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Quote: State Senator Larry Shaw and CAIR's president called Christians extremists!

In an interview in the FayObserver posted yesterday, the president of CAIR, Larry Shaw, who is also a State Senator from North Carolina, was quoted as saying Christians were extremists:

"...You have extremists on the right," the seven-term senator said. "Christians, Ku Klux Klan, Nazis. All kinds of Islamic fanatics. All of them claim to speak for the majority, and that's unfortunate."

Shaw has been chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, since March. The 15-year-old advocacy group with about 15,000 members has been the target of critics, especially since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.

Unless Shaw was misquoted here and the paper issues a correction, or I am reading this entirely wrong which I don't think I am,  this senator owes a written apology to all Christians. He could have misspoken which requires a written clarification, as well.

 There are no global movements seeking to create a fundamentalist Christianic state in countries throughout the world.  Nor are there Christianic terrorists attackings others daily in the name of their religion. 

But there are Islamist movements. 

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!

I wish you all a blessed Thanksgiving Holiday!

My posts will be few, if any.

z

Ten indicted in Hezbollah smuggling ring

Ten men were indicted in federal court yesterday for support of the terrorist group Hezbollah:

A Hezbollah political official and his son-in-law sought this year to smuggle 1,200 machine guns from the United States to the militant Islamist group via Syria, according to indictments made public Tuesday against 10 men in federal court in Philadelphia.

Hassan Hodroj and Dib Hani Harb, both of Beirut, were among four men accused of conspiring to support Hezbollah, a Shiite group with close ties to Iran and Syria that is on the State Department's list of terrorist groups, U.S. Attorney Michael L. Levy of Philadelphia said.

Five of the ten men are from New York and one is from New Jersey:

...Hamdan, Hamze el-Najjar and Alaa Allia Ahmed Mohamed of Brooklyn, New York, Moustafa Habib Kassem of Staten Island, New York, Maodo Kane of the Bronx, New York and Michael Katz of Plainsboro, New Jersey were charged with having purchased several thousands dollars worth of purportedly counterfeit goods.

Among the merchandise were over 5,500 pairs of Nike shoes and 334 Mitchell & Ness sports jerseys...

Picture of the Week: Gull

Photo credit:  Glenn Losack

Razi Hashmi's confusing outreach to Oklahoma Jews

The Edmond Sun published an article titled And Moses said to Muhammad... written by Razi Hashmi, the director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Moses never said anything to Muhammad so the title is very strange.  But anyway, Hashmi began his article about the media whom, he claimed, primarily covered divisive stories between Muslim and Jews and felt there was more to the story.  He concluded by asking Muslims, Jews and Christian to unite for justice against those who criticize Islam. (Ok, he didn't say it exactly like that - but it's real close). 

...Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in peace for centuries in Spain before the Spanish Inquisition and in the Middle East before European colonialism. Muslims respect both Jews and Christians as “People of the Book,” as mentioned in the Holy Qur’an.

I want to encourage my Jewish and Muslim brothers and sisters to explore new beginnings of friendship and mutual understanding, based upon the foundations of faith that unite these two Abrahamic traditions. If that may be difficult for you, consider justice as the call to unite us all.

Lou Dobbs in politics?

Will Lou Dobbs run for office - maybe even president?

Maybe.  Ex-CNN anchor Lou Dobbs is considering running for president in 2012

During an interview on WTOP radio in Washington, Dobbs fueled rumors he’s seeking a bid for public office, possibly the highest office in the land, when asked if speculation about an Oval Office bid is “crazy talk.”

“What’s so crazy about that?” Dobbs, 64, replied. “Golly!”

So, is it crazy talk or is it real, the radio station persisted.

“Well, I’ll tell you this much -- it’s one of the discussions that we’re having,” he said. “For the first time, I’m actually listening to some people about politics.”

“I don’t think I’ve got the nature for it,” he added. “[But] we’ve got to do something in this country and I think that being in the public arena means you’ve got to be part of the solution.”

zTruth: Oklahoma most influential political blog - 12 week rolling

Blog Net News Oklahoma's Most Influential Political blogs of the past rolling 12 weeks:

Average Influence

This measure tracks each blog over the last twelve weeks in a rolling average, producing a more stable measure of influence that reflects a blogs longer-term impact on the blogospheric conversation rather than the "Official" single week results which can be influenced by a few really good or really controversial posts.

Rank	Blog	Prev
1	zTruth	1
2	Oklahoma Lefty	2
3	The Lost Ogle	3
4	Irritated Tulsan	4
5	The Musings of a Muskogee Politico	5
6	BatesLine	6
7	The McCarville Report Online	7
8	THE OTTER LIMITS	8
9	Stan Geiger	9
10	Bounded Rationality	10
11	Roemerman on Record	11
12	Oklahoma Legislator's Blog	12
13	Political Realities.	13
14	blue oklahoma	14
15	Fried Green Onions aka Pundant.com	15
16	Okie Funk	16
17	Okie Campaigns	17
18	Red S Tater	18
19	Peace Arena	19
20	jmbzine.com	20

9/11 suspects to plead not guilty - will use court to blame U.S.

Five 9/11 suspects plan to plead not guilty in federal court.  They will use the U.S. court system to put the U.S. government on trial.  Who would have thought?

Five men facing trial in the 9/11 attacks will plead not guilty so they can voice their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, an attorney for one of the defendants said Sunday.

Scott Fenstermaker, who's representing accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks, but "would explain what happened and why they did it."

Ali and four other men face a civilian trial just a few blocks from the World Trade Center site in the coming weeks. The men are accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

Ali, also known as Ammar al-Baluchi, is a nephew of professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Mohammed, Ali and the others will explain "their assessment of American foreign policy," Fenstermaker said. "Their assessment is negative," he added...

To give these evil men a platform in New York City does fall in line, though, with the anti-American rhetoric President Obama heard from his own pastor, Jeremiah Wright, during the 20 years he belonged to Wright's church.  Wright actually published an article by a top Hamas leader in his church bulletin when Obama was a member.

Attorney General Holder what have you done? 

Officials investigate note threatening Ft. Hood-type massacre at Ft. Benning

A threatening note and package was found at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia last Thursday, according to the Army Times today:

A box of hollow-point bullets and an anonymous note threatening an incident like the one at Fort Hood, Texas, were discovered Thursday at Fort Benning, Ga., sparking a criminal investigation and greater police presence, a witness told Army Times.

According to a witness at the scene, a box of 20 hollow-point shells and a handwritten note were found in the motor pool area between 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion, 29th Infantry, under the 197th Infantry Training Brigade.

“The note said ‘tell the commanding general to call off all charges or there will be a re-enactment of Fort Hood,’ ” the witness told Army Times. He spoke on condition he wouldn’t be identified.

After the discovery, he said, military police arrived with dogs, cordoned off a 20-foot perimeter around the box and began dusting for fingerprints and questioning people.

“They’re talking with anyone with a pending [Uniform Code of Military Justice] charge and people who are getting chaptered out to see if they can find out who it is,” the witness said.

Discovery of the package came on the same day Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command, was in Columbus for Fort Benning’s Officer Candidate School graduation of 152 new second lieutenants at the Columbus Convention Center.

More Muslim Americans to be arrested in al-Qaeda linked case

In Minneapolis, Minnesota this afternoon a press conference announced the pending arrests of up to eight more Muslim Americans who allegedly have provided aid and assistance to an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia called Al Shabaab (al Shabab).

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against eight more people as part of a long-running investigation of young men who left the United States to fight in Somalia.

As many as 20 young Somali men have left Minnesota over the last two years for Somalia and are believed to have joined the Somali terror group al-Shabab. At least three have died.

The charges unsealed Monday in Minneapolis include allegations that the men provided financial support to those who traveled to the East African country to fight on behalf of al-Shabab. The charges also allege that they attended al-Shabab terrorist training camps and fought on behalf of al-Shabab.

One of the eight named Monday is Mohamud Said Omar, who is currently being held in the Netherlands...

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Aid workers in southern Somali town moved to Kenya

Daily Mail: Mattel backs exhibition of Burka Barbie

I can think of many other ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Barbie:

Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children.

More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy.

Makers Mattel are backing the exhibition which is the work of Italian designer Eliana Lorena.

The auction is part of Barbie celebrations for her 50th anniversary this year.

According to the Women in Islam page managed jointly by the Islamic Societies of Greater Oklahoma City and Tulsa,  the reason to cover up is to hide the shame of being a woman:  "The main purpose of covering the body is to cover the shame and other physical features so that they remain out of sight of others, to avoid drawing undue attraction, and to prevent the excitement of evil desires in others."

Shame on Mattel.  I have to take a stand on this and say I will never buy another product from this company.  There's nothing in the Quran that demands a woman cover her entire face or body - only to dress modestly.  Repressive Islamic regimes actually force women to dress in full face cover-ups.

Consider contacting Mattel and express politely how disappointed you are with their 50th anniversary decision.  Speak even louder with your pocketbook.

	Mattel, Inc. 333 Continental Boulevard El Segundo, CA 90245-5012 310-252-2000 tel

 

http://www.nndb.com/company/119/000057945/

Testimony: 30 homegrown terror plots disrupted; 8 in 2009 alone

Two counter-terrorism experts spoke out about the Ft. Hood massacre yesterday.

From Rand Corporation's Brian Jenkins' testimony to Congress: 

...Since 9/11, authorities in the United States have uncovered nearly 30 terrorist plots involving “homegrown terrorists.” This total includes plots to carry out attacks in the United States or abroad, as well as support for foreign terrorist organizations. Although not all of the plots, if undiscovered, are likely to have resulted in successful attacks, very little separates the ambitions of jihadist wannabes from a deadly terrorist assault. The essential ingredient is intent. Domestic intelligence collection remains a necessary and critical component of homeland security. Authorities uncovered eight of these terrorist plots in 2009; adding two actual attacks (the shooting in Arkansas and the Fort Hood case) puts the level of activity in 2009 much higher than of previous years.  Apart from common inspiration, there is no evidence of any organizational connection between these events. They appear to be individual responses to jihadist propaganda in the context of U.S. policy decisions. American foreign policy should not be determined by a handful of shooters and would-be bombers, but we must accept the fact that what America does in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan may provoke terrorism in the United States. Wars are no longer confined geographically“...

Orthodox priest murdered in Russia after being threatened

A young Russian priest, who had received threatening e-mails for preaching to Muslims about Christianity, was murdered last night in Russia by a man wearing a surgical mask who walked up to him in his church, Church of the Apostle Thomas in Moscow:

...The gunman approached priest Daniil Sysoyev, 34, in St Thomas Church in southern Moscow Thursday night, checked his name and then opened fire with a pistol, a spokesman for the investigating committee of the Prosecutor-General's office said.

...Sysoyev was from Tatarstan, a predominantly Muslim region of Russia on the Volga river. He was threatened after preaching to Muslims and Christians from other denominations.

...Russia is home to Europe's largest Muslim community (about 20 million) and Islam is the country's second-biggest faith, something which Sysoyev criticized.

...Russia's Chief Mufti Ravil Gainuddin expressed his condolences to the Orthodox Church and to Sysoyev's family. He cautioned against assigning blame prematurely or speculating about the motives for the killing.

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser speaks out against Islamism

Dr. Zuhdi Zasser is a physican and a Muslim whose relentless work against Islamism I respect very much.

After the Fort Hood massacre, Dr. Zasser was interviewed on MSNBC.  This is when Chris Matthews asked, rather stupidly; it's not a crime to call Al Qaeda, is it?

The point here, though, is that the danger in America from Islamism, which can led to Islamic martyr attacks, is very real:

Revolution Muslim, a radical Islamist website run by Muslim convert, Yousef Al-Khattab, labled Zasser an apostate. Last I heard Al-Khattab was a cab driver in New York City.

For reference, Sharia law is part of Islamism.

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New chat feature added to zTruth

There are several readers who comment here regularly.  But it's rather difficult to carry on an on-going  conversation when you have to go to different posts to read the newest comments from the same person.

To make this easier (I hope),  I  added a chatbox on the right column to try out.  I'm not sure if this will work the way I want it but I'm willing to give it a try.

So we will see.  You do have to register but that shouldn't be any big deal.

Woman in Somalia stoned to death according to Islamic law

The brutal and sexist hand of Sharia law condemned a woman to death by stoning for adultery in Somalia.  The man received 100 lashes.

...Halima Ibrahim Abdirahman, a 29-year-old married woman, was executed after confessing to having had sex with a 20-year-old unmarried man, Sheikh Ibrahim Sheikh Abdirahman, the judge at her trial, told spectators at the execution yesterday at Eelboon in southern Somalia. Sheikh Ibrahim’s remarks were broadcast on Radio Hornafrik and monitored in the capital, Mogadishu.

The 20-year-old man, who was unidentified, was sentenced to 100 lashes, Sheikh Ibrahim said.

Most of southern and central Somalia is controlled by Islamist groups including al-Shabaab and Hisb-ul-Islam, following a two-year battle with the country’s Western-backed government. The Islamists are proponents of Shariah law, which operates under a code of Islamic principles first established in the Arab world by the prophet Muhammad in the seventh century.

More than 100 organizations oppose OIC's attempt to make criticism of Islam illegal!

The continued attempts by the Saudi-based Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) at the United Nations to stop criticism of Islam has prompted, and rightly so,  a petition against it that was signed by more than 100 concerned organizations.

For the first time, the OIC seeks to make criticism of Islam a treaty which will be legally binding!  Freedom of religion and speech means no religion should be above criticism.  What the OIC is trying to do is exactly how Islamic countries keep their Muslims shackled to Islam.  Yes, shackled to Islam.  For these people, to criticize Islam could mean death. 

Free speech will end eventually, if the Saudi-based OIC is successful!  They have been in able to get non-binding resolutions passed at the U.N. - so wake up.  We already see political correctness in America that is detrimental to the publc good.

The OIC is the largest Islamist inter-government body in the world - it's second in size only to the United Nations.

The deliberate efforts of this Islamist caliphate in-the-making is taking place right under our noses while most Americans go about their daily self-absorbed cocooned life as if nothing is amiss. I don't know what it will take to wake more Americans up to the real danger a growing Islamist force in the world poses to our country.  9/11 was a big wake-up call and not just an anomaly.  15 deaths have occurred in American in the last 5 months by Islamists.  These are the first deaths since 9/11.

Muammar Gaddafi hires Italian models to lecture them on Islam

Al Jazeera video:

 

Report: Major Nidal Hasan wanted some patients tried for war crimes

According to the Dallas Morning News, Nidal Hasan, the major who murdered 14 people at Ft. Hood sought to have some of his patients tried for war crimes based on statements made to him when they were his patient.

Fort Hood massacre suspect Nidal Malik Hasan sought to have some of his patients prosecuted for war crimes based on statements they made during psychiatric sessions with him, a captain who served on the base said Monday.

Other psychiatrists complained to superiors that Hasan's actions violated doctor-patient confidentiality, Capt. Shannon Meehan told The Dallas Morning News.

...Fort Hood officials did not respond to interview requests late Monday. They have declined in recent days to say anything about the major, citing the ongoing investigation.

Meehan said he learned of Hasan's prosecution requests from another base psychiatrist. That psychiatrist could not be reached for comment Monday...

This allegation has not been confirmed by officials.

"Obamao" T-shirt banned in China

A t-shirt in China with Obama's& face in place of Mao's: 

 ...Known as the “Obamao” shirt, the design juxtaposes two iconic silk screened images – putting Mr. Obama’s face between a Mao cap and the collar of a Mao jacket.

The item was selling like hot cakes in a Beijing souvenir shop until the government cracked down. “The Industry and Commerce Bureau came round last week and told us that if we sold this T-shirt we’d be closed down” said one hawker on a popular tourist street who preferred not to give his name...

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Obama Welcomes China's Expanded Role On World Scene