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Zazi, Al Qaeda pals planned rush-hour attack on Grand Central, Times Square subway stations
New York Daily News ^ | Monday, April 12th 2010, 4:00 AM | BY John Marzulli
Posted on Monday, April 12, 2010 12:28:47 PM by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2491453/posts
April 8th, 2010 9:28 pm
Islamist Takeover of Manhattan, No Bullets Fired
Tariq Ramadan at Cooper Union’s Great Hall near Cooper Square
Ramadan was received as a hero by a crowd of six hundred people in Greenwich Village. As a rock star, a jet-setting professor-orator, a demagogue — a smooth operator. He spoke in the Great Hall where President Abraham Lincoln once spoke. Words fail me on this one but I know I should say something. The death of our civilization comes to mind. The lines were huge.
Dalia Mogahed and Tariq Ramadan at the panel
Tariq Ramadan to Cooper Union
By Fern Sidman
On Thursday evening, April 8th, the vaunted hero of the American “politically correct” left made his appearance at Cooper Union in New York City. In a panel discussion entitled, “Secularism, Islam and Democracy: Muslims in Europe and the West”, Tariq Ramadan, the formerly “exiled” professor of Islamic Studies at Oxford University took center stage at the forum sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Association of University Professors, PEN American Center, the American Academy of Religion and Slate Magazine.
The audience of approximately 600 people consisted of those who call him “slippery,” “double-faced,” “dangerous,” and those who describe him as “brilliant,” a “bridge-builder,” and a “Muslim Martin Luther.”
Controversy has swirled around Ramadan for the better part of his adult life. He is the grandson of Hassan al Banna, who, in 1928, founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He is the son of Said Ramadan who is credited with bringing the Muslim Brotherhood to Germany where it eventually spread throughout Europe.
Born in Switzerland, when his father was exiled from Egypt by Gamal Abdul Nasser, Ramadan studied philosophy, literature and social sciences at the University of Geneva and pursued a Master’s degree in philosophy and French literature. He received his Ph.D in Arabic and Islamic studies. He is best known for his dangerously duplicitous positions on Islamic radicalism. His passive and ostensibly reasoned posture while speaking to Western audiences hides his essentially bellicose commitment to the furtherance of Sharia law which he reserves exclusively for Muslim only gatherings.
The web site of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy says of Ramadan:
“Ramadan is a self proclaimed Salafi-reformist whose version of reform appears to basically be a modernization of the political system prevalent at the time of the Prophet Mohammed rather than advocacy for individual liberty and the separation of mosque and state. A ‘rock star’ among the many European Muslims, namely Islamists, Ramadan is considered the most cited individual on Islam in Europe. Ramadan uses language in a way that seems to support the precepts of non-violence and assimilation, yet he does not distance himself in any way or nearly adequately from the supremacy of political Islam and the concept of the Islamic State. His excuse is that he is speaking ‘from within Muslims’. But this prevents a real understanding of his ideas about political Islam, the Islamic state, and Sharia law versus constitutional republics and the establishment clause. It prevents a real understanding of his position on the Muslim Brotherhood and thus becomes actual tacit support of the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood. ”
Ramadan has been unacceptably deceptive on issues related to Sharia such as its laws against apostasy, proscribed punishments under Islamic law, state law versus Sharia law, and real and universal equality for women. His positions remain in line with the Muslim Brotherhood–which endangers both other Muslims and the world at large. Ramadan’s easy access to media suggests that other Muslims are all like him–which is not true. His larger-than-life media presence silences and hides other kinds of Muslim voices.
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On January 20, 2010, the American State Department, under a different administration, decided to lift the ban which prohibited Ramadan (as well as Professor Adam Habib from South Africa) from entering the United States. Our very own Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, signed this document.
At Cooper Union, Ramadan was introduced by Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU’s National Security Project, which litigates cases concerning dissent, discrimination, detention, surveillance and due process. Jaffer was counsel to the plaintiffs in American Academy of Religion v Chertoff, the lawsuit that ended the ban on Ramadan. Hailing him as the sacrificial lamb of the Bush administration’s anti-Islamic agenda, Jaffer said this evening was dedicated “to creating a safe political space for the exchange of ideas”.
The panel was moderated by Jacob Weisberg, the Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of The Slate Group, which publishes Slate Magazine and other web sites. Weisberg introduced the other members of the panel, but noted that the evening would focus on the philosophies of Tariq Ramadan, and that he’d be asking some hard hitting questions.
The other panel members included Dalia Mogahed, a Senior Analyst and Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies; Mogahed is the co-author of a book entitled, Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think; George Packer, a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq; feminist Joan Wallach Scott, professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton and the author of The Politics of the Veil. Wallach has also been a strong advocate of boycotting and divesting in Israel. She is also a gender theorist.
Ramadan took the lectern and thanked the sponsoring groups for championing his rights and then went on to say that while he is sharply critical of American policy vis-a vis Iraq and Afghanistan, he is not anti-Western and feels that Muslims in Europe can maintain a pro-Western lifestyle while closely adhering to their Islamic beliefs. He said that Islamic women were now taking their place in the forefront of those who frame the debate about the dual role of Muslims in a secular European culture and those who remain faithful to Koranic principles.
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Ramadan’s detractors view his rhetoric quite differently. “Tariq Ramadan’s entry into America needs to be met with open dialogue from the Muslim Community, non-Muslim organizations and the media on the real threat of Political Islam,” says M. Zuhdi Jasser, the president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). “It is incumbent on all Americans, especially American Muslims, to engage Ramadan at any opportunity to demonstrate that the US Constitution trumps the construct of the Islamic State.”
He went on to say, “To give Ramadan an unfettered platform for his dissimulation while also perpetuating his message of victimization is to give him and his clerical colleagues a status which will forever retard real reform within Muslim thought. Real reform comes from those Muslim leaders with the personal strength of character to call for an end to the Islamic state and the separation of mosque and state. Ramadan has not. Rather he is a soft tongued global instrument of political Islam against the bulwark of real freedom and liberty as we know it in the United States.”
Panelist George Packer asked Ramadan why he never condemned his grandfather, Hassan al Banna for strongly supporting the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who spent years in Nazi Germany and advocated the mass extermination of the Jews. Ramadan danced around the question saying that his grandfather was misquoted and that he never supported a fascist regime, but only supported the Mufti in terms of his fierce opposition to the creation of the State of Israel. Packer pressed Ramadan on this point and asked how his grandfather could support and work with someone who advocated such a pernicious philosophy of classical anti-Semitism. Ramadan refused to admit that the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was anti-Semitic, but rather claimed that he was righteous in his beliefs that Palestine should not be colonized by the Jews of Europe or the West.
Pajamas Media columnist and prolific author, Phyllis Chesler, stated in a March 25, 2010 article entitled, “Bin Laden Threatens America, NYC Welcomes Tariq Ramadan”, “Ramadan is not my problem, I know him for the snake he is. Rather, it would be the sight of so many Americans who’ve glamorized him, who are fooled by him, who have come to worship Death at his feet.”
Charges of anti-Semitism have dogged Ramadan since he penned an article in 2003 entitled, “Critique of the (New) Communalist Intellectuals.” Ramadan’s main argument was that “French Jewish intellectuals” — like Bernard-Henri Lévy, Alain Finkielkraut, Bernard Kouchner, André Glucksmann and Pierre-André Taguieff (in fact not Jewish at all) — who used to be “considered universalist intellectuals” had become knee-jerk defenders of Israel and thus “had relativized the defense of universal principles of equality and justice.” Ramadan was trying to turn the tables on those who accuse Muslims of obsessing about their victimhood by accusing “Jewish intellectuals” of doing precisely that, thinking of just their own tribal concerns, while Ramadan’s pursuit of justice for Palestinians was supposedly part of a universalist project.
Looks like He and BO have a great deal in common....wonder if they learned from the same teacher? Sick that Hillary let this crude back in but then I suppose she only says and does what BO tells her......Sometimes i think I should have supported Hillary more than McCain in the election....Hate to admit she'd be better than Bo any day...still bad though.
Reminder of Presidential Summit...Obama outreach.. ..”To build economic ties with the Islamic World”...to teach entrepreneurship..... (while help for US citizens via the jobs bill has been tabled because Barney Frank won't allow the Tarp money to fund it.)
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c429eac8e6bddb6d430d2b4d28386dd9.551&show_article=1
Rosenberg to present Gospel IN Iran! Live TV!
I wanted to let you know that on Tuesday I am scheduled to be interviewed by Iranian evangelist Hormoz Shariat on his live satellite TV program that will be seen by millions of Muslims inside Iran. Hormoz and I and several friends had dinner Monday night and I have to say I’m really excited about this opportunity to address the people of Iran, share my heart and teach the Bible.
Hormoz is planning to interview me about how I came to faith in Jesus Christ. He will also interview me about why Jesus loves the Iranian people and desires so passionately for them to find salvation. We will discuss numerous Biblical references to the people of Persia, as well as End Times prophecies that relate to Iran. Lord willing, we will also answer live call-in questions. Please pray for me to have the right words to say. Please also pray that people’s hearts are moved and that many come to faith in Jesus Christ as a result.
Is Iran TV on line for this??????
BTW This was e-mail sent to me from The Joel Rosenberg web site.
I don’t see any schedule or internet streaming info. If it’s not available, there is a good chance it will be on youtube or on Joel’s website after the broadcast.
Iran Live Ministries
http://networkedblogs.com/2QVd6
Iran.TV
http://www.iran.tv/new/index.php
Thank you for the links. I am always pleased when men such as Joel have opportunity to speak as this. I will check his site and hopefully they will put it up.
Excellent profile thouworm
Snips: After a week marred with violence along the U.S./Mexico border sources admit the Mexican drug cartels have placed a $250 thousand bounty for the kidnapping or murder of Border Patrol Agents.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a warning to law enforcement officers in west Texas due to retaliatory killings by a Mexican gang. The agency has suggested agents’ change up their routes and wears body armor while on duty.
FBI - El Paso could become ground zero of cartel-fueled gang conflict
The FBI believes that two gangs may be headed toward war in El Paso, a disturbing thought because the gangs have alliances and with the violent drug cartels in Mexico, the El Paso Times reported.
Latin American gangs can breed new form of terrorism
The threat to our national security has been heightened by the willingness of gangs, with strong connections to Latin America, to assist with possible terrorist attacks against the United States. Most of the gang related violence in Latin America is concentrated in Central America. The two leading gangs in Central America that pose an emerging threat to the United States are M-18 and MS-13. Their capability to smuggle people, drugs, and weapons into the U.S. makes them an asset to be contracted by possible terrorist organizations. In addition, they often engage in violent acts such as extortion, murder, and kidnapping. Due to the fact that most Central American governments spend most of their time dealing with poverty, corruption, and high unemployment rate, they have neither the resources nor the time to focus on anti-gang initiatives. In Mexico and Central America, it is difficult to gather information on how many members these gangs have, but some reports state that there could be anywhere between 70,000 to 100,000 gang members in the region. Across the United States, there are approximately 50,000 M-18 members and 10,000 MS-13 members. Regardless of the amount of gang members that exist, their influence and presence in the western hemisphere should be a cause of concern. Terrorist cells need only a few gang members to support them to be effective in carrying out their attacks. In addition, these gang members tend to have anti-American sentiments, making them easy to be recruited by terrorist organizations that can pose a threat to our national security.
Immigration rally in Seattle draws many Asians
Snip: There are about 9,000 Southeast Asians that are facing deportation, including Vietnamese, who need restoration of judicial review and due process to protect their rights,” Narasaki said.
Campaigners are calling for these things to be presented in a bill by April 30, Jayapal said to the roaring cheers of the crowd.
Undocumented immigrant sues Harris County for millions
An undocumented immigrant is suing Harris County for $30 million two years after he was accused and jailed in the death of a Harris County Sheriff's deputy.
In February of 2008, Jose Vieyra was arrested and charged with the negligent homicide of Deputy Craig Miller following a crash on the Katy Freeway. The charges were later dropped after an investigation revealed Deputy Miller should not have been behind the wheel because he was legally drunk at the time.
Criminal defense attorney Emily Munoz, whom 39News consulted on this case, said although Vieyra was illegally in the United States at the time of the incident, on an expired work visa, he has the right to sue.
Thank you for the ping Mama Dearest.
With cars as meth labs, evidence litters roads
The toxic garbage, often in clumps, blends in easily with the more mundane litter along rural roads and highways here: used plastic water bottles, old tubing, dirty gloves, empty packs of medicine. But it is a nuisance with truly explosive potential, and evidence of something more than simply a disregard for keeping the streets clean.
“The way to get rid of your meth lab these days is to put it in a plastic bag, then throw it out the car window,” said William V. Wargo, the chief investigator for the prosecuting attorney’s office in Elkhart County.
Chiqita faces new claims over Colombia terrorism (update 1)
Chiquita Brands International Inc., owner of the namesake banana label, was sued by hundreds of families who claim relatives were kidnapped and murdered after the company helped Marxist rebels in Colombia.
The complaint filed today in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, represents more than 240 people who were victims of violence. The plaintiffs, using a 1992 law allowing Americans to sue U.S. firms over terrorism-related deaths abroad, claim that the company aided and abetted in the murders and provided material support and resources to terrorists.
Fresh terror warnings now put pets under scrutiny at Israeli airports
Snip: A former security checker, who spoke to The Media Line on condition of anonymity, said that they had not been required to pass any animals through the x-ray machines. Occasionally, the animal crates would be screened, but never the live animal.
According to the NRG website, two cases have already surfaced at Ben Gurion Airport. One American tourist was required to put her cat through the x-ray. She initially refused but after being told she would be barred from the flight if she didn’t oblige, she changed her mind. The cat was scanned, and cleared of all suspicion, and both were allowed to continue on their way. In another incident, a passenger who refused to allow his two cats to be scanned was reportedly not allowed to fly.
Ya know these people are going to bring down our companies with all these law suits....along with Bo and the Gov. nobody will be doing business here... while the lawyers laugh all the way to the banks..and then to wall street to take us down further..it’s a cycle in all directions.
That's why attorneys are thought of so revulsively. From the auto wreck chasers to the high profile names, protecting vermin and scum under the guise of "fairness" enriches them, unleashes criminals back upon us, and, as in this case, can potentially bankrupt a community (when the perp is not even supposed to have set foot on US soil - he's a LAWBREAKER from the get-go!). The piece by piece destruction of America is upon us as you say.....
Fixed for legal purposes: he's an alleged LAWBREAKER from the get-go!).
Surprise police drill paralyzes nation (Israel)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3876648,00.html ^
Posted on Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:48:25 AM by jhpigott
“if you look over at the comments section to this article over at Ynet’s website, one of the comments is to the effect of “The last time I saw such a traffic stoppage was during the 91’ gulf war””
Exactly what I was thinking. Is Israel preparing for war?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2493547/posts?page=24#24
If people don’t think this is a threat, they are crazy!!
The market I buy bananas from sells Dole brand.
‘Dirty’ Nuke Attack in New Delhi?
http://justpiper.com/2010/04/%E2%80%98dirty%E2%80%99-nuke-attack-in-new-delhi/
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