Posted on 02/04/2003 2:54:35 AM PST by WaterDragon
Over the last three decades, the West has been flooded by misleading books on Islam. Concealing the complexities inherent to an accurate portrayal of Muslim theology and the history of Islamic civilization, some Muslim groups have aggressively marketed a simplistic, roseate image of Islam to universities and other intellectual domains, as well as to the mass media.
Muslims specifically trained to teach non-Muslims were sent to Western universities. Since the 1970s, the Euro-Arab Dialogue apparatus — a complex Euro-Arab propaganda lobby that involved the highest political levels of the two sides — has encouraged this policy, conducted by local and immigrant professors. It is also thanks to this complex structure, based on oil, market interests, and arms sales, that many millions of Muslim immigrants were encouraged to settle in Europe over the last 30 years. This is one of the main causes that prevented Europe, until recently, from denouncing and fighting Islamic terror. The immigration policy also neutralized Europe's defenses and contributed to its drifting away from America.
Weakened by two world wars and obsessed with its immediate economic interests, the European Union has deliberately adopted an ostrich-like policy since the 1970s. Rather than confronting the real dangers of radical Islam, the EU chose to deny them and implicitly endorsed the Arab war against Israel. Over decades, this policy has boomeranged and further weakened Europe, rekindling a widespread antisemitism which is in turn exacerbated by Arab immigrant fanaticism.
Since September 11, 2001, many ideas have been presented to the American public concerning Islam and it is perfectly true that one cannot encompass a billion people in a single judgment. If one should not pre-judge people and individuals, one can nevertheless form an opinion on Islam according to its religious scriptures, its jurisdiction, its political institutions, its long history, and its doctrinal injunctions concerning Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims. One should not label people by generalizing, but one can — and must — examine and ponder over the Islamic historical and political legacy, especially in the domain that relates to non-Muslims.....(snip)
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DAILY STAR.com.lb - Lebanese News: "JUMBLATT LASHES OUT AT WESTERN POLITICIANS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Walid Jumblatt lashed out Sunday against Western politicians and "the Jews," calling on Arab leaders to hold popular referendums before allowing in foreign troops for a war against Iraq. The Progressive Socialist Party leader also said he felt "great joy" at Saturday's destruction of the United States space shuttle Columbia, because it carried an Israeli astronaut who had taken part in aggression against "Lebanon and Iraq." "The true axis of evil that rules the world today is an axis of oil and Jews," Jumblatt said at his family home of Mukhtara, Chouf.") (February 3, 2003)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Dispatch Series No. 464: "FRIDAY SERMON IN IRAQI TELEVISION: "YES, BUSH IS THE DRACULA OF THIS GENERATION"" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "The preacher, Sheikh Dr. Abd Al-Latif Humaym, based his sermon on the Islamic tradition regarding the hero Ja'far Ibn Abi Taleb, one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad..." ... ""Yes, Bush is the Dracula of this generation; [he is the] blood sucker of peoples." "Oh Ja'far, come out of your grave and cry out Allah Akbar..." "Oh Ja'far, rise for Iraq... Oh Saddam, hit with your sharp sword and burn the armies of the infidels... Oh Allah, support the Mujahideen in Iraq and in Palestine... Oh Allah, support Saddam and the Iraqis... Oh Allah, make those who wish us, our religion, our nation, or our leader ill slaughter themselves by their own hands. Oh Allah, deal with the Jews, the Zionists, and the Americans, since they are incapable of countering you..." Endnote: (1)Iraqi TV, January 31, 2003.") (February 2, 2003)
PAK TODAY.com: "DESTROY THE JEWS, AMERICANS Friday Sermons Slam US, Israeli Plans Against Iraq, Arab Nation: FBIS Report" (ARTICLE SNIPPETS: "SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia TV1 in Arabic, official television station of the Saudi Government, at 0942 GMT carries an 18-minute live broadcast of the sermon from the holy mosque in Mecca. Shaykh Usamah Khayyat delivers the sermon." ... "Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabic TV2 in Arabic, official television station of the Saudi Government, at 0946 GMT carries a live 22-minute broadcast of the sermon from the holy mosque in Medina. Shaykh Ali al-Hudhayfi delivers the sermon.") (013103)
MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE -Special Dispatch Series No. 463 "Khamenei's Paper's Response to the Liberal Protest in Iran"'Those Who Spread Slogans of Reform, Liberty, Democracy, and Human Rights... Are Fighting Islam'") (013003)
***MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE: "EDITOR OF IRANIAN CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT DAILY ATTACKS PRESIDENT BUSH AND CALLS ON MUSLIM YOUTH TO LAUNCH MARTYRDOM OPERATIONS AGAINST THE U.S." (ARTICLE NOTE: The editor is identified as Hussain Shariatmadari.) (NOTE: "Martyrdom" is also known as "Shehada.") (012303)
***stepping back in time...COMPUTER WORLD - Security Topics: "EXCLUSIVE: BIN LADEN ASSOCIATE WARNS OF CYBERATTACKS" by Dan Verton (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A London-based fundamentalist Islamic cleric with known ties to Osama bin Laden said al-Qaeda and various other fundamentalist Muslim groups around the world are actively planning to use the Internet as a weapon in their "defensive" jihad, or holy war, against the West. In an exclusive interview today with Computerworld, Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, founder of the London-based group Jama'at Al-Muhajirun and the spokesman for Osama bin Laden's International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, said all types of technology, including the Internet, are being studied for use in the global jihad against the West...") (November 18, 2002)
NATIONAL POST.com: "SOMALI MOSQUE APOLOGIZES FOR E-MAIL" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TORONTO - A Toronto mosque has apologized for a Christmas Day message that said wishing someone Merry Christmas is comparable to congratulating them for committing murder or engaging in adultery. "The Board [of Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque] sincerely apologizes for the distress that this e-mail has caused to subscribers of its e-mail list, other Muslims, and most importantly, our Christian neighbours during this important season for them," a written statement said.") (010603)
***DAILYSTAR.com.lb - Lebanese News: "KILLING AMERICAN WOMEN: A GAME WITH NO RULES" -Opinion Commentary by Hicham Chehab (COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "The attacks on soft targets in the past three months are a reminder of bin Laden's 1998 call upon Muslims to kill Americans in every nook and cranny of the globe; military and civilian.") (010803)
***MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Dispatch Series No. 457: "HAMAS SPOKESMAN: IRAQ MUST ESTABLISH SUICIDE ARMY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An article titled "Iraq Will Triumph, by Allah's Will" by Hamas spokesman Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Rantisi, was posted on the Hamas movement's website. (1) In the article, Al-Rantisi called on Iraq to establish a suicide army that would accept all Jihad warriors, so as to halt the impending attack on the country.") (010903)
***ALBAWABA.com - The Middle East Gateway: "SADDAM SAYS IRAQ READY TO FIGHT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Saddam Hussein said Tuesday that Iraqis were ready to fight a holy war against the United States...") (122502)
PERSECUTION.com - VOICE OF THE MARTYRS News: "INJURED PAKISTANIS LOSE EYES IN CHRISTMAS ATTACK" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Three young girls died and another 13 children and their parents were wounded in the December 25 attack, when two men hurled grenades into a children's Christmas program at a small Presbyterian chapel in remote Chianwali village, 40 miles northwest of Lahore..."Their faces were clear," agreed a member of the Center for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) investigative team. "They were not wearing burqas." Villagers identified the suspects as Naeem and Ijaz, two young Muslims in the area who had both been involved in "jihad" campaigns in Kashmir. Meanwhile, the fiery Islamist cleric arrested just hours after the attack on accusations of instigating it remains in the custody of the Satrah police. Authorities also claim to have arrested other suspects related to Maulvi Mohammed Afzal, including his sons and close associates. An open supporter of the militant Jaish-e-Mohammed (Army of Mohammed) group now outlawed in Pakistan, Afzal faces charges of urging his congregation to kill Christians in the weeks just preceding the December 25 attack.") (010703)
ANANOVA.com: "'BIN LADEN TAPES FOUND IN HOME' OF MURDER SUSPECT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Audio tapes of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden have reportedly been found at the house of a Yemeni who allegedly shot dead three American missionaries. Yemeni officials believe Abed Abdul Razak Kamel and his alleged collaborator, Ali al-Jarallah, are members of a terrorist cell connected with al-Qaida. Both men are in police custody.") (010503)
ALBAWABA.com - The Middle East Gateway: "REPORT: YEMENI KILLER OF U.S. DOCTORS MET AL QAEDA MEMBERS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Yemeni gunman who killed three U.S. missionaries earlier this week has confessed to meeting al Qaeda members, including a suicide bomber who attacked the USS Cole, a state-owned Yemeni magazine reported on Thursday. The September 26 weekly said Abed Abdel Razzak Kamel told police he joined Yemen's Islamic Jihad group in 1997 after he met the man who three years later participated in the attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors on board the U.S. destroyer in Aden port.") (010203)
***CNS NEWS.com: "THREE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS KILLED, ONE WOUNDED IN YEMEN ATTACK" by Julie Stahl (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A security guard overpowered the assailant and authorities arrested the lone gunman identified as Abed Abdul-Razzaq al-Kamil, 32, by the Yemen News Agency, Saba. The gunman was quoted as having told police that he had shot the four, all representatives of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, to "cleanse his religion and get closer to Allah." An unnamed Yemeni official was quoted by wire reports as saying that the gunman had confessed to belonging to Yemen's Islamic Jihad organization and said he killed the Americans because "they were preaching Christianity in a Muslim country."") (123002)
Belgian Halifat
Arab immigrants create parallel power structures
Elmar Gusseinov,
RIA “Novosti”, Paris
A new state might soon come into being in Europe – an Arab one. It would take up over the territory currently occupied by the Kingdom of Belgium. Its official language would be the Arabic, and its official religion the Islam. Whatever the future is, the streets of the biggest Belgian city, Antwerp, are by now patrolled by so called “public militia” of young Moroccans clad in black.
It looks like the most nightmarish fears of average Europeans come true in Belgium. Led by a Mr. Abu Jihad, the local Arab League of Europe demands that the Arabs be officially recognised as a separate “ethnos equal to any other”. This radical organisation would also like to see the Arabic becoming an official language in Belgium, the Islam its official religion, and quotes for Muslims to be imposed at schools and universities, as well as at the state services. But first and foremost, they demand the country’s authorities put to an end the policy of integration of Muslim immigrants into Belgian life. It is the League’s activists who patrol Muslim populated neighbourhoods of Antwerp together with the police watching the “propriety” of the latter’s actions.
One cannot escape an impression that the mindless attempts of the Left to change cultural and ethnic landscape of Europe are about to bring upon Belgium a real disaster. Antwerp is the world fourth biggest port, the most affluent Belgian city. Here is the world and European centre of diamond trade. Here are located all the major fortunes of the Kingdom. On the other hand, the highest rate of unemployment – 15%, whence the average for Belgium is about 6% – is also reached by Antwerp. The biggest, the most impoverished, and the most arrogant Arab community in Belgium does live in Antwerp, too.
Local authority of Antwerp is in the hands of Socialists, and to a great extend this fact explains the approaching disaster. With manic doggedness, Socialists for decades pandered to the Arab migration from North Africa (mainly from Morocco) to the city. There were no jobs in Antwerp for unskilled, not too industrious Moroccans, and so they became dependants of welfare programmes. Gradually they accumulated irritation and anger against the country that with no clear purpose had accepted them.
The climax burst out last autumn when a Flemish guy beat (the crap out of) his neighbour, who happened to be a Moroccan teacher. The Arab community of Antwerp found the occasion, a plain domestic violence, good enough casus belli for widespread demonstrations, which evolved to pogroms. The latter were firmly quelled by the police and the leader of the Arab League of Europe was arrested for the first time. His close ties to the terrorist group Hesbollah were well known, but didn’t stop the police promptly to let him go. The very first action of Abu Jihad upon getting out of jail was to organise a private Muslim militia in Antwerp.
The militiamen closely follow the steps of the regular policemen in the immigrants’ quarters, carrying placards saying “Bad cops, the Arab League of Europe keeps an eye on you!’ They also use video cameras to film every step of the policemen.
Official web-sites of the League are full of anti-Semitic slogans. There already were attempts to set alight the city synagogue. Antwerp’s Jewish community is about 20 thousand strong. It consists predominantly of Orthodox Hassids involved in diamond trade, and as such is one of the richest in Europe. The local Jews are apprehensive about their safety and thus an alliance between them and far Right nationalists came into being, which is quite unusual for the nowadays Europe.
The radical Right party under the leadership of Philip de Winter has formally committed itself to the protection of the Jewish community. Arab extremists’ orgy has resulted in a swing in Antwerp voters’ preferences and now about 40% of them are ready to support the nationalists in the future election. The Right demand that those descendants of Arab immigrants who blatantly disrespect the country’s law and culture be stripped of Belgian citizenship.
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