I saved the best for last so make sure you read all the way down!
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The extremist Muslim speaker Omar Bakri Muhammad has declared Paul McCartney “the enemy of every Muslim” due to his decision to perform in Israel in honor of the country’s 60th anniversary.
In an interview with the British tabloid ‘Sunday Express’ Bakri said, “If he values his life Mr. McCartney must not come to Israel."
"He will not be safe there."
"The sacrifice operatives will be waiting for him.”
The Syrian born orator, defined by CNN News as a friend of al-Qaeda, was excommunicated from the UK and now operates out of Lebanon, where he broadcasts hate-filled sermons over the internet.The Sunday Express wrote that sources associated with the former Beatle claim he was shocked by the threats against him, “but refused to be intimidated.”
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Saudi Arabia’s religious police have banned selling cats and dogs or exercising them in public in the Saudi capital, because of men using them as a means of making passes at women, an official said.
Othman al-Othman, head of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Riyadh, known as the Muttawa, told the Saudi edition of al-Hayat daily the commission has started enforcing an old religious edict.The reason behind reinforcing the edict now was a rising fashion among some men using pets in public “to make passes on women and disturb families,” he said, without giving more details.
Othman said that the commission has instructed its offices in the capital to tell pet shops “to stop selling cats and dogs”.
The 5000-strong religious police oversees the adherence to Wahabism - a strict version of Sunni Islam, which also forces women to cover from head to toe when in public, and bans them from driving.
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A college has renamed the traditional Christmas and Easter breaks in a bid to avoid offending students from other religions. (i.e. Muslims)
The college’s new calendar shows that both of the traditional holiday periods have now been re-branded as ‘end of term breaks’.
Critics have complained that the decision by Yorkshire Coast College is nothing more than ‘political correctness’.
Tory MP Robert Goodwill said:
‘I have heard that some people refer to the Christmas period as the Winterval, which is worse. This is absolutely barmy.‘We are a Christian country and, to be honest, religious tolerance in this country is about respecting other people’s religious beliefs.’ ‘School terms are traditionally separated by Christmas and Easter and they should be referred to as such. ‘They are petrified that they offend the minority but what they are doing is offending the majority. ‘It’s political correctness gone mad and I am disappointed.’---------------------------------------------------------------
Mickey Mouse has made it onto the Muslim hit list!
Sheikh Muhammad Munajid claimed the mouse is "one of Satan's soldiers" and makes everything it touches impure.
But he warned that depictions of the creature in cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, and Disney's Mickey Mouse, had taught children that it was in fact loveable.
The cleric, a former diplomat at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC, said that under Sharia, both household mice and their cartoon counterparts must be killed.Mr Munajid was asked to give Islam's teaching on mice during a religious affairs programme broadcast on al-Majd TV, an Arab television network.
According to a translation prepared by the Middle East Media Research Institute, an American press monitoring service, he said: "The mouse is one of Satan's soldiers and is steered by him. "If a mouse falls into a pot of food – if the food is solid, you should chuck out the mouse and the food touching it, and if it is liquid – you should chuck out the whole thing, because the mouse is impure."
"According to Islamic law, the mouse is a repulsive, corrupting creature. How do you think children view mice today – after Tom and Jerry?"
"Mickey Mouse has become an awesome character, even though according to Islamic law, Mickey Mouse should be killed in all cases."
By the way, last month Mr Munajid condemned the Beijing Olympics as the "bikini Olympics", claiming that nothing made Satan happier than seeing females athletes dressed in skimpy outfits.
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Meanwhile, Muslim newspaprs spread a distinclty unsavoury image of Europeans......
In an article titled 'The Qualities of the European,' the columnist made the following observations about Europeans:
'As for the Europeans' relations with the Creator, animals are better than they are...for they do not permit what is permissible, and do not forbid what is forbidden. Moreover, whenever they find a way to please the Devil, they pursue it...
'Europeans [also] usually smell bad, because they do not wash until it is absolutely necessary. They do not clean themselves properly after urinating, nor do they wipe the filth off [themselves]. Whoever mingles with them notices this characteristic.
If Allah had not given them a cold climate, the stench would have been overwhelming, driving away the birds and withering the vegetation. For real cleanliness means nothing to them...
"Most Europeans today are disciplined, law-abiding, and punctual.
But they behave in this manner not because they believe in [these virtues], but because they are afraid of penalties and fines.
Just imagine, dear reader, a civilized city like London, New York, Paris or Frankfurt with the electricity cut off for even one day.
What do you think the European man, in his elegant suit, and the European woman, with her elegant figure, would do?
"[Imagine] just one day without electricity, during which the surveillance cameras and the alarm systems fail.
In this situation, these civilized people would turn into wild animals that would devour everything!!
"Yes, that is the truth about the West. It is not restrained by religion, values or virtue, but only by fear of punishment and fines. Furthermore, without surveillance, even the police would take part in the thievery."
"As for stinginess, the Europeans are the very model of it. The European is miserly even towards his own wife and children. He may dine with his wife in a restaurant, and then each of them pays their own bill!! And when his son or daughter turns 18, he asks them to pay rent for living under his roof!"
"Just as generosity and courage are man's finest qualities, so are stinginess and cowardice his worst, and the latter are especially characteristic of the European.
He lives for his material interests only, and does not recognize social ties. Father and mother usually mean nothing to him, and even his children - his only interest in them is materialistic."
"Most of the Europeans today are racist, especially the Germans and the French. They despise one another, and [also] despise others. They believe that they deserve a good life, while others have only the right to serve them. Those compelled to live among them experience this racism. Given an opportunity to crush the others, [the Europeans] would grab it without hesitation. In fact, their history [provides] proof of this evil quality."
* I am not going to comment on this, just be aware what some clerics are saying this about us to create the impression that hurting us is not that bad since we are sub-standard humans anyway!
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NOW COMES THE WORST PART...................
In spite of all these bad feelings toward, and bad press about radical Islam, the average Muslim does nothing to help the situation.
Instead of rising up in indignation at the acts of a cowardly few, who are led by a clergy that is fighting a life an death struggle to hold on to their power base and influence, they choose to do nothing and therebye get painted with the same brush!
Muslims must realize that the only way to get along with the West is to integrate to some degree and not keep themselves apart from the majority.
And please don't give me that bullshit about; "In twenty years we will be the majority!"
Keep this up and the backlash might be a whole lot nastier than you can imagine!
That's not a threat, just a prediction.
Dialoge is what's needed, and it has started on a few fronts in Britain where some people are trying to open up lines of communication.
British Muslims are guilty of a “victim mentality” and should take greater responsibility for their lives, a Muslim Labour MP has argued.
Sadiq Khan also said more British Muslims must tackle sexism, learn English and condemn forced marriages.
The representative for Tooting, south London, made his comments in a report for the Fabian Society think tank.In his report, entitled Fairness, Not Favours, Mr Khan said: “We need to take more responsibility for our own families, ignore those who propagate conspiracy theories, and above all we need to leave behind our victim mentality."
“We must all agree that honour killings are murder and forced marriages are kidnapping.
These traditions have no place here or anywhere.”
By its very nature, Islam makes it extremely difficult for Muslims to integrate. Islam means submission, and the Quran makes it clear that Muslims expect non-Muslims to submit to Islam. Western values are not compatible with Islam. As a result, many Muslims form ghettos and engage in other forms of non-integration.
Hair-trigger sensitivities that have Muslim extremists respond to real or perceived insults with death threats, violent demonstrations, murder and terrorism, make it difficult or even impossible for non-Muslims to believe the claim that Islam is a ‘religion of peace.’
Therefore a high birthrate among Muslims, combined with high (legal and illegal) immigration figures, have Europeans and others worried about the Muslims in their midst.
some examples;
• Europeans worry that Muslims cannot assimilate
• German politician blames Islam for religious violence
• Muslims are waging civil war against us, claims French police union
• Muslims not trying to fit with society, says Martin Amis
• UK: Muslim integration has come to a halt
• Sections of Muslim Britain in denial about extremism
• A quarter of UK Muslims believe the terrorist bombings in London were justified
• The seductive beat of the militant, Islamic drum
• Europe’s angry young Muslims
• Europe fears threat from its converts to Islam
• Europe is learning a hard lesson from Muslim immigrant experience
He also claimed that Muslims in Britain are pre-occupied by foreign policy and not concerned enough about day-to-day political issues.
“Muslims need to recognise childcare is as important as Kashmir,” he said.
Assistant whip Mr Khan said there was no question that people coming to live in Britain should learn English and he criticised “liberal anxiety” about the issue.
“The requirement to learn English is not colonial. English is a passport to participation in mainstream society - jobs, education and even being able to use health services,” he said.
“Having poor English creates multiple barriers to work; it decreases your confidence, makes it harder to gain other skills and qualifications and increases the likelihood of unemployment and your withdrawal from the labour market.”
Meanwhile, Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, said the “real issues” holding Muslims back were “poverty, crime, racism and Islamophobia.”He said: “We do not have a victim mentality but are victims of this government’s failure to deal with real issues, issues around poverty, tackling the underlying causes of why there is terrorism in this country.”
He said the Ramadhan Foundation had a long history of opposing forced marriages and so-called honour killings.
Mr Shafiq added there was no conflict between a concern for the fate of Muslims abroad and an awareness of the domestic political issues of Britain.
However Shaista Gohir, director of both Muslim Voice UK and Muslim Women’s Network UK, agreed that more needed to be done by Muslims to tackle sexism, forced marriages and honour killings.She also agreed it was important for British Muslims to speak English.
Ms Gohir, who is a government adviser on Muslim women, told the BBC: “Not being able to speak English is not only a barrier to integration but is also disempowering for individuals, so I agree that Muslims who do not speak English need to make more of an effort to learn.”
This is all well and good but until we takle the main problem, which rests squarely with the fundamentalist clergy of Islam who refuse to give up the old ways and their control over the popultation, there is not going to be peace between East and West.Your humble scribe;
Allan W Janssen
Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !
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