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An ordinary French citizen who has been watching the Islamization of Paris decided that the world needed to see what was happening to his city. He used a hidden camera to start posting videos on YouTube. His life has been threatened and so he uses the alias of “Maxime Lepante. ”
via Big Peace
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It was the Turkish Gov’t that actually asked that they cover up so the criticism isn’t directed at the US team as much as it is the so called “secular” government of Turkey who’s President and Prime Minister are both sympathizers to the radical Muslim cause.
For the sake of cultural equality, wouldn’t it be fair to demand that Iranian cheerleaders strip down to booty shorts?
“USA Defeats Iran In Basketball, Cheerleaders Cover Up In ‘Nod To Islam”
USA defeated Iran in basketball today, which comes as a surprise to no one. What may raise a few eyebrows: team dancers were forced to wear long pants in a “nod to Muslim law.” [...]
One interesting tidbit that arose from the game: the cheerleaders were forced to cover up.
[In} a nod to the Iranian supporters in Istanbul -- which included minister of sports Ali Saeedlou earlier in the tournament -- dancers were ordered to cover up for their performances during the game. Islam prohibits women from exposing their skin in public, and Iranian officials had turned their backs when the dancers performed in earlier games. The dancers wore long pants Wednesday.
This isn’t the first time basketball was deprived of gyrating women during timeouts and intermissions at the world championships. In both games played by host country Turkey, dancers were forbidden from even coming out on the court. Oh public outcry over lack of sexy basketball dancers in Muslim countries, where are you?!
hattip: Jihadwatch
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Gosh it must be a pain in the Muslim Brotherhood’s (CAIR, ISNA, MAS) side when the truth eeks it’s way on to state television.
Egyptian cleric Salem Abu Al-Futuh: The nation of Islam will return – despite our current crisis and despite the arrogance of the West. The West is bound to be destroyed. Just like Allah destroyed the Byzantine and Persian empires, He will destroy the West at the hands of the Muslims. This is an unequivocal promise. These countries will convert to Islam. Islam will reach these countries.
Let us examine the divine sequence: First, the Caliphate will return. Then, the Muslims will live in tremendous prosperity. The economy of the Muslims will be the strongest of all. You are probably thinking that I’m not well today if I say such things. By God, there’s nothing wrong with me. I am speaking words of truth.
Great conquests will ensue. We will conquer Italy.
By Allah, we will conquer Italy. By Allah, we will conquer Italy and move into [the rest] of Europe. Islam will enter that entire region. Even America, you ask? Yes, even America. North or south America? Both North and South America. We will enter all these countries, and people there will be joining Islam in droves.
hattip: ZIP
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Eerily reminds me of the public celebrations in Gaza right after 9-11.
Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.
Assailants firing from a passing car riddled the vehicle with bullets as it traveled near Hebron — a volatile city that has been a flash point of violence in the past. Some 500 ultranationalist Jewish settlers live in heavily fortified enclaves in the city amid more than 100,000 Palestinians.
One of the victims was pregnant, said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. Israel’s national rescue service said the victims were two men and two women, and Israeli media said everyone in the car was killed.
About 3,000 people joined a rally in Gaza to celebrate the attack. Hamas military wing spokesman Abu Obeida was among them and told The Associated Press: “The Qassam Brigades announces its full responsibility for the heroic operation in Hebron.”
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Because nothing says class like insulting a head of state’s wife:
Iran: France protests Carla Bruni insults
Paris, 31 August (AKI) – A spokesman for the French government on Tuesday condemned recent comments by an Iranian government daily calling France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy “immoral” and a “prostitute” and claiming she “deserved to die.”“The insults in the daily Kayhan and picked up by Iranian websites against several French figures, including Mrs Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are unacceptable,” French foreign ministry spokesperson Bernard Valero said, quoted by French public radio RFI’s website.
“We’re making this message known through normal diplomatic channels,” he said
Iranian media were furious last week when Bruni-Sarkozy , the second wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy joined a world outcry protesting the sentencing to death by stoning of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who has been found guilty of adultery and complicity in her husband’s murder.
In remarks earlier on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry appeared to try and distance the government from remarks by Kayhan last Saturday calling Italian-born Bruni-Sarkozy an “Italian prostitute”.
The article also had a similar comment about French actress Isabelle Adjani.
Kayhan’s managing director and chief editor is appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but Iran’s foreign ministry on Tuesday criticised the paper.
“Insulting officials of other countries and using indecent words is not endorsed by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmananparast.
“We don’t think this is a right move.”
But the same day, in a new editorial, hardline daily Kayhan said that Bruni-Sarkozy “herself deserves death”.
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These are the ELECTED representations of the people the media want you to shed a tear for, the “Palestinians”. Of course our media will ignore this, like they ignored the THOUSANDS of rockets that rained down daily in Israel’s cities, schools, playgrounds, houses and hospitals. But let the Israelis retaliate LEGITIMATELY, and they are lambasted as genocidal war criminals.
Four Israelis killed in shooting attack near Hebron
Hamas claims responsibility for West Bank attack in which two men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, were killed.
Four Israelis were killed on Tuesday night when gunmen opened fire on their car at the entrance to Kiryat Arba, near Hebron, in the West Bank.
The attack occurred around 7:30 P.M. on Route 60, when shots were fired at a private vehicle near the Bani Naim junction, south of Kiryat Arba. Preliminary reports showed the gunmen approached the vehicle and shot the victims multiple times at point-blank range.
Magen David Adom reported that the victims were two men aged 25 and 40 and two women, also aged 25 and 40, one of whom was pregnant.
The victims were all residents of the settlement of Beit Hagai in the southern Hebron Hills.
Hamas’ military wing has claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes just a day before the White House effort to re-launch Mideast peace talks.
A statement from the armed wing of Hamas, a group that opposes any dialogue with Israel, said the “Qassam Brigades announces its full responsibility for the heroic operation in Hebron.”
Hamas said it would carry out more operations after claiming the shooting.
“This attack is a chain in a series of attacks, some have been executed, and others will follow,” Abu Ubaida, spokesman for the group, said.
The Palestinian Authority condemned the attack, saying it harms Palestinian interests.
IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi earlier this week toured the West Bank with Brigadier General Nitzan Alon, the IDF commander in the territory, to discuss the army’s readiness to confront efforts to “inflame the region” ahead of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Washington.
This attack is the latest in shooting attacks on Israelis in the West Bank. In June, a police officer was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting attack on their vehicle outside Hebron, and in May two Israelis were hurt by broken glass when bullets hit their car on a different stretch of Route 60.
Link to article.
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Another shining example of leftard/liberal tolerance. They’ll tolerate free speech and opinion, until you disagree with their idiocy. Then again, this asshole hasn’t had much by way of success since 1999 (Being John Malkovich was pretty funny). I guess like Janet Jackson with the ‘wardrobe malfunction’ he wants any publicity he can get. That or he has simply finally gone off the deep end.
John Cusack Calls for ‘Satanic Death’ of Fox News, GOP Leaders
Actor John Cusack went on a caustic Twitter rampage Sunday evening, attacking former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Fox News.
“I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS,” Cusack tweeted.
Cusack has long been outspoken about politics. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election and has contributed to The Huffington Post, but this is the first known time he has stooped to the level of making threats.
And while the U.S. Constitution protects Cusack’s right to speak his mind, some critics say he should be more careful about what he says, since he has more than 200,000 Twitter followers.
“His provocative tweets could easily incite a rabid fan to commit violent acts against Fox News Headquarters and others he names,” said Dr. Carole Lieberman, a Beverly Hills-based psychiatrist and author of “Coping With Terrorism: Dreams Interrupted.”
“Fans could not only be influenced because of their devotion to Cusack, the man, but also because of their love for one of the characters he plays,” she told Fox411.
Cooper Lawrence, the author of “Cult of Celebrity” told Fox 411: “The fear isn’t that a celebrity will influence someone to do something violent or out of character due to the sheer devotion to the celebrity, the fear is that someone who is already vulnerable, mentally disturbed, already considering something dangerous, may be encouraged to do so if it is advocated by their favorite star,”
Lawrence explained that while celebrities don’t make healthy people do things they wouldn’t normally do, they could impact someone who is on the fence or mentally unstable.
“John Cusack has to know that his words carry weight because he is an actor beloved by many generations of folks who may not get his humor and might think he is calling for something more sinister. The responsibility is on him to not abuse his fame to influence something negative on the off chance that even one person takes his words to heart,” Lawrence said.
Cusack could also be doing his career some damage. Image consultant Michael Sands says that Cusack should be worried that his vituperative words could turn off some of his fans.
“I think his fans will not appreciate his tone. They will be turned off to his rhetoric,” Sands told Fox411. “John Cusack is taking his fame too seriously. He is having delusions and his anger towards Fox News may get him arrested!”
Ironically, Cusack has just been signed to play Edgar Allen Poe in “The Raven”, a movie about a serial killer who uses Poe’s stories as inspiration for his killing spree.
Cusack’s publicist did not reply to calls and emails for comment.
Of course they didn’t reply. They know they are representing a leftard lunatic.
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No, this is not a David Letterman skit. He is a useless tool. This is a great article from The American Thinker, so be sure to hammer any idiot who believes America is harming muslims, and remember: No one is better at killing muslims than muslims. Same with Latin-Americans, Africans, Asians, etc… Yeah I know, it is not PC (politically correct) but I don’t give a damn. It’s true.
Top Ten Things America Has Done for Muslims – American Thinker
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Americans have given thousands of their youngest, best and brightest in combat to save Muslims. This provides a number of important counterarguments to anti-American radicals who ground their rhetoric in the religion of Islam.
- The world recently commemorated the inexcusable 15th anniversary of Srebrenica, where U.N. forces allowed 8,000 Muslim men to be massacred. In the 1995 military intervention in Yugoslavia, the United States lead a NATO military coalition, against the wishes of the United Nations, to rescue a Muslim minority from ethnic extermination by Serbian President Milosevic. The extermination was typified by the U.N.’s failed defense of Muslims at Srebrenica. There was no member of the intervening coalition from a Middle East Islamic nation. Today, that minority enjoys a new sovereign state created for their benefit by the United States — Kosovo.
- The United States, in its first war with the government of Iraq in 1991, liberated the 2.5 million Muslims of Kuwait. Since that time, Kuwait has consequently adopted a greater measure of political freedom, including the right of women to vote. Saddam Hussein was by his own political definitions a secular Baathist dedicated to oppressing and suppressing Muslims in his own country and in Kuwait when he conquered it in 1991. The United States ended his rule of Kuwait and established humanitarian no-fly zones over Northern Iraq and Southern Iraq to protect Muslim dissidents in those regions.
- In the second war with the anti-Muslim government of Saddam Hussein, the United States lost more than 4,000 men and women combating former Baathist radicals and al-Qaeda radicals in the country. Even the viciously anti-American Lancet report acknowledged that more than 75% of the civilian deaths in Iraq during the war were directed by anti-American forces against Muslims. The relative peace that has returned to Iraq since 2006 primarily benefits human life in Muslim communities of Iraq.
- The Iraq war of 2003 ended the deadliest military rivalry ever fought since the end of World War II — the Iran/Iraq war. That war, fought during the 1980s, killed more than one million Muslims, utilizing chemical weapons, forced conscription of teenage males, and an array of grotesque inhumanities that never garnered any major “antiwar” movements in Europe or the United States. The ethically pretentious antiwar movement sat on its hands during the epic annihilation which primarily victimized Muslims.
- Whatever one thinks of the oil trade, it is definitively the largest transfer of wealth in human history from affluent societies to impoverished societies. Since at least 1973, roughly one trillion dollars has been transferred annually from the economies of Japan, the U.S., Europe, and China to the Middle Eastern oil-producing states. In many instances, the United States imposed embargoes in defense of human rights for Muslims in places such as Iran and Iraq — increasing the cost and limiting the consumption of such imports to the U.S. Many of those oil-producing states have chosen to use that wealth inappropriately, but the oil can hardly be argued to be “stolen” or “imperial American acquisitions.”
- The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan brought to an end the inhumane rule of the Taliban for more than 20 million Muslims who live there. The Taliban constituted one of the most misogynist governments in human history. Delighting in public executions at soccer stadiums where family members were compelled to discharge AK-47s in the skulls of “adulterers,” this government murdered Muslim women in order to create its own despicable spectacle of governance by terror. Today, those marginalized and dissident members of the Taliban ride about on motorcycles throwing acid in the faces of liberated schoolgirls across the Afghan countryside in hopes of returning to power.
- In 2005, Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, populated by more than 200 million adherents, was struck by a deadly tsunami, which killed more than 150,000 people. The theological center of Islam — Saudi Arabia — provided a paltry ten million dollars in aid for victims. But Indonesia was struck by another tsunami soon after: a tidal wave of charitable giving from the U.S. The United States government provided almost one billion dollars in aid. Private charitable giving by private individual Americans provided another $800 million.
- More than $370 billion in remittances is provided annually by the United States economy to the world. Many billions of these dollars flow to countries such as Kuwait, Lebanon, and Iran. These funds benefit Muslim communities in these countries. Remittances are funds earned in the United States by family members but sent back to communities in their host country.
- The United States does provide demonstrable religious freedom unlike any other place in the world. While European governments tightly regulate what is recognized as a legitimate religion, the United States does in fact allow the free exercise of religion — including millions of Muslims. In sharp contrast, converts from Islam in Muslim nations such as Saudi Arabia face death sentences for a well-known crime called “apostasy.”
- The U.S. war on terrorism destroys radicals who have as their first and most significant victims Muslims who disagree with their violent supremacist interpretations of Islam. When young girls are murdered by these radicals all around the world in the form of “honor” killings, it is rarely non-Muslims who are killed. These are Muslim women dying at the hands of these bizarre misogynists. The terrorists disproportionately kill Muslims. This is why in Iraq, hatred of al-Qaeda is higher than it is in the United States. Iraqis witness on a daily basis the peculiar logic of bombings targeted at marketplaces where Muslims shop with their families. It is practices like these that are turning Muslims against groups such as al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, and Hamas.
Ultimately, terrorism is but a tactic in a larger war of ideas. We must all be prepared with reasons and arguments to defend beliefs such as American patriotism. The continuation of the “America mistreats Muslims” meme creates and bolsters the rationales motivating this violence around the world. These terror radicals are not crazy. These radicals have been taught and nurtured by our own self-deprecating intellectual communities as to the legitimate self-loathing Americans should feel for their “arrogance,” “pride,” “narrow-mindedness,” and “callous feelings” toward the international body politic. This intellectual indictment is painfully false and misdirected at humanity’s great heroes and nurturers rather than humanity’s murdering thugs. The pundits who pander to these deadly radicals in the misguided view of “helping Muslims” are hurting us all — the entire human family.
Ben Voth is the chair of communication and director of debate at Southern Methodist University.
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This guy is hilarious. He, and apparently a shit ton of Libyans, actually believes the inane drivel he spews from his bacon hole! Ultimate religion? Sure, if you’re a pedophile, or have the inclination to blow yourself up.
Italians attack Muammar Gaddafi over Islam comments
Italians have reacted with indignation after Muammar Gaddafi lectured 200 young actresses and models on the superiority of Islam, a day after saying that Europeans should all become Muslim.
Silvio Berlusconi’s increasingly close relationship with Col Gaddafi is becoming a source of embarrassment for the Italian prime minister, according to opposition MPs and even members of the government.
On Monday, the Libyan leader recruited the women through a modelling agency to join him and Mr Berlusconi, in viewing a photography exhibition at a Rome cultural institute which traced historical links between the two countries.
Telling them that Islam was the “ultimate religion”, Gaddafi insisted that “if you want to believe in a single faith then it must be that of Mohammed,” according to one of the women who sat through the lecture.
Afterwards the two leaders were due to attend a cavalry school to watch a display of riding involving 30 thoroughbred Berber horses imported specially from Libya, followed by a state dinner.
On Sunday night, during an encounter with 500 young women hired by the same agency, Col Gaddafi handed out copies of the Koran and told them that Europe should convert to Islam.
“If I went to Tripoli to demand that Libyans convert to Christianity, what are the odds that I would return in one piece?” said Rocco Buttiglione, the president of a centre-Right Catholic party, the UDC.
Italy was becoming a “Disneyland”-style theme park for Gaddafi’s “senile vanities”, said Fare Futuro, a political foundation linked to Gianfranco Fini, a senior government power broker with whom Mr Berlusconi recently had a dramatic falling out.
Rosy Bindi, an MP from the main opposition party, said that the spectacle of hundreds of Italian women being bussed in at Col Gaddafi’s whim was a “humiliating violation” of their dignity.
So this wacky dictator has to hire women to attend his rallies? Yeah, that makes his message look so much more believable. Just like Hezbollah paying people to attend their rallies dressed in non-muslimah gear to make their islamofascist movement look like a Lebanese national movement.
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The more libtards start to hate him, the more I start to like the SOB!
ACLU Sues Obama Administration Over Alleged Assassination Plot
You’ve got to tip your hat to the ACLU. The organization will sue anyone along the political spectrum at just about any time. All it takes is a violation of one’s constitutional rights. Of course, it doesn’t hurt if the issue is likely to garner a headline or two.The organization proved itself once again an equal-opportunity litigant on Monday when it filed suit against the Obama administration over an alleged policy of killing American citizens suspected of terrorism.
Click here for the news story, from Bloomberg’s Andrew Harris; here for the complaint; here for Glenn Greenwald’s take on the suit over at Salon; here for a USA Today story from last week on the subject in the case, Anwar al-Awlaki.
The complaint alleged that targeted assassinations by the federal government are unconstitutional.
“A program that authorizes killing U.S. citizens, without judicial oversight, due process or disclosed standards is unconstitutional, unlawful and un-American,” ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said in a statement announcing the filing of the case.
The group, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, brought the case on behalf of Nasser al-Awlaki, father of a U.S.-born Islamic cleric in Yemen, Anwar al-Awlaki, who is accused of having ties to al-Qaeda.
The younger al-Awlaki, who was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been marked for death by the U.S. Defense Department and the CIA, according to the organizations.
According to the USA Today story:
The FBI has been keeping an eye on al-Awlaki for years, but he didn’t become a priority until authorities connected him to Nidal Hassan, the Muslim U.S. Army officer charged with killing 13 people in November at Fort Hood in Texas. Hassan e-mailed al-Awlaki for advice several times before the attack, and al-Awlaki has praised him and called on other Muslim soldiers in the military to carry out similar attacks. The FBI has since alleged that al-Awlaki is connected to several terrorist plots . . .
Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department, didn’t immediately return a call from Bloomberg seeking comment on the lawsuit.
How dare Obama violate his civil right to wage jihad, and plot the killing of infidels!
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Let’s see how the Mainstream Media spin this one…
What’s shocking about this is that before he even got to Chicago he was stopped in Alabama for “further screening” because of “bulky clothing” and then upon further investigation of his checked baggage, they found all sorts of shady things including 7 grand in cash, a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together, several watches taped together, a box cutter and three large knives.
Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, left, and Hezem al Murisi, were taken off a United Airlines flight in the Netherlands and have been charged by Dutch police with "preparation of a terrorist attack," according to a U.S. law enforcement official. (ABC News)
Two men taken off a Chicago-to-Amsterdam United Airlines flight in the Netherlands have been charged by Dutch police with “preparation of a terrorist attack,” U.S. law enforcement officials tell ABC News.
U.S. officials said the two appeared to be traveling with what were termed “mock bombs” in their luggage. “This was almost certainly a dry run, a test,” said one senior law enforcement official.
A spokesman for the Dutch public prosecutor, Ernst Koelman, confirmed the two men were arrested this morning and said “the investigation is ongoing.” He said the arrests were made “at the request of American authorities.”
The two were allowed to board the flight at O’Hare airport last night despite security concerns surrounding one of them, the officials said.
The men were identified as Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, of Detroit, MI, and Hezem al Murisi, the officials said. A neighbor of al Soofi told ABC News he is from Yemen.
Airport security screeners in Birmingham, Alabama first stopped al Soofi and referred him to additional screening because of what officials said was his “bulky clothing.”
In addition, officials said, al Soofi was found to be carrying $7,000 in cash and a check of his luggage found a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together, several watches taped together, a box cutter and three large knives. Officials said there was no indication of explosives and he and his luggage were cleared for the flight from Birmingham to Chicago O’Hare.
Once in Chicago, officials say they learned al Soofi checked his luggage on a flight to Washington’s Dulles airport for connections on flights to Dubai and then Yemen, even though he did not board the flight himself.
Instead, officials say, al Soofi was joined by the second man, Al Murisi, and boarded the United flight from Chicago to Amsterdam.
When Customs and Border officials learned al Soofi was not on the flight from Dulles to Dubai, the plane was ordered to return to the gate so his luggage could be removed. Officials said additional screening found no evidence of explosives.
The two men were detained by Dutch authorities when the United flight landed in Amsterdam, according to the officials.
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The Us State department website gives us all the details
Now it must be said for clarity purposes that 26 results also showed up for the term “church” but no Jewish Synagogue projects even though there are a few “Jewish related projects” so It’s not exclusively mosques that are being funded, but the great question remains, in this time of economic turmoil with so much debt and deficits, why are we wasting US taxpayer dollars on “cultural funding projects” overseas? Particularly those places which may be supporting Islamic extremism against Americans.
From what it sounds like, overzealous multicultural politicians haven’t a clue where they’re sending the money:
Via the Daily Caller
Michael Rubin, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, noted to The DC that such initiatives are problematic because they often lack oversight and “quality control.”
“Part of the problem is the State Department really has no definition of what radical means and they also have no coherent strategy when it comes to dealing with extremist Islam,” Rubin said. “As a result you have young junior officers who are adjudicating grants and are basically approving them on the basis of what the grantee says rather than doing a deeper check behind who they are affiliated with or what their mission is.”
Here is the list of Mosque projects via State.gov
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| Restoration of the 17th century Mullah Mahmud Mosque | Afghanistan | Funds are for the preservation and restoration of the 17th century Mullah Mahmud Mosque, a rare surviving example of late Mughal vernacular architecture. The site was heavily damaged during the internecine fighting between rival militias in 1992-1996. Funds will be used for documentation, restoration, conservation plastering and painting.$33,310 |
| Restoration of the Kurshum Mosque | Bulgaria | To support the restoration of the Kurshum Mosque in Silistra. Although it is located in the center of town, damage has been caused by centuries of neglect and earthquakes. The mosque was built in the 17th century when Silistra was an important port city on the Danube River ruled by the Ottoman Empire. $31,931 |
| Restoration of the Southern Section of the Bazaar Masjid Wazir Khan, Lahore | Pakistan | To support the restoration of the bazaar area at the entrance of the Wazir Khan Mosque. Built in 1634-45, the bazaar and adjacent mosque are prime examples of Mughal era architecture. The mosque was built by the governor of Lahore during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal. The mosque incorporated all the building arts from brick and stone work to tile and fresco. $31,015 |
| Preservation of the Mosque in Gao | Mali | To support the preservation of the remaining fragments of the mosque built in 1324 by manding Emperor Kankou Moussa following his pilgrimage to Mecca. The mosque was designed by Andalusian architect Es Sahali, testimony of the exchange between the Sudan and the Mediterranean regions. The project includes the construction of a protective shelter, the installation of interpretative site information and publication of a brochure about the site’s history. $24,000 |
| Preservation of the Aladza Mosque, Foca | Bosnia & Herzegovina | To support the documentation of the site and architectural fragments of Aladza Mosque. The mosque was built in 1550 representing the classical Ottoman style and is known for its decorative stone fittings. In 1992, the mosque was completely destroyed and architectural fragments were deposited into two mass graves. The peices will be returned to the original site, cleaned and registered. $24,125 |
| Protection of the Mosque and Madrasa of Mehmed-Pasa Kukavica, Foca | Bosnia & Herzegovina | To support the preservationof the mosque and madrasa in order to stop further deterioration. The project will erect a fence around the complex, clean fragments of the structure, and construct a wooden shelter over the remains in situ. The mosque was built in 1751, the last one built in Foca, toward the end of the Ottoman Empire. In 1992, the mosque was dynamited and subsequently set on fire. In 2002, the dome collapsed. It was the only mosque in Serbian Territory whose remnants were not removed from the site after it was destroyed. $24,700 |
| Restoration of the Cathedral of St. Stephen in Shkoder Castle | Albania | To support the restoration of an important northern Albanian monument, located within the walls of Shkoder castle. The site is at risk due to the age and size of the structure. Construction on St. Stephen’s Cathedral began in the 13th century under Serb rule. As the country shifted from a Christian to a Muslim poupulation, the Cathedral was converted into a Mosque in the late 15th century, and abandoned in the 18th century. Restoration efforts in the 1980′s consolidated the original church structure as well as additions from the 15th century conversion. $30,000 |
| Emergency Stabilization of the Mosque of Aslam Al-Silahdar, Midan Aslam, al-Darb al-Ahmar, Islamic Cairo | Egypt | To support immediate preservation measures of the mosque to prevent further deterioration. Th Aslam Al-Silahdar mosque was constructed in 1344 A.D. during the Mamluk period. The building is remarkable for the tile work done by Iranian craftsmen who were briefly in Cairo during the 14th century. It is located adjacent to one of the entrances of the newly completed al-Azhar Park and its restoration will help to boost local businesses. $71,000 |
| Restoration of the Ben Moussa Kuttab in the Medina of Tunis | Tunisia | To support the restoration of the Ben Moussa Kuttab built in the 19th century. The Kuttab was originally a Koranic school attached to a mosque, but was taken over by the state and now serves secular purposes as a pre-school. An essential element of the Medina, originally there were 137 throughout the Medina and today only sixty remain. $40,000 |
| Restoration and Conservation of Eid Mosque, Male | Maldives | To support the preservation of the Eid Mosque. It is deteriorating due to lack of maintenance and abuse from the elements, a condition worsened by the recent tsunami (December, 2004.) The project includes a survey, photo documentation, restoration, management plan, and scope for continued maintenance. The Eid Mosque was built in the 18th century and is one of the few remaining traditional timber and coral stone mosques. $22,000 |
| Roof Renovations of the Central Grand Mosque of Porto-Novo | Benin | Funds are for the renovation of the Central Grand Mosque of Porto-Novo, the political capital of the Republic of Benin. The construction of this mosque goes back to 1920. This building represents one of the rare examples of Afro-Brazilian architectural in West Africa. $25,345 |
| Restoration of the Mosque and Library of Osman Pazvantoglu Complex in Vidin | Bulgaria | Funds are awarded for the preservation of the mosque and library of Pazvantoglu. The complex was constructed in 1801-1802 to commemorate Osman Pazvantoglu, a well-known Turkish feudal lord from the end of the 7th to the middle of the 8th century AD. $25,000 |
| Amiriya Madrasa/Mosque Restoration Project | Yemen | The Amiriya Madrasa, completed in 1504, is one of the most important Islamic monuments in Yemen. Funds were used for preserving the unique mural paintings and the training of Yemeni professionals in conservation, site management and painting restoration. $24,945 |
| Mohabat Khan Mosque Preservation Project | Pakistan | Built in 1670 the Mosque Mohabat Khan is one of the few remaining masterpieces of Mughol architecture. Funds are awarded for restoration and conservation of this important structure suffering from neglect. $14,446 |
| Repair, Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Historic Bagh E Babur Gardens | Afghanistan | Funds are awarded for the preservation and restoration of the 16th century shrine and gardens dedicated to the Mogul Emperor Babur. Babur, descendant of Genghis Khan, enamored with Persian gardens ordered the construction of the site in Kabul. Funds will be used for the rehabilitation of the shrine, the mosque and the garden. $37,000 |
| Annau’s Dragon Mosque | Turkmenistan | The Governments of Turkmenistan and the United States are cooperating in a restoration project at the 15th century Seit Jemmalatdin Mosque in Annau. Local archeologists and historians are reconstructing the unique mosaic tile of the mosque, building tourist walkways and strengthening the foundation of the ruins. $14,500 |
| Restoration of the Shumba and Micheweni Historical Mosques in Pemba | Tanzania | To support the restoration of two mosques that date from the mid-17th to early 18th century on the island of Pemba. The mosques contain unique features combining Swahili and Persian architecture. They have fallen into disrepair from the harsh climate and lack of maintenance. $25,589 |
| Documentation of Historic Buildings in Uganda | Uganda | To support the documentation of historic buildings in five districts in Uganda. The immovable objects to be surveyed include cultural sites, unique architectural designs, cathedrals, Hindu temples, mosques, state buildings and ancestral homes. The documentation will serve to inform the creation of new legislation to protect historic sites. $23,238 |
| Restoration of Altun Alem Mekhteb in Novi Pazar, Southern Serbia | Serbia & Montenegro | To support the restoration of a school built in the 16th century. Constructed by the Ottoman architect, Muslihudin Abdulgani, this school and adjacent mosque are the oldest Islamic buildings in the region. Once restored, the schoolhouse will be a gathering place for students in the area. $50,000 |
| Ferhadija Mosque in Banja Luka | Bosnia & Herzegovina | To support the documentation of the Ferhadija Mosque complex. Built during the Ottoman era, the 16th century mosque, fountain, mausolea, and surrounding wall were razed in 1993 and all of the material was removed from the site. The project would collect, clean, and return architectural fragments to the original site, document and register the fragments. $60,600 |
| Restoration of the El Pacha Mosque in Oran | Algeria | To support the stabilization of El Pacha Mosque in Oran, built in 1796, to celebrate the return of Oran to the Ottoman Empire after 300 years of Spanish rule. The project will consolidate the foundation and retaining walls of the building which have been weakened due to water damage. Full restoration of the unique architectural details of the Mosque will follow this consolidation project. $106,110 |
| Documentation of Kaole Ruins in Bagamoyo | Tanzania | To help document the remains of two mosques, the older of which dates from the third century, and update and reprint the guidebook to these sites and their associated ruins. The two mosques, which combine Swahili and Persian (Shirazi) design, are an extremely important aspect of the cultural heritage of the area. $20,850 |
| Restoration and Conservation of Gala Village Mosque | Azerbaijan | To support the conservation and partial restoration of a mosque dating from the 17th and 18th centuries and the remains of an older defensive tower nearby. The structures, located in a harsh environment, are in serious need of preservation. The project will also support new archaeological research to advance historical understanding of the area. $38,650 |
| Restoration and Conservation of the Shadrvan (Fountain) of the Old Mosque in Pljevlja | Montenegro | To support the restoration of a fountain at a 16th-century mosque concurrent with the restoration of the mosque itself. Used for ritual ablutions before prayer, the fountain has deteriorated over time and needs a new wooden octagonal roof, pipes, water-taps, and pavement. $30,071 |
| Preservation and Documentation of St. Mary’s Church and St. Luke’s Bell Tower in Jajce | Bosnia & Herzegovina | To help preserve the remains of a church and bell tower dating from the 12th and 13th centuries and to process, complete, and publish archaeological documentation on the site. The site became a mosque in the 16th century and endures as a symbol of shared heritage. $29,515 |
| Restoration of the 19th-century Goldasta Mosque in Kabul | Afghanistan | To restore a late 19th-century mosque in Kabul’s old city. Heavily damaged in 1993, the mosque is one of several interrelated restoration projects in the area to train a new generation of craftsmen. The project includes a number of internships for students of architecture and support for an audiovisual documentary on the restoration of the mosque. $82,700 |
| Preservation of the 9th-century Shir-Kebir (Mashad Ata) Mosque | Turkmenistan | To restore the Mashad-Ata Mosque, the oldest extant mosque in Turkmenistan, a popular pilgrimage destination, and a unique example of pre-Mongol Islamic architecture of the 9th and 10th centuries. The mosque’s central dome is near collapse, endangering the entire structure. The project includes an archaeological survey prior to restoration and a conservation training component for students. $33,100 |
| Restoration of the 14th-century Mosque of Old Dongola | Sudan | To restore a 14th-century mosque in northern Sudan. Begun in the 9th century as a church, the building served as a mosque until 1969, when it fell into disrepair. The project includes test excavations and the partial restoration of the interior. $33,455 |
| Restoration of the 18th-century Kizimkazi Mosque | Tanzania | To restore the Kizimkazi Mosque on the island of Zanzibar, one of the oldest Islamic buildings on the east African coast. Rebuilt in the 18th century, the mosque retains elements that date to its establishment in the 12th century and is renowned for its distinctive design and inscriptions. Still in active use, the mosque is in need of structural repairs. $21,500 |
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Once again we go to help, and they kill us. Gratitude 101. Jihadi pukes should sign up for it.
BREAKING NEWS: Three U.S. Christian Workers Killed In Pakistan, source
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)– Suspected Islamic militants have killed three American Christian aid workers who were helping victims of Pakistan’s worst floods in recent memory, a well-informed source in the Pakistani military told BosNewsLife Saturday, August 28.
The source spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to discuss the exact details surrounding the killings in the country’s volatile north-western Swat valley. He said Pakistan’s military recovered the bodies of the relief workers in Swat valley Wednesday, August 25, shortly after they were kidnapped. The human remains were brought to the United States embassy, he said.
The names of the victims and their organization have not yet been released publicly due to security concerns and “not to create panic” among foreign aid workers, the source added. Additionally, under standard procedures, close relatives were expected to be informed first about the victims’ identities. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad refused to confirm or deny the report, saying it had no more information.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killings, but the Taliban threatened to attack international relief workers, calling the presence of foreigners in Pakistan “unacceptable.”
A senior Pakistani official confirmed to BosNewsLife that the three foreign aid workers had been kidnapped by the hard-line Islamic group Monday, August 23.
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That she is Moroccan is pure coincidence. This obviously had nothing to do with islam, right?
Italy: Moroccan woman assaulted with acid in Turin
Turin, 27 August(AKI) – A 19-year-old Moroccan woman suffered second and third degree burns over 20 percent over her body following an late Thursday in the northern industrial city of Turin when attackers threw acid over her.
According to a police official, at around 9:00 pm Hasna Beniliha was approached from behind by a man who poured the contents of a bottle on her before escaping on foot.
Another three people who were standing near the victim were treated for burns from drops of the acid and released early from hospital.
The police official said investigators are working on the hypothesis of that the attack was a crime of passion.
Moroccans are among Italy’s largest immigrant communities.
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500,000 patriots showed up today for the “Restoring Honor” rally in DC. (this is also the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, which you can watch here)
Here are some AMAZING photos of the event.
Reporters on the ground (via the Examiner), state that the claim of 500,000 attendees is grossly underestimated while the MSM is claiming a meager “Tens of Thousands” A more accurate assessment of the crowd may well turn out to be between 500,000 and 1 million.
Here is video of Glenn Beck opening up the rally.
Here is video of Sarah Palin’s speech at the rally. What an awesome speech!
Here is video of Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, Alveda King: “I have a dream too…” and here’s her speech at the rally thanking Glenn Beck for focusing on “character” and not “color”
Here is video of Albert Pujols wowing the crowd when he was presented with this year’s Hope Award by his Manager Tony Larussa today at the Lincoln Memorial. The hundreds of thousands of attendees roared when La Russa and Pujols took the stage.
Here is video of the Pledge of allegiance and National Anthem.
Meanwhile, Al Sharpton’s counter freedom rally managed to attract only 3,000 supporters.
Here is more video of Martin Luther King’s niece Alveda King: “I Am Attending This Rally To Help Reclaim America”
Via Sister Toldjah, the New York Times is already spinningthis as the Tea Party “claiming MLK’s mantle.” They’re hardly “claiming” Dr. King’s mantle — but maybe sharing it. And isn’t that what King’s message was all about?
The media attacks are already under way via Politicsdaily – A “Mostly White Crowd”
Meanwhile only 3,000 turned out at Al’s counter freedom rally. Yes, that’s less than 1% of what the “Restoring Honor” rally pulled but the media isn’t talking about the disproportionate numbers of course.
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I couldn’t stop laughing when I first read this article from the Jerusalem Post. At first I thought, that must be a typo. They’re warning about JEWISH terrorists? This takes multicultural, PC- douchebaggery to a whole ‘nother level…
A CIA document released by Web site Wikileaks on Wednesay expresses concern that the US had become an “exporter of terrorism,” specifically mentioning American Jews in Israel.
The classified report, titled “What if Foreigners See the United States as an Exporter of Terrorism?” was produced in February 2010 by the CIA’s Red Cell, a think tank set up in the wake of the September 11 2001 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center. It mentions incidents in which Americans joined terrorist groups such as the Taliban and the Irish Republican Army, and committed acts such as the 2008 Mumbai bombing.
One of the four groups mentioned by the CIA is American Jews in Israel.
“Some American Jews have supported and even engaged in violent acts against perceived enemies of Israel,” the leaked report reads. “In 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American Jewish doctor from New York, emigrated to Israel, joined the extremist group Kach, and killed 29 Palestinians during their prayers in the mosque at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron”
Wow, so one single attack 16 years ago puts American Jews on the short list of terror groups? This could pass for something from The Onion.
The CIA analysis explains that Goldstein’s attack “helped to trigger a wave of bus bombings by HAMAS in early 1995.”
Yup, blame the Jews for Hamas’ terror activities. I guess we shouldn’t be surprised by now.
The report considers international terrorist organizations targeting and recruiting Americans. It says:
“Less attention has been paid to homegrown terrorism, not exclusively Muslim terrorists, exported overseas to target non-US persons. This report examines the implications of what it would mean for the US to be seen increasingly as an incubator and ‘exporter of terrorism.’”
Here’s the kicker…not only are American Jewish terrorists a problem, but American Freedoms have caused even MORE terrorism! A great reason for a more Sharia compliant America, wouldn’t ya say?
The analysis posts that “American freedoms facilitate terrorist recruitment and operations,” and that “popular websites such as Youtube, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and various blogs enable radical clerics and terrorist recruiters to bypass America’s physical borders and influence US citizens.”
The CIA also expresses concern that if the rest of the world were to begin regarding the US as an “exporter of terrorism,” diplomatic relations could be severely damaged and willingness to cooperate with US activities could be hindered.
cross-posted at Gateway Pundit
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Breitbart: At a forum in 2006, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf maintained that U.S. terrorism brought about Islamic terrorism. This aides the comments that the Imam made just 19 days after the September 11 terrorist attacks that U.S. policies were an ‘accessory’ to what happened on 9/11.
Zip: Claims that America engaged in terrorism during the U.S. firebombing of Japanese cities during WWII and American-led sanctions that “killed over 1 million Iraqis” with Islamic terrorism being the end-result of these actions (nothing to do with the Koran)…
Ace opines:
His claim that 1,000,000 Iraqis died due to sanctions is, of course, purely crank, the product of overheated leftist imaginations and Muslim eagerness for any grievances that can justify their murderous terrorism.
He then goes on to claim that the US is using a double-standard in defining terrorism, and urges a “neutral” definition which would bind “both sides.”
So his claim is, once again, that Islam isn’t doing anything the US isn’t doing, and that it’s unfair to make a big deal out of Islam’s terror.
Once again he makes the same offer that Obama did, just with less threatening language: Never, ever challenge an Islamic state militarily — or even with steps short of military action such as sanctions — and we’ll see about calling ixnay on the errorism-tay. Deal?
No deal.
This is the exact same defense of terrorism offered by every single one of its supporters.
A man who continues to drone on and on with his apologias for terror is a “moderate” whose plans for a trimphal victory mosque we must not frustrate.
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To all my christian brothers and sisters, especially catholics – before u condemn muslims for violence, remember the crusades….study them
Chris Cuomo
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And before you condemn Christians for violence, remember the untold amount of dead at the hands of Muslims well before the crusades. Just sayin…
Fascinating douchebagery on display by another leftist moron in the mainstream media:
Newsbusters – Is it a case of removing the plank from your own eye before removing the speck from your brothers – or political correctness run amok?
In a tweet Aug. 26, ABC “20/20″ anchor Chris Cuomo told his 987,000 followers not to condemn Muslim violence because other religions have perpetrated violence in the past.
“To all my christian brothers and sisters, especially catholics – before u condemn muslims for violence, remember the crusades….study them,” Cuomo tweeted around 9:30 am.
So does past violence justify modern violence? If so, maybe Cuomo should take his own advice and study the Crusades. Even a brief study would reveal a much more complicated situation than Cuomo’s tweet suggests about who struck first.
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I wonder if the bigoted Islamophobia showed by the judges pushed him over the edge…
Toronto Star – A third terrorism suspect- one who moonwalked across a Montreal stage during an audition for Canadian Idol – was detained early Thursday, the Star has learned.
Khuram Sher was arrested as part of an RCMP national security investigation, as police continue to investigate a possible cell allegedly plotting to attack targets at home.
Sher told judges on the popular reality show in 2008 that he hailed from Pakistan and was a fan of “hockey, music and acting.”
He sings an off-tune rendition of Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” with – as the show’s website describes – some “nifty” dance moves.
“Have you ever thought of being a comedian?” asks one of the judges of the 26-year-old.
Another remarks: “The dance moves were good, the singing, bad.”
One source close to the investigation said Sher was actually a Canadian-born physician and graduate of McGill University – quite a different persona from goofy contestant wearing a traditional Pakistani shalwar kameez and pakul hat as he performs robot dance moves and a Michael Jackson moonwalk….
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