http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/quran/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:19:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049809/posts I missed this one. In May, the military had an “apology ceremony” after a soldier allegedly used the Qur’an as target practice. Now before I get going, it was definitely a stupid thing to do. I want to make that clear. The soldier says that he didn’t know it was the Qur’an, and that is entirely possible (the art of deception has long been mastered by our enemies, plus they have the assistance of our own media – think Haditha and the Qur’an flushing hoaxes). Whatever the case, he has been sent back to the States. The Commander of U.S.... Microphone Marines http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049809/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:19:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047791/posts War On Terror: After 9/11, Pakistan promised to close its radical madrassas as part of anti-terror reforms. Now we learn they're not only still open, but also recruiting and brainwashing American boys.All told, 600 American children are being indoctrinated into jihad in 22 madrassas across Pakistan. A U.S. filmmaker stumbled on them while tracing the path of the London suicide bombers. He discovered they attended the same radical Islamic schools. A congressional delegation has confirmed his findings. One particularly radical school in Karachi freely displays a banner at its main gate urging Muslims to join the Taliban. At least 80... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047791/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:07:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036457/posts An imam in Morocco's eastern city of Fez has said that marriages between Moroccan women and European men who are not Muslims are forbidden under Islam. Each summer in Morocco, a growing number of local women are reportedly marrying young European men. "This kind of marriage, between Moroccan women and European men, is forbidden by the Koran (the Muslim holy book) and the Sunna (the way or deeds of the Prophet Mohammed)," Sheikh Mohammed al-Tawil said in a TV interview. "A Muslim woman may not marry an unbeliever while a Muslim man may marry Christian and Jewish women," he told... AKI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036457/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:04:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046855/posts   Telling the Truth is Islam Bashing?by Amil ImaniJuly 17, 2008 I am bombarded by hate and threats by the Allah-fearing fanatics, simply because I speak the truth about Islam. If telling the truth about Islam is Islam bashing, then mea culpa.   Question: Does Islam get a pass because it is a religion? Who says Islam is a religion? Millions do? What is the evidence? The words of masses of brainwashed carriers of the Islamic virus, transmitted to them by their parents, are worthless as evidence. What counts is the irrefutable fact that this creed, claimed to be the... New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046855/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:17:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045793/posts Koranic verses on the duty to kill We've learned a lot since Antony Thomas's drama-documentary Death of a Princess set Saudi Arabian blood boiling in 1980, but the director's latest television film The Qur'an (for Channel 4) will certainly cause anger among many Muslims when it is screened on Monday. Only a fool supposes that what you see on television is what you get. The scene that amused me was shot at the lovely, ancient convent of Saydnaya in Syria. Over a background of chanting, the narrator says in a hushed tone... The film The Qur'an asks a serious question,... telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045793/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:28:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045524/posts It is increasingly hard to draw a line between the agendas of the violent and non-violent -- Who says that Islamists can't learn a trick or two from the West when they have to? Take a glance at the glossy brochure of Islam Expo - billed as Europe's “biggest Islamic cultural festival” - which ended at Olympia yesterday. You could be forgiven for thinking that you were looking at the catalogue for the forthcoming Boden sale that comes to the venerable London exhibition centre in a few weeks' time. Visitors to Islam Expo would have witnessed such innocent activities as... timesonline.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045524/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043077/posts Contrary to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution headline, he didn’t actually say he was innocent. He said he had done nothing wrong. That’s not the same thing. According to an earlier story on this case, he confessed to killing his daughter, and explained that he had done it to cleanse his family’s honor. When he appeared before the judge, it is unlikely that he changed this story. He just said he didn’t do anything wrong. And by the lights of the Islamic culture from which he comes, which thinks that a father killing a daughter who has sullied his family’s honor is... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043077/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:59:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042290/posts Muslim B. Hussein Obama is being highly favored by Islamics in the United States. Per MosqueWatch.com: Muslim Congressman Keith Ellision endorsed the 2008 presidential campaign of Sen. Obama saying "He speaks with a unifying spirit." He said he supports "Obama's message of an open and fair economy, a balanced prosperity and clear opposition to the war in Iraq." National and International Muslim American Leader Imam W.D. Mohammed endorsed Sen. Barack Obama saying "He is the best candidate for the Presidency." All the more, Muslims worldwide are giving their applause to B. Hussein Obama. In addition, the Nation of Islam with... Magic City Morning Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042290/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041597/posts A woman wearing a burqa sat on a bench Saturday at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, the fabric across her face revealing only her eyes. Next to her, a group of children chatted on cellphones and shrieked merrily over the sound of chanting music calling the assembled masses to prayers. At the annual Islamic Circle of North America Convention, the traditional mixes easily with the modern. "We're just like anyone else, and I think people have a hard time understanding that," said Sakina Abduss-Salaam, a New Jersey woman who strolled through the convention Saturday wearing a black-and-gold Islamic hijab... courant.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041597/posts#comment Sun, 6 Jul 2008 22:52:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036320/posts “We sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed.” That sounds like the statement of a victor in a war, dictating terms to the vanquished. And it may well be: free speech is under attack in Canada – the prosecution of Macleans Magazine and author Mark Steyn – and in the United States as well by Islamic governments and groups whose goal is to end free speech when it is aimed at exposing the truth about Islamic terrorism and its roots. Their goal is positively Orwellian. Replace “Big Brother” with the “Organization... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036320/posts#comment Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:16:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035880/posts Radical Islam’s plan for world domination BY ED VITAGLIANO - AFA Journal, April 2008   In January 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by Muslim radicals in Pakistan. A few days later, the 38-year-old journalist was beheaded.   In a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece in January 2008, Judea Pearl, a UCLA computer science professor and the father of Daniel, noted the implacable nature of such Muslim radicals. Pearl said, “The shocking element in Danny’s murder was that he was killed, not for what he wrote or planned to write, but for what he represented – America, modernity, openness, pluralism, curiosity,... onenewsnow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2035880/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:19:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030290/posts MUSLIM scholars are working on a plan to find new followers in the Western Isles: they want to translate the Koran into Gaelic. They hope the £50,000 project will show Muslims' commitment to Scotland and Scottish culture and promote understanding between faiths. However, the move has received a cool reception from some Gaels, especially in the language's heartland, the emphatically church-going Western Isles. The project has been set up by a British-based Muslim publishing organisation, the Muslim Academic Trust, which is looking for Gaelic writers and scholars who can help them translate the Koran into the language. So far, they... Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030290/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029848/posts Israeli on Arab TV: J'lem Was Ours When Moslems Worshipped Idols ...Israeli on Arab TV: J'lem Was Ours When Moslems Worshipped Idols ... Jerusalem is our city forever and is not an issue for you, for Al Jazeera or for anyone ...Dr. Kedar: "Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Koran even once. You can't rewrite the Koran on air on Al Jazeera."... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126403 INN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029848/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:38:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029602/posts The Latest Islamic Suicide Attack By Robert Spencer FrontPageMagazine.com | 6/11/2008 Who is responsible for the June 2 suicide attack against the Danish Embassy in Pakistan that killed six people? An increasing number would say that the Danes themselves are responsible, or at least the Danish government, for its obstinate attachment to that irritating little principle of free speech. On Wednesday, June 4, a web posting claiming to be from Al-Qaeda said that the bombing was fulfillment of Osama bin Laden’s vow to exact revenge for the cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad that ran in a Danish newspaper in... FrontPageMagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029602/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:37:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028193/posts It is "common sense" for Christianity to be sidelined at the expense of Islam, a Government minister claimed on Sunday [and that] that more money and effort was spent on Islam than Christianity because of the threat from extremism and home-grown terrorism. Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, defended Labour’s policy on religion after a report backed by the Church of England claimed that Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of attention. Ms Blears told BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme: “That’s just common sense. If we’ve got an issue where we have to build resilience of young Muslim men and women to... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028193/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 06:56:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027804/posts A new report issued by the American Textbook Council says books approved for use in local school districts for teaching middle and high school students about Islam caved in to political correctness and dumbed down the topic at a critical moment in its history. "Textbook editors try to avoid any subject that could turn into a political grenade," wrote Gilbert Sewall, director of the council, who railed against five popular history texts for "adjust[ing] the definition of jihad or sharia or remov[ing] these words from lessons to avoid inconvenient truths." Sewall complains the word jihad has gone through an "amazing... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027804/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 05:31:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025186/posts Islamic extremists could escape prosecution and instead receive therapy and counselling under new Government plans to "deradicalise" religious fanatics. The Home Office is to announce an extra £12.5 million to support new initiatives to try to stop extremism spreading. The central element of the Home Office plan is a new national "deradicalisation" programme that would persuade converts to violent and extremist causes to change their views. Controversially, the new plan makes clear that people who fall under the influence of violent organisations will not automatically face prosecution. Instead, the presumption should be that some such individuals would face therapy and... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025186/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:12:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023307/posts Text: _____    Bored with gang rapingThe Kuffar?   Well why not join the   International MuslimDomestic AbuseSite!   No hassle, Own a Slave.   Submission guaranteed.   Approved by Sharia.   Ignored By Government!   Pedophilia andSodomy Allowed!   INDULGE ALL YOUR FANTSY FILTH! ISLAMIC GANG RAPE Muslim Gang Rapes and the Left Blames Usand those who answer Christian, are gang raped before having their breasts cut off. This phenomenon of Islamic sexual violence against women...http://www.sullivan-county.com/wcva/muslim_gang_rapes.htm   Gang rapes Jewish women as "revenge" for Israeli military ops http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/015458.php   UK: Rapist Protected By Mosque Members http://westminsterjournal.com/content/view/129/40/   Perverted... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2023307/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 01:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021268/posts ith its lace curtain bungalows and steepled Anglican church, the once tranquil town of Camden in New South Wales seems the most improbable of settings for a row that combines race and religion. Proud of its rich history, the town promotes itself as "the birthplace of the nation's wealth", for it was here, in the early 19th Century, that the sheep and dairy industries first began to flourish. Now the town, which lies on south-west fringes of Sydney, is confronting a very 21st Century issue: the proposal to construct an Islamic school for some 1,200 Muslim pupils. Behind the proposal... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021268/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 01:59:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019238/posts It was somehow fitting that my suburban community college was embroiled in a religious controversy at the height of our annual “winter festival” season. Thanksgiving, of course, survives as Thanksgiving on our campus, even though too many among us have no deity to thank or neglect to thank the one we barely remember. Christmas, to be fair, survives as well, but it has not survived in the official parlance of a state school. As a result, from sometime in early December until students finish their final exams (in time to celebrate, dare it be said, Christmas), our campus is home... Touchstone http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019238/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 17:39:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018546/posts Last Saturday, Major General Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, issued a formal apology to leaders in Radhwaniya, in western Baghdad, after an American soldier used a Qur’an for target practice. The soldier said he didn’t know that the book he used was a Qur’an, but military brass rejected this and announced plans to reassign the soldier to duty within the United States. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018546/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 11:14:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018544/posts Excerpt - BAGHDAD (AFP) — US President George W. Bush has apologised to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over the shooting of a Koran by an American soldier near Baghdad, state television announced on Tuesday. "The prime minister received an apology from US President George W. Bush on the incident of shooting of a Koran by a US soldier," Al-Iraqia television said. US military authorities in Iraq have apologised to the local community west of Baghdad where the staff sergeant fired at the Koran during shooting practice on May 11. The unidentified soldier, who pumped bullets into the Muslim holy... Agence France-Presse (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018544/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 10:44:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018375/posts BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's most powerful Sunni Arab political party on Monday said a U.S. soldier's desecration of the Quran, the Muslim holy book, requires the "severest of punishments," not just an apology and a military reassignment. The Iraqi Islamic Party, the movement of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, condemned what it said was a "blatant assault on the sanctities of Muslims all over the world." An American staff sergeant who was a sniper section leader used a Quran for target practice on May 9. The U.S. commander in Baghdad on Saturday issued a formal apology and read a... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018375/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 23:57:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2013450/posts Six translations of Qur'an 4:34: "Men are superior to women on account of the qualities with which God has gifted the one above the other, and on account of the outlay they make from their substance for them. Virtuous women are obedient, careful, during the husband's absence, because God has of them been careful. But chide those for whose refractoriness you have cause to fear; remove them into beds apart, and scourge them: but if they are obedient to you, then seek not occasion against them: verily, God is High, Great!" (Rodwell's version of the Koran, Quran, 4:34) "Men have... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2013450/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 04:33:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012671/posts Gallup says only 7 percent of the world's Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified.On the inside back cover of books published by Gallup Press there is the following breathtaking statement: Gallup Press exists to educate and inform the people who govern, manage, teach and lead the world's six billion citizens. Each book meets Gallup's requirements of integrity, trust and independence and is based on a Gallup-approved science and research. Don't be distracted by the bad grammar. Focus instead on Gallup's "requirements of integrity, trust and independence." Thanks to a remarkable... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012671/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 21:46:11 GMT