http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/islam/ en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051778/posts Most recent news of suicide bombings’ tragic harvest that shows Iraq as number 1, Pakistan number 2 and Afghanistan number 3 (In the number of attacks, Afghans are a little ahead but in number deaths Pakistan is second to Iraq): A region that once stifled renaissance is now on the verge of silencing its second chance of enlightenment. Will these lands ever come out of ignominy? Pakistan, after Iraq and Afghanistan, has become both a target and a staging ground for terrorism. Pakistan has become as blood-soaked and as dangerous as Iraq. The bombing of Jirga, funeral procession and prayer... Global Politician http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051778/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051760/posts This is just one link I found out of many that says muslims don't celebrate birthdays and it was reported here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2460299/Barack-Obama-does-not-give-birthday-presents-to-children.html that Obama does not buy his children birthday gifts. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051760/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:36:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051745/posts SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage against an Islamic civil rights group over its use of a portion of his show in which he called the Quran a "book of hate." Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051745/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:13:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051723/posts Uighur group claims China bus attacks, threatens Olympics Sat Jul 26, 3:14 AM ET A Uighur separatist group has taken credit for a deadly bus bombing in Shanghai in May and warned of new attacks in China during the Olympics, a group monitoring threats by extremists on the Internet said. In a video statement, Commander Seyfullah of the Turkestan Islamic Party claimed credit for several attacks, including the May 5 Shanghai bus bombing which killed three; another Shanghai attack; an attack on police in Wenzhou on July 17 using an explosive-laden tractor; a bombing of a Guangzhou plastic factory on... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051723/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:06:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051616/posts For those do not know much about the apocalyptic President of Iran, he is a true believer of Islam. He is awaiting for the return of the Mahdi(the 12th Imam) who went missing in the 9th century. For him to return there has to be world chaos with blood running on the planet. The President of Iran has already been making preparations for the Mahdi's return. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051616/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:52:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051558/posts Two women claim in a lawsuit that a Michigan McDonald's refused to hire them because they wear the hijab, or Muslim headscarf. Toi Whitfield of Detroit and Quiana Pugh of Dearborn say they were both told by managers at a McDonald's in Dearborn they would have to take off their hijabs to work, the Detroit Free Press reports. They filed a discrimination lawsuit Thursday in Detroit. The Detroit area has one of the biggest Muslim communities in the United States, and the Dearborn McDonald's is one of only two restaurants in the chain that serves halal Chicken McNuggets that meet... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051558/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:17:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051517/posts It is refreshing to see that our British friends are waking up. They are slowly losing their culture and country because of the United Kingdoms open door immigration policy. Which results in mass immigration of a group of people who go there with no intention of assimilating or working. They just head there to suck up welfare, housing and try and impose Islam on the Brits. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051517/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:17:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051392/posts A 12-year old schoolgirl was gang-raped by five gunmen in Sarpul province in Northern Afghanistan. The girl and her family asked Hamid Karzai to prosecute the rapists and take their case seriously. They threatened that if they are not provided justice, the whole family will commit mass suicide to get rid of such life. They say, the local authorities keep silence on such cases and did not act to arrest those responsible. While crying, the rape victim told journalists that she was raped in a village called Baghabi in Sarpul province. She says five gunmen poured into their house in... Rawa News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051392/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:17:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051438/posts A Rhode Island author claims in his book that Islamic violence against Jews and Christians has been part of the religion since its origins 1,200 years ago. Andrew Bostrom, associate professor of medicine at Brown University, wrote in his book, The Legacy of Islamic Anti-Semitism: from Sacred Texts to Solemn History, that Muslim governments dating back 1,000 years forced Jews and Christians to show deference to Muslims and wear clothing that distinguished them from followers of the official state religion, IsraelNN.com reported Friday. Bostrom claimed the Koran itself is anti-Semitic, with references to the prophet Mohammed's poisoning death at the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051438/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:32:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051417/posts Pope Benedict told Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday that minority Christians in Iraq needed more protection but the Iraqi leader assured him that Christians were not being persecuted. Maliki, who met the pope for 20 minutes at the pontiff's summer residence south of Rome, invited the pontiff to visit Iraq, saying a trip there would help the process of peace and reconciliation. "We renewed our invitation for His Holiness to visit Iraq. He welcomed the invitation. And we hope that he will be making the visit as soon as he can," he told reporters in the palace after... The Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051417/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:51:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051363/posts Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Rev. Keith Roderick, a defender of religious prisoners of conscience since 1982 as the Director of the Society of St. Stephen and Co-Director of the International Taskforce on Soviet Jewery. After responding to the appeals of Coptic Christians in 1987, he began working for Christians and other minorities from predominantly Muslim countries. He organized the Coalition for the Defense of Human Rights in 1993, the largest umbrella organization representing these minorities. Fr. Roderick also serves as the Washington Representative of Christian Solidarity International and is the Canon for Persecuted Christians for the Diocese of Quincy,... Frontpage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051363/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051263/posts What War of Ideas? by M. Zuhdi Jasser As a Muslim, I am continually mystified by our nation’s inability to foster an environment conducive to a real “contest of ideas” between Muslims. This ‘”intra-Muslim contest” is arguably the linchpin of an effective counterterrorism strategy and possibly the most important debate of the 21st century. The infamous January 2008 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memorandum, “Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations of American Muslims” only stifles progress in this debate. It absurdly admonishes government employees and thought leaders to avoid terms like Jihadist, Islamist, and Salafist. More recently, buried in media... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051263/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:46:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051115/posts You must be nicer to Muslims, Britain is told by UN human rights chiefs By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 8:34 AM on 25th July 2008 Britain was told yesterday by a United Nations committee to take firm action to combat 'negative public attitudes' towards Muslims. The nine-member human rights committee also criticised some of the UK's antiterror measures. The body, which is composed of legal experts, said it was concerned ' negative public attitudes towards Muslim members of society' continued to develop in Britain. Be nice: Britain has been told to take firm action and combat negative public... DailyMail.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051115/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:07:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051262/posts New York Times columnist David Brooks recently wrote, “The reason we have a democracy is that no one side is right all the time. The only people who are dangerous are those who can’t admit, even to themselves, that obvious fact.” Aside from the glaring error in his declaration that we live in a democracy (the United States is actually a Democratic Republic, not a democracy) his assertion is spot on. In light of the logic in Mr. Brook’s statement, it would seem that the woman slated to be Barack Obama’s “Muslim liaison” is dangerous, especially to women. While Barack... The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051262/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:44:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051181/posts DHP Review: Towelhead Posted by Dirty Harry on Thursday, July 24th, 2008 During the Q&A, after a sneak preview of Towelhead, writer/director Alan Ball said of child rape, “Society wants us to believe that’s a soul destroying event, I don’t believe that.” The context of such an incendiary statement is important and can be found in his film, the story of a thirteen year old Arab girl, Jasira, (Summer Bishil) who‘s raped by her Army Reservist next door neighbor (Aaron Eckhart), molested by her mother‘s boyfriend, and sexually manipulated by Thomas (Eugene Bradley), a young man she goes to school... Dirty Harry's Place http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051181/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:05:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051187/posts Mosques are multiplying across the country and their inspiration may come as a bit of a surprise – Christian megachurches. Similar to many megachurches, new mosques are popping up as extension campuses to a main mosque with the stated goal of making it more convenient for Muslims in an area to worship. These extended mosque sites are sometimes referred to as “mosque chains” and tend to be adopted by more progressive Muslim congregations. "Because of how streamlined we are, you can get off the highway from anywhere and find a mosque that is well-maintained, well-structured and that will always be... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051187/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051201/posts n any other day, Sobia Ahmed would opt to forgo many of the snacks on offer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. To perform the Islamic prayers she recites five times a day, she likely would slip onto a secluded path at the amusement park or look for solace under a shady tree for a few furtive minutes. But this Saturday Ahmed and her family will eat and pray at their leisure in the park with hundreds of other Muslims from the Chicago area who plan to visit the sprawling entertainment center for a day catered especially to them.... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2051201/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051117/posts It is finished. I wonder how many of our Catholic friends have heard of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215? This is the event where many of their important dogmas were codified, including the ideas of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus, that the Eucharist was the sacrament that only properly ordained priests of the Catholic church could give, and that the Jews were a pariah people, who could hold no public office, had to pay a special Jew tax for their right to exist, and were required to wear special clothing to distinguish them from Christians. The yellow badge marking the... Pharyngula http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051117/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:09:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051093/posts link only per rules: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080725/METRO/807250385/1409/METRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051093/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:33:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050884/posts Islamofascism: A new study confirms our "ally" Saudi Arabia is still poisoning young Muslim minds with anti-Western textbooks. So? Its hate-filled graduates are enrolling at our colleges.The Hudson Institute reviewed the 2007-08 textbooks distributed by the Saudi Ministry of Education and found that, despite promised reforms, the kingdom still teaches students to "hate the infidels." The texts assert that it's "permissible" for a Muslim to kill an "apostate," an "adulterer," a "homosexual," as well as non-Muslims practicing "polytheism," or Christianity. The violent ideology is introduced in a religion textbook in the first grade and reinforced and developed in following years... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050884/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050825/posts 24 July 2008 Pristina _ The Islamic Community of Kosovo says that many Muslim states are to recognise Pristina’s independence from Serbia in the very near future. Naim Ternava, the head of Kosovo’s Islamic Community, said Thursday that this organisation is lobbying for the further recognition of Kosovo’s independence. “We are working hard, together with Kosovo’s institutions, to make sure many Islamic countries recognise Kosovo,” Ternava said. He made the comment after meeting Kosovo’s Parliament speaker Jakup Krasniqi. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on February 17, an act that has been recognised by 43 countries so far. However recognitions have... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050825/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:40:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050746/posts Halima Bashir The village seemed to be strangely quiet, almost as if it were holding its breath, awaiting something. I was discussing supplies we needed for the clinic when I heard a distant commotion. There were faint cries and the pounding of running feet. I wondered, fearfully, if it was an attack. Suddenly, I caught sight of a crowd of people surging out of the marketplace. Among them were figures carrying heavy burdens in their arms. As the crowd drew closer, I realised what they were carrying: it was the girls from the village school. I could see heads lolling... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050746/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:23:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050641/posts ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- In Salman Rushdie's new novel, "The Enchantress of Florence," the exasperated Mughal emperor Akbar the Great agrees to let a mysterious Florentine adventurer, Mogor dell'Amore, finish a tale. But as the troublesome Mogor prepares to continue, Akbar says with a touch of venom: "A curse on all storytellers. And a pox on your children, too." It wasn't so long ago that the Indian-born author was a hunted man, placed under guard in an undisclosed location, because of an Islamic edict, or fatwa, against his life issued by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini. All for telling a story --... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050641/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050571/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Kamal was just 16 when gunmen snatched him off the streets of Baghdad, stuffed him in the trunk of a car and whisked him away to a house. But the real terror was about to begin. The men realized he was gay, Kamal said, when he took his shirt off and they saw his chest was shaved. "They told me to take off my clothes to rape me or they would kill me immediately. This moment was the worst moment in my life," he told CNN, weeping as he spoke of the 2005 ordeal. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050571/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050501/posts In the wake of this week’s bulldozer terrorist attack on King David Street, the second bulldozer terrorist attack in the capital this month, security officials are acutely aware that the Arab residents of Jerusalem currently pose the greatest terrorist threat to Israel. Already, police have arrested 71 Jerusalem Arabs this year on suspicion of planning or knowing about planned acts of terror. That number is up drastically from the 34 Jerusalem Arabs who were arrested on terror-related charges in all of 2007. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050501/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:35:52 GMT