http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/trop/ en-us Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:10:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076273/posts TEARS OF THE DESERT - Arab Muslim Bigoted Genocide in Dafur, Gang Rape as a Weapon Amazon.com: Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur ...Amazon.com: Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur: Halima Bashir, Damien Lewis: Books. http://www.amazon.com/Tears-Desert-Memoir-Survival-Darfur/dp/0345506251 amazon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2076273/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 21:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076221/posts .... where extremist women urge Muslims to kill non-believers___ Women preachers in one of Britain's most influential mosques are calling on Muslims to kill homosexuals and adulterers, a television documentary will reveal tonight. During a hardline rant at the London Central Mosque, one preacher said Muslims who switch to another religion should also be slaughtered. The extremist sermons, filmed secretly by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme, encourage a circle of listeners to follow a hardline Islamic code, urging Muslims not to talk to people from other religions. They describe Britain as the 'land of evil' and say the behaviour of... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076221/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074737/posts CAIR Threatens Muslims With $25,000 Penalty If They Reveal CAIR Cover-up of Morris Days’ Criminal Fraud The Mapping Sharia Project, a research project sponsored by the Society of Americans for National Existence (SANE), is issuing an alert that the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a self-described public interest civil rights law firm, may have engaged in criminal fraud. Mapping Sharia calls for a full investigation by the appropriate government agencies. The victims of this fraud may also be due compensation for their losses and suffering. Reliable sources have produced solid information that Morris Days, the Manager for Civil Rights... Mapping Sharia Project http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074737/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 19:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073394/posts MPs too scared to talk about forced marriage 'in case they lose Muslim votes' Politicians are too scared to speak out against forced marriage in case they lose valuable Muslim votes, according to a veteran Labour MP. By Martin Beckford Religious Affairs Correspondent Last Updated: 12:46AM BST 02 Sep 2008 Ann Cryer said politicians in areas with high Muslim populations, many of which are Labour heartlands, should be at the forefront of the campaign to stop young couples being made to wed against their will by their families. But she claimed that some politicians are afraid to speak out on... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073394/posts#comment Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:47:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073144/posts CAIRO, Egypt — An Egyptian lawmaker and business tycoon was arrested Tuesday in the death of a Lebanese pop singer, Egypt's chief prosecutor said, accusing the man of paying a former police officer $2 million to kill her. Hisham Talaat, a lawmaker from the ruling party of President Hosni Mubarak, is accused of ordering the death of 30-year-old Suzanne Tamim, who was found decapitated in her Dubai apartment in July, chief prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud told The Associated Press. The death made waves in Egyptian media in early August and prompted a media ban in Egypt last month, following reports that... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073144/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072692/posts Suspected insurgents shot dead three villagers as the Ramadan fast began in the restive southern border provinces of Yala and Pattani on Monday. A 61-year-old Thai-Muslim village headman was killed by the gunmen while he was driving... a 51-year-old female rubber farmer ... Bangkok Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072692/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:05:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072738/posts ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by northwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament to spare him their outrage. "These are centuries-old traditions, and I will continue to defend them," Israr Ullah Zehri, who represents Baluchistan province, told The Associated Press Saturday. "Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid." The women, three of whom were teenagers, were first shot and then thrown into a ditch. They were still breathing as mud was shoveled over their bodies, according to media reports, which... ny daily news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072738/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 02:42:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071590/posts Chairman of the Central Muslim Board of Russia, Supreme Mufti, Sheikh ul-Islam Talgat Tajuddin addressed regional Muslim boards and believers appealing for them to render necessary help and support to the people of South Ossetia and all those who suffered from the humanitarian catastrophe in the territory of this republic. REGNUM correspondent reports referring to the Central Muslim Board's press office. The Supreme Mufti of Russia has also called on the whole Muslim world to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. ''Russian Muslims, like all our compatriots, support decision of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on recognition of independence... regnum.ru http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071590/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:54:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071544/posts A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by southwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament this week to spare him their outrage. "These are centuries-old traditions and I will continue to defend them," Israr Ullah Zehri, who represents Baluchistan province, said Saturday. "Only those who indulge in immoral acts should be afraid." The women, three of whom were teenagers, were first shot and then thrown into a ditch. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071544/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:14:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070416/posts All members of Tower Hamlets Council in east London, where 36 per cent of the population follows Islam, were sent an email asking them to abide by the restrictions observed by strict Muslims during the holy month. They have also been told that the town hall's business agenda will be reduced throughout Ramadan to accommodate Muslims, with only seven committee meetings scheduled and special prayer breaks included in the evening events. Tower Hamlets Council has previously insisted that staff call their Christmas meal the "festive lunch" and replaced Bonfire Night celebrations with a show based on a Bengali folk tale. UK Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070416/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:02:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2069043/posts The principal of an Islamic boarding school on Buffalo’s East Side has been forced to resign after allegations that he was sexually involved with one of his students and that he claimed to have taken her as a second wife. Evidence suggests Mohammed Ibrahim Memon, a father of seven, persuaded Sajidah Khan, then 21, to marry under Islamic law as a pretense to sleep with her. Memon, an Islamic scholar and imam, has agreed to leave his post at Darul-Uloom Al-Madania, 182 Sobieski St., for a minimum of seven years. The private, Islamic secondary school and institute of higher learning... The Buffalo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2069043/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:45:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068365/posts ISLAMABAD: Three teenage girls along with their two close elderly relatives were shot at before being buried alive in a desert of Balochistan by their tribesmen in the name of honour. The shocking reports of this horrible incident reaching the capital from different quarters revealed that the girls studying in classes 10 to 12 intended to marry men of their choice through a civil court by defying the centuries-old tribal traditions. When the fuming elders of Umrani tribe came to know about the intentions of these girls to appear before a local court, they picked them up from their homes... Pak Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068365/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:11:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067227/posts If any evil forces were lurking Friday night along the Bangor waterfront, Hassan Hakmoun drove them away and called down healing spirits that blanketed the American Folk Festival crowd at the Railroad Stage. “Feel the spirit,” he told the crowd, “and pray for the world to become one.” Bangor Bolshevik Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067227/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:47:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2066618/posts If Saleman Abdirahman Dirie intended to do harm with the sodium cyanide found in his Denver hotel room, he could have done a lot of it. Firefighters said Wednesday that Dirie, whose body was found Monday, had a pound of the substance in Room 408 at the Burnsley All Suite Hotel in Capitol Hill, and an expert said that if it were mixed with acid, that would be plenty enough to function as a weapon. Denver police verified that the substance found in Dirie's hotel suite was sodium cyanide, which converts to a gas if mixed with acid and could... Dever Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2066618/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066254/posts A predator drone being built by an engineer on Long Island sparked a large counter-terrorism investigation across the New York area, officials tell WNBC.com. Police said they had stumbled upon overnight testing of the drone at a little-used airstrip in Calverton, Long Island. The investigation began in February of last year, when investigators first learned testing of the drone was underway. Officials said the drone was being designed to carry more than 600 pounds of explosives. "It could be in the air for 8-10 hours and there's potential harm if it is carrying a large amount of toxic material," NYPD... wnbc4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066254/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2065548/posts If Islamic (fascist) Republic of IRAN Doesn't like Michael Savage, he must be doing someting right... Islamic Iran's official website: 'Savage Nation' fueling Islamophobia in US---- CAIR admits that some of its officials ties to jihad terrorism, America at War. CAIR Founder Convicted of TerrorismSharia in America. By Ayesha Ahmed. Omar M. Ahmad founder of CAIR said:"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant"...CAIR's Dreams of American Sharia CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment...Savage_CAIR_suit CAIR repackaged the content of Michael Savage's show and manipulated that stolen content so that it could be used by... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2065548/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:24:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064839/posts Tampa’s Terror for Kids   By Joe KaufmanFrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Sami Al-Arian has been in prison, away from his digs in the Tampa, Florida suburb of Temple Terrace, for over five years, yet one of the structures that he left behind continues to propagate the same fanatical ideology that led to his punishment. Al-Arian’s mosque, the Islamic Community of Tampa (ICT), has been proudly advertising hatred and violence meant for the eyes of children. The mosque’s connection to an area youth academy should have all Americans concerned.When Al-Arian arrived at the University of South Florida (USF)... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064839/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:38:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2064491/posts Islam is using the ideological approach to acculturate its belief system into main stream America. Of course, like most ideologies, Islam is using America’s public schools as its springboard for indoctrinating America’s children. By introducing Islam to students in their mandated curriculums, the next generation of Americans could possibly be pro-Islam in their belief system. However, since Islam is a religion and a political ideology, why is the United States government permitting this indoctrination to occur in America’s public schools? Even though some people promote the idea of the separation of church and state in America, the concept is not... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2064491/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064064/posts A husband who constantly beat up his young wife and treated her as a 'slave' has been told he will be jailed. Sania Bibi, 20, arrived in Britain from Pakistan following an arranged marriage to Haroon Akhtar and was forced to work 17-hour days cooking, cleaning and washing clothes for his family. Her violent husband and his domineering mother Zafia Bibi, 50, threatened to shoot the terrified bride in the head if she did not follow their orders. The victim told St Albans Crown Court she was attacked at least twice a day by her husband, with his mother egging... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064064/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:37:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063856/posts Kadyrov decided to make a suitable contribution to the anti-Georgian campaign which in Russia has acquired the character of a mass psychosis. The head of Chechnya would not be worthy of the name if he did not outdo in extravagance and hooliganism the Georgian leadership’s most savage critic, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Back in his native village of Khosi-Yurt, Kadyrov assembled journalists and made several statements. He proposed that Mikheil Saakashvili be sent to the Beijing Olympics as a sprinter, with the explanation that when hiding from a Russian jet fighter the Georgian president had managed to do so with unbelievable swiftness.... watchdog.cz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063856/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:41:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063840/posts Why Terror Thrives ...It was the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, however, that trailblazed attacks on airliners with its September 7, 1970 hijacking of three planes "to call special attention to the Palestinian problem." Sure enough, the Palestinian cause has since became synonymous with anti-civilian warfare, from the Munich Olympics' massacre in September 1972 to the Arab fratricide inside Gaza this weekend. And the slaughter of innocents is now part of the Islamists' struggle against "infidels." What the Palestinians began in the early 1970s is now paying "dividends."http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331127098&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull jpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063840/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:05:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063705/posts LAHORE, Pakistan — Saira Liaqat squints through her one good eye as she brushes a woman's hair. Her face, most of which the acid melted years ago, occasionally lights up with a smile. Her hands, largely undamaged, deftly handle the dark brown locks. A few steps away in this popular beauty salon, Urooj Akbar diligently trims, cleans and paints clients' fingernails. Her face, severely scarred from the blaze that burned some 70 percent of her body, is somber. It's hard to tell if she's sad or if it's just the way she now looks. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063705/posts#comment Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063073/posts Q: As a Lebanese-Christian immigrant who spent her girlhood amid the bloody devastation of the Lebanese civil war, you have lately emerged as one of the most vehement critics of radical Islam in this country. Are you concerned that your new book, “They Must Be Stopped,” will feed animosity toward Muslims? A: I do not think I am feeding animosity. I am bringing an issue to light. I disapprove of any religion that calls for the killing of other people. If Christianity called for that, I would condemn it. Q: What about all the moderate Muslims who represent our hope... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2063073/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:23:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062983/posts A recent lawsuit filed by radio host and author Michael Savage against Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is one of the latest acts of racism against Muslims in the United States. Savage, who is often criticized for his fascist and racist opinions, sued Washington-based CAIR for copyright infringement, saying the council had rebroadcast over four minutes from his radio show The Savage Nation on their website as an example of the bigotry and hatred against Muslims in the US. The excerpts had placed the San Francisco-based host's hateful comments against Islam, Muslims and their holy book, Qur'an, on their website.... Press TV [Iranian Govt] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062983/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:58:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2062994/posts Just as one jihadist pleads guilty for attacking non-Muslims here in America another attack occurs. The attack took place in Minneapolis, which just happens to be the same place where the Somalian cab drivers would not take passengers into their cabs who had alcohol on them. As the Muslim population grows, we will see more and more of these attacks taking place on non-Muslims. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2062994/posts#comment Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:55:47 GMT