A geopolitical earthquake: Saudis recognize Israel, shun hamas

Saudi Foreign Minister: Time for Islamic World to Recognize Israel

Punishment For Wife Beating

From Brooke's site, we get more proof of "Islamic logic" and "Islamic justice":

As punishment for beating your wife, you are sentenced to memorize an instruction manual on how to beat your wife.

In Saudi, of course, in a shari'a court:

A Saudi judge sentenced two defendants for lashing in public but told them he would pardon them if they memorize parts of the holy Quran, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom reported on Monday....

Macedonia Officials Say Saudis Pouring Hundreds of Millions Into Balkans, Seizing Mosques, Paying Men to Follow Wahhabi Doctrine

From Weasel Zippers:

But don't worry, the Saudis are totally our bestest friends evah!...

(London Times)- SAUDI ARABIA is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into Islamist groups in the Balkans, some of which spread hatred of the West and recruit fighters for jihad in Afghanistan.

According to officials in Macedonia, Islamic fundamentalism threatens to destabilise the Balkans. Strict Wahhabi and Salafi factions funded by Saudi organisations are clashing with traditionally moderate local Muslim communities.

Fundamentalists have financed the construction of scores of mosques and community centres as well as handing some followers up to £225 a month. They are expected not only to grow beards but also to persuade their wives to wear the niqab, or face veil, a custom virtually unknown in the liberal Islamic tradition of the Balkans.

Government sources in traditionally secular Macedonia (official title the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), said they were monitoring up to 50 Al-Qaeda volunteers recruited to fight in Afghanistan.

Classified documents seen by The Sunday Times reveal that Macedonian officials are also investigating a number of Islamic charities, some in Saudi Arabia, which are active throughout the Balkans and are suspected of spreading extremism and laundering money for terrorist organisations.

“Hundreds of millions have been poured into Macedonia alone in the past decade and most of it comes from Saudi Arabia,” said a government source. “The Saudis’ main export seems to be ideology, not oil.”

Sulejman Rexhepi, leader of the Islamic community in Macedonia, said a number of mosques had been forcibly taken over by radical groups. Four in central Skopje are no longer under the control of the official Islamic authorities. New imams claim they have been “spontaneously” installed by the “people”.

Ain,t Worth It

Bank boss in £16.7 million 'sex abuse' case

A bank manager launched a record £16.7million compensation claim yesterday, alleging she was the victim of sex and race abuse.

Mona Awad claims she was accused of sleeping with a client and being prepared to have sex in order to get promoted at HBOS.

The 29-year-old Egyptian Muslim told an employment tribunal her religion was ridiculed and one manager asked her if she "carried bombs on to trains". When she finally complained about the behaviour of two directors, H BOS investigated.

A number of the complaints were upheld and the two men, who cannot be named, left the company.

Ms Awad is suing HBOS because she claims the bank had offered her "no protection" against the alleged abuse.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/08/bank-boss-in-16-7-million-sex-abuse-case-115875-21024656/

Saudi Issues A TV Fatwa

Graphic: The Fatwa Pig

From this source, on the business page of Yahoo! News, on September 12, 2008:

Top cleric in Saudi judiciary: it's OK to kill owners of TV networks airing 'immoral content'

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's top judiciary official has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast immoral content.

In the past, Al-Lihedan called upon Saudis to fight against American forces in Iraq. Now he's moved his jihad-by-fatwa to the media.

Will Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal find himself under the shadow of a fatwa? After all, the prince owns Rotana, the most popular of the Arabic satellite networks.

Anyway, just wait until more Moslems invest in Western satellite systems. Censorship will take center stage.

And think of all the shows you like, the shows that you will no longer be able to watch. Remember: Sayyed Qutb found the crooners' song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" immoral. The Moslem perception of immorality differs from that of the West's.

Another reason to be sure we infidels win!

The Satanic Bikini Olympics

Check out this MEMRI video, in which a Saudi cleric opines about how awful the Olympic Games are.

The buyer of the luxurious Airbus A-380

His identity has been a secret for months, since it's the first time it was announced that a singular person was going to buy it.

The buyer is Saudi Millionaire Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal.

Do you remember this guy?

Well, he was the same guy who:

suggested that the 9/11 attacks were an indication that the United States 'should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stand toward the Palestinian cause.' New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani subsequently rejected the prince's $10 million donation to disaster relief in the aftermath of the attack.

and who:

claimed that he forced Fox News to eliminate on-air references to the Muslim role in the riots in France by speaking directly to News Corporation chairman Murdoch.

Interesting ehh??

Saudi Arabia: Jihadoterror and petrodollars.

Save Rizana!

I was alerted to the following horrible story by Mark Alexander, whose commentary reads as follows:

It high time for the Saudis to come into the civilized world! It is also high time that the Western world shun Saudi Arabia until they do so, regardless of the cost. Some things are more important than money, profit, or oil!

YouTube link

PETITION HERE, as well as additional information

U.S. Aid To Saudi

The House has the right idea. Will the Senate and the President fall into line? I doubt it. They haven't in the past.

From this article:

WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as lawmakers accused the close ally of religious intolerance and bankrolling terrorist organizations.

The prohibition, reflecting persistent tensions with the kingdom after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, was attached to a foreign aid funding bill for next year that has not yet been debated by the Senate.

It also faces a veto threat from the White House because of an unrelated provision.

[...]

In the past three years, Congress has passed bills to stop the relatively small amount of U.S. aid to Saudi Arabia, only to see the Bush administration circumvent the prohibitions....

Read it all.

It's way past time to stop funding our own destruction.