http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/isa/ en-us Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:11:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127426/posts There is much to say in these, the days after the election so I'll be brief as I share a few thoughts about the FairTax in the days ahead.FairTax.org is non-partisan, but I know the same cannot be said for many of our supporters. And, as such, I suspect yesterday's results came as a disappointment for some. For me, I look at things through many lenses--as a father, as a taxpayer, as an American, as National Communications Director for FairTax.org. For my FairTax.org role in particular, I see both challenges and incredible opportunities in the days ahead for our great... Americans For fair Taxation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127426/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 00:11:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054291/posts Imagine if the principal of a Catholic school in the metro D.C. region was found guilty of failing to report an allegation of child sexual abuse. It'd be considered worthy of front page news for the Washington Post, at the very least a front pager for the paper's Metro section. Yet reporting the conviction of Abdalla I. Al-Shabnan on July 31, the Post buried the story on the 6th page of the Metro section. Here's how staffer Tom Jackman opened his story: The director general of a controversial private Islamic school in Fairfax County has been found guilty of a... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054291/posts#comment Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048170/posts WASHINGTON — Two years after protracted American-Saudi negotiations persuaded the State Department that the Saudis would remove religious intolerance from their national textbooks, a new study finds the books still portray non-Sunni Muslims as the enemies of true believers. The report from the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute finds that the Saudi textbooks are filled with the austere supremacism of the Wahhabi sect of Islam, despite promises from the Kingdom in 2006 to alter them. For example, a textbook for 10th graders on Islamic jurisprudence not only says it is permissible in Islam to murder a homosexual,... nysun.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048170/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:54:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046082/posts By Jerry Markon and Ben Hubbard Washington Post Staff Writers Tuesday, July 15, 2008; Page B01 A Saudi-funded academy in Fairfax County used textbooks as recently as 2006 that compared Jews and Christians to apes and pigs, told eighth-graders that these groups are "the enemies of the believers" and diagrammed for high school students where to cut off the hands and feet of thieves, a Washington Post review of the books has found. Saudi officials acknowledged that the textbooks used at the Islamic Saudi Academy had contained inflammatory material since at least the mid-1990s but said they ordered revisions in... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046082/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:01:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2037893/posts High school students in the Wahhabi-led school learn that "the Jews conspired against Islam" and Sunni Muslims should shun all Shia Muslims. They also are taught that killing an apostate or an adulterer is acceptable under Islamic law. And polytheists (defined elsewhere as Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and even Shia and Sufi Muslims) likewise can be subject to death for their transgressions. It is troubling enough to consider such lessons being ingrained in the minds of teenagers in Riyadh and throughout the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. But the same textbooks are in use in Alexandria, Va., at the Islamic Saudi... IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2037893/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:10:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036289/posts The State Department has no authority to close a Saudi-supported school criticized for violent teachings, a spokesman said Tuesday, despite an official request for guidance from the Northern Virginia county that leases space for the school's main campus. The department will "respond as appropriate" to Fairfax County supervisors, spokesman Rob McInturff said. "We work with the Saudi government ... to revise educational materials in Saudi Arabia, but this is a private school in the U.S.," Mr. McInturff said. "We don't monitor their activities or anything like that." Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly sent a letter Monday... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036289/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:11:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035093/posts Oil Is Not the Only Saudi ExportSaudi hate is no worry for the just-say-no-to-energy crowd. By Deroy Murdock Look what your petrodollars helped to finance: “The cause of the discord: The Jews conspired against Islam and its people. A sly, wicked person who sinfully and deceitfully professed Islam infiltrated [the Muslims].” “In these verses is a call for jihad, which is the pinnacle of Islam. . . . Only through force and victory over the enemies is there security and repose. Within martyrdom in the path of God (exalted and glorified is He) is a type of noble life-force that... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035093/posts#comment Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032786/posts The arrest of a top official at a Saudi-financed school in Northern Virginia has fueled further criticism of the institution following findings released last week that say its textbooks contained violent and intolerant language. snip The school's director general, Abdalla Al-Shabnan, was arrested June 9 and charged with obstruction of justice - a misdemeanor count that follows accusations that he failed to report an allegation of child abuse made by a student at the school. A 5-year-old girl at the academy's campus in Fairfax said she had been sexually assaulted by a family member, according to court documents. Mr. Al-Shabnan,... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032786/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:17:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032730/posts (CNSNews.com) - Religious textbooks at the Islamic Saudi Academy (IPA) in Fairfax, Va., which have sparked controversy for content that allegedly promotes violence and hatred toward non-Muslims, will be rewritten and reissued by the time students return to school in the fall, said school officials. "We hope the books will be clean from any kind of misunderstanding that people think about," the head of Islamic teachings at the academy, who asked not to be named, told Cybercast News Service on Tuesday. The IPA official, however, denied that the books used until now contain lessons that teach children to hate non-Muslims... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032730/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030169/posts McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday. Other passages in the school's textbooks state that "the Jews conspired against Islam and its people" and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed "polytheists." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030169/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:41:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029792/posts The books say it’s OK for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts McLEAN, Va. - Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday. Other passages in the school's textbooks state that "the Jews conspired against Islam and its people" and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed "polytheists." The passages were found in selected textbooks used during the 2007-08 school year by the Islamic Saudi Academy, which teaches 900 students in... MSNBC.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029792/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:25:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018700/posts Yesterday, the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, DC, unanimously voted to continue leasing county property to the Islamic Saudi Academy, which is funded by the Saudi government. The school had been criticized for using textbooks which included virulently anti-Semitic and anti-Christian language and teachings. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report last year urging the State Department to shut the school down unless it materially changed the textbooks to remove the hateful language. To quote the Commission, "Moreover, a 2006 report analyzing some Saudi textbooks from the 2005-2006 school year found that... Counterterrorism Blog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018700/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 16:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003259/posts Bilal Hamuda Machmud Zaalah, head of the Islamic Jihad in Qabatya, and his deputy, Adin Machmud Hasani Avidot, also a member of the terrorist group, were killed today during a joint operation by the IDF and the ISA near Jenin. Forces from a reconnaissance battalion in the Paratrooper Brigade surrounded an area suspected to be the site in which the two men were hiding and then identified the two hiding in a in a nearby vehicle. After confirming that the two men were armed, forces fired at the wanted men, killing both. The forces uncovered explosives, an M-16 rifle equipped... Israel Defense Forces News Channels http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003259/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:35:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940385/posts Dialogue effort is largest of its kind By Sandi Dolbee UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER December 16, 2007 SAN DIEGO – In what is being described as the first such effort of its kind, two major Jewish and Muslim groups will launch “serious education programs” in the United States and Canada aimed at bridging a divide formed from centuries of animosity over land, politics and religion. “When we are killing each other in the name of God, sensible religious people have an obligation to do something about it,” Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said yesterday to about... The San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940385/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930356/posts A news organization should stake out the school, follow the kids home and out the parents of the students (if not by name then by home country and/or type of employment, ie diplomat, imam, charitable organization, etc.). ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Its most virulent critics have dubbed it "Terror High," and 12 U.S. senators and a federal commission want to shut it down. The teachers, administrators and some 900 students at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax County have heard the allegations for years -- after the Sept. 11 attacks and then a few years later when a class valedictorian admitted... Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930356/posts#comment Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930108/posts ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Its most virulent critics have dubbed it "Terror High," and 12 U.S. senators and a federal commission want to shut it down. The teachers, administrators and some 900 students at the Islamic Saudi Academy in Fairfax County have heard the allegations for years — after the Sept. 11 attacks and then a few years later when a class valedictorian admitted he had joined al-Qaida. Now the school is on the defensive again, with a report issued last month by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom saying the academy should be closed, pending a review of its... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930108/posts#comment Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:36:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920352/posts Islamofascism: A federal panel wants a Saudi school inside the Beltway shut for promoting hate, something we've urged for years. But remarkably, this madrassa still has powerful backers.The Washington Post rebuked the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom for singling out the academy in a report criticizing Saudi Arabia for promoting religious intolerance in schools it runs around the world. As we've reported in these pages, the Alexandria, Va.-based Islamic Saudi Academy is a breeding ground for terrorists, including the al-Qaida operative convicted last year of trying to assassinate President Bush. The commission has asked the State Department to close... IBD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920352/posts#comment Sat, 3 Nov 2007 03:47:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915815/posts With such a headline, you'd be excused for assuming this piece is just another attack on our failing schools, just another screed against the evils of teachers unions, or a whack against the left wing lunatics who run our universities. No, this time the title is no mere hyperbole. This time it says exactly what it means for in the state of Virginia a school is being run by radical Islamists, funded by a foreign nation, and under condemnation from the U.S. government. In this time of war, the State of Virginia really is allowing our enemies to run a... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1915815/posts#comment Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:30:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913647/posts A congressionally mandated panel that promotes religious freedom is recommending the Bush administration close a Virginia-based Islamic school run by the Saudi government if school officials don't comply with demands to turn over textbooks that may include lessons on jihad and intolerance toward other religions. "Significant concerns remain about whether what is being taught at the (school) promotes religious intolerance and may adversely affect the interests of the United States," said a report released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Saudi embassy officials say the books long ago were cleaned up and made available to commission members, but... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913647/posts#comment Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:01:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719904/posts A CHALLENGE TO H.R. 25 [alleged fair tax] SUPPORTERS What part of our federal Constitution grants power to Congress to lay and collect a “sales tax”? I have been told by some proponents of H.R. 25 to read Article 1, Section 8, but, I do not see “sales tax” in the list of specific taxing powers granted in that part of the Constitution. I guess it’s safe to assume at this point in time the promoters of H.R.25 were pretending that a power was granted to Congress to lay and collect a “sales tax”. In addition, those who promote H.R.... AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1719904/posts#comment Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:27:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1716884/posts Advocates of replacing the income tax with the FairTax — a consumption tax in the form of a national retail sales tax (NRST) on new goods and services — regularly point to the complexity of the tax code, the millions of hours and dollars wasted on compliance costs, the evils of the withholding tax, and the abuses of the IRS to bolster their case for the FairTax. The twin truths that taxation is theft (no matter how the money is collected) and that the US government should never be given a budget that is in the trillions (no matter how... The Mises Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1716884/posts#comment Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:59:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1690138/posts I consider myself to be fairly liberal on most issues. So some of you might be surprised that I am about to take a position that’s usually the providence of hardcore conservatives. I support HR25—the Fair Tax Act of 2005. Yeah. The one that would replace virtually the entire tax system with a 23% sales tax. I read about it most recently in an unnecessarily hostile editorial by Matthew Holmes. Truth be told, his article did nothing to convince me that the tax is a good thing. But it convinced me to wade through the full text of the legislation,... Running In Circles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1690138/posts#comment Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:31:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711808/posts Many of the proposals that are being brought before you have merit. But they have merit in the same sense that treating the symptoms of a serious disease rather than the underlying cause of the disease has merit. If we have no means of treating the underlying disease, then we treat the symptoms in the hope the disease will run its course and the patient will improve. If we have not yet accurately diagnosed the disease, then we alleviate the symptoms until the tests are completed and we can attack the underlying problem. On the other hand, if we understand... House Committee on Ways and Means http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1711808/posts#comment Sun, 1 Oct 2006 22:44:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704059/posts Why NTU Supports the FairTax: The Fair Tax Act of 2005 would promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. Legislative Status: Rep. John Linder (GA) introduced H.R. 25 in the House of Representatives on January 4, 2005. Senator Saxby Chambliss (GA) introduced S. 25 in the Senate on January 24, 2005. NTU has endorsed the FairTax since 1998 and continues to work for its adoption Benefits of the FairTax: The FairTax plan brings fairness, transparency,... National Taxpayers Union http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1704059/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704372/posts How to Install an Internal Modem on system Installing an internal modem is not an easy task. You have to open the computer to install modem cards. Given steps applies to all computer system. Shut down the computer and disconnect all peripheral devices from the computer, then remove the computer's cover. Find a slot that matches the pins. PCI modems have fewer pins and fit into a smaller slot than ISA modems. Put new modem into that slot if it will physically fit. First unscrew the metal plate on the slot holder on the back panel, and insert the modem... www.ComputerFreeTips.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1704372/posts#comment Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:53:53 GMT