http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/muslims/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:56:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421041/posts (CNN) Enhanced screening procedures for U.S.-bound air passengers traveling through "state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest" such as Pakistan, Yemen and Nigeria amount to religious profiling of Muslims, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said Monday. The Transportation Security Administration announced the strengthened security steps Sunday, saying that "effective aviation security must begin beyond our borders." A senior government official, not authorized to speak on the record, provided CNN with the list of 14 countries subject to the enhanced screening for travelers heading to the United States: Cuba, Sudan, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan,... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421041/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:56:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419537/posts People in Wootton Bassett, the town famous for honouring dead British soldiers returning from Afghanistan, reacted defiantly on Saturday to news that a controversial Islamic group is to march through its streets. Islam4UK – which calls itself a "platform" for extremist movement al-Muhajiroun – plans to parade through the Wiltshire town in the coming weeks. The group's website says the event is being held "not in memory of the occupying and merciless British military" but of the Muslims its says have been "murdered in the name of democracy and freedom". The town that shows respect for fallen Servicemen should be... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419537/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420863/posts A group of Muslim protesters shouted 'murderers', 'rapists', 'baby killers' and chanted 'burn in hell' at soldiers on a homecoming parade from Iraq, a court heard today. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment were greeted by protesters screaming the hostile jeers and holding placards as they marched through Luton last year...(snip) At one point it is alleged pieces of bacon were thrown at the Muslim protesters and others shouted 'go and have a shave' and 'Bin Laden's wife is a whore'. The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420863/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 21:57:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420791/posts Fury over British Muslim cleric's anti-war march threat London, England (CNN) -- A controversial British Muslim cleric is threatening to stage a march through the town that receives the bodies of British war dead as a protest against the war in Afghanistan, drawing fury and outrage. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420791/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:07:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420787/posts “Think globally, act locally” works for environmentalism and jihad --Mark Steyn Mark Steyn nails the stand-for-nothing PC secularists who encourage jihadis on Western soil. These dangerously misguided liberals apologize for Western Civilization and denigrate Christianity and Judaism while aiding and abetting illiberal Muslim chauvinism. Secular progressives and triumphant Muslims join forces to tear down Europe's great cathedrals. The Muslims construct mosques while the intellectually clapped out Western apologists build altars to Gaia. (BTW enviros, all that global warming crap is out the window when the Muslims gain electoral plurality in Europe. No way are they bowing to a strange... Western Hero http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420787/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420488/posts Here are three photos from the “Gaza Freedom March” in Toronto on December 27. The top one, of the chappie with the flag of the jihad terrorist group Hizballah, comes from Shalom Life, where in “Hizbollah Flag in Downtown Toronto,” Jonathan Dahoah Halevi (translation by Elad Benari) gives a useful account of the demonstration. The other two photos come from Lumpy, Grumpy and Frumpy, where there are many more. The two here show pro-Palestinian demonstrators giving the Nazi salute, and Blazing Cat Fur explains the significance of the second one: Something caught my eye in one of her photos which... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420488/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:43:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420582/posts The Danish artist whose controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad enraged Muslims says police cannot protect him from attackers who act spontaneously. Kurt Westergaard tells The Associated Press he believes he is being targeted by Muslim extremists because he stands by his cartoon and insists he has "not done anything wrong." The 74-year-old artist says he was shocked by Friday's attack during which a Somali man broke into his home armed with an ax.... Police shot the Somali man in the hand and knee, and he was later charged with attempted murder. The man cannot be identified due to a... Yahoo! News (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420582/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:41:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420166/posts To be honest actions like this only hurt non-Muslims in this war. Now CAIR will complain more, and our authorities will be even more afraid to confront the Islamic community. We need to continue educating our fellow Americans to this threat, until we have the numbers to force our politicians to take a stand. Short term thinking like this vandalism is not the answer. Logan's Warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2420166/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 20:45:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419893/posts As we look back on the past ten years, it is clear that we are now entering a post-American decade. How did it all go so wrong so quickly? The year 2000 kicked off with the Democrat ruse of a "stolen election" -- this from the racketeering party of ACORN -- but thankfully, it was not stolen after all. George W. Bush took the reins, but soon thereafter came the culmination of all the Islamic attacks on the U.S. during the Clinton years. Islam's fatwa on the West during the Clinton administration came home to New York and Washington on... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419893/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:18:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419616/posts Today's column is for all hawkish Americans currently wrestling with looming doubts about the pointlessness of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and clubbing those doubts down with the much-mentioned perils of leaving Afghanistan to "the terrorists." In short, it's about how to "lose" Afghanistan and win the war. And what war would that be? Since 9/11, the answer to this question has eluded our leaders, civilian and military, but it remains the missing link to a cogent U.S. foreign policy. It is not, as our presidents vaguely invoke, a war against "terrorism," "radicalism" or "extremism"; and it is not, as... Death of the Grown Up http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419616/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419600/posts WAYLAND, Mass. (AP) -- A small but growing South Asian and Middle Eastern punk rock movement is attracting children of Muslim and Hindu immigrants and sparking new bands across America. Bands like The Kominas (kuh-MEE'-nahs), based in Wayland, Mass., are trying to use their music to explore their identities as Americans and fight stereotypes about South Asian immigrants. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419600/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418231/posts ABC news correspondent Pierre Thomas, quoting an unnamed Israeli security official, spoke a simple yet powerful truth earlier this week: "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but pretty much all terrorists are Muslim." We were pleasantly surprised to hear such a politically incorrect observation make it onto the network. But it is that kind of straight talk and realization of the problem that Americans need to hear -- not only from the occasional news report, but from the President and other officials -- if we are to survive. News anchor Diane Sawyer seemed shocked to hear Thomas report that Israeli security... Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418231/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:37:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419543/posts Two big questions are driving the coverage of failed Christmas Day bomber suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, and they are these: How was it that the warning signs were missed and he was allowed to board the airplane he allegedly intended to destroy? And just what is it that drives young men like him – incidentally Muslim young men of privileged upbringing and Western education – to turn to violent religious extremism? The first has sparked a vicious blame game and could well prompt a full-blown congressional inquiry. But the second is just as important, especially as the United States becomes... Sphere.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419543/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 16:46:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419308/posts COPENHAGEN – Police foiled an attempt to kill an artist who drew cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world, the head of Denmark's intelligence service said Saturday. Jakob Scharf, who heads the PET intelligence service, said a 28-year-old Somalia man was armed with an ax and a knife when he attempted to enter Kurt Westergaard's home in Aarhus shortly after 10 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Friday. Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419308/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 02:50:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419272/posts Hundreds of Cars Torched in France at New Year Fri Jan 1, 2010 PARIS (Reuters) - Youths burned 1,137 cars across France overnight as New Year's Eve celebrations once again turned violent, the French Interior Ministry said on Friday. Car burnings are regular occurrences in poor suburbs that ring France's big cities, but the arson is especially prevalent during New Year's Eve revelry. The number of vehicles torched was only 10 short of the record 1,147 burned this time last year, even though the Interior Ministry mobilized 45,000 police during the night -- 10,000 more than 12 months ago. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419272/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418901/posts Racial tension has been building at Owatonna High School this week after a fight broke out Monday between white and Somali students, prompting heightened police presence, backpack searches and widespread parental worries. Owatonna Police Chief Shaun LaDue said between six and 15 officers have been assigned this week to the school, which usually uses one liaison officer. Principal Don Johnson said the problems began when two white students wrote papers in recent weeks that were "inflammatory and very disrespectful." One student handed out copies of his paper to friends, while the other posted his on a class blog. Both were... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418901/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:57:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418880/posts Let's get one thing straight right up front: Profiling is an effective tool. We do it with serial killers all the time. Why not terrorists? Because it's discrimination. Therefore, it must be evil. Wrong. According to my World Book dictionary, discriminate means "to see or note a difference; (to) make a distinction." When I choose steak over fish, I discriminate. When I decide to see one movie and not another, I discriminate. We make discriminating choices all day, every day. Discrimination is nothing more than the implementation of personal experience. I want airport security personnel to discriminate between terrorists and... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418880/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 11:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418796/posts NORTH RICHLAND HILLS – Authorities tell News 8 a suspicious device found in a North Texas neighborhood did contain explosives. It was found near a copy of the Koran. Investigators don’t know whether they were left by the same person. A resident found what appeared to be a coke can on the street just before noon Thursday. What he saw inside, however, caused him to call 9-1-1. “It’s some type of metal in a coke can,” said Sean Hughes, Northeast Explosives Response Team. Firefighters at the scene called in the Northeast Explosives Response Team. “They zip tied the can in... WFAA - DFW http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418796/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 04:31:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418774/posts Written in a clear style, Rubenstein’s book evokes in simple language, the most crucial issues of our time: is the West repeating the scenario of the 1940s, organising through a UN, dominated by the OIC – particularly the UN Human Rights Council – a worldwide campaign of demonization of Israel in order to justify its destruction? The Council’s acceptance of the Goldstone Report condemning Israel for self-defence adopts the Islamic view in which jihadist attacks are commended but the resistance of those aggressed upon is taken to be aggression against Allah’s rights. Having lost its legitimacy according to the permanently... The New English Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418774/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418710/posts They forced "their slave" to clean, cook and care for children as well as provide sexual favors upon request. faithfreedom.og http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418710/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:42:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418600/posts Speaker/Journalist Pamela Geller spoke at the McKinney, TX performance hall for the Collin County Conservative Republicans on November 7, just two days after American Muslim soldier Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, TX. Ms. Geller is the editor and publisher of the Atlas Shrugs website and former associate publisher of the New York Observer ... ... She opened the meeting with video footage from London, telling the audience "Europe is finished and I will tell you why you have to care about this: Because we need Europe ... Ms. Geller proceeds to talk about... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418600/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418601/posts Speaker/Journalist Pamela Geller spoke at the McKinney, TX performance hall for the Collin County Conservative Republicans on November 7, just two days after American Muslim soldier Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, TX. Ms. Geller is the editor and publisher of the Atlas Shrugs website and former associate publisher of the New York Observer ... ... She opened the meeting with video footage from London, telling the audience "Europe is finished and I will tell you why you have to care about this: Because we need Europe ... Ms. Geller proceeds to talk about... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418601/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:08:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418586/posts SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As a prisoner at Guantanamo, Said Ali al-Shihri said he wanted freedom so he could go home to Saudi Arabia and work at his family's furniture store. Instead, al-Shihri, who was released in 2007 under the Bush administration, is now deputy leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a group that has claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day attempted bomb attack on a Detroit-bound airliner. His potential involvement in the terrorist plot has raised new opposition to releasing Guantanamo Bay inmates, complicating President Barack Obama's pledge to close the military prison in Cuba. It also... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418586/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418573/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - The Associated Press has learned that the suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and was not searched. A former senior intelligence official says the man was being courted as an informant and that it was the first time he had been brought inside the camp. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418573/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418580/posts WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Authorities in Ohio say a store employee found the head of a lamb inside a microwave oven on display at an Ikea home furnishings showroom. Police in the Cincinnati suburb of West Chester say they believe the discovery on Dec. 16 was the result of a prank. By the time officers arrived, store employees had already disposed of the head... They say store surveillance video was not helpful. Authorities note that several specialty food markets in the area sell lamb's heads. AP via Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418580/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:27:24 GMT