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BIKINI RALLY PLANNED FOR MOSQUE IN AUSTRALIA.
This is a trend that could catch on!
The organiser, Melbourne grandmother Christine Hawkins, has asked women nationally to dress in bikinis and colourful beachwear and rally outside large mosques to show their disgust at comments by leading Muslim cleric, Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly, who likened women to "uncovered meat".
With all the civilian casualties in Iraq, it's easy to forget that:
StrategyPage provides the scorecard by which to tell the players apart:
...the 2003 invasion put the ruling class, largely composed of Sunni Arabs, out of power. The Kurds had been free for over a decade, protected by British and American air power. The Kurds still had corruption and a shortage of skills, but they had been able to develop a peacefulness and prosperity that was in sharp contrast to the rest of Iraq. However, down south, the Shia Arabs, who have been locked out of the government, not to mention the education system and many economic opportunities, for generations, suddenly had to come up with replacements for the unemployed Sunni Arab bureaucrats and military commanders. Suggestions that the Sunni Arab civil servants and military officers be kept on the job ignored the fact that this was how Sunni Arabs took over in the first place. The Sunni Arab domination of the government and economy IS the problem. Saddam's main job was to see that it stayed that way. So, since 2003, the Shia Arab replacements have been climbing a steep learning curve. It has not been pretty, especially when you throw in all the corruption.
Then there's the Sunni Arab intransigence. Most of the violence initially came from Sunni Arabs, led by military officers and secret police officials who wanted their jobs, and privileges, back. The Sunni Arabs have a high opinion of themselves, which is somewhat justified by their high educational and skill levels. The Sunni Arabs also realize that the majority of Iraqis (60 percent of the population is Shia and 20 percent Kurdish) hate them. That majority is also hungry for revenge. Saddam's thugs (the word fits very well here) got increasingly sadistic and brutal during Saddam's 30 year reign. But Saddam rarely wiped out families, so all those victims have kin keen on killing Sunni Arabs in return. Blood feuds are not unique to the Middle East, but the sheer size of the problem in Iraq is one for the record books. Until recently, the mass media ignored this motive, and called the Sunni Arab terrorists "insurgents." But now that Saddam's victims are well armed and organized, the terrorists have become the terrorized.
...recent opinion surveys indicate that more Sunni than Shia want the American troops to stay. Why? Because the Shia want to slaughter the Sunni Arabs and drive the survivors out of the country. Only the presence of U.S. troops prevents that. The Shia politicians don't want this mass murder to take place, even if most of the people who elected them do.
To summarize:
So here's an original, though brutal, analysis: this is a problem that's going to take care of itself. Far from being a prospect of unending civil war, it's a prospect of the Sunnis getting what they begged for - devastation at the hands of those they tortured for decades. The Sunnis had a chance to make themselves welcome in a new Iraq, but they blew that opportunity by initiating the terrorism against their countrymen.
Charles Krauthammer suggests a strategy that works well with this approach:
The U.S. should be giving Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki a clear ultimatum: If he does not come up with a political solution in two months or cede power to a new coalition that will, the U.S. will abandon the Green Zone, retire to its bases, move much of its personnel to Kurdistan where we are welcome and safe, and let the civil war take its course.
However, I don't see the need to throw out al-Maliki. Put pressure on him to make a political solution happen, sure; but the Sunnis initiated the "civil war" and now it's theirs to lose. What I particularly like about Krauthammer's suggestion is the plan of moving our troops, not out of Iraq - but out of the way. They'll still be nearby, in Iraqi Kurdistan, to protect the free Iraqi government if need be.
Krauthammer suggests pressuring al-Maliki; but it's likely to be more effective to pressure the Sunnis. As noted in the above quote from StategyPage, "more Sunni than Shia want the American troops to stay. Why? Because the Shia want to slaughter the Sunni Arabs and drive the survivors out of the country. Only the presence of U.S. troops prevents that."
So the U.S. can pressure the Sunnis to unequivocally surrender to the Shia, renounce violence, and dedicate themselves to a free Iraq. If the Sunnis refuse, the U.S. can move personnel to Kurdistan and let the Sunnis lie in the bed they made for themselves.
It would be inopportune to pull our troops all the way out of Iraq yet, because that would invite Iran to conquer Iraq outright by military invasion.
Now, here's the wheel within the wheel. Last week I reported on a talk given by Nonie Darwish. As a former Muslim born in Gaza, she has great insights into the region. She stated that the Muslim world is split between Shia and Sunni, who hate each other - and that the Muslim world is using Iraq as a battleground between these two subsets of the religion of peace. She stated that Iran is mostly Shia, and is backing the Iraqi Shia.
So the danger is that a Shia-led free Iraq would unite with Iran against the West.
But it appears possible that a Democratic, capitalistic, free Iraq, would be incompatible with Iran.
In yesterday's LA Times, an op-ed piece appeared by Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran." (For some reason I don't see a link to it on the LA Times web site at the moment.) Per Nafisi:
Western analysts might doubt the subversive influence of books, wondering how William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying," Sadegh Hedayats "The Blind Owl," Iraj Pezeshkzad's "My Uncle Napoleon," Tracy Chevalier's "Girl With a Pearl Earring" or even Dan Brown's blockbuster, "The Da Vinci Code," could influence the turn of politics in Iran. But the Iranian regime is well aware of the danger of works of imagination and thought, restricting these books and others, in the words of its minister of culture and Islamic guidance, to prevent the publishers from "serving a poisoned dish to the young generation."
...The pioneers of modern Iranian literature at the start of the last century, such as Iraj Mirza -- writing in a most sexually explicit language -- exposed with biting satire the hypocrisy and corruption of the religious hierarchy. Sadegh Hedayat, the father of modern Iranian fiction, wrote against superstition and the dangers of Orthodox religion and created the most important masterpiece of modern Persian fiction in his profane novella, "The Blind Owl."
A capitalistic, free Iraq, would sell any books that people want to buy. There would likely be no rapprochement between Iraq and Iran. On the contrary, a free, capitalist Iraq, would be destabilizing to the mullahs of Iran.
Kofi Annan admits the UN has little interest in preventing the tragedy in Darfur:
Although the UN vowed "never again" in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and killings at Srebrenica, the organisation has been unable to end a three-year crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people are thought to have died.
"It is deeply, deeply disappointing and it's tragic," said Mr Annan. "But we do not have the resources or the will to confront the situation."
Yet the UN has plenty of will to condemn Israel while overlooking the endless atrocities committed against women, children, and civilians by the nations that attack Israel.
It's the UN in a nutshell - dedicated not at all to world peace or to helping those in need; but used primarily by dictators and oppressors to give themselves phony political cover.
"Anger at UN chief's Iraq comments":
[Iraq's national security adviser] Mr Rubaie rejected Mr Annan's comments, asking: "Doesn't Kofi Annan differentiate between the mass killing of Iraqis by the security and intelligence apparatus of Saddam Hussein and the present indiscriminate killings of civilians, Iraqi civilians, by the al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq?"
He added: "I'm shocked and stunned by what Kofi Annan alluded to, that the condition was better under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein."
And:
Mouwaffaq al-Rubaie also accused the UN of shying away from its responsibility towards the Iraqi people.
Evidently Kofi doesn't like having the government of Iraq opposed to the killers rather than directing them.
This is the Dems' first "contribution" - the resignation of one of the best ambassadors to the U.N. the U.S. has ever had. The Dems should be ashamed of themselves.
Pajamas Media has an exclusive report exposing the aberrant behavior of the faking imams. And the comments on it are well worth featuring.
It's called a dry run, the 9/11 murderes took several before that dark day of killing.
RobertinSeattle :
Most travelers are not aware of the fact that major airports in North America have very quiet and secluded non-denominational chapels available somewhere in the terminal. Anyone is welcome to use them in peace with no disruption to other travelers. In Seattle, the chapel is located upstairs on the second level and quite easily accessible 24/7. So as you suggest in the headline, they're up to something. And it ain't freedom of religion.
Scrapiron :
Now it is time to round up these six terrorists and charge them with a terrorists act. Enough information is in the police report to convict all six.
Cosmic Charlie :
I wonder what the reaction from the Muslim community would be if a Christian walked into a mosque and started talking about salvation and audibly praying to Jesus? Or if a Hasidic Jew just walked into a mosque?
Seems more like a case of "Entrapping While Muslim".
Certainly does seem like a plot to weaken airport security by deliberately causing concern then making a huge fuss about it.
P.S. I'd like to know if Christians in Saudi Arabia can pray in the airport terminals there?
R L Holter :
These people are checking us out. They think we are all fools and politically correct.thank the Lord for US Airways and the wonderful way they handled this provacative situation. Personally I have had it with these Muslims and their ilk. We have been to complacent about them and there ambitions. We are at war folks... get it in your heads.
Treat them accordingly.Elinor Stickney :
A flight attendant on another airline, had a similar experience. That flight was delayed for two hours while the credentials of the imans were checked. I cannot understand why these other incidents are not publicized.
That's just the first few comments. There are many more excellent ones with the article.
From commenter Olah Chadasha, of the Greetings from the French Hill weblog:
Here’s the message that the sufferers of Darfur get when they call up the “esteemed” UN Human Rights Council:
“We’re sorry we’re not here to take your human rights violation claim, but we’re too busy dealing with the number one human rights violator in the world: Israel. But, if you would like to leave a message, we’ll try to get back to you after our next emergency session dealing with Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. Thank for your time. Have a lovely day.”
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Nonie Darwish speaking at a Book Store in Los Angeles
Nonie Darwish, author of "Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror," spoke this week at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in Los Angeles. She grew up in Gaza, as a Muslim, and provides insights into that culture from first-hand experience.
The following quotes are from my hand-written notes of her remarks (not expected to be verbatim):
[As a child] in Gaza elementary schools I was taught hatred, vengeance and retaliation. Peace was not an option. When I asked, why do we hate the Jews, I was asked, aren't you a good Muslim? ...Shame is very powerful.
...My classmates read poems of Jihad aloud, wishing through the poems, to become shaheed - martyrs - to die in killing Jews. These are 7 and 8 year-old children.
...The oil money was never used to build hospitals, jobs, universities. All the money went to build Hamas [and other terrorist organizations.] Those who wanted a good life joined Hamas. Those who wanted peace were shot in the public square.
Muslim apologists say if it weren't for the occupation, there would be no terrorism. But what about terrorism against Israel that I witnessed? It wasn't there only after the occupation. It was there before the occupation - it was there all the time.
I witnessed honor killings of girls. Sharia law oppresses women terribly. A woman, no matter how powerful - even a doctor - if she has to go to court, her testimony is worth only one-half that of a man's.
...I never heard a peace song in Arabic. In Israel, every other song had "shalom" in it. But Arabic songs are all about jihad and martyrdom. These were the songs we heard on the radio over and over and over again.
...In mosques, the prayers were that we will destroy the infidels and the Jews.
Muslim clergy have failed miserably in stabilizing our society. No government is Islamic enough for the clergy. That's why most Arab governments are always struggling to stay in power. The leaders who want to open their societies get assassinated, like President Anwar Sadat.
...The book itself [the Koran] is not the problem. It is the people who are using it to take over the world.
...In Amman, Jordan, acid was thrown on a girl, because she wouldn't cover and wear a burqa.
...It took me years to figure out that I too was indoctrinated. One of the events that helped open my eyes was when my brother had a stroke. He collapsed. The question was whether to take him to Cairo hospital, or to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem. Each and every Arab there said, you must take him to Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem. When the chips were down they knew they could trust the Jews. Arab media doesn't report on that - not even Western media. I visited Hadassah hospital, and I could see the Arab children in beds right next to the Jewish children, being treated by the same doctors.
...The true freedom fighters are the Iraqi voters who went to vote; the people in the Mid-East who are fighting for peace with Israel; and the people of Israel - they are the true freedom fighters.
The way the Jews have been treated by my culture is a disgrace and a tragedy. Nobody should be called apes and pigs from the pulpits of mosques. And this is happening every day.
...Al-Azhar university, which is over 1,000 years old, teaches jihad as war against infidels. This definition has to be changed. Until it changes there will always be people willing to die for jihad.
Iran is fighting the rest of the Arab world in Iraq. The Shia in Iran are getting power from Iran.
Let's unite. Because when they come to hurt us they don't ask whether you are Republican or Democrat. The jihadists hate you because you're not Muslim. They want to take over your country.
During the Q&A, Nonie spoke on several additional subjects. On CAIR:
In 1998 the chairman of CAIR said that Islam isn't in America to be equal, but to be dominant, and to make Islam the law of the land.
It's easy to find links for the quote she's referring to. Here's the quote, from one such link: "The real goal of [CAIR] was made clear by its chairman, Omar M. Ahmad, who told a rally of California Muslims in 1998: 'Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth.'"
Nonie, on honor killings:
I personally knew a 16-year-old girl who was killed by her father. ...She had been raped.
...An Arab an can be very powerful, but if one of his female relatives is not sexually pure, no one will give him respect.
Nonie has founded the web site, ArabsForIsrael.com.
