 Controversial former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has written a letter to the the Jewish people, asking for forgiveness for stigmas he caused against Israel as a result of his agenda for Arab-Israeli peace. In a letter sent to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) in time for the Christmas season, Carter wrote: "We must recognize Israel’s achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive way to help Israel continue to improve its relations with its Arab populations, but we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel. As I would have noted at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but which is appropriate at any time of the year, I offer an 'Al Het' for any words or deeds of mine that may have done so." "Al Het" (literally "for the sin") is a fundamental component of the Yom Kippur prayer service, in which penitents ask for Divine forgiveness for sins committed against G-d. However, the term could also be used to mean a general plea for pardoning. Carter's position on Jews and Arabs in the Land of Israel has been controversial since his presidency. During his term, Carter directed the signing of the Camp David Accords by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, which resulted in the forced expulsion of Jews from the Sinai town of Yamit, as well as the transfer of the giant Sinai region to Egypt. In 2006, Carter authored the book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," in which he lauded former PLO chief Yasser Arafat; said modern U.S. administrations have been "submissive" to "powerful political, economic, and religious" pro-Israel advocates; compared Israel's development of Judea and Samaria to South African anti-black apartheid; and called the biblical heartland of Israel "Palestinian land", saying the Jewish state must retreat to the 1949 armistice lines. In June 2009, Carter visited Arab leaders in Gaza, Judea, and Samaria, receiving the Palestine International Award for Excellence and Creativity. During the ceremony, he told attendees, "I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years" and promised to bolster Palestinians "as long as I live, to win your freedom, your independence, your sovereignty and a good life." He also visited with Hamas' leadership in Syria. Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), quickly called Carter's missive "welcome", saying it comes from a "significant individual" and would signal "beginning of reconciliation." INN 
 The Danish People's Party has never been enthusiastic about Islam. Now the party is demanding apologies for several issues - such as ethnic cleansing.
The Danish People's Party is extremely tired of having Muslim countries continue to demand apologies for the controversial Muhammad cartoons.
Therefore the party is now turning the demand around and demands an apology from the Muslims.
According to the party's social spokesperson, Martin Henriksen, there's a lot they should apologize for.
"There's stoning, there's flogging, there's Sharia law. there are many of the problems we see in Denmark with some of the descendants and refugees we've taken in. And not just in Denmark, but also in other Western countries there's massive integration problems and problems with crime," he told Newspaq.
"And we can also go back to more historical things, where they performed ethnic cleansing in the name of Islam," Martin Henriksen continues.
He justifies the demand for an apology saying he wants to put things into perspective. The politician think it's ridiculous that Muslim countries demand an apology for the Muhammad cartoons.
"Therefore we play the ball over to the other side of the court and say that they should get a grip on things in their own backyard before they begin to blame others for things and issues which basically are not very serious," says Martin Henriksen. Source: Islam In Europe
 By Phyllis Chesler It seems that Naomi Wolf is quite upset by what I’ve written yesterday. She has posted a comment at my blog, written to me privately (below), left a message in my office and written to at least one website that linked to my blog. I am answering her here. Dear Naomi: Hello and I hope you are well too. My piece is not a personal attack. Please don’t take it as such. It is a political and intellectual critique of what you wrote. There are no “terrible inaccuracies” in what I’ve written or in how I’ve conveyed the general tenor of your article. Your demand that I print a “correction” and issue an “apology” is uncalled for as is your offer to go over my mistakes with me, point by point, on the phone or in a debate. I dare say, this last bit is a wee bit arrogant and frightening. One woman’s “mistake” is another woman’s “opinion.” I now understand that you’ve left a phone message in my office, posted a letter at my blogsite at Pajamas Media, written to me privately, and also written to Frontpage Magazine which has linked to my piece today. Are you going to track down every site that linked to this piece as well? Read more ...Source: PJMMore on the subject: The Burqa: Ultimate Feminist Choice? Naomi Wolf Discovers That Shrouds Are Sexy.
 Danish politician Nader Khader says that "If anybody in the world should apologize to the rest of the world, it's Saudi Arabia.
They should apologize for oppressing their women.
They should apologize that women can only inherit half the portion of a brother.
They should apologize that women can't get a driver's license.
They should apologize that you can't build churches in synagogues in the country."
Khader adds that Saudi Arabia should also apologize for women having to wear a burka.
 US actress Annette Bening, right, listens to fellow US actress Alfre
Woodard, left, as Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed Arya, looks
on at center, during a seminar 'Acting for Film' given by Bening
and Woodard, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2009.A delegation of Hollywood dhimmis is going to Iran to open up talks with the friendly old mullahs, as Pamela reported yesterday. But here again we see that appeasement only emboldens the one who is being appeased: it isn't enough for the dhimmi stars to legitimize the oppression and brutality of the mullahs' Sharia regime; they also have to apologize for how mean, mean, mean Hollywood has been to Iran. Apologize for 300! And The Wrestler! There are plenty of Hollywood films that the filmmakers should apologize for, but those two are not among them. The art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged a visiting Hollywood delegation to apologise for "insults and slanders" about Iranians in films, the ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.
"(Iranian) cinema officials will only have the right to have official sessions with... Hollywood movie makers when they apologise to the Iranians for their 30 years of insults and slanders," Javad Shamaghdari said.
"The Iranian people and our revolution has been repeatedly unjustly attacked by Hollywood," he said, citing '300' and recent Oscar nominated movie 'The Wrestler' as among offending films.
In 2007, the war epic '300', a smash hit in the United States for its gory portrayal of the Greco-Persian wars, drew the wrath of Iranians for showing their ancestors as bloodthirsty.
Similarly 'The Wrestler', was booed in Iran and heavily criticised for the scene of breaking and tearing of the Iranian flag by the picture's star, 2009 Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke.
"We will believe (US President Barack) Obama's policy of change when we see change in Hollywood too, and if Hollywood wants to correct its behaviour towards Iranian people and Islamic culture then they have to officially apologise," Shamaghdari added.... Read more ... Source: AFPH/T: Jihad Watch
 By Mark Dunn | January 22,
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has demanded an Islamic cleric apologise for telling male followers they can force their wives to have sex - and hit them if they're disobedient.
Mr Rudd said Samir Abu Hamza's comments had no place in modern Australia.
During a 2003 lecture also posted on the internet last year, Mr Hamza told followers that under Islamic law, men could demand sex from their wives.
Despite Australian laws requiring consent, he said it was impossible for a man to rape his wife even if she refused to have sex.
He also said that Islamic law allowed men to hit their wives as a last resort - but were not allowed to leave them bruised or bloodied.
Mr Rudd today said Mr Hamza should apologise.
"Under no circumstances is sexual violence permissible or acceptable in Australia - under no circumstances," he said.
"Under no circumstances are other forms of violence, physical violence, acceptable towards women in Australia nor are they acceptable in my view to mainstream Muslim teachings.
'"Australia will not tolerate these sort of remarks. They don't belong in modern Australia, and he should stand up, repudiate them and apologise."
In the lecture, titled The Keys to a Successful Marriage, Mr Hamza mocks Australia's sexual assault laws that require consent for sex between a man and his wife.
"Amazing, how can a man rape his wife?" he asks.
Mr Hamza, a cleric in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg, said a man could hit his wife on the hand or leg - but not on the head.
A former president of the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), Yasser Soliman, said wife beating and marital rape were not condoned by the Islamic community.
"It is very much looked down upon," Mr Soliman said.
"The prophet Mohammed never beat his wife or smacked the children.
"To claim this is Islamic, or that the Koran forces wives to do things such as (Mr Hamza's) lectures suggest, is quite insulting to most of the Muslim world."
He said Mr Hamza was a self-taught cleric and was popular with young Muslims in Melbourne's northern suburbs.
"He has no formal qualifications, he's not really a scholar by any means," Mr Soliman said.
He said Mr Hamza, a married man with several children, appeared to have moved into the mainstream since the 2003 lecture, giving evidence against Abdul Nacer Benbrika in last year's terrorism trial in Melbourne.
"That was seen as a positive stand against terrorism and a more mainstream view," Mr Soliman said.
Sherene Hassan, vice president of the ICV, said she was organising workshops for Victorian Imams on the issue of domestic violence.
"There may be individuals who have interpreted this lecture as condoning violence against women - it's not the first time we have had this problem," she said.
She said Imams would meet next week to plan workshops to find ways of discouraging domestic violence among followers.
In his lecture, Mr Hamza said a man was entitled under Islamic law to demand sex from his wife.
"If the husband was to ask her for a sexual relationship and she is preparing the bread on the stove she must leave it and come and respond to her husband, she must respond," he said.
He also said men could advise their wives they would be beaten if they were disobedient.
"First of all advise them," he said. "You beat them ... but this is the last resort.
"After you have advised them (not to be disobedient) for a long, long time then you smack them, you beat them and, please, brothers, calm down, the beating the Mohammed showed is like the toothbrush that you use to brush your teeth.
"You are not allowed to bruise them, you are not allowed to make them bleed." Source: Daily Telegraph Samir Abu Hamza
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Controversial former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has written a letter to the the Jewish people, asking for forgiveness for stigmas he caused against Israel as a result of his agenda for Arab-Israeli peace.
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