Bill Maher Fights Back Against His Leftist Critics, Says, "You're Part of the Problem - You're Not Even a Proper Liberal"

Muslim Brotherhood Preacher, “If Anyone Tells You That He is Liberal, Tell Him Directly That He is Infidel”

The Arab Spring smells like a sewer.

From Egypt Independent:

Liberals, modernists and secularists are infidels and must be brought to trial for abandoning Islam, according to an ultra-conservative preacher in the Muslim Brotherhood. 

In a video posted on the YouTube channel of the privately owned newspaper Al-Shorouk newspaper on Sunday, preacher Wagdy Ghoneim said: “If they do not repent, the judge must apply the penalty for apostasy. 

“If anyone tells you that he is liberal, tell him directly that he is infidel.” 

Earlier this month, Ghoneim caused controversy after issuing a fatwa — an Islamic religious edict — that said joining the Constitution Party, led by Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, is forbidden by Islam. Calling it an “infidel” party, Ghoneim said he refused to recognize secular, liberal or leftist political movements. 

Members of the Constitution Party subsequently filed a complaint against Ghoneim, saying that he had defamed and insulted their party and its members. 

George Ishaq, a founding member of the Constitution Party, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that Ghoneim is inciting sedition. 

Former liberal MP Amr Hamzawy refused to comment on Ghoneim’s remarks, telling Al-Masry Al-Youm that “we shouldn’t respond to such fatwas.”

Anti-Semitism is on the Rise in Europe (videos)

(Hat tip: Democracy Broadcasting News)

Anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, but its especially noticeable in Europe. There is a definite connection between hatred of Israel and hatred of Jews in general-- both inflammed by media coverage that is strongly biased against Israel.

The EU says Muslims are responsible for half of all attacks on Jews in Europe...

"The French are using the Muslims, allowing the Muslims, to express this vicious and violent, murderous Jews hatred, and they get a free ride on their old fashioned anti-Semitism," Poller said.

"The whole Lebanon war was shown from the Hezbollah point of view. Israel was the villain. And Hezbollah were the innocents who were suffering. So all the Muslims in France got another dose of Jew hatred."

And when Israel invaded Lebanon in 2006, anti-Semitic violence in Europe surged...

A senior Dutch politician told me a few months ago, "Look, the Jews have to understand that in the Netherlands, they have no future," he said.

"In large part because Israel lost the media war in Europe long ago, and the Jews are still paying for it."

Learn more:

1. How the new left and radical Islam have joined forces-- ConceptWizard's excellent online slideshow presentation about the "New" anti-Semitism: Pipeline of Hatred.

2. Video: How anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry and intolerance are being preached in mosques in the U.K.-- reporters sneak cameras into British Mosques. Undercover Mosque.

3. Video: How anti-Semitism and anti-Christian bigotry and intolerance are being taught in a Saudi-sponsored school in the U.K. The King Fahd Academy

4. Video: A very thorough video on the increase of anti-Semitism in the U.K. Anti-Semitism in Britain 2007, Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5.

5. Video: Then And Now, Part I, Shocking similarities between past Nazi propaganda and current day Islamic propaganda.

6, Videos: A list of 25 selected videos re: Israel and also re: anti-Semitism.

7. More links to related articles & videos-- on Newsvine: Anti-Semitism, Islamic extremism, Israel, Media, Media bias, Videos.

(Cross-posted on A Deeper Look)

An Open and Shut Case

Cross Posted from Global Defense Group

'An Open Mind'

Liberal progressives often refer to conservatives as 'closed-minded neocons', or worse.

But that's a double-edged sword...

H/T USA Partisan

This video is based upon a blog I wrote last year, when Global Defense Group was still a MySpace group. The blog was well received at the time, so I thought it would make a good subject for a video.
This is the first video GDG has made featuring a vocal track by your's truly, your humble administrator.

I poked around the site and lucked upon the blog in question.

Stop Telling Me To Keep An Open Mind!
Written by Kafir
Monday, 20 November 2006

[Cross post]

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about the the people who want to kill me, kill my family and destroy my entire culture.

I am not interested in keeping an open mind about a religion that openly declares our only options are conversion to Islam, subjugation by Islam, or death at the hand of Islam.

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about the partisans in our government, who are more interested in regaining power by undermining the current administration, than focusing their hatred on the enemies of the American people.

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about the members of our media who seem determined to dispirit the American people, undermine confidence in our leadership and offer aid and comfort to the enemy through their blatantly biased (and often factually incorrect) reporting...

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about teachers who preach anti-American sentiments to captive student audiences, and who publicly ostracize any student who does not pander to their leftist agenda.

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about people who find moral equivalence between what our nation is doing in Iraq, and the actions of those who behead people, blow up children with suicide belts and target civilian populations with airliners.

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about people who are too intellectually lazy to learn a little history, but instead prefer to regurgitate the latest news sound-bites, wholly undigested and with absolutely no concept of historical context.

I am not interested in keeping an "open mind" about my fellow citizens who believe we are not at war, that our government is the true enemy, and that this is all some complex conspiracy to reduce our freedoms, and ultimately increase control over the American people.

I am not even slightly interested in keeping an "open mind" about the people who consider Hamas and Hizbollah legitimate political entities, and find moral equivalence between their actions, and the actions taken by the Israelis in self-defense.

Keeping an "open mind" is great in theory, but sometimes it's just an excuse to not take sides, or not own up to the side you have already chosen.
An open mind is a wonderful thing to have... but so are convictions.

Sometimes in life, you have to pick sides and make a stand.

Thank you Kafir...thank you sir.

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