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Proof Obama isn't Muslim

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:54:01 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

Barack Obama has expressed pride in his ability to bring home old-fashioned pork.

"My philosophy was that, if money was being distributed, then it would be inappropriate for me to not get my share for my district,"

In 2001, for example, Obama steered $75,000 to a South Side charity called FORUM Inc., which promised to help churches and community groups get wired to the Internet. Records show five FORUM employees, including one who had declared bankruptcy, had donated $1,000 apiece to Obama's state Senate campaign.

One of those long-time supporters was Rev. Michael Pfleger, the politically active leader of St. Sabina Church. He gave Obama's campaign $1,500 between 1995 and 2001, including $200 in April 2001, about three months after Obama announced $225,000 in grants to St. Sabina programs.

Another supporter, Henry English, made two donations to Obama totaling $900 in 2001 after Obama helped send a $50,000 grant to a non-profit group that English ran

Tags: obama, politics, pork, corruption

God Did It

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:25:23 GMT

clipped by: AtlLiberal
clipper's remarks: Just as we often react negatively towards religious driven policy in the Muslim world we ignore the blatant religious pandering in the USA. It has become pro forma to invoke God's blessing on the US after all speeches. Little thought is given to the substantial segment of the population who doesn't subscribe to this viewpoint. A cynic might think all the public posturing is being done solely for votes. And they may not be too far off the mark.

Clip Source: atheism.about.com

Democrats' Religious Pandering Doesn't Impress

Recent efforts by Democrats to pander to religion and religious believers is offensive and immoral, but could it possibly be defended on the grounds that it at least works? In politics that which works tend to survive no matter how offensive or immoral it is, so this isn't an irrelevant question. Unfortunately for the apologists for pandering — and fortunately for the rest of us — all the efforts thus far appear to have been in vain.

Using religion as a surrogate for substantive political discussion is precisely what's going on when people start bringing religion into political debates

When a person says that God "wills" some policy, the only options left are to deny that it's what God really wills or to declare one's opposition to God.

I think this is often deliberate because invoking God is a handy way of avoiding the hard job of substantively defending a political agenda.

Tags: politic, religion, hypocrisy, christian

Funeral no time for "altar call"

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:38:47 GMT

clipped by: wiccantexan
clipper's remarks: " A: The “altar call” is one of the most distinctive and controversial elements of evangelical Christianity. It was “invented” about 150 years ago by American evangelist Charles Finney and popularized by Dwight Moody and especially Billy Graham. The people who come to the altar say a sinner’s prayer and accept Jesus as their Lord and savior."

Clip Source: www.buffalonews.com

Q: I’ve attended two memorial services in two weeks, both at nondenominational Christian churches (I’m Catholic). Toward the end of each service, both of which were respectful and quite lovely, the minister announced an “altar call,” stating that Jesus was the only way to salvation, and that those who had not come to Jesus should do so at that very instant! This exercise lasted a good 10 minutes.

I’m a pluralist, so I don’t believe accepting Jesus is the only path to salvation, and I was very uncomfortable for my Jewish and Muslim friends in attendance. Is this a new trend? Is it appropriate? It seems as though the minister was taking advantage of a captive audience. However, no matter how offended anyone might have been personally, no one was going to be disrespectful by walking out.

Tags: religion, belief, christian, christianity, church, respect

Special Clothing For Somali Muslim Janitorial Workers

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:43:13 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT
clipper's remarks: Wahmbulance alert. The religion of special needs and crybaby bitches strikes again.

Clip Source: blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com

By Ray Stern
Who wears the pants at Sky Harbor airport?

Not 30 Somali women who fought for the right to wear skirts on the job, and won.

The Muslim women balked at a planned policy change by their employer, GCA Services, (that's GCA's logo pictured above), that would have forced them to wear pants and a tucked-in shirt as they did their janitorial duties.

They'd been previously allowed to wear skirts; pants are too immodest for them.

Lisa Gopolan, a spokesperson for CAIR's Arizona office, says she wears blue jeans occasionally and that the decision to wear pants or not is a personal decision. The Somali women are expressing their culture as well as their religion in wanting to wear skirts, and she didn't think other Muslim women who work at the airport would necessarily demand different attire.

Tags: muslims, islam, islamofascism

Barack Hussein Obama

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:38 GMT

clipped by: kscottyoung

Clip Source: www.danielpipes.org

Barack Obama's Muslim Childhood

UNC grad gets up to 33 years for plowing SUV into campus crowd in bid to 'avenge Muslim deaths'

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:04:08 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: www.startribune.com

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - A former student was sentenced to up to 33 years in prison Tuesday for plowing his sport utility vehicle into a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a self-professed bid to avenge Muslim deaths overseas.

Mohammed Taheri-Azar, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this month to nine counts of attempted murder for the March 2006 attack at a popular outdoor gathering spot known as The Pit.

Former history professor Michael Allsep, whose wrist and tailbone were broken, said he feared for his life.

"This man not only tried to kill me and my students, he tried to kill the best of our future. He failed only through poor execution," Allsep wrote in a statement read by his mother.

Afterward, he waited in his vehicle for police for about 15 minutes and told them he was the man they were looking for. Police found a letter in his apartment that he had written them because he thought he would be killed during the attack.

Tags: muslims, islam, college, violence

I am glad there are voices like this

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:28:42 GMT

clipped by: NCGrind
clipper's remarks: If only the seed of thought sown in this article would take and grow, the Middle East could become a prosperous and peaceful region.

Clip Source: www.memri.org

Kuwaiti Liberal to Arabs and Muslims: Stop Worldwide Bloodshed

On May 26, 2008, the liberal website Middle East Transparent [1] posted an article by Kuwaiti liberal Khalil 'Ali Haidar criticizing the culture of war in the Arab and Muslim world and the slogans that perpetuate it.

"I would like to shout to the Arabs and the Muslims: Oh, people! Enough! Oh, [champions] of war, struggle, jihad, and honor! Enough! Life in our homeland has been destroyed. By the doors of the embassies of the French and British, against whose colonialism we fought, stand crowds of young people belonging to the new generation, who are applying for entry visas. The U.S., whose flag we burn at every demonstration, is the one safeguarding peace in the countries of the Arab and Muslim world, as well as in many Third World countries…

Tags: middle east, peace

Kerala Tour

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:43:49 GMT

clipped by: rsingh131982

Clip Source: www.keralatoursite.com

KERALA TOURS

Kerala, a state of India, which is situated at the banks of Arabian sea is well known for tourism. A place where every nook and corner in Kerala you will see Hindu temples, Muslim mosques and Christian Churches. KERALA, as "God's Own Country", is the tourism wonder-child of India.

Kerala has gifted by the nature. This state is full of many pleasant sights. Boating on the beaches and lakes of Kerala is very exciting and pleasant experience.

Sea foods are very delicious and demanding in Kerala. Also one can find very beautiful and creative handicrafts there. Kerala is a popular vacation destination for nature lovers.

Tags: kerala tour, tour to kerala

o lawdy.

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:41:58 GMT

clipped by: nomereveneerofvanity
clipper's remarks: video at the source..

Clip Source: jezebel.com

"Clintons 4 McCain" Crazy Takes On Chris Matthews, Has Minor Meltdown

take in this clip of Clinton-loving, McCain-voting, hair-tossing Clintons 4 McCain founder Cristi Atkins, who spat all over Hardball's Chris Matthews in contempt earlier this evening when he took her to task for repeating rumors about Barack Obama's supposed Muslim upbringing.

Pakiston ruling coalition splits after six months

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:37:26 GMT

clipped by: tommy2balmy
clipper's remarks: Zardari is the Peoples Party's candidate to replace Musharraf as president. Now that he appears to be the front-runner, the Peoples Party is in no hurry to take away the president's power to dissolve Parliament – another sticking point with Sharif.

"Zardari becoming the president would be the most unfortunate event in Pakistan's history," said engineer Raheel Rehman, 27.

"A thug is going to be the president of this country," said palm reader Tawakkul Hussain, 35. "We have no options ahead of us. Once again, they are taking turns in power. This is Zardari's turn. After that, it will be Nawaz's turn. He is equally irresponsible and corrupt."

The provincial and national assemblies will vote for the president Sept. 6.

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a dysfunctional six-month marriage, Pakistan's political odd couple parted ways on Monday, adding to the uncertainty and fear in a country facing a Taliban insurgency.

The Pakistan Muslim League of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif pulled out of a coalition with its longtime rival, the Pakistan Peoples Party. "It was an unnatural alliance and it has reached its natural end," Peoples Party Vice Chairman Makhdoom Ameen Fahim told Dawn News television.

The defection of Sharif's Muslim League-N Party won't bring down the government. Combined with allies from smaller parties, the Peoples Party has enough seats in the country's parliament to stay in power.

as soon as Musharraf left, the alliance foundered.

The main reason: Zardari reneged on a promise to restore chief justice Chaudhry and the other judges within 24 hours of Musharraf's departure.

a Monday deadline to introduce a motion

came and went, and Sharif's party withdrew from the alliance.

Tags: pakistan, sharif, ppp

God's honest truth?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:55:11 GMT

clipped by: pitim
clipper's remarks: The law is being presented in Sweden as if it mostly concerned fundamentalist Christian sects in the backwoods; but the Christian Democratic party, which represents such people if anyone does, is perfectly happy with the new regulation. There is little doubt that combating Islamic fundamentalism is the underlying aim,

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Swedish government is making it illegal for schools to teach religious doctrine as if it were true. Britain should follow suit.

The Swedish government has announced plans to clamp down hard on religious education. It will soon become illegal even for private faith schools to teach religious doctrines as if they were true. In an interesting twist on the American experience, prayer will remain legal in schools - after all, it has no truth value. But everything that takes place on the curriculum's time will have to be secular. "Pupils must be protected from every sort of fundamentalism," said the minister for schools, Jan Björklund.

Creationism and ID are explicitly banned but so is proselytising even in religious education classes. The Qur'an may not be taught as if it is true even in Muslim independent schools, nor may the Bible in Christian schools.

The decision looks like a really startling attack on the right of parents to have their children taught what they would like.

Mob Attacks Force Christian College to Relocate

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:03:07 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: chronicle.com

August 25

Christian College in Indonesia Will Relocate After Violent Attacks

Attacks on their campus have forced students at a Christian college in Indonesia’s capital to take refuge in tents and in the lobby of the parliament building for nearly a month, while the theology school has agreed to relocate out of a predominantly Muslim neighborhood, the Associated Press reported.

The first assaults on the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology, which is also known as Seta College, took place on July 25, when residents of the neighborhood in Jakarta entered the campus with machetes and Molotov cocktails. Eighteen students were injured in the clashes, and administrators evacuated the five dormitories after a second night of attacks.

Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, has traditionally tolerated minority religions. But recently, radical groups have attacked churches and even mosques that oppose a hard-line doctrine.

Tags: indonesia, muslims, islam, islamofascism, christianity, college

The Obama-Biden Ticket

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:33:59 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Or Biden's call to impeach Bush if Bush bombed Iran:

Because, the right approach with Iran would be to address their "emotional needs":

Biden appears to believe that what is happening in the Muslim world is our fault. An incredible position to take by any rational measure. So incredible, in fact, that it makes him the perfect sidekick for an Obama run for the White House.

Consequences of Biden’s Pro-Muslim Lobbying in the Balkans

A man on the record for stating that “all Serbs should be placed in Nazi-style concentration camps” during Senatorial deliberations in 1999 over NATO aggression on Serbia [...]

http://www.byzantinesacredart.com/blog/

Clip Source: atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com

Let's not forget this post 9/11 "solution" from Biden:

At the Tuesday-morning meeting with committee staffers, Biden launches into a stream-of-consciousness monologue about what his committee should be doing, before he finally admits the obvious: "I'm groping here." Then he hits on an idea: America needs to show the Arab world that we're not bent on its destruction. "Seems to me this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran," Biden declares. He surveys the table with raised eyebrows, a How do ya like that? look on his face.

The staffers sit in silence. Finally somebody ventures a response: "I think they'd send it back." Then another aide speaks up delicately: "The thing I would worry about is that it would almost look like a publicity stunt." Still another reminds Biden that an Iranian delegation is in Moscow that very day to discuss a $300 million arms deal with Vladimir Putin that the United States has strongly condemned.

Tags: biden, 9/11, muslim world, iran, putin's arms sales to iran

Ramadan fasters can use diet patches

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:07:58 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: Well now I have heard it all. Does this mean they've entered the 19th century?

No disrespect meant.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish Muslims plan to resort to appetite suppressing diet patches to help them get through the daily fast during the Ramadan holy month, Anatolia news agency reported on Friday.

Theologists have reassured them they have nothing to worry about.

"Fasting is a way of disciplining the body. Those who use diet patches try to achieve the same. That's why diet patches are not objectionable," said Mehmet Baris, the muftu, or highest Muslim authority, in the southern province of Adana.

The patches, which release appetite-supressing ingredients to the body through the skin, cannot be considered as corrupting the fast because their effect amounts to "showering or applying a pomade on the skin" rather than eating, theology professor Kerim Yavuz said.

During Ramadan, which starts on September 1, observant Muslims eat a light pre-dawn meal and fast until sunset, a practice aimed at fostering self-discipline, sacrifice and empathy for the poor.

Tags: religion, fasting

Undercover Mosque: 'You have to kill him... This is Islam'

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:56:38 GMT

clipped by: Smoke TNT

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Undercover Mosque: last year's critically acclaimed programme which West Midlands police referred to media regulator Ofcom. Photograph: Channel 4

Three months after Dispatches: Undercover Mosque won a police apology and libel damages, Channel 4 has announced it is returning to the subject in Undercover Mosque: The Return.

The documentary, an undercover investigation into extremism in mainstream British mosques, featured preachers calling for homosexuals to be killed, espousing male supremacy, condemning non-Muslims and predicting jihad.

In one scene, as hundreds of women and some children come to pray, a preacher calls for adulterers, homosexuals, women who act like men and Muslim converts to other faiths to be killed, saying: "Kill him, kill him. You have to kill him, you understand. This is Islam."

The

reporter also "films inside a key Saudi-funded Muslim organisation, which claims to promote tolerance and integration yet distributes literature which promotes intolerance for non-Muslims

Tags: britain, muslims, islam