Indonesian Muslim threats to Christians. In an ongoing dispute of the use of “Allah” a group is intending to hold a mega-demo. With previous experience of Muslim demos, (latest being in Bangladesh), I’m predicting scuffles, outbreaks of violence and placards of virulent hatred as well. All being stirred up organized by Islamic leaders. http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/05/Muslim-group-to-hold-mega-demo/ Islam
sanctities are the Quran and the prophet Muhammad and now in Malaysia and Indonesia, the word ‘Allah’. They were a wall unto us, both by night and day. 1 Samuel 25.16 More about the Christmas stunt hosted by the church of St James’ Piccadilly called ‘Bethlehem Unwrapped’, involving a replica security wall. The organizers seem to be in bed with some ‘colourful’ organizations with dubious records on human rights or love for Christians in the Middle East. http://www.newenglishreview.org/bloga.cfm/blog_id/51516/More-about-the-wall-at-St-James
Christians in Egypt have been in the firing line and have suffered a fatality, just before Orthodox Christmas too. It is truly sad to hear the silence. If St James Church had any pluck, it would show Christian solidarity with their persecuted, hunted Christian brethren in the Middle East and in Pakistan.
An historical library in Lebanon owned by a Greek Orthodox priest was torched, as a result of a Muslim mob, taking issue to the fact an article was supposedly published on the internet insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohammad. It seems that rumours about Islam and its prophet can be dangerous when read by Muslims. Evidently, they don’t wait but act on impulse. “Father Srouj has nothing to do with the article and the source of the website is from Denmark and was published on Jan. 7, 2010,” Ayyoubi said in Tripoli Serail.”
According the newspaper, the hot headed mob acted on the issue of a fatwa calling for an attack. Only a Muslim leader issues fatwas. This is one incident, part of a recent escalation in violence in Lebanon, largely Muslim sects.
These incidents convey the impression that Muslims are easily offended by the slightest negative and others suffer as result of this. There is no goodwill on the part of certain Muslim leaders to verify rumours, check facts before setting in motion a violence reaction. It is interesting to note that the priest in Lebanon forgave the attackers. These Muslims are not imperviousness to negative remarks, comment, rumours or debates about Islam. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jan-04/243098-historic-library-torched-in-n-lebanon.ashx#axzz2peEAdoPY
The role Islam plays at rectifying all misdeeds committed by society, especially dissenting voices or non-Muslims, is a disturbing one. It shows that intolerance is alive and well in a number of Islamic circles. Belligerency, brow-beating are part of the way that certain Islamic leaders, rectify “supposed misdeeds”, by encouraging threats, acts of violence to achieve this. It is not limited to the Muslim community, as the imprisonment of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian shows too well. She was convicted for “blasphemy” in 2009 and in November 2010 she was sentenced to death. She has recently written a letter to the Pope. http://www.citizengo.org/en/2175-freedom-asia-bibi-christianpersecution
The majority of Muslim world-wide try to keep a low profile and remain silent, principally of a result of the prevailing tendencies to employ aggressive way of keeping the rank and file in order.
On another issue of intolerance, there has been a spate of vandalism, abuse against churches in France lately. The authorities are still unwilling to tackle these incidents in any meaningful way, they just look the other way. It may do to the fact that the Catholic Church lay members being very vocal over the introduction “Gay” laws, known commonly as “Le Mariage pour tous”.
One very recent incident took place in the Parisian church of Sainte Odile, where the authorities have stated that the perpetrator was unbalanced, yet the priest is saying quite the opposite, “determined”.
http://www.christianophobie.fr/breves/pour-le-cure-de-sainte-odile-le-profanateur-netait-pas-un-desequilibre-mais-determine
Comment of the news round-up "Ijtihad — independent thinking and reasoning — was given priority, but over the years radicals have conveniently buried this term and pushed for collective thinking, which continues to be the way of life for many who follow the religion." Muslim historian S Irfan Habib
Monday, January 6, 2014
In the news
The hot potato, immigration in the UK, numbers crunching upwards and it's effect on ethnic restaurants. A combination of illegal work practice, low skilled immigrants from poor countries is putting stress on the social fabric of certain areas. It is weird to see the double standards being applied to word 'indigenous '. At the same, the issue of white flight has been discussed widely in the mainstream media , but without any meaningful context.
Meanwhile a Russian cruiser tested the uk's defence, sending the UK navy into a spin as they had to send a warship 600 miles north to Scotland to intercept the Russians. Defence has been cut back so much in the last couple of decades, and this is the result! Meanwhile, money was plentiful in the government's chest, to supply and back the Free Syria Army (FSA). Now we are seeing more battles between the FSA and the jihadi elements. So, effectively, arms purchased with the money from the spineless countries including the UK is being used in a sub civil war, in a bitter power struggle.
The 10 years of western intervention in Iraq is proving to more and more of a futile effort, largely due to the worsening spiral of violence. The US was embroiled in a bloody and bitter fight for the control of places such as Ramadi. Deja vu has set in since there is again a battle for control, again between the government and jihadis.
Iraq is still an extraordinarily dangerous place. ‘I never imagined that ten years after the fall of Saddam you would still be able to get a man killed in Baghdad by paying $100,’ an Iraqi who’d been Iraq is still an extraordinarily dangerous place. ‘I never imagined that ten years after the fall of Saddam you would still be able to get a man killed in Baghdad by paying $100,’ an Iraqi who’d been involved in the abortive museum project told me. in the abortive museum project told me.
Mr Farage also claimed that there is currently “massive oversupply” of unskilled labour from across the EU in the UK which is handing big corporations “big profits” and pushing the wages of British people down.Any correlation with the sweat labour in some of the Brick Lane restaurants?
Meanwhile a Russian cruiser tested the uk's defence, sending the UK navy into a spin as they had to send a warship 600 miles north to Scotland to intercept the Russians. Defence has been cut back so much in the last couple of decades, and this is the result! Meanwhile, money was plentiful in the government's chest, to supply and back the Free Syria Army (FSA). Now we are seeing more battles between the FSA and the jihadi elements. So, effectively, arms purchased with the money from the spineless countries including the UK is being used in a sub civil war, in a bitter power struggle.
The 10 years of western intervention in Iraq is proving to more and more of a futile effort, largely due to the worsening spiral of violence. The US was embroiled in a bloody and bitter fight for the control of places such as Ramadi. Deja vu has set in since there is again a battle for control, again between the government and jihadis.
Iraq is still an extraordinarily dangerous place. ‘I never imagined that ten years after the fall of Saddam you would still be able to get a man killed in Baghdad by paying $100,’ an Iraqi who’d been Iraq is still an extraordinarily dangerous place. ‘I never imagined that ten years after the fall of Saddam you would still be able to get a man killed in Baghdad by paying $100,’ an Iraqi who’d been involved in the abortive museum project told me. in the abortive museum project told me.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Drivel
Piece of writing
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=126298
I'll try to write a rebuttal of some of the daft comments made in this article, obviously overlooking the obvious.
quote
1.The interaction between Western Europe and Islam dates from 710 A.D., only 80 years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, when Arab and Berber armies crossed the straits of Gibraltar and invaded Spain, and Spanish people converted to Islam.
2.The relationship between Muslims and European Christians, however, was not one based simply on war. There was also trade across the Mediterranean and an exchange of ideas.[ii]
3.While Europe's hostile view of Muslims can be traced back to the Crusades, Muslims' negative perceptions of Europe derive from the later period of Europe's discovery of the outside world. Muslims in medieval times mainly regarded Europe as simply a land of non-believers.
Note to self.... Battles in Spain or Poiters. The author missed those.
4. By the nineteenth century, though, there was no need for Muslims to travel to Europe to learn more about Europe and Europeans because they now faced Europeans as invaders in Muslim lands.
Note to self... Where? Missed out completely the white slave trade and the fact that the european were trying to eradicate it.
5. There'slots more ....
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=126298
I'll try to write a rebuttal of some of the daft comments made in this article, obviously overlooking the obvious.
quote
1.The interaction between Western Europe and Islam dates from 710 A.D., only 80 years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, when Arab and Berber armies crossed the straits of Gibraltar and invaded Spain, and Spanish people converted to Islam.
2.The relationship between Muslims and European Christians, however, was not one based simply on war. There was also trade across the Mediterranean and an exchange of ideas.[ii]
3.While Europe's hostile view of Muslims can be traced back to the Crusades, Muslims' negative perceptions of Europe derive from the later period of Europe's discovery of the outside world. Muslims in medieval times mainly regarded Europe as simply a land of non-believers.
Note to self.... Battles in Spain or Poiters. The author missed those.
4. By the nineteenth century, though, there was no need for Muslims to travel to Europe to learn more about Europe and Europeans because they now faced Europeans as invaders in Muslim lands.
Note to self... Where? Missed out completely the white slave trade and the fact that the european were trying to eradicate it.
5. There'slots more ....
Blame it on a video
When in fact that's not the core issue.
In 2012, following a video critical of Muhammad, the outcome was predictable. Rioting, violence, vandalism, mass protests, killings ensued. Against this situation, Russia Today discussed this in an interview. Here RT talks to Foreign Affairs Editor of the Chronicles magazine, Srdja Trifkovic.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QIvBfn78Ck&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6QIvBfn78Ck
See 4min for the start of the interview
See 6min56 for the comments on the Muslim reaction
Finally just at the end, with the video clips of the protests around, just look at the rage, the mindless hate and violence.
Now remind me, what was the Christian to the likes of the likes of the films such as Life of Brian or The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Disgust, yes, protests, yes. Wholesale destruction, no, killings, no.
In 2012, following a video critical of Muhammad, the outcome was predictable. Rioting, violence, vandalism, mass protests, killings ensued. Against this situation, Russia Today discussed this in an interview. Here RT talks to Foreign Affairs Editor of the Chronicles magazine, Srdja Trifkovic.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QIvBfn78Ck&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6QIvBfn78Ck
See 4min for the start of the interview
See 6min56 for the comments on the Muslim reaction
Finally just at the end, with the video clips of the protests around, just look at the rage, the mindless hate and violence.
Now remind me, what was the Christian to the likes of the likes of the films such as Life of Brian or The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Disgust, yes, protests, yes. Wholesale destruction, no, killings, no.
Women lib Kurdish style
An informative but brief report from the BBC about Kurdish women fighters in the PKK, the reasons for taking up arms. Comments include a reference to the way women are usually regarded by men in the region.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25610424
46 sec " to get away from cultural and religious restrictions in their homes";
I min: the need to take control of her own destiny le; "rather an hundred years of being humiliated";
2min 06 " the mentality of our male dominated society does look at women as human beings, they look at us as slaves and sexual objects".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-25610424
46 sec " to get away from cultural and religious restrictions in their homes";
I min: the need to take control of her own destiny le; "rather an hundred years of being humiliated";
2min 06 " the mentality of our male dominated society does look at women as human beings, they look at us as slaves and sexual objects".
2014 G'd bless those who try to stop mischief
And hate, and brutality and mysogny, hatred for other faiths in the name of Allah.
Let us be honest: if this were happening to almost any other religious group it would be something of a national scandal. That makes it all the more important to put the ongoing persecution of Christians in many parts of the world on the political map.Mark Field, MP
"However, the nettle that must be grasped if we are to see anything effective done in this respect is to recognise that the growing enforcement of sharia is the principal cause of persecution of Christian minorities in Islamic countries.
That is an exceedingly uncomfortable truth for many Muslims to accept, many of whom have a somewhat romanticised view of what sharia means in practice. However, it must be emphasised that the issue is emphatically not individuals choosing to live their lives in accordance with those aspects of sharia that relate solely to them as individuals, it is the enforcement of sharia on non Muslims and indeed on liberal Muslims and anyone else who does not freely choose it that is the problem."
Keeping on raising awareness of the sharia mischief makers.
http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2014/01/dr-martin-parsons-will-the-persecution-of-christians-continue-to-spread-in-2014.html
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