http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/clashofcivilizatio/ en-us Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:13:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583538/posts Sri Lanka has recently witnessed an increase in attacks and threats against the Christian community there. The increase has led to fears that a new wave of anti-Christian violence is about to begin, reports Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). According to the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) "there is a visible increase in the number of attacks on Christian places of worship and acts of intimidation during the past two months." A report from NCEASL claimed that the pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in Galle was subject to a host of virulent threats on 6th February. He... http://www.christiantoday.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583538/posts#comment Wed, 22 Feb 2006 18:13:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499743/posts 1,273 years ago today. brucelewis.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1499743/posts#comment Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1516284/posts Charles Martel Born about 688; died at Quierzy on the Oise, 21 October, 741. He was the natural son of Pepin of Herstal and a woman named Alpaïde or Chalpaïde. Pepin, who died in 714, had outlived his two legitimate sons, Drogon and Grimoald, and to Theodoald, a son of the latter and then only six years old, fell the burdensome inheritance of the French monarchy. Charles, who was then twenty-six, was not excluded from the succession on account of his birth, Theodoald himself being the son of a concubine, but through the influence of Plectrude, Theodoald's grandmother, who wished... Catholic Encyclopedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1516284/posts#comment Sat, 5 Nov 2005 16:39:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513090/posts N A SUSTAINED, century-long rampage that would have wowed Rommel, the Prophet Mohammed and his successors beginning in A.D. 629 conquered not only Arabia, Persia, Syria, Egypt, and North Africa, but also branded the crescent of Islam on lands formerly within the fold of a Christian Roman Empire then in ruins. In 709, Arab horsemen and their allies crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. Four short years later, Spain belonged to the Empire of the Prophet. In the summer of 732, the centennial of Mohammed's death, this veteran Islamic juggernaut, at least 80,000 strong with the skilled and popular general Abd... The Free Lance-Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513090/posts#comment Tue, 1 Nov 2005 05:08:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453894/posts NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) -- The United States is closing its consulate in this violence-wracked border city for a week following a shootout in which assailants used machine guns, grenades and even a rocket launcher to attack a home, the U.S. Ambassador said Friday evening. In a statement from Mexico City, Tony Garza said "in light of this alarming incident and continued violence along the border, I have decided to suspend all operations except for emergency services for American citizens," for one week beginning Aug. 1. He said temporarily closing the consulate would allow officials to "access the security situation... cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453894/posts#comment Sat, 30 Jul 2005 20:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439617/posts The fatal flaw of Britain's and Europe's establishment today is not just its shameless worship at the altar of statism; rather, it is its failure to defend the region's historic, Christian-nurtured culture (the West) against Islamic-nurtured culture (the East). By liberally and uncritically opening its borders to millions of fanatical immigrant religionists, all Europe (including the insular Brits) flirts with actual cultural suicide. The epic tragedy could occur in just a few more years (or, at most, for demographic reasons, in seven decades), constituting a violent, ignoble chapter in world history and ushering in a New Dark Age, from the... Human Events Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439617/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jul 2005 11:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309968/posts Six Navy SEALs filed a lawsuit against the Associated Press and one of its reporters yesterday, saying the news organization revealed their identities, compromised their security and invaded their privacy by publishing personal photographs in a Dec. 4 story.     The complaint says AP reporter Seth Hettena used about 40 images from the personal photo-storage Web site of a Navy SEAL wife. [snip] The images were picked up by the Arab press, including Al Jazeera, and have made their way onto a billboard outside U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where detainees from the war on terror are being kept. The... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1309968/posts#comment Wed, 29 Dec 2004 06:03:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1307763/posts A 12-year-old New Hampshire boy who wanted to jolly up his junior high dance by dressing in a Santa suit instead got a lesson in political correctness when his Scroogelike principal turned the student away, fearing he might offend his classmates. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1307763/posts#comment Fri, 24 Dec 2004 06:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294753/posts Only a few years ago, mass-murder attacks on the West in the name of Islam, like those of September 11, would have seemed like a thriller writer’s fantasy. Nor would anyone have imagined that a bombing by Islamists could swing a general election in a European country, that a Dutch movie-maker might be shot dead on the street for a film about the abuse of women in Islam, or that one might find oneself watching, on television, the beheading of Western hostages by men crying out Allahu Akhbar! over their savage deeds.... At present, it is not clear whether the... Commentary Mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294753/posts#comment Sun, 5 Dec 2004 12:06:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1282568/posts Islamists shift focus to Europe as jihad enters third phase Simon Tisdall Thursday November 18, 2004 The Guardian Osama bin Laden's latest videotape, released before the US presidential election, was denounced by many as a crude attempt to scare voters and damage George Bush. But, beyond the US, interpretations differed. Some analysts said the tape showed America was winning the "war on terror" and al-Qaida was in retreat. "The tape is one of capitulation and bankruptcy," wrote Mamoun Fandy in Egypt's al-Ahram. "This tape tells George Bush: 'Leave us alone and we will leave you alone.'" According to the French... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1282568/posts#comment Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:00:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285814/posts Holland is not a 60-year-old story anymore about Canadian soldiers and liberation from the Nazis. Holland is not a 20-year-old story anymore about lax drug and prostitution laws. To talk seriously about Holland today -- Holland, once a global empire in its own right -- is to talk about whether it yet meets the definition as Saudi Arabia's first European colony, or if that definition will instead be met in five years, or 10. In Holland today, there are more observant Muslims than either observant Catholics or Protestants (but not yet all Christians combined). The most common name for new... Calgary Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285814/posts#comment Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:08:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287528/posts Not only do Islamists want to censure the handling of Islamic topics at U.S. universities, as I noted in “Islamists Police the Classroom [at the University of South Florida],” but they also wish to do the same at grammar schools. More ominously yet, they wish to transform public schools at all levels into venues for spreading Islam. An undated posting at www.SoundVision.com posts a page titled “18 Tips for Imams and Community Leaders.” The 15th tip, “Establish a parents' committee to monitor public schools,” has special interest. It starts by asking if the local public school is teaching 10-year-olds that... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287528/posts#comment Wed, 24 Nov 2004 14:51:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1279225/posts The New York Times, The Providence Journal-Bulletin, Friday, August 1, 1997, page A-1, A-8 -- As heavily armed agents stood guard, a federal judge presided over the arraignment of two suspects charged with conspiracy to blow up a New York subway station and possession of explosives. Other investigators were seeking a reason behind the alleged plot. Gazi Ibrahim Abu Mezer, 23, and Lafi Khalil, 22, both from Israel's West Bank, were charged late Friday as they lay in their hospital beds recovering from gunshot wounds suffered during a shootout with police at their Brooklyn apartment . The men were arrested... The Providence Journal-Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1279225/posts#comment Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285184/posts THE Netherlands has long been Europe's most permissive society — everything from window-shopping in Amsterdam for scantily clad hookers (50 to 80 Euros for 15 to 30 minutes) to hashish aroma in marijuana-smoke-filled cafes. The government and the sex workers union protect some 30,000 women. The pimps are landlords and the aging prostitutes are quickly replaced with a steady influx from the former Soviet republics and East European countries. A Dutch brothel chain is suing the government for failing to green-light the "Yum Yum Caviar Club" at Schiphol Airport "to cater to stressed travelers in transit." The government responded that... www.nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285184/posts#comment Sun, 21 Nov 2004 14:10:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1279355/posts  Prominent Muslim lauds van Gogh slaying, blesses murderer     Imminent attacks on Hirsi Ali and Wilders prevented [captured TROP terrorists targeted 2 Dutch MPs]    Dutch Muslims dismayed by anti-Islamic backlash    Netherlands Confirms Iraq Pull-out    Motive sought in New York subway bomb plot (1997)    Anti-Muslim backlash grows in Netherlands     Dutch mosque hit by suspected arson attack (Another Mosque)     Mosque set on fire in Netherlands  Yes I am Dutch. People here have been terrorized by muslims for the past decade: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/573603/postshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/582864/postshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/687216/posts (more links in the 3rd one). In their schools they tell their children to... various FR links http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1279355/posts#comment Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:29:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1289755/posts A prominent German Muslim warns that European Muslims must adopt the majority culture in the countries where they live. Democracy needs to come before religion. Failing that, a clash of civilizations is almost unavoidable. SPIEGEL ONLINE: Professor Tibi, for the second time, a debate is raging in Germany about the term "Leitkultur" ("leading" or "guiding" culture), which you coined in the 90s. Most recently, German Interior Minister Otto Schily branded the term "moronic" and "an ancient relict." Does such an attitude anger you? Tibi: It does amaze me. Recently, when an Italian translation of my book Islamische Zuwanderung -- die... Der Spiegel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1289755/posts#comment Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:37:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/536123/posts I have created a public register of "bump lists" here on Free Republic. I define a bump list as a name listed in the "To" field used to index articles. Free Republic Bump List Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/536123/posts#comment Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:46:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1138531/posts BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A tearful U.S. soldier was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday after pleading guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in a scandal threatening to undermine President Bush's re-election chances. Military policeman Jeremy Sivits, who apologized to Iraqis at the first court martial of soldiers accused of abuses which sparked worldwide outrage, was also expelled from the army. It was not enough for Iraqis protesting outside Abu Ghraib prison, scene of the scandal that came to light when pictures were published of naked and terrified Iraqi inmates being abused and sexually humiliated. "It's a kangaroo court, set up... my way http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1138531/posts#comment Wed, 19 May 2004 16:05:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1134829/posts <p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (May 13) - The al-Qaida-linked Web site that first posted a video of American civilian Nicholas Berg's beheading was shut down Thursday by the Malaysian company that hosted it - because it was drawing too much traffic.</p> aolnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1134829/posts#comment Thu, 13 May 2004 15:46:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133550/posts frame grab taken from web site video footage May 11, 2004, shows a man, who identified himself as Nick Berg of Philadelphia (C) seated in front of his five masked captors moments before he was executed. Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq beheaded an American civilian and vowed more killings in revenge for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, an Islamist Web site said on Tuesday. After one of the masked men read out a statement, they pushed Berg to the floor and shouted 'God is greatest' above his screams as one of them sawed his head off with a large knife... yahoo news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133550/posts#comment Tue, 11 May 2004 20:26:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130202/posts Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall recently made the news for penning yet another crass cartoon, this one denigrating Pat Tillman, the football star turned soldier recently killed in Afghanistan. Rall painted Tillman as a racist, bloodthirsty idiot who was just another cog in the "El Busho" war machine. MSNBC.com decided to pull the cartoon because it "did not meet MSNBC.com standards of fairness and taste." Blogger Andrew Sullivan called for a protest campaign against Rall and yesterday offered this enlightening Rall quote: "The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.... cox and forkum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1130202/posts#comment Wed, 5 May 2004 19:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126214/posts A team of military intelligence and police drug enforcement units rounded up some 50 Muslim residents of the Al-Salam Mosque Compound in Barangay Culiat, Quezon City as part of intensified operations against illegal drugs and firearms in the metropolis. Senior Superintendent Procopio Lipana, chief of the Central Police District-Criminal Investigation Unit (CPD-CIU), said 12 suspects remained under their custody while the rest were released. Lipana identified the 12 as Dawabe Ben Albi Maulana, businessman from Basilan; Musa Sabaddin Abdurahman, 27; Awop Wadja Ignus, 26; Radjail Karawan Tirih, 34; Raquel Francisco Mabajo, 26; Pamaran Alain Awali, 48; Abubakar Cuevas Zunco, 34;... philstar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1126214/posts#comment Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:59:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1081922/posts Mel Gibson's put his money where his mouth is. By now everyone in the world knows he's spent $25 million to make "The Passion of the Christ" and promised nearly $25M more to market it. But what you may not know is that Gibson has also put up $5.1 million so far to run his own personal church near Malibu. Last year Christopher Noxon wrote in The New York Times that Gibson had donated $2.3 million to make Holy Family Catholic Church in Agoura Hills, California a reality. Holy Family rejects the universally accepted teachings of the Second Vatican Conference... FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1081922/posts#comment Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:46:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064527/posts HERO’S BURIAL: Gen. John MacDonald, official representative of the US army, hands over the American flag to Helen Therriem, mother of Fil-American US army specialist Solomon Bangayan (inset) who was killed in action in Iraq earlier this month. Bangayan was given the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal as he was buried in his hometown of Sudipen in La Union yesterday. philstar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1064527/posts#comment Sat, 24 Jan 2004 20:06:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050172/posts French born NOW activist Marie-Jose Ragab has penned a vicious editorial against President Bush in which she performs a "Monica" on Saddam Hussein, admonishing the US that the world is poised to side with Hussein, leaving us isolated. Read on if you dare: ********************************************************************************* Last December14 th was an entertaining moment in America. Here, splashed on every TV screen, was the former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, clearly having a bad hair day. Ever the ham, L. Paul Bremer (the 'L' stands for 'Lying'), decked in his boring blue blazer and cowboys boots, the two pieces of clothing he seems... Al Jazeerah http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1050172/posts#comment Fri, 2 Jan 2004 04:58:50 GMT