock tower in commemoration of Islamic Awareness Month.
The call to prayer, or Adhan, is spoken in Arabic and is meant to resonate throughout the area.
“It serves as constant reminder of when we have to pray, because prayer itself is a reminder of our religion and how we practice it,” said Selima Jumarali, the vice president of the organization.
The President of the University of Miami is Donna E. Shalala. She was born in Cleveland, OH to Lebanese immigrant parents. She’s Roman Catholic, a Democrat, and served as the Secretary of Health and Human Services for all eight years of Clinton’s presidency.
Says Wikipedia, “Shalala is an honorary board member of the American Iranian Council, an organization that seeks to promote closer U.S.-Iran relations.”
Atlas’s post provides the text of the Islamic call to prayer:
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
I bear witness that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.
Come to prayer. Come to prayer.
Come to Success. Come to Success.
Allah is Most Great. Allah is Most Great.
There is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah.
The problem here is not that the University of Miami is a state school, it’s not (Atlas seems to be mistaken). It’s a private institution. The problem is that there is no way a song would ever be broadcast across campus proclaiming “Jesus Christ is Most Great, there is none worthy of being worshipped except Jesus, the Son of God.”
Not to mention that the ACLU would jump on that as an affront to persons of other religious persuasions. So why is Islam afforded a special status? Why is there no “Christianity Awareness Month”?
BTW: I first viewed the Miami Hurricane article without registering. By the time I was finished writing this post, registering now seems to be required.
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