The Study Of Revenge Site Now Carries Warning Because It "Offensive"

D.T. Devereaux's blog, The Study of Revenge now carries a warning for being "offensive." Here is a conversation on this subject which took place in the comments section over at CUANAS:


eyesallaround said...
PS. Did you see what they did to thestudyofrevenge.blogspot? Someone reported them to google and they now have a "warning" before entering. It's the 1st time I've ever seen that!
12:58 PM

dag said...
I think everyone should post on the warning Google slapped on Derek's site. First him, us next.
1:15 PM

eyesallaround said...
Dag, what do you mean? How do we post on it? It just asks whether you want in or not considering the "offensive nature" or some such nonsense... like that would ever stop someone. Does Al Jazerra have that blather on their site? *gag*
1:21 PM

Pastorius said...
In a way, you kind of have to hand it to Google. They haven't actually censored DT. They're just treating him like a porn site. And, you don't even have to vouch that you are 18.I'm not happy that that is happening to him, but until he is actually censored, I'm not saying anything. And, by the way, censorship is a government thing. Google is a company, and Free Market economy means they have the right to choose who they are doing business with. Especially when we are getting this service for free.We've got to stand up for that right as well, Dag. It's called Freedom of Property. As you wrote, and I stole for our IBA statement, "each person has the right to own himself as an individual entity." I think property is an inalienable right.Let me know if you think I am off in my thinking.
1:26 PM

Pastorius said...
By the way, I've been censoring the hell out of people over at IBA. I've been having a bunch of Islamofascists come on and try to prostelitize. Do you think that I, as the Administrator of a blog, ought to not have the right to have religious fanatics ushered off the premises?
1:28 PM

dag said...
Google put a warning label on Derek's site not because it's obscene or anything like it. They gave in to pressure from Muslims who take offence at his editorial position. It's not a matter of whether Derek's work is banned, it being too late for that given the spread of his work by now; the point is that they are catering to Islam by warning people of the work itself.Yes, Google can do as they please, and good for them. But we are free to respond as we will, and this is our chance to make it known that we do not like the idea of our world being bullied into warning us that we might not like an editorial just because it might offend some Muslims.What's next? Will Google decide to place warnings here? Or what about Disney's graphics of Porky Pig? Where do you think it will stop if we don't stop it here now? This is a line in the sand. This is the same as the Danes being harassed by the Muslim lobby. Either we stand up and fight now or we give a little more ground til we're nowhere at all.This is a point worth pursuing. We can fight here on this ground.

Derek is our Denmark.


I'd love to hear everyone's opinion on this.

Take The Mullahs Out, Tonight

Yes, it's a date ...

with destiny:


To think clearly about the looming crisis with Iran, close your eyes and imagine that you’re standing outside your children’s school. It’s 2:55pm, and you’re chatting amiably with other parents while waiting for the 3pm bell to ring. Suddenly you see a man running toward the school, holding a hand grenade and shouting: “I hate kids. I welcome death.”

Now, what do you propose to do?


Read the rest at The American Thinker.

The Interesting Times: Watching Our World Catch Fire

God, the news is sickening today.

Iran's President Ahmadinejad is going to Cuba. What do you think they will discuss?

A Northwestern Professor has denied the Holocaust in Iranian and American papers, but Northwestern University plans to do nothing about it.

Muslim hackers have taken down almost 600 Danish websites in response to the Jyllands-Posten cartoons.

Well, actually, not all the news is sickening. Some of it is just funny.

For instance, scientists are now predicting a mini-Ice Age. What the hell happened to Global Warming? Those guys have got to get their story straight, huh?

(Smirk)

Pim's Ghost Ponders Total War

Yes, Pim's pesky ghost has returned, this time pondering the seemingly abandoned (by the West, though called for frequently in the last week by muslim activists) concept of Total War. Our ancestors did not shy from this in practice, and muslims never have. I do not believe that they are aware that a spark still burns within Westerners for this form of warfare or self-preservation. Those shrill voices in the MSM are only to willing to convince them that this fire has been extenguished forever.

Being one of those unwilling to part with the Lord of the Rings parallel, though I'm well aware of Tolkien's personal distaste of allegory, I find his words inspiring at this time:

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost,
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king."

A fire shall and is being woken as we watch the protests over cartoons as well as the apologists weighing in from every angle. It is now up to us to make our own way and bend this critical period in our history to our own wills. This is a necessity, to brush away the voices of those who will not listen to the truth. They are no longer relevant and are not worth our time. This is our time, and we must make the most of it. Hence my pondering of two ghosts of my own past, which I wrote about today on What Would Charles Martel Do?, the conclusion here:

"In the glare of the media spotlight and the reality of instant video coverage, as well as our neverending and defeatist self-analysis, are we willing as a civilization to bring the warriors of the Pan-Islamist host deservedly to their knees? This will become our only option, especially in light of recent events. Even Ataturk's secular Turkey has made moves within the last week to move after all of these years back towards theocracy. HAMAS has had its success and is calling for Total War on the West, as is Iran. We have responded in kind to our enemies in the past. The question is, can we now? And will we? It will soon become apparent that this is our only option."

Indeed, after reading many of the speeches at www.memri.org as well as seeing the signs sported at various protests I am suggesting that we learn from our own past military successes as well as other examples and open up true debate about the nature of warfare as it stands today.

Cartoon Brouhaha; Why Now?

Martin Kramer has some perceptive comments on the role of the Middle East regimes in the cartoon rioting. He suggests they're trying to make the Europeans toe the Arab line but Daniel Pipes has an uncompromising syndicated article taking to task the administrations of America, Britain, and New Zealand, while praising some of the European governments. Just as Europe stands up the Bush administration falters. Now, everyone all at once: just say no to Islam! Or non, nein, nr, nyet, αριθ, não, …

Islamic Jihad At Ground Zero

On the first of February, the United American Committe held their Rally Against Islamofascism Day. Look what the cat dragged in, huh?

Porridge For Captain Hook

The Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has been found guilty on 11 out of the 15 charges brought against him .

Below is the full list of the charges and verdicts:

Count 1 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith. Guilty

Count 2 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith. Guilty

Count 3 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith, in particular Jewish people. Guilty

Count 4 : Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour. On a day before May 27 2004 used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to stir up racial hatred, or in circumstance where racial hatred was likely to be stirred up thereby. Guilty

Count 5: Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith. Guilty

Count 6 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith. Not guilty

Count 7 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith. Guilty

Count 8 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith. Guilty

Count 9 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith, in particular Jewish people. Not guilty

Count 10 : Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour. On a day before May 27 2004 used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to stir up racial hatred, or in circumstance where racial hatred was likely to be stirred up thereby. Guilty

Count 11 : Soliciting to murder. On a day before May 27 2004 on an occasion other than Count 9, at a public meeting did solicit or encourage persons unknown to murder another person or persons, namely a person or persons who did not believe in the Islamic faith, in particular Jewish people. Not guilty

Count 12 : Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour. On a day before May 27 2004 on an occasion other than Count 10, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to stir up racial hatred, or in circumstance where racial hatred was likely to be stirred up thereby. Not guilty

Count 13 : Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour. On a day before May 27 2004 used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to stir up racial hatred, or in circumstance where racial hatred was likely to be stirred up thereby. Guilty

Count 14 : Possession of threatening, abusive or insulting recordings of sound. On May 27 2004 had in his possession recordings, namely audio and videotapes which were threatening, abusive or insulting with a view to their being distributed, shown or played, whether by himself or another, with intent to stir up racial hatred, or in circumstances where racial hatred was likely to be stirred up thereby. Guilty

Count 15 : Possession of a document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. On May 27 2004 had in his possession a document, namely the Encyclopaedia of the Afghan Jihad, which contained information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. Guilty
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Islamic Babe Of The Week

A new feature here on Infidel Bloggers Alliance.

This is Vida Samadzai. In 2003, she won the Miss World Beauty Pageant.

Babes like this give us just one more reason to strike a blow for Freedom in the Islamic world. Because when they are free, babes like this will choose to marry us Infidels.

You know they will. Who wants to marry a recovering Islamofascist?


By the way, as you can imagine, Miss Samadzai got all kinds of crap for wearing that bikini. You can read about it here.

The Prosecution's Case Against Islam

When you are making your case against Islam to an ignorant infidel or even a liberal (if you must as Ann Coulter says), it won't do to say "Read the Quran. It's all in there." Let's face it, reading the Quran is tedious and monotonous, and you need background to its structure (it's out of sequential order for one thing!) and the context of sections of verses when given by Mohammed to his believers. All this of course just makes it more offputting. One of the ways to make this easier is a not too long, not too complex and well written analysis and proof of the problem with Islam. No more than 20 pages, and preferably less should be the first resource you can print and provide to this person, or email them a link.

I am thinking of building a new blog page of links for articles of 5 to 20 pages (printed equivalent) for the ignorant infidel who wants to learn more, but not bother with reading and understanding the Quran. Of course, books by Spencer, Ye'or or Bostom are great, but books require a lot more time and effort than a 10 to 20 page document. If you have a particular article that you believe is an incisive summation of Islam and the problem it presents to the West, email me johnsobieski@Hotmail.com or just post the link in the comments and I will check it out.

Recently I came across such a document among others I have bookmarked.

In this fine article, Amber Pawlik, presents her case.

Islam on Trial: The Prosecution’s Case against Islam
By Amber Pawlik

Towards the end, Ms. Pawlik presents the findings of her sampling of verses from the Qur'an. It's quite fascinating to get these statistics, because now you can say over 50% of the Qur'an expresses hatred of infidels, and you have the facts to back it up. Just point them Ms. Pawlik's way.

....
Here are the results of my larger study:

106/201 (52.7%) is hatred aimed at infidels, defined as
*Threats towards infidels either in the after life or this life
*Degrading infidels by calling them evil, stupid, blind, deaf, liars, thankless, etc.

*Calls to fight against them.
*Verses that say "except the believers" when wishing death on nonbelievers were counted as hatred since avoiding death is not a positive to believers
*The threat or insult can be aimed at infidels in general or any specific infidel.

50/201 (24.9%) Deals with believers, defined as
*Mentioning them
*Saying they are righteous
*Saying they will get good things
*Any mentions of one of the prophets was snuck into this category too

23/201 (11.4%) deal with Allah,
*Who he is
*That he is almighty
*Any of his creations

10/201 (5%) deal with the Day of Doom or the Day of Judgment
*Either the Day of Doom when destruction is sent on the earth or
*Day of Judgment when all are judged before Allah
*Any message pertaining to how God records what men do was assigned this category

4/201 (2%) are anti-woman
*That it’s OK to beat a woman
*Women and slaves get married off but have no choice in the matter and is very self-serving to Muhammad or men in general.

4/201 (2%) deal with giving to the poor in some way

2/201 (1%) deal with some kind of Muslim custom or etiquette, for instance
*How to divorce your wife

1/201 (0.5%)disapproves of a man who murdered someone, but only because it was for the wrong reason to kill someone.

1/201 (0.5%) actually says it is OK for people to have their religion while Muslims have theirs


Over 50% of the Koran deals with nothing but hatred aimed at infidels. You will notice Allah is mentioned a lot, as well as the goodness of believers and the Day of Doom/Judgment, the former being a day when the Koran gleefully exclaims that Allah will send destruction to the earth and destroy the infidels. Notice how much of the Koran that deals with not just infidels but with the theme of believers verses nonbelievers, setting up believers as holy, righteous, almost perfect human beings and nonbelievers not just as wrong but as wretched scum. If you add up the number of verses that deal with infidels, believers, Allah, and the Day of Judgment/Doom, that percentage is a full 94%. This is really the only thing in the Koran as the Koran itself readily admits: "... This book is no other than a warning and a clear Koran, To warn whoever liveth; and, that against the Infidels sentence may be justly given." Sura 36:69-70

You may notice that details outlining Muslim customs and etiquette do not take up much room in the Koran. In fact, Ramadan, from what I can tell, is only mentioned once in the Koran. You can see how seriously Muslims take Ramadan. Now imagine how seriously they take the rest of the 94% of the Koran.

There is no moral system outlined in the Koran - with the exception of allowing men to beat their wives, sleep with their slaves, and there is an occasional, “give to the poor.” There certainly is no unequivocal “Do not kill”; “Do not steal”; or “Do not lie,” let alone any other insight into how to behave properly as a human being. Most of the “moral” guidance given in the Koran is not a restraint on humans but permission to do what they want - mostly for men to do what they want.

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Viva La Infidels! BOYCOTT THE BOYCOTT

Finally a club I want to join. I wish to thank Pastorius for inviting me to join the Infidel Bloggers Alliance. I couldn't be more proud. I am Atlas for those of you unfamiliar with my blog, deny yourself no more, get thee to Atlas Shrugs and get educated fast.

While JIMMY CARTER IMPLORES US TO GIVE HAMAS A CHANCE, Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al at a Damascus Mosque states emphatically:

"The Nation of Islam Will Sit at the Throne of the World and the West Will Be Full of Remorse - When It's Too Late."
See video clip here

The Boycott of Danish goods is hurting Denmark. PLEASE START BUYING DANISH GOODS.
TO ALL GREAT INFIDELS, PLEASE BUY DANISH PRODUCTS. CLICK FOR A LIST OF DANISH COMPANIES END THE BOYCOTT HERE.

And lastly go over to Atlas Shrugs here to check out the latest submissions to the Mohammed cartoon contest.......heh

Dear Muslim Man Complaint Box

An advice column for Jihadis - The Dear Muslim Man Complaint Box:


Dear Muslim Man Complaint Box,

I saw on the TV that there is a show now with a woman host. This is not very bad by itself because the woman was dressed in accordance with the laws of Islam and did not expose herself and inflame the lust of any male guests. However, this woman was having a talk with guests and things got a bit out of control when the woman host said "no, I don't think so" to one of the guests. I was so mad I told my wife to drown herself in the bathtub while I finished watching the show. Then, later in the show, the host says "you are wrong" to a doctor! I could not believe it!

Please see if you could beat this woman with a chain and I thank you in advance.


and this one


Dear Muslim Man Complaint Box,

This is a complaint in general about women these days. Things are getting out of control with the influences of the West and they are more willing than ever to speak their minds. Yesterday I thought I heard a woman whisper "Ally McBeal" in a marketplace to another woman and then their heads turned to each other like they might be making eye-contact through the mesh screens hiding their eyes. I do not know if anything can be done about this, but I would like to find myself a good Muslim wife.

Also death to America, death to Israel, yadda, yadda, yadda.


and then, there's one from this poor fellow:


Dear Muslim Man Complaint Box,

I like cowboys and I think that means I have to cut my hands off. That kind of sucks.


It's a hardknock life.

Supreme Court Enters Mohammed Cartoon Contest

Yes, the Supreme Court Of The United States Of America has gotten in on the act too. Here is their submission to the Infidel Bloggers Alliance Mohammed Cartoon Contest (seen from two different views).

I don't know, their submission doesn't seem very funny to me, but it sure does say a lot, doesn't it?

I guess we can't expect the SCOTUS to be a barrel of laughs. They're judges for crying out loud.

Hey, It's Your Free Speech - Let's Get It All Out On The Table

A Danish Muslim Organization is posting cartoons which they believe will drive us Infidels into a frenzy. While I'm sure many will be offended, I doubt anyone will go on a rioting, raping, and murder spree.

Even though Dymphna is a fellow Infidel, and could well post this herself, I'm going to post it for her, just in case. Her article on the Hitler/Anne Frank cartoon is too good to let pass:


... the lovely comic depiction of Anne Frank and Hitler’s post-coital conversation that’s been making the blogorounds. This sort of satiric “art” ought to be seen far and wide, along with "Piss Christ" and the Virgin Mary in horse manure and other “avant-garde” philistinism that plagues much of government-subsidized art work.

It ought to be seen so that we have a full understanding of what it means to be tolerant. In this case, it means I am free to be offended, and Mr. Serrano is free to work out his problems in public.


Click here to read the rest.

Hezbollah Leader : Hundreds Of Millions Of Muslims Ready To Die For Allah [the merciful]

Support for "martyrdom", Holocaust denial and boycotts all in one :

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Extract From Transcript :

Following are excerpts from speeches by Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah, which aired on Al-Manar TV and on Al-Jazeera TV on February 2 and 3, 2006.

Hassan Nasrallah : If any Muslim had carried out the fatwa of Imam Khomeini against the apostate Salman Rushdie, those despicable people would not have dared to insult the Prophet Muhammad – not in Denmark, not in Norway, and not in France.

Today, we need to take a different position regarding Denmark, if it doesn't take care of this matter, and regarding Norway, if it does not take care of this matter, and regarding France, if it does not take care of this matter. On this matter, we are not Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians, Saudis, Malaysians, or Indonesians. This is about the Prophet of the Muslims, the Prophet of 1.4 billion Muslims. I am certain that not only millions, but hundreds of millions of Muslims, are ready and willing to sacrifice their lives in order to defend the honor of their Prophet. And you are among them.

The truth is that we face a new phenomenon, or rather a new example of the West's hypocrisy. Its slogans constitute hypocrisy. This has come to be known in the Arab region as "double standards." They weigh things differently with us and with others.

For example, a few years ago, a great French philosopher, Roger Garaudy, wrote a scientific book. He did not offend, curse, or insult anyone. He wrote a scientific research of an academic nature, in which he discussed the alleged Jewish Holocaust in Germany. He proved that this Holocaust is a myth. The great French philosopher Roger Garaudy was put to trial. He was offended and humiliated. It did him no good that freedom of expression is considered a human right in France. Why? Because freedom of expression extends to the Jews, but it does not extend to the Prophet of 1.4 billion Muslims. That's hypocrisy.

The god of these people is the currency of dirham and dinar, and therefore, the call to boycott the products of any country that allows its newspapers to offend our Prophet is correct, and we shall all follow it.
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With Allies Like These...

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Extract From Transcript :

Following are excerpts from speeches by Kuwaiti MPs, aired on Al-Jazeera TV on January 30, 2006.

First Kuwaiti MP : To be honest, these barking dogs and filthy pigs do not surprise us. I use these terms because they suit them. These terms befit their vileness, despicability, filth, and impurity. You know this, because you have traveled to Europe and all these countries, and you have seen the essence of vileness itself, and how they have diverged from the teachings of Jesus, the same teachings that they preach.

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Second Kuwaiti MP : We should not be surprised if some journalist or newspaper distorts the image of Islam. But what does surprise us is that the [Danish] prime minister says this is freedom [of expression]. If freedom there reaches such a degree, they should consider the bombings that take place to be freedom as well.
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Still more violence at Sydney's beaches

From News Australia:

AN 18-year-old Sydney man charged in relation to fights at Bondi beach early on Saturday in which six people were stabbed has been refused bail by a Sydney court.
Ahmad Elchami from Chester Hill in Sydney's south west is charged with one count of affray in relation to the altercations which took place shortly after midnight yesterday.

A police fact sheet tendered to the court said that witnesses told police a man of middle eastern appearance got out of a white van on Park Drive in Bondi and stabbed a 17-year-old male in the neck with a flick knife.

The offender and another man left the scene in the van but returned 10 minutes later with a group of men and a brawl broke out.

Another five males aged between 15 and 18 were stabbed during the altercation and taken to hospital.

Police established the white van belonged to Elchami and arrested him in Chester Hill yesterday afternoon.

In his initial interview with police, Elchami denied any involvement in the incident claiming he had been playing cards with friends in Granville at the time.

Elchami displayed a number of injuries including scratches to the neck, back and chest and bleeding on his right hand but he claimed he had fallen from a bike the previous day.

However his girlfriend later confirmed to police Elchami had been in Bondi on Friday night and in a subsequent interview with police Elchami changed his story, the fact sheet said.

He told police he had become involved in the fight which broke out near where his van was parked but did not know the other people involved and did not use any weapons.

He said he did not see anyone wielding knives during the fight.

Elchami appeared in Parramatta bail court today and was remanded in custody to appear at Waverley local court tomorrow.

Three of the injured youths have been released and three remain in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma said he was disgusted by the Bondi attacks.

Mr Iemma said the government was strengthening the ability of police to crack down on violence.

"We are finalising our plans for more police – more police on the beat – and we are finalising our plans for extra police powers with particular reference to gangs," he said.

I've seen this gimmick some criminals have of changing the story they first conveyed a few times in the past, and it only serves to discredit them altogether. It appears that the suspect may have been part of one of those Muslim gangs working in Sydney, if he went and rounded up more thugs to attack the beachgoers.

It's good to see that the Sydney police are taking more positive steps in arresting gang members like those, but even so, I still wouldn't be fooled by Morris Iemma so easily.

I Am A 16 Year Old Girl From Pakistan Who Needs Your Help

Here's a letter written by a sixteen year old Pakistani girl to the guys at Faith Freedom:


Sir My Name is xxxx (Please Hide My Name) and I'm sixteen year old girl from xxxx, NWFP (North West Frontier Province) Pakistan. Almost 1 week ago I saw your website from my friend.

Sir I Have one very big trouble which I think you can solve. Sir I think I am Muslim and that's why you hate me but I maybe of your daughter or sister's age. Only a non-Muslim better an ex-Muslim can help me

Sir I live in an extremely conservative society. here in NWFP. Pakistani women don't have any rights. Here in our town there is only 1 girl's school where the dress is to wear a burqa.

Sir my trouble is after 2 months (i.e. 1st week of November) my parents are going to marry me with my cousin who is almost twice my age and already has one wife. I am only 16 and according to Pakistani law my wedding is illegal.

My going-to-be husband is illiterate and son of a mullah. I DON'T WANT TO MARRY HIM.

My friend married a man who already has 2 wives in advance. He beats her regularly like animal and without any reason. He even rapes my 16 year old friend.

Sir in NWFP the practice of polygamy and female torture is considered to be a symbol of mardangi (man hood). I know that my future as an Muslim women is same. Whole life I have to spend in his house. Here women are not allowed to go to market and not allowed to talk with other man. Muslims treat women like an animal

Sir I read the article of Qadir Sheikh. I also think that I have HINDU blood running through my veins rather than mughal blood. But I can’t express my feelings here; bcoz here if I declare myself as Hindu girl then Muslims will kill me.

Sir All y friends hate Islam and want to be HINDU. Here we see Indian TV serials in both Pak and Afgan and we see girls in India are more free than girls in Pakistan or Afghanistan. I can assure you that if there were no Muslim males in NWFP or Afghanistan then we all females would have been Hindu by now.

Sir I Am Frustrated and angry but the only thing I can do is cry and cry beating by chest like 95% of other Afghani and NWFP and Baloch Muslim women. I am living in a hell and Mr. Ali Sina can u rescue me from this HELL?

Here Muslims say that women have got a huge respect in QURAN but in reality women have got no respect. and all the money which a women get from her parents goes to her husband's family members.

Sir in here, girls are not sent to school but my parents sent me to school. I Cant reject my parent’s proposal to marry with a mullah's son. I got education and can write my problem to you but in here many girls can’t even say their trouble to anyone. The only thing they can do is cry.

Here if I get married to that evil man. I will be raped and beaten everyday. Sir I am a Hindu now and I want to leave Pakistan and go 2 India. I want to pursue my education and be a computer engineer and not a begum of an idiot. Sir please guide meI have only 2 months left.

I also started to read Bhagwad Gita on Net. That book helped me a bit but I think my future is totally black.

Sir I want 2 ask u that if God loves everyone then why he gave me birth in this hell.

Sir if I get married, I will commit suicide. I stopped eating cow but my family force me to read namaz 5 times. I appeal to all women’s organisations to take this matter seriously.

May Lord Krishna save you from the evil Allah


It hurts very badly to read this.

Britain Needs You!

Your Country Needs You Mass Rally in Trafalgar Square, London, England

Saturday 11th February 2006

If you value freedom, democracy and peace then please attend this mass rally in London on Saturday 11th February 2006 at 12 noon

This is your time so please, make your voice heard and show the world that you will never surrender to threats of violence

Webpage

Update: I got this from a comment on Harrys Place. Some are saying this is likely to be a far-right/racist group. But I'm thinking why let the media or the Muslim community see the extremist reactions. What about us the normal everyday moderates? Comments please!

American Newspaper Publishes Danish Mohammed Cartoon

While all of us Infidels agree with Baron's post below that we are all now Danes, the truth is, America has not begun to stand with the Danes on the cartoon issue.

Honestly, I am ashamed. And, I want to say sorry to our European brothers, but it means nothing.

However, there is a light here. The Philadelphia Inquirer has become the first American paper to publish the Danish Mohammed cartoons:


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the few U.S. newspapers to publish a caricature of the Prophet Mohammad from a series that sparked a wave of protests by Muslims, defended the action on Sunday by saying it was just doing its job.

"This is the kind of work that newspapers are in business to do," said Amanda Bennett, the newspaper's editor.

The Inquirer on Saturday published the most controversial image, which depicted the Prophet with a turban resembling a lit bomb, and it posted on its Web site an Internet link to the rest of the cartoons.

The Inquirer included a note with its publication of the image which read, in part, "The Inquirer intends no disrespect to the religious beliefs of any of its readers. But when a use of religious imagery that many find offensive becomes a major news story, we believe it is important for readers to be able to judge the content of the image for themselves."

The note compared the image with the earlier publication of a 1987 photograph by Andres Serrano of a crucifix in urine, a work which angered many Christians.

Bennett said in an article on the Inquirer's Web site that the newspaper published the Mohammad cartoon to help convey the issue.

"We're running this in order to give people a perspective of what the controversy's about, not to titillate, and we have done that with a whole wide range of images throughout our history," Bennett said.

Most U.S. news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today, have declined to run any of the images so far, instead describing them in words as they cover the outraged reaction by Muslims to the cartoons.

Many broadcast programs and news networks including ABC have shown either full or partially obscured images of the cartoons.

"You run it because there's a news reason to run it," the paper quoted Bennett as saying. "The controversy does not appear to have died down. It's still a news issue."

The Inquirer is owned by Knight Ridder Inc..


Thank you, Philadelphia Inquirer.

Why Now?

Felis over at Democracy Frontline recently posted the following information:

"Drawing cartoons with the controversial Musulman 'prophet' Muhammad is not a new activity. Have no illusions about the sudden religious Muslim sensitivity. The Muslim powerbrokers are proceeding just one step further to gain full protection of the European law. If they win now nobody will be able to criticize Islam as a religious or political doctrine. Nothing happens in the Muslim world spontaneously. There is always some sinister group of people who plan, pay expenses press buttons and unleash their hounds when the time is ripe.

"Well before the Danish cartoonists, who probably by now wished to be somewhere safe in Israel, various artists depicted Muhammad probably thousands of times. Initially it was the Persian and Turkish Muslim artists. Muhammand was depicted also by Western artists before....

"Why wasn’t the Muslim fury released then (apart from some mild whining from Islam on Line)?..."

Good question.

Read the rest of my article, "About Freedom of Expression," here.

We Are All Danes Now!

“Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! For all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!”

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See Brussels Journal.

More attacks and boycotts

Folkekirkens Nødhjælp have experienced very hostile attitude and eventually fighters of Allah carried out one of their greatest and most noble professions, throw stones at Folkekirens Nødhælps offices in Dar-fur. Of course this is reasoned by the notorious Muhammed drawings. Folkekirkens Nødhjælp withdraw several of their workers in West-bank while delegates has been hold back. Because of this, Folkekirkens Nødhjælp now donate 250,000 DKK (~40,136 USD) more to the Middle-east (probably headed for the West-bank).

Pakistan's pharmacists and doctors won't prescribe medicin from Denmark, Norway, Germany, Switzerland and France. Good luck, because Denmark is one of the most leading into producing special vaccines and insulin.

There has been two victims because of these drawings. In Beirut one died in the flames. In Afghanistan there has been shootings because of the drawings and one died.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark has updated their travel guidiance to include these countries not to travel to: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Oman, The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kuwait. The situation isn't so acute that Danes already in these states has to leave immediately, but they should act careful.

Also, Imams here in Denmark demand through the TV debate rogrammes to be the Danish face outside to the arab world, because the PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen doesn't have as much value as them, being religous leaders. But arab debaters really have difficulties to explain things now, though they try to make get the usual "the Western world has been so bad to us so it's understandable that the muslim world is so mad"-statement through.

Ceci n'est pas le Prophète

[JOHN AND JOHN - May be offensive! Includes sexual and disturbed material]

One of the my favorites. Hurray for freedom of speech!

When The Muslims Come To Town

I would be the first to say we should all just get along, and let The United States, and all Free countries be the melting pot they were designed to be.

However, could there be a Muslim plan when it comes to moving into a country?

Maybe.

Check the whole post at Fu2rman and Friends, and read about Bangledesh, but here is the short version.

Islam comes into a country (Usually from immigrants FLEEING other Islamic oppresive countries).

Muslims then start bringing in their extended families.

Muslims then begin to procreate at 12 times the rate of the native population (4 spouses with an average litter of 6 each is 24 children vs the 2.1 average for natives).

When the muslim population hits approx 5 %, they demand more open immigration.

When the muslim population hits approx 10%, local municipalities are stacked with muslims.

When the muslim population shift hits 25%, then the calls for sharia courts only for Muslims at first.

When the muslim population hits 45%, then the Forceful begins to assert itself.

By the time the native population is overrun and is less than 50%...

Then the Genocide begins...

Thailand

Only in the south for now where the muslim population is around 45% in areas...

Muslims are targeting Buddhist monks.., Buddhists in General.

Philipines southern islands

(several islands are over 65% muslim)

Locals are being killed or run out completly

Targeted are Catholics and Christians.

Bethlhem Israel

(was 50%) christian now less than 2%

Christians are now being targeted.

Either pay us protection money or Get out..

France

Muslim population estimated at 10%.

Muslims neary burned down 10% of the country in a month...

All becase two Muslim Criminals were avoiding a police check point

And were too stupid to realize you shouldnt grab power lines.

Britain

With an estimated 12% muslim population

A lot of whom are on welfare..

Muslims threaten ALL Britons

Even though not a single british newspaper

has printed the cartoons

Also Londoners are being targeted because

they Arent MUSLIM.

Sweden

With 20% muslims population

with several cities almost completly muslim.

Rapes of NON muslim women by muslims is up 900%

Killings of NON muslims are up 375%

Attacks on police and firefighters up 1000%

Targets ALL NON Muslims.

I don't know, that's still not my idea of a Religion of Peace.

IBA T-Shirts

I just invited Von over at the "hmmm.." blog to come and visit our site. He is Scandanavian but has relocated to Lisbon, Portugal. I just stole this picture from him.

I hope you don't mind Von. :)



I just met him at the Brussels Journal. He is very articulate but firm. He writes quality stuff!!

Can you see "Ban the Burqa" on the T-Shirt as well? Maybe there could be a whole assortment of T-Shirts! :)

Check out his blog. It is well done!

PS: Turns out a German company is already selling these T-Shirts. On Von's blog. They can be purchased here. However, the link did not work when I tried it so keep trying.

The Gloves Are Off!!

To make a point, the Euros are applying Mohammed's picture to actual products in the marketplace.

Cross posted at Fu2rman and Friends

Views on Free Speech

My latest cartoon is available: Free Speech Muhammad.

Yup, that about sums it up

Cross posted at Pedestrian Infidel

Palestinian Jokes

So this Palestinian walks into a bar and sits down.

The bartender says, “What’ll it be, pal?”

The Palestinian goes, “BOOM!”

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An American, an Israeli, and a Palestinian are marooned on a desert island.

The American goes to one side of the island and builds a church.

The Israeli goes to the other side of the island and builds a synagogue.

The Palestinian goes, “BOOM!”

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He goes up to the nearest farmhouse and knocks on the door.

The farmer comes to the door and says, “What can I do for you, mister?”

The Palestinian…

Aw, heck! So you heard that one already, huh?

Ibn Warraq on What's at Stake

From Ibn Warraq, Muslim dissident, in Der Spiegel:

"The cartoons in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten raise the most important question of our times: freedom of expression. Are we in the west going to cave into pressure from societies with a medieval mindset, or are we going to defend our most precious freedom --freedom of expression, a freedom for which thousands of people sacrificed their lives?...

"On the world stage, should we really apologize for Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe? Mozart, Beethoven and Bach? Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, Breughel, Ter Borch? Galileo, Huygens, Copernicus, Newton and Darwin? Penicillin and computers? The Olympic Games and Football? Human rights and parliamentary democracy? The west is the source of the liberating ideas of individual liberty, political democracy, the rule of law, human rights and cultural freedom. It is the west that has raised the status of women, fought against slavery, defended freedom of enquiry, expression and conscience....

"Freedom of expression is our western heritage and we must defend it or it will die from totalitarian attacks. It is also much needed in the Islamic world. By defending our values, we are teaching the Islamic world a valuable lesson, we are helping them by submitting their cherished traditions to Enlightenment values."

Read it all!

Now, This Is What I Call Hardcore

I don't know what to think of this article by former German Intelligence Officer Paul Levian:


Though a Western war against Iran will be a big geopolitical defeat for Russia and China, they cannot but resign themselves to this outcome if they are unable to convince the Iranians to accept the Russian proposal - ie uranium enrichment in Russia.

The Russians saw the writing on the wall when France, Germany and Britain began to march in lockstep with the United States. In particular, the widely but wrongly discounted nuclear belligerence of President Jacques Chirac last month implied that France was ready to accept the US use of nuclear weapons in a war against Iran if they saw fit to do so.

The somewhat standard scenario for this war - as indicated by Chinese and Russian war games - has the following features: An initial Israeli air attack against some Iranian nuclear targets, command and control targets and Shahab missile sites. Iran retaliates with its remaining missiles, tries to close the Gulf, attacks US naval assets and American and British forces in Iraq.

If Iranian missiles have chemical warheads (in fact or presumed), the US will immediately use nuclear weapons to destroy the Iranian military and industrial infrastructure. If not, an air campaign of up to two weeks will prepare the ground campaign for the occupation of the Iranian oil and gas fields.

Mass mobilization in Iraq against US-British forces will be at most a nuisance - easily suppressed by the ruthless employment of massive firepower. And Israel will use the opportunity to deal with Syria and South Lebanon, and possibly with its Palestinian problem.

The character of this war will be completely different from the Iraq war. No show-casing of democracy, no "nation-building", no journalists, no Red Cross - but the kind of war the United States would have fought in North Vietnam if it had not had to reckon with the Soviet Union and China.


What does everyone think? Could this be true?

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From the Dissident Frogman

The Cartoon Intifada Is Worldwide And Coordinated

Counterterrorism Blog has the scoop that this a Danish Imam who traveled to the Middle East in December with faked cartoons to stir up this worldwide Islamic temper tantrum:


The controversy over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed is expanding, as more Muslims join the boycott and protests against Denmark and various European newspapers decide to publish the cartoons, mostly out of solidarity with Jyllands Posten and to make a strong political stand.

One issue that puzzles many Danes is the timing of this outburst. The cartoons were published in September: Why have the protests erupted from Muslims worldwide only now? The person who knows the answer to this question is Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban, a man that the Washington Post has recently profiled as “one of Denmark's most prominent imams.”

Last November, Abu Laban, a 60-year-old Palestinian who had served as translator and assistant to top Gamaa Islamiya leader Talaal Fouad Qassimy during the mid-1990s and has been connected by Danish intelligence to other Islamists operating in the country, put together a delegation that traveled to the Middle East to discuss the issue of the cartoons with senior officials and prominent Islamic scholars.

The delegation met with Arab League Secretary Amr Moussa, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohammad Sayyed Tantawi, and Sunni Islam’s most influential scholar, Yusuf al Qaradawi. "We want to internationalize this issue so that the Danish government will realize that the cartoons were insulting, not only to Muslims in Denmark, but also to Muslims worldwide," said Abu Laban.

On its face, it would appear as if nothing were wrong. However, the Danish Muslim delegation showed much more than the 12 cartoons published by Jyllands Posten. In the booklet it presented during its tour of the Middle East, the delegation included other cartoons of Mohammed that were highly offensive, including one where the Prophet has a pig face. But these additional pictures were NOT published by the newspaper, but were completely fabricated by the delegation and inserted in the booklet (which has been obtained and made available to me by Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet).

The delegation has claimed that the differentiation was made to their interlocutors, even though the claim has not been independently verified. In any case, the action was a deliberate malicious and irresponsible deed carried out by a notorious Islamist who in another situation had said that “mockery against Mohamed deserves death penalty.” And in a quintessential exercise in taqiya, Abu Laban has praised the boycott of Danish goods on al Jazeera, while condemning it on Danish TV.

The controversy has now exploded in Denmark. Friday night Danish public television, DR, ran two interesting stories about Abu Laban, the man who organized the delegation's trip to the Middle East. While the first profiled him, showing his extensive links to the Egyptian group Gamaa Islamiya, the second showed his double-talk.

Abu Laban, in fact, was first shown speaking on Danish television condemning the boycott of Danish goods (in English), then shown interviewed on al Jazeera, cheerfully commenting on the effectiveness of the boycott (in Arabic).

To see the stories go to DR's website, click on "Se TV AVISEN" on the right and select the news broadcast from Friday, Feb. 3, at 9 PM (the stories start on the 23rd minute).

Moreover, Andy Cochran has just made available to me the English translation of the Arabic letter that the Danish Muslim delegation presented during their tour of the Middle East. To see the document, irrefutable proof of the delegation's intent to create animosity, click here: Download danish_letter.pdf

The original files in Arabic and Danish, first published in the Danish daily Ekstra Bladet, can be found here.


Zombie has the three faked cartoons

here

here

and here.

Kibbutz Carmiyah hit by Kassam rockets, knifer commits murder on a bus

The Hamas is continuing to show its true colors. They fired at Carmiyah, and a family of four were injured, including an infant:

Four members of the Amar family were wounded in the attack, including their seven-month-old son Osher. The infant sustained a head wound when thrown from his crib by the blast. Initially, he was listed in serious condition, but later improved to "moderate to light" after he he regained consciousness and doctors managed to absorb all of his cranial bleeding, Israel Radio reported.

The family was sitting inside their caravilla when the rocket fell outside their home. The combination of the home's thin cardboard walls, and the force of the rocket that was packed with explosives and shrapnel caused extensive damage to the home.

While the army may have responded, I doubt they're going to make any serious effort, as it takes more than just airplane raids to deal with the scum on the ground. The infant is lucky to have survived and is now recuperating.

Today, there was also a terrorist attack by a knifer who murdered a woman on a minibus in Petah Tikva and injured five other people:

A 53-year-old woman is dead in Petah Tikvah, after a Palestinian terrorist stabbed her and several others in a minibus. Five people are wounded, four in serious condition.

[...]

The murderer has not yet been publicly identified, but police say he is from eastern Jerusalem. He boarded a Route 51 minibus on Jabotinsky St., a main thoroughfare connecting Petah Tikvah and Ramat Gan, shortly after 9:30 AM. He suddenly drew a knife and began stabbing passengers.

The precise order of events is not yet clear, but he continued swinging his knife on the street until he was overcome by two passers-by. As one man pointed a gun at him, another hero smashed the terrorist in the legs with a board, causing him to fall. A policeman then came and arrested the terrorist.

"I saw him just start slaughtering people," one eyewitness said.

If the murderer is from eastern Jerusalem, that shows that there are indeed terrorists working there.

Most atrocious about this is that acting "prime minister" Ehud Olmert may indeed transfer money to the PLO when it's not deserving of it, and the Hamas may end up using that money to finance more terrorism as well.

Cross-posted to Tel-Chai Nation.

Ban The Burqa

If we really want to get serious about this war, we need to understand that Islam needs to fundamentally change. After World War II, we banned certain tenets of the state-religion of Japan; Shinto-Buddhism. We decreed, unilaterally, that no more would the practice of Emperor-worship be allowed.

Winning this war is not, simply, a matter of defeating Jihadis. It is a matter of ending certain tenets of Islam.

No more preaching of Jihad.

No more strict Sharia (if Muslims want to redefine Sharia, that is fine).And no more Burqas.Burqas are an abomination.

The burqa is the chains of female slavery.

Burqas need to stop.

If I had my way, this would be our rallying cry.

People think that women have the right to wear burqas. No, we must understand that some slaves would have chosen the chains. Many slaves stayed on with their masters after the Civil War. Does that make it slaver ok?

Hell no!

Many slaves, mired in the midst of their slavery, would have said they would choose the chains. Does that make it right?

The Case For Democracy by Natan Sharansky, explains how this kind of self-deceit happens. Coercion through threat of violence makes people become double-minded. They profess one thing in public, and think another thing in their heads. This leads to confusion, and after awhile, people will forget who they are and what they want.

The Burqa dehumanizes women. It is a tool which instantly turns a living, breathing human being into a slave. When the shroud goes over the face of a human being, they are dead to the world. The human being, so enshrouded, can see out through the veil darkly, but no one can see in.

She is windowless, and alone.From Act International:


"Women you should not step outside your residence. If you go outside the house you should not be like the women who used to go with fashionable clothes wearing much cosmetics and appearing in front of every men before the coming of Islam."
--- Edict (religious decree) announced by the Taliban’s "Religious Police".

Two months back, I was on an assignment in Afghanistan. Defying another Taliban edict - this one banning taking photographs of "any living thing" - I looked for ways to illustrate how three years of drought and 22 years of war had affected the lives of men, women and children in Afghanistan. In an environment created by the edicts restricting the behaviour of women it was difficult to get a single picture of women.

Basically, I had to "steal" such pictures while pretending to be tying my shoelaces, looking the other way or trust my luck in accidental drive–by snapshots from car windows. In the end, I tried another approach; one I felt more comfortable with. This approach did not force me to try to cheat the women within range of my lenses and, it even appeared truer to my own experience of travelling as a male in Afghanistan.

Over 14 days, I had next to no interaction with Afghani women and saw only three women’s faces directly. As a sort of compensation, I started focusing my lenses on some of the traces of the women I glimpsed or sometimes just missed where ever I went – villages, streets, bazaars, hospitals, clinics or restaurants and mosques. Traces of the millions of Afghan women concealed by the rules of the Taliban, the cloth of the head to toe long blue Burqa, local traditions and in some cases the 4 to 5 meter high mud brick walls surrounding their own homes.


One day we will look back on the burqa and we will wonder how it is that our civilization allowed such cruelty to human beings.

Religion of Arson Continues

Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze

[T]housands of protesters rallying while some of their number torched the Danish consulate in Beirut. Wielding sticks and stones, the demonstrators ransacked the building on Sunday, smashing its windows.

Is anyone surprised by this? It's what we've come to expect isn't it? Threats, angry mobs inciting murder, arson - all these have become standard behavior wheneven Mohammadeans feel they have been insulted, which is all the time. This become less and less shocking with each passing day. Indeed even the arson against Danish government buildings barely makes the headline news here in the US.

How is it that we have come to expect that mobs in dozens of countries will essentially act like spoiled murderous children whenever someone subjects them to the slightest ridicule? If Danes burned down the Syrian embassy, that would be news because we expect the Danes to act like reasonable adults. We expect Muslims to act like irrational thugs and many do not disappoint.

Muslim Papers Respond To Cartoon Debate By Publishing Anti-Jewish Cartoons

Obviously those in the know would be aware that anti-Jewish cartoons are regular features in Muslim newspapers around the Islamic and non-Islamic world.

The following three pictures are from The Arab European League's Website (click each picture for the links, page is very slow).
The Independent also reports that 'The Muslim Weekly', an Islamic paper based in Britain has published anti-Jewish cartoons of Ehud Olmert.

I'll be waiting for the same outrage over the cartoons from western leaders as there was over the cartoons that merely depicted Islams prophet.

Protesting Cartoons

From "Irate Muslims Stage New Protests" :

"In London,...after Friday prayers..., some chanted, 'Jihad! Jihad!' and held up placards that read, 'Learn the lesson from 9/11'...."

What lesson would that be?

Rent-A-Jihadis

The first two pictures are from a bbc video clip (at the end), the second two are from the Islamic pro-terror rally held in Trafalgar square, at Nelson's column late last year (13 minutes, 10 seconds in) :

Spontaneous protests? Or organised movements?

The Baby Farisa Jihad

Lifted, in total, from Jihad Watch:


From the UK's Sun tabloid, covering the London cartoon rage demonstrations:

More than 400 protesters — including small children — carried placards scrawled with messages of hate. A baby girl even had “I Love al-Qaeda” on her bonnet.

The parents of pretty Farisa Jihad, 20 months, proudly proclaimed she is the youngest member of the terror group.

She was brought to the protest by her father Abu, 38. Next to her was a huge poster exclaiming: “Whoever insults a prophet, kill him.”

Another placard nearby said: “Britain you will pay — 7/7 is on its way.”


What will Britain pay for? The UK papers didn't reprint the cartoons.

Muslim Canadian Congress actually admits it

From the Globe and Mail:

“The protests in the Middle East have proven that the cartoonist was right,” said Tarek Fatah, a director of the Muslim Canadian Congress.

“It's falling straight into that trap of being depicted as a violent people and proving the point that, yes, we are.”

Simply amazing. A Muslim representative has actually admitted that the rising incitement over the political cartoons from Denmark only helps prove the point of those who feel that Islam is a religion of war and violence.

Hat tip: Lost Budgie Blog.

Cross-posted to Tel-Chai Nation.

Islamofascists continue to threaten Denmark and other parts of Europe

First, thanks very much to Pastorius and company for inviting me to contribute to Infidel Bloggers Alliance.

Michelle Malkin finds many pictures of Islamofascists inciting against Denmark and other parts of Europe. The UK Telegraph says:

A leading Islamic cleric called for an "international day of anger" today over publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, and a Danish activist predicted that deadly violence could break out in Europe "at any minute".

As more European newspapers reprinted the cartoons, what started off as a row between Denmark's press and its Muslim population grew into a full-blown "clash of civilisations".

Anger boiled over in the Gaza Strip, where gunmen from Islamic Jihad occupied the office of the European Union. Europeans began to leave the Palestinian territories after threats from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Jihad al-Momani, the editor of the Jordanian newspaper al-Shihan, was sacked for trying to publish three of the 12 caricatures. He said that he was aiming "to show his readers "the extent of the Danish offence".

A leading hard-line Muslim cleric, Sheikh Yussef al-Qaradawi, called for the day of anger to protest against the printing of the cartoons - first published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September - in other European papers.

"Let Friday be an international day of anger for God and his prophet," said the sheikh, who is the head of the International Association of Muslim Scholars. He is one of the Arab world's most popular television preachers and made a controversial visit to London in July 2004 as a guest of the mayor, Ken Livingstone.

Livingstone, of course, has since clearly proven himself a terrorist sympathiser, and bad for England's safety.

The AP Wire reports that in Gaza, where a lot of the incitement has also taken place, that:

Early Friday, Palestinian militants threw a bomb at a French cultural center in Gaza City, and many Palestinians began boycotting European goods, especially those from Denmark.

In the wake of much of this increasing violence and incitement, many European diplomats have urged their citizens to leave Gaza and Saudi Arabia ASAP.

Michelle also discovers that quite a lot of websites have opened up in support of Denmark. Buy Danish offers a list of products you can buy. And, if you'd like to support Jyllands Posten's position, here's a petition you can sign too.

Cross-posted to Tel-Chai Nation.

The Cartoon Intifada: We Have Won The Battle Of The Sacred Joke

I believe the Paris Riots (Paris Intifada) may have been a coordinated action, an organized battle against the forces of Western Civilization. Go to this page for an archive of my thoughts on this subject.

Tonight on Little Green Footballs, there is a post about the evidence supporting the idea that the Cartoon Intifada is also an organized effort:


It’s some time since I visited Palestine, so I may be out of date, but I don’t remember seeing many Danish flags on sale there. Not much demand, I suppose. I raise the question because, as soon as the row about the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in Jyllands-Posten broke, angry Muslims popped up in Gaza City, and many other places, well supplied with Danish flags ready to burn. (In doing so, by the way, they offered a mortal insult to the most sacred symbol of my own religion, Christianity, since the Danish flag has a cross on it, but let that pass.)

Why were those Danish flags to hand? Who built up the stockpile so that they could be quickly dragged out right across the Muslim world and burnt where television cameras would come and look? The more you study this story of “spontaneous” Muslim rage, the odder it seems.

The complained-of cartoons first appeared in October; they have provoked such fury only now. As reported in this newspaper yesterday, it turns out that a group of Danish imams circulated the images to brethren in Muslim countries. When they did so, they included in their package three other, much more offensive cartoons which had not appeared in Jyllands-Posten but were lumped together so that many thought they had.

It rather looks as if the anger with which all Muslims are said to be burning needed some pretty determined stoking. Peter Mandelson, who seems to think that his job as European Trade Commissioner entitles him to pronounce on matters of faith and morals, accuses the papers that republished the cartoons of “adding fuel to the flames”; but those flames were lit (literally, as well as figuratively) by well-organised, radical Muslims who wanted other Muslims to get furious. How this network has operated would make a cracking piece of investigative journalism.


I believe Al Qaeda is sophisticated enough to have added crowd control to their repetoire. Hitler did it, and he is their mentor.

I agree with this guy that this was, likely, planned.

Our intelligence organizations ought to be looking into who the key crowd instigators are. This is a talent which requires study, and time to develop. It also requires intelligence, and a good amount of natural charisma. It should not be hard to figure out who is doing this.

Once you find out who they are, you just remove them from the population, through prison, or deportation.

By the way, I believe these kinds of efforts begin in coffee shops and other such meeting places. They then travel to the Mosques, once there are enough people within the Mosque to support the change in direction. The street riot, the burning of flags, the torching of embassies, the placards calling for murder, are the third stage.

The goal is to gradually radicalize enough of the Muslim population that a "spontaneous" riot can turn into a full-scale war.

Wretchard, at Belmont Club, believes the Eurabian Jihadis have overplayed their hand, and have, thus, woken up Europe, rather than enervating the Euros-appeasers:


The Danish cartoon crisis has managed to ignite what the Bush administration hoped to avoid from the beginning: turning the War on Terror into a War with Islam. Now an incident arising from a relatively obscure newspaper in Denmark has forced a choice between the most deeply held of all Western values, freedom of speech, with the cherished strategic goal of keeping the Muslim "street" aboard in the War on Terror.

The argument for regarding the Danish cartoons as a boon is premised on the belief that President Bush's attempt to separate the War on Terror from Islam was doomed to fail anyway; that it was better to face that question now than later.

According to this point of view, a view reinforced by the election of Hamas in the Palestinian territories, cultural and religious issues were at the root of international conflict. That mere voting -- in Palestine for example -- would never be sufficient to establish a liberal democracy for as long as the underlying culture remained hostile and aggressive to democracy's roots.

No one can foresee where the Danish cartoon controversy will lead. At best both sides will return to their lines of departure after having made their points, each with a renewed respect for the other. The West should understand, if it didn't realize it before, that Muslims are willing to fight for their religion.

And Muslims should understand, from the cartoon controversy, that whatever they had heard to the contrary it goes double ditto for the West.

And in the long run that grudging respect may make the the process of winning over the Muslim moderates easier than feigning the cheap and superficial attitude of multiculturalism. For who in Islam would believe in us if we did not believe in ourselves? Who in Islam could trust that we would fight at their side if we could not defend all that we were, all that we believed?


I agree with Wretchard. This battle has changed the landscape. The Paris Intifada was a victory for the Islamic Jihadis. The French do not like themselves enough to fight for their own streets. But, the French believe in their system (the French way, which is an outgrowth of Western Civilization) enough to fight for basic principles such as Freedom of Speech.

The most important statistic coming out of this battle is that EIGHT French newspapers published the Jyllands-Posten cartoons.

The French found their spine. It lies in their love of Western principles. Thank God, or, uh, whoever the French might like to thank.

Indeed, all of Europe has found its spine, as we have seen periodicals across the disputed territories of Eurabia publishing what the Jihadis consider to be blasphemy.

This battle has gone to the West. We have won. The Jihadis have succeeded in doing what even Hitler could not do; they have made the Euros, and particularly the French, fight for their principles.

Even if this one blows up in our faces, and people get killed, it will still be a victory for us. In fact, even more so. Because this is a battle we have found we are not willing to lose.

This is the hill we are willing to die on.

The Left And The Cartoon Intifada

From The Astute Blogger:


Photo by Zombie

Post-modern Leftists in Europe are critical of the cartoons and supportive of the Islamic reaction to the cartoons. Their reasoning is simple: they say the cartoons were too provocative, and all cultures shoud respect one another since all cultures are functionally and structurally equivalent - (the basic presupposition of cultural relativism).

These Leftists are REALLY saying, essentially, that the Muslims right to practice their religion the way they want to practice it (without any depictions of their prophet - and including their right to threaten non-believers --- who obviously have no such proscriptions) - TAKES PRECEDENCE over our own culture's freedom of the press and our inherent right to freedom of expression.

What this means - in all practicality - is that they value the tenets of Muslim culture more than the tenets of own their own culture.

They are willing to subordinate our own practice of universal human rights, to the Muslim's anti-humanitarian theocratic totalitarianism.

WHY DO THEY FEEL THIS WAY?! WHY ARE THEY MORE DEFENSIVE OF ISLAM THAN THE WEST!?

SIMPLE:

The post-modern Left is anti-West, and anti-Judeo-Christian.

WHY?!

SIMPLE:

They've been brain-washed to believe that Third World poverty is the result of First World colonialism and imperialism - (as if the Third World was once rich or would have been rich if the West had never "interfered" with them).


Go read the whole thing at The Astute Blogger.