Posted on 02/15/2010 11:33:40 AM PST by TaraP
LANCASTER -- A Muslim group has filed a federal civil rights complaint over the Lancaster mayor's remarks about "growing a Christian community."
The Council on American-Islamic Relations says Mayor R. Rex Parris violated the civil rights of non-Christians last week during his state of the city address.
The civil rights group says it sent the complaint letter to the Department of Justice on Friday.
The group says Parris shouldn't have used his official capacity at the city event to advance a particular religion.
Mayor R. Rex Parris made the remarks at the end of his annual State of the City address last week.
Parris has said he won't apologize for the remarks.
He urged residents to support a city ballot measure that would authorize daily prayers invoking a specific diety, such as Jesus, at city council meetings.
Parris explained that anyone who leads a prayer in a city meeting should be able to invoke any deity he or she chooses.
In his speech, Parris said 'we are growing a Christian community and don't let anybody shy away from that."
The Greater Los Angeles area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has denounced the comments.
The chapter says it plans to file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Justice Department.
Executive Director Hussam Ayloush says elected officials shouldn't be using their public positions to impose their religious beliefs.
According to legal experts, such a law as proposed by Parris would conflict with established constitutional law which bans excessive entanglement with religion by governments in the United States.
Parris expressed surprise that some religious leaders object to prayers to Jesus at city meetings, and blamed opposition on activists who "want ... a fight," according to a report in the Antelope Valley Press. "They want their 15 minutes of fame."
Kamal Al-Khatob, head of the Islamic Institute of the Antelope Valley, told the Daily News that the mayor's belief that Lancaster is a Christian community alienates Muslims. "This is not what America is all about. America is for everybody."
Parris told the Los Angeles Times that he had no such intentions and says he won't apologize.
The remarks come a week after Lancaster city council member Sherry Marquez wrote on her Facebook page that the beheading murder of an Islamic woman by her husband in New York shows that vicious murders are what Muslims embrace.
"This is what the Muslim religion is all about -- the beheadings, honor killings are just the beginning of what is about to come to the USA," she wrote on January 23. "We are told this is a small minority of Muslims in American, but it is truly what they are all about."
Marquez apologized for her words a few days later.
The number of Muslims in the Antelope Valley suburbs of northern Los Angeles County is estimated at about 10,000 people, or about one person in 40.
ISLAM...Love it or lose your head!
Coming to a city near you....
Whatta laugh! That's precisely what they do and intend to do when they get power.
Islam isn't a religion, it's a violent political movement. It has no protection under the 1st amendment.
If you don’t like it don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out of our country..The country that was found on Christianity not on Muslim murdering..Go away fool..People it is past time to show these fools who is in charge here..Not the terrorist but the American people..
I say "Go Parris, Go!"
I’m surprised no one has filed a complaint against NASCAR. Yesterday before the Daytona 500, there was an invocation that was unequivocally Christian.
Just economics — growing a muslim community would entail constructing a new terrorist camp just outside town.
Wa - wa - wa!
“officials shouldn’t be using their public positions to impose their religious beliefs.”
What should he do - fly a loaded airliner into a building full of people to make his point?
I’d agree with a city official not advancing a religion.
I’d also agree with a city official calling out Islam for the slimeball joke of a religion that it is.
They can leave under their own free will now, because they will not be tolerated much longer.
“As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:
Nation % Muslim
United States 1.0%
Australia 1.5%
Italy 1.5%
Norway 1.8%
Canada 1.9%
China 2.0%
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:
Nation % Muslim
Denmark 2.0%
United Kingdom 2.7%
Germany 3.7%
Spain 4.0%
Thailand 4.6%
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).
Nation % Muslim
Switzerland 4.3%
Philippines 5.0%
Sweden 5.0%
The Netherlands 5.5%
Trinida and Tabago 5.8%
France 8.0%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world. When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris –car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam - Mohammed cartoons).
Nation % Muslim
Guyana 10.0%
India 13.4%
Israel 16.0%
Kenya 10.0%
Russia 15.0%
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
Nation % Muslim
Ethiopia 32.8%
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:
Nation % Muslim
Bosnia 40.0%
Chad 50.1%
Lebanon 59.7%
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:
Nation % Muslim
Albania 70.0%
Malaysia 60.4%
Qatar 77.5%
Sudan 70.0%
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:
Nation % Muslim
Bangladesh 83.0%
Egypt 90.0%
Gaza 98.7%
Indonesia 86.1%
Iran 98.0%
Iraq 97.0%
Jordan 92.0%
Morocco 98.7%
Pakistan 97.0%
Syria 90.0%
Tajikistan 90.0%
Turkey 99.8%
United Arab Emirates 96.0%
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:
Nation % Muslim
Yemen 99.9%
Afghanistan 100.0%
Saudi Arabia 100.0%
Somalia 100.0%
Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.”
– Leon Uris, “The Haj” Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threats
Islam is a system
Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The
religious component is a beard for all the other components.
Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate
for their so-called "religious rights."
When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to "the
reasonable" Muslim demands for their "religious rights," they
also get the other components under the table.
Here's how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007).
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they
will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone.
In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their
colorful uniqueness:
United States -- Muslim 1.0%
Australia -- Muslim 1.5%
Canada -- Muslim 1.9%
China -- Muslim 1%-2%
Italy -- Muslim 1.5%
Norway -- Muslim 1.8%
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and
disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:
Denmark -- Muslim 2%
Germany -- Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7%
Spain -- Muslim 4%
Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their
percentage of the population.
They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food,
thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims.
They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their
shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).
France -- Muslim 8%
Philippines -- Muslim 5%
Sweden -- Muslim 5%
Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to
rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law.
The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia
law over the entire world.
When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a
means of complaint about their conditions (Paris -- car-burnings) .
Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats
(Amsterdam -- Mohammed cartoons).
Guyana -- Muslim 10%
India -- Muslim 13.4%
Israel -- Muslim 16%
Kenya -- Muslim 10%
Russia -- Muslim 10-15%
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations,
sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing
militia warfare:
Bosnia -- Muslim 40%
Chad -- Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other
religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide),
use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:
Albania -- Muslim 70%
Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4%
Qatar -- Muslim 77.5%
Sudan -- Muslim 70%
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:
Bangladesh -- Muslim 83%
Egypt -- Muslim 90%
Gaza -- Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1%
Iran -- Muslim 98%
Iraq -- Muslim 97%
Jordan -- Muslim 92%
Morocco -- Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan -- Muslim 97%
Palestine -- Muslim 99%
Syria -- Muslim 90%
Tajikistan -- Muslim 90%
Turkey -- Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of "Dar-es-Salaam" -- the Islamic House
of Peace -- there's supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:
Afghanistan -- Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100%
Somalia -- Muslim 100%
Yemen -- Muslim 99.9%
Of course, that's not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then
start killing each other for a variety of reasons.
"Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me
against my brother; me and my brother against our father;
my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the
tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris,
"The Haj"
It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim
populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity.
Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise
more power than their national average would indicate.
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