Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: Demonic Driven Muslims And Atheist Always Attack The Bible
Demonic Driven Muslims And Atheist Always Attack The Bible And The Latest Is Just Another Attempt To Mislead
Sometimes they claim they want a discussion, debate, or what ever, but it all amounts to their being ignorant with respect to the truth with respect the Bible and/or their trying to push some new Devil Scheme warned about at 2 Corinthians 4:4, “among whom the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine through.” [New World Translation; NWT] . But let’s consider reality as follows, First, my “Discourse on the Bible,” Second, “Bible Facts and Other Information For Skeptics To Review,” Third, my “Lies People Tell On The Bible,” and last but not least, Fourth, my “Muslims Do Not Comprehend The Bible,” article, and Fifth, my COMMENTS.
First, Discourse on the Bible:
INTRODUCTION:
There are many different writings and books that various groups have considered/believed to be holy books, but why so. Many have been considered holy books based on human tradition such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Rig Veda, etc., and others for which divine inspiration are claimed, but which are actually just knockoffs from the Bible such as the writings of David Korash, the Book of Morman, the Quran (Koran), etc. However, there is only one book, actually a book of books, the Bible which actually was written by man acting as scribes who were given the thoughts of God (YHWH) and put them into the words of men.
Specifically, the Bible is NOT the product of one committee or strongman. It has over 40 individual writers who wrote under divine inspiration/guidance much as transcribing secretaries today taking transcription and then later typing it out. In other words one real author, God (YHWH), and many scribes each of whom wrote in his own style over a period of approximately 1,600 years. All of what people call or consider inconsistencies are really not such, but most often just a problem of translation and/or understanding, i.e., lack of understanding of what the original writer writing in his own language and culture meant/said in his original writing. What is remarkable, is the writers over such a period of time all wrote in harmony when even most posters on threads on this forum can not even stay on track or subject over a period of a few days and/or weeks at most with the original subject of the thread. This fact of harmony over a period so great as to almost stagger the imagination shows that it had one guiding force or author who divinely inspired its writers as humans of their own volition can not keep on track over short periods of time.
To wit, the Bible is the ONLY book God (YHWH) ever inspired men to write as his scribes. In other words, God is its author and men only put his thoughts given to them by divine inspiration into their own words, the words of men. Not only that, all the other writers of later so called religious guidance books borrowed from it and made changes in accord with their strong man or so called prophet. Take the example of Joseph Smith who borrowed from it to write the Book of Mormon, but failed to give credit or source to the Bible and twisted some borrowed things into bizarre distortions. Other examples are of course the bizarre writings of David Koresh the Prophet of the Branch Dividians of Waco, Texas; and the Quran, and the Book of Wiccim.
INSPIRED BY GOD (YHWH) AND NOT BY HUMANS:
All other so called 'holy books' have been inspired by men such as the Rig Veda which is a collection of early writings about nature and life by the early inhabitants of India, or the so called Egyptian Book of the Dead which is of similar nature but deals more specifically with the items of nature that the early Egyptians considered gods such as the sun, frogs, and other things of nature. Now the Bible is a quite different entity which does NOT consider things of nature as gods, but only the Creator of Heaven and Earth a god, Almighty God (YHWH) which Exodus 20:3 says, "Thou hast no other Gods before Me." (Young's Literal Translation; YLT). Clearly showing there is but one true God (YHWH) through whom all came into being at his discretion.
This fact, that the Bible was inspired by God (YHWH) is testified to at 2 Timothy 3:16-17, "Every scripture inspired of God `is' also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness. 17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work." (American Standard Version; ASV); and this is affirmed, also, at 1 Thessalonians 2:13, "And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, `even the word' of God, ye accepted `it' not `as' the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe." (ASV).
MAN WROTE UNDER INSPIRATION FROM GOD (YHWH):
As shown at Exodus 20:1-2, "`And God speaketh all these words, saying, 2 I `am' Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants." (YLT); and reaffirmed at Isaiah 7:7, "thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass." (ASV); and the fact that these divinely inspired individuals wrote not their own words, but simply put the thoughts of God (YHWH) into the words of men as testified to by God's (YHWH's) own son, Jesus (Yeshua) at John 14:10, "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works." (ASV).
Clearly men were moved to write by God's (YHWH's) spirit as testified to at 2 Peter 1:20-21, "this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition, 21 for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake." (YLT); and 1 Thessalonians 2:13, "And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, `even the word' of God, ye accepted `it' not `as' the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe." (ASV).
Unlike other so called 'holy books' that were written as men observed nature or were moved by self interest, the Bible was written by men who were moved by God's (YHWH's) spirit as testified to at Acts 3:21, "whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old." (ASV); and at Acts 28:25, "And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers," (ASV).
NOW WHAT DOES INSPIRATION MEAN:
The dictionary definition, "The infusion or arousal within the mind of some idea, feeling, or impulse, especially one that leads to creative action. 2. The state or quality of being inspired, 3. Divine influence exerted upon the mind or spirit; especially , the divine influence underlying prophetic or scriptural revelation. [source = Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, ISBN # 0-308-10309-2). Now of all these definitions, the one of interest is the third dealing with divine influence
being exerted. This is further defined by Ezekiel 1:3, "the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him." (ASV). This divine inspiration is further testified to at Habakkuk 2:2, "And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it." (ASV); and at Daniel 7:1-2 & 7, "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. 2 Answered hath Daniel and said, `I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;" and "7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?" (ASV).
PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TO BE OF DIVINE ORIGIN:
Whereas, other so called 'holy books' that are NOT knockoffs of the Bible deal mostly with nature and if they deal with prophecy, they deal with it in very general terms; whereas, the Bible gives very specific prophecies that have all come true at the predicted time. As 2 Peter 1:21 says, "For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit." (ASV); and at Isaiah 46:9-10, "Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; `I am' God, and there is none like me; 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not `yet' done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;" (ASV). Also, this is testified to at many other places in the Bible such as at Deuteronomy 18:22 (part of the Torah), "that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it `is' the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him." (ASV); and at John 14:29, "And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe." (ASV).
AS an example of this fulfillment of prophecy as given in God's (YHWH's) word, the Bible, just consider some of the prophecies given centuries before the incarnation of his Son, Jesus (Yeshua) that were fulfilled by him as follows:
Prophecy Fulfilled When Jesus Was Crucified:
[ 1. Betrayed by a friend - Psalms 41:9 - John 13:18-27 - 460 BCE ]]
[ 2. Thirty (30) of silver thrown in Temple - Zechariah 11:13 - Matthew 27:3-5 - 518 BCE ]
[ 3. Betrayed for thirty (30) pieces of silver - Zechariah 11:12 - Matthew 26:14-15 - 518 BCE ]
[ 4. Potters field bought for thirty (30) pieces of silver&Zechariah 11:13 - Matthew 27:6-10 - 518 BCE ]
[ 5. Forsaken by His disciples - Zechariah 13:7 - Mark 14:27-50 - 518 BCE ]
[ 6. Falsely accused by false witnesses - Psalms 35:11-21 - Matthew 26:59-61 - 460 BCE ]
[ 7. Remained silent before accusers - Isaiah 53:7 - Matthew 27:12-14 - 732 BCE ]
[ 8. Was wounded and bruised - Isaiah 53:4-6 - 1 Peter 2:21-25 - 732 BCE ]
[ 9. Spit upon and beaten - Isaiah 50:6 - Matthew 26:67-68 - 732 BCE ]
[ 10. Was mocked - Psalms 22:6- 8 - Matthew 27:27- 31 - 460 BCE ]
[ 11. Fell under the cross (stauros) - Psalms 109:24- 25 - John 19:17,
Luke 23:26 - 460 BCE]
[ 12. Had hands and feet pierced - Psalms 22:16 - John 20:24-28 - 460 BCE ]
[ 13. Was crucified with thieves - Isaiah 53:12 - Matthew 27:38 - 732 BCE ]
[ 14. Prayed for His enemies - Isaiah 53:12 - Luke 23:34 - 732 BCE ]
[ 15. His own people rejected him - Isaiah 53:3 - John 19:14-15 - 732 BCE]
[ 16. Was hated without cause - Psalms 69:4 - John 15:25 - 460 BCE ]
Prophecies Concerning his Resurrection and Ascension:
[ 1. Raised from the dead - Psalms 16:8-11 - Acts 2:24-31 - 460 BCE ]
[ 2. Only begotten Son of God (YHWH) - Psalms 2:7 - Acts 13:32-35 - 460 BCE ]
[ 3. Ascended to God (YHWH) - Psalms 68:18 - Ephesians 2:8-10; John 6:26 - 460 BCE ]
[ 4. Seated at the Right Hand of God (YHWH) - Psalms 110.1 - Hebrews 1:3-13 - 460 BCE]
Another remarkable prophecy that was very specific was the one given at Isaiah 44:28-29, "That saith of Cyrus, `He is' my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid." (ASV); and Isaiah 45:1, "Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:" (ASV), which secular history shows was fulfilled over two hundred years in the future as it does of the prophecy about how Cyrus would capture Babylonia at Isaiah 44:27, "that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;" (ASV). This fact can be verified in most world history books and in "Ancient Near Eastern Texts," edited by J. Pritchard, 1946, and of course in the Bible.
CANDOR OF BIBLE SCRIBES SHOWS THEIR TRUTHFULNESS:
Unlike writers of so called other 'holy books' the writers (scribes) of the Bible showed outstanding candor in their writings even testifying to their own shortcomings under divine guidance as shown at Numbers 20:12, "And Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, `Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.'" (YLT); and at Jonah 1:1-3, "Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah." (ASV) clearly here the prophet Jonah is testifying in candor to his own lack of faith and wrong doing; and at Mark 14:66-67 and 71-72, "And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest, 67 and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!'" and "and he began to anathematize, and to swear -- `I have not known this man of whom ye speak; 72 and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- `Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping." (YLT). Examples such as these are found throughout the Bible of candor on the part of the writers (scribes) which is definitely not found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Rig Veda, the so called holy book of the Zoroastrians, etc.; once more showing the great difference between the Bible, which is the only book ever inspired by God (YHWH) and so called other 'holy books.'
BIBLE DIRECT GLORY TO GOD AND NOT TO MEN:
Unlike many other so called 'holy books' the Bible directs glory to God (YHWH) and not to men such as the Egyptian Pharaohs, many ancient rulers, and the Roman Emperors that claimed to be gods. This is made vividly clear at Psalms 113:3-5, "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah's name is to be praised. 4 Jehovah is high above all nations, And his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high," (ASV); and at Isaiah 40:22-23, "`It is' he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; 23 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity." (ASV); and at 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, "For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, `are called': 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, `yea' and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: 29 that no flesh should glory before God. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." (ASV); and at many other places such as Revelation 7:12.
ARCHAEOLOGY HAS CORROBORATED MANY BIBLE ACCOUNTS:
So many Bible accounts have corroborated
so many Bible accounts that it would require many books to significantly deal with them all. However, but a few of these are Genesis 19:24-25, "and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens; 25 and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground." (YLT) has been corroborated by Geologist recently when they ascertained that the area mentioned had been involved in a catastrophic explosion followed by rain of sulphur. Also, a recent expedition found extensive underwater remnants of a civilization that flourished and died app. 4,000 years ago that now is submerged beneath the south end of the Dead Sea.
Another example is Joshua 1:4, "From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea -- the going in of the sun -- is your border." (YLT). This has been confirmed by the discovery at an excavation at Boghazkeui, Turkey, the ancient site of the Hittite capital where over 10,00 clay tablets in the Hittite cuneiform script and other languages have been found.
Another example is 1 Kings 14:25-26, "And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; 26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made." (ASV). This was verified by a finding in 1830 of writings on the outer wall of Egyptian temple at Karnak that when deciphered was found to be a record of Shishnak's victory.
Another example is 2 Kings 3:4-5, "Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams. 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel." (ASV). This was verified with the finding of the Moabite stone in 1868 [now preserved in the Louvre, Paris] which gives King Mesha's version of his revolt against Israel.
Another example is 2 Kings 18:13, "Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them." (ASV). In 1847 to 1851, Layard excavated Assyrian King Sennacherib's great palace at Kuyunjik, and uncovered clay cylinders, now called King Sennacherib's Prism, giving his boastful version of the invasion of Judah, [now preserved in the British Museum].
Another example is Acts 17:22, "And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious." (ASV). The Ares, or 'Mars Hill," rocky hill northwest of Acropolis of Athens still remains to confirm the Beble record of setting for Paul's discourse, and a plaque there contains a copy of a part of his speech.
Now if any want to know more, go and read one of the many books written on archaeology corroboration of Bible accounts, many can be found in any large metropolitan library.
THE BIBLE IN HARMONY WITH TRUE SCIENCE:
Let's review a few examples such as Genesis 1:11 & 21 & 25, "And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so." And "21 And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that `it is' good." And "And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that `it is' good.", all of which we all now know to be true do to the findings of scientist.
And Job 26:7, "He is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the earth upon nothing." (New World Translation; NWT). For many centuries it was believed that the sun revolved around the earth, and one so called Christian group, actually a counterfeit Christian group, actually burned an individual at the stake on orders from Rome, one Giordano Bruno, executed in 1600 for a belief and teaching of the Copernican's system, the belief that the earth revolved around the sun, as they taught as truth the Ptolemaic system, the belief that the sun revolved around the earth, can you imagine that. Also, some religious groups and so called 'holy books' stated that the earth was supported by a giant turtle, can you imagine such nonsense; but the Bible contains no such nonsense in the legitimate canonical books. And Isaiah 40:22, "`It is' he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;" (ASV). For many centuries it was believed that the earth was flat and if you traveled too far you would fall off, but the Bible correctly said, "above the circle of the earth" revealing that it was a globe. Once more proving the Bible always was in harmony with true science. Of course this was NOT true for the many so called 'holy books,' the knockoffs from the Bible excluded.
ITS PRESERVATION IN FACE OF SEVERE OPPOSITION SHOWS THAT IT TRULY IS THE WORD OF GOD:
The fact that the Bible still exist after such severe opposition throughout the ages is testimony to the fact that it is the word of God (YHWH). This fact was foretold in advance at Isaiah 40:8, "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever." (ASV); and 1 Peter 1:25, "'The saying of Jehovah endures forever." Well, this is the 'saying,' this which has been declared to you as good news." (NWT). Through the ages many efforts were made to eliminate the Bible and many individuals were burned at the stake for either publishing, distributing, and/or possessing a copy of the Bible, but we still have it as God (YHWH) made provisions for its preservation and today it has been translated into over 2,000 languages and more copies are in existence of it than any other book on earth; in fact more copies of it have been printed than all other so called 'holy books' sure says a lot.
ALL OF THE BIBLE IS VALUABLE:
That all of the Bible is beneficial and NOT outdated is brought out at Romans 15:4, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope." (ASV); and John 20:31, "but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name." (ASV).
JESUS (YESHUA) AND THE APOSTLES FREELY QUOTED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT:
Jesus (Yeshua) and his apostles clearly quoted from the Old Testament [Hebrew Testament] clearly showing that they considered all of it as the inspired word of God (YHWH) as it truly is. This is clearly shown at Luke 4:17-21, "And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears." (ASV); and at Luke 24:27 & 44-45, "And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself." And "And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me. 45 Then opened he their mind, that they might understand the scriptures;" (ASV). Also, there many more scriptures showing that Jesus (Yeshua) and his apostles clearly quoted from the Old Testament.
In fact, many of these scriptures contain examples for our benefit today, one example being shown in Luke 17:26-30, "And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed." (ASV).
BIBLE TO BE VIEWED AS A UNIFORM WHOLE:
The Bible is shown to be clearly a uniform whole at 2 Timothy 3:16, "All Scripture is Inspired of God and beneficial." (NWT); therefore, the reading of it on a regular basis is important. This is testified to at Matthew 4:4, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (ASV); and Deuteronomy 6:4-7, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and strength. These commandments which I give you this day are to be kept in your heart; you shall repeat them to your sons, and speak of them indoors and out of doors, when you lie down and when you rise." (The New English Bible; NEB); and 2 Timothy 3:15, "You know how, when you were a small child, you were taught the holy Scriptures; and it is these that make you wise to accept God's salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus." (Living New Testament; LNT); and Acts 17:11, "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so."
FOR THE RIGHT INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE, WE MUST LOOK TO GOD (YHWH):
We must look to God (YHWH) for the correct interpretation of the Bible and not to men as testified to at Genesis 40:8, "They replied, 'We have each had a dream and there is no one to interpret it for us.'" (NWT); and Daniel 2:28, "but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he discloses to king Nebuchadnezzar what is to happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your brain in bed are these:" (The Bible, A New Translation, by James Moffatt, D.D., D.Litt., M.A.; ANT); and Matthew 11:25, "And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him." (ASV).
Remember that the 'RIGHT' explanation is always harmonious with the rest of God's (YHWH's) word as brought out at 2 Timothy 3:16-17, "Every inspired scripture has its use for teaching the truth and refuting error, or for reformation of maners and discipline in right living, so that the man who belongs to God may be efficient and equipped for good work of every kind." (NET); and Acts 15:14-15, "Symeon hath rehearsed how first God visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written," (ASV). Also, as brought out by Matthew 16:4, "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of Jonah. And he left them, and departed." (ASV); and Matthew 24:35, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (ASV).
EVENTS IN FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY POINT OUT MEANING:
Actually, events in fulfillment of prophecy point out Bible meaning as shown by Matthew 1:18 & 22-23, "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Spirit." And "22 Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is, being interpreted, God with us." (ASV); and Acts 2:4 & 14-21, "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." And "But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spake forth unto them, `saying', Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and give ear unto my words. 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is `but' the third hour of the day. 16 but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel: 17 And it shall be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit upon all flesh: And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams: 18 Yea and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days Will I pour forth of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable `day'. 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved." (ASV).
Remember, personal interpretation may lead to twisting of scriptures as shown by 2 Peter 3:15-16, "and the long-suffering of our Lord count ye salvation, according as also our beloved brother Paul -- according to the wisdom given to him -- did write to you 16 as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction." (ASV). Also, adding to or taking away from the words of the Bible is wrong as shown at Revelation 22:18-19, "I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book:
19 and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book." (ASV).
CONCLUSION:
As can be seen from the foregoing, the Bible is truly the word of God (YHWH) and NOT of man as are all the other books in existence. It is the only book God (YHWH) has ever inspired to be written and that God (YHWH) used divinely inspired men to record his thoughts in the words of men. So as we can see, the proposition stated in the introduction has been proved past any reasonable doubt to all individuals who are honest with themselves. Of course there will be many individuals who will not accept this, and this is to be expected; and that is why we have the saying you can lead a horse to water, but you can not make him drink. These are the ones who want to believe myths and legends and figuratively say, 'my mind is made up, please do NOT confuse me with facts.'
Second, Bible Facts and Other Information For Skeptics To Review
The inspired word of Almighty God (YHWH), the Bible has been recognized as the truth for over 3,000 years and over six billion copies of it exist. It is the world's oldest standard, go to:
"NOW I CHALLENGE OUT TO ONE AND ALL TO SHOW A SINGLE FACTUAL ERROR IN WANY OF MY ARTICLES! Now, Let's start accepting the facts and being objective instead of being none objective and closed minded. I am just the bearer of the truth, the facts, NOT the maker of the facts! I am just a messenger of the truth which all should want if they are honest with them selves in keeping with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (Authorized King James Bible; AV)."
Third, Lies People Tell On The Bible
Your post of apostate (counterfeit) Christian nonsense on the Bible which is so inaccurate clearly shows your lack of knowledge of Bible canon. Now here is something to assist you with respect gaining a better understanding of the subject.
Discourse on the Bible:
INTRODUCTION:
There are many different writings and books that various groups have considered/believed to be holy books, but why so. Many have been considered holy books based on human tradition such as the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Rig Veda, etc., and others for which divine inspiration are claimed, but which are actually just knockoffs from the Bible such as the writings of David Korash, the Book of Morman, the Quran (Koran), etc. However, there is only one book, actually a book of books, the Bible which actually was written by man acting as scribes who were given the thoughts of God (YHWH) and put them into the words of men.
Specifically, the Bible is NOT the product of one committee or strongman. It has over 40 individual writers who wrote under divine inspiration/guidance much as transcribing secretaries today taking transcription and then later typing it out. In other words one real author, God (YHWH), and many scribes each of whom wrote in his own style over a period of approximately 1,600 years. All of what people call or consider inconsistencies are really not such, but most often just a problem of translation and/or understanding, i.e., lack of understanding of what the original writer writing in his own language and culture meant/said in his original writing. What is remarkable, is the writers over such a period of time all wrote in harmony when even most posters on threads on this forum can not even stay on track or subject over a period of a few days and/or weeks at most with the original subject of the thread. This fact of harmony over a period so great as to almost stagger the imagination shows that it had one guiding force or author who divinely inspired its writers as humans of their own volition can not keep on track over short periods of time.
To wit, the Bible is the ONLY book God (YHWH) ever inspired men to write as his scribes. In other words, God is its author and men only put his thoughts given to them by divine inspiration into their own words, the words of men. Not only that, all the other writers of later so called religious guidance books borrowed from it and made changes in accord with their strong man or so called prophet. Take the example of Joseph Smith who borrowed from it to write the Book of Mormon, but failed to give credit or source to the Bible and twisted some borrowed things into bizarre distortions. Other examples are of course the bizarre writings of David Koresh the Prophet of the Branch Dividians of Waco, Texas; and the Quran, and the Book of Wiccim.
INSPIRED BY GOD (YHWH) AND NOT BY HUMANS:
All other so called 'holy books' have been inspired by men such as the Rig Veda which is a collection of early writings about nature and life by the early inhabitants of India, or the so called Egyptian Book of the Dead which is of similar nature but deals more specifically with the items of nature that the early Egyptians considered gods such as the sun, frogs, and other things of nature. Now the Bible is a quite different entity which does NOT consider things of nature as gods, but only the Creator of Heaven and Earth a god, Almighty God (YHWH) which Exodus 20:3 says, "Thou hast no other Gods before Me." (Young's Literal Translation; YLT). Clearly showing there is but one true God (YHWH) through whom all came into being at his discretion.
This fact, that the Bible was inspired by God (YHWH) is testified to at 2 Timothy 3:16-17, "Every scripture inspired of God `is' also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness. 17 That the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work." (American Standard Version; ASV); and this is affirmed, also, at 1 Thessalonians 2:13, "And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, `even the word' of God, ye accepted `it' not `as' the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe." (ASV).
MAN WROTE UNDER INSPIRATION FROM GOD (YHWH):
As shown at Exodus 20:1-2, "`And God speaketh all these words, saying, 2 I `am' Jehovah thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants." (YLT); and reaffirmed at Isaiah 7:7, "thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass." (ASV); and the fact that these divinely inspired individuals wrote not their own words, but simply put the thoughts of God (YHWH) into the words of men as testified to by God's (YHWH's) own son, Jesus (Yeshua) at John 14:10, "Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works." (ASV).
Clearly men were moved to write by God's (YHWH's) spirit as testified to at 2 Peter 1:20-21, "this first knowing, that no prophecy of the Writing doth come of private exposition, 21 for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake." (YLT); and 1 Thessalonians 2:13, "And for this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received from us the word of the message, `even the word' of God, ye accepted `it' not `as' the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also worketh in you that believe." (ASV).
Unlike other so called 'holy books' that were written as men observed nature or were moved by self interest, the Bible was written by men who were moved by God's (YHWH's) spirit as testified to at Acts 3:21, "whom the heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of His holy prophets that have been from of old." (ASV); and at Acts 28:25, "And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers," (ASV).
NOW WHAT DOES INSPIRATION MEAN:
The dictionary definition, "The infusion or arousal within the mind of some idea, feeling, or impulse, especially one that leads to creative action. 2. The state or quality of being inspired, 3. Divine influence exerted upon the mind or spirit; especially , the divine influence underlying prophetic or scriptural revelation. [source = Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary, ISBN # 0-308-10309-2). Now of all these definitions, the one of interest is the third dealing with divine influence being exerted. This is further defined by Ezekiel 1:3, "the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him." (ASV). This divine inspiration is further testified to at Habakkuk 2:2, "And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it." (ASV); and at Daniel 7:1-2 & 7, "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel hath seen a dream, and the visions of his head on his bed, then the dream he hath written, the chief of the things he hath said. 2 Answered hath Daniel and said, `I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;" and "7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booty unto them?" (ASV).
PROPHECY PROVES THE BIBLE TO BE OF DIVINE ORIGIN:
Whereas, other so called 'holy books' that are NOT knockoffs of the Bible deal mostly with nature and if they deal with prophecy, they deal with it in very general terms; whereas, the Bible gives very specific prophecies that have all come true at the predicted time. As 2 Peter 1:21 says, "For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit." (ASV); and at Isaiah 46:9-10, "Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; `I am' God, and there is none like me; 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not `yet' done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;" (ASV). Also, this is testified to at many other places in the Bible such as at Deuteronomy 18:22 (part of the Torah), "that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not -- it `is' the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; -- thou art not afraid of him." (ASV); and at John 14:29, "And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe." (ASV).
AS an example of this fulfillment of prophecy as given in God's (YHWH's) word, the Bible, just consider some of the prophecies given centuries before the incarnation of his Son, Jesus (Yeshua) that were fulfilled by him as follows:
Prophecy Fulfilled When Jesus Was Crucified:
[ 1. Betrayed by a friend - Psalms 41:9 - John 13:18-27 - 460 BCE ]]
[ 2. Thirty (30) of silver thrown in Temple - Zechariah 11:13 - Matthew 27:3-5 - 518 BCE ]
[ 3. Betrayed for thirty (30) pieces of silver - Zechariah 11:12 - Matthew 26:14-15 - 518 BCE ]
[ 4. Potters field bought for thirty (30) pieces of silver&Zechariah 11:13 - Matthew 27:6-10 - 518 BCE ]
[ 5. Forsaken by His disciples - Zechariah 13:7 - Mark 14:27-50 - 518 BCE ]
[ 6. Falsely accused by false witnesses - Psalms 35:11-21 - Matthew 26:59-61 - 460 BCE ]
[ 7. Remained silent before accusers - Isaiah 53:7 - Matthew 27:12-14 - 732 BCE ]
[ 8. Was wounded and bruised - Isaiah 53:4-6 - 1 Peter 2:21-25 - 732 BCE ]
[ 9. Spit upon and beaten - Isaiah 50:6 - Matthew 26:67-68 - 732 BCE ]
[ 10. Was mocked - Psalms 22:6- 8 - Matthew 27:27- 31 - 460 BCE ]
[ 11. Fell under the cross (stauros) - Psalms 109:24- 25 - John 19:17,
Luke 23:26 - 460 BCE]
[ 12. Had hands and feet pierced - Psalms 22:16 - John 20:24-28 - 460 BCE ]
[ 13. Was crucified with thieves - Isaiah 53:12 - Matthew 27:38 - 732 BCE ]
[ 14. Prayed for His enemies - Isaiah 53:12 - Luke 23:34 - 732 BCE ]
[ 15. His own people rejected him - Isaiah 53:3 - John 19:14-15 - 732 BCE]
[ 16. Was hated without cause - Psalms 69:4 - John 15:25 - 460 BCE ]
Prophecies Concerning his Resurrection and Ascension:
[ 1. Raised from the dead - Psalms 16:8-11 - Acts 2:24-31 - 460 BCE ]
[ 2. Only begotten Son of God (YHWH) - Psalms 2:7 - Acts 13:32-35 - 460 BCE ]
[ 3. Ascended to God (YHWH) - Psalms 68:18 - Ephesians 2:8-10; John 6:26 - 460 BCE ]
[ 4. Seated at the Right Hand of God (YHWH) - Psalms 110.1 - Hebrews 1:3-13 - 460 BCE]
Another remarkable prophecy that was very specific was the one given at Isaiah 44:28-29, "That saith of Cyrus, `He is' my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure, even saying of Jerusalem, She shall be built; and of the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid." (ASV); and Isaiah 45:1, "Thus saith Jehovah to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut:" (ASV), which secular history shows was fulfilled over two hundred years in the future as it does of the prophecy about how Cyrus would capture Babylonia at Isaiah 44:27, "that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;" (ASV). This fact can be verified in most world history books and in "Ancient Near Eastern Texts," edited by J. Pritchard, 1946, and of course in the Bible.
CANDOR OF BIBLE SCRIBES SHOWS THEIR TRUTHFULNESS:
Unlike writers of so called other 'holy books' the writers (scribes) of the Bible showed outstanding candor in their writings even testifying to their own shortcomings under divine guidance as shown at Numbers 20:12, "And Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, `Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.'" (YLT); and at Jonah 1:1-3, "Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah." (ASV) clearly here the prophet Jonah is testifying in candor to his own lack of faith and wrong doing; and at Mark 14:66-67 and 71-72, "And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest, 67 and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!'" and "and he began to anathematize, and to swear -- `I have not known this man of whom ye speak; 72 and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him -- `Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;' and having thought thereon -- he was weeping." (YLT). Examples such as these are found throughout the Bible of candor on the part of the writers (scribes) which is definitely not found in the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Rig Veda, the so called holy book of the Zoroastrians, etc.; once more showing the great difference between the Bible, which is the only book ever inspired by God (YHWH) and so called other 'holy books.'
BIBLE DIRECT GLORY TO GOD AND NOT TO MEN:
Unlike many other so called 'holy books' the Bible directs glory to God (YHWH) and not to men such as the Egyptian Pharaohs, many ancient rulers, and the Roman Emperors that claimed to be gods. This is made vividly clear at Psalms 113:3-5, "From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same Jehovah's name is to be praised. 4 Jehovah is high above all nations, And his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high," (ASV); and at Isaiah 40:22-23, "`It is' he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; 23 that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity." (ASV); and at 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, "For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, `are called': 27 but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, `yea' and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: 29 that no flesh should glory before God. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who was made unto us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption: 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord." (ASV); and at many other places such as Revelation 7:12.
ARCHAEOLOGY HAS CORROBORATED MANY BIBLE ACCOUNTS:
So many Bible accounts have corroborated
so many Bible accounts that it would require many books to significantly deal with them all. However, but a few of these are Genesis 19:24-25, "and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens; 25 and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground." (YLT) has been corroborated by Geologist recently when they ascertained that the area mentioned had been involved in a catastrophic explosion followed by rain of sulphur. Also, a recent expedition found extensive underwater remnants of a civilization that flourished and died app. 4,000 years ago that now is submerged beneath the south end of the Dead Sea.
Another example is Joshua 1:4, "From this wilderness and Lebanon, and unto the great river, the river Phrath, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great Sea -- the going in of the sun -- is your border." (YLT). This has been confirmed by the discovery at an excavation at Boghazkeui, Turkey, the ancient site of the Hittite capital where over 10,00 clay tablets in the Hittite cuneiform script and other languages have been found.
Another example is 1 Kings 14:25-26, "And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; 26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made." (ASV). This was verified by a finding in 1830 of writings on the outer wall of Egyptian temple at Karnak that when deciphered was found to be a record of Shishnak's victory.
Another example is 2 Kings 3:4-5, "Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered unto the king of Israel the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams. 5 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel." (ASV). This was verified with the finding of the Moabite stone in 1868 [now preserved in the Louvre, Paris] which gives King Mesha's version of his revolt against Israel.
Another example is 2 Kings 18:13, "Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them." (ASV). In 1847 to 1851, Layard excavated Assyrian King Sennacherib's great palace at Kuyunjik, and uncovered clay cylinders, now called King Sennacherib's Prism, giving his boastful version of the invasion of Judah, [now preserved in the British Museum].
Another example is Acts 17:22, "And Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, in all things, I perceive that ye are very religious." (ASV). The Ares, or 'Mars Hill," rocky hill northwest of Acropolis of Athens still remains to confirm the Beble record of setting for Paul's discourse, and a plaque there contains a copy of a part of his speech.
Now if any want to know more, go and read one of the many books written on archaeology corroboration of Bible accounts, many can be found in any large metropolitan library.
THE BIBLE IN HARMONY WITH TRUE SCIENCE:
Let's review a few examples such as Genesis 1:11 & 21 & 25, "And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so." And "21 And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that `it is' good." And "And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that `it is' good.", all of which we all now know to be true do to the findings of scientist.
And Job 26:7, "He is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the earth upon nothing." (New World Translation; NWT). For many centuries it was believed that the sun revolved around the earth, and one so called Christian group, actually a counterfeit Christian group, actually burned an individual at the stake on orders from Rome, one Giordano Bruno, executed in 1600 for a belief and teaching of the Copernican's system, the belief that the earth revolved around the sun, as they taught as truth the Ptolemaic system, the belief that the sun revolved around the earth, can you imagine that. Also, some religious groups and so called 'holy books' stated that the earth was supported by a giant turtle, can you imagine such nonsense; but the Bible contains no such nonsense in the legitimate canonical books. And Isaiah 40:22, "`It is' he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;" (ASV). For many centuries it was believed that the earth was flat and if you traveled too far you would fall off, but the Bible correctly said, "above the circle of the earth" revealing that it was a globe. Once more proving the Bible always was in harmony with true science. Of course this was NOT true for the many so called 'holy books,' the knockoffs from the Bible excluded.
ITS PRESERVATION IN FACE OF SEVERE OPPOSITION SHOWS THAT IT TRULY IS THE WORD OF GOD:
The fact that the Bible still exist after such severe opposition throughout the ages is testimony to the fact that it is the word of God (YHWH). This fact was foretold in advance at Isaiah 40:8, "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever." (ASV); and 1 Peter 1:25, "'The saying of Jehovah endures forever." Well, this is the 'saying,' this which has been declared to you as good news." (NWT). Through the ages many efforts were made to eliminate the Bible and many individuals were burned at the stake for either publishing, distributing, and/or possessing a copy of the Bible, but we still have it as God (YHWH) made provisions for its preservation and today it has been translated into over 2,000 languages and more copies are in existence of it than any other book on earth; in fact more copies of it have been printed than all other so called 'holy books' sure says a lot.
ALL OF THE BIBLE IS VALUABLE:
That all of the Bible is beneficial and NOT outdated is brought out at Romans 15:4, "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope." (ASV); and John 20:31, "but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name." (ASV).
JESUS (YESHUA) AND THE APOSTLES FREELY QUOTED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT:
Jesus (Yeshua) and his apostles clearly quoted from the Old Testament [Hebrew Testament] clearly showing that they considered all of it as the inspired word of God (YHWH) as it truly is. This is clearly shown at Luke 4:17-21, "And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written, 18 Th
Prior to Egypt's presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of "holy war." Then, any number of Islamic clerics, including influential ones, declared that it was mandatory for Muslims to cheat during elections—if so doing would help Islamist candidates win; that the elections were a form of jihad, and those who die are "martyrs" who will attain the highest levels of paradise. Top Islamic institutions and influential clerics, such as Yusuf al-Qaradawi, issued fatwas decreeing that all Muslims were "obligated" to go and vote for those candidates most likely to implement Sharia law, with threats of hellfire for those failing to do so.
The point was simple: democracy, elections, voting, even the individual candidates, were all means to an end—the establishment of Sharia law. Cheat, fight, and kill during elections, as long as doing so enables Sharia; vote only for whoever will enable Sharia; avoid hell by enabling Sharia. (It is precisely for this reason that the very first demand made by Islamic leaders is that President Morsi implement the totality of Sharia law in Egypt. That is, after all, why so many voted for him.)
That many Egyptian Muslims heeded these commands to lie, cheat, steal, and kill in order to empower Sharia, there is no doubt. Story after story appeared in the Egyptian media—much of it missed in the West—demonstrating as much.
Those dealing with brutal violence speak for themselves. For example, a Muslim man "beat his pregnant wife to death upon learning that she had not voted for the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Muhammad Morsi." According to police reports, "despite her pleas," the husband "battered and bruised" her after discovering she had voted for the secularist candidate, Ahmed Shafiq. She died later in the hospital "from injuries sustained."
Likewise, a farmer was "stabbed" by a "supporter of Morsi," simply for putting up a picture of the secular Shafiq on his motorcycle. Another 52-year-old man and "supporter of Morsi" slapped his mother for voting for Shafiq. The man took his elderly mother to the voting booth, informing her that she must vote for Morsi; after she voted, he pressed her to confirm that she did in fact vote for the Islamist—only to be told that she did not. The man "lost his temper" and slapped her in front of the other voters and electoral supervisors.
Finally, and in accord with the Muslim Brotherhood's own directives, whole segments of Coptic Christians were prevented from voting. According to Al Ahram, Egypt's national newspaper, in Upper Egypt, where millions of Copts live, "the Muslim Brotherhood blockaded entire streets, prevented Copts from voting at gunpoint, and threatened Christian families not to let their children go out and vote."
Three observations:
Many analysts would like to rationalize these anecdotes away as byproducts of "third world culture"—not the Islamic religion per se. Yet it is curious to note that all the violence and threats of violence that revolved around Egypt's presidential elections were committed by the supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, not the supporters of the secular candidate, who instead were at the receiving end of the abuses, including death, violence, humiliation, and injustices in general. This fact speaks for itself.
Noteworthy, too, is that most of those abused were either women (including wives and mothers) or "dhimmi" Christian Copts—both members of society that, according to Sharia, are treated as "second-class citizens," to be kept in subjugation by Muslim males, the only "full" citizens of an Islamic state.
Despite all these concrete facts and more, including further documentation of electoral fraud at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Obama administration's only response was to pressure Egypt's ruling junta into declaring a victor—the administration's favorite, Muhammad Morsi—thereby making the United States an accomplice of the Brotherhood's electoral holy war.
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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Two - to any events that we organize in your area. Turkey's Christians under Siege
by John Eibner
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2011, pp. 41-52 (view PDF)
http://www.meforum.org/2907/turkey-christians http://www.meforum.org/facebook_like.php?ref_id=2907&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meforum.org%2F2907%2Fturkey-christians Be the first of your friends to like this. The brutal murder of the head of Turkey's Catholic Church, Bishop Luigi Padovese, on June 3, 2010, has rattled the country's small, diverse, and hard-pressed Christian community.[1] The 62-year-old bishop, who spearheaded the Vatican's efforts to improve Muslim-Christian relations in Turkey, was stabbed repeatedly at his Iskenderun home by his driver and bodyguard Murat Altun, who concluded the slaughter by decapitating Padovese and shouting, "I killed the Great Satan. Allahu Akhbar!" He then told the police that he had acted in obedience to a "command from God."[2]
The brutal murder on June 3, 2010, of the head of Turkey's Catholic church, Bishop Luigi Padovese, seen here in 2006 leading the funeral procession of another slain priest, Andrea Santoro, was met by denials and obfuscation—not only by the Turkish authorities but also by Western governments and even the Vatican.
Though bearing all the hallmarks of a jihadist execution, the murder was met by denials and obfuscation—not only by the Turkish authorities but also by Western governments and the Vatican. This is not wholly surprising. In the post-9/11 era, it has become commonplace to deny connections between Islam and acts of violence despite much evidence to the contrary.[3] But while this denial has undoubtedly sought to win the hearts and minds of Muslims, as opposed to Christians, Jews, or any other religious group, it has served to encourage Islamist terrorism and to exacerbate the persecution of non-Muslim minorities even in the most secularized Muslim states. For all President Barack Obama's high praise for its "strong, vibrant, secular democracy,"[4] and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's "Alliance of Civilizations" rhetoric, Turkey is very much entrenched in the clash of civilizations paradigm. Unless Ankara is prepared to combat the widespread "Christophobia" that fuels violence and other forms of repression, the country's Christians are doomed to remain an oppressed and discriminated against minority, and Turkey's aspirations of democratic transformation and full integration with Europe will remain stillborn.
The Victim and His Mission
Consecrated bishop in November 2004, half a year following Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's elevation to the papacy, Padovese belonged to the body of intellectually sharp, proactive clerics who share Benedict XVI's ecumenical understanding of the church and its global mission of evangelization, especially in the Islamic Middle East where a century of intensive de-Christianization now threatens the faith's regional existence.
Padovese's mission in Turkey was to help save the country's Christian community from extinction and to create conditions for its religious and cultural renaissance. Rejecting the church's historic dhimmi status as a protected religious minority under Islam—which reduced it to little more than a submissive worshipping agency with no other legitimate activity—he viewed Turkey's European Union candidacy as a golden opportunity for winning significant concessions from Ankara and pinned high hopes on the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, which took place in Rome in October 2010.[5] However, the synod ended on a sour note. While confirming the Second Vatican Council's positive shift in attitude toward Judaism and unequivocal rejection of anti-Semitism, the Middle Eastern bishops sought to enhance the security of their flocks by playing an anti-Israel card and criticizing Israel—the one country of the region with a growing Christian population—with a directness that was not employed in relation to any Islamic state, no matter how repressive.
Had it not been for his murder, the bishop would have traveled to meet the pope in Cyprus on the very next day for the launch of the synod's Instrumentum laboris, the Vatican's strategic plan for reviving Christianity in its Middle Eastern cradle, to which Padovese was a substantial contributor.
Though written in low-key Vatican jargon, the Instrumentum laboris is full of radical implications for Turkey and the broader Middle East.[6] In contrast to the common post-9/11 predilection to downplay Islamism's less savory aspects, the document does not gloss over the disadvantaged position of Christians in the Islamic world and identifies the issue of human rights, including religious freedom, as central to the well-being of the whole of society:
Oftentimes, relations between Christians and Muslims are difficult, principally because Muslims make no distinction between religion and politics, thereby relegating Christians to the precarious position of being considered non-citizens, despite the fact that they were citizens of their countries long before the rise of Islam. The key to harmonious living between Christians and Muslims is to recognize religious freedom and human rights.[7]
This harmonious living was to be achieved through a policy of dialogue—defined by Benedict XVI at the beginning of his papacy as "a vital necessity, on which in large measure our future depends"[8]—that would identify the common ground between the two religions: service to society, respect for common moral values, the avoidance of syncretism, joint opposition to the atheism, materialism, and relativism emanating from the Western world, and a collective rejection of religious-based violence, that is—killing in the name of God.
The Instrumentum laboris also encouraged a search—together with Muslim reformers—for a new system of church-state relations, which it referred to as "positive laicity." But the Vatican does not uphold Turkey's secularism—which the George W. Bush and Obama administrations have praised as a model for the Islamic world—as the answer. "In Turkey," the Instrumentum laboris notes—undoubtedly on account of the influence of Bishop Padovese—"the idea of 'laicity' is currently posing more problems for full religious freedom in the country." The working document did not elaborate but simply stated that the aim of this "positive," as opposed to "Turkish laicity," would be to help eliminate the theocratic character of government and allow for greater equality among citizens of different religions, thereby fostering the promotion of a sound democracy, positively secular in nature, which also fully acknowledges the role of religion in public life while completely respecting the distinction between the religious and civic orders.[9]
These were the principles that guided Padovese's Turkish mission. He worked in the clear knowledge that "faithfully witnessing to Christ"—as the synod's preparatory document acknowledges—"can lead to persecution."[10] And so it did.
Conspiracy of Silence
Within hours of Padovese's death, the provincial governor preempted the results of police investigations with the announcement that the murder was not politically motivated but rather committed by a lone lunatic.[11] Moreover, in an attempt to eliminate any Islamic motive, NTV Turkey announced that the murderer was not actually a Muslim but a convert to Catholicism.[12] Then the police leaked word—allegedly from the assassin—that he had been "forced to suffer abuse" in a homosexual relationship with the bishop and that the killing had been an act of "legitimate defense."[13]
It is true that Turkey's minister for culture and tourism, Ertuğrul Günay, issued a short message of condolences on behalf of the government[14] and that the foreign ministry expressed regret to the international media. But neither President Abdullah Gül nor Prime Minister Erdoğan expressed their own condolences or publicly addressed the murder of the head of their country's Catholic Church, and even the foreign ministry's statement took care to highlight the murderer's alleged "psychological problems."[15]
Erdoğan's silence in response to this national tragedy was particularly striking. Together with Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodrigues Zapatero, the Turkish prime minister and leader of the ruling Islamist Peace and Justice Party (AKP) has been a principal architect and cosponsor of the U.N.'s flagship program to promote a global "Alliance of Civilizations." Diversity, cross-cultural dialogue, and opposition to isolation of "the other" were among the principles articulated by Erdoğan in his attempts to present Turkey as "the best panacea against 'clash of civilizations' theories."[16] The beheading of a senior Christian cleric by a Muslim zealot could not but send an unmistakable message that this very clash was in full swing on Erdoğan's home turf.
Moreover, at the time of the murder, Erdoğan was both sending thinly veiled threats of Turkey's growing impatience with the slow progress of its EU application and seeking to enhance his stature throughout the Islamic world with menacing anti-Israel diplomacy in response to its interception of the Turkey-originated Gaza flotilla.[17] He thus had nothing to gain and much to lose by generating headlines about Padovese's execution.
So did Washington and its European allies. If Western diplomats spoke at all about the bishop's murder, it was in the same hushed tones that are used when referring to Turkey's Armenian genocide of World War I, its subsequent use of terror against remnant Christian communities and Kurdish villages, its 1974 invasion of Cyprus and subsequent ethnic cleansing of the occupied Christian population, and its blockade of neighboring Armenia.
Well aware of the absence of backing from Western powers, the Vatican acted swiftly to avoid confrontation with Turkey. Notwithstanding an early observation by Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi that the murder highlighted the "difficult conditions" of the church in the region,[18] the official explanation was swiftly harmonized with that of Ankara. In a statement broadcast on Vatican Radio on the same day, Lombardi negated his previous comment by stating that "political motivations for the attack or other motivations linked to socio-political tensions are to be excluded." He also stressed the killer's "mental imbalance"[19] as if solo psychopaths might be a primary source of the church's difficult conditions in the Islamic world.
The day after the murder, while en route to one of Europe's hot spots of Muslim-Christian communal tension—the divided island of Cyprus—Pope Benedict XVI himself sought to quash speculation about its motivation. He admitted that he still had "very little information" about the killing, yet endorsed—much to the bewilderment of Christians in Turkey—the Turkish government's reflexive denial of a religious-political motive when he declared, "We must not attribute the fact [of Bishop Padovese's murder] to Turkey … What is certain is that it was not a religious or political assassination."[20]
The Lessons of Regensburg
Why did the pope so swiftly deny political or religious motives for Padovese's murder when so much about the crime was still shrouded in mystery? Benedict XVI provided a motive when he explained, "We do not want this tragic situation to become mixed up with dialogue with Islam or with all the problems of our journey [to Cyprus]."[21] A quarrel with Ankara at this particular juncture could certainly have had damaging repercussions for the church, but behind the pontiff's timidity, lay his keen awareness of how easy it was to trigger the destructive rage of the Islamic powers and the temporal weakness of his church.
Indeed, a few months before his ascendancy in May 2005, the pope-to-be caused consternation in Turkey by declaring his opposition to its application for EU membership because "historically and culturally, Turkey has little in common with Europe."[22] Upon Ratzinger's election to the papacy, Erdoğan opined that his "rhetoric may change from now on … because this post, this responsibility, requires it."[23]
Benedict XVI did lower his tone but not before the mass demonstrations, violence, and threats that followed his now famous Regensburg University lecture of September 2006—just two months before he was scheduled to travel to Istanbul for his first papal foray into the world of Islam. At Regensburg, the pope broached one of the key issues obstructing harmonious relations between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds: the sensitive question of violent jihad as a legitimate means of advancing the Islamic faith.[24]
In his address, the pope overstepped a red line drawn by Muslim political elites throughout the world. Erdoğan joined angry Muslim clerics and statesmen, demanding that the pope apologize for his "wrong, ugly, and unfortunate statements" and calling into question whether the planned papal visit to Istanbul would take place.[25] He was followed by Director for Religious Affairs Ali Bardakoğlu—the overseer of the Turkish state's massive financial support for Islamic institutions, including those in Europe, especially Germany[26]—who condemned the pope's message as reflecting "anger, hostility, and hatred" in addition to a "Crusader and holy-war mentality."[27] The deputy chairman of Erdoğan's AKP Party, Salih Kapusuz, announced that the Regensburg speech would place Benedict XVI in the "same category as Hitler and Mussolini."[28]
Left isolated and exposed by Washington and Europe, the pope quickly succumbed to pressure. To be sure, he did not retract a single word uttered at Regensburg, and his apology was more of a regretful explanation than an admission of error, but his humble and appeasing demeanor was conciliatory enough to salvage his church's dialogue with Islam and keep the door open to Istanbul. Since then, he has taken extraordinary pains to temper his language and make flattering gestures to avoid frenzied Muslim responses.
Consider Benedict XVI's November 2006 visit to Turkey—his first as pope to a Muslim-majority country. While reiterating the Vatican's customary plea for religious liberty, his remarks were overshadowed by his gestures of goodwill aimed at underscoring his esteem for Islam and Turkey's Islamist government, notably his prayer facing Mecca in Istanbul's Blue Mosque and his praise for Erdoğan's role in launching the Alliance of Civilizations.[29]
The biggest plum for Erdoğan was the indication that the pope would now welcome Turkey's membership in the EU.[30] Although the Vatican made no mention of it, the Turkish press announced that Benedict XVI had endorsed Erdoğan's plan to establish a bureau of Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs in Brussels to "counter efforts to inflame Islamophobia."[31]
The Regensburg speech led to the harmonization of the Vatican's diplomatic language with that of Turkey and the Alliance of Civilizations, on which the Padovese murder had no apparent effect. Anti-Christian violence remains a powerful factor in influencing the language of the church as it struggles to balance its fundamental, unwavering advocacy of religious freedom and opposition to killing in the name of God with the pursuit of dialogue with Turkey and other Muslim majority states.
The Plot Thickens
Not all Christians in Turkey accepted the denials and obfuscation of Ankara and the Vatican about the circumstances surrounding the murder. Foremost among them was the archbishop of Smyrna, Ruggero Franceschini—Padovese's successor as head of the country's Catholic Church—who rejected the official explanation of his colleague's murder and maintained that the pope had received "bad counsel" prior to his denial of the murder's political or religious motives.[32]
The archbishop had lived in Iskenderun, where the murder took place, and had known the assassin and his family personally. In the hope of ascertaining the true facts, he immediately visited the scene of the crime, subsequently telling the press that he could not accept the "usual hastily concocted, pious lie" about the murderer's insanity. He also dismissed the claim that the assassin was a Catholic convert, confirming that he was a non-practicing Muslim.[33]
The archbishop did not doubt the murder's religious and political motivation. "I believe that with this murder, which has an explicitly religious element, we are faced with something that goes beyond government," he said. "It points towards nostalgic, perhaps anarchist groups who want to destabilize the government. The very modalities of the murder aim to manipulate public opinion."[34]
What the archbishop suspected was a crime stage-managed by Turkey's "deep state"—an opaque underworld where powerful elements within the state, especially the military and security services, act in conjunction with violent extremist groups, such as the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves and the Islamist Hezbollah, as well as the apolitical criminal underworld, to undertake special, illegal operations in the political interest of the country's ruling elite.[35]
Until recently, the deep state was imbued with the secularist ideology of the republic's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. But since coming to power in 2003, Erdoğan's AKP has vigorously endeavored to lay hands on all levers of power including the deep state with a view to promoting its Islamist, "neo-Ottoman" vision for the country.[36] This has in turn produced a schizophrenic deep state with older elements loyal to the Kemalist opposition and newer elements loyal to the AKP's Islamist agenda.
Since 2007, the Turkish media has feasted on a steady stream of revelations about an extensive deep state network called "Ergenekon." Government prosecutors have secured the arrest and indictment of scores of retired and still-serving military and security officials for allegedly plotting to destabilize the AKP-dominated government. Show trials are already underway.
Deep state documents released by the prosecution, if taken at face value, point to Ergenekon as a source of anti-church activity, including the torture and Islamic-style ritual murder of three evangelical Christian book publishers in the town of Malatya in April 2006.[37]
The Ergenekon conspiracy has been similarly linked with the murder of the 61-year-old Catholic priest, Fr. Andrea Santoro—shot and killed in his Trabzon church in February 2006. Witnesses report that the convicted killer, a 16-year-old, shouted "Allahu Akbar" immediately before firing his pistol.[38] Bishop Padovese said at the time that the assassination "did not seem incidental" as it occurred while passions were aroused by the Danish cartoon affair.[39] The former papal nuncio to Turkey, Msgr. Antonio Lucibello, had similarly argued that there was a mastermind behind Santoro's murder.[40]
Prosecutors also ascribed the January 2007 murder of the Armenian Christian journalist, Hrant Dink, by a 17-year-old, to the Ergenekon.[41]A vigorous and well-known campaigner against Turkey's denial of the Armenian genocide, Dink had been convicted of having violated article 302 of the penal code banning "insults to Turkishness." The hanged body of Dink's Turkish lawyer, Hakan Karadağ, was found in suspicious circumstances the day after the Padovese murder.[42]
It is far from certain whether the alleged anti-AKP Ergenekon conspiracy is a reality, or whether it is largely an AKP fabrication, designed to cover the efforts of Erdoğan's Islamists to turn the deep state into an instrument for promoting their own agenda.[43] But whoever may be pulling the strings, Kemalists or Islamists, the deep state is no friend of Turkey's Christians.
A Turkish Anti-Christian Agenda
Persecution, however, is by no means limited to the deep state. Like their counterparts in most of the Islamic Middle East, Turkey's Christians are effective hostages to the arbitrary actions of powerful elites, made up of Islamic state and non-state actors who collectively monopolize violence. The oldest Christians retain living memory of the state-sponsored mass deportations and massacres that culminated in the World War I Armenian genocide. During the twentieth century, Turkey's Christian population has dropped to the verge of extinction.[44] The last anti-Christian mass violence was the 1955 deep state-sparked, anti-Greek pogrom in Istanbul, which also took a heavy toll on the city's Jewish and Armenian populations.[45]
Such memories are reinforced in the younger generation of Christians by continuing acts of smaller scale and more discriminative violence. In February 2006, for example, a Slovenian priest was attacked by a gang of teenagers in the parish compound in Izmir (Smyrna), and five months later a 74-year-old clergyman was stabbed by young Turks on a street in Trabzon, following which Padovese told the media, "The climate has changed … it is the Catholic priests that are being attacked."[46] In December 2007, another priest was knifed by a teenager as he left his church following Sunday mass.[47]
A leader of the Turkish Protestant community, Rev. Behnan Konutgan, recently recorded cases of violence against church property and the physical harassment of church members while a noted Turkish sociologist of religion, Ali Carkoğlu, has argued that no non-Muslim religious gathering in Turkey is completely risk free.[48]
What little protective law there is, whether national or international, does not have the strength to provide adequate defense. Plain-speaking about persecution invites hostile reactions, sometimes deadly. The church's language of dialogue is powerfully influenced by this reality. But there are some voices in Turkey that do not always cower to the violence-backed taboos of official Christian-Muslim dialogue or of the Alliance of Civilizations.
At the end of 2009, Bartholomew I, the normally subservient Ecumenical Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes and shocked Turkey's political establishment. Speaking to Bob Simon, the patriarch reported no significant improvement in conditions for the church. Instead, he argued that Turkey's Christians were second class citizens and that he personally felt "crucified" by a state that wanted to see his church die out. Asked whether Erdoğan had responded to the petitions submitted to him in the course of many meetings, Bartholomew answered, "Never."[49]
Turkey's rulers lashed out angrily. "We consider the crucifixion metaphor an extremely unfortunate metaphor," argued Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. "In our history, there have never been crucifixions, and there never will be. I couldn't really reconcile this metaphor with his mature personality."[50] President Gül endorsed the foreign minister's assessment while the head of the ruling AKP's international relations section, Kürsat Tüzmen, menacingly retorted, "If there is someone who is being crucified, it is the politician, security officials, and others. If he [the patriarch] is a religious and spiritual leader, he should be much more cautious when making a statement. Someone who really loves his country has to be more responsible."[51]
Bartholomew seems to have touched a raw nerve. For all its Alliance of Civilizations rhetoric, Erdoğan's Islamist government has maintained a tight stranglehold on the country's Christian institutions and blocked reforms that could lead to the growth of Christianity. True, the government has made some minor concessions to Christian institutions, including legislation that creates new but very limited possibilities for Christian foundations to recover some confiscated property, [52] but this was little more than a ploy to please the European Union and Washington and pales into insignificance by such hostile measures as the refusal to reopen the Halki Theological Seminary—the only institution in Turkey where Orthodox clergy could be trained—before Greece and Bulgaria improved the conditions of their Muslim minorities.[53] In other words, Ankara does not recognize the right of the Orthodox Church, or any other church for that matter, to run a theological seminary as a religious liberty but merely as an instrument of deal-making with Western powers for the purposes of enhancing the position of Islam.
Indeed, while Turkey's churches have long enjoyed freedom of worship, they have remained without legal status to this very day. Most of their work takes place in the legal framework of foundations that operate under the strict supervision of the General Directorate for Foundations[54] and other state institutions—including a secret national security department whose mandate is to control non-Muslim minorities.[55] They have, moreover, been entangled in labyrinthine negotiations and lengthy and expensive court cases for the return of confiscated property as well as permission to expand their engagement with society through the provision of education and other charitable activity. Churches have experienced grave setbacks in addition to the above mentioned murders, notably: The state conducted a four-year prosecution of two Turkish, evangelical Protestant converts from Islam on charges of "insulting Turkishness." Although these charges were dropped for lack of evidence in October 2010, the converts were forced to pay fines of $3,170 each or go to prison for seven months for "collecting information on citizens."[56]
Ankara is taking legal action to confiscate lands that historically belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Monastery of Mor Gabriel (founded in 379 CE), whose bishop has encouraged persecuted Christian refugees to return to the area and rebuild their villages.[57]
Less than a year before his death, Padovese was especially disappointed by the rejection of his appeal for the status of the Church of St. Paul in Tarsus to be changed from a museum to a functioning place of regular worship. Not only had the pope made a personal appeal in this respect, but the archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Meisner, had asked Erdoğan for the return of the church "as a gesture of European cooperation." The Turkish media reported that Ankara turned down these requests from the pope, Cardinal Meisner, and Bishop Padovese, notwithstanding the Catholic leaders' pledge to support the building of a mosque in Germany on condition that the Turkish government hand over the holy site to the church, together with permission for the construction of a center for pilgrims.[58]
The Islamist Erdoğan maintains continuity with his ultranationalist predecessors by refusing to respect the historic, ecumenical character of the Patriarchate of Constantinople—i.e., its titular ascendancy over the other patriarchates of the 300 million-strong Orthodox communion worldwide—and by requiring that the patriarch be a Turkish citizen by birth. Last October, the Turkish authorities allowed the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party to conduct Islamic prayers at the ancient Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Virgin at Ani.[59]
Raging Christophobia
Padovese believed that there would be no end to the war against the church in Turkey until the public as a whole rejected the widely-accepted negative stereotypes of Christians as dangerous, subversive aliens within society, and he especially blamed the popular Turkish media for perpetuating a climate of hate. He highlighted as an example two cases involving the late Fr. Santoro. In the first, he was run out of a village near Trabzon by a group of children while local adults incited the youth with applause. The local newspaper reported the incident with the headline "Priest Sighted on the Coast Road," as if his presence there justified the mob action against him.[60] The second case followed Santoro's murder when the daily Vatan alleged that the assassinated priest had been guilty of distributing money to young people to entice them to visit his church.[61]
Turkey's Christians were especially alarmed by the mass popular hysteria whipped up by the 2006 blockbuster Valley of the Wolves, an action-packed adventure film set in post-Saddam Iraq. Reviewing the movie in Spiegel, Cem Özdemir—a member of the European Parliament of Turkish descent—decried its pandering to "racist sentiments" and its making "Christians and Jews appear as repugnant, conspiratorial holy warriors hoping to use blood-drenched swords to expand or reclaim the empire of their God."[62]
Far from distancing themselves from the movie, ultra-nationalists and those at high levels in the Islamist camp praised it. "The film is absolutely magnificent … It is completely true to life," exclaimed the parliament speaker (and later deputy prime minister) Bülent Arınç. Unconcerned about the damaging implications of the film's negative images of Christians and Jews, Turkey's President Gül refused to condemn it, saying it was no worse than many Hollywood films.[63] Erdoğan's pious wife is reportedly a fan of the racist film.[64]
The Christophobia of the boulevard press and "Istanbulywood" can also be found in state documents. A national intelligence report, exposed by the Cumhuriyet newspaper in June 2005, revealed similar dangerous sentiments that are at odds with the principles espoused by Erdoğan at showcase Alliance of Civilizations events.
Titled "Reactionary Elements and Risks," the report put Islamist terrorist groups on a par with Christian missionaries, who, it claimed, cover Turkey "like a spider's web" and promote divisions in sensitive areas such as the Black Sea and eastern Anatolia. According to the report, the Christian evangelizers included Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants, as well as other Christian and non-Christian groups such as the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Baha'is, with the latter concentrating on government officials, liberal businessmen, and performing and other artists.[65]
Echoing the tenor of the intelligence report, Turkish state minister Mehmet Aydın, who oversees the state's Directorate for Religious Affairs and who has served as an advisor to the National Security Council on religious issues, argued that the goal of Christian missionaries was to "break up the historical, religious, national, and cultural unity of the people of Turkey," adding that much evangelizing was "done in secret."[66] This claim was echoed by Erdoğan's interior minister Abdülkadir Asku, who told the Turkish parliament that Christian missionaries exploited religious and ethnic differences and natural disasters to win the hearts of poor people. Having highlighted the secret and subversive nature of this allegedly devious effort, he noted an embarrassingly small success rate: 338 converts to Christianity (and six converts to Judaism) out of 70 million Turks during the previous seven years.[67]
Deep Prejudice
When Erdoğan, as an Islamist opposition politician, announced in 1997 that "the minarets are our bayonets, the domes our helmets, the mosques our barracks and the faithful our army"—lines from a poem of by Ziya Gökalp, a nineteenth-century architect of Turkish nationalism based on a synthesis of Islam and Turkish ethnicity—he was not only making a statement about the role of Islam in promoting the interests of the Turkish state but also indicating the unity of religion and nationalism in Turkish perception. As historian Bernard Lewis explained, "One may speak of Christian Arabs—but a Christian Turk is an absurdity and a contradiction in terms. Even today, after thirty-five years of the secular republic, a non-Muslim in Turkey may be called a Turkish citizen, but never a Turk."[68]
Much has changed in Turkey over the past half century but not the fundamental character of Turkish nationalism. The Turkish nation still thinks of itself in terms of Islam and Turkish ethnicity, leaving little scope for the full integration of non-Muslims into the life of the nation. Most Christians in Turkey belong to ethnic minorities. In the case of the Greeks and Armenians, they are identified in the public mind with historically hostile states. Roman Catholics and Protestants are linked with the Western powers that imposed humiliating conditions on the Ottoman Empire, notably the capitulations for the protection of non-Muslims and the sponsorship of Christian missionary activity.
Four academics of Turkish background have highlighted this Islamo-Turkish supremacism in a 2008 EU-commissioned report. They argued:
Despite laicism, the Turkish state has not been able to overcome the segregation of non-Muslim minorities and to integrate them into the nation as citizens with equal rights. While the Muslim Turks have been the "we," the non-Muslim minorities have been categorized as "the other"… they have been rather perceived as "domestic foreigners."
The authors make further observations about the prevailing concept of nationality in the context of the need for the state to end religious-based discrimination:
Notwithstanding the spirit of the founding text of the republic, the notion of Turkish citizenship was shaped according to the legal context that prevailed before the Tanzimat reforms of 1839. Although the new republic defined itself as a secular state, Sunni Islam has been functional in the nation-building process as a uniting, common cultural factor of the majority of Turkey's inhabitants. A person who is not a Muslim is usually referred to as a minority person or a Turkish citizen, but not a Turk. Turk designates an ethno-religious characteristic of a political community.[69]
The extent to which this cultural phenomenon still influences Turkish society at the grassroots level is evident from the findings of an EU-financed public opinion survey conducted in 2008 by two Turkish scholars as a part of the International Social Survey Program. It discovered that
• One third of Turkish Muslims would object to having a Christian as a neighbor.
• More than half believe that Christians should not be allowed to openly express their religious views in printed publication or in public meetings.
• More than half are opposed to Christians serving in the army, security services, police force, and political parties.
• Just under half believe Christians should not be active in the provision of health services.[70]
The road from such views to outright discrimination and a heightened threat of violence is very short indeed.
Conclusion
All available evidence points to the presence of important religious and political elements in the assassination of Bishop Padovese. If truth is to prevail over "pious lies"—as the archbishop of Smyrna desires—Ankara and the Vatican will have to cooperate to ensure a full and transparent enquiry into the bishop's death. The credibility of an enquiry will depend on open examination of the details of the murderous act itself as well as on the broader circumstances surrounding it, including other violent acts of Christophobia and the encouragement of xenophobic attitudes by the media, the entertainment industry, and the educational system. This means penetrating the netherworld of connections between the Turkish government, the deep state, and radical political groups, and examining the institutional sources of Turkish Christophobia.
Such a joint investigation, perhaps with the assistance of the deceased bishop's homeland, Italy, or with the United States as Turkey's most important ally, would be an expression of Christian-Muslim dialogue in practice. A government-sponsored campaign to combat Christophobia in Turkish society would demonstrate Turkey's commitment to bring to an end its own historic clash of civilizations and replace it with a strong, equitable alliance of civilizations.
In the months that have passed since Padovese's beheading, Erdoğan and his Islamist government have not taken such steps. This failure is a sign of a lack of political will to break from Turkey's historic tradition of Islamic and Turkish supremacism. Unless determination is publicly demonstrated, Turkey will entrench itself still deeper in an Ottoman-oriented Islam that is increasingly at odds with its Christian minorities, its former non-Muslim ally Israel, and the West.
The soft power of the modern papacy, with its appeals for religious liberty, can exercise a positive influence on Turkey and the rest of the Islamic world. But Islamic powers can see, as did Stalin, an absence of papal military divisions in the current clash of civilizations. Unless the thoroughly secularized nations of what was once Christendom provide firmer backbone, the Vatican will have little choice but to bend with the breeze.
John Eibner, chief executive officer of Christian Solidarity International-USA, focuses on religious and ethnic conflict, mainly in the Middle East, North-East Africa and Eastern Europe. He has visited these regions on numerous human rights fact-finding and humanitarian aid missions.
[1] According to the International Religious Freedom Report 2009, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., there are approximately 90,000 Christians in Turkey. Vatican sources claim a total of 30,000 Catholics. Catholic News Agency (Rome), Nov. 27, 2006.
[2] Asia News (Bangkok), June 7, 2010.
[3] Daniel Pipes, "Denying [Islamist] Terrorism," The New York Sun, Feb. 8, 2005.
[4] "Remarks by President Obama to the Turkish Parliament," in Ankara, Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, Apr. 6, 2009.
[5] Bishop Luigi Padovese, presentation, St. Louis Catholic Parish, Ansbach, Germany, June 18, 2009.
[6] "The Catholic Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness. 'Now the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul' (Acts 4:32)," Synod of Bishops, Special Assembly for the Middle East, Vatican City, June 6, 2010.
[7] Ibid., p. 37.
[8] "Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI," meeting with representatives of Muslim communities, Cologne, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (Rome), Aug. 20, 2005.
[9] "The Catholic Church in the Middle East," pp. 10-12.
[10] Ibid., p. 44.
[11] ANSA News Agency, Vatican City, June 3, 2010.
[12] Agence France-Presse, June 4, 2010.
[13] Asia News, June 7, 2010.
[14] Press release, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, June 3, 2010.
[15] CNN, June 3, 2010.
[16] Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, statement, opening session, Alliance of Civilizations Forum, Madrid, Jan. 15, 2008.
[17] Ynet News (Tel Aviv), June 1, 2010.
[18] Associated Press, June 3, 2010.
[19] Radio Vatican, June 3, 2010.
[20] Ibid., June 4, 2010.
[21] Ibid.
[22] Le Figaro (Paris), Aug. 13, 2004; CatholicCulture.org, Dec. 17, 2004.
[23] Inter-Press Service (Rome), Apr. 20, 2005; Agence France-Presse, Apr. 21, 2005.
[24] Benedict XVI, "Faith, Reason and the University: Memories and Reflections," University of Regensburg, Sept. 12, 2006.
[25] Yeni Şafak (Istanbul), Sept. 17, 2006; Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Special Dispatch, no. 1297, Sept. 22, 2006.
[26] Ali Bardakoğlu, "The Structure, Mission and Social Function of the Directorate of Religious Affairs," accessed Dec. 31, 2010.
[27] MEMRI, Special Dispatch, no. 1297, Sept. 22, 2006.
[28] Ibid.
[29] Catholic News Agency, Nov. 29, 2006.
[30] The Sunday Times (London), Nov. 29, 2006.
[31] Today's Zaman (Istanbul), May 14, 2009.
[32] Documentation Information Catholiques Internationales (Menzingen, Switzerland), June 28, 2010.
[33] Asia News, June 10, 2010.
[34] Ibid.
[35] Gareth H. Jenkins, "Between Fact and Fiction: Turkey's Ergenekon Investigation," Silk Road paper, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2009; H. Akim Ünver, "Turkey's 'Deep-State' and the Ergenekon Conundrum," The Middle East Institute, Policy Brief, no. 23, Apr. 2009.
[36] Michael Rubin, "Erdoğan, Ergenekon, and the Struggle for Turkey," Mideast Monitor, Aug. 8, 2008.
[37] Today's Zaman, Nov. 22, 2008, Jan. 17, 2009, Apr. 13, 2010.
[38] Reuters, Oct. 4, 2007.
[39] Catholic News Service, Feb. 6, 2006.
[40] Asia News, Feb. 7, 2006.
[41] BBC News, Feb. 4, 2008.
[42] Today's Zaman, June 5, 2010.
[43] Rubin, "Erdodgan, Ergenekon and the Struggle for Turkey."
[44] Ahmet Igduygu, Sule Toktas, and Bayram Ali Soner, "The Politics of Population in a Nation-building Process: Emigration of Non-Muslims from Turkey," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Feb. 2008, p. 363.
[45] Ünver, "Turkey's 'Deep-State' and the Ergenekon Conundrum."
[46] Asia News, Feb. 9, 2006; BBC News, July 2, 2006.
[47] Voice of America, Dec. 16, 2007.
[48] Behnan Konutgan, "Christians Still Second-class Citizens under Turkish Secularism," International Journal for Religious Freedom, 1 (2009): 99-110; Compass Direct News, Dec. 4, 2009.
[49] 60 Minutes, CBS, Dec. 17, 2009.
[50] Today's Zaman, Dec. 22, 2009.
[51] Hürriyet (Istanbul), Dec. 21, 2009.
[52] Otmar Oehring, "Turkey: What Difference Does the Latest Foundations Law Make?" Forum 18 (Oslo), Mar. 13, 2008.
[53] Hürriyet, Dec. 21, 2009.
[54] Orphan Kemal Cengiz, "Minority Foundations in Turkey: From Past To Future," part 1, Today's Zaman, June 16, 2010, part 2, June 18, 2010.
[55] "Religious Freedom in Turkey: Situation of Religious Minorities," European Parliament, Directorate General External Policies of the Union, Policy Department External Policies, Luxembourg, Feb. 2008, p. 10.
[56] Compass Direct News, May 28, 2010.
[57] The Wall Street Journal, Mar. 7, 2009.
[58] Catholic News Service, Aug. 3, 2009; Hürriyet, Aug. 6, 2009.
[59] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Oct. 1, 2010.
[60] Asia News, Feb. 8, 2006.
[61] Ibid., Mar. 14, 2006.
[62] Spiegel Online (Hamburg), Feb. 22, 2006.
[63] The Times (London), Feb. 17, 2006.
[64] Deutsche Welle (Bonn), Feb. 20, 2006.
[65] Compass Direct News, June 22, 2005.
[66] Forum 18, July 10, 2007.
[67] Compass Direct News, June 22, 2005.
[68] Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey (London: Oxford University Press, 1961), p. 15.
[69] "Religious Freedom in Turkey. Situation of Religious Minorities," pp. 2, 10.
[70] Compass Direct News, Dec. 4, 2009; Hürriyet, Nov. 17, 2009.
Three - 'Insider Killings' in Afghanistan
by Mark Durie
FrontPageMagazine.com
August 24, 2012
http://www.meforum.org/3328/afghanistan-insider-killings
In the past two weeks at least nine Americans have been killed by their Afghan allies in what is known to as "insider killings." Members of the Afghan army, having been trained and armed by NATO forces, are turning their weapons in increasing numbers against their foreign allies, killing at least 40 NATO troops this year so far.
These killings are demoralizing, not only for the troops, but also for the folks back home. They make people war-weary. Mrs. Marina Buckley, the mother of Lance Corporal Gregory Buckley who was killed by one of his Afghan allies just before he was due to return home, spoke for many when she said: "Our forces shouldn't be there. It should be over. It's done. No more."
These killings have been blamed on foreign spies and Taliban infiltrators, but such theories have been discounted by military investigators, who could only link one in ten killings to Taliban infiltration.
The generals seem to be mystified, for Colonel Lapan, spokesman for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff commented, "we don't know what's causing them, and we're looking at everything."
They could also look at Islam, and at history.
Let us wind the clock back 120 years to Aceh, today part of Indonesia. In 1892 the sultanate of Aceh, a staunchly Islamic region, had been under Dutch military occupation for twice as many years as the Americans have been in Afghanistan. When the Dutch first stormed the Acehnese capital Kutaraja (now Banda Aceh) in 1871 they naively assumed that control of the rest of the countryside would quickly follow. Instead they became entangled in a conflict which lasted for decades.
A poignant legacy of the Aceh-Dutch war is a military cemetery in Banda Aceh, reputed to be the largest graveyard of Dutch troops outside Holland.
As the decades passed, the Acehnese waged a tenacious insurgency from jungle hideouts, and Dutch leaders cycled through various theories to explain their military failures. One theory was that the passing of time would see a steady reduction in hostilities. Time did pass, and this theory ended up in the trash. Another theory was that a "concentration line" of forts could effect a safe haven around the capital to guarantee security, but the attacks continued.
A particularly demoralizing aspect of the conflict was a pattern of Acehnese allies turning against and killing Dutch soldiers. Teuku Umar was an early leader of the Acehnese resistance who became an ally of the Dutch, as a result of which he was rewarded with weapons, money and command of hundreds of troops. Then he turned these weapons and troops against his supposed "allies," inflicting heavy casualties. The Dutch regarded this as an odious betrayal, yet today the name of Teuku Umar is recognized as one of Indonesia's greatest heroes and boulevards all over the country are named after him.
The problem of deceit and betrayal was also a rank-and-file problem. There was no shortage of would-be Acehnese martyrs who, for the sake of gaining a victim, were willing to feign friendship with the Dutch, before drawing their knives against them. The phenomenon of unpredictable killings by the Acehnese came to be known as Atjčh-moord "Acehnese murder."
The failure of Dutch military policy in Aceh – and the resulting drain of Dutch blood and treasure – caused a host of political difficulties for governments back in Holland. The war became intensely unpopular.
The turning point in the Aceh-Dutch war came in 1891-92 when Christian Snouck Hurgronje, an expert in Arabic and Islam, was sent to do field research into "the pernicious Aceh Question" (het verderfelijke Atjeh-questie).
Snouck Hurgronje was the preeminent Western expert on Islam of his generation. After completing a PhD on Islamic theology in Holland, he spent a year in Mecca in 1884-85, living as a Muslim, studying at the feet of the Sheikhs, and making a special study of Indonesian Muslims.
After his field trip to Aceh, Snouck Hurgronje published a two-volume report on the Acehnese society in 1893, which included a military analysis, and offered a blueprint for winning the insurgency.
At the heart of Snouck Hurgronje's explanation of the "Aceh Question" was a theological analysis. The Acehnese war, he explained, was jihad, a theologically motivated struggle against the Dutch as infidel-occupiers of Islamic territory.
Because it was a theological struggle, grounded in the deeply held Islamic convictions of the Acehnese people, the Aceh war could not be won by capturing a few key cities or neutralizing a handful of key leaders. Indeed, as time passed, and the early chieftain leaders were superseded, the insurgency came to be dominated by clerics, whose influence greatly increased as a result of the jihad. (This same pattern can be observed in Afghanistan over the past decade.)
Snouck Hurgronje's thesis was rejected by many when it first saw the light of day. In time however, it proved triumphant, and provided the basis for the successful pacification of Aceh. It was only when the Dutch authorities aligned their military strategy with Snouck Hurgronje's insights that they began to win the war. Military success came as a huge relief to the Dutch authorities, and meant that by 1902 Snouck Hurgronje was able to write, "Now no one any longer doubts that the dogmas of Islam on the subject of religious war, so fanatical in their terms, supplied the principal similes to the obstinate rebellion." (However individual acts of "Acehnese murder" did continue – albeit in significantly decreasing numbers – right up until the Japanese occupation in 1942.)
The theological framework for the Acehnese jihad, which Snouck Hurgronje exposed to the understanding of Dutch leaders in 1893, happens to be exactly the same as that used by jihadi scholars such as Abdullah Azzam in the late 20th and early 21st centuries to stimulate what western elites refer to as "terrorism."
It is a classical dogma of Islam that when Muslim lands are occupied by infidel forces, it is an individual religious obligation upon all Muslims to do their utmost to defend their lands against the infidels. This belief drove the Acehnese insurgency over a century ago, and it drives the Afghan conflict today.
Snouck Hurgronje also explained that the practice of deceit – manifested in feigned friendship leading to what we would now call "insider killings" – can be derived from the dogmas of Islam and specifically from religious attitudes to infidels.
It is disappointing that after more than a decade of war, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff are mystified by the phenomenon of "insider killings." Has political correctness so neutered their capacity to wage war? Are they so blind to the religious nature of the war they are fighting? How can they be unfamiliar with the classical dogmas of jihad, which make it a compulsory religious duty for individual Muslims to fight against infidel occupiers of Muslim lands?
The US generals, indeed any army fighting a jihad insurgency in Muslim lands, would do well to read Snouck Hurgronje's report, especially volume I (see here).
The insider killings of Afghanistan today are essentially the same phenomenon as "Acehnese murder" of over a century ago. The straightforward, rational explanation for Afghan soldiers turning their US-supplied weapons against their "allies" can be found in the beliefs outlined by Snouck Hurgronje in the late 19th century: the dogma that Muslims have a duty to defend Muslim lands against infidel occupation; the dogma that if Muslims are killed in jihad, paradise will be their reward; and the dogma that in jihad, deceiving the infidel is no sin.
Reuters has reported that in Afghanistan:
Field commanders have also been given discretion to increase numbers of so-called "guardian angel" sentries who oversee foreign soldiers in crowded areas such as gyms and food halls, to respond to any rogue shooting incidents.
This is reminiscent of remarks by the Acehnese poet Anzib Lamnyong, reflecting on the assassination of a Dutchman by Lém Abah, an Acehnese man from his own village:
Very often people attacked the Dutch like that, so that the Dutch had to keep a very close guard on Banda Aceh, night and day, all around the whole city. But no matter how well those guards kept watch, they still kept getting attacked by our people, who would strike them down … The Dutch were in great consternation about our brave people, who did not fear the bullet that might strike them dead in the twinkling of an eye.
One expects that, when the last infidel troops have left Afghanistan, and Muslim sovereignty has been fully restored, the memory of the Afghan jihadis who are even now perpetrating "insider killings" may come to be held in high renown, just as the name of Teuku Umar is revered in Indonesia to this day.
Mark Durie is a theologian, human rights activist, pastor of an Anglican church, and an Associate Fellow at the Middle Eastern Forum.
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Fourth - Islamists Target Christians 'Wherever They Can Reach Them'
by Raymond Ibrahim
Pajamas Media
December 3, 2010
http://www.meforum.org/2791/islamists-target-christians
In 2006, when Pope Benedict quoted history deemed unflattering to Islam, Christians around the Muslim world paid the price: anti-Christian riots ensued, churches were burned, and a nun was murdered in Somalia. That was then. Days ago, when a Christian in Egypt was accused of dating a Muslim woman, twenty-two Christian homes were set ablaze to cries of "Allah Akbar." Countless other examples of one group of Christians in the Muslim world being "punished" in response to other Christians exist.
In fact, the recent carnage in Baghdad, wherein Islamists stormed a church during mass, killing over fifty Christian worshippers, was a "response" to Egypt's Coptic Christian church, which Islamists accuse of kidnapping and torturing Muslim women to convert to Christianity (even if the well documented reality in Egypt is that Muslims regularly kidnap and force Christian women to convert to Islam). Moreso, the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamists who perpetrated the Baghdad church massacre have further threatened Christians around the world:
All Christian centres, organisations and institutions, leaders and followers, are legitimate targets for the mujahedeen (holy warriors) wherever they can reach them… Let these idolaters [Christians of the world], and at their forefront, the hallucinating tyrant of the Vatican [Pope Benedict], know that the killing sword will not be lifted from the necks of their followers until they declare their innocence from what the dog of the Egyptian Church is doing.
Of course, the clause "wherever they can reach them" is an indicator that it is the Islamic world's Christians who will especially be targeted — since they are most easily reached.
This phenomenon — attacking one set of Christians, or non-Muslims in general, in response to another — has roots in Islamic law. The Pact of Omar, a foundational text for Islam's treatment of dhimmis (i.e., non-Muslims who refused to convert after their lands were seized by Islam) makes this clear. The consequences of breaking any of the debilitating and humiliating conditions Christians were made to accept in order to be granted a degree of surety by the Muslim state — including things like giving up their seats to Muslims, as a show of "respect" — were clear: "If we in any way violate these undertakings for which we ourselves stand surety, we forfeit our covenant [dhimma], and we become liable to the penalties for contumacy and sedition [that is, they become viewed as "unprotected" infidels, and thus exposed to the same treatment, including slavery, rapine, and death.]."
Moreover, the actions of the individual affect the entire group — hence the "hostage" aspect (everyone is under threat to ensure that everyone behaves). As Mark Durie points out, "Even a breach by a single individual dhimmi could result in jihad being enacted against the whole community. Muslim jurists have made this principle explicit, for example, the Yemeni jurist al-Murtada wrote that 'The agreement will be canceled if all or some of them break it…' and the Moroccan al-Maghili taught 'The fact that one individual (or one group) among them has broken the statute is enough to invalidate it for all of them'" (The Third Choice, p.160).
This notion, that the actions of one affect all, plays out regularly in Egypt. According to Bishop Kyrillos, "every time there is a rumor of a relationship between a Coptic man and a Muslim girl [which is forbidden under Islamic law], the whole Coptic community has to pay the price: 'It happened in Kom Ahmar (Farshout) where 86 Coptic-owned properties were torched, in Nag Hammadi we were killed and on top of that, they torched 43 homes and shops and now in Al-Nawahed village just because a girl and a boy are walking beside each other in the street, the whole place is destroyed."
Worse, as the world continues to shrink, the Muslim world's indigenous Christians become conflated with their free coreligionists in the West: perceptions of the latter affect the treatment of the former; race or geography is no longer important; shared religion makes them all liable for one another. A dhimmi is a dhimmi is a dhimmi.
For example, aside from the Baghdad church massacre, Iraq's Christians have long been targeted "over their religious ties with the West … Christians specifically were targeted by Church bombings and assassination attempts owing to a perceived association with the aims and intentions of the occupying forces." Little wonder more than half of Iraq's Christian population has emigrated from the country since the U.S. toppled Saddam's regime.
Historical precedents to this phenomenon are aplenty. Whereas the Copts today are cited as the reason behind the massacre of Iraqi Christians, nearly a millennium ago, Copts were massacred when their western coreligionists — the Crusaders — made inroads into Islam's domains. Again, the logic was clear: we will punish these Christians, because we can, in response to those Christians.
It should be noted that this approach applies to all non-Muslim groups — Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. — living amidst Muslim majorities. Yet, because Christians are the most visible infidel minority in the Islamic world, most modern examples relate to them. The Copts are especially targeted because they comprise the largest Christian bloc in the Middle East. (Centuries before the Muslim conquests, Egypt was a bedrock of Christianity, and Alexandria arguably equal to Rome in authority. The result is, after centuries of persecution, there is still a viable Christian presence in Egypt — much to the Islamists' chagrin.)
Treating non-Muslim minorities as hostages can even have international consequences. According to Jewish writer Vera Saeedpour, the Turkish government pressured Israel's policies, including by threatening "the lives and livelihood of the 18,000 Jews" in Turkey:
In the Spring of 1982 when Jews scheduled an International Conference on Genocide in Tel Aviv, they invited Armenians to participate. Ankara protested. The Israeli Government moved swiftly to get organizers to cancel insisting that the conference as planned would threaten "the humanitarian interest of Jews." The New York Times explained what "humanitarian interest" meant. Organizers were told by Israeli officials that Turkey meant to sever diplomatic relations and had threatened "the lives and livelihood of the 18,000 Jews" in the country. (NYT 6.3.82 and 6.4.82) To drive home the message, Ankara even sent a delegation of Jews from Istanbul who warned that they could be in jeopardy if the conference included Armenians. Chairman Elie Wlesel was first quoted as saying, "I will not discriminate against the Armenians, I will not humiliate them." Later, citing threats to the lives of Jews in Turkey, he resigned.
All this is a reminder that yet another aspect of Islamic doctrine and history — to be added to jihad, taqiyya, wala wa bara, etc. — is alive and well in the 21st century. Treating one set of non-Muslims as hostages, to be abused as a form of retaliation to their coreligionists — far or near, singly or collectively — is just another tactic to assume leverage against the infidel.
Raymond Ibrahim is associate director of the Middle East Forum, author of The Al Qaeda Reader, and guest lecturer at the National Defense Intelligence College.
Digital Book On The Realities Of Islam – Given Is Sequences:
Members of Islam continue to claim that others are mistreating them, but NEGLECT to mention they are persecuting, killing, and burning the churches and religious meeting places of others due to the lust for violence that has been inbreed into many of their members by their religious leaders. Now here are a series of facts, realities, presented in seven parts with highlighted in the index for each part. Note: I challenge anyone to find a factual error in any fact presented in this digital book. Now let’s look at the facts, the reality:
1 Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“As Congressman Peter King of New York put it, “there is no equivalency of threat between al-Qaeda and neo-Nazis, environmental extremists or other isolated madmen. Only al-Qaeda and its Islamist affiliates in this country are part of an international threat to our nation. Indeed, by the Justice Department's own record, not one terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis, environmental extremists, militias or anti-war groups.” [source - retrieved from http://www.meforum.org/2851/weeping-and-other-hysterics-have-muslim on 3/14/2011]”
2 Sequel #1 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.”
3 Sequel #2 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“Members of Islam are violently attacking so called Christians in Iraq according to information from the Catholic Education Resource Center as found at http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/persecution/pch0263.html . This once more shows how violent Islam is.”
4 Sequel #3 to Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“As Congressman Peter King of New York put it, “there is no equivalency of threat between al-Qaeda and neo-Nazis, environmental extremists or other isolated madmen. Only al-Qaeda and its Islamist affiliates in this country are part of an international threat to our nation. Indeed, by the Justice Department's own record, not one terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis, environmental extremists, militias or anti-war groups.” [source - retrieved from http://www.meforum.org/2851/weeping-and-other-hysterics-have-muslim on 3/14/2011]”
5 Sequel #4 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“Also, any religion that burns the Holy Books of another religion has absolutely no right to protest or commit violence when their Holy Book is burned. All should have freedom of religion and equal rights. Of course, book burning is wrong, but if one group regularly does it; they should expect the other group whose Holy Book they are burning to also burn their Holy Book [Note, genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ would never participate in this childish tit for tat wrong practice.].”
6 Sequel #5 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“Yes, members of Islam believe in an abominated form of freedom of religion; to wit, freedom of religion only for Islam and the complete denial of freedom of religion for everyone else. This is definitely NOT freedom of religion for everyone, yet all should have the absolute right to freedom of religion no matter where they live, but Islam is against true freedom of religion.”
7 Sequel #6 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“Let’s face it, there is a method behind their outrageous acts; It is a desire for world domination by an Islamic entity. Let’s look at their plans to set up an evil empire out to remove freedom and to control others through a short history from the Seventh Century to the present:”
8 Sequel #7 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
“Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.”
Article Beginning:
Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.
As Congressman Peter King of New York put it, “there is no equivalency of threat between al-Qaeda and neo-Nazis, environmental extremists or other isolated madmen. Only al-Qaeda and its Islamist affiliates in this country are part of an international threat to our nation. Indeed, by the Justice Department's own record, not one terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis, environmental extremists, militias or anti-war groups.” [source - retrieved from http://www.meforum.org/2851/weeping-and-other-hysterics-have-muslim on 3/14/2011]
As to members of Islam believing in freedom of religion, one need only look at Egypt to see that they do NOT. Here are some examples to prove this statement.
1] On March 5, 2011 members of Islam attacked, plundered, and set ablaze the ancient Coptic church in the village of Sool, not far from Cairo. Afterwards they destroyed all the relics in it and hammered the walls down.
2] Many Christian girls are being abducted and raped in Egypt and the Coptic community is being terrorized.
3] A rampage initiated by members of Islam killing each other and Christians over an affair between a so called Christian man and a Muslim women.
[[for more information, go to, No 'Revolution' for Egypt's Christians,’ by Raymond Ibrahim, FrontPageMagazine.com, March 22, 2011, at http://www.meforum.org/2855/no-revolution-for-egypt-christians ]]
However, members of Islam do not even want religious freedom for none-Muslims in so called Christian lands as shown by an incident reported in the St. Cloud Times, May 12, 2010, by Dave Aeikens. Here is the substance of this article:
“A St. Cloud State University student in a teacher-training program at Technical High School left the school in late April because he says he feared for the safety of his service dog.
…
Hurd said a student threatened to kill his service dog named Emmitt. The black lab is trained to protect Hurd when he has seizures.
The seizures, which can occur weekly, are from a childhood injury.
The dog has a pouch on his side that assists those who stop to help Hurd.
Hurd said he was unable to finish his 50 hours of field training at Tech. The university waived the remaining 10 hours, he said. He plans to do his student teaching outside a high school setting.
“We came up with a solution because I felt threatened by it," Hurd said.
…
Kate Steffens, dean of the college of education at St. Cloud State, and Tech assistant principal Lori Lockhart met Thursday.
The threat came from a Somali student who is Muslim, according to Hurd, St. Cloud State and school district officials.
The Muslim faith, which is the dominant faith of Somali immigrants, forbids the touching of dogs.”
So now members of Islam even want to force their beliefs on others in the United States, what gull and a complete disregard for the right to religious freedom for others.
As can readily be seen, in lands where members of Islam hold power, freedom of religion really does not exist, but in western lands members of Islam get freedom of religion, but many do NOT behave themselves.
To add insult to insult, many members of Islam still claim Spain is theirs as they wrongly occupied it in the Seventh Century. They fail to recognize reality, they stole the land and illegally occupied it until they were driven out. History shows the following in brief:
Also, hateful, greedy, and lustful for violence members of Islam set out in the Eighth Century to steal all of Spain and to kill all that resisted, " In 711 AD, the non-White Muslim invasion finally reached Spain, having swept up out of the Saudi Arabian peninsula, conquered Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and North Africa to the Gibraltar Strait.
Launching a ferocious assault across the narrow strait, the Muslims defeated the Gothic kingdom in stages and managed to establish what became known as Moorish rule over the greatest part of Spain and Portugal, with only the very northern parts remaining in Gothic hands." [source - MARCH OF THE TITANS - A HISTORY OF THE WHITE RACE, Chapter 22: Lessons in Decline: Spain and Portugal].
They also claim Palestine is theirs because they illegally occupied it in the Seventh Century and fail to recognize that the land was given to the Hebrews by the supreme power in the universe, Almighty God, YHWH, as recorded at Numbers 34:1-29 (Authorized King James Bible; AV). Now after their long wrongful occupancy, they still refuse to unoccupy the land and return to where their ancestors came from. Greed at its worse since they should NOT only remove themselves from the Hebrew’s land, but should also pay for their long wrongful occupancy and use of the land.
Sequel #1 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.
An article appearing in the ‘Front Page Magazine,’ of 3/28/11, by Raymond Ibrahim, titled, “Muslim Jihad in Christian Ethiopia – Lessons for the West,”
clearly shows that Islam does NOT believe in freedom of religion, the rights of others, and has absolutely no love for others; yet they want and demand religious freedom in western lands, something they will NOT give in lands they control – what hypocrisy. Now let’s look at the article that clearly shows how they regard others.
Not only does last week's jihadist rampage against Ethiopia's Christians highlight the travails Christians encounter wherever Islam has a sizable population, but it offers several insights, including some which should concern faraway, secular nations with Muslim minorities. According to Fox News:
Remains of one of the churches destroyed during the Muslim rampage.
Thousands of Christians have been forced to flee their homes in Western Ethiopia after Muslim extremists set fire to roughly 50 churches and dozens of Christian homes. At least one Christian has been killed, many more have been injured and anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 have been displaced in the attacks that began March 2 after a Christian in the community of Asendabo was accused of desecrating the Koran.
For starters, this "medieval" attack is a reminder that countless churches have been destroyed or desecrated by jihadist terror since Islam rose to power in the Medieval era, evincing centuries of continuity. While the media may mention the more "spectacular" attacks on churches—in Iraq, in Egypt—most attacks go either unreported or underreported. (Some Muslim nations, such as U.S. "friend-and-ally" Saudi Arabia, nip it in the bud by outlawing churches in the first place.)
Moreover, the dubious excuse used to justify this latest barbarous outburst—"desecration of the Koran"—is a reminder of the double-standards Bibles suffer in the Islamic world, where they are routinely confiscated and burned. Indeed, even as Muslim Ethiopians were rampaging, Muslim nations hailed as being "moderate"—Malaysia and Bangladesh—also made headlines last week with their deplorable treatment of Christians and Bibles. Worse, the West helps standardize such a biased approach: the U.S. government—Obama, Hillary, and any number of other grandstanding politicians—rose up in condemnation when a virtually anonymous, small-town pastor threatened to burn the Koran, while saying nary a word about the countless Bibles daily mutilated in the Muslim world.
Dispossessed Ethiopians pray.
Such a gutless approach is not surprising considering the sort of people who advise the military, such as Lt. Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein, who recommends that, if ever an American soldier desecrates a Koran, U.S. leadership must offer "unconditional apologies," and emulate the words of Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond: "I come before you [Muslims] seeking your forgiveness, in the most humble manner I look in your eyes today, and say please forgive me and my soldiers," followed by abjectly kissing a new Koran (Militant Islamist Ideology, p. 26).
Finally, for those Western observers who live beyond the moment and have an interest in the big picture, the long run—the world bequeathed to future generations—the issue of numbers revealed by this Ethiopian anecdote should give cause to pause. The Fox News report continues:
The string of attacks comes on the heels of several reports of growing anti-Christian tension and violence around the country where Muslims make up roughly one-third of the total population but more than 90 percent of the population in certain areas, 2007 Census data shows. One of those areas is Besheno where, on November 9, all the Christians in the city woke up to find notes on their doors warning them to convert to Islam, leave the city or face death.
As Jonathan Racho, an official at International Christian Concern, said, "It's extremely disconcerting that in Ethiopia, where Christians are the majority, they are also the victims of persecution." This oddity is explained by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's assertion that Ethiopian Islamists "have changed their tactics and they have been able to camouflage their activities through legal channels"—a strategy regularly implemented by Islamists wherever they are outnumbered, like in the U.S., prompting countermeasures such as Islamist Watch and the Legal Project.
That Muslims are an otherwise peaceable minority group in Ethiopia, but in enclaves where they represent the majority, they attack their outnumbered Christian countrymen—giving them a tweaked version of Islam's three choices to infidels—suggests that Muslim aggression and passivity are very much rooted in numbers: the more Muslims, the more potential for "assertive" behavior.
Ethiopia has some of the world's oldest churches, including St. Mary of Zion, which was originally built in the 4th century but nearly destroyed during a 16th century jihad waged by the Somali Ahmad ibn Ibrahim.
This has lessons for the West, especially Europe, which in recent years has seen an unprecedented influx of Muslim immigrants, reaching some 53 million, a number expected to "nearly double by 2015, while the non-Muslim will shrink by 3.5%," due to higher Muslim birth rates. In short, it is a matter of time before Muslims account for significant numbers in Europe—perhaps not the majority, but, as the Ethiopian example establishes, a majority is not necessary for the winds of jihad to blow.
Indeed, the story of Islam's entry into Ethiopia, one of the oldest Christian civilizations, is illustrative. Around 615, when the pagan Quraysh were persecuting Muhammad's outnumbered Muslim followers in Arabia, some fled to Ethiopia seeking sanctuary. The Christian king, or "Negus" of Ethiopia, welcomed and protected these Muslim fugitives, ignoring Quraysh demands to return them—and thus winning Muhammad's gratefulness. Today, 14 centuries later, when Islam has carved itself a solid niche in Ethiopia, accounting for 1/3 of the population, Muslim gratefulness has turned to something else—not least a warning to Western states.
(Raymond Ibrahim is associate director of the Middle East Forum)
Sequel #2 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
As I have stated before; Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.
Members of Islam are violently attacking so called Christians in Iraq according to information from the Catholic Education Resource Center as found at http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/persecution/pch0263.html . This once more shows how violent Islam is. For details on how violent Islam has been from its inception, go to:
Here is an excerpt from what the Catholic Education Resource Center stated:
“His wrath upon their heads
FATHER RAYMOND J. DE SOUZA
The blood of Baghdad screams out to heaven and earth.
May we now speak of the Muslims who want to kill us?
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But let us speak frankly of those Islamic jihadists who wish to kill Christians because they are not Muslims. On Oct. 31 in Baghdad, an al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group stormed into the cathedral of the Syriac Catholic Church, Our Lady of Salvation, during the evening Mass. They immediately killed the priest offering the Holy Mass – three priests in all were murdered. They began shooting and held the congregation hostage while security forces surrounded the church. When the police stormed the church, the jihadists began killing those inside; some of them set off suicide bombs on their belts. Dozens of Catholics were killed.
The blood of Abel, the first innocent to be killed, cried out to heaven. The blood of these latest Iraqi martyrs screams out to heaven and Earth. Does the world want to listen?
"Christians are slaughtered in Iraq, in their homes and churches, and the so-called 'free' world is watching in complete indifference, interested only in responding in a way that is politically correct and economically opportune, but in reality is hypocritical," said Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan after these latest killings.
"There are a few churches and Christian institutions left in Baghdad, not so great a number that it is not unreasonable for them to be protected, security-wise," he continued, noting that the security being provided by the government is "far less than what we have hoped for and requested."
By now the killing of Christians by jihadists (members of Islam0 has become a regular feature of the landscape in Iraq and throughout the Middle East. Yet a massacre in a church, during the Holy Mass, surely would provoke a thunderous reaction?
"We condemn in the strongest terms those who would conduct such a cowardly, vicious and senseless attack on innocent civilians in a place of worship," said the boilerplate statement from Lawrence Cannon, Canada's foreign minister. No mention of who "those" attackers might be. The Rotary Club? Salvation Army?
The American State Department had no statement at all.
In the Church too, there is often a reluctance to support vigorously Christians under attack, and to call things by name.
"As in the past and still existent today, some imbalances are present in our relations," is how the final statement of the recent Synod of Bishops on the Middle East characterized Christian-Muslim relations. Imbalances? As in the imbalance between the jihadist (members of Islam) firing the gun and the Catholic mother being riddled with bullets?
Then there was the statement by Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas, which was utterly astonishing. After simply describing the massacre, he boldly pointed the finger of blame:
"The level of incivility in our national dialogue has reached a crescendo," Farrell wrote. "Catholics in Iraq specifically link the violence against them by Muslim extremists to anti-Muslim demonstrations and threats to burn the Koran in the United States (note, they regularly burn copies of the Bible in many Arab countries.). Our actions have consequences far beyond our control. ... “
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"Vengeance is mine says the Lord." So Scripture teaches us, and so it must be for us, leaving vengeance to the Lord, and imploring the grace of reconciliation and mercy. But let us not blanch from raising our voices to the Lord, with righteous anger and hot tears, to visit His vengeance upon those who did this, to bring down His wrath upon their heads, to exact upon them a terrifying price in full measure for their grievous sins.
That's not the language of hatred; it is the language of the shepherd when the flock is being slaughtered.
Part 2
Sequel #3 to Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
INTRODUCTION:
Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.
As Congressman Peter King of New York put it, “there is no equivalency of threat between al-Qaeda and neo-Nazis, environmental extremists or other isolated madmen. Only al-Qaeda and its Islamist affiliates in this country are part of an international threat to our nation. Indeed, by the Justice Department's own record, not one terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis, environmental extremists, militias or anti-war groups.” [source - retrieved from http://www.meforum.org/2851/weeping-and-other-hysterics-have-muslim on 3/14/2011]
REALITIES BY EXAMPLE:
No regard for the right of others to freedom of religion:
Here is a glimpse into the reality behind the benign picture of Sharia that Islamic spokesmen in the West are busy painting now as more and more states consider anti-Sharia laws. "Muslims Attack Christian in Egypt, Cut Off His Ear," by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, March 26:
(AINA) -- A group of Muslims attacked Ayman Anwar Mitri, a 45 year old Christian Coptic man in the Upper Egyptian town of Qena, cutting off his ear. The Muslims claimed they were applying Sharia law because Mr. Mitri allegedly had an illicit affair with a Muslim woman. The Muslims called the police and told them "We have applied the law of Allah, now come and apply your law," according to Mr. Mitri in an interview for the Egyptian Human Rights Organization.
Mr. Mitri, a low grade administrator at a secondary school, from elHasweya, in Qena, 492 KM from Cairo, had rented his flat to two Muslim sisters, Abeer and Sabrin Saif Al-Nasr, through an agent. After nine months he learned the sisters had been indicted for prostitution, so he asked them to leave and they did.
On Sunday, March 20 Mr. Mitri was informed by a friend via a phone call at 4 AM that the flat where the Muslim sisters lived was on fire; he went to the flat. While waiting in the torched flat a Muslim named Alaa el Sunni came and berated him for renting his flat to prostitutes. "I tried to calm him down," said Mr. Mitri, "and told him I knew nothing about the two women since they came through an agent." Alaa suggested they would go somewhere quiet to clear the misunderstanding. They went to the flat of Mr. Mitri's friend Khaled, a policeman, where 12 Muslims were waiting for him. They started beating him and saying "We will teach you a lesson, Christian" and "This serves your right for renting your property to prostitutes."
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Remembering his ordeal, he said that they sat him on a chair and a Muslim named elHusseiny cut his right ear off. "I felt so shocked that I do not even know what tool he used." They also made a a 10cm cut at the back of his neck, cut his other ear, his face and his arm (video showing wounds). Mr. Mitri said they wanted to throw him off the fifth floor but Khaled objected, saying he would get into trouble for just being there, since he is a policeman.
Mr. Mitri said that the Muslims tried to convert him to Islam, but he refused. The Muslims then called the police and told them to come and get the Copt saying "We have applied the law of Allah, now come and apply your civil law."...
A door to a Christian's home in Pakistan demolished by a Muslim mob in this photograph from the Barnabas Aid
Muslims apparently angered because a Christian man driving a tractor reportedly tried to pass a Muslim on a motorcycle have rampaged in one village in Pakistan, destroying Christians' homes and throwing acid on women and children as they fled, according to a new report from Barnabas Aid.
The ministry reported that the violence this week happened in the village of Bahmani Walla in Punjab state in Pakistan, which is dominated by Islamic influences.
The report said 600 Muslims used gasoline bombs to vandalize 117 homes belonging to Christians – including 48 damaged by fire, and sabotage water pumps and cut electricity.
According to the report, the violence apparently stemmed from an incident one night earlier, "in which a Christian man driving a tractor requested that a Muslim man riding a motorcycle allow him to pass."
"The request was refused and a disagreement ensued," said the Christian ministry that directs financial support to projects that help Christians "where they suffer discrimination, oppression and persecution as a consequence of their faith."
Following the confrontation, news was spread among Muslims that there had been blasphemy against Islam, and it took only a few hours for a 600-strong mob of Muslims to assemble and begin the attack.
Cars and trucks owned by Christians were burned or stolen, jewelry and cash were taken and the next morning found Christian business owners facing a boycott.
Wreckage of a Christian's home damaged by a Muslim mob in this photograph from the Barnabas Aid
"The most disturbing development was the throwing of acid at the Christians as they fled. At least nine women and four children have been injured," the Christian ministry reported.
While blasphemy carries a death penalty in Pakistan, there is no punishment available for making a false accusation that someone was guilty of the crime, the ministry said.
"Please pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in Bahmani Walla, who have suffered in this shocking attack, pray that the authorities will investigate thoroughly and bring to justice the perpetrators," said Patrick Sookhdeo, the international director for Barnabas Aid.
The organization also is accepting contributions to help some of the Christians deal with the needs of housing and food while their homes are restored and their lives re-assembled.
Here is another example to prove the introduction:
Indonesia: Thousands of enraged Muslims attack Christian center, destroy cars, burn buildings
Why? There were rumors that the Christians were going to build a church. Sharia forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. "West Java, thousands of Islamic extremists attack a Christian center," by Mathias Hariyadi for AsiaNews, April 28 (thanks to Block Ness):
Jakarta (AsiaNews) - Thousands of Muslim extremists attacked a Christian educational center in Bogor regency, West Java province, Indonesia. The toll from yesterday's attack is three destroyed cars and several buildings damaged or burnt. The wrath of fundamentalists was unleashed, and encouraged by the local Council of Ulema (MUI), by unsubstantiated rumours that the Christian community BKP Penabur were planning "to build a place of worship" within the complex.
Targeted attacks against the Christian community continue in the regency of Bogor, coupled with the impotence of the Indonesian authorities unable to stop the violence with a religious background. Yesterday morning, thousands of Islamic extremists attacked and set fire to the center of the Foundation Penabur BPK, despite the garrison erected earlier by hundreds of police.
The fundamentalists destroyed and burned three cars a part of the 10 buildings that make up the whole Christian complex. The Muslims anger was spurred on by rumours that the leaders of the foundation wanted to construct a chapel. The rumours were groundless, but were enough to ignite minds and incite the crowd. Local sources, on condition of anonymity, tell AsiaNews that the attackers were "people from the neighbouring sub-districts Cisaura and Ciawi. One detail that, in reality, shows the attacks were well orchestrated....
Sequel #4 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
INTRODUCTION:
Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.
Also, any religion that burns the Holy Books of another religion has absolutely no right to protest or commit violence when their Holy Book is burned. All should have freedom of religion and equal rights. Of course, book burning is wrong, but if one group regularly does it; they should expect the other group whose Holy Book they are burning to also burn their Holy Book [Note, genuine true followers of Jesus (Yeshua) Christ would never participate in this childish tit for tat wrong practice.].
BIBLE BURNING A REGULAR MUSLIM PRACTICE:
Now let’s look at reality by examining several representative examples of Bible burning by members of Islam that show this despicable act is a standard operating practice (SOP) for Islam:
* 1) Christians in Gaza Fear for Their Lives as Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses, by Kimberly West, Yahoo! Contributor Network, Jun 18, 2007
After defeating their rivals in Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, Muslim extremists are focusing their attacks on Christians in Gaza City. Christians in Gaza City have issued an appeal to the international community and a plea for protection against the increased attacks by Muslim extremists.
Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned.
Gunmen used the roof of the school during the fighting, and the convent was "desecrated," Mussalem told the AP.
"Nothing happens by mistake these days," he said.
Father Musalam additionally told The Jerusalem Post that the Muslim gunmen used rocket-propeled grenades (RPGs) to blow through the doors of the church and school, before burning Bibles and destroying every cross they could get their hands on.
Catholic Online reports that the heads of Christian churches in the Holy Land have urged both sides to put aside their weapons, noting that the infighting diverted international attention from the national goal of Palestinian independence.
"This domestic fighting where brother draws his weapon against brother is detrimental to all the aspirations of achieving security and stability for the Palestinian people," they said. "In the name of the one and only God as well as in the name of each devastated Palestinian, many of whom are still dying, we urge our brothers in the Fatah and Hamas movements to listen to the voice of reason, truth and wisdom." [source - retrieved from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/285123/christians_in_gaza_fear_for_their_lives.html on 4/1/2011]
2) [A report from Pakistan] FLAMES AND ASHES OF BIBLES AND CHURCHES
IN SHANTI NAGAR KHANEWAL, PAKISTAN.
On February 5th & 6 th 1997 in the presence of the cries-screams and tears of a very harmless, armless (no weapons) & peace loving a tiny community, an unprecidental,horrifying attack was made by the muslim believers,the citizens of the same country on the Christians who are in extreme minority.
The citizens who were attacked are the waeker section of the same society which have been living from many centuries together in harmony and brotherhood but the Islamization imposed by General Zia-ul-Haq and then later on the introduction of different Islamic laws, particulary the Blaspemy laws have created an atmospere of hatred prejudice and jealously against the citizens who have been working for the freedom of this land.
According to different news papers and interviews taken by different Human Rights-Social Activists and Religious leaders, nearly 75 thousand Muslims from the surrounding villages, towns, cities (Kabirwala, Mian Channoo, Khanewal and Multan) got gathered by a pre-planned plot mad by the Police officials of the Police Station Khanewal Saddar and the fundamentalists leaders fully equipped with all modern and latest sophisticated waepons, marched as an army towards the Christians Churches, Hostels, Dispensaries and Houses. The clouds of the smoke, the high degree of heat of flames, the screams and cries of the people whose belongings were burnt to ashes, their Bibles and Hymn books were also torched and blazed into ashes. This attack was not made by any foreign land people, but it was attacked by the people of the same country.
Actually this was an uncountable crowd of the believers who were raising slogans. "Kill the Christians because they are Blasphemers towards the Holy Quran and Holy Prophet".
The facts collected actually have been stated by the Muslims who are witnessing the brutal scene when it was being staged and played by the brutal people of the police and Islamic fundamentalist. Some of Muslims though they tried to bring the situation calm and quiet so that bad name should not come on the Muslims but the Muslims Mosque Priests and Political leaders from both parties were also inciting to burn every thing of the Christians which come in their way.
The press media has been very active to communicate to the masses of the pathetic, horrifying scene where 15 hundered houses, shops, stores and 13 Churches and over 1500 Bibles and hymn books and religious commentaries were burnt into ashes in Shanti Nagar Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan.
Though the experienced journalists of different News Papers, Journals and Magazines have also provided some clues that police officials were more responsible than the simple and illiterate Muslims.
Facts finding team comprising of Human rights social activists and religous Rev. John Victor Mall, Rev. William Johnson, Mr. David Paul, Mr. J.D.Gill, Mr. Niamat Bernard, Mr. Patras went on 9th Feb, 1007 from Lahore to Khanewal and Shanti Nagar. Whatever facts and figure they had found is being stated.
On the way this team took two very responsible and trust worthy persons Chaudhary Fateh Jang, and Mr. John Harnam from Chak No. 135 Stuntzabad so that they could be guide to the team in Shanti Nagar as they had very close relatives as well as they also belong to the same District of Khanewal. Though the press media has given the cause of attach on the Christians accusing them some Christians had desecrated the Holy Quran. As some pages of the Holy Quran had been torn and thrown in a mosque. Therefore, the Muslims got gathered and attacked on the Christian's village and Churches. That was self made story by the Muslims. Actually no Christian had committed any crime of such nature of Blaspemy.
There thirteen Churches have been desecrated, furniture and the altar has been ransacked. Over 1500 Bibles and Hymn books have been burnt into ashes. Besides over 1500 houses and belongings of the people have been ransacked in Shanti Nagar.
This team believes that this in human plot was concieved by the police especially by SHO Aziz-ur-Rehman Dogar, Head Constable Noor Nabi and ASI Mohammad Sadiq. The man who is being accused of desecrating the Holy Quran and writing derogatory remarks about the Prophet is a tonga driver, and is illiterate. Actually no Christian in Pakistan can ever think, dare to say or do some thing against Islam.
The flames of fire are still to be seen and smelt in the village and houses have been destroyed with ammunition like petrol bombs and grenades. Concrete ceilings have been blown away which clearly indicate that forces beyond human strength was used. We the leaders of the Christian Community and human rights activist are convinced, that this was a planned plot against the Christrians to eliminate then completely.
Some points are worth to be considered:
1. The mosgue at 6.5 Km from Khanewal & from Shanti Nagar which is said where the papers from the Holy Quran were thrown by some Christians while there is also one mosque in the village of Shanti Nagar where such torn papers were much easier to throw there but no one had thrown there, neither here and nor there. This was a false accusation on the Christians as wolf makes a false accusation on the lamb that why he was making the water dirty. He had to drink. The lamb said "Sir water is coming from your side" The wolf said; I will eat him becuase he was abusing last year. The lamb said, "Sir I was not born last year", The wolf said, "if you were not, then it may be your father so I will eat your".
2. This is the same Khanewal where one Deputy Commissioner belonging to Shia Sect was killed.
3. There is one very strong hold of one notorious Islamic Extremist Organization which is considered as Islamic Terrorist Organization.
4. It is learnt through some Muslims of the area their names due to security reason have not been mentioned that some police officials and Islamic organization had planned to give a lesson to the Christians that why there were demonstrating against the police officers when police had insulted the Holy Bible.
5. The first announcement on the loud speaker was made in the Jamiah Masjad Gapwail-Khanewal at about 10.30 pm on Feb 5, 1997 & then three motor cyclists with megaphone were creating confusion, hatred and instigating the Muslims against the Christians saying, "The Christians had burnt the Holy Quran in the Mosque of Shanti Nagar."
6. The three persons Rana Latif, Rana Sarwar and Rana Baga from Ariah Nagar were riding on motor cycles came some minuets earlier than the demonstrators, they told the Christian to vacate their houses, Churches because a very huge procession would be peaceful, better the Christians should go out of the village. Exactly the same words were of the police and the Area Magistrate Mr. Mohammad Aslam had the powers to disperse procession but the reason is not known that why he was not bold. He and other officers shown insensitivity. …
[source - retrieved from http://www.balaams-ass.com/alhaj/flames.htm on 4/1/2011]
3) Australia : Muslim Students Urinate, Spit On Then Burn Bible.
Uh oh, does this mean the worlds 2 billion Christians are gonna start rioting in the streets and calling for the blood of Muslims to be spilled? Hmmm probably not, but I'm sure the MSM will report this at and make it front page headlines for a month just like the Koran desecrations :
[source - retrieved from http://justifythis.blogspot.com/2006/12/australia-muslim-students-urinate-spit.html on 4/1/2011]
4) Wahabi Imam to burn the Bible in Cairo!
The question is why didn’t the western and most influential mediacomment on this racist and discriminatory incident? The diehard bigots and hypocrite racists who want to burn Quran and smear Islam are the real terrorists.
[source - retrieved from http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=25885 on 4/1/2011]
5) Pakistan Muslims burn Bible, Posted in the Islam Forum, by Samiullah
Muslims burn Bible in Pakistan
Near Faisalabad, Muslim extremists desecrated a church and burnt a Bible. Local Muslims come out in support of the devastated Christians.
Desecration at the church of St. Paul in the village ‘Chak 77-RB’,‘Lohekay’, about 30 kilometers from Faisalabad: on December 17, suspects burned a bible and other sacred texts, leaving a letter threatening Christians that they will "burn in the fire of hell" if they do not convert to Islam.
Bible burning is happening in Muslim world every now and then. when a Koran is rumoured to be burnt, so much juumping up and down by the Muslims around the wortld.
Reality - You remember the Golden Rule? From Matthew 7:12: " Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.." (Authorized King James Bible; AV). Members of Islam definitely do not believe in the Golden Rule, but routinely burn Bibles; but scream bloody murder when someone burns their evil Quran.
Now let’s look at a case in point that shows this fact:
Afghanistan: 12 killed in protest at UN office, By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Deb Riechmann, Associated Press –
KABUL, Afghanistan – Thousands of protesters angry over the burning of a Quran by a Florida pastor stormed a U.N. compound Friday in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 12 people, including eight foreigners. The desecration of the Muslim holy book fueled resentment against the West at a critical moment in the Afghan war.
The demonstration in Mazar-i-Sharif turned violent when some protesters grabbed weapons from the U.N. guards and opened fire, then mobbed buildings and set fires on the compound, officials said. Demonstrators also massed in Kabul and the western city of Herat.
The topic of Quran burning stirred outrage among millions of Muslims and others worldwide after the Rev. Terry Jones' small church, Dove Outreach Center, threatened to destroy a copy of the holy book last year. The Florida pastor had backed down but the church went through with the burning last month.
Munir Ahmad Farhad, a spokesman in Balkh province, said the protest in Mazar-i-Sharif began peacefully when several hundred demonstrators gathered outside the U.N. mission's compound, choosing an obvious symbol of the international community's involvement in Afghanistan to denounce the Quran's destruction.
It turned violent when some protesters seized the guards' weapons and started shooting, then the crowds stormed the building, sending plumes of black smoke into the air. One protester, Ahmad Gul, a 32-year-old teacher in the city, said Afghan security forces at the scene killed and wounded protesters.
Gen. Daud Daud, commander of Afghan National Police in several northern provinces, said those killed included five Nepalese guards who were working for the U.N. and two other foreigners employed at the complex. He said one other foreigner was wounded. Later, Rawof Taj, deputy police chief in Balkh province, said the injured individual had died. Taj said 25 people had been arrested.
The nationalities of the other three foreigners was not known.
Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said four protesters also were killed and nearly two dozen civilians were wounded.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said P.O. Yershov, a Russian citizen who was employed at the U.N. office, was injured in an attack.
Dan McNorton, a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, confirmed that people working for the U.N. had died in an attack on the operation center, but he could not provide details.
"The situation is still confusing and we are currently working to ascertain all the facts and take care of all our staff," he said from his office in Kabul.
Staffan de Mistura, the top U.N. official in Afghanistan, had left Kabul for Mazar-i-Sharif to personally handle the situation, he said.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is in Nairobi, said it was "a cowardly attack that cannot be justified under any circumstances."
Deputy U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said "a fairly substantial number" of U.N. staff and guards had been killed, but he gave no figure. "Among the casualties we believe that some of them were guards trying to protect the other staff," he said.
President Barack Obama strongly condemned the attack and stressed the importance of work of the U.N. staff in Afghanistan.
"Their work is essential to building a stronger Afghanistan for the benefit of all its citizens. We stress the importance of calm and urge all parties to reject violence and resolve differences through dialogue," Obama said.
Mohammad Azim, a businessman in Mazer-i-Sharif, said that clerics with loudspeakers drove around the city in two cars on Thursday to invite residents to the protest. After Friday prayers at a large blue mosque in the city center, clerics again called on worshippers to attend a peaceful protest.
When Abdul Karim, a police officer in Mazar-i-Sharif, went inside the compound to investigate, he saw the bullet-riddled bodies of three Nepalese guards lying in the yard, and a fourth on the first floor.
He said another victim with a fatal head wound died on a stairway to the basement of the compound, which was littered with broken glass and bullet casings. A man who was killed inside a room had wounds to his face and body, Karim said.
Several hundred people also protested the Quran burning at several sites in Herat, a city in western Afghanistan. Protesters burned a U.S. flag at a sports stadium in Herat and chanted "Death to the U.S." and "They broke the heart of Islam."
About 100 people also gathered at a traffic circle near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. Police directed traffic around the demonstration in the capital. One protester carried a sign that said: "We want these bloody bastard Americans with all their forces to leave Afghanistan."
The Gainesville, Florida church's website stated that after a five-hour trial on March 20, the Quran "was found guilty and a copy was burned inside the building." A picture on the website shows a book in flames in a small portable fire pit. The church on Friday confirmed that the Quran had been burned.
In a statement, Jones did not comment on whether his act had lead to the deaths. Instead he said it was time to "hold Islam accountable" and called on the United States and the U.N. to hold "these countries and people accountable for what they have done as well as for any excuses they may use to promote their terrorist activities."
Last week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a statement calling the burning a "crime against a religion." He denounced it as a "disrespectful and abhorrent act" and called on the U.S. and the United Nations to bring to justice those who burned the holy book and issue a response to Muslims around the world.
CONCLUSION:
Many in Islam have no qualms about burning other people’s Holy Books, but they go way off the ‘deep end’ when anyone burns their Holy Book. They go after individuals that had absolutely nothing to do with it and commit major acts of violence.
So as previously stated, members of Islam do not believe in the Golden Rule has clearly been shown! From Matthew 7:12: " Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.." (Authorized King James Bible; AV). Members of Islam definitely do not believe in the Golden Rule, but routinely burn Bibles; but scream bloody murder when someone burns their evil Quran.
To learn more, check out the following:
Sequel #5 To Islam Does Not Believe In Freedom of Religion or The Rights Of The True Owners of Land To Reoccupy Their Own Property:
INTRODUCTION:
Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.
Yes, members of Islam believe in an abominated form of freedom of religion; to wit, freedom of religion only for Islam and the complete denial of freedom of religion for everyone else. This is definitely NOT freedom of religion for everyone, yet all should have the absolute right to freedom of religion no matter where they live, but Islam is against true freedom of religion.
Now let’s look at how Muslims view freedom of religion from an individual experiencing it first hand; to wit, the denial of freedom of religion.
DEFINITION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Freedom of religion from New World Encyclopedia
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guarantees freedom of religious opinion, provided that it "manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law."
Freedom of religion is a political principle guaranteeing freedom of belief and freedom of worship for individuals and groups. It is generally recognized to include related freedoms applied to the religious sphere, such as the freedoms of speech (evangelism), press (production and distribution of literature), travel for pilgrimages and meetings, and public assembly for religious purposes. Also included is the right not to follow any religion and to deny or doubt the existence of any deity.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, defines freedom of religion and belief as follows:
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes the freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance. (Article 18)
While this statement of the principles of religious freedom has yet to be established universally, it has gained wide acceptance throughout much of the world, an indication of the advance of humankind toward the realization of a world of peace.
Part 3
Did you know?
In 1948 the United Nations defined freedom of religion as a universal human right.
"Save Freedom of Worship," American World War II poster by Norman Rockwell
Debates about religious freedom often center on the tension between an individual or group's right to worship (or to refrain from worship) as they please, versus the state's interest in maintaining order by imposing or favoring a particular religious culture supportive of the state. In ancient societies, the king was often also the high priest or even seen as the incarnation of a deity. Thus, religious pluralism that denied the king's religious authority constituted a direct challenge to royal power.
Related to religious freedom is the issue of religious tolerance. While tolerance represents a step forward from persecution, mere toleration of religious minorities by governments does not guarantee their religious freedom, since such groups may face significant disadvantages both legally and in terms of their treatment by society. On the other hand, absolute freedom of religious practice is problematic, since this would exempt certain religious groups from laws designed to protect citizens from such practices as human sacrifice or the destruction of "idolatrous" shrines by rival religions.
A corollary to the principle of freedom of worship is the freedom to practice religious duties such as pilgrimages, public preaching, and making converts. These duties can sometimes conflict with a state's interests. For example, pilgrimages involve freedom of travel to foreign countries, as well as the entry of foreign citizens into the country in which a particular holy site is located. Public preaching can disrupt "public order" in religiously intolerant societies where the expression of unpopular views can result in riots.
Making converts is directly threatening to the religion from which the converts are made. Where state religions are involved, the state itself may also feel directly threatened when people convert from the state religion to another faith.[1] The principle of separation of church and state was designed to prevent states from favoring one religion or a group of religions over minority religions and non-believers.
The Christian cross of a war memorial and a menorah for Hanukkah coexist in Oxford, England. However, such religious displays on public property are considered offensive by atheists. Other religious duties also sometimes run afoul of state interests. An extreme example is the practice of human sacrifice, which was common in some ancient societies. Even in cases where this might be carried out voluntarily, few would argue today that banning this practice constitutes an unnecessary abridgment of religious freedom. Female circumcision, also called female genital mutilation (FGN) [Practiced by many members of Islam], is a more contentious issue, with some Muslim groups claiming this to be a religious duty and women's rights groups contending that it constitutes a crime which must be stopped by the state regardless of the opinions of those participating in the practice.
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Other examples of religious duties impacting on the state are the right of workers to observe sabbaths and religious holidays without punishment by the employers, the right of minor children to choose a different religion from their parents, the right of prisoners to special religious diets, the right of religious parents to educate their children outside of state schools, the right of atheists not to invoke God in legal oaths and pledges of allegiance, and the question of religious monuments on publicly owned property.
While the basic right of freedom of worship is now generally recognized, such issues as those listed above often involve deeply-held beliefs and result in serious disagreements between governments and religious groups. Moreover, in a number of countries, even the more basic rights of religious freedom still are not upheld. In addition, governments of many nations are either unwilling or unable to prevent religiously intolerant groups from harming members of rival religions.
FREEDOM OF RELIGION ONLY FOR MUSLIMS, DENIAL TO ALL OTHERS:
Here are some actual cases clearly delineating Muslim’s denial of freedom of conscience.
1) Freedom of Religion: Only for Muslims, By Dajjal.
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My email subscription to UNHRC documents turned up an interesting letter from the representative of Cyprus. I keep telling you that freedom of religion is a one way street, few pay any attention.
Turkey [A Muslim country]is interfering with Greek Orthodox services in occupied Cyprus. As I keep telling you, if you ain't Muslim, you have no rights. Perhaps this will give you a clue. Turkey is violating the rights of Christians in occupied Cyprus, interfering with church services, arbitrarily and with outrageous regulations.
Upon instructions from my Government, I would like to bring to your attention a
grave human rights violation that occurred on 25 December 2010 in the Orthodox church of Saint Synesios, in the town of Rizokarpaso located in the part of Cyprus under the military occupation of Turkey. This issue is directly related to the mandate in accordance with which the yearly reports on the question of human rights in Cyprus are prepared, as provided for in Commission on Human Rights resolution 4 (XXXI) and General Assembly resolution 3450 (XXX).
As confirmed by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), on
25 December 2010, security forces of the subordinate local administration of Turkey interrupted an ongoing religious service, forced the priest to remove his liturgical vestments and to terminate the liturgy, ordered the churchgoers, mainly Greek Cypriot enclaved persons, to evacuate, then sealed the church on the pretext that no “permission for the conduct of mass” had been obtained. At the same time, the occupation regime did not allow for a Christmas mass to be held in the Church of the Holy Trinity (Ayia Triada) in the nearby town of Yialoussa. Subsequently, the occupation regime informed UNFICYP that a
new “procedure” had been established, whereby prior authorization should be sought 30 days in advance for all scheduled religious services, except those celebrated on Sundays.
These acts contravene the third Vienna agreement of 2 August 1975, which, inter
alia, explicitly provides that the Greek Cypriots who remained enclaved behind the military lines in their villages in the north-eastern Karpass peninsula in the aftermath of the Turkish invasion would be “free to stay” and that they would “be given every help to lead a normal life, including facilities for education and for the practice of their religion, as well as medical care by their own doctors and freedom of movement”. Even more serious, these acts constitute a clear violation of international and European human rights law, including article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 3 and 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
2) Comments on UN items that clearly show Islam is bound as a matter of principle to violence, jihad, against others as a part of Islam belief:
With one day remaining for submission of a new draft resolution on combating defamation of religions, none having appeared and two days of private OIC meetings, now comes the “Draft Resolution “Freedom of Religion and Belief“ which does not identify its sponsors. This document appears to reflect the American delegation’s stated rejection of the defamation concept. I suspect a clever scheme resolving to subvert our right of free expression by consensus, without a vote.
Although slightly sanitized, the draft remains obnoxious to life and liberty. It seeks to criminalize all criticism of Islam, subordinating our right of free expression to the Muslim’s imaginary ‘right’ to shield their damnable doctrines from critical examination and exposure. It demands tolerance of the intolerable. It demands that our schools be turned into Islamic indoctrination centers.
Like most U.N.H.R.C. resolutions, this draft leans heavily on references to previous documents, those I could locate are listed and linked at the end of the post.
Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and
interrelated (PP5/HRC/RES/10/25)
This is a clever ruse: conflating our right to free expression with the freedom of belief. Their freedom to believe must not in any measure diminish our right to express our opinions about their belief system and practices.
Stressing that persons belonging to religious minorities should be able to live
safely and to exercise freely their freedom of religion or belief; The right to live, safely, free from threat and assault is a given, already stated in existing human rights covenants. The problem is in the last clause: asserting the right of free exercise of religion or belief.
It is not possible that anyone can have a right to exercise their demon’s mandate to invade and conquer us, to rape our widows and enslave our orphans. Such a ‘right’ abrogates our right to live free from attack.
ATTEMPTED FRAMING OF A MENTALLY SICK CHRISTIAN GIRL BY A MUSLIM IMAM
Pakistan blasphemy girl in dramatic prison release by helicopter
By Katharine Houreld | Reuters – 55 mins ago
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* (Reuters) - A Pakistani military helicopter plucked a young Christian girl accused of blasphemy from a prison yard on Saturday and flew her to a secret location after she was granted bail.
* Live broadcasts showed heavily-armed police surrounding Rimsha Masih, believed to be no older than 14, covering her face with a green scarf as she walked to the helicopter.
* A judge granted Masih bail on Friday and her lawyers are applying to have charges that she burned pages from the Koran dismissed after a local cleric was detained on suspicion of planting false evidence to stir resentment against Christians.
Even before that arrest, Masih's case provoked international concern as she could face execution under Pakistan's blasphemy law despite her young age and reported mental problems.
The dramatic nature of Masih's release underlined the fear for her life.
The lawyer prosecuting her suggested she could be lynched if found not guilty. Blasphemy charges are frequently followed by deadly riots against minority communities.
Despite international condemnation, the blasphemy law still enjoys widespread support among ordinary Pakistanis.
Two high-ranking government officials who had suggested its reform were shot dead, one by his own bodyguard. Lawyers threw rose petals at that killer and the judge who convicted him was forced to flee the country.
The number of cases brought under the law is rising rapidly and rights groups fear it is mostly being used to settle personal vendettas.
Since 1987, there have been almost 250 blasphemy cases, according to Pakistani thinktank the Center for Research and Security Studies.
It said 52 people had been killed after being accused of blasphemy since 1990.
(Reporting By Katharine Houreld; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
[source - retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-blasphemy-girl-dramatic-prison-release-helicopter-143015211.html on 9/8/2012]
Terrorist Watch: 23 Plots Foiled Since 9/11
By Jena Baker McNeill and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., July 2, 2009
ONLY ONE RELIGION CONTINUES TO HAVE MEMBERS PLOTTING TERRORIST PLOTS AGAINST THE USA – SEE THE EVIDENCE:
Terrorist Watch: 23 Plots Foiled Since 9/11
By Jena Baker McNeill and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
July 2, 2009
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 23 terrorist plots against the United States have been foiled. This report updates a November 2007 report from the Heritage Foundation that described 19 plots that had been foiled to date since 9/11. Less than two years later, the U.S. has foiled four more plots aimed at Americans. While some trials have ended in mistrial and charges against some suspects were dropped, significantly more individuals have been convicted and sentenced for their crimes.
These victories make the case for continued U.S. vigilance against terrorism around the globe. While these particular attacks have been disrupted, the threat remains. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Congress should not construe the successes over the past eight years as a signal to reduce U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
America is truly in a long war against terrorism. To win this war, the U.S. must constantly adapt to ever-changing terrorist threats. Congress and the DHS will need to work together to provide continued support for terrorism-fighting tools, to increase information sharing and collective security efforts around the globe, and to expand vital law enforcement partnerships with local and state law enforcement and cooperation with the governments of other countries. These relationships have enabled the U.S. to disrupt the flow of money and resources to terrorist groups.
Foiled Plots Since 9/11
In the days after 9/11, America immediately went to work to prevent another act of terrorism by reassessing U.S. counterterrorism abilities. Lessons emerged, including the need for more information sharing down to the state and local level and with our allies, more intelligence-gathering abilities, and greater integration among the U.S. government agencies and with state and local governments, industry, and private citizens. The U.S. addressed these needs by:
Developing terrorism-fighting legal and investigatory tools, including the PATRIOT Act[1] and the expansion of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), to help to identify, prosecute, and convict terrorists.
Increasing information sharing and collective security around the globe through assistance programs, information-sharing agreements, and the sharing of counterterrorism best practices.
Developing law enforcement partnerships from the grassroots level up, which have enabled the U.S. to disrupt the flow of money and resources to terrorist groups and to prevent acts of terrorism across the United States. The creation of Joint Terrorism Task Forces has been a key part of this effort.
However, not everyone agrees that these efforts have been successful. A September 2008 report from the American Security Project challenged the notion that the U.S. is better prepared for a terrorist attack.[2] However, given that there has not been another attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, it is difficult to argue that America is no safer. A review of publicly available information shows that 23 attacks have been thwarted.
Richard Reid, December 2001. A British citizen and self-professed follower of Osama bin Laden, Reid hid explosives inside his shoes before boarding a flight from Paris to Miami and attempted to light the fuse with a match. If detonated, the explosives would have damaged the plane. Reid was caught in the act and apprehended on board the plane by the flight attendants and passengers. FBI officials took Reid into custody after the plane made an emergency landing at Boston's Logan International Airport.[3]
In 2003, Reid was found guilty on charges of terrorism, and a U.S. federal court sentenced him to life imprisonment.[4]
Jose Padilla, May 2002. U.S. officials arrested Padilla in May 2002 at O'Hare Airport in Chicago as he returned to the United States from Pakistan. He was initially charging as an enemy combatant and for planning to use a "dirty bomb" (an explosive laced with radioactive material) in an attack against America.[5] Prior to his conviction, Padilla brought a case against the federal government claiming that he had been denied the right of habeas corpus (the right of an individual to petition against unlawful imprisonment). In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the case against him had been filed improperly.[6] In 2005, the government indicted Padilla for conspiring with Islamic terrorist groups.
In August 2007, Padilla was found guilty by a civilian jury after a three-month trial. He was later sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to 17 years and four months in prison.[7]
Lackawanna Six, September 2002. When the FBI arrested Sahim Alwan, Yahya Goba, Yasein Taher, Faysal Galab, Shafal Mosed, and Mukhtar al-Bakri, the press dubbed them the "Lackawanna Six," the "Buffalo Six," or the "Buffalo Cell." Five of the six had been born and raised in Lackawanna, New York.[8] These six American citizens of Yemeni descent were arrested for conspiring with terrorist groups. They had stated that they were going to Pakistan to attend a religious training camp, but instead attended an al-Qaeda jihadist camp.
All six pleaded guilty in 2003 to providing support to al-Qaeda. Goba and al-Bakri were sentenced to 10 years in prison, Taher and Mosed to eight years, Alwan to seven and a half years, and Galab to seven years.[9]
Iyman Faris, May 2003. Faris is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Kashmir and lived in Columbus, Ohio. He was arrested for conspiring to use blowtorches to collapse the Brooklyn Bridge.[10] The New York City Police Department learned of the plot and increased police surveillance around the bridge. Faced with the additional security, Faris and his superiors decided to cancel the attack.[11]
Faris pleaded guilty to conspiracy and providing material support to al-Qaeda and was later sentenced in federal district court to 20 years, the maximum allowed under his plea agreement.[12]
Virginia Jihad Network, June 2003. In Alexandria, Virginia, 11 men were arrested for weapons counts and for violating the Neutrality Acts, which prohibit U.S. citizens and residents from attacking countries with which the United States is at peace. Four of the 11 men pleaded guilty. Upon further investigation, the remaining seven were indicated on additional charges of conspiring to support terrorist organizations. They were found to have connections with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Lashkar-i-Taiba, a terrorist organization that targets the Indian government. The authorities stated that the Virginia men had used paintball games to train and prepare for battle. The group had also acquired surveillance and night vision equipment and wireless video cameras.[13]
Ali al-Timimi, the spiritual leader of the group, was found guilty of soliciting individuals to assault the United States and sentenced to life in prison. Ali Asad Chandia received 15 years for supporting Lashkar-i-Taiba, but maintains his innocence.[14] Randoll Todd Royer, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Yong Ki Kwon, Khwaja Mahmood Hasan, Muhammed Aatique, and Donald T. Surratt pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison terms. Masoud Khan, Seifullah Chapman, and Hammad Adur-Raheem were found guilty at trial and later sentenced.[15]
Dhiren Barot, August 2004. Members of a terrorist cell led by Dhiren Barot were arrested for plotting to attack the New York Stock Exchange and other financial institutions in New York, Washington, and Newark, New Jersey. They were later accused of planning attacks in England. The plots included a "memorable black day of terror" that would have included detonating a dirty bomb.[16] A July 2004 police raid on Barot's house in Pakistan discovered a number of incriminating files on a laptop computer, including instructions for building car bombs.[17]
Dhiren Barot pleaded guilty and was convicted in the United Kingdom for conspiracy to commit mass murder and sentenced to 40 years.[18] However, in May 2007, his sentence was reduced to 30 years.[19]
James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj, August 2004. James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj were arrested for plotting to bomb a subway station near Madison Square Garden in New York City before the Republican National Convention.[20] An undercover detective from New York City Police Department's Intelligence Division infiltrated the group, providing information to authorities, and later testified against Elshafay and Siraj.[21]
Siraj was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Elshafay, a U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty and received a lighter, five-year sentence for testifying against his co-conspirator.[22]
Yassin Aref and Mohammad Hossain, August 2004. Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, New York, were charged with plotting to purchase a shoulder-fired grenade launcher to assassinate a Pakistani diplomat.[23] An investigation by the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and local police contributed to the arrest. With the help of an informant, the FBI set up a sting that lured Mohammed Hossain into a fake terrorist conspiracy. Hossain brought Yassin Araf, a Kurdish refugee, as a witness. The informant offered details of a fake terrorist plot, claiming that he needed the missiles to murder a Pakistani diplomat in New York City. Both agreed to help.[24]
Aref and Hossain were found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to conceal material support for terrorism and later sentenced to 15 years in prison.[25]
Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat, June 2005. Umer Hayat, a Pakistani immigrant, and Hamid Hayat, his American son, were arrested in Lodi, California, after allegedly lying to the FBI about Hamid's attendance at an Islamic terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
Hamid was found guilty of supporting terrorism and was sentenced to 24 years.[26] Umer's trial ended in a mistrial. He later pleaded guilty to lying to customs agents in his attempt to carry $28,000 into Pakistan.[27]
Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson, Hammad Riaz Samana, and Kevin James, August 2005. The members of the group were arrested in Los Angeles and charged with conspiring to attack National Guard facilities, synagogues, and other targets in the Los Angeles area. Kevin James allegedly founded Jamiyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (JIS), a radical Islamic prison group, and converted Levar Washington and others to the group. The JIS allegedly planned to finance their operations by robbing gas stations. After Washington and Patterson were arrested for robbery, police and federal agents began a terrorist investigation, and a search of Washington's apartment revealed a suspicious target list.[28]
James and Washington pleaded guilty in December 2007. James was sentenced to 16 years in prison and Washington to 22 years. Patterson received 151 months, while Samana was found unfit to stand trial and detained in a federal prison facility.
Michael C. Reynolds, December 2005. Michael C. Reynolds was arrested by the FBI and charged with involvement in a plot to blow up a Wyoming natural gas refinery; the Transcontinental Pipeline, a natural-gas pipeline from the Gulf Coast to New York and New Jersey; and a Standard Oil refinery in New Jersey.[29] He was arrested while trying to pick up a $40,000 payment for planning the attack.[30] Shannen Rossmiller, his purported contact, was a Montana judge who was working with the FBI. The FBI later found explosives in a storage locker in Reynolds's hometown of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[31] Reynolds claimed that he was working as a private citizen to find terrorists.[32]
Reynolds was convicted of providing material support to terrorists, soliciting a crime of violence, unlawful distribution of explosives, and unlawful possession of a hand grenade. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.[33]
Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi, and Zand Wassim Mazloum, February 2006. Amawi, El-Hindi, and Mazloum were arrested in Toledo, Ohio, for "conspiring to kill or injure people in the Middle East" and providing material support to terrorist organizations. They allegedly intended to build bombs for use in Iraq. The investigation was begun through the help of an informant who was approached to help to train the group.[34]
In June 2008, all three were convicted of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism against Americans overseas, including U.S. military personnel in Iraq and other terrorism-related violations. Their sentencing is scheduled for August 2009.[35]
Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, April 2006. Ahmed and Sadequee, from Atlanta, Georgia, were accused of conspiracy, having discussed terrorist targets with alleged terrorist organizations. They allegedly met with Islamic extremists and received training and instruction in gathering videotape surveillance of potential targets in the Washington, D.C., area, including the U.S. Capitol and the World Bank headquarters, and sent the videos to a London extremist group.[36]
Both were indicted for providing material support to terrorist organizations and pleaded not guilty.[37] In June 2009, a federal district judge found Ahmed "guilty of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists here and overseas."[38] Sadequee was denied bail and is awaiting trial.
Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augustine, June 2006. Seven men were arrested in Miami and Atlanta for plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago, followed by FBI offices and other government buildings around the country. The arrests resulted from an investigation involving an FBI informant. Allegedly, Batiste was the leader of the group and first suggested attacking the Sears Tower in December 2005.[39]
All of the suspects pleaded not guilty. On December 13, 2007, Lemorin was acquitted of all charges,[40] but the jury failed to reach a verdict on the other six. The second trial ended in a mistrial in April 2008.[41] In the third trial, the jury convicted five of the men on multiple conspiracy charges[42] and acquitted Herrara on all counts. Sentencing is set for July 26, 2009.
Assem Hammoud, July 2006.Conducting online surveillance of chat rooms, the FBI discovered a plot to attack underground transit links between New York City and New Jersey. Eight suspects including Assem Hammoud, an al-Qaeda loyalist living in Lebanon, were arrested for plotting to bomb New York City train tunnels. Hammoud, a self-proclaimed operative for al Qaeda, admitted to the plot.[43] He was held by Lebanese authorities, but was not extradited because the U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with Lebanon. In June 2008, Lebanese authorities released him on bail.[44] He is awaiting trial before a Lebanese military court.
Liquid Explosives Plot, August 2006. British law enforcement stopped a terrorist plot to blow up 10 U.S.-bound commercial airliners with liquid explosives.[45] Approximately 24 British persons were arrested in the London area. The style of the plot raised speculation that al-Qaeda was behind it, but no concrete evidence has established a link.
The United Kingdom initially charged 15 of the 24 arrested individuals on charges ranging from conspiring to commit murder to planning to commit terrorist acts.[46] Eventually, only eight men were brought to trial in April 2008. In September, the jury found none of the defendants guilty of conspiring to target aircraft,[47] but found three guilty of conspiracy to murder. It was unable to reach verdicts on four of the men. One man was found not guilty on all counts.[48] Those convicted are still awaiting sentencing.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, March 2007. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, captured in 2003, was allegedly involved in a number of terrorist plots and was one of the most senior of Osama bin Laden's operatives to have been captured.[49] He is being held at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. In March 2007, Mohammed admitted to helping to plan, organize, and run the 9/11 attacks and claimed responsibility for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and the bombings of nightclubs in Bali in 2002 and a Kenyan hotel. He has stated that he decapitated American journalist Daniel Pearl and took responsibility for helping to plan the failed attack by Richard Reid, along with plots to attack Heathrow Airport, Canary Wharf, Big Ben, targets in Israel, the Panama Canal, Los Angeles, Chicago, the Empire State building, and U.S. nuclear power stations. He had also plotted to assassinate Pope John Paul II and former President Bill Clinton.
In December 2008, Mohammed and his four co-defendants (Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, and Walid Bin Attash) told the military tribunal judge that they wanted to confess and plead guilty to all charges.[50] The judge has approved the guilty plea of Mohammed and two co-defendants, but has required mental competency hearings before allowing the other two conspirators to plead guilty.
Fort Dix Plot, May 2007. Six men were arrested in a plot to attack Fort Dix, a U.S. Army base in New Jersey. The plan involved using assault rifles and grenades to attack and kill soldiers. Five of the alleged conspirators had conducted training missions in the nearby Pocono Mountains. The sixth helped to obtain weapons. The arrests were made after a 16-month FBI operation that included infiltrating the group. The investigation began after a store clerk alerted authorities after discovering a video file of the group firing weapons and calling for jihad. The group has no known direct connections to any international terrorist organization.[51]
In December 2008, all five were found guilty on the conspiracy charges, but acquitted of charges of attempted murder.[52] Four were also convicted on weapons charges. All are awaiting sentencing.
JFK Airport Plot, June 2007. Four men plotted to blow up "aviation fuel tanks and pipelines at the John F. Kennedy International Airport" in New York City. They believed that such an attack would cause "greater destruction than in the Sept. 11 attacks." Authorities stated that the attack "could have caused significant financial and psychological damage, but not major loss of life."[53]
Russeel Defreitas, the leader of the group, was arrested in Brooklyn. The other three members of the group--Abdul Kadir, Kareem Ibrahim, and Abdel Nur--were detained in Trinidad and were extradited in June 2008. Kadir and Nur have links to Islamic extremists in South America and the Caribbean. Kadir was an imam in Guyana, former member of the Guyanese Parliament, and mayor of Linden, Guyana. Ibrhaim is a Trinidadian citizen, and Nur is a Guyanese citizen. The men pleaded not guilty to the charges and are awaiting trial.[54]
Mohammed Jabarah, January 2008. Mohammad Jabarah was involved in plots to bomb U.S. embassies in Singapore and the Philippines and mass transit frequented by U.S. military personnel. He was convicted of filming U.S., Australian, and Israeli embassies and conducting surveillance of U.S. warships. He is suspected of training in al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and spending time with Osama bin Laden. Jabarah was arrested in 2002 by Omani police and was later transferred to American custody. In January 2008, Jabarah was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to terrorism charges.[55]
Hassan Abujihaad, March 2008. Hassan Abujihaad, a former U.S. Navy sailor from Phoenix, Arizona, was convicted of supporting terrorism and disclosing classified information, including the location of Navy ships and their vulnerabilities to Azzam Publications, a London organization that provided material support and resources to terrorists. Abujihaad was arrested in March 2007 and pleaded not guilty to charges of supporting terrorism in April 2007. In May 2008, he was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 10 years in prison.[56]
Christopher Paul, June 2008. Christopher Paul is a U.S. citizen from Columbus, Ohio. He joined al-Qaeda in the 1990s and was involved in conspiracies to target Americans in the United States and overseas. In 1999, he became connected to an Islamic terrorist cell in Germany, where he was involved in a plot to target Americans at foreign vacation resorts. He later returned to Ohio and was subsequently arrested for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, specifically explosive devices, "against targets in Europe and the United States." Paul pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[57]
Synagogue Terror Plot, May 2009. On May 20, 2009, the New York Police Department announced the arrest of James Cromite, David Williams, Onta Williams, and Laguerre Payen for plotting to blow up area Jewish centers and shoot down planes at a nearby Air National Guard Base.[58] The four had attempted to gain access to Stinger missiles and were caught in the act of placing bombs in the buildings and in a car. (The bombs were duds, because undercover agents sold them fake explosives as part of an ongoing sting operation). All four men have pleaded not guilty.[59]
Going Forward
As a result of America's counterterrorism efforts, the U.S. has become a more difficult target for terrorists. Those who claim that the U.S. has not made progress since 2001 need only look at these 23 foiled plots for evidence to the contrary. Nevertheless, these successes demonstrate that individuals and terrorist groups are still seeking to do Americans harm and that the U.S. needs to continue fighting terrorism. Continuing the fight will require an ongoing commitment from the White House, Congress, and American citizens.
The Executive Branch. President Barack Obama pledged that his Administration would continue to build U.S. capacity and international partnerships to track down, capture, and kill terrorists around the world. However, his recent decisions to close Guantanamo Bay by the end of 2009 and to release CIA interrogation memos have led some to question whether the U.S. has changed course in its counterterrorism efforts.
In January 2009, President Obama issued an executive order calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, which stated that these detainees should be prosecuted or transferred to other countries and that others should be detained "in a manner consistent with the laws of war."[60] While there are certainly underlying challenges of and questions about America's detention policies in the ongoing conflict, the United States has gained valuable intelligence from some of the Guantanamo detainees that has helped to save lives of U.S. soldiers and allies.
Furthermore, the Obama Administration recently released four memos (with few redactions) dating from 2002 to 2005 on terrorist interrogation tactics used by the CIA after 9/11.[61] The Obama Administration explained this as an attempt to inform Americans on how their government had worked to protect them from transnational terrorist attacks. Yet these memos were only part of the picture and did not fully show key details of the program, including aspects that could put these interrogation policies in a more favorable light.
Shutting down Guantanamo Bay in such a short time frame and releasing the interrogation memos not only inhibits the U.S. military's antiterrorism efforts, but also suggests a potential shift away from the counterterrorism policies that helped to prevent the 23 terrorist plots. Taking the Administration's focus away from terrorism is a pre-9/11 mentality and a choice Americans cannot afford to make. By eliminating the tools that law enforcement and the military use to stop acts of terrorism, America is placing itself at risk.
The Administration also needs to continue to make combating terrorism an international effort. The U.S. cannot afford to leave our allies behind because America will not be safe without their cooperation.[62] These allies are key not only to U.S. security interests, but also as trade partners.
Continued expansion of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) would be an excellent way to improve global security without compromising global supply chains. VWP allows pre-approved travelers to visit the United States for up to 90 days without a visa. The program has undergone substantial security upgrades and has become a valuable security device and a useful tool of public diplomacy and trade.[63] By adding new VWP member countries, the U.S. would develop valuable information-sharing frameworks with countries around the globe. Through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), the program's online portal, the U.S. can know more about foreign travelers before they even reach U.S. soil, allowing the U.S. to focus more on keeping terrorists and other dangerous people out.[64]
DHS will also need to continue leading efforts to create a homeland security enterprise,[65] both at the interagency level and on a grassroots basis, involving private citizens, industry, and state and local governments. This will help to ensure that state and local law enforcement receive critical information in a timely and efficient manner. This type of cooperation helped to disrupt many of the 23 foiled attacks listed in this report.
Specifically, the Administration and the DHS should:
Expand the Visa Waiver Program. The White House should continue to bring new countries into the VWP that meet the requirements and desire to work with the U.S. on security matters.
Continue to develop relationships among foreign, federal, state, and local law enforcement. While information fusion centers have helped increase the flow of information among the federal government and state and local law enforcement, more needs to be done to continue and expand the free flow of information at all levels. Cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies is also essential.
Congress. Congress plays a substantial role in developing and sustaining America's counterterrorism abilities. Reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act and FISA will require congressional support. FISA authorizes electronic surveillance within certain legal limits. The PATRIOT Act facilitates interagency cooperation among federal, state, and local agencies in information sharing and terrorism investigations, and it established mechanisms for conducting surveillance of modern technologies, such as cell phones.[66] Key sections of these vital terrorism-fighting tools will expire this year.
Congress also needs to reassess the unworkable mandates that it has placed on DHS. For example, in 2007, Congress enacted mandates to screen 100 percent of maritime and air cargo entering the United States. Enforcing these mandates is simply not feasible. It would require technology that is not available, and industry and America's allies are spending scarce resources trying to make it work. Instead of making the supply chain more secure, these mandates will more likely slow down the supply chain, disrupting the global economy while diverting resources from more effective security measures.[67]
Congress should:
Promptly reauthorize key sections of the PATRIOT Act and FISA. Allowing either law to lapse would impede efforts to track terrorists and to prevent terrorist attacks, such as those that have been disrupted over the past eight years.
Repeal the 100 percent scanning mandates. Pushing forward with 100 percent screening of maritime or air cargo would waste precious resources for very little gain.[68] A better approach would be to repeal these mandates and look for a risk-based approach to security that does not undermine U.S. diplomatic relationships or unhinge the supply chain. Such measures could include expanding the Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT), a voluntary network of shippers that submit security information in exchange for expedited shipping, and the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), a voluntary multilateral effort of 90 nations to interdict shipments of weapons of mass destruction and related materials.
The American People. Americans need to remain energized and engaged in "efforts to improve the safety of their families and communities."[69] Americans needs to be resilient, recognizing the need to protect Americans against attack, and simultaneously prepared to carry on if an attack occurs. This grassroots approach to homeland security and counterterrorism should not end with government, but should involve private citizens and the private sector. This approach reflects the principles of limited government and federalism, giving "citizens and local communities the greatest role in shaping their lives."[70]
The private sector is often the source of innovations in homeland security technologies, which helped law enforcement to foil the 23 attacks. To better facilitate this research and development, the private sector should:
Take advantage of the SAFETY Act. The Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act of 2002[71] offers liability protection to companies if their technology is deployed in the event of an act of terrorism. DHS should continue to look for better ways to inform companies about these protections and encourage them to take full advantage. Bringing the private sector under this protection will facilitate the development and deployment of new and better technologies that will keep Americans safer.
Staying Diligent
The 23 plots foiled are a credit to the hard-working and dedicated federal, state, and local law enforcement professionals in the United States and law enforcement agencies in other countries. As Americans go about their lives, they still need to remain diligent in fighting terrorism to protect their freedom, safety, security, and prosperity.
These reforms, together with diligence, an awareness of the threat, and application of the multiple lessons learned since 9/11 will make America safer.
Jena Baker McNeill is Policy Analyst for Homeland Security in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation. James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., is Assistant Director of the Davis Institute and Senior Research Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security in the Allison Center at The Heritage Foundation. Pamela Siegel, an independent researcher, contributed to the writing of this paper.
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[1]Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
[2]Bernard I. Finel, "Are We Winning? Measuring Progress in the Struggle Against Violent Jihadism," American Security Project, September 2007, at /static/reportimages/2CE0AC46FC6E5641460EDC0BCEE422C2.pdf (May 1, 2009).
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[6] Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004).
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[11]Eric Lichtblau, "Trucker Sentenced to 20 Years in Plot Against Brooklyn Bridge," The New York Times, October 29, 2003, at http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/us/trucker-sentenced-to-20
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[12] Ibid.
[13]Jerry Markon and Mary Beth Sheridan, "Indictment Expands 'Va. Jihad' Charges," The Washington Post, September 26, 2003, p. B1, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2730-2003Sep25.html (April 26, 2009).
[14]Jerry Markon, "Teacher Sentenced for Aiding Terrorists," The Washington Post, August 26, 2006, p. B1, at http://www.washingtonpost
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[15]Markon and Sheridan, "Indictment Expands Va. Jihad Charges," and press release, "'Virginia Jihad' Member Sentenced to 121 Months in Prison," U.S. Department of Justice, July 24, 2007. Royer was sentenced to 20 years in prison, al-Hamdi to 15 years, Kwon to 11.5 years, Hasan to 11.5 years, Aatique to 10 years and two months, and Surratt to three years and 10 months. Khan was sentenced to life in prison, Chapman to 65 years, and Abdur-Raheem to 52 months.
[16]Associated Press, "Two 'Paintball' Terrorists Sentenced Friday," Fox News, April 9, 2004, at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,11
6729,00.html (April 11, 2009).
[17]CNN, "Bomb Scare Has Echoes of Earlier Plots," June 30, 2007, at http://edition2.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/29/uk.plots/index.html (April 12, 2009).
[18]BBC News, "Al-Qaeda Plotter Jailed for Life," November 7, 2006, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6123236.stm (April 20, 2009).
[19]BBC News, "Dirty Bomb Man Sentence Cut," April 16, 2007, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6661371.stm (April 10, 2009).
[20]Press release, "Shahawar Matin Siraj Convicted of Conspiring to Place Explosives at the 34th Street Subway Station," U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, May 24, 2006, at http://www.usdoj.gov
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[21] Ibid.
[22]CBS and Associated Press, "Convicted Subway Terror Plotter Gets 5 Years," March 2, 2007, at http://wcbstv.com/local/subway.terrorist
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[23]"Restaurant Holds a Slice of Life," Albany Times Union, 2004, at http://www.timesunion.com/specialreports/centralave/voices/
1hossain.asp (April 11, 2009).
[24]Brendan Lyons, "Mosque Welcomed in Informant," Times Union (Albany), August 8, 2004, at http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/
story.asp?storyID=273922 (April 9, 2009).
[25]Adam Liptak, "Spying Program May Be Tested by Terror Case," The New York Times, August 26, 2007, at http://www.nytimes.com/2007
/08/26/us/26wiretap.html (June 26, 2009).
[26]Carolyn Marshall, "24-Year Term for Californian in Terrorism Training Case," The New York Times, September 11, 2007, at http://www.
nytimes.com/2007/09/11/us/11lodi.html (April 7, 2009).
[27]Press release, "Hamid Hayat Sentenced to 24 Years In Connection with Terrorism Charges," U.S. Department of Justice, September 10, 2007, at http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2007/September/07_nsd_700.html (June 24, 2009).
[28]Associated Press, "Four Charged with Hatching Prison Terror Plot: California Inmates Allegedly Created Extremist Muslim Gang Behind Bars," MSNBC, August 31, 2005, at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9148
467 (April 1, 2009).
[29]Associated Press, "U.S. Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Plot to Blow Up Pipelines," International Herald Tribune, November 6, 2007.
[30]Jeremy Grad, "Reynolds Gets 30 Years in Terror Plot," Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), November 7, 2007.
[31]Associated Press, "U.S. Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Plot to Blow Up Pipelines."
[32]Grad, "Reynolds Gets 30 Years in Terror Plot."
[33]Associated Press, "U.S. Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Plot to Blow Up Pipelines."
[34]Mike Wilkinson and Christina Hall, "Plan to Wage Holy War," Toledo Blade, February 22, 2006.
[35]FOX Toledo, "Terror Convicts Sentenced in Aug," June 12, 2009, at http://www.foxtoledo.com/dpp/news/local/wupw_Terror_convicts_sentenced
_Aug_25_061209 (June 16, 2009).
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Defense/bg2085.cfm.
[37]Bill Rankin, "Atlanta Terrorism Suspect Seeks to Represent Himself," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 3, 2009, at http://www.ajc.com/
services/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/03/03/terrorism_suspect.html (April 11, 2009).
[38]Bill Rankin, "Ex-Tech Student Found Guilty on Terrorism Charge," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 10, 2009, at http://www.ajc.com/
metro/content/metro/stories/2009/06/10/terrorism_trial_tech.html (June 16, 2009).
[39]Drew Griffin, "Indictment: Suspects Wanted to 'Kill All the Devils We Can,'" CNN, June 24, 2006, at http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/23/
miami.raids/index.html (April 11, 2009).
[40]Curt Anderson, "Sears Tower Bomb Plot Case Falls Apart," AOL News, December 14, 2007, p. 2, at http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sears-tower
-bomb-plot-case-falls-apart/20071214080009990001 (April 12, 2009).
[41]Julienne Gage, "Second Mistrial in 'Liberty City 7' Case," The Washington Post, April 17, 2008, at http://www.washingtonpost.com
/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/16/AR2008041603607.html (April 13, 2009).
[42]Jim Kouri, "Liberty City Six al Qaeda Cell Convicted for Conspiracy to Kill Americans," Examiner.com, May 19, 2009, at http://www.
examiner.com/examiner/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m
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-Americans (May 19, 2009).
[43]Fox News, "FBI Busts 'Real Deal' Terror Plot Aimed at NYC-NJ Under Ground Transit Link Friday," July 7, 2006, at http://www.foxnews.com
/story/0,2933,202518,00.html (April 14, 2009).
[44]Alison Gendar and Bill Hutchinson, "Assem Hammoud, Suspect in Alleged NY Tunnels Plot, Released on Bail in Lebanon," Daily News, March 18, 2009, at http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/03/17/
2009-03-17_assem_hammoud_suspect_in_alleged_new_yor.html (April 13, 2009).
[45]Rachel Martin, "U.S. Uncovers 'Advanced' Bomb Plot; U.S. Targeted," NPR, August 10, 2006, at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story
.php?storyId=5632570 (April 15, 2009).
[46]Reuters, "U.S. Bomb Suspects 'Radicalised Quickly,'" The Age (Melbourne, Australia), January 25, 2007, at http://www.theage.com
.au/news/World/UK-bomb-suspects-radicalised-quickly/2007/01/25/
1169594404433.html (April 11, 2009).
[47]Associated Press, "3 Accused U.K. Airline 'Liquid Bomb' Plotters Found Guilty," Fox News, September 8, 2008, at http://www.foxnews
.com/story/0,2933,418643,00.html (April 13, 2009).
[48]Francie Grace, "Alleged 9-11 Mastermind Nabbed," CBS News, March 1, 2003, at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/02/terror/
main542459.shtml (April 12, 2009).
[49]BBC News, "Top 9/11 Suspects to Plead Guilty," December 8, 2008, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7770856.stm (April 15, 2009).
[50] Ibid.
[51]Dale Russakoff and Dan Eggan, "Six Charged in Plot to Attack Fort Dix," The Washington Post, May 9, 2007, p. 1, at http://www.washington
post.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/08/AR2007050800465.html (April 13, 2009).
[52]Fox News, "5 Men Found Guilty of Plotting to Kill Fort Dix Soldiers," December 22, 2008, at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470900
,00.html (April 12, 2009).
[53]Anthony Faiola and Steven Mufson, "N.Y. Airport Target of Plot, Officials Say," The Washington Post, June 3, 2007, p. 1, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/02/
AR2007060200606.html (April 14, 2009).
[54] Ibid.; WNBC (New York), "JFK Terror Plot Foiled in Planning Stages," April 12, 2009; and Associated Press, "U.S.: 'Unthinkable' Terror Devastation Prevented," MSNBC, June 3, 2007, at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18999503 (June 17, 2009).
[55]Terence McKenna, "Singapore in the Cross-Hairs," CBC News, October 11, 2004, at http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/jabarah/
singapore.html (April 11, 2009).
[56]Lloyd de Vries, "Ex-Sailor Accused of Supporting Terrorism," March 8, 2007, CBS News, at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/08/
terror/main2546508.shtml (April 14, 2009), and Mark Spencer, "Hassan Abu-Jihaad, Former U.S. Sailor Who Leaked Navy Secrets Sentenced to Ten Years," Hartford Courant, April 4, 2009.
[57]News release, "Ohio Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Terrorism Conspiracy to Bomb Targets in Europe and the United States," Gregory C. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Ohio, February 26, 2009, at http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/doj/pressrel/2009/ci022609.htm (April 29, 2009).
[58]Jonathon Dienst, "FBI, NYPD Arrest 4 in Alleged Plot to Bomb NY Synagogues," NBC News, May 21, 2009, at http://www.nbcnewyork
.com/news/local/FBI-Bust-Plot-Foiled.html (May 21, 2009).
[59]Associated Press, "Four Suspects in New York Terror Plot Plead Not Guilty," Fox News, June 3, 2009, at http://www.foxnews.com/story/
0,2933,525009,00.html (June 24, 2009).
[60]Barack Obama, "Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities," The White House, January 22, 2009, at http://www.whitehouse
.gov/the_press_office/closureofguantanamodetentionfacilities (June 17, 2009).
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[63]Jena Baker McNeill, James Jay Carafano, and James Dean, "Strengthening the Visa Waiver Program: A Memo to President-Elect Obama," Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 30, December 8, 2008, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/sr0030.cfm.
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HomelandSecurity/wm1964.cfm.
[65]"Protecting America at home is a national mission that requires the concerted effort of the nation, including state and local governments, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations, local communities, families, and individuals. Many of the most vital tasks are conducted most effectively in a decentralized manner. The national enterprise must facilitate cooperation, innovation, resiliency, flexibility, and adaptability, not promote rigid Washington-centric solutions. In addition, virtually every aspect of domestic security from securing the border to disaster response has an international dimension requiring the cooperation of friends and allies around the world. We are facing threats--naturally occurring and deliberate--that can, will, and do target all elements of our society. It is therefore incumbent upon all elements of our society to work together to counter these threats." David Heyman and James Jay Carafano, "Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Safe, Free, and Prosperous," Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 23, September 18, 2008, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/
HomelandDefense/sr23.cfm.
[66]James Jay Carafano and Alane Kochems, "Patriot Act Provisions a Priority," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 902, November 1, 2005, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm902.cfm.
[67]Jena Baker McNeill, "Disaster of 100 Percent Maritime Cargo Scanning Not Lost on Napolitano," Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 2288, February 12, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/Research
/HomelandSecurity/wm2288.cfm.
[68] Ibid.
[69]Heyman and Carafano, "Homeland Security 3.0."
[70]James Jay Carafano, "Homeland Security in the Next Administration," Heritage Foundation Lecture No. 1085, May 16, 2008, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/hl1085.cfm.
[71]Public Law 107-296, §§ 861-865.
[source - retrived from http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/07/terrorist-watch-23-plots-foiled-since-9-11 on 9/29/2011]
LET THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, ISLAM IS NOT A PEACEFUL RELIGION BUT A VIOLENT RELIGION OF HATERS:
Islam's Latest Contributions to Peace
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are harsh
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29
2012.09.10 (Kunduz, Afghanistan) - A Holy Warrior blows himself up at a demonstration, sending sixteen other souls to Allah.
2012.09.10 (Aleppo, Syria) - The FSA claims a bombing outside a hospital and school that leaves seventeen civilians dead.
2012.09.09 (Farah, Afghanistan) - A 12-year-old boy is disassembled by a Taliban bomb.
2012.09.09 (Kirkuk, Iraq) - Two Islamic Army of Iraq bombs tear apart seven people outside of a police station.
2012.09.09 (Amara, Iraq) - Dedicated Sunni car bombers massacre sixteen Shiites outside their shrine.
2012.09.09 (Dujail, Iraq) - A Shahid suicide bomber sends seven Iraqis to Allah.
* Sources for individual incidents can be provided upon request.
The Collective Punishment of Egypt's Copts (Coptic Solidarity)
"Collectively punishing dhimmis - the barely tolerated non-Muslim infidels indigenous to the lands conquered by Islam - for the crimes of the individual is standard under Islam"
Germany's Muslims Increasingly Segregated (RightSide)
One wonders why some Muslims want to change their hosts into that which they escaped.
The Pro-Islam Aspects of Breivik's Manifesto (FrontPage)
Was the Norwegian mass-murdered more inspired by those who oppose violence or those who advocate martyrdom?
Europe and Islam: The Numbers Don't Lie (FrontPage Magazine)
"A few recent news stories out of Europe confirm that concerns about the continent's skyrocketing Muslim populations are, in fact, anything but alarmist."
German Muslims Offended (FrontPage Magazine)
Stop the presses. . . It seems that another Muslim group is offended by something they don't have to be.
Tariq Ramadan and the Islamization of Europe (Islam Watch)
"How convenient for Tariq Ramadan that European society is so guilt-ridden and infected with political correctness that it often stands wide-eyed and accepting of the alternative, absolutistic faith that is Islam."
American Islamists Libel Israel (Right Side)
"The same American Islamist groups who attack Israel largely ignore the persecution of Christians in Hamas-ruled Gaza or the Fatah-controlled West Bank." The double standard belies their true interests.
A Rational Study of Islam (CSPI)
(Video) Bill Warner explains how 'radical Islam' is really just pure Islam.
CAIR Boasts of Muslim Vote (FrontPage Magazine)
"Touting chronic victimhood can garner attention but usually fails to gain real political influence."
The Libya We Fought For? (Daniel Greenfield)
"One of the few things that [Libyans] agree on is the necessity of using Islam and Islamic law to fill the gap left by Gaddafi."
What the Democrats Left Out (Barry Rubin)
The Democratic platform has a few glaring omissions when it comes to the reality of the times.
The World's Most Dangerous Terrorist (Telegraph)
The devout Muslim who masterminded the murder of more Americans than anyone this side of Osama is openly developing nuclear weapons.
Bill Warner: Why We are Afraid (CSPI)
(Video) Bill Warner explains the rational fear of Islam is a product of Islamic military expansion. A chart begins at about the 12 minute mark showing each battle waged by Muslims against the West, most well before the Crusades.
The 'No Foreign Law' Statement (Gatestone)
"As Muslim groups in America agitate for even more special considerations of Sharia practices, it is imperative that Americans define and defend foundational and inalienable natural rights."
The Re-Islamification of Beersheba (Jerusalem Post)
"Politicians claim the event might spark problems, and then go to the community and to the Islamic world and encourage exaggerations. . ."
Siding with Savages (FrontPage Magazine)
The ad, noting that 19,250 Muslim terror attacks have occurred since 9/11, "doesn't refer to all Muslims. It doesn't even 'tar' Islam, which jihadists themselves already do a spectacularly good job of tarring."
Muslim Contributions to Astrophysics? (Answering Muslims)
A world-class mathematician, physicist, and cosmologist takes on some of the popular claims about Islamic contributions to physics and astronomy.
Kill a Christian, Collect a Reward? (Gatestone)
An Egyptian cleric explains how to earn points with Allah.
Paradise Lost (Public Service)
Islam happens - this time in the Maldives.
The Quran Was Not Preserved (Islam Watch)
Examining the record of the Quran's origin leaves more than enough room for serious doubt.
Defeating al-Qaeda in East Africa (Town Hall)
Arab terrorists underestimated the African will to resist.
Crucifixion Ain't No Fiction (FrontPage Magazine)
Raymond Ibrahim defends his report of barbaric acts in Egypt.
Interview with a Former Islamic Scholar (Answering Muslims)
(Video) An African preacher who left Islam for Christianity explains his conversion and why he was subsequently doused with acid.
Muslim Victim Chic (FrontPage Magazine)
"The only remarkable thing about 'anti-Muslim behavior' in the U.S. since 9/11 is how little of it there has been," but you wouldn't know that from what Hollywood produces.
Proud Muslim? (Islam Watch)
A short article listing a few examples from Muhammad's life of which Muslims might not be so proud.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Envoy to Hitler (FSM)
"The Mufti and [Hitler] shared a passionate hatred of the Jews and the British. Thus united, they formed a new strategic partnership." (Links to parts I and II of the article are embedded).
Science and Islam: A Reply to 1001 Inventions (Answering Muslims)
(Video) The only true invention of the Islamic religion is time-travel - as in taking society back 1400 years.
Meet Germany's Wife-Beating Imam (The Blaze)
He broke the nose and shoulder of one of his three wives, yet has remained in a position to press for Islamic law in Germany.
[source - retrieved from http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ on 9/10/2012
List of Islamic Terror Attacks For the Past 30 Days
Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2012.09.10 Syria Aleppo 17 40 The FSA claims a bombing outside a hospital and school that leaves seventeen civilians dead.
2012.09.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 16 20 A Holy Warrior blows himself up at a demonstration, sending sixteen other souls to Allah.
2012.09.09 Thailand Narathiwat 2 1 Two men are killed and a 9-year-old boy loses his leg to Muslim 'rebels'.
2012.09.09 Afghanistan Farah 1 16 A 12-year-old boy is disassembled by a Taliban bomb.
2012.09.09 Iraq Kirkuk 7 70 Two Islamic Army of Iraq bombs tear apart seven people outside of a police station.
2012.09.09 Iraq Amara 16 100 Dedicated Sunni car bombers massacre sixteen Shiites outside their shrine.
2012.09.09 Iraq Dujail 11 7 A Shahid suicide bomber sends seven Iraqis to Allah.
2012.09.09 Iraq Kirkuk 8 17 Jihadi car bombers slaughter eight oil company employees.
2012.09.08 Afghanistan Kabul 6 4 Six civilians, mostly children, are torn to shreds by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.07 Philippines Sumisip 1 35 Seven Abu Sayyaf fire into a crowd of plantation workers on their lunch break, killing one.
2012.09.07 Iraq Kirkuk 9 80 Sunni bombers take out nine Shias near their mosque.
2012.09.07 Libya Rajma 3 3 Three people are killed when Islamic fundamentalists attempt to blow up a rival shrine.
2012.09.06 Nigeria Yobe 16 0 Boko Haram Islamists murder sixteen people in a series of attacks.
2012.09.06 Pakistan Gulistan Colony 1 0 An Ahmadi schoolteacher is gunned down in a targeted attack.
2012.09.06 Iraq al-Sharqat 1 1 The leader of an Iraqi anti-terror unit is killed by a bomb.
2012.09.05 Ingushetia Datykh 6 1 Mujahideen ambush and kill six Russians.
2012.09.05 India Kerala 1 0 A Hindu activist dies from a stabbing attack by Muslim 'activists' at a university campus two months earlier.
2012.09.05 Iraq Tikrit 2 0 Two Sunnis are ambushed and killed by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2012.09.05 Iraq Khalis 1 8 Jihadis kill one person with a car bomb blast near a clinic.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shia doctor is murdered in his clinic by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 A 75-year-old Shiite is murdered along with his 17-year-old grandson in a targeted shooting by Sunnis.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shiite dentist is taken out in a Sunni drive-by.
2012.09.04 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 28-year-old Buddhist villager is slain by Muslim gunmen.
2012.09.04 Kenya Mombasa 2 0 Two more people are reported killed by rioters whipped into frenzy by a radical imam.
2012.09.04 Afghanistan Dor Baba 25 35 Over two dozen mourners at a funeral are blasted into bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.04 Iraq Tuz Khurmatu 6 2 Terrorists massacre six Iraqis with automatic weapons.
2012.09.04 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 A 16-year-old victim of 'insurgents' is found with his head, hands and feet cut off.
2012.09.04 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 Wahhabis shoot a Shia traffic cop three times in the head.
2012.09.04 Iraq Fallujah 1 0 Suspected al-Qaeda members machine-gun a judge in his own home.
2012.09.04 Somalia Barawe 2 0 al-Shabaab Islamists tie two men to a pole and open up on them with automatic weapons.
2012.09.04 Nigeria Gwange 4 0 Four people are shot and stabbed in their own homes by suspected Boko Haram.
2012.09.04 Pakistan Pirabad 2 0 Sunnis shoot two Shiites to death.
2012.09.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 A lecturer is among two people murdered by Islamist assassins.
2012.09.03 Nigeria New Marte 3 0 Two civilians and a cop are murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2012.09.03 Pakistan Peshawar 2 25 Two civilians are killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. Consulate vehicle.
2012.09.03 Syria Jaramana 4 12 Sunni rebels are blamed for a car bomb blast in a residential neighborhood.
2012.09.02 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Another Shia minority dies from injuries suffered in a targeted attack by Sunni.
2012.09.02 Mali Gao 1 0 A kidnapped Algerian diplomat is executed in captivity by al-Qaeda.
2012.09.02 Pakistan Bazarak Khwar 1 4 Muslim radicals ambush a police vehicle and kill the driver.
2012.09.01 Thailand Narathiwat 0 2 Muslim bombers tear off the legs of two plantation workers.
2012.09.01 Syria Damascus 15 3 A Sunni group is blamed for a car bomb attack near a rival mosque.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 10 Two demonstraters are killed when Sunnis fire on Shias protesting an earlier murder.
2012.09.01 Iraq Basra 1 1 Knife-wielding 'insurgents' stab a judge to death in this home.
2012.09.01 Iraq Baghdad 2 11 Terrorists set off a bomb outside a coffee shop, killing two patrons.
2012.09.01 Syria Deir al-Zour 1 2 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out one other person.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Hazar Ganji 5 0 Sunnis pull five Shia vegetable seller off of a truck and calmly shoot them to death.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 Two Shias walking along the side of the road are taken out by Sunnis on a motorbike.
2012.09.01 Afghanistan Wardak 13 78 Twin suicide bombers incinerate over a dozen people including a child and two women.
2012.08.31 Egypt Muqatta 1 0 Islamic extremists kidnap and behead a local man.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Jacobabad 2 0 A Muslim shoots his sister-in-law and niece to death over alleged sexual misconduct.
2012.08.31 Afghanistan Sahib Khan 5 0 Five villagers are kidnapped and executed by the Taliban.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A Shiite imam is assassinated by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 Two Shiite worshippers are shot to death on their way home.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 1 1 A Sunni attack on a Shiite cleric his driver dead.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Peshawar 12 12 A dozen Pakistanis are torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb near a mosque.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Shor Kot 1 0 Following a fatwa against women using cell phones, a girl is honor killed after her brother discovers her with one and suspects immoral activity.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Quetta 3 0 Sunnis spray a car carrying a Shia judge with automatic fire, killing three occupants.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 A Tehreek-e-Taliban member shoots a young man to death at a market.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Ghaziabad 5 0 Suspecting his mother and four sisters of 'illicit relations', a man drugs the five and then butchers them in their sleep.
2012.08.30 Thailand Yala 1 0 A Buddhist trader sitting in his truck is shot and beheaded by Muslim militants.
2012.08.30 Indonesia Solo 1 0 A jailed cleric's hardline followers gun down a cop in a drive-by.
2012.08.30 Syria Damascus 2 0 Two policemen guarding the Lebanese embassy are brutally murdered in a sectarian attack.
2012.08.30 Afghanistan Baraki Barak 5 10 Islamic radicals fire a rocket into a bus stop, killing five civilians.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Batwar 12 0 Fundamentalists praise Allah as they videotape the beheading of a dozen captured Pakistani soldiers.
2012.08.30 Iraq Hillah 2 0 'Insurgents' murder two Iraqis sitting in a car.
2012.08.30 Afghanistan Kapisa 1 0 Islamic fundamentalists are thought responsible for the beheading of a 6-year-old girl.
2012.08.29 Germany Berlin 0 1 A rabbi is beaten by Muslims in front of his young daughter for 'being Jewish'.
2012.08.29 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' shoot a man in the head as he is eating noodles.
2012.08.29 Syria Zamalka 7 0 A family of seven Christians, including three children, are shot in the street by 'Liua Islam'.
2012.08.29 Afghanistan Logar 1 0 A woman is killed inside her home by a Taliban rocket.
2012.08.29 Iraq Kirkuk 5 3 al-Qaeda bombers take down five people.
2012.08.29 Georgia Lapankuri 3 0 A doctor is among three people who die trying to rescue innocent hostages taken by Islamic radicals.
2012.08.29 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 Islamic radicals shoot a young Christian to death in a residential neighborhood.
2012.08.29 Pakistan Ghatbadr 8 6 Armed Islamists attack a checkpost, leaving eight defenders dead.
2012.08.29 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A 12-year-old boy is kidnapped and beheaded by the Taliban.
2012.08.29 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A cleric is gunned down in his mosque by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.28 Dagestan Belidzhi 7 6 Influence by 'Islamist literature', a border guard murders seven fellow soldiers.
2012.08.28 Dagestan Chirkey 7 0 A female suicide bomber takes down a 74-year-old Sufi cleric and six others at his home, including a 12-year-old boy.
2012.08.28 Somalia Merka 1 0 A UN humanitarian worker is murdered by suspected al-Shabaab.
2012.08.28 Kenya Mombasa 2 13 A civilian and a cop are killed when a Muslim militant hurls a grenade at them.
2012.08.28 Syria Jaramana 27 48 Sunni terrorists are blamed for a car bombing attack on a Christian funeral that leaves twenty-seven dead, including children.
2012.08.28 Afghanistan Kunar 5 0 A suicide bomber on foot murders five local troops.
2012.08.28 Iraq Waziriyah 2 0 Two Iraqis are murdered by suspected al-Qaeda.
2012.08.28 Afghanistan Uruzgan 3 2 Three Australian soldiers are shot in the back by a Taliban in army uniform while they are relaxing.
2012.08.28 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 Runda Kumpalan Kecil cadres open fire on a passenger train, killing a guard.
2012.08.28 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 20 Four civilians are sent to Allah by Fedayeen suicide truck bombers.
2012.08.27 Afghanistan Musa Qala 17 0 Fundamentalists interrupt a party and behead two women and fifteen men for dancing to music.
2012.08.27 Mali Ansongo 1 0 A man bleeds to death after his hand is cut off by Islamists.
2012.08.27 Iraq Mosul 2 5 Two civilians are murdered in separate terror attacks.
2012.08.27 Kenya Mombasa 1 0 A Muslim mob hacks a person to death after urged on by an imam.
2012.08.27 Pakistan Quetta 3 2 Sectarian Jihadis fire on a car carrying Shia civilians, killing three.
2012.08.27 Pakistan Katha Kanray 1 1 A member of a peace committee bleeds to death after Islamic militants set off a roadside bom.
2012.08.27 Afghanistan Washir 10 4 Taliban in uniform infiltrate a unit a shoot ten Afghan soldiers to death.
2012.08.26 Iraq Baghdad 5 1 Islamic terrorists shoot three security guards and two others to death at an amusement park in a Shiite neighborhood.
2012.08.26 Indonesia Sampang 2 12 'Mainstream' Muslims stop a group of Shia children and teachers, and proceed to hack at least two to death.
2012.08.26 Nigeria Gashua 1 0 A group 'committed to the Prophet's teachings' attacks a local bank, killing the guard.
2012.08.26 Afghanistan Pailoch 3 0 A 'girl and two boys' are shot to death by the woman's brother for committing adultery.
2012.08.26 Pakistan Bajur 1 4 Taliban militants Afghanistan cross the border from Afghanistan and attack a police checkpost, killing one defender.
2012.08.26 Iraq Garma 3 2 Mujahideen bring down three Iraqis with IEDs.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Beaver Ridge Canaan
5 3 Five local troops are killed Sunni fundamentalists in a roadside blast.
2012.08.25 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two Shiites are murdered by sectarian rivals.
2012.08.25 Iraq Mosul 3 0 Suspected al-Qaeda muder three people.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Gereshk 1 6 A girl is killed by a Taliban rocket attack on her house.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Sistani 1 0 A civilian bleeds to death following the detonation of this car by Islamic radicals.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Gosfandi 1 0 A civilian is left dead following an ambush by Islamic militants.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Zehi 2 4 Hardline bombers take out two Afghans.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Paktia 5 12 Four separate Taliban bomb attacks leave five Afghans dead.
2012.08.25 Pakistan Bara 7 8 Seven members of a family are crushed to death when their home is hit by a Lashkar-e-Islam mortar shell.
2012.08.24 Lebanon Tripoli 3 41 A Sunni sheikh is shot dead by Shia gunmen. Two other people are killed in the same sectarian clash.
2012.08.24 Iraq Khan Beni Saad 1 3 A Sunni bomb targeting a Shiite family kills one member.
2012.08.24 Pakistan Batwar 2 8 Women and children are among the casualties when Islamic militants open up on a village with automatic weapons.
2012.08.24 Iraq Baghdad 3 8 Sunnis fire mortars into a group of Shiite worshippers, killing three.
2012.08.24 Iraq Baghdad 6 12 At least six people are murdered when Islamic terrorists throw grenades into a hotel.
2012.08.24 Dagestan Khasavyurt 1 1 Islamic 'militia' shoot one person to death.
2012.08.23 Pakistan Chakwal 2 0 A couple that eloped without the girl's family's permission is snatched and hung from a tree.
2012.08.23 Dagestan Makhachkala 11 0 Five civilians are among eleven reported dead from Islamic terror attacks between the 11th and 17 of the month.
2012.08.23 Sudan Kassab Camp 1 20 At least one person is reported killed when Arab milita invade an African refugee camp and rape dozens of women.
2012.08.23 Tunisia Sidi Bouzid 0 7 Salafists attack people drinking alcohol with knives and sticks.
2012.08.23 Afghanistan Ahmad Khil 3 0 Hardliners kidnap and kill three local soldiers who were on their way home to visit families.
2012.08.23 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 6 0 Three children and two women are among six civilian blown into bits by a Taliban bomb.
2012.08.23 Somalia Mogadishu 3 12 An al-Shabaab attack leaves three dead.
2012.08.23 Pakistan Bakwa 2 0 Two local security guards are murdered by Sunni hardliners.
2012.08.23 Pakistan Hangu 3 0 Three policemen are ambushed and murdered by Islamic militants.
2012.08.22 Lebanon Tripoli 4 25 Four more people die in clashes between Sunni and Shia.
2012.08.22 Dagestan Babayurt 1 0 A policeman dies from wounds suffered during an earlier 'insurgent' attack.
2012.08.22 Pakistan Islamabad 2 0 Video surfaces of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi beheading two abducted Shiites.
2012.08.22 Pakistan Joharabad 1 2 A Muslim mob attacks a brothel, killing the owner's companion.
2012.08.22 Dagestan Mokok 1 3 A soldier is killed by a Muslim sniper.
2012.08.21 Pakistan Faisalabad 1 0 A Muslim perpetrator is strongly suspected by the minority community in the targeted torture and murder of a 14-year-old Christian boy.
2012.08.21 Pakistan Quetta 1 12 Islamists are suspected in a bombing that leaves one dead.
2012.08.21 Thailand Narathiwat 1 2 Muslim gunmen ambush a bus carrying civilian, killing one.
2012.08.21 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 A 34-year-old civilian is picked off in a Muslim drive-by.
2012.08.21 Nigeria Biu 1 0 Boko Haram gunmen assassinate a worshipper inside a mosque at close range.
2012.08.21 Nigeria Borno 1 0 Islamists open fire on a rival cleric, killing him outside his mosque.
2012.08.21 Nigeria Goniri 2 0 Gunmen shouting 'Allah Akbar' burn down several buildings and shoot two villagers to death.
2012.08.21 Lebanon Tripoli 8 75 A clash between Sunnis and Shia leaves eight civilians dead.
2012.08.20 Indonesia Cisalopa 4 0 Four people are murdered on accusation of heresy.
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Farah 2 0 Two brothers are shot to death in their car by Taliban gunmen.
2012.08.19 Iraq Baghdad 4 1 Four persons are killed in a bombing targeting a Sunni cleric.
2012.08.19 Pakistan Haripur 0 6 Six people are attacked by fundamentalists for watching television during Eid ul Fitr.
2012.08.19 Bangladesh Sunamganj 0 30 Two groups of devout Muslims clash at a mosque over a disagreement over prayers.
2012.08.19 Yemen Abyan 3 2 An al-Qaeda suicide bomber takes out three souls.
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 1 A terrorist in police uniform shoots a soldier in the back.
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 3 8 Islamic bombers kill three people at a cemetery.
2012.08.19 Pakistan Karachi 16 1 A bloody shooting at a cafe is one of several that leave sixteen dead at the hands of sectarian Jihadis
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Kabul 3 0 Authorities accuse the Taliban of beheading three people during Ramadan.
2012.08.19 Ingushetia Malgobek 7 10 A Fedayeen suicide bomber enters a funeral and slaughters at least seven mourners.
2012.08.18 Dagestan Khasavyurt 0 8 Suspected Islamists enter a rival mosque and open fire.
2012.08.18 Afghanistan Herat 4 12 Fundamentalist bombers murder four people at a crowded market.
2012.08.18 Iraq Mosul 6 0 Muslim terrorists kill six family members in their homes.
2012.08.18 Iraq Kirkuk 5 4 Five local security forces at a checkpoint are riddled with bullets by Mujahideen.
2012.08.18 Afghanistan Grish 1 0 The Taliban assassinate a local official with a bomb.
2012.08.18 Yemen Aden 21 9 An al-Qaeda rocket attack and suicide bombing leaves over twenty people dead.
2012.08.18 Pakistan Michni 4 0 Four young men are brutally gunned down by radical Sunnis.
2012.08.17 Pakistan Sadda 0 0 Militants bomb a market, killing at least one patron.
2012.08.17 Pakistan Quetta 5 5 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out five Pakistanis.
2012.08.17 Pakistan Karachi 2 18 A bus carrying Shiite students is hit by a bombing that leaves at least two dead.
2012.08.17 Afghanistan Kinisk 2 0 Two Americans are shot in the back by a Taliban in police uniform.
2012.08.16 Iraq Daquq 6 25 A Shahid suicide bomber snuffs out the life of six other souls.
2012.08.16 Iraq Husseiniyah 7 42 Sunni car bombers take down seven Shiites.
2012.08.16 Pakistan Kamra 1 1 The Taliban kill at least one defender in an assault on an airport.
2012.08.16 Pakistan Rawalpindi 25 0 Twenty-five Shiites are pulled off a passenger bus by Sunni extremists and shot and beheaded.
2012.08.16 Iraq al-Garma 4 3 Four local cops are machine-gunned at point blank range by Mujahideen.
2012.08.16 Iraq Tuz Khurmatu 1 4 A woman is killed, and her children injured by 'insurgent' bombers.
2012.08.16 Iraq Kut 5 70 A Mujahid car bomb leaves five Iraqis dead.
2012.08.16 Iraq Mosul 3 22 Various sectarian attacks leave at least three more dead.
2012.08.16 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 Boko Haram shoot a community leader to death at a mosque.
2012.08.16 Tunisia Bizerte 0 5 Salafists attack a music festival, pummeling attendees with swords and sticks.
2012.08.16 Pakistan Quetta 3 0 Three members of the Hazara religious minority are exterminated by Sunni gunmen.
2012.08.16 Iraq Zafaniya 34 57 Nearly three dozen people, mostly women and children, are slaughtered by a car bomb at an amusement park.
2012.08.16 Iraq Baghdad 26 58 A Religion of Peace blast at a Shiite produce market leaves twenty-six dead.
2012.08.16 Iraq Kirkuk 1 6 Terrorists bomb a family home, killing one member and injuring six.
2012.08.15 Afghanistan Peshawar 6 0 Six Taliban victims are found tortured and stuffed into gunny bags.
2012.08.15 Afghanistan Heart 0 15 Taliban bombers leave fifteen shoppers at a market bloody and maimed.
2012.08.15 Iraq Qahataniya 2 0 Two brothers are murdered in their house by Sunnis for being members of a religious minority.
2012.08.15 Nigeria Kaduna 1 0 A Boko Haram bomb intended for a moderate imam goes off prematurely, killing a passerby.
2012.08.15 Iraq Baqubah 2 9 A Jihad car bomb leaves two dead.
2012.08.15 Pakistan Kurram 3 31 Three security personnel bleed out following separate bombings by Muslim radicals.
2012.08.15 Nigeria Maidugui 1 0 A Fedayeen suicide bomber kills a commuter.
2012.08.15 Afghanistan Bagh Sara 0 9 Three grenades into a rival mosque where people are praying.
2012.08.15 Thailand Yala 1 1 Muslim militants shoot a 47-year-old to death at a tea shop.
2012.08.15 Iraq Muqdadiya 7 25 Ramadan car bombers send seven Shiite souls to Allah.
2012.08.15 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 Sipah-e-Sahaba gunmen take down a Shiite.
2012.08.14 Pakistan Orakzai 5 18 Five innocents are cut down by a Taliban ambush on a police patrol.
2012.08.14 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 Muslim 'insurgents' shoot a local villager several times in the head and torso.
2012.08.14 Afghanistan Kunduz 12 30 A bomb planted on a motorcycle at a crowded bazaar sends a dozen shoppers to Allah.
2012.08.14 Afghanistan Zaranj 36 110 Four coordinated suicide bombers slaughter three dozen people, including women and children.
2012.08.14 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 52-year-old plantation worker is cut down by Muslim gunmen.
2012.08.14 Indonesia Sukabumi 1 0 A cleric is murdered by members of an Islamic sect.
2012.08.14 Dagestan Buinaksk 1 0 Islamists blow up a car, along with an occupant.
2012.08.14 Egypt Asyut 1 0 Salafis storm a Christian-owned store and murder the owner.
2012.08.14 Pakistan Sahiwal 1 0 A 14-year-old Christian girl is gang-raped and murdered by five Muslim men.
2012.08.14 Dagestan Khasavyurt 2 1 Suspected Islamists shoot two police officers to death.
2012.08.14 Nigeria Damaturu 9 0 Nine people are slain by Boko Haram Islamists.
2012.08.14 Pakistan Sangar 1 2 An innocent person is murdered during an attack by Islamists.
2012.08.13 Pakistan Charsadda 2 0 A young couple is shot to death by the woman's family for marrying without their permission.
2012.08.13 Pakistan Saro Wano 1 1 A preacher is machine-gunned in his mosque by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.13 Pakistan Karachi 3 0 Three people are murdered by the Tehreek-e-Taliban.
2012.08.13 Egypt Sinai 2 0 A man and his son are shot to death by Islamists shortly after denouncing them.
2012.08.13 Afghanistan Ishkamish 5 0 Islamic hardliners blow up five locals.
2012.08.13 Nigeria Gombe 1 1 A guard is killed during a Religion of Peace assault on a Catholic church.
2012.08.12 Pakistan Miranshah 3 3 Sunni terrorists kill three local soliders with a roadside bomb.
2012.08.12 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Suspected Muslim terrorists murder a 55-year-old sleeping in his truck.
2012.08.12 Pakistan Mera Kachuri 2 0 A father and son are brutally tortured to death by militant Muslims.
2012.08.12 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 Two charity workers are assassinated by religious rivals.
2012.08.12 Afghanistan Alishang 4 0 Four Afghans are dismantled by a Taliban roadside bomb.
2012.08.12 Somalia Mogadishu 1 0 A radio journilist is assassinated by suspected Islamists.
2012.08.12 Iraq Suleiman Bek 8 0 Eight more Shiite teens are rounded up and murdered by Sunni gunmen.
2012.08.12 Afghanistan Panjwai 4 4 Four people are cut down by a Taliban ambush.
2012.08.12 Iraq Jurf al-Sakhar 3 5 Mujahideen bombers take down three Iraqis.
2012.08.12 Philippines Alip 2 4 Two people at a banana plantation are mowed down by Muslim militants.
2012.08.11 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 41-year-old plantation worker is riddled with bullets by Muslim 'separatists'.
2012.08.11 Afghanistan Delaram 11 0 A Taliban in police uniform surprises eleven local cops and shoots them to death.
2012.08.11 Iraq Amerili 7 0 Sunnis ride into a town, single out seven young Shiites and execute them in cold blood.
2012.08.11 Somalia Mogadishu 2 2 Two Somalis bleed to death from shrapnel injuries suffered during an al-Shabaab attack.
2012.08.11 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 A guard at a mosque dies preventing a shooting rampage by rivals.
2012.08.11 Syria Jdeidet Artouz 1 0 A journalist is murdered following threats from al-Nusra.
2012.08.11 Afghanistan Jambaran 1 1 Religious radicals assassinate a tribal chief in his home.
2012.08.11 Pakistan Bara 4 1 Four local tribesmen are ambushed and killed by Lashkar-e-Islam militants.
There is a reason we call it Islamic terrorism, and it isn't
because we falsely attribute motives to the terrorists, but
because Islam is the stated purpose and aim of the terrorists.
Daniel Greenfield
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:53 am Post subject: Many in the Perverted Religion of Islam Favor Pedophiles an
Many in the Perverted Religion of Islam Favor Pedophiles and Practice Marrying Children – Islam Does NOT Protect Female Children Against Pedophiles:
It is well known within Islam that pedophiles practice marrying young children, but no action is taken by Islam’s clergy to punish and throw out these evil pedophiles. But this should come as no surprise as Islam has never cleaned house of wicked and evil individuals and/or groups.
First, The world we live in is ruled by the wicked one as testified to by 1 John 5:19, “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV). If we pick up a newspaper in any country, we find reports of cruelty and violence on an unprecedented scale. Man’s inhumanity to man is troubling for a righteous person to contemplate as testified to at Ecclesiastes 8:9, “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.” (AV).
Second, Most individuals and/or groups seek to avoid responsibility for their own actions rather than take corrective actions. This also applies to so called religious groups that seek to absolve themselves of responsibility for the wrong actions of members, but fail, willingly, to take action against these wrong doers by purging themselves of these wicked ones.
Islam is the most salient offender in this regard and especially with respect female children since its founder was himself a pedophile who took a child bride at the age of six (6) and compensated it at the age of nine (9).
Here is a brief account of this pedophile act. “According to the traditional sources, Aisha was six or seven years old when she was engaged to Muhammad and nine when the marriage was consummated.[2][4][5] American historian Denise Spellberg states that "these specific references to the bride's age reinforce Aisha's pre-menarcheal status and, implicitly, her virginity."[4] This issue of her virginity was of great importance to those who supported Aisha's position in the debate of the succession to Muhammad. These supporters considered that as Muhammad's only virgin wife, Aisha was divinely intended for him, and therefore the most credible regarding the debate.[6][1]
Sources for proof of this statement by
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha
2. ^ a b c d Watt, "Aisha", Encyclopedia of Islam Online
3. ^ Amira Sonbol, Rise of Islam: 6th to 9th century, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
4. ^ a b c d e f g h D. A. Spellberg, Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: the Legacy of A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Columbia University Press, 1994, p. 40
5. ^ a b Karen Armstrong, Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, Harper San Francisco, 1992, p. 157.
6. ^ Spellberg, p. 34–40.
Many in Islam justify the practice of pedophilism on the grounds that it was practiced by their leader, Muhammad, as was clearly covered in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic entitled “Child Brides – Too Young to Wed” starting on Page 79 – all should read it.
BRIEF NEED ON NEED TO CLEAN HOUSE:
If a religion fails to clean house, as Islam does, of evil and wicked men when they are discovered, and especially of evil and wicked men/women taking the lead in a congregation, and/or congregations such as Pastors, Ministers, Sheiks, Imams, Bishops, Cardinals, Etc., then the religion is responsible for their wrong doing. Some religions such as Islam have never cleaned house of evil and wicked individuals when they are discovered and that religion has been violent since its beginning, and many of its members lust for violence in such acts as beheading of others, suscide bombers, makers of IEDs, etc. do to the teachings of their groups religious leaders. One notable example of an evil and wicked individual Islam well knows of who was a leader of a large group of members of Islam is Sheik Osama bin Ladin. Groups seeking to keep themselves clean of evil and wicked individuals that sneak into their group take the appropriate action; to wit, they throw them out.
Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but this is no excuse since it is their failure to provide measures for purging out these wicked ones and no one else’s.
LET’S LOOK AT THE CASE OF ONE CHILD BRIDE, NUJOOD ALI
Nujood Ali (born 1998) is a figure of Yemen's fight against forced marriage. At the age of ten, she obtained a divorce, breaking with the tribal tradition.[1]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-Walt2009-1"[2] In November 2008, U.S. women's magazine Glamour designated Nujood Ali and her lawyer Shada Nasser as Women of the Year.[2]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-Power2009-2"[3] Ali's courage was praised by prominent women including Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.[4]
Ali's lawyer Shada Nasser, born in 1964, is a feminist and specialist in human rights, whose involvement in Ali's case received much acclaim.[3]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-Madabish2009-4"[5]
Nujood Ali was ten when her parents arranged a marriage to Faez Ali Thamer, a man in his 30's. Regularly beaten by her in-laws and raped by her husband, Ali escaped on April 2, 2008, two months after the wedding. On the advice of her step-mother, she went directly to court to seek a divorce. After waiting for half a day, she was noticed by a judge, Mohammed al-g?adha, who took it upon himself to host her temporarily and had both her father and husband taken into custody.[6]
Shada Nasser agreed to defend Ali. For the lawyer, it was the continuation of a struggle begun with the installation of her practice in Sana'a, which she opened in the 1990s, and which was the first law office headed by a woman in Yemen. She built her customer base by offering services to female prisoners.[5]
Yemeni law allows girls of any age to wed, but it forbids sex with them until an indefinite time when they’re considered "suitable for sexual intercourse." In court, Nasser argued that Ali’s marriage violated the law, since she was raped.[3] Ali rejected the judge's proposal of resuming living with her husband after a break of three to five years.[3] On April 15, 2008,[7] the court granted her a divorce.[3]
After the trial, Ali rejoined her family in a suburb of Sana'a. She returned to school in the fall of 2008 with plans to become a lawyer.[8] After the publication of her memoir in 2009, revenues from international sales of the book were supposed to help pay for her schooling, but she did not attend on a regular basis.[9] Due to subsequent negative press coverage about Yemen, Ali's passport was confiscated in March 2009 and she was prevented from attending the Women's World Award in Vienna, Austria. Media reports also questioned whether proceeds from the book were actually making it to the family.[10]
However, as of 2010 Ali's family is living in a new two-story home bought with the help of her French publisher and running a grocery store on the first floor. Ali and her younger sister are attending private school full-time.[9]
The English-language version of the memoir was published in March 2010. Introducing the work, New York Times op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof praised the work done to raise awareness regarding the societal problems, such as terrorism, associated with polygamy and child marriage, saying, "little girls like Nujood may prove more effective than missiles at defeating terrorists."[11] Indeed, publicity surrounding Ali's case is said to have inspired efforts to annul other child marriages, including that of an eight-year-old Saudi girl who was allowed to divorce a middle-aged man in 2009, after her father forced her to marry him the year before in exchange for about $13,000. [12] [11]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-BBCNews24Aug2008-12"[13]HYPERLINK \l "cite_note-BBCNews30Apr2009-13"[14]
References
^ Daragahi, Borzou (June 11, 2008), Yemeni bride, 10, says I won't, Los Angeles Times, http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/11/world/fg-childbride11, retrieved 16 February 2010
^ a b Walt, Vivienne (3 February 2009), A 10-Year-Old Divorcée Takes Paris, Time/CNN, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876652,00.html, retrieved 16 February 2010
^ a b c d e Power, Carla (12 August 2009), Nujood Ali & Shada Nasser win “Women of the Year Fund 2008 Glamour Award”, Yemen Times, http://www.yementimes.com/DefaultDET.aspx?i=1207&p=report&a=1, retrieved 16 February 2010
^ Evans, Sean (11 November 2008), 10-year-old girl's inspiring story opens eyes at Glamour awards, New York Daily News, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2008/11/10/2008-11-10_10yearold_girls_inspiring_story_opens_ey.html, retrieved 9 April 2010
^ a b Madabish, Arafat (28 March 2009), Sanaa's first woman lawyer, Asharq Alawsat: English edition, http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=16210, retrieved 16 February 2010
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^ Ali 2010, p. 107
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[source - retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nujood_Ali on 6/03/2011]
Here is a brief excerpt from Times on this case of Nujood Ali, “Slender with thick hair and a shy smile, Ali made headlines in Yemen last April when she walked out on a man more than three times her age, to whom her father had married her off. It was an act driven by terror and despair. (See the top 10 crime stories of 2008.) Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876652,00.html#ixzz1OEEGkErR [source - retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1876652,00.html on / /2011]
For more details about Nujood Ali, go to the following.
1 - http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/26/yemen.divorce/index.html
2 - http://articles.cnn.com/2008-07-15/world/yemen.childbride_1_ali-mohammed-ahdal-nujood-ali-yemeni-girls?_s=PM:WORLD
3 - http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/11/world/fg-childbride11
4 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/04/nujood-ali-12-year-old-di_n_485952.html
For even more information, do an internet search and see the horrible truth.
CONCLUSION AND REALITY:
Nugood Ali’s case is not an anomaly but just one example of a wide spread practice among members of Islam as was brought out in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic entitled “Child Brides – Too Young to Wed” starting on Page 79, and in many other publications and news sources as any quick internet search will readily reveal.
In fact the prophet’s own perverted words clearly show he was a determined pedophile that even dreamed of marrying children, “Narrated 'Aisha: That the Prophet said to her, "You have been shown to me twice in my dream. I saw you pictured on a piece of silk and some-one said (to me). 'This is your wife.' When I uncovered the picture, I saw that it was yours. I said, 'If this is from Allah, it will be done.,” in respect to the young female child, Aisha. [source - retrieved from http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur'an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Aisha on 5/03/2011] [[Note: for additional information on this, check out Hadith at Sahih Bukhari 5:58:235, See Also Sahih Bukhari 9:87:140 ]]
Now any religion that would follow an evil and wicked pedophile probably will NEVER clean house of wicked and evil men, but find any and many excuses for failure to do so.
Francis David said it long ago, "Neither the sword of popes...nor the image of death will halt the march of truth."Francis David, 1579, written on the wall of his prison cell." Read the book, "What Does The Bible Really Teach" and the Bible today!
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:42 am Post subject: Islamic Violence Is Continuous And Not An Anomaly:
Islamic Violence Is Continuous And Not An Anomaly:
INTRODUCTION ON WORLD VIOLENCE
Here are several excerpts from world news that show the immense difference between Islamic violence and anomaly violence by ‘nuts.’
Add to these two Timothy McVeigh (the 1995 Oklahoma City bomber) and Baruch Goldstein (the 1994 Hebron mass killer) and one has the four outstanding exceptions to the dominant rule of Islamist mass murder. One website, TheReligionOfPeace.com, counts 17,500 terrorist incidents on behalf of Islam in the past ten years; extrapolating, that comes to some 25,000 since 1994.
We are dealing with two very different orders of magnitude. As David P. Goldman notes, "there is a world of difference between the organized use of horror by terrorist movements and the depraved actions of individuals." Yes, we must worry about non-Islamist violence too, but the Islamist variety prevails and, being a vital extremist movement, will continue to do so.
Islam today is what it has been fourteen centuries: violent, intolerant, and expansionary. It is folly to think that we, in the course of a few years or decades, are going to be able to change the basic world outlook of a foreign civilisation. Islam's violent nature must be accepted as given.
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Islam's Latest Contributions to Peace
"Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29
2011.07.26 (Yala, Thailand) - Muslim 'insurgents' shoot a civilian to death in front of his 6-year-old daughter.
2011.07.25 (Muqdadiya, Iraq) - Terrorists plant a bomb near a hospital which leaves three dead.
2011.07.25 (Kirkuk, Iraq) - Two people bleed to death following a Mujahideen bomb blast at a restaurant.
2011.07.25 (Helmand, Afghanistan) - Two young boys, ages 9 and 13, are taken out by a Taliban landmine.
2011.07.25 (Yala, Thailand) - Teachers are the targets of a bomb attack by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.07.24 (Zarqa, Jordan) - A 35-year-old woman is murdered by her brother for having sex outside of marriage.
[source - retrieved from http://thereligionofpeace.com/ on 727/2011]
Now let'’ look at recent 2011 violence by members of Islam.
2011 VIOLENCE BY MEMBERS OF ISLAM – 60 DAY PERIOD.
List of Islamic Terror Attacks For the Past 2 Months
Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2011.07.26 Thailand Yala 1 0 Muslim 'insurgents' shoot a civilian to death in front of his 6-year-old daughter.
2011.07.25 Iraq Muqdadiya 3 13 Terrorists plant a bomb near a hospital which leaves three dead.
2011.07.25 Iraq Kirkuk 2 22 Two people bleed to death following a Mujahideen bomb blast at a restaurant.
2011.07.25 Afghanistan Helmand 2 0 Two young boys, ages 9 and 13, are taken out by a Taliban landmine.
2011.07.25 Thailand Yala 0 7 Teachers are the targets of a bomb attack by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.07.24 Yemen Aden 9 21 An al-Qaeda suicide car bomber sends nine local security personnel to Allah.
2011.07.24 Pakistan Naushki 5 0 Sectarian Jihadis open fire outside a mosque, taking down five laborers.
2011.07.24 Jordan Zarqa 1 0 A 35-year-old woman is murdered by her brother for having sex outside of marriage.
2011.07.23 Nigeria Maiduguri 8 28 At least eight people are blown to bits by Boko Haram bombers at a market.
2011.07.23 Pakistan Kohat 1 2 An 8-year-old girl is taken apart by a mortar fired by Islamic militants at a village hosting a peace committee.
2011.07.22 Afghanistan Greshk 1 0 Religious fundamentalists kidnap and hang the 8-year-old son of a local policeman.
2011.07.22 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 Two people are killed by shrapnel when fundamentalists bomb a liquor store.
2011.07.22 Pakistan Surjani 1 0 A Shiite doctor is shot to death by Sipah-e-Sahaba Wahhabis.
2011.07.22 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 0 Islamic radicals murder two "non-believers" in a shooting attack.
2011.07.20 Yemen Aden 1 0 A British businessman is killed in a targeted car bombing.
2011.07.20 Afghanistan Kandahar 3 0 Mujahideen attack a government building, killing at least three guards.
2011.07.19 Thailand Pattani 2 2 Islamists bomb a group of men trying to protect teachers, killing two of the guards.
2011.07.19 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A shopkeeper is killed when two religious groups shoot at each other following a funeral.
2011.07.19 Thailand Yala 1 15 Sixteen Thais are injured when terrorists set off a motorcycle bomb next to a school. One later dies of injuries.
2011.07.19 Ghana Yamata 1 0 Calling the child "haram", a devout Muslim woman strangles a baby to death after finding out that it is illegitimate
2011.07.19 Pakistan Landi Kotal 0 9 Islamic militants lob mortars into a town, injuring nine children playing cricket.
2011.07.19 Pakistan Charkhel 2 0 Religious radicals kill two hostages, burning a student and shooting the other civilian to death.
2011.07.18 Pakistan Upper Dir 16 0 Video surfaces of sixteen police hostages brutally executed for "having left Islam."
2011.07.18 China Xingjian 4 1 Muslim separatists, chanting 'Allah is the only god', attack a police station, hack two officers to death and two murder two others, including a woman and a teenage girl.
2011.07.18 Afghanistan Farah 2 0 The Taliban send the beheaded bodies of two hostages to their families.
2011.07.17 Pakistan Mann Talab 1 0 A peace committee volunteer is tied to the back of a car and dragged to death by Lashkar-e-Islam.
2011.07.17 Iraq Mosul 3 0 Mujahideen murder a man, his wife, and their child with grenade shrapnel.
2011.07.17 Iraq Mosul 3 0 A woman is among three people machine-gunned to death at a police checkpoint.
2011.07.17 Thailand Yala 3 0 'Insurgents' pull up in a truck and open fire at point blank range on three vendors waiting to buy materials, killing all three.
2011.07.17 Afghanistan Kabul 2 0 Taliban terrorists break into a home and shoot two people to death.
2011.07.17 Afghanistan Baghlani Jadid 2 7 Islamic militants open fire on a wedding party, killing two guests.
2011.07.16 Iraq Karbalah 2 26 Sunni motorcycle bombers murder two Shia pilgrims.
2011.07.16 Pakistan Boshehra 11 0 Three women and a baby are among ten Sunnis shot at point blank range while sitting in a family van by suspected Shias.
2011.07.16 Afghanistan Sangin 5 1 Two children are blown to bits in their mini-bus along with three members of the family by religious hardliners.
2011.07.16 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 1 0 A NATO soldier is shot in the back by a terrorist in an Afghan uniform.
2011.07.16 Algeria Bordi Menaiel 4 15 A pair of al-Qaeda suicide bombers kill four people, including rescue personnel rushing to help victims of the first blast.
2011.07.16 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 Mujahid bombers take out two Iraqis riding a bus.
2011.07.16 Dagestan Gedzhukh 1 0 A village head dies from injuries suffered from a Muslim shooting attack.
2011.07.15 Iraq Karbalah 6 20 Women are among six Shiite pilgrims sent to Allah by Sunni bombers.
2011.07.15 Thailand Pattani 1 2 'Insurgents' shoot a Buddhist teen to death in front of his mother at a supermarket.
2011.07.15 Iran Tehran 1 0 A prominent athlete is stabbed to death after 'insulting' the country's religious leader.
2011.07.14 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 Sunni gunmen murder a civilian outside his home.
2011.07.14 Pakistan Chaman 4 9 Three children are among four killed when a hidden chache of terrorist explosives detonates near their home.
2011.07.14 Afghanistan Kandahar 6 15 A suicide bomber detonates at a memorial service at a mosque, killing six mourners, including a child.
2011.07.14 Pakistan Zengara 3 3 Islamists execute a person for stealing and blow up two security personnel in a separate attack.
2011.07.13 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two Buddhist brothers working as construction workers are brutally murdered by Muslim gunmen.
2011.07.13 Afghanistan Tagab 6 7 Five French soldiers guarding a local council meeting are among six killed by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2011.07.13 India Mumbai 20 131 An opera house and two other commercial areas are targeted by Religion of Peace bombers. Twenty are killed and over a hundred more maimed.
2011.07.13 Iraq Mosul 3 1 A woman and taxi driver are killed in separate bomb attacks while Mujahideen also gun down a farmer.
2011.07.12 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 4 A Fedayeen suicide bomber takes out two Iraqis.
2011.07.12 Iraq Karbalah 2 19 Terror blasts at two gas stations leaves two dead.
2011.07.12 Pakistan Bajaur 2 9 Women and children are among the casualties when radicals send a shell into a family home.
2011.07.12 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 The Taliban take credit for the assassination of the president's brother by a trusted bodyguard.
2011.07.11 Nigeria Maiduguri 3 0 Hardliners detonate a bomb under a van, killing three occupants.
2011.07.11 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Husband and wife laborers are brutally shot to death in their car by Muslim 'insurgents.'
2011.07.11 Pakistan Khyber 2 0 Two men are killed when Islamists riddle their car with bullets.
2011.07.11 Pakistan Bara 1 2 Muslim militants roll a hand grenade into a house, killing at least one occupant.
2011.07.11 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 Two truck drivers are murdered by Taliban snipers.
2011.07.11 Pakistan Battagram 7 19 Children are among seven people disassembled by a Shahid suicide bomber at a political rally.
2011.07.11 Iraq Rutba 3 0 A Sunni imam and his two brothers are beheaded by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.07.11 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 62-year-old man is murdered by Muslim terrorists while on a cigarette run.
2011.07.11 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A teacher is gunned down by Islamic 'insurgents' while drinking tea at a shop.
2011.07.11 Indonesia West Nusa Tenggara 0 0 A bomb explodes at an Islamic boarding school, apparently killing the trainer.
2011.07.10 Pakistan Peshawar 2 4 Two policemen are killed by Taliban bombers.
2011.07.10 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 A youth and woman are kidnapped and tortured to death by suspected sectarian rivals.
2011.07.10 Nigeria Suleija 3 0 At least two women are among three Christians killed by a Boko Haram bomb detonated outside a church.
2011.07.10 Pakistan Quetta 3 0 Three Shias are gunned down by Sunni extremists.
2011.07.09 Dagestan Karamakhi 1 0 A moderate cleric is gunned down during evening prayer by radicals.
2011.07.09 Dagestan Sovetskoye 1 0 A school principal is labeled an "adversary of Islam" and murdered for opposing hijabs in school.
2011.07.09 Pakistan Mastung 1 0 A truck driver is murdered by Talibanis.
2011.07.09 Pakistan Jawakai 5 11 Islamic militants fire on civilian vehicles, killing five passengers including a father and son.
2011.07.09 Iraq Baqubah 2 17 Planted bombs leave two Iraqis dead.
2011.07.09 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 47-year-old schoolteacher is shot to death by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.07.08 Iraq Jurf al-Sakhar 2 0 Two civilians are killed by suspected al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.07.07 Iraq Baqubah 1 1 An Islamic drive-by shooting in front of their house leaves a woman dead and her husband injured.
2011.07.07 Iraq Fallujah 3 6 Mujahideen take down three civilians with a car bomb.
2011.07.06 Iraq Baqubah 2 19 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out two Iraqis.
2011.07.06 Pakistan Karachi 10 20 Sectarian Jihadis pump machine-gun fire into a couple of buses, ending the lives of ten innocents.
2011.07.06 Afghanistan Kamdesh 38 7 Women are among three dozen Afghans who lose their lives to a vicious Taliban assault on two police posts.
2011.07.06 Yemen Loder 10 0 al-Qaeda militants ambush and execute ten local soldiers in cold blood.
2011.07.06 India Sopore 1 6 Islamists set off a bomb outside a police station, killing an officer.
2011.07.06 Dagestan Makhachkala 3 6 Two civilians are among three killed when Islamic snipers fire on a police vehicle.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Quetta 9 20 The Taliban is suspected of staging three attacks on local security personnel that leaves nine dead.
2011.07.05 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 Two local cops are shot to death by Boko Haram cadres.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Mamond 1 0 Hardliners send a peace committee member to Allah by planting a bomb outside his house.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Miranshah 3 14 Islamists kill three security personnel with a landmine attack.
2011.07.05 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two people are kidnapped and beheaded by sectarian rivals.
2011.07.05 Iraq Kirkuk 3 0 Three Iraqis are gunned down by al-Qaeda.
2011.07.05 Iraq Taji 35 54 Two Fedayeen suicide bombers blast three dozen Iraqis to bits as the victims are waiting in line for ID cards.
2011.07.04 Afghanistan Helmand 1 0 A British soldier is snatched by the Taliban and murdered in captivity.
2011.07.04 Pakistan Mamond 1 1 Sunni militants attack a checkpoint, killing a local soldier.
2011.07.04 Iraq Baghdad 26 9 Over two dozen Iraqis are taken down by Mujahid in various attacks around the country.
2011.07.04 Algeria Kabylie 1 1 Armed fundamentalists fire on two traffic cops, killing one.
2011.07.03 India Mubarikpur 1 1 A young couple is dragged out of a mosque and beaten by their enraged families. The woman dies.
2011.07.03 Afghanistan Zabul 13 33 Four women and two children are among thirteen cut to shreds by a Taliban bomb blast.
2011.07.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 10 13 Thirteen people at a tavern are sent to Allah by Islamist bombers.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Shangla 3 1 Three defenders are killed when Muslim radicals attack a police post.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Lindhi 1 13 One person is killed during a violent dispute between two group of members over control of a mosque.
2011.07.03 Yemen Zinjibar 10 24 Ten local soldiers are killed during an al-Qaeda ambush.
2011.07.03 India Saharanpur 2 0 Two sisters are shot to death by their brother on suspicion of immoral activities.
2011.07.03 Afghanistan Maimana 0 17 A terrorist on a motorbike tosses a grenade at a school, injuring seventeen children.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa 1 3 One person is killed in two attacks by fundamentalists, one on the house of a faith healer.
2011.07.03 Pakistan Sindh 1 0 An imam is murdered in a sectarian attack.
2011.07.03 Afghanistan Logar 19 0 Nineteen road construction laborers are machine-gunned by the Taliban.
2011.07.03 Iraq Rutba 10 1 Ten Iraqi cops are killed in separate terror attacks.
2011.07.03 Algeria Chebilia 0 24 Dozens of innocent people, including children, choke on smoke or are beaten by fundamentalists who attack an apartment building suspected of housing prostitutes.
2011.07.02 Nigeria Maiduguri 9 0 Boko Haram go house to house, shooting victims. At least nine die.
2011.07.02 Sudan Pariang 3 17 The Islamic Republic bombs a village in the south, killing three civilians.
2011.07.01 Algeria Nacira 1 2 Fundamentalists kill one Algerian with a planted bomb.
2011.07.01 Pakistan Peshawar 2 0 Two civilians are abducted and executed by Islamic militants.
2011.07.01 Pakistan Karachi 7 7 A second day of clashes between two religious groups leaves seven more dead.
2011.07.01 Philippines Maguindanao 1 0 Muslim rebels are suspected of aerating a local mosque caretaker with shrapnel.
2011.07.01 Afghanistan Maruf 6 6 Islamists blow up two people riding a donkey and then two more rushing to their aid.
2011.06.30 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 6 0 A mother, father and four children are torn to pieces by a bomb planted by Islamic extremists.
2011.06.30 Pakistan Peshawar 2 13 Two people bleed to death after Islamists detonate a car bomb outside a hotel.
2011.06.30 Yemen Abyan 6 17 A half-dozen civilians are killed during an al-Qaeda assault.
2011.06.30 Afghanistan Nimroz 20 36 Twenty civilians riding on a passenger bus are ripped to shreds by a Taliban bomb.
2011.06.30 Indonesia Bima 1 1 A madrassah student stabs a police officer to death for being an "enemy of Islam."
2011.06.30 Pakistan Karachi 3 12 Three people, including a woman, are killed when religious groups clash over a sectarian issue.
2011.06.29 India Srinagar 1 0 Mujahideen gun down a local cop.
2011.06.29 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2 0 Two abductees are executed in captivity by al-Qaeda.
2011.06.29 Yemen Zinjibar 26 16 al-Qaeda fighters assault a stadium, killing at least twenty-six guards.
2011.06.28 Pakistan Peshawar 1 2 Islamists shoot a rival as he is on his way to a funeral.
2011.06.28 Afghanistan Panjwai 2 1 Two women are killed, and a child injured, by Taliban roadside bombers.
2011.06.28 Afghanistan Kabul 11 50 At least eleven innocents lose their lives to a coordinated Fedayeen attack on their luxury hotel.
2011.06.28 Somalia Mogadishu 2 4 Two Somalis die from shrapnel injuries following an al-Shabaab bomb blast.
2011.06.28 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Sunnis gun down a young student for belonging to the Shabak religious minority.
2011.06.28 Pakistan Upper Dir 1 3 Hardliners fire a shell into a family home, killing a boy and seriously injuring a woman.
2011.06.28 Tunisia Tunis 0 2 Islamic fundamentalists attack a group of lawyers over a film festival showing unIslamic material.
2011.06.28 Iraq Mosul 3 2 Terrorists kill two Iraqis with a bomb attack.
2011.06.27 Pakistan Darra Adamkhel 2 0 A woman is among two killed when Islamic militants send a shell into a home.
2011.06.27 Afghanistan Ghazni 7 0 Two children and a woman are among seven civilians torn apart by two Taliban roadside blasts.
2011.06.27 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 3 Two young girls are blown to bits by Islamic bombers.
2011.06.27 Iraq Bazawia 3 4 Three Iraqis are murdered by an 'insurgent' bomb blast.
2011.06.27 Iraq Jabalah 1 7 Sunni bombers take out one mourner at a Shia funeral.
2011.06.27 Pakistan Dera Ismail Khan 12 20 A dozen police are taken hostage and then slaughtered by a husband and wife suicide team.
2011.06.27 India Ganderbal 1 0 A civilian is gunned down by Mujahideen.
2011.06.26 Iraq Tarmiya 3 18 A suicide bomber hides his weapon in a wheelchair. Three others are killed.
2011.06.26 Algeria Legata 2 5 Islamists hide a bomb in a phone book that kills two people.
2011.06.26 Italy Padua 1 0 A Moroccan immigrant kills his wife for becoming 'too Western'. Others support his right to 'stone the adulteress'.
2011.06.26 Egypt Awlad Khalaf 0 3 Three Christians are injured when a Muslim mob torches eight homes on a rumor that one was to become a church.
2011.06.26 Sudan Meiram 1 4 Arab militiamen attack a train carrying Southerners, killing one.
2011.06.26 Nigeria Maiduguri 30 25 Islamists massacre about thirty patrons at a tavern serving alcohol by tossing in bombs and firing into the building.
2011.06.26 Afghanistan Char Chino 1 0 The Taliban denotate an 8-year-old girl near a checkpoint.
2011.06.26 Iraq Riyadh 2 5 Two people are taken out by Islamic bombers.
2011.06.26 Senegal Dakar 0 24 About two dozen Christians are severely injured when a Muslim mob sets fire to their church during a service under orders from a local imam.
2011.06.26 Iraq Mosul 6 4 Mujahid car bombers successfully kill six Iraqis.
2011.06.25 Pakistan Kolachi 10 5 Ten defenders are killed when two suicide bombers attack a police station.
2011.06.25 Afghanistan Logar 38 53 A huge car bomb at a hospital ends the lives of at least three dozen innocents and de-limbs many others.
2011.06.25 Philippines Isabela City 2 8 Muslim militants are suspected of detonating a bomb outside a Catholic church that leaves two people dead.
2011.06.25 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 0 Islamists shoot a councilman and his nephew to death in their home.
2011.06.24 Yemen Aden 3 10 Three security personnel are killed by an al-Qaeda car bomb blast.
2011.06.24 Sri Lanka Kattankudi 0 2 A group of radical Islamists severely beat two teen girls for hours over allegations that they watched pornography.
2011.06.24 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 35-year-old man is shot in the head by Religion of Peace gunmen.
2011.06.24 Thailand Narathiwat 2 13 Two Buddhist road construction workers are blown to bits by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.06.24 Afghanistan Kunduz 6 22 Islamists detonate a bicycle bomb at a market, killing six patrons.
2011.06.24 Iraq Tikrit 2 0 A police officer and his wife are murdered in their home by 'insurgents'.
2011.06.23 Iraq Baghdad 6 6 Six Iraqis are torn to shreds by a Mujahideen bomb blast.
2011.06.23 Iraq Baghdad 35 95 Almost three dozen shoppers are massacred by a brutal triple bombing at a Baghdad market.
2011.06.23 Pakistan Mastung 3 4 Suspected fundamentalists toss a grenade into a drug den, killing three.
2011.06.23 Algeria Kabylie 1 1 Fundamentalists kill a local soldier with a bomb.
2011.06.23 Afghanistan Dhaddar 2 0 Two civilians are shot to death by religious hardliners.
2011.06.22 Pakistan Hangu 2 5 Two people riding in a van are shot to death in a suspected sectarian attack.
2011.06.22 Iraq Baghdad 13 43 Thirteen Iraqis are brought down by a series of Mujahideen attacks.
2011.06.22 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 37-year-old Buddhist is shot in the head by Muslim militants while riding to work.
2011.06.22 Afghanistan Ghazni 8 0 Eight police officers are slain in an ambush after being betrayed by a fundamentalist in uniform.
2011.06.22 Pakistan Quetta 4 11 Sunni gunmen fire into a bus carrying Shia pilgrims, killing four.
2011.06.22 Afghanistan Ghazni 4 0 Four local cops are blown up by a Taliban roadside bomb while rushing to help their own caught in an ambush.
2011.06.21 Somalia Mogadishu 4 6 Four civilians in a minivan are pulverized by a Religion of Peace bomb blast.
2011.06.21 Afghanistan Charikar 2 2 A woman is among two people who bleed to death from shrapnel injuries following a Shahid suicide blast.
2011.06.21 Iraq Mansouriya 1 0 Terrorists bomb a bus, killing a passenger.
2011.06.21 Iraq Diwaniya 27 57 A Holy Warrior earns his spot in heaven with a suicide attack that leaves over two dozen Iraqis dead.
2011.06.21 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Muslims lay out a 48-year-old cook with a pair of shotgun blasts.
2011.06.21 Pakistan Lahore 1 0 A Christian father of four who worked as a garbage collector is stabbed to death by an angry Muslim.
2011.06.21 Iraq Mussayab 5 9 A coffee shop is the target of a Sunni bomb blast that sends five souls to Allah.
2011.06.20 Thailand Yala 1 1 Islamists murder a 55-year-old Buddhist outside a wedding reception - also severely injuring his wife.
2011.06.20 Pakistan Masood 6 4 A child is among six people killed when religious extremists roll hand grenades into two family homes.
2011.06.20 Pakistan Matni 4 5 Four people are cut to pieces by a suicide bomb attack on a house hosting a peace committee.
2011.06.20 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 0 Two men are shot to death by Islamic militants.
2011.06.20 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A local cop is stalked and murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2011.06.20 Thailand Pattani 2 0 A Buddhist is among two killed in separate Muslim sniper attacks.
2011.06.20 Iraq Baghdad 2 8 A terrorist blast takes down two civilians.
2011.06.20 Iraq Mosul 2 3 Two boys are blown to bits in a bombing attack on their family vehicle.
2011.06.20 Nigeria Kankara 7 0 Seven people are gunned down at a local bank by 'robbers' chanting Islamic slogans.
2011.06.20 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two off-duty cops are murdered on their way to work by Islamic militants.
2011.06.19 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Mujahideen gun down a teenager outside his home.
2011.06.19 Pakistan Hayatabad 2 4 A 12-year-old girl and a woman are murdered in their home by Islamic militants.
2011.06.19 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 al-Qaeda gunmen murder an Iraqi.
2011.06.19 Yemen Zinjibar 7 21 A group calling itself 'Supporters of Sharia' kills seven government soldiers over the course of two days.
2011.06.19 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 5 Boko Haram Islamists fire indiscriminately into a group of poker players, killing two.
2011.06.19 Afghanistan Kunduz 3 11 A Shahid suicide bomber sends three Afghan civilians to Allah.
2011.06.18 Somalia Daynile 2 0 Two young men are publicly executed by al-Shabaab Islamists.
2011.06.18 Afghanistan Kabul 9 12 Five civilans are among nine dead when several suicide bombers attack a police station.
2011.06.18 Afghanistan Ander 4 2 Four private security guards are blown to bits by Taliban bombers.
2011.06.18 Pakistan Quetta 4 28 Two children are among four dismantled by Lashkar bombers.
2011.06.18 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A grocer and a city worker are gunned down in separate terror attacks.
2011.06.18 Iraq Baqubah 3 2 Three Iraqis are taken apart by Jihadi bombers.
2011.06.17 Pakistan Bara 1 0 Islamists abduct and slit the throat of a telephone company employee.
2011.06.17 Pakistan Tirah 3 2 Three women are killed, and two children injured, when Islamic militants shell their home.
2011.06.17 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Talibanis open fire on a fuel tanker, killing the driver.
2011.06.17 Afghanistan Sirkanay 4 0 Four children are killed when Pakistani militants fire a rocket across the border.
2011.06.17 Iraq Baghdad 3 8 Jihadis set off a blast in a Shiite neighborhood, ending the lives of three residents.
2011.06.16 Afghanistan Maruf 4 0 Three women are among four members of a family murdered by Taliban bombers.
2011.06.16 Iraq Hilla 3 0 A suspected al-Qaeda home invasion leaves three people dead.
2011.06.16 Thailand Pattani 4 2 Four local soldiers are slain by an Islamist ambush near a market.
2011.06.16 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Sunnis shoot a Shia to death as he is riding a motorcycle.
2011.06.16 Nigeria Damboa 4 1 Four children leaving a church are brutally taken out by a Boko Haram blast.
2011.06.16 Nigeria Abuja 2 0 A suicide bomber at a police station kills two officers.
2011.06.16 Pakistan Bajaur 6 27 Two women are among six people murdered when the Taliban storm a village.
2011.06.15 Yemen Houta 3 2 al-Qadea militants assault a village, killing at least three defenders.
2011.06.15 Afghanistan Mahmud Raqi 7 4 A Shahid car bomber detonates himself along a city street, leaving seven innocents dead.
2011.06.15 India Shopian 1 0 Mujahideen gunmen take out a local youth.
2011.06.15 Afghanistan Paktia 3 0 A 13-year-old boy is among three others sent to Allah by a suicide bomber.
2011.06.15 Somalia Mataban 15 24 Fifteen people are killed in a sectarian clash between Sufis and Sunnis.
2011.06.15 Iraq Mussayab 1 6 Terrorists plant a bomb at a marketplace, killing a patron.
2011.06.14 Sudan South Kordofan 2 5 At least two church workers are killed when the Islamic republic bombs a village.
2011.06.14 Iraq Dujail 4 1 Four family members are killed in their own home by sectarian Jihadis.
2011.06.14 Iraq Baqubah 8 27 Eight people are killed in a multi-pronged Fedayeen assault on government office building.
2011.06.14 Dagestan Mikheyevka 1 0 Islamic extremists shoot dead a rival imam at his mosque.
2011.06.13 Pakistan Islamabad 1 3 A suicide bomber kills a guard at a bank.
2011.06.13 Nigeria Bulunkutu 4 0 Four drinkers at a beer garden are taken out by religious radicals.
2011.06.13 Iraq Baaj 2 0 Two people are kidnapped and beheaded by sectarian terrorists.
2011.06.13 Iraq Basra 5 29 Five Iraqis are ripped to pieces by a suicide bomber.
2011.06.13 Pakistan South Waziristan 4 8 Four local cops are cut down in separate attacks by radical Sunnis.
2011.06.12 India Chikkaballapur 2 0 Two young Hindu students are kidnapped and brutally stabbed to death by the Student Islamic Movement of India.
2011.06.12 Yemen Zinjibar 3 5 al-Qaeda militants attack a checkpoint and kill four defenders.
2011.06.12 Iraq Hillah 2 0 A man and his wife are shot to death by Religion of Peace terrorists.
2011.06.12 Iraq Baqubah 3 4 Three Iraqis are taken out by Jihadi gunmen at a checkpoint.
2011.06.12 Iraq Baghdad 3 14 Jihaids take out three soccer-playing youth with two roadside bombs.
2011.06.11 Afghanistan Khost 3 8 A 12-year-old boy is among three people murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.06.11 Iraq Samarra 4 0 Four brothers are executed in cold blood by al-Qaeda.
2011.06.11 Iraq Mosul 18 47 Eighteen innocents lose their lives to two Mujahid car bombers.
2011.06.11 Afghanistan Kandahar 15 1 Eight children and four women are among those ripped apart by a Taliban bombing of their minivan.
2011.06.11 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 0 Sunni militants shoot one civilian to death and behead another.
2011.06.11 Iraq Al-Dour 5 0 A teacher's family of five, including three children, are brutally slain in an overnight sectarian home invasion.
2011.06.11 Indonesia East Java 0 1 A young woman is kidnapped by Islamic hardliners on her way home from church, beaten, slashed, and held for two days.
2011.06.11 Pakistan Khyber 39 88 Nearly forty shoppers and vendors are obliterated by two terror blasts at a market.
2011.06.10 Somalia Mogadishu 1 1 al-Shabaab gunmen shoot vendors at a market who ignore their orders to stop selling khat.
2011.06.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 4 18 A Shahid suicide bomber takes down four police officers saying prayers at a mosque.
2011.06.10 Pakistan Balochistan 1 0 An oil tanker driver dies of bullet wounds from a Mujahideen attack.
2011.06.10 Iraq Salman Pak 10 15 Ten Iraqis are taken out by a roadside bomb.
2011.06.10 Sudan Kadugli 0 1 Islamists kidnap a pastor and torture him for two days.
2011.06.10 Somalia Mogadishu 1 2 A local official is murdered by a suicide bomber who was his niece.
2011.06.09 Thailand Yala 1 1 Islamic terrorists shoot a 27-year-old man to death in his car.
2011.06.09 Somalia Mogadishu 2 3 Suicide bombers kill two people at a harbor.
2011.06.09 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 A pastor at a Church of Christ and his secretary are brutally gunned down by Religion of Peace loyalists.
2011.06.09 Iraq Baghdad 3 2 A judge is among three Iraqis killed in a series of shooting attacks and a bombing at a liquor store.
2011.06.09 Pakistan Darawar 4 3 Islamic militants blow up a van carrying members of a peace committee, killing four.
2011.06.09 Afghanistan Dur Baba 9 5 Sunni terrorists shoot nine members of a wedding party to death, including the groom and his father.
2011.06.09 Iraq Hatra 1 0 A taxi driver is kidnapped and shot in the head and chest by 'insurgents'.
2011.06.09 Pakistan Landhi 1 0 A Christian civilian is shot to death by Muslim gunmen.
2011.06.08 India Sopore 1 0 A guard at a market is executed in cold blood by Muslim gunmen.
2011.06.08 Somalia Mogadishu 3 0 Three civilians are kidnapped and shot to death by suspected al-Shabaab.
2011.06.08 Thailand Pattani 4 12 Four Buddhist policemen bleed to death following an 'insurgent' bombing at a friendly soccer game.
2011.06.08 Yemen Lahj 4 2 al-Qaeda militants fire heavy weapons into a security checkpoint, killing four officers.
2011.06.08 Thailand Yala 3 2 Three local soldiers are killed in their vehicle by Islamic bombers.
2011.06.08 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A man is murdered by Mujahid gunmen while sitting in his pickup truck.
2011.06.08 Afghanistan Uruzgan 2 0 A man and his son are murdered by Taliban militants as they leave a party.
2011.06.08 Sudan al Shaeer 1 0 A Christian seminary student is shot to death in front of bystanders by agents of the Islamic government.
2011.06.08 Thailand Narathiwat 2 0 Two elderly grocers are brought down in their stores by Muslim gunmen in separate attacks.
2011.06.08 Sudan Kadugli 1 0 A young Christian man is dragged to a market and slaughtered by the sword by men yelling 'Allah Akbar'.
2011.06.08 Nigeria Bauchi 1 0 A man is lured out of his home and then murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2011.06.07 Nigeria Borno 5 5 Boko Haram Islamists assault two police stations with bombs and bullets, killing five officers.
2011.06.07 Dagestan Makhachkala 2 1 A religious teacher and his nephew are brutally murdered in their own backyard by radicals.
2011.06.07 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 14 Two innocents bleed to death after Islamists detonate a bomb outside a church.
2011.06.07 Iraq Baghdad 3 3 A family of three is among several Iraqis targeted by gunmen in two attacks.
2011.06.07 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Muslim extremists successfully take out two shepherds with a roadside bomb.
2011.06.06 Iraq Tikrit 12 20 A suicide car bomber screams 'Allah Akbar' before ending the lives of a dozen others.
2011.06.06 India Srinagar 1 0 Islamic terrorists gun down a civilian outside his home.
2011.06.06 Pakistan Bannu 1 2 Fundamentalists shoot a security officer to death.
2011.06.06 Iraq Hamdhiyah 4 1 Four family members are murdered when Mujahideen bomb their home.
2011.06.06 Iraq Baghdad 5 26 Five Iraqis are taken down by militant Muslims in two attacks.
2011.06.06 Iraq Baghdad 5 8 Iranian-backed Shiites fire several rockets into a compound, killing five Americans.
2011.06.06 Algeria Sidi Abdelaziz 3 2 Jihadis murder a soldier with a shotgun, then booby-trap his body with a bomb that kills two comrades.
2011.06.06 Nigeria Biu 1 0 A cleric is shot to death by Religion of Peace rivals at his home.
2011.06.05 Chechnya Alkhazurovo 1 2 Islamic militants detonate a bomb next to a passing police patrol, killing at least one.
2011.06.05 Pakistan Nowshera 19 45 Nineteen innocents at a bakery are massacred by Mujahideen bombers.
2011.06.05 Iraq Baghdad 5 18 Holy Warriors take down five Iraqis in various attacks.
2011.06.05 Pakistan Kohat 1 0 Islamic militants slay an off-duty cop shopping at a market.
2011.06.05 Afghanistan Logar 13 0 A tailor and a beheaded soldier are among thirteen Taliban kidnap victims discovered in a mass grave.
2011.06.05 Afghanistan Maydan Shahr 2 5 Two security guards are killed by a Taliban bombing at a bank.
2011.06.05 Afghanistan Nimroz 2 5 Two Afghan cops are ambushed and killed by religious hardliners.
2011.06.04 Philippines Sulu 1 0 A 42-year-old police officer is killed by Abu Sayyaf militants while searching for a kidnap victim.
2011.06.04 Afghanistan Kandahar 2 0 Fundamentalist bombers take down two university students on campus.
2011.06.04 Pakistan Peshawar 6 11 Three women and a child are among six passengers ripped apart by an Islamist bomb blast on their bus.
2011.06.04 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A pharmacist is among two people shot to death by terrorists.
2011.06.04 Afghanistan Kunar 3 0 Three Afghans bleed to death following a detonation by a female suicide bomber.
2011.06.04 Algeria Bordj Menaiel 4 1 Fundamentalists murder four police officers with a roadside bomb.
2011.06.03 Iraq Tikrit 17 24 Suicide bombers attack a hospital treating victims of an earlier attack. Seventeen innocents are slaughtered.
2011.06.03 Iraq Tikrit 19 52 Nineteen people leaving Friday prayers are shredded by a bomb place outside their mosque.
2011.06.03 Pakistan Karachi 6 31 Six people are killed and thirty-one injured when Islamic militants target security personnel and a hotel hosting a casino.
2011.06.02 Iraq Ramadi 10 21 A series of well-place bombs take the lives of ten Iraqis.
2011.06.02 Afghanistan Uruzgan 3 1 Three guards are slain when the Taliban attack a road construction crew.
2011.06.02 Somalia Mogadishu 17 46 Seventeen civilians are killed in the crossfire when al-Shabaab stages an attack from a market.
2011.06.02 Pakistan Shaltalo 20 80 The second day of a sustained Taliban assault leaves twenty more dead.
2011.06.02 Pakistan Orangi 1 0 A Shia is shot to death by sectarian Jihadis.
2011.06.01 Pakistan Shaltalo 8 3 At least eight innocents are killed when Taliban militants blow up two girls' schools and attack a police post.
2011.06.01 Thailand Yala 2 4 Two Thais are blown up by Islamic 'separatists'.
2011.06.01 Iraq Mussayab 7 12 Militants plant a bomb at a wedding, killing seven celebrants.
2011.06.01 Iraq Tikrit 3 0 Three brothers are executed by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.05.31 Yemen Zinjibar 13 21 Thirteen local soldiers are slain by al-Qaeda militants.
2011.05.31 Thailand Narathiwat 0 0 Two Muslims accidently blow themselves up trying to exterminate a passing convoy of teachers.
2011.05.31 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 48-year-old Buddhist woman is shot to death by Muslim terrorists.
2011.05.31 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 27-year-old man is murdered by Muslim gunmen.
2011.05.30 Thailand Yala 0 7 Two civilians and five members of a Buddhist monk protection patrol are wounded during a Muslim drive-by.
2011.05.30 Iraq Mosul 2 1 A Christian father of four is murdered by Jihadi gunmen along with a bystander.
2011.05.30 Somalia Mogadishu 2 4 Two African peacekeepers are killed by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2011.05.30 Afghanistan Heart 5 45 At least five Afghans lose their lives to a series of suicide bombers.
2011.05.30 Nigeria Bauchi 10 13 Ten people are torn to shreds by an Islamist bomb planted in a bar.
2011.05.30 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 6 Two Iraqis are wiped out by a Mujahideen bomb blast.
2011.05.30 Iraq Saqlawaiya 2 0 Islamists are thought to be behind the shooting death of two civilians.
2011.05.30 Iraq Baghdad 1 5 Terrorists bomb a minibus, killing at least one passenger.
2011.05.30 Pakistan Miranshah 1 11 A young girl dies of injuries suffered from a Religion of Peace bomb blast at a hotel.
2011.05.29 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A civilian is killed in the crossfire when Boko Haram Islamists shoot at police.
2011.05.29 Pakistan Quetta 2 3 Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorists assassinate two Shia policemen.
2011.05.29 Iraq Abu Ghraib 2 11 Fundamentalists blow up a liquor store, killing two inside.
2011.05.28 Pakistan Bajour 8 12 Sunni fundamentalists send a suicide bomber into a restaurant, slaughtering eight innocents.
2011.05.28 India Kupwara 2 0 Mujahideen barge into a home and shoot a father and son to death.
2011.05.28 Switzerland Einsiedeln 1 0 A 24-year-old woman is shot to death by her strict Muslim father for leading an 'independent life'.
As can readily be seen, Islam is an evil violent religion. Of course NOT all members of Islam are evil and wicked individuals to be sure, but ALL jihadist are members of Islam.
Islam is completely guilty for all their wicked acts because they have failed to clean house of these wicked ones and because they have failed to change the Quran to eliminate passages okaying violence against none members of Islam.
ANY RELIGION NOT CLEANING HOUSE OF WICKED IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTS:
First, The world we live in is ruled by the wicked one as testified to by 1 John 5:19, “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV). If we pick up a newspaper in any country, we find reports of cruelty and violence on an unprecedented scale. Man’s inhumanity to man is troubling for a righteous person to contemplate as testified to at Ecclesiastes 8:9, “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.” (AV).
Second, Most individuals and/or groups seek to avoid responsibility for their own actions rather than take corrective actions. This also applies to so called religious groups that seek to absolve themselves of responsibility for the wrong actions of members, but fail, willingly, to take action against these wrong doers by purging themselves of these wicked ones.
The Reality:
If a religion fails to clean house of evil and wicked men when they are discovered, and especially of evil and wicked men/women taking the lead in a congregation, and/or congregations such as Pastors, Ministers, Sheiks, Imams, Bishops, Cardinals, Etc., then the religion is responsible for their wrong doing. Some religions such as Islam have never cleaned house of evil and wicked individuals when they are discovered and that religion has been violent since its beginning, and many of its members lust for violence in such acts as beheading of others, suscide bombers, makers of IEDs, etc. do to the teachings of their groups religious leaders. One notable example of an evil and wicked individual Islam well knows of who is a leader of a large group of members of Islam is Sheik Osama bin Ladin. Of course, Islam, is NOT the only religion that fails to take effective action against evil and wicked individuals and leaders of groups among them, another is the Catholic and Angalican churches that for many years just moved pedophiles to a new congregation when they were uncovered as the world's news media has so well identified. Groups seeking to keep themselves clean of evil and wicked individuals that sneak into their group take the appropriate action; to wit, they throw them out.
Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but this is no excuse since it is their failure to provide measures for purging out these wicked ones and no one else’s.
Now let’s look at one such religion that tries to escape their responsibility for cleaning house so to speak.
Islam Fails to Clean House:
Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam. Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones. To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions upon themselves. Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers. Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion. And as previously stated, ‘Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but this is no excuse since it is their failure to provide measures for purging out these wicked ones and no one else’s.’
Francis David said it long ago, "Neither the sword of popes...nor the image of death will halt the march of truth."Francis David, 1579, written on the wall of his prison cell." Read the book, "What Does The Bible Really Teach" and the Bible today!
Sequel #1, to Islamic Violence Is Continuous And Not An Anomaly:
INTRODUCTION ON WORLD VIOLENCE
Islam today is what it has been fourteen centuries: violent, intolerant, and expansionary. It is folly to think that we, in the course of a few years or decades, are going to be able to change the basic world outlook of a foreign civilization. Islam's violent nature must be accepted as given.
Islam’s ‘contribution’ to peace today must be measured in one body at a time. This violent nature of this screwed up religion clearly shows that Islam is NOT like other religions but loves hate, violence, and me ham.
The following consist of recent 2012 violence by members of this hateful religion and a cursory record of this religion’s promoted violence for the year 2011 – one body at a time. Now what other religion has continuous acts of violence committed as part of their religion by some of their members?
2012 Partial Record of Islam’s violence:
Date Country City Killed Injured Description
2012.09.18 Afghanistan Kabul 12 11 A female suicide bomber massacres a busload of foreigners "in revenge" for a film about Muhammad that the victims had nothing to do with.
2012.09.18 Pakistan Mastung 3 9 Three Shia pilgrims are sent to Allah in a targeted attack by a Sunni suicide bomber.
2012.09.17 Iraq Baghdad 7 24 Seven commuters are obliterated by a Shahid sucide car bomber during rush hour.
2012.09.17 Thailand Yala 2 0 A Buddhist couple is ambushed in their truck and slaughtered by Muslims with shotguns.
2012.09.16 Afghanistan Gereshk 12 0 A dozen women and young children are destroyed by Taliban bombers.
2012.09.16 Pakistan Jandool 16 7 Three women and three children are among sixteen civilians taken apart by a Sunni hardliner bomb.
2012.09.16 Nigeria Kano 4 0 Islamists enter a home and shoot a 3-year-old girl to death along with her family, which includes a crippled uncle.
2012.09.16 Nigeria Zango 6 9 Islamic radicals attack a group of civilians playing cards, killing at least six.
2012.09.15 Pakistan Gulistan-e-Jauhar 1 0 An Ahmadi shopkeeper is murdered after being labeled a Kafir by Sunnis.
2012.09.15 Pakistan Karachi 2 4 Six Christians are shot at close range in their homes by Religion of Peace gunmen.
2012.09.15 Iraq Hajj Ali 3 0 Three cousins are murdered in their own home by Mujahideen.
2012.09.15 Thailand Pattani 4 0 Muslim militants ambush a vehicle and shoot four occupants to death including a housekeeper.
2012.09.14 Thailand Pattani 1 2 Muslim 'separatists' shoot a villager in the head in front of his wife and 7-year-old daughter.
2012.09.13 Pakistan Quetta 3 4 A 2-year-old is among the casualties when Sunnis spray a car carrying Shias with automatic weapons fire.
2012.09.13 Pakistan Akkakhel 4 2 Two children are among four members of a family crushed in their own home by a Lashkar-e-Islam rocket.
2012.09.12 Somalia Mogadishu 8 10 Eight people are turned into 'pieces of meat' by a suicide bombing at a hotel.
2012.09.12 Pakistan Orangi 1 0 An Ahmadi is gunned down on account of his religious faith.
2012.09.11 Libya Benghazi 4 17 An Ambassador is among four Americans killed when protesters angry over a Muhammad film storm the US consulate.
2012.09.11 Yemen Sanaa 12 12 Twelve people bleed out in the aftermath of a suspected al-Qaeda blast.
2012.09.10 Iraq Bayaa 8 32 Eight people at a coffee shop are obliterated by a Mujahid car bomb.
2012.09.10 Syria Aleppo 17 40 The FSA claims a bombing outside a hospital and school that leaves seventeen civilians dead.
2012.09.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 21 15 A Holy Warrior blows himself up at a demonstration, sending twenty-one other souls to Allah.
2012.09.10 Pakistan Parachinar 14 45 Sunnis murder fourteen members of the minority Shiite sect with a car bomb that rips through a packed market.
2012.09.10 Iraq Mussayib 3 2 Sunni bombers take down three Shiites near their shrine.
2012.09.10 Mali Gao 0 5 Five cousins have their hands and feet cut off by Islamists citing the Quran.
2012.09.10 Syria Aleppo 20 0 Video surfaces of the Salman al-Farisi members executing twenty captured prisoners in cold blood while praising Allah.
2012.09.10 India Baramulla 1 0 Islamic terrorists shoot a village head to death.
2012.09.10 Iraq Hillah 2 3 Two civilians are taken down by Jihadi bombers.
2012.09.09 Thailand Narathiwat 2 1 Two men are killed and a 9-year-old boy loses his leg to Muslim 'rebels'.
2012.09.09 Iraq Basra 3 24 A vicious bombing along a city street kills three.
2012.09.09 Iraq Dujail 11 7 A Shahid suicide bomber sends seven Iraqis to Allah.
2012.09.09 Iraq uz Khormato 4 41 Four shoppers at a market are flattened by an al-Qaeda blast.
2012.09.09 Iraq Amara 16 100 Dedicated Sunni car bombers massacre sixteen Shiites outside their shrine.
2012.09.09 Iraq Kirkuk 7 70 Two Islamic Army of Iraq bombs tear apart seven people outside of a police station.
2012.09.09 Iraq Nasiriyah 2 3 Mujahideen bomb a hotel, killing at least two.
2012.09.09 Iraq Baghdad 7 21 A Mujahideen bomb targeting a market seven dead bodies.
2012.09.09 Iraq Kirkuk 8 17 al-Qaeda car bombers slaughter eight oil company employees.
2012.09.09 Iraq Maysan 5 40 Five Shiites are blown to bits outside their own mosque by Sunni bombers.
2012.09.09 Syria Homs 4 24 Sunni terrorists are suspected in a bus bombing that leaves four dead.
2012.09.09 Iraq Baghdad 5 21 A restaurant blast by the Islamic Army of Iraq kills five patrons.
2012.09.09 Iraq Baghdad 3 14 Holy warriors detonate a bomb outside a pet market, killing three people.
2012.09.09 Afghanistan Farah 1 16 A 12-year-old boy is disassembled by a Taliban bomb.
2012.09.09 Afghanistan Mula Khel 6 0 Religion of Peace extremists pull six civilians out of a vehicle and execute them.
2012.09.09 Iraq Tal Afar 2 7 al-Qaeda bombers take down two innocents.
2012.09.08 Pakistan Shalobar 2 0 A Religion of Peace blast sends two highway patrolmen to the morque.
2012.09.08 Afghanistan Kajaki 5 2 Five Afghans are taken down by Taliban roadside bombers.
2012.09.08 Iraq Qaim 1 0 A 5-year-old girl is killed instantly by an FSA rocket.
2012.09.08 Afghanistan Kabul 6 4 Six civilians, mostly children, are torn to shreds by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.07 Syria Damascus 5 6 Five security personnel are killed by a bomb blast as they leave a mosque.
2012.09.07 Lebanon Ain al-Hilweh 1 0 Jund al-Sham terrorists are accused of assassinating a local official.
2012.09.07 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A policeman investigating Sunni sectarian killings is sprayed with bullets.
2012.09.07 Iraq Kirkuk 9 80 Sunni bombers take out nine Shias near their mosque.
2012.09.07 Libya Rajma 3 3 Three people are killed when Islamic fundamentalists attempt to blow up a rival shrine.
2012.09.07 Afghanistan Kabul 0 3 Three actresses are stabbed by religious hardliners for appearing with 'immodest' outfits.
2012.09.07 Lebanon Damour 1 0 A man is stabbed merely for belonging to the 'wrong' religious sect.
2012.09.07 Philippines Sumisip 1 35 Seven Abu Sayyaf fire into a crowd of plantation workers on their lunch break, killing one.
2012.09.06 Pakistan Gulistan Colony 1 0 An Ahmadi schoolteacher is gunned down in a targeted attack.
2012.09.06 Pakistan Sipah 3 8 A child is among three crushed to death by a Lashkar-e-Islam mortar shell slamming into their home.
2012.09.06 Iraq al-Sharqat 1 1 The leader of an Iraqi anti-terror unit is killed by a bomb.
2012.09.06 Nigeria Yobe 16 0 Boko Haram Islamists murder sixteen people in a series of attacks.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shiite dentist is taken out in a Sunni drive-by.
2012.09.05 Ingushetia Datykh 6 1 Mujahideen ambush and kill six Russians.
2012.09.05 India Kerala 1 0 A Hindu activist dies from a stabbing attack by Muslim 'activists' at a university campus two months earlier.
2012.09.05 Iraq Khalis 1 8 Jihadis kill one person with a car bomb blast near a clinic.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 A 75-year-old Shiite is murdered along with his 17-year-old grandson in a targeted shooting by Sunnis.
2012.09.05 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A Shia doctor is murdered in his clinic by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
2012.09.05 Iraq Tikrit 2 0 Two Sunnis are ambushed and killed by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2012.09.04 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A 28-year-old Buddhist villager is slain by Muslim gunmen.
2012.09.04 Afghanistan Dor Baba 25 35 Over two dozen mourners at a funeral are blasted into bits by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2012.09.04 Kenya Mombasa 2 0 Two more people are reported killed by rioters whipped into frenzy by a radical imam.
2012.09.04 Iraq Tuz Khurmatu 6 2 Terrorists massacre six Iraqis with automatic weapons.
2012.09.04 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 A 16-year-old victim of 'insurgents' is found with his head, hands and feet cut off.
2012.09.04 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 Wahhabis shoot a Shia traffic cop three times in the head.
2012.09.04 Somalia Barawe 2 0 al-Shabaab Islamists tie two men to a pole and open up on them with automatic weapons.
2012.09.04 Nigeria Gwange 4 0 Four people are shot and stabbed in their own homes by suspected Boko Haram.
2012.09.04 Iraq Fallujah 1 0 Suspected al-Qaeda members machine-gun a judge in his own home.
2012.09.04 Pakistan Pirabad 2 0 Sunnis shoot two Shiites to death.
2012.09.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 A lecturer is among two people murdered by Islamist assassins.
2012.09.03 Syria Jaramana 4 12 Sunni rebels are blamed for a car bomb blast in a residential neighborhood.
2012.09.03 Nigeria New Marte 3 0 Two civilians and a cop are murdered by Boko Haram gunmen.
2012.09.03 Pakistan Peshawar 2 25 Two civilians are killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. Consulate vehicle.
2012.09.02 Mali Gao 1 0 A kidnapped Algerian diplomat is executed in captivity by al-Qaeda.
2012.09.02 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Another Shia minority dies from injuries suffered in a targeted attack by Sunni.
2012.09.02 Pakistan Bazarak Khwar 1 4 Muslim radicals ambush a police vehicle and kill the driver.
2012.09.01 Afghanistan Wardak 13 78 Twin suicide bombers incinerate over a dozen people including a child and two women.
2012.09.01 Syria Deir al-Zour 1 2 A Shahid suicide bomber takes out one other person.
2012.09.01 Syria Damascus 15 3 A Sunni group is blamed for a car bomb attack near a rival mosque that leaves fifteen dead.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 10 Two demonstraters are killed when Sunnis fire on Shias protesting an earlier murder.
2012.09.01 Iraq Basra 1 1 Knife-wielding 'insurgents' stab a judge to death in this home.
2012.09.01 Iraq Baghdad 2 11 Terrorists set off a bomb outside a coffee shop, killing two patrons.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Hazar Ganji 5 0 Sunnis pull five Shia vegetable seller off of a truck and calmly shoot them to death.
2012.09.01 Thailand Narathiwat 0 2 Muslim bombers tear off the legs of two plantation workers.
2012.09.01 Pakistan Quetta 2 0 Two Shias walking along the side of the road are taken out by Sunnis on a motorbike.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 Two Shiite worshippers are shot to death on their way home.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A Shiite imam is assassinated by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Peshawar 12 12 A dozen Pakistanis are torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb near a mosque.
2012.08.31 Iraq Baghdad 1 1 A Sunni attack on a Shiite cleric his driver dead.
2012.08.31 Egypt Muqatta 1 0 Islamic extremists kidnap and behead a local man.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Shor Kot 1 0 Following a fatwa against women using cell phones, a girl is honor killed after her brother discovers her with one and suspects immoral activity.
2012.08.31 Afghanistan Beaver Ridge Canaan
5 0 Five villagers are kidnapped and executed by the Taliban.
2012.08.31 Pakistan Jacobabad 2 0 A Muslim shoots his sister-in-law and niece to death over alleged sexual misconduct.
2012.08.30 Iraq Hillah 2 0 'Insurgents' exterminate two Iraqis sitting in a car.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 A Tehreek-e-Taliban member shoots a young man to death at a market.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Batwar 12 0 Fundamentalists praise Allah as they videotape the beheading of a dozen captured Pakistani soldiers.
2012.08.30 Indonesia Solo 1 0 A jailed cleric's hardline followers gun down a cop in a drive-by.
2012.08.30 Afghanistan Baraki Barak 5 10 Islamic radicals fire a rocket into a bus stop, killing five civilians.
2012.08.30 Syria Damascus 2 0 Two policemen guarding the Lebanese embassy are brutally murdered in a sectarian attack.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Quetta 3 0 Sunnis spray a car carrying a Shia judge with automatic fire, killing three occupants.
2012.08.30 Pakistan Ghaziabad 5 0 Suspecting his mother and four sisters of 'illicit relations', a man drugs the five and then butchers them in their sleep.
2012.08.30 Thailand Yala 1 0 A Buddhist trader sitting in his truck is shot and beheaded by Muslim militants.
2012.08.30 Afghanistan Kapisa 1 0 Islamic fundamentalists are thought responsible for the beheading of a 6-year-old girl.
2012.08.29 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' shoot a man in the head as he is eating noodles.
2012.08.29 Afghanistan Logar 1 0 A woman is killed inside her home by a Taliban rocket.
2012.08.29 Germany Berlin 0 1 A rabbi is beaten by Muslims in front of his young daughter for 'being Jewish'.
2012.08.29 Pakistan Ghatbadr 8 6 Armed Islamists attack a checkpost, leaving eight defenders dead.
2012.08.29 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A cleric is gunned down in his mosque by Religion of Peace rivals.
2012.08.29 Syria Zamalka 7 0 A family of seven Christians, including three children, are shot in the street by 'Liua Islam'.
2012.08.29 Iraq Kirkuk 5 3 al-Qaeda bombers take down five people.
2012.08.29 Georgia Lapankuri 3 0 A doctor is among three people who die trying to rescue innocent hostages taken by Islamic radicals.
2012.08.29 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A 12-year-old boy is kidnapped and beheaded by the Taliban.
2012.08.28 Afghanistan Kunar 5 0 A suicide bomber on foot murders five local troops.
2012.08.28 Afghanistan Uruzgan 3 2 Three Australian soldiers are shot in the back by a Taliban in army uniform while they are relaxing.
2012.08.28 Dagestan Belidzhi 7 6 Influence by 'Islamist literature', a border guard murders seven fellow soldiers.
2012.08.28 Iraq Waziriyah 2 0 Two Iraqis are murdered by suspected al-Qaeda.
2012.08.28 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 Runda Kumpalan Kecil cadres open fire on a passenger train, killing a guard.
2012.08.28 Syria Jaramana 27 48 Sunni terrorists are blamed for a car bombing attack on a Christian funeral that leaves twenty-seven dead, including children.
2012.08.28 Dagestan Chirkey 7 0 A female suicide bomber takes down a 74-year-old Sufi cleric and six others at his home, including a 12-year-old boy.
2012.08.28 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 20 Four civilians are sent to Allah by Fedayeen suicide truck bombers.
2012.08.28 Pakistan Karachi 1 1 Islamic militants open fire on a pastor, injuring him and killing a church member.
2012.08.28 Somalia Merka 1 0 A UN humanitarian worker is murdered by suspected al-Shabaab.
2012.08.28 Kenya Mombasa 2 13 A civilian and a cop are killed when a Muslim militant hurls a grenade at them.
2012.08.27 Kenya Mombasa 1 0 A Muslim mob hacks a person to death after urged on by an imam.
2012.08.27 Afghanistan Washir 10 4 Taliban in uniform infiltrate a unit a shoot ten Afghan soldiers to death.
2012.08.27 Iraq Mosul 2 5 Two civilians are murdered in separate terror attacks.
2012.08.27 Pakistan Quetta 3 2 Sectarian Jihadis fire on a car carrying Shia civilians, killing three.
2012.08.27 Afghanistan Musa Qala 17 0 Fundamentalists interrupt a party and behead two women and fifteen men for dancing to music.
2012.08.27 Mali Ansongo 1 0 A man bleeds to death after his hand is cut off by Islamists.
2012.08.27 Pakistan Katha Kanray 1 1 A member of a peace committee bleeds to death after Islamic militants set off a roadside bom.
2012.08.26 Iraq Garma 3 2 Mujahideen bring down three Iraqis with IEDs.
2012.08.26 Nigeria Gashua 1 0 A group 'committed to the Prophet's teachings' attacks a local bank, killing the guard.
2012.08.26 Iraq Baghdad 5 1 Islamic terrorists shoot three security guards and two others to death at an amusement park in a Shiite neighborhood.
2012.08.26 Pakistan Bajur 1 4 Taliban militants Afghanistan cross the border from Afghanistan and attack a police checkpost, killing one defender.
2012.08.26 Afghanistan Pailoch 3 0 A 'girl and two boys' are shot to death by the woman's brother for committing adultery.
2012.08.26 Indonesia Sampang 2 12 'Mainstream' Muslims stop a group of Shia children and teachers, and proceed to hack at least two to death.
2012.08.25 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two Shiites are murdered by sectarian rivals.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Panjwayi 5 3 Five local troops are killed Sunni fundamentalists in a roadside blast.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Paktia 5 12 Four separate Taliban bomb attacks leave five Afghans dead.
2012.08.25 Iraq Mosul 3 0 Suspected al-Qaeda muder three people.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Gosfandi 1 0 A civilian is left dead following an ambush by Islamic militants.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Zehi 2 4 Hardline bombers take out two Afghans.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Sistani 1 0 A civilian bleeds to death following the detonation of this car by Islamic radicals.
2012.08.25 Afghanistan Gereshk 1 6 A girl is killed by a Taliban rocket attack on her house.
2012.08.25 Pakistan Bara 7 8 Seven members of a family are crushed to death when their home is hit by a Lashkar-e-Islam mortar shell.
2012.08.24 Iraq Baghdad 6 12 At least six people are murdered when Islamic terrorists throw grenades into a hotel.
2012.08.24 Iraq Baghdad 3 8 Sunnis fire mortars into a group of Shiite worshippers, killing three.
2012.08.24 Lebanon Tripoli 3 41 A Sunni sheikh is shot dead by Shia gunmen. Two other people are killed in the same sectarian clash.
2012.08.24 Iraq Khan Beni Saad 1 3 A Sunni bomb targeting a Shiite family kills one member.
2012.08.24 Dagestan Khasavyurt 1 1 Islamic 'militia' shoot one person to death.
2012.08.24 Pakistan Batwar 2 8 Women and children are among the casualties when Islamic militants open up on a village with automatic weapons.
2012.08.23 Pakistan Bakwa 2 0 Two local security guards are murdered by Sunni hardliners.
2012.08.23 Somalia Mogadishu 3 12 An al-Shabaab attack leaves three dead.
2012.08.23 Afghanistan Spin Boldak 6 0 Three children and two women are among six civilian blown into bits by a Taliban bomb.
2012.08.23 Tunisia Sidi Bouzid 0 7 Salafists attack people drinking alcohol with knives and sticks.
2012.08.23 Sudan Kassab Camp 1 20 At least one person is reported killed when Arab milita invade an African refugee camp and rape dozens of women.
2012.08.23 Pakistan Chakwal 2 0 A couple that eloped without the girl's family's permission is snatched and hung from a tree.
2012.08.23 Pakistan Hangu 3 0 Three policemen are ambushed and murdered by Islamic militants.
2012.08.23 Dagestan Makhachkala 11 0 Five civilians are among eleven reported dead from Islamic terror attacks between the 11th and 17 of the month.
2012.08.23 Afghanistan Ahmad Khil 3 0 Hardliners kidnap and kill three local soldiers who were on their way home to visit families.
2012.08.22 Dagestan Mokok 1 3 A soldier is killed by a Muslim sniper.
2012.08.22 Pakistan Joharabad 1 2 A Muslim mob attacks a brothel, killing the owner's companion.
2012.08.22 Pakistan Islamabad 2 0 Video surfaces of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi beheading two abducted Shiites.
2012.08.22 Dagestan Babayurt 1 0 A policeman dies from wounds suffered during an earlier 'insurgent' attack.
2012.08.22 Lebanon Tripoli 4 25 Four more people die in clashes between Sunni and Shia.
2012.08.21 Nigeria Biu 1 0 Boko Haram gunmen assassinate a worshipper inside a mosque at close range.
2012.08.21 Lebanon Tripoli 8 75 A clash between Sunnis and Shia leaves eight civilians dead.
2012.08.21 Pakistan Faisalabad 1 0 A Muslim perpetrator is strongly suspected by the minority community in the targeted torture and murder of a 14-year-old Christian boy.
2012.08.21 Thailand Narathiwat 1 1 A 34-year-old civilian is picked off in a Muslim drive-by.
2012.08.21 Thailand Narathiwat 1 2 Muslim gunmen ambush a bus carrying civilian, killing one.
2012.08.21 Pakistan Quetta 1 12 Islamists are suspected in a bombing that leaves one dead.
2012.08.21 Nigeria Borno 1 0 Islamists open fire on a rival cleric, killing him outside his mosque.
2012.08.21 Nigeria Goniri 2 0 Gunmen shouting 'Allah Akbar' burn down several buildings and shoot two villagers to death.
2012.08.20 Indonesia Cisalopa 4 0 Four people are murdered on accusation of heresy.
2012.08.19 Bangladesh Sunamganj 0 30 Two groups of devout Muslims clash at a mosque over a disagreement over prayers.
2012.08.19 Iraq Baghdad 4 1 Four persons are killed in a bombing targeting a Sunni cleric.
2012.08.19 Pakistan Karachi 16 1 A bloody shooting at a cafe is one of several that leave sixteen dead at the hands of sectarian Jihadis
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 3 8 Islamic bombers kill three people at a cemetery.
2012.08.19 Pakistan Haripur 0 6 Six people are attacked by fundamentalists for watching television during Eid ul Fitr.
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Farah 2 0 Two brothers are shot to death in their car by Taliban gunmen.
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Kabul 3 0 Authorities accuse the Taliban of beheading three people during Ramadan.
2012.08.19 Yemen Abyan 3 2 An al-Qaeda suicide bomber takes out three souls.
2012.08.19 Ingushetia Malgobek 7 10 A Fedayeen suicide bomber enters a funeral and slaughters at least seven mourners.
2012.08.19 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 1 A terrorist in police uniform shoots a soldier in the back.
2011 Partial Record of Islam’s violence:
date Country City Killed Injured Description
2011.12.31 Pakistan Khugakhel 2 13 Two children bleed to death following a bomb blast outside the home of a tribal elder.
2011.12.31 Iraq Diyala 5 0 Five Iraqis are murdered in cold blood by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.12.31 Pakistan Karachi 1 1 A Shia leader is gunned down by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.12.30 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 4 At least four people are killed when Islamists set off a bomb outside a rival mosque.
2011.12.30 Yemen Zinjibar 2 3 Two local soldiers are killed by 'Partisans of Sharia' gunmen.
2011.12.30 Pakistan Salarzai 2 3 Women are among the casualties when Islamic bombers target a peace committee.
2011.12.30 Pakistan Dara Bazar 2 3 A bomb explodes on the main road leading into a village, leaving two dead.
2011.12.30 Pakistan Shakoi 2 4 Talibanis mortar a neighborhood, killing two residents.
2011.12.30 Afghanistan Trinkot 4 1 Holy Warriors take out four civilians riding in a car.
2011.12.30 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 1 Suspected Boko Haram gun down two civilians at a market.
2011.12.30 Pakistan Salarzai 2 1 Two children are burned to a crisp when a militant Muslim detonates an incendiary device in a store.
2011.12.30 Pakistan Quetta 16 35 A suicide bomber slaughters thirteen innocents, including women and children.
2011.12.30 Nigeria Maiduguri 3 0 Boko Haram gunmen invade the home of a rival cleric and murder three of his family members.
2011.12.30 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 23-year-old man is picked off in front of his home by Muslims on motorcycles.
2011.12.29 Pakistan Orakzai 1 0 Religious radicals murder a tribal elder.
2011.12.29 Pakistan Khairpur 0 10 Ten are injured when two religious groups clash over a Quran reading.
2011.12.29 Afghanistan Nad Ali 10 1 Ten police recruits are torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb.
2011.12.29 Afghanistan Kapisa 3 0 Two French and one local troops are murdered by a terrorist in an Afghan uniform.
2011.12.29 Egypt Assiut 0 5 At least five people are hurt when a Muslim mob burns Christian homes over a Facebook cartoon.
2011.12.28 Iraq Mosul 4 0 Four local police officers are killed in and around the city by Muslim terrorists.
2011.12.28 Pakistan Plateau 3 0 A baby is among three members of a Christian family shot and hacked to death by machete-wielding Muslims.
2011.12.28 Nigeria Sapele 0 7 Seven children at a religious school are injured when a bomb is thrown to settle a dispute over mosque leadership.
2011.12.27 Thailand Yala 1 1 One person is killed when Muslim 'insurgents' bomb a group of teachers and their security.
2011.12.27 Pakistan Peshawar 1 0 Islamists gun down a security official as he is leaving a mosque.
2011.12.27 Iraq Kirkuk 2 1 Mujahideen kill two civilians with a car bomb.
2011.12.27 Pakistan Gulbahar 2 0 A prayer leader is among two gunned down by sectarian rivals.
2011.12.27 Iraq Mosul 2 0 A man and his father are murdered in their home by 'insurgents'.
2011.12.27 Pakistan Tank 1 2 Terrorists fire on a local peace committee, killing one member.
2011.12.26 Iraq Baghdad 7 37 Seven people are blown to bits by a Shahid suicide car bomber.
2011.12.26 Pakistan Kohat 1 1 Two members of a peace committee are fired on by Islamic militants.
2011.12.26 Iraq Baiji 1 0 A man is shot in the head by al-Qaeda.
2011.12.26 Pakistan Banaras 1 0 The caretaker of a seminary is murdered by sectarian gunmen.
2011.12.26 Pakistan Peerabad 1 0 A school clerk is murdered by religious fundamentalists.
2011.12.25 Nigeria Jos 1 0 Muslim militants fire on a protestant church, killing a guard.
2011.12.25 Nigeria Damaturu 3 1 A Shahid suicide bomber detonates near a security compound, killing three people.
2011.12.25 Nigeria Madalla 45 73 Religion of Peace bombers strike a Catholic church during a morning Christmas mass, slaughtering forty-five worshippers.
2011.12.25 Afghanistan Talaqan 22 50 Two dozen mourners at a funeral are sent to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.12.25 Iraq Garma 6 2 Six local cops at a checkpoint are machine-gunned at point-blank range by Sunni terrorists.
2011.12.25 Iraq Mosul 1 0 Muslim snipers pick off a Christian just outside his home.
2011.12.25 Pakistan Loralai 1 0 A civilian is kidnapped and executed by Tehreek-e-Taliban.
2011.12.25 Pakistan Gilgit 1 0 A Shiite is gunned down by Sunni rivals.
2011.12.25 Sri Lanka Sammanthurai 1 0 A Muslim father beats his daughter to death for dating a non-Muslim.
2011.12.25 Iraq Dujail 2 20 A Fedayeen suicide bomber sends two Iraqis to Allah.
2011.12.24 Kenya Wajir 0 6 A half-dozen people are injured when fundamentalists throw a grenade into a bar.
2011.12.24 Pakistan Bannu 9 17 A Fedayeen suicide car bomber murders nine others.
2011.12.24 Afghanistan Takhta Pul 3 0 Three locals are killed by a Taliban bomb.
2011.12.24 Nigeria Maiduguri 11 0 A pastor and his young daughter are incinerated when Islamists fire bomb three churches.
2011.12.24 Uganda Namasuba 0 1 A young pastor, who left Islam after having been born the son of an imam, is blinded by acid in a vicious Christmas Eve attack.
2011.12.24 Pakistan Urmur 1 3 A toy bomb planted by religious extremists leaves a father dead and three children injured.
2011.12.24 Iraq Mosul 4 3 Four Iraqis are shot to death in a series of Mujahideen shootings.
2011.12.24 Iraq Kirkuk 3 1 Two brothers are kidnapped and murdered by 'insurgents', who also kill a school principal.
2011.12.24 India Srinagar 1 0 The Islamic Movement of Kashmir assassinate a local official.
2011.12.23 Nigeria Potiskum 1 7 A 10-year-old boy is among the casualties of a shooting attack by Muslim militants.
2011.12.23 Pakistan Tank 1 17 The Taliban take hostages after a deadly attack on a post, threatening to cut them into pieces.
2011.12.23 Somalia Mataban 3 0 A Religion of Peace 'activist' shoots three aid workers to death.
2011.12.23 Syria Damascus 44 166 Over forty people are torn to shreds by two Shahid suicide bombers in an upscale district.
2011.12.23 Nigeria Damaturu 4 0 Boko Haram militants open fire on a group of police, killing four.
2011.12.23 Pakistan Shadman 2 2 Two employees at a telecom office are gunned down in cold blood by orthodox Muslims because they worked for a Norwegian firm.
2011.12.22 Iraq Baghdad 72 217 Over seventy Iraqis are massacred by 'freedom fighters' in a series of bombings and rocket attacks across the city following the departure of U.S. troops.
2011.12.22 Pakistan Lahore 0 1 A young Christian is stabbed several times after having been falsely accused of insulting Islam.
2011.12.22 Iraq Baqubah 5 0 Five family members are machine-gunned in their home by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.12.22 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 A young man is kidnapped and executed by 'insurgents'.
2011.12.22 Nigeria Damaturu 4 0 Four Nigerians are taken down by Boko Haram bombers.
2011.12.22 Pakistan Hangu 0 4 Terrorists bomb the clinic of a female doctor, injuring four, including a young girl.
2011.12.22 Pakistan Punjab 0 16 Two student Islamic groups clash over sectarian differences.
2011.12.21 Thailand Pattani 2 11 Two Thais are killed during a wave of Mujahid bombing and shootings.
2011.12.21 Afghanistan Rawza 5 0 Five Polish soldiers are killed by Taliban bombers in a roadside attack.
2011.12.21 Pakistan Karachi 1 7 One person is killed during a clash between Sunni and Shia.
2011.12.21 Thailand Yala 1 1 A villager is shot and killed by Muslim 'insurgents'.
2011.12.20 Pakistan Huta 1 0 A government official is assassinated by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2011.12.20 Iraq Fallujah 4 0 Four contractors are kidnapped and murdered.
2011.12.19 Kenya Dadaab 1 2 al-Shabaab bombers take out a guard at a refugee camp.
2011.12.19 Pakistan Mastung 1 0 Wahhabis gun down a Shia civilian waiting for a bus.
2011.12.19 Iraq Kokjali 1 1 A teenager is murdered by Muslim terrorists while walking home from school.
2011.12.19 Iraq Mosul 4 4 A grocer is among four left dead after separate Mujahideen attacks.
2011.12.19 Iraq Balad 1 2 Sunnis bomb a minibus carrying Shia pilgrims, killing at least one.
2011.12.19 Nigeria Ungwan Rami 5 6 Five Christian villagers are hacked and shot to death by Muslim raiders. The victims include a mother and her baby.
2011.12.18 Pakistan Muzaffargarh 1 3 One person is killed in a fight between two groups of worshippers over control of a mosque.
2011.12.18 Nigeria Kano 6 10 A half-dozen victims result from a terror attack by Islamic fundamentalists.
2011.12.18 Pakistan Jhang 2 0 Two women are murdered by relatives on suspicion of illicit relations.
2011.12.18 Lebanon Ain al-Helweh 1 3 A child is among the casualties of a Jund al-Sham shooting attack.
2011.12.17 Afghanistan Kandahar 1 0 A government official is shot to death by Taliban militants while walking home.
2011.12.17 Pakistan Katasarai 3 0 Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists kill three local soldiers with an IED.
2011.12.17 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A secular judge is assassinated by suspected religious radicals.
2011.12.17 Thailand Yala 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' kill a 35-year-old man in a drive-by.
2011.12.17 Pakistan Loralali 1 0 A woman is honor-killed by her two brothers-in-law.
2011.12.17 Iraq Abu Ghraib 3 2 Jihadis bomb a minibus, killing two passengers.
2011.12.16 Pakistan Muslim Dhand 3 0 A woman is among three killed when Talibanis mortar a residential neighborhood.
2011.12.16 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A man is shot to death in his home by Mujahideen.
2011.12.16 Afghanistan Kabul 1 0 A 7-year-old girl dies from splinter injuries from a grenade thrown by Sunni radicals.
2011.12.16 Pakistan Bara 1 4 Terrorists take out a 6-year-old girl in a rocket attack on her home.
2011.12.15 Nigeria Kano 4 2 Four security personnel are killed by a surprise Boko Haram assault on their school.
2011.12.15 Nigeria Maiduguri 5 0 Gunmen from an Islamic sect fire on a group of civilians outside a shop, killing two.
2011.12.15 Saudi Arabia Jeddah 0 6 At least six Ethiopian Christians are beaten when police storm a prayer meeting. Twenty-nine women are strip-searched.
2011.12.15 Thailand Yala 2 1 Suspected Islamists riddle a family vehicle with bullets, killing a mother and son.
2011.12.14 Pakistan Bara 2 1 Two peace committee members are murdered by Islamic terrorists.
2011.12.14 Iraq Tal Afar 5 33 Jihadis take down five Iraqis with two car bombs - the first of which was intended to attract more victims.
2011.12.14 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 The son of a cleric is murdered by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.12.14 Pakistan Landikotal 2 0 Two cemetery guards are shot to death by Abdullah Ezaam terrorists.
2011.12.14 Afghanistan Khanishin 3 3 Three Afghans lose their lives to a Taliban roadside bomb.
2011.12.14 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 3 Boko Haram members fire on a group of people playing cards, killing two.
2011.12.14 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 A local politician is assassinated by Muslim radicals.
2011.12.14 Lebanon Ain al-Helweh 1 0 A man is shot to death by Jund al-Sham gunmen.
2011.12.14 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Two more Christians are shot to death.
2011.12.14 Dagestan Caspiisk 1 0 Muslim 'separatists' murder a man in his own home.
2011.12.13 Pakistan Bara 4 4 Two children and a woman are among four civilians killed when Islamic militants shell their home.
2011.12.13 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 11 A 9-year-old child is among four reported dead from a suicide attack.
2011.12.13 Yemen Zinjibar 3 11 al-Qaeda gunmen murder several local troops in a shooting attack.
2011.12.13 Iraq Mosul 2 2 A Christian man and his wife are gunned down in their car by Jihad warriors. Their children survive with injuries.
2011.12.13 Iraq Ishaqi 2 3 Muslim bombers take out two Iraqis.
2011.12.13 Pakistan Shalobar 2 7 Two women are killed in a Taliban rocket attack on their neighborhood.
2011.12.13 Iraq Baghdad 1 5 A Fedayeen suicide bombing leaves one other person dead.
2011.12.13 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Muslim 'insurgents' gun down a Buddhist mechanic riding a motorcycle.
2011.12.13 Iraq Fallujah 3 5 Three bus passengers are riddled with bullets by al-Qaeda assassins.
2011.12.13 Pakistan Satellite Town 1 0 The body of a young Hindu is found, three weeks after his abduction by Muslim militants.
2011.12.12 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A young Hindu is abducted and murdered in captivity.
2011.12.12 Nigeria Borno 4 0 A woman is among four people machine-gunned by suspected Islamists in a surprise drive-by attack.
2011.12.12 Indonesia Jakarta 0 2 A man stabs members of a TV crew for supposedly insulting Allah.
2011.12.12 Pakistan Hangu 4 4 Militant Muslims kill four people in two attacks, which include firing rockets into a commercial district.
2011.12.12 Iraq Baghdad 2 6 Terrorists gun down two people and attempt to blow up six others.
2011.12.12 India Sujna 1 0 Mujahideen shoot a police officer to death.
2011.12.12 Pakistan Dadar 1 0 The driver of an oil tanker is pulled out of his truck and shot to death by Taliban militants.
2011.12.12 Afghanistan Greshk 6 2 The Taliban slaughter six women and children with a roadside bomb.
2011.12.12 Pakistan Karachi 0 53 Fifty-three people, some children as young as 7, are chained and tortured in the basement of a seminary by the staff.
2011.12.11 Nigeria Gombe 1 0 Muslim gunmen murder a Christian as he is putting gas in his car.
2011.12.11 India Srinagar 1 3 Muslim terrorists are responsible for a shooting attack that leaves one dead.
2011.12.11 Kenya Mandera 1 12 One person is killed when al-Shabaab bombers target humanitarian workers outside a refugee camp.
2011.12.11 Pakistan Kharhy Mela 3 0 Three tribal elders are shot to death by Islamic activists, including one in captivity.
2011.12.11 Nigeria Kagoro 1 2 Fulani extremists gun down a Christian mother.
2011.12.10 Nigeria Sapele 0 1 A bomb is thrown into a mosque to settle a disagreement between members over 'mode of worship'.
2011.12.10 Pakistan Landikotal 1 0 Religious extremists tear down two Sufi shrines and murder an elderly caretaker.
2011.12.10 Nigeria Jos 1 11 A young fan is killed when Islamic bombers target several Christian areas, including an outdoor viewing of a televised soccer match.
2011.12.10 Pakistan Karachi 3 0 A victim of torture is among three people killed in sectarian violence.
2011.12.10 Pakistan Sham 1 3 Terrorists take down a child and injure three women with a landmine.
2011.12.10 Iraq Kirkuk 7 4 Seven Iraqis are killed in a series of sectarian attacks.
2011.12.10 Yemen Zinjibar 2 36 Two local soldiers are murdered in a violent al-Qaeda assault on a barracks.
2011.12.10 Afghanistan Kunduz 2 16 Islamists attach a bomb to a bicycle that manages to kill two innocents.
2011.12.10 Pakistan Karachi 1 7 A 45-year-old man is killed when Islamists detonate a bomb at a university.
2011.12.10 Afghanistan Khakrez 3 0 Sunni bombers murder three civilians riding a taxi.
2011.12.10 Nigeria Sapele 0 1 A disagreement at a mosque leads to a bombing that leaves one badly injured.
2011.12.10 Afghanistan Maiwand 1 0 A civilian on a motorcycle is taken out by a Taliban bomb.
2011.12.10 Nigeria Kukum Gida 1 2 Muslim gunmen ambush Christian villagers in the middle of the night, murdering a 50-year-old woman.
2011.12.09 Pakistan Karachi 3 4 A roadside attack by suspected Islamists leaves three security personnel dead.
2011.12.09 Afghanistan Ghazi Abad 6 8 A Shahid suicide bomber detonates inside a mosque, killing six.
2011.12.09 Thailand Yala 1 0 Militant Muslims shoot a 28-year-old man to death outside a rubber plantation.
2011.12.09 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 45-year-old Shia man is gunned down in his own home by Wahhabis.
2011.12.08 Yemen Dammaj 7 15 Seven are killed when Salafists and Shiites lob shells at each other.
2011.12.08 Pakistan Khyber 1 0 The Abdullah Azam Brigade claim responsibility for the murder of a women's rights advocate.
2011.12.07 Nigeria Kaduna 10 12 Very young children are among the casualties of a Shahid suicide bombing in a commercial district.
2011.12.07 Afghanistan Sangin 19 6 Holy Warriors massacre nineteen bus passengers, including five children, with a landmine.
2011.12.07 Yemen Dammaj 3 0 Sunni Islamists open fire on a group of Shia, killing three.
2011.12.07 Thailand Pattani 1 0 A Buddhist cop is murdered by a Muslim drive-by.
2011.12.07 Iraq Mosul 2 0 A professor is among two people shot to death by suspected Islamists.
2011.12.07 Iraq Fallujah 3 2 Three local cops are taken out by Jihadi bombers.
2011.12.06 Pakistan Jhang 0 6 After offering prayers, two rival Islamic groups pelt each other with stones.
2011.12.06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 0 An oil company employee is blown up by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.12.06 Iraq Kirkuk 1 8 Sunnis fire mortars at a Shia mosque, killing one occupant.
2011.12.06 Afghanistan Mazar-i-Sharif 4 21 Four Shiites leaving a mosque are sent straight to Allah by Sunni bicycle bombers.
2011.12.06 India Pulwama 1 0 Islamic militants abduct and murder a civilian.
2011.12.06 Somalia Mogadishu 4 10 A Fedayeen suicide bomber scatters the body parts of at least four victims along a city street.
2011.12.06 Afghanistan Kabul 80 134 About eighty Shiite pilgrims, including women and children, are torn to shreds outside a shrine by a Sunni wearing an explosives vest packed with ball bearings.
2011.12.05 Iraq Baghdad 8 18 A Sunni roadside bomb attack on a Shia procession leaves eight pilgrims dead.
2011.12.05 Iraq Latifiyah 2 3 Sunni bombers take down two Shiite pilgrims on foot.
2011.12.05 Syria Homs 36 0 Sectarian violence between Sunnis and Alawites results in thirty-six people kidnapped, tortured and beheaded.
2011.12.05 Iraq Hillah 22 63 Two dozen pilgrims, mostly women and children, are ripped apart by three Sunni car bombs.
2011.12.05 Kenya Nairobi 0 1 A 23-year-old Christian is beaten into unconsciousness by seven Muslims for the crime of leaving Islam.
2011.12.05 Iraq Baghdad 3 20 Three Shiite pilgrims are killed by Sunni bombers.
2011.12.05 Somalia Bosaso 1 0 al-Shabaab extremists gun down a rival cleric at a mosque.
2011.12.05 Pakistan Jhang 0 8 Sunni and Shia clash over religious differences.
2011.12.05 Kenya Dadaab 1 3 An al-Shabaab roadside bomb leaves a refugee camp guard dead.
2011.12.05 Pakistan Kohat 2 11 Muslim militants fire a rocket into a market, killing two people.
2011.12.05 Afghanistan Chora 5 6 Four children and a woman are dismantled by a Taliban roadside bomb.
2011.12.05 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 0 Two people praying at a mosque are gunned down by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.12.04 Iraq Bayaa 1 9 Sunni bombers manage to take down a Shia pilgrim on foot.
2011.12.04 Bangladesh Dhaka 0 1 A man ties up his wife and then cuts off her fingers for seeking higher education without his approval.
2011.12.04 Nigeria Bauchi 6 2 A boy is among six people killed by a Boko Haram bombing and shooting attack..
2011.12.04 Thailand Pattani 1 0 Suspected fundamentalists smash in the head of a 24-year-old lesbian and throw her into a garbage dump.
2011.12.03 Yemen Zinjibar 5 0 Five local soldiers are taken out in a brutal al-Qaeda ambush.
2011.12.03 Iraq Baaj 3 0 Three brothers are shot to death in their home by Sunni militants.
2011.12.03 Iraq Zakho 0 32 Thirty-two people are injured during a rampage by fundamentalists against Christian-owned businesses.
2011.12.03 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two men are shot to death by sectarian Jihadis.
2011.12.03 Kazakhstan Boraldai 2 0 Two policemen are shot to death by a group of Muslim radicals.
2011.12.03 Nigeria Maiduguri 2 3 Boko Haram Islamists fire into a wedding ceremony, killing the groom and a guest.
2011.12.03 Pakistan Jaffarabad 2 0 Two people are shot to death on suspicion of 'illicit relations'.
2011.12.03 Iraq Baghdad 2 0 A man and his wife are murdered by Islamist gunmen.
2011.12.03 Iraq Iskandariya 3 0 Three innocent people are killed by an 'insurgent' roadside bomb.
2011.12.02 Iraq Taji 4 7 al-Qaeda bombers take down four Iraqis, including a man and his mother.
2011.12.02 Afghanistan Logar 1 84 A suicide truck bomber kills a carpenter and injures about eighty others.
2011.12.02 Iraq al-Sharqat 3 2 Three civilian defense volunteers are machine-gunned at a checkpoint by al-Qaeda.
2011.12.02 Pakistan Landi Kotal 2 2 Two peace committee members are murdered by armed radicals.
2011.12.02 Pakistan Khyber 5 0 Three women and two children are killed in the crossfire between two Islamist groups.
2011.12.02 Yemen Ghayl Ba Wazir 2 3 al-Qaeda gunmen spray the inside of a coffee shop with bullets, leaving at least two dead.
2011.12.01 Iraq Jil al-Said 8 5 al-Qaeda gunmen pull eight people from their homes, line them up against the wall and shoot them.
2011.12.01 Iraq Khalis 10 25 Ten patrons at a vegetable market are ripped apart by a well-placed bomb.
2011.12.01 Thailand Yala 1 1 A local soldier is killed by a bomb planted by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.11.30 Somalia Mogadishu 4 12 Four Somalis are sent to Allah by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.11.30 Pakistan Hangu 1 2 A member of a peace committee gets a rude awakening from militant car bombers.
2011.11.30 Yemen Aden 2 0 Two guards are shot to death by Islamists.
2011.11.30 Turkey Istanbul 0 2 A man fires a shotgun at the guards of a palace complex while shouting 'Allah Akbar'.
2011.11.30 Egypt Ghorayzat 2 3 Two Christian brothers are murdered in cold blood by a Muslim mob rampaging through Christian homes and businesses.
2011.11.29 Pakistan South Waziristan 2 3 Two people are killed by a Taliban bomb while attending a funeral.
2011.11.29 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamic 'separatists' kill a 49-year-old civilian in a drive-by.
2011.11.29 Iraq Samarra 5 0 Sunni extremists murder five family members of a Shia cleric in their home, including two women.
2011.11.29 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 Wahhabis murder a Shia professor.
2011.11.28 Iraq Baghdad 5 6 A Shahid suicide bomber detonates himself outside the parliament building, killing five people.
2011.11.28 Iraq Taji 19 24 Suicide bombers destroy a minibus, along with nineteen passengers.
2011.11.28 Iraq Kirkuk 1 13 One family member is killed when 'insurgents' throw a bomb into a house.
2011.11.27 Somalia Afmadow 2 0 Two youth are beheaded by al-Shabaab Islamists.
2011.11.27 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two Shias are gunned down in separate sectarian attacks.
2011.11.27 Yemen Damaj 30 61 Militant Shiites shell a Sunni town, killing thirty, including several students.
2011.11.27 Nigeria Borno 2 0 Boko Haram Islamists shoot two people to death.
2011.11.27 Philippines Zamboanga 3 27 Holy Warriors bomb a hotel packed with wedding guests, killing at least three.
2011.11.27 Pakistan Numaish Chowrangi 2 8 Two people are killed during a sectarian incident between Sunni and Shia.
2011.11.27 Somalia Mogadishu 1 5 Religion of Peace proponents blow a hole in a hospital, killing a nurse treating famine victims.
2011.11.26 Nigeria Geidam 4 20 Islamic radicals descend on a small town, burn eight churches and murder four defenders.
2011.11.26 Iraq Abu Ghraib 8 13 Eight construction workers are permanently demolished by a Mujahid bombing attack.
2011.11.26 Iraq Baghdad 7 28 Holy Warriors take down seven Iraqis with well-planted bombs along a commercial district.
2011.11.26 India Kakinara 1 0 A 17-year-old Hindu girl is stabbed to death by a Muslim rapist.
2011.11.26 Pakistan Rawalpindi 2 0 Two sisters have their throats slit by conservative in-laws after failing to conceive.
2011.11.25 Afghanistan Gereshk 2 0 Two police officers are gunned down in cold blood by religious radicals.
2011.11.25 Kenya Garissa 1 0 One person is murdered outside of a church by Muslim radicals.
2011.11.25 Kenya Garissa 2 27 Islamists toss grenades into a restaurant, killing two patrons.
2011.11.25 Mali Timbuktu 1 0 A German tourist is shot to death at a restaurant by al-Qaeda.
2011.11.25 Pakistan Muzaffargarh 0 2 Two Christian women are beaten on their own land with clubs by a group of Muslim 'men'.
2011.11.25 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A 70-year-old Shia man is shot through the head in his shop by sectarian Jihadis.
2011.11.24 Iraq Baghdad 1 2 A woman is murdered in her home by Islamic terrorists.
2011.11.24 Saudi Arabia Qatif 4 9 Sunni gunmen fire into a Shiite funeral, killing four mourners.
2011.11.24 Pakistan Gujrat 2 0 A young couple is shot to death by the wife's family for marrying for love.
2011.11.24 Nigeria Barkin Ladi 18 1 A Christian family of sixteen, including children, is burned alive by Fulanis.
2011.11.24 Iraq Basra 25 71 Two dozen people are sent to Allah by Mujahid bombers at an outdoor market.
2011.11.24 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two drug manufacturers are gunned down by suspected Islamists.
2011.11.24 Afghanistan Bakwah 10 7 At least ten security guards are slaughtered by Taliban gunmen.
2011.11.24 Kenya Mandera 1 4 A Kenyan soldier loses his life to a cross-border IED attack by Islamic terrorists.
2011.11.24 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 Three plantation workers are shot to death by suspected Muslim radicals while riding in a pickup truck.
2011.11.24 Nigeria Kwok 26 0 Twenty-six Christian villagers are shot and hacked to death by Fulani herdsmen screaming 'Allah Akbar'.
2011.11.23 Nigeria Sabon Layi 4 0 A Bible teacher is among four worshipers slaughtered at a church by Muslim radicals.
2011.11.23 Pakistan Darbaan Kalan 2 7 Two local cops are exterminated by a Sunni rocket attack on their station.
2011.11.23 Iraq Diyala 9 0 Nine torture victims of al-Qaeda are found buried together.
2011.11.23 Afghanistan Grishk 1 1 A civilian is murdered by armed Sunni fundamentalists.
2011.11.23 Pakistan Khurda Renala 1 0 Muslims torture and shoot to death a Catholic father of four.
2011.11.23 Nigeria Yobe 2 0 Militants kidnap and kill two children to punish their father for being 'disloyal to Islam' by converting to Christianity.
2011.11.22 Somalia Mogadishu 11 4 Three children are among eleven civilians disassembled by an al-Shabaab bomb.
2011.11.22 Pakistan Mardan 2 7 A guard and passerby are killed when religious radicals bomb a girl's school.
2011.11.22 Pakistan Dera Bugti 5 11 Islamic militants are thought responsible for an attack on a group of Chinese engineers that leaves five dead.
2011.11.22 Afghanistan Alingar 4 2 A woman and child are among four civilians murdered during a Taliban roadside attack.
2011.11.22 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A mosque imam is gunned down after prayer by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.11.22 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A father of three is shot to death by sectarian rivals.
2011.11.22 Pakistan Pasni 2 0 Two members of a peace committee are abducted by Islamic militants, slaughtered and then dumped in a market.
2011.11.21 Thailand Pattani 0 9 Three Buddhist monks and three elderly men are among nine injured by a Muslim bomb hidden in a flower pot.
2011.11.21 Thailand Yala 1 0 A 55-year-old businessman is torn to shreds by a Muslim bomb.
2011.11.21 Nigeria Barkin Ladi 1 0 Islamic extremists behead a young Christian.
2011.11.21 Iraq Abbarah 1 3 A civilian is taken out by Jihadi bombers.
2011.11.21 Pakistan Orakzai 2 11 Tehrik-e-Taliban kill two local security personnel in a sustained assault on their post.
2011.11.20 Pakistan Sindh 1 0 Sunnis set up a fake roadblock and kill a Shiite driver.
2011.11.20 Nigeria Razat 3 1 Muslims hack three young Christians to death at an illegal roadblock.
2011.11.20 Pakistan Karachi 0 5 Fundamentalists bomb a cinema.
2011.11.20 Iraq Hillah 4 0 Three women are among four Iraqis executed at point-blank range by Mujahid gunmen.
2011.11.19 Iraq Ramadi 5 4 Terrorists attack a police checkpoint, shooing five officers to death.
2011.11.19 Iraq Mussayab 2 0 'Insurgents' kidnap and behead two civilians.
2011.11.19 Azerbaijan Baku 1 0 A journalist is beaten and stabbed five times over an article deemed critical of Muhammad.
2011.11.19 Pakistan Shaidu 1 1 A moderate cleric is shot to death in a mosque after telling radicals not to preach there.
2011.11.19 Yemen al-Mukalla 1 0 al-Qaeda assassins are suspected in a deadly shooting.
2011.11.18 Thailand Pattani 1 1 A 43-year-old Buddhist is taken down by Muslim bombers.
2011.11.18 Nigeria Maiduguri 3 0 A child is among three people killed in a Boko Haram ambush.
2011.11.18 Iraq Fallujah 5 2 A 55-year-old woman and children are among five members of a family blown apart by a Jihad bomb attack on their home.
2011.11.18 Iraq Abu Ghraib 4 13 Four people are killed when Muslim rivals bomb their mosque.
2011.11.18 Afghanistan Nangarhar 4 6 Four children are reportedly killed by a Taliban bomb at a playground.
2011.11.17 Nigeria Gargari 4 6 Three young girls are among four Christians murdered by Muslim extremists in their own homes.
2011.11.17 Somalia Mogadishu 4 12 Children are among the casualties when al-Shabaab militants send mortars into a home.
2011.11.17 Thailand Narathiwat 0 5 Five Buddhist teachers are shot point-blank by Islamic 'insurgents'.
2011.11.17 Iraq Mahmoudiya 4 8 Jihadi car bombers take down four Iraqis.
2011.11.17 Egypt Cairo 0 32 Islamic radicals violently attack a group of Copts, marching to a memorial for slain victims of another massacre.
2011.11.17 Yemen Aden 1 0 al-Qaeda cadres shoot a Yemeni to death.
2011.11.16 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A pastor is shot in the neck and face in a targeted ambush.
2011.11.16 Pakistan Spori 6 2 Six villagers are disassembled by a Taliban landmine.
2011.11.16 Jordan Tafilah 1 0 An 18-year-old woman has her throat slit at a bus station by her brother for being sexually 'impure'.
2011.11.16 Russia Moscow 1 0 A poet is shot five times in the head after 'angering' Islamic separatists in Chechnya.
2011.11.16 Iraq Baghdad 2 18 Two Shiite pilgrims die following a bomb attack on their bus by militant Sunnis.
2011.11.16 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two men are machine-gunned by Islamic 'insurgents' while in their car.
2011.11.16 Pakistan Karachi 2 0 Two hero cops die from injuries suffered while stopping four Shahid suicide bombers.
2011.11.15 Somalia Mogadishu 1 9 A child is dies from splinter injuries after fundamentalists toss a grenade into a house hosting a television soccer match.
2011.11.15 Pakistan Bahawalpur 1 0 A woman is hacked to death by her three brothers for having a sexual affair.
2011.11.15 Afghanistan Ghormach 1 15 One Afghan is killed by Taliban bombers.
2011.11.15 Israel Haifa 0 1 An 82-year-old nun is tied up and severely beaten by a gang of four Muslims, including a father and son.
2011.11.15 India Kishtwar 1 0 Hizb-ul-Mujahideen members open fire on a group of policemen, leaving one dead.
2011.11.14 Thailand Narathiwat 1 0 Islamic gunmen aerate an innocent plantation worker.
2011.11.14 Iraq Mosul 2 3 Two civilians are murdered by 'insurgents'.
2011.11.14 Pakistan Chowrangi 1 1 A prayer leader is gunned down by Religion of Peace rivals.
2011.11.14 Pakistan Landhi 1 0 A father of four is shot to death in a sectarian attack.
2011.11.14 Pakistan Kohat 1 8 Terrorists fire mortar shells into a residential neighborhood, killing a woman.
2011.11.14 Pakistan Nala 4 5 An Islamic drive-by leaves four local soldiers dead.
2011.11.14 Pakistan Gharyal 2 0 Bodies are found of a woman and her husband who were stabbed to death by her family after eloping against their will.
2011.11.13 Pakistan Spah Darri 6 0 Four children and two women are crushed to death by a mortar attack on their home by Religion of Peace militants.
2011.11.13 Iraq Tikrit 3 11 'Insurgents' murder three Iraqis with a roadside bomb.
2011.11.13 Dagestan Mutsalaul 1 0 An imam's assistant is shot to death by suspected extremists.
2011.11.13 Pakistan Mastak 9 6 Six people are sent to Allah when terrorists detonate a bomb at a marketplace.
2011.11.13 Iraq Kadhimiya 1 4 A Shiite pilgrim bleeds to death following a bomb attack on his bus by Sunni radicals.
2011.11.13 India Kerala 1 0 Fundamentalists tie a man to a tree and torture him to death over sexual indiscretion.
2011.11.12 Pakistan Karachi 1 0 A Shiite man is murdered by Sunni gunmen.
2011.11.12 Pakistan Charsadda 1 1 A local cop bleeds to death following a Sunni bomb attack.
2011.11.12 Afghanistan Mitram 9 0 A woman and child are among eight civilians torn to shreds by a Taliban bomb.
2011.11.12 Kazakhstan Taraz 7 0 An orthodox Muslim kills seven people before blowing himself up.
2011.11.12 Afghanistan Khash Rod 1 0 Holy Warriors shoot a village elder to death.
2011.11.11 Iraq Hillah 2 6 A 6-year-old boy is among the casualties of a series of Jihad bombings.
2011.11.10 Afghanistan Ghazni 2 0 A mother and daughter are stoned to death for adultery following a fatwa.
2011.11.10 Nigeria Kafanchan 2 0 Islamic raiders murder a village chief and his wife.
2011.11.10 Iraq Baghdad 2 4 A doctor and his son are dismantled by Mujahid bombers.
2011.11.10 South Sudan Yida 12 20 The Islamic Republic of Sudan bombs a refugee camp from the air, killing about a dozen.
2011.11.10 Afghanistan Lashkar Gah 2 1 Two civilians are incinerated by a suicide bomber. A child is badly burned.
2011.11.10 Kosovo Mitrovica 1 2 Muslim snipers shoot a Serb twice in the back, killing him.
2011.11.10 Afghanistan Chamkani 3 3 Fedayeen stage a suicide bombing, with supporting fire from a mosque, which leaves three locals dead.
2011.11.10 Pakistan Akakhel 4 0 Four members of a local peace committee are ambushed and killed by Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam). One is beheaded.
2011.11.10 Philippines Carmen 1 0 A church elder and father of thirteen is beheaded by Religion of Peace activists at his farm.
2011.11.09 Indonesia Jakarta 0 1 A deaf and disabled man is brutally attacked with a machete by Sunni fundamentalists for being Ahmadi.
2011.11.09 Yemen Zinjibar 2 0 Two local soldiers are killed by an al-Qaeda bomb.
2011.11.09 Pakistan Mardan 2 0 Two girls are 'honor killed' and dumped into a field.
2011.11.08 Afghanistan Badghis 11 3 Six children are among eleven lives brutally ended by a Taliban bomb on Eid al-Adha.
2011.11.08 Afghanistan Sar Howza 2 4 Fundamentalist bombers kill a government official and his bodyguard.
2011.11.08 Somalia Mogadishu 2 5 Two person are killed when al-Shabaab militants throw a grenade at a house.
2011.11.08 Iraq Samarrah 3 7 Three Shiite pilgrims are sent to Allah by Sunni bombers.
2011.11.08 Russia Yaroslavl 1 0 Suspected Islamists shoot a rival imam several times in the head.
2011.11.07 Pakistan Swabi 3 9 A secular politician and his son are among three dismantled by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.11.07 South Sudan Guffa 7 12 Seven die when a refugee camp is bombed by the Islamic Republic of Sudan.
2011.11.07 Afghanistan Garm Ser 3 0 The Taliban end the lives of three Afghans with a roadside bomb.
2011.11.07 Pakistan Sindh 1 0 A Shiite is shot to death by Sunnis.
2011.11.07 Pakistan Taluka Chak 3 1 A doctor is among three Hindus gunned down by Muslims at a village clinic.
2011.11.06 Pakistan Abbottabad 0 1 A pregnant Christian woman is tortured for three hours by police.
2011.11.06 Iraq Baghdad 10 29 Islamic militants detonate several bombs at a shopping mall, killing ten patrons.
2011.11.06 Afghanistan Hassin Tal 7 18 A suicide bomber on foot takes out seven people leaving a mosque.
2011.11.06 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 Islamists shoot a man to death in front of his family.
2011.11.06 Yemen Zinjibar 2 0 al-Qaeda snipers take down a local patrol.
2011.11.06 Pal. Auth. Qalqiliya 1 0 Islamic terrorists gun down a man outside a mosque.
2011.11.06 Pakistan Azam Warsak 3 3 Muslim militants open fire in a bazaar, killing three people.
2011.11.06 Pakistan Bara Kaman Gara 1 3 A woman is shot to death by Mujahideen inside her home.
2011.11.06 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 Sunni gunmen pick off a Shiite.
2011.11.05 Pakistan Razmak 5 3 Talibanis massacre five members of a security patrol.
2011.11.05 Iraq Taji 4 11 A woman is among four family members machine-gunned in their home by al-Qaeda.
2011.11.05 Pakistan Speen Mella 3 7 Three bomb disposal personnel are ambushed and murdered by Sunni hardliners.
2011.11.05 Kenya Garissa 2 3 A member of the choir is killed along with an 8-year-old girls when al-Shabaab terrorists toss a grenade into a church.
2011.11.04 Philippines Malabang 2 0 Suspected Moro Islamists murder two Catholic roadside vendors.
2011.11.04 Nigeria Zonkwa 1 1 Nigerian Islamists shoot another Christian to death in a village raid.
2011.11.04 Nigeria Maiduguri 4 6 At least four people are killed by coordinated Fedayeen attacks, one at a college.
2011.11.04 Nigeria Potiskum 2 0 At least two villagers are gunned down by Muslim raiders.
2011.11.04 Nigeria Potiskum 150 200 Two-hundred militants shout 'Allah Akbar' as they slaughter one-hundred and fifty in a bombing and shooting rampage that targeted six churches and a police station. At least one-hundred and thirty of their victims were Christian.
2011.11.04 Thailand Pattani 2 0 Two men on motorcycles are murdered in separate 'insurgent' drive-by shootings.
2011.11.03 Pakistan Quetta 1 0 A prayer leader is murdered by suspected sectarian rivals.
2011.11.03 Iraq Karradah 4 7 Sunni bombers take out four Shiites in a residential neighborhood.
2011.11.03 Iraq Baqubah 10 40 A double suicide attack leaves ten Iraqis dead. The second blast was intended to kill victims fleeing the first.
2011.11.03 Afghanistan Ghazni 1 0 A child is taken out by a Taliban rocket.
2011.11.03 Nigeria Zonkwa 2 12
2011.11.03 Nigeria Kaduna 2 14 Mujahideen gunmen attack a church, shooting two female worshippers to death.
2011.11.03 Afghanistan Herat 2 4 A Shahid suicide attack on a construction company leaves two guards dead.
2011.11.02 Pakistan Nasirabad 2 6 Sunni terrorists detonate a roadside bomb under a passing vehicle, killing two occupants.
2011.11.02 Dagestan Babayurt 2 3 Two local cops are shot to death by Islamic extremists.
2011.11.02 Thailand Narathiwat 6 2 Six Buddhist civilians are blown apart and then raked with gunfire by militant Muslims.
2011.11.02 Iraq Basra 12 62 A dozen Iraqis are torn to shreds by motorcycle bombs placed outside three cafes.
2011.11.02 Iraq Kirkuk 1 1 Islamists are suspected of killing a vegetable vendor and injuring his daughter.
2011.11.02 Nigeria Maiduguri 1 0 A robed fundamentalist pulls out an automatic weapon and murders a guard at a market.
2011.11.02 Pakistan Peshawar 1 10 Jihadis detonate a bomb in a packed marketplace.
2011.11.02 Iraq Mosul 2 0 Two civilians bleed to death following a Sunni roadside bombing.
2011.11.02 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 A second Shiite dies from a Sunni shooting attack.
2011.11.01 Pakistan Gilgit City 1 0 A Shiite is shot to death by Sunnis.
2011.11.01 Pakistan Sira Karpai 2 2 Religious extremists attack a police checkpoint, killing two officers.
2011.10.31 Pakistan Pakhtunkhwa 3 0 Religious militants abduct and behead three locals.
2011.10.31 Thailand Sri Sakhon 0 2 A child loses a foot and another suffers deep shrapnel injuries following an Islamist bombing.
2011.10.31 Afghanistan Kandahar 6 5 Suicide bombers kill three people outside a humanitarian aid office.
2011.10.30 Thailand Narathiwat 3 0 Three Buddhists are gunned down in brutal fashion by Muslims at a grocery, including a woman and an elderly man.
2011.10.30 Thailand Songkla 1 0 Muslims gun down a civilian in a drive-by attack.
2011.10.30 Pakistan Malir 1 0 Sectarian gunmen take down a civilian.
2011.10.30 Iraq Bani Saad 2 1 Terrorists shoot two brothers to death in their home.
2011.10.30 Iraq Mosul 5 0 Five Iraqis are sent to Allah by Mujahideen bombers.
2011.10.30 Israel Ashkelon 1 4 A 56-year-old father of four bleeds to death after Palestinians fire a rocket into an apartment building.
2011.10.29 Iraq Mosul 1 0 A woman shopping at a market is gunned down by terrorists.
2011.10.29 Afghanistan Kabul 17 8 Women and children are among the dead as suicide bombers target a NATO bus, killing at least seventeen.
2011.10.29 Pakistan Tank 1 0 Islamic radicals murder a member of a local peace committee.
2011.10.29 Iraq Khalis 1 2 Jihadis take down a teenage girl riding in a family car.
2011.10.29 Pakistan Changa Manga 1 0 Religious extremists are suspected of binding a local official and then burning him alive.
2011.10.29 Afghanistan Kandahar 4 9 A Taliban in uniform shoots three Australian police trainers and an interpreter to death.
2011.10.29 Iraq Baghdad 1 0 A technology worker is blown up 'insurgent' bombers.
2011.10.29 Somalia Mogadishu 10 0 At least ten people are killed during a Fedayeen assault on an African Union base.
2011.10.29 Iraq Deli Abbas 1 0 Fundamentalists shoot a liquor store owner to death in his home.
2011.10.29 Nigeria Borno 1 0 Islamists gun down a rival cleric in front of his home.
2011.10.28 Afghanistan Khost 4 0 Four people riding in a car are exterminated by Sunni gunmen.
2011.10.28 Pakistan Karachi 1 1 A Shia is shot in the head and neck by sectarian Jihadis in front of his wife.
2011.10.28 Iraq Baqubah 2 2 Holy Warriors machine-gun a family, killing the two male members and leaving a child and mother with serious injuries.
2011.10.28 Yemen Aden 1 3 Children are among the casualties of an al-Qaeda car bombing.
2011.10.28 Pakistan Shindhand 2 0 Two brothers are killed when religious militants fire a rocket into their car.
2011.10.28 Bosnia Sarajevo 0 1 A radical Islamist fires on the US embassy for 30 minutes with an assault rifle.
2011.10.28 Dagestan Bairamaul 1 1 Islamic 'separatists' fire on a group of policemen, killing one.
2011.10.28 Iraq Saadiyah 3 1 Three family members are executed at point-blank range by Muslim terrorists.
2011.10.28 Pakistan Nowshera 2 7 Two local cops are murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2011.10.27 Iraq Iskandariya 2 2 A child is among two Iraqis obliterated by 'insurgent' bombers.
2011.10.27 Iraq Amiriya 1 2 al-Qaeda bombers take down an opponent.
2011.10.27 Iraq Baghdad 36 78 Fundamentalists target a music store with twin blasts, slaughtering at least thirty innocents.
2011.10.27 Kenya Mandera 4 4 A school principal is one of four killed when Islamists rocket a vehicle carrying student exam papers.
2011.10.27 Dagestan Tabasaransky 1 0 A moderate cleric is shot to death by extremists.
2011.10.27 Kenya Nairobi 0 1 A young convert from Islam is left for dead after being severely beaten with iron rods in front of his church.
2011.10.26 Philippines Sangali 1 8 Muslim terrorists are suspected of planting a bomb outside a lottery office.
2011.10.26 Afghanistan Parwan 6 50 Six locals are killed when Sunni fundamentalists detonate a fuel tanker.
2011.10.26 Iraq Mosul 9 16 Two car bombs in the same neighborhood take down nine Iraqis.
2011.10.26 Iraq Iskandiriyah 2 2 Sunnis enter the home of a Shiite cleric and brutally shoot his wife and daughter to death.
2011.10.26 Iraq Khanaqin 0 7 Seven Shia pilgrims are injured when Sunni radicals bomb their bus.
2011.10.26 Iraq Hilla 2 0 A woman and her daughter are killed when terrorists blow up their home.
2011.10.26 Pakistan Bajaur 1 4 Four children are among the casualties when Muslim radicals shell their home.
2011.10.26 Pakistan Bara 1 0 Lashkar-e-Islam abduct and behead a defense volunteer.
2011.10.26 Pakistan Mohmand 3 0 Three local soldiers are kidnapped and executed by Religion of Peace proponents.
2011.10.26 Pakistan Tank 2 0 Two members of a peace committee are machine-gunned in their sleep by Islamists.
2011.10.26 Pakistan Faqir Kalay 0 12 Young children are among the casualties when religious extremists bomb a clothing market.
2011.10.25 Pakistan Lower Dir 4 3 Sunni fundamentalists take down four people with a roadside bomb, including a 1
This news article will be followed by food for thought by many others.
Pakistani bounty placed on anti-Islam filmmaker
By Jibran Ahmad | Reuters –
PESHAWAR (Reuters) - A Pakistani minister offered $100,000 on Saturday to anyone who kills the maker of an online video which insults Islam, as sporadic protests rumbled on across parts of the Muslim world.
"I announce today that this blasphemer, this sinner who has spoken nonsense about the holy Prophet, anyone who murders him, I will reward him with $100,000," Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour told a news conference, to applause.
"I invite the Taliban brothers and the al Qaeda brothers to join me in this blessed mission."
A spokesman for Pakistan's prime minister said the government disassociated itself from the minister's statement.
While many Muslim countries saw mostly peaceful protests on Friday, fifteen people were killed in Pakistan during demonstrations over the video.
People involved in the film, an amateurish 13-minute clip of which was posted on YouTube, have said it was made by a 55-year-old California man, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula.
Nakoula has not returned to his home in the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos since leaving voluntarily to be interviewed by federal authorities. His family has since gone into hiding.
In the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, thousands of Islamist activists clashed with police who used batons and teargas to clear an unauthorized protest. In Kano, northern Nigeria's biggest city, Shi'ite Muslims burned American flags, but their protest passed off peacefully.
The demonstrations were less widespread than on Friday, but showed anger still simmered around the world against the film and other insults against Islam in the West, including cartoons published by a French satirical magazine.
"There are interest groups who seek to escalate hatred to show newly-elected governments and their Muslim electorate as undemocratic," he said.
Nour, whose party is the second largest in parliament and plays a formidable force in Egypt's new politics, said President Mohamed Mursi should demand "legislation or a resolution to criminalize "contempt of Islam as a religion and its Prophet" at the U.N. General Assembly next week.
(Reporting by Jibran Ahmad in Peshawar, Pakistan, Anis Ahmed in Dhaka and; Tom Cocks in Lagos; Writing by Robin Pomeroy; Editing by Sophie Hares)
[source - retrieved from http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-bounty-put-head-anti-islam-film-maker-200756472.html on 9/22/2012]
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BY OTHERS:
1 - I have a question for you Islamic extremists of Pakistan: why don't you put a bounty for the individuals, who murdered Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans? In you sick minds, it's ok to kill non-Muslims, but it's heinous crime to make a movie depicting your prophet in a negative manner?
2 - So here is the difference between them and us. When someone writes a book or makes a movie that insults them (Muslims) they order the death of the author or filmmaker. When someone writes a book or makes a movie that insults us (as Muslims often do), we write a book or make a movie to refute what they say. That my friends is the difference between a 21st century society like ours and a backward, barbaric, illiterate, and ignorant 7th century culture like theirs.
3 - I think we should put the same bounty on those that can't except freedom of speech, lets just put a bounty on the whole middle east and end the crap they cause in this world and be done with them once and for all.
4 - This Pakistani minister who calls the Al-Qaida and Taliban his brothers should be hanged from the nearest lamp-post.
5 - Isn’t it a crime to pay to have somebody killed??? so when some idiot carries this out...the Pakistan minister can be arrested too? good:)...oops he's Muslim...the laws doesn’t apply to him...
6 - The Bounty the Pakistani minister offered is illegal by US law and the laws of Most Western Nations. An arrest warrant should be issued and a trial held at the Hague for 'Crimes against Humanity'.
CONCLUSION:
They can not accept freedom of speech because they do NOT believe in freedom of any kind, and especially not freedom of conscience (religion).
They can NOT refute the negative things being said about them in the film and elsewhere since most of it is sadly very true.
The very fact that the Pakistani Minister offers to pay someone to kill the film producer clearly shows how barbaric the religion is, and how they support violence and evil acts.
A NONE evil/wicked religion would support love per what Jesus (Yeshua) said at Matthew 5:43-45, “YOU heard that it was said, ‘You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 However, I say to YOU: Continue to love YOUR enemies and to pray for those persecuting YOU; 45 that YOU may prove yourselves sons of YOUR Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous.” (New World Translation, NWT).
Francis David said it long ago, "Neither the sword of popes...nor the image of death will halt the march of truth."Francis David, 1579, written on the wall of his prison cell." Read the book, "What Does The Bible Really Teach" and the Bible today!
Persecution of Christians, Denial of Freedom of Conscience, and False Claims of Hate Speech Is Standard Muslim Modulus Of Operation:
INTRODUCTION:
Muslims continue to try and convert Christians on a daily basis, often by force, but want to put to death any Christian or Jew that tries to convert a Muslim. They believe only in religious freedom for Muslims, BUT NOT FOR OTHERS.
They also claim any cartoon or item telling unpleasant truths about their false prophet, Muhammad or their religion is ‘hate speech.’ But of course it is NOT; whereas, they routinely turn out torrents of vulgar venom, in speech and in pictures alike, against those who disagree with them.. In fact, they spew forth an avalanche of anti-Semitic cartoons in their newspapers and media sources in many Muslim countries. Their motto is, ‘we have the right to spill forth vulgar vermin against others, but they have NO right to do the same.’
First, an article by an other will detail how Christian persecution is done daily in some Muslim countries and they consider it okay, but then, claim persecution of Muslims is not okay – a two-faced arrogant approach that should be condemned.
Second, another article will closely delineate what hate speech is and expose the Muslim lie with respect to it. For example, they call the burning of Qurans hate speech, but routinely destroy and burn Bibles – a two-faced arrogant approach that should be condemned. However, instead of condemning this two-faced arrogant approach, the President of the United States had the nerve to ask Pastor Terry Jones not to burn the Quran, but did NOT take to task Muslims burning the Bible – what a travesty of reality.
FIRST ARTICLE:
The Tip of the Iceberg of Christian Persecution
by Raymond Ibrahim
Investigative Project on Terrorism, September 10, 2012
http://www.meforum.org/3343/christian-persecution
Two Christians living in the Islamic world under arrest and awaiting execution—the one charged with apostasy, the other with blasphemy—were just released.
According to a September 8 report on CNN, "A Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for apostasy was reunited with his family Saturday after a trial court acquitted him... Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, born to Muslim parents and a convert to Christianity by age 19, was released after being held in prison for almost three years under a death sentence.... Setting aside the death sentence, a trial court convicted Nadarkhani of a lesser charge—evangelizing Muslims—and declared that his prison sentence had already been served... His case drew international attention after his October 2009 arrest, and the 34-year-old pastor refused to recant his Christian beliefs."
In a separate story published the same day, "Pakistani authorities on Saturday released a teenage Christian girl detained over accusations of blasphemy," for allegedly burning pages of a Koran. Up till then, local Muslims were calling for the death of the 14-year-old Christian girl, Rimsha Masih, warning that, if released, they would "take the law into their own hands."
Why were these two Christians released—when both apostasy and blasphemy are great crimes in Islam, punishable by death? Is this a sign that Iran and Pakistan are reforming, becoming more "moderate"? One U.S. paper, for example, optimistically offers the following title, "Rescue of Christian Girl may be Turning Point in Abuse of Blasphemy Law."
Nadarkhani and Masih were certainly not released because their governments are acting according to universal standards of justice or reason. If so, they would not have been arrested in the first place. Nor do these releases suggest that Iran or Pakistan are rethinking their Islamic apostasy and blasphemy laws.
The fact is, there are many more Christians imprisoned in both countries for apostasy and blasphemy. Unlike Nadarkhani and Masih, however, the Western mainstream has never heard of these unfortunate Christians.
And that's the whole difference.
In Iran, where at least as early as 1990 a convert to Christianity, Pastor Hossein Soodmand, was executed by the state, apostates from Islam are under siege. A few examples from the last few months include:
• A six-year prison sentence for Pastor Farshid Fathi Malayeri—whose crime was to convert to and preach Christianity[M1] —was upheld last July following an unsuccessful appeal hearing.
• Another prominent house church pastor, Benham Irani, remains behind bars even as his family expresses concerns that he may die from continued abuse and beatings, leading to internal bleeding and other ailments. The verdict against him contains text that describes the pastor as an apostate who "can be killed." According to one activist, "His 'crimes' were being a pastor and possessing Christian materials." He is being beat in jail and getting sick, to the point that his hair has "turned fully gray."
• A woman, Leila Mohammadi, who had earlier converted to Christianity was arrested when security agents raided her house. Imprisoned for five months in Iran's notorious Evin prison without any word on her fate, she was later sentenced to two years in prison.
• A June 17 report [M2] indicated that, five months after five Christian converts were arrested, their condition and fate had remained unknown. They were accused of "attending house church services, promoting Christianity, propagating against the regime and disturbing national security." Being imprisoned for 130 days without word "is an obvious example of physical and mental abuse of the detainees…. one of the prison guards openly told one of these Christian detainees that all these pressures and uncertainties are intended to make them flee the country after they are released."
• A young woman, who had recently converted to Christianity and was an outspoken activist against the Islamic regime, was found dead, slumped over her car's steering wheel, with a single gunshot wound to her head.
Then there are Iran's many other faces of Christian persecution, including the shutting down of churches, regular crackdowns on house-church gatherings, detaining and abusing Christians, banning church services in Farsi, and confiscating Bibles and other Christian literature.
As for Pakistan's blasphemy law—which calls for the death penalty—here are a few stories from the last few months:
• A Muslim mob doused a man with gasoline and literally burned him alive for "blaspheming" the Koran (graphic picture here).
• A 26-year-old Christian woman was arrested after neighbors accused her of "uttering remarks against Muhammad." A few days prior, some of her relatives who converted to Islam had pressured her to do likewise: "She refused, telling them that she was satisfied with Christianity and did not want to convert." She was arrested of blasphemy soon thereafter.
• A female Christian teacher was targeted by Muslims due to allegations that she burned a Koran. A mob stormed her school in an attempt to abduct her, but police took her into custody.
• A Christian man was arrested and charged with "blasphemy" for rescuing his 8-year-old nephew from a beating at the hands of Muslim boys who sought to force the boy to convert to Islam. Later, "a Muslim mob of about 55 led by the village prayer leader besieged the Christian's house," and insisted that "the blasphemer" be turned over to them.
• A banned Islamic group attempted to burn down a Christian village after accusing a 25-year-old mentally retarded Christian man of "blasphemy."
• A 20-year-old Christian man was arrested and charged with "blasphemy" after Muslims accused him of burning a Koran soon after a billiard game. The Muslims kept taunting and threatening him, to which the Christian "dared them to do whatever they wanted and walked away." Days later came the accusation and arrest, which caused Muslim riots, creating "panic among Christians" who "left their houses anticipating violence."
In the last two decades, over 50 people have been murdered in Pakistan for blasphemy. Even the recent assassination of the nation's only cabinet-level Christian, Shahbaz Bhatti, was in retaliation for his being an outspoken critic of Pakistan's "blasphemy" laws.
In light of all the above, why were Pastor Nadarkhani and Masih, the Christian girl—whose fates were sealed—released? Because unlike the many nameless and faceless Christians persecuted for blasphemy and apostasy in Pakistan and Iran, not to mention the rest of the Islamic world, the mainstream media actually reported the stories of these two in the West, prompting much public outrage, international condemnations, and the threat of diplomatic actions and/or sanctions.
For example, Canada just cut relations with Iran, citing, among other reasons the fact that Iran is "one of the world's worst violators of human rights." It was the very next day that Pastor Nadarkhani was "coincidentally" released, even as the Iranian regime, playing the victim, accused Canada of being "racist."
These two particular Christians were simply too much of a liability to punish as Sharia law demands—the same Sharia, incidentally, that teaches Muslims to be lax and tolerant when in their interest. While it is good that Western outrage and condemnation was fundamentally responsible for the release of Nadarkhani and Masih, the West must learn that these two Christians merely represent the tip of the iceberg of Christian persecution in Muslim countries.
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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SECOND ARTICLE:
Learn what is and is NOT hate speech.
Mocking Muhammad Is Not Hate Speech
by Daniel Pipes
FoxNews.com, September 24, 2012
http://www.danielpipes.org/11976/muhammad-hate-speech
To stop Islamist violence over perceived insults to Muhammad, I argued in a FoxNews.com article on Friday, editors and producers daily should display cartoons of Muhammad "until the Islamists get used to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger."
This appeal prompted a solemn reply from Sheila Musaji of The American Muslim website, who deemed it "irresponsible and beyond the pale." Why so? Because, as she puts it, "The solution to escalating violence and hate speech is not more hate speech."
Two Standards – Muslims Want Laws Against Insults, But Laws Should Also Apply to Them:
INTRODUCTION:
Muslims do not like it when they consider others have insulted them, but they routinely insult others.
They also claim any cartoon, film, or item telling unpleasant truths about their false prophet, Muhammad or their religion is ‘hate speech.’ But of course it is NOT; whereas, they routinely turn out torrents of vulgar venom, in speech and in pictures alike, against those who disagree with them.. In fact, they spew forth an avalanche of anti-Semitic cartoons in their newspapers and media sources in many Muslim countries. Their motto is, ‘we have the right to spill forth vulgar vermin against others, but they have NO right to do the same.’
Ok, why have they NOT removed the items insulting others from their Quran and Hadiths. Simple, they like to insult others, but do NOT like it when they are on the receiving end. In otherwords, insult of others is okay in their dysfunctional thinking, but it is wrong for others to insult them. How utterly arrogant.
Now here is an article by others detailing some of the ways they have been insulting others for centuries.
ARTICLE DETAILING HOW THEY HAVE BEEN INSULTING OTHERS:
How 'Religious Defamation' Laws Would Ban Islam
by Raymond Ibrahim
FrontPageMagazine.com
September 26, 2012
http://www.meforum.org/3345/islam-religious-defamation-laws
As the Islamic world, in the guise of the 57-member state Organization of Islamic Cooperation, continues to push for the enforcement of "religious defamation" laws in the international arena—theoretically developed to protect all religions from insult, but in reality made for Islam—one great irony is lost, especially on Muslims: if such laws would ban movies and cartoons that defame Islam, they would also, by logical extension, have to ban the religion of Islam itself—the only religion whose core texts actively defame other religions.
To understand this, consider what "defamation" means. Typical dictionary-definitions include "to blacken another's reputation" and "false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel." In Muslim usage, defamation simply means anything that insults or offends Islamic sensibilities.
However, to gain traction among the international community, the OIC maintains that such laws should protect all religions from defamation, not just Islam. Accordingly, the OIC is agreeing that any expression that "slanders" the religious sentiments of others should be banned.
What, then, do we do with Islam's core religious texts—beginning with the Quran itself, which slanders, denigrates and blackens the reputation of other religions? Consider Christianity alone: Quran 5:73 declares that "Infidels are they who say Allah is one of three," a reference to the Christian Trinity; Quran 5:72 says "Infidels are they who say Allah is the Christ, [Jesus] son of Mary"; and Quran 9:30 complains that "the Christians say the Christ is the son of Allah … may Allah's curse be upon them!"
Considering that the word "infidel" (or kafir) is one of Islam's most derogatory terms, what if a Christian book or Western movie appeared declaring that "Infidels are they who say Muhammad is the prophet of God—may God's curse be upon them"? If Muslims would consider that a great defamation against Islam—and they would, with the attendant rioting, murders, etc.—then by the same standard it must be admitted that the Quran defames Christians and Christianity.
Similarly, consider how the Christian Cross, venerated among millions, is depicted—is defamed—in Islam: according to canonical hadiths, when he returns, Jesus supposedly will destroy all crosses; and Muhammad, who never allowed the cross in his presence, ordered someone wearing a cross to "take off that piece of idolatry."
What if Christian books or Western movies declared that the sacred things of Islam—say the Black Stone in the Ka'ba of Mecca—are "idolatry" and that Muhammad himself will return and destroy them? If Muslims would consider that defamation against Islam—and they would, with all the attendant rioting, murders, etc.—then by the same standard it must be admitted that the hadith defames the Christian Cross.
Here is a particularly odious form of defamation against Christian sentiment, especially to the millions of Catholic and Orthodox Christians. According to Islam's most authoritative Quranic exegetes, including the revered Ibn Kathir, Muhammad is in paradise married to and having sex with the Virgin Mary.
What if a Christian book or Western movie portrayed, say, Muhammad's wife, Aisha the "Mother of Believers," as being married to and having sex with a false prophet in heaven? If Muslims would consider that a great defamation against Islam—and they would, with all the attendant rioting, murders, etc.—then by the same standard it must be admitted that Islam's most authoritative Quranic exegetes defame the Virgin Mary.
Nor does such defamation of Christianity occur in Islam's ancient texts only; modern day Muslim scholars and sheikhs agree that it is permissible to defame Christianity. Qatar-based "Islam Web" even issued a fatwa that legitimizes insulting Christianity.
Now consider the wording used by Muslim leaders calling on the U.N. to enforce religious defamation laws in response to the Muhammad film on YouTube, and how these expressions can easily be used against Islam:
The OIC "deplored… an offensive and derogatory film on the life of Prophet Muhammad" and "called on the producers to show respect to the religious sentiments held sacred by Muslims and those of other faiths."
But what about the "offensive and derogatory" depictions of Christianity in Islam's core texts? Are Muslims willing to expunge these from the Quran and hadith, "to show respect to the religious sentiments held sacred … by those of other faiths," in this case, Christians?
Turkish Prime Minister Erodgan said the film "insults religions" (note the inclusive plural) and called for "international legal regulations against attacks on what people [not just Muslims] deem sacred."
Well, what about the fact that Islam "insults religions"—including Judaism and all polytheistic faiths? Should the West call for "international legal regulations against attacks on what people deem sacred," in the case of Christianity, regulations against Islam's teachings which attack the sanctity of Christ's divinity, the Cross, and Virgin Mary?
Even Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti—who a few months ago called for the destruction of all Christian churches in the Arabian Peninsula (first reported here)—is now calling for a "global ban on insults targeting all" religious figures, while the Grand Imam of Egypt's Al Azhar is calling for "a U.N. resolution outlawing 'insulting symbols and sanctities of Islam' and other religions." Again, they, too, claim to be interested in banning insults to all religions, while ignoring the fact that their own religion is built atop insulting all other religions.
And surely this is the grandest irony of all: the "defamation" that Muslims complain about—and that prompts great violence and bloodshed around the world—revolves around things like movies and cartoons, which are made by individuals who represent only themselves; on the other hand, Islam itself, through its holiest and most authoritative texts, denigrates and condemns—in a word, defames—all other religions, not to mention calls for violence against them (e.g., Quran 9:29).
It is this issue, Islam's perceived "divine" right to defame and destroy, that the international community should be addressing—not silly cartoons and films.
Raymond Ibrahim is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Forum.
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CONCLUSION AND BIG DIFFERENCE:
Others do NOT like the insults hurled at them by Muslims, but they do NOT go and riot and murder people over it. The big difference, of course, is that so called Christians and Jews are civilized, and act accordingly.
Think, when did you ever hear Methodist, Baptist, Catholics, Jews, etc. rioting and attacking other nations diplomatic offices and killing ambassadors? Simple, never because they do not commit such mayhem and criminal acts. Also, these groups expel members that would act in such a manner; whereas, Islam does not, i.e., they clean house and Islam does not. But what can you expect of a religion founded by a Seventh Century criminal and highwayman and pedophile?
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