So why won't they take Israel up on its offer?

Israel's intentions were made quite clear at the beginning of the current "conflict":

"You want us to stop shelling you? Then return our soldiers and stop firing on us".

Pretty straight-forward, huh?

Well, to a rational person (or group of people), yes, it would be straight-forward.

Unfortunately, Israel (and by extension, we) isn't/aren't dealing with rational people.

Sandmonkey (http://www.sandmonkeyblog.com), I think, puts it best:

"This is what this feels like: A never-ending war. The Battle that will never end, mainly because the Israelis are willing to Kill to stay alive, and because the arabs are willing to die to kill them. I don't think Peace is possible, mainly because you need a common ground for peace, and a level of acceptable losses. The Israelis will always reach a point where their losses become unacceptable, and they will push for Peace. Not for our side. Our acceptable losses are limitless, as long as we win. When your acceptable loss is your own death, what is there to compromise on?

"The Israelis want to destroy Hezbollah, but they can't, because it's a culture and a nation. You want to destroy Hezbollah? You have to kill every single person who supports Hezbollah and its Ideology. You have to eleiminate [sic] almost all of the Shia in Lebanon. You have to engage in ethnic cleansing, and you can't do that! Now, since YOU CAN'T DO THAT, you will lose. It is inevitable. In order for the gun to kill the idea, it has to kill everyone who holds the idea. Since you can't do that, the idea will always win. The cause will always survive. The Israelis maybe willing to kill for Israel, but the arabs are willing to die for the cause. There is no winning for the israelis. Only degrees of losing!"

Part of Hezbollah's campaign, of course, has been on the P.R. front, with some of the Western media (hello, CNN?) eating it up as they give these bloodthirsty killers air time.

There was a Hezbollah spokesman on TV the other day, comparing their fight to that of the Americans in their war of independence. Once I got over the sheer audacity of the remarks, I realized that this specious argument will undoubtedly suck in the majority of people who can't see beyond a 30-second sound bite.

Just for Hezbollah's information, the Americans didn't use human shields in their war. Can Hezbollah claim the same? Didn't think so.

I think of some more examples when I'm not so pissed off about the whole thing.

CAIR-CAN: The Wind Changes

An email from Andrew Whitehead of www.anti-cair-net.org

The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) is up in arms over a pending visit by the Rev. Franklin Graham to Winnipeg for a Christian gathering:

http://winnipegsun.com/News/Winnipeg/2006/07/12/1680337-sun.html

CAIR-CAN questions why Rev. Franklin Graham is welcome to preach, while British Imam Riyad ul-Haq had obstacles placed in his path to preclude him visiting Canada.

The simple answer is that while people may disagree about the message of Rev. Graham, he has never called on Christians to turn their back on Canada, to refuse to assimilate, to go on "Jihad" against their own country nor has he used rabid hate speech to define non-Muslims. Graham has never issued the call, "convert to Christianity or die"; nor has he ever been suspected of terrorist ties.

The reason the overall majority of Canadians do not fear Graham is because there is absolutely no worry that he will incite riots, call members of any faith "monkeys and pigs", or insult his hosts using vile and contemptible words. In short, he’s harmless.

CAIR-CAN Executive Director, Karl Nickner:

"Based on the different reactions to the comments of both religious leaders, some Canadian Muslims are wondering whether a double standard is being applied…as Muslims and as Canadians, we stand firmly against any hateful religious speech by representatives of all faiths."

Is there a double standard? Of course there is! Islamic terrorism supporters are simply not welcome in Canada…why is this so hard for CAIR to understand? The right to free speech ends when you call for terror-murdering people not of your faith.

David Oulette, director of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD), said:

http://canadiancoalition.com/nationalpost20060616/KeepClericOutOfCanada.html

"The problem is that this sheik has a history of radical discourses that incite hatred toward non-Muslims, speaking of plots by non-Muslims against Islam and the Muslim world in general [and] glorifying martyrdom in the way of Allah, which could be interpreted as an incitation to violence,"

ul-Haq:

"Of the peoples of the Earth, the ones that hate Muslims the most, the ones who are bitterest of their enmity towards Muslims, the most unrelenting, unforgiving, are the Jews and the mushrikin, idolaters in all their forms."

The telling point of this entire episode is how clearly it points out the thinking of CAIR’s leadership that they would compare Graham’s words to those of a contemptible Islamic terrorism supporter.

If we ever needed more proof that CAIR and CAIR-CAN are joined at the lips, this is it.
The direction of the wind has changed in Canada…a cold, arctic breeze has struck a cold blow to CAIR-CAN. Canadians don’t want for Canada what people like ul-Haq have done for England.

All Americans of good conscience applaud the Canadian Coaltion for Democracies for standing up for their country in these troubling times and working with their government for the common good.

The times…they are a’changing.



Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR (ACAIR)
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
http://www.blogger.com/www.anti-cair-net.org

Supporting Somalia's Barbaric Islamic Government

Via Andrew Whitehead at http://www.anti-cair-net.org:

Note: CAIR is the parent organization of CAIR-CAN - The Canadian Equivalent

On Wednesday, 28 June, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), posted a "CAIR in the News" item on their web site:

http://www.cair-net.org/default.asp?Page=articleView&id=39986&theType=NB

Ahman Al-Akhras, CAIR vice-chairman, writes:

"What has happened in Somalia, for the majority of Somalis inside and those who are abroad, is a positive change. I truly suggest that we should not prejudge this change, or any change for that matter, based on the religious affiliation of those in power."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOMALIA_RADICAL_MUSLIMS?SITE=7219&SECTIonfiltered=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-08-18-17-22

"Positive change"? Does this mean that the thousands of Somali refugees in North America will be soon heading home to live in the new new Islamist paradise? Somehow, we don't think so.

What do these Somali immigrants know that we don't about this "positive change"?

Consider:

Failing to pray five times a day is now a death-penalty offense.
Social mixing by men and women is forbidden.
Music, of any type, is banned.
Television viewing is no longer permitted.
Public lashing is now the norm for various violations of Sharia law.

Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has been appointed the new leader.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50980

CAIR calls this a "positive change" and "suggests" we not "pre-judge" this change. However, history has shown that whenever CAIR rushes in, it is often to defend and justify the actions of an Islamic terrorist, or suspected Islamic terrorist. In this case, CAIR doesn't dissappoint - SOMALIA'S NEW LEADER, Sheikh Aweys, is a suspected al-Quida collaborator.

CAIR has, once again, defended the indefensible simply because Islam is involved. Is there no Islamist group, no Islamist crime, no Islamist policy so vile, so hateful, so anti-human rights that CAIR will condemn it?
Apparently not.

CAIR beleives it can "educate" North Americans to accept an deology that calls for enforcement of prayer on threat of death, the banning of music, the public lashing of opponents, a prohibition on TV, or the end of social mixing by men and women, AS "POSITIVE CHANGE"?. No amount of "education" by CAIR – Funded by the Taliban-supporting UAE - or any other Islamic terrorist supporting hate group will make it happen.

Once again, CAIR has give us a picture of the "POSITIVE CHANGE" that WILL occur if Hooper’s vision of our Constitution being dumped for Sharia Law is realized.

How many time must CAIR tell us what they have planned for use before we begin to listen…and heed…their words?

Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR (ACAIR)
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
www.anti-cair-net.org


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Palestinian Body Armour

from Cox & Forkum (http://www.coxandforkum.com)

Wow.

Daily "Human Shield" Watch

From http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21408_Palestinian_Human_Shield_Watch

Word Verification has been turned on

I've been hit by a spate of "comment spam". To counter this, I've enabled "word verification" for anyone leaving a comment.

What this does is to prevent automated systems from adding comments to this blog, since it takes a human being to read the word and pass this step. Most "comment spam" is done automatically by software which can't pass the word verification.

The Religion of Peace

Click on the graphic for details

Daily "Human Shield" Watch

From the Toronto Star (http://www.thestar.com)

"Israeli forces on Thursday took over the remains of three abandoned Jewish settlements in the northern Gaza Strip and entered a nearby Palestinian town."

Does this offend you?

If so, you'll be happy as to what the Church of England is up to.

If not, you'll be disgusted.

Either way, browse over to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=393651&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true for the whole story. As Rose Howard states afterward, "When is it going to be our turn to be offended?"

When, indeed.

No comment necessary

http://www.coxandforkum.com/archives/000877.html

Had enough yet?

This tide must be turned.

Now.

No longer can we remain silent in the face of such offences to humanity. If you aren't blogging about this lunacy now, then start one. If you already are, then SHOUT that this is offensive to all sensibilities, and that it cannot continue.

Make posts. Send email to your elected representatives. Send email to those running for office. Talk to yur friends and family and make sure they're aware of what's going on, and don't let anyone tell you that these are "isolated incidents".

Because they're not.

The silence from some quarters of our post-Trudeau multicultural Utopia is deafening.

Speak Canada. We will be heard.

A few days ago, I mentioned in the comments section of one of the "Human Shields" posts that these kids should be watching Captain Kangaroo.

Hat Tip: Robert Spencer

From YNetNews (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3271274,00.html)

Egypt primes children for jihad

Egyptian cleric tells children's TV show: Come on to the jihad, encourages child-soldiers to join holy war

Yaakov Lappin

An Egyptian Islamic cleric working for the state ministry of religious endowment has used a children's television program to encourage young children to strive for holy war.

During program, made available by the Arabic translation service MEMRI(http://www.memri.org ), the cleric told a story about Muslim children in history keen to "sacrifice" themselves and kill "infidels" for the cause of Islam.

"Let's listen to a very beautiful story to learn about the courage of a child, and how, when a child is brought up in a good home, and receives proper education in faith, he loves martyrdom, which becomes like an instinct for him. He can never give it up," Sheik Muhammad Nassar told children on the program, which aired on the Al-Nas television channel.

"This story, my friends, is a beautiful story. Abu Qudama was the commander of the army of the Muslims, when they fought the Byzantines. The Byzantines had a very, very large army, whereas the Muslims did not have many fighters. So Abu Qudama walked down the alleys and streets, among the poor, calling: 'Come join the Jihad,' 'Come join the Jihad,'" Nassar said.

'Take my boy to the jihad'

He continued: "A woman said to him: 'Abu Qudama, I have a boy. I will give him to you. Take him with you to war.' He asked: 'Is he still a boy?' She said: 'He is 15 years old, and his father was martyred in the previous war. Since his father's martyrdom, he sits day and night, praying that Allah grant him martyrdom.'"

The Muslim commander is described as "praising Allah" for receiving the child-soldier from his mother.

Describing the participation of children in jihad, Nassar said: " Sa'id shot the first arrow, killing one (infidel). With the second arrow, he killed another infidel, and with the third, he killed a third. Then he was hit by an arrow, and fell to the ground as a martyr. He achieved the martyrdom for which he yearned. A little later, he drew his last breath. Sa'id, the 15-year-old child, was martyred for the sake of Allah. He died happy."

On a previous broadcast on Egyptian television in 2002, a three and a half year-old girl was asked to describe Jews. "They are apes and pigs… our God said so," was her reply. The girl's answer was enthusiastically received by the program's host. "Allah be praised. May our God bless her. No one could wish for a more devout girl. May God bless her and her parents," the host said.

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Can you think of anything more disgustingly evil?

Daily "Human Shield" Watch

From http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21373_Boo_Freakin_Hoo

"Here are the masked thugs holding a “press conference,” brandishing weapons and making threats. Notice the children on the stairs, as always, acting as human shields."

"We Hate Canada"

Well, we're not too fussy about *you*, either.

From FrontPageMag.com http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23228

"We Hate Canada"

By Robert SpencerFrontPageMagazine.com July 5, 2006

Investigators have recently uncovered a series of Internet postings made by the wives of a group of suspected jihad terrorists. They include these comments (all spelling and punctuation is as it was written):

“Know what you will face one day. Let them call you a terrorist, let them make you look like a savage, but know that THIS [the American military] is the filth of the earth, the uncivilised destroyer of humanity.”

“[And] if [my husband] ever refuses a clear opportunity to leave for jihad, then i want the choice of divorce.”

“All muslim politicians are corrupt. There's no one out there willing to rule the country by the laws of Allah, rather they fight to rule the country by the laws of democracy.”

“Are you accepting a system that separates religion and state? Are you gonna give your pledge of allegiance to a party that puts secular laws above the laws of Allah? Are you gonna worship that which they worship? Are you going to throw away the most important thing that makes you a muslim?”

“May Allah crush these jews, bring them down to their kneees, humuliate them. Ya Allah make their women widows and their children orphans.”

“May Allah curse the jews.. Ameen”

These posts and others like them were written not in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or Yemen. They were written in Canada by several of the wives of the jihad terror plotters recently arrested there: Mariya, the wife of the suspected plot ringleader, Fahim Ahmad; Nada Farooq, wife of Zakariya Amara, who is thought to have been Ahmad’s second-in-command; Rana, the wife of another suspect, Ahmad Ghany; and Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, a convert to Islam and the wife of Qayyum Abdul Jamal, who is alleged to have stirred the others to act with his fiery sermons preaching jihad and hatred of Christians, Jews, and the West – and whose violent exhortations were tolerated by mosque officials because he took out the garbage.

Leftist analysts who explain Islamic jihad as a reaction to Western atrocities and oppression, as well as those on the Left and the Right who assume that education and exposure to Western culture and values will blunt the force of that jihad, are hard-pressed to explain the phenomenon of jihadists and jihad sympathizers who are born and raised in Western countries. Of course, the Council on American Islamic Relations and other advocacy groups attempt to fill this gap with their largely trumped-up reports of hate crimes against Muslims in Western countries, but when the best they can come up with are some insults at a supermarket, it’s hard to build a case for large-scale oppression of Muslims.

But if they are not oppressed, what would possibly have inspired the hatred and contempt these women feel for their own country? When asked what she thought was unique about Canada, Nada Farooq replied, “Who cares? We hate Canada.”

Why would someone who lives in Canada and benefits from its freedom and prosperity hate Canada? Almost certainly because she has been taught to do so. Nada Farooq and the other women who wrote the comments above have no doubt been taught that all non-Muslim society and culture is jahiliyya – ignorance or barbarism, worthless and to be despised.

The Egyptian Qur’an commentator and Muslim Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966), whose writings are popular today among Muslims in the West, emphasized this: “It is not the function of Islam to compromise with the concepts of Jahiliyya [the society of unbelievers] which are current in the world or to co-exist in the same land together with a jahili system….Islam cannot accept any mixing with Jahiliyyah. Either Islam will remain, or Jahiliyyah; no half-half situation is possible. Command belongs to Allah, or otherwise to Jahiliyyah; Allah’s Shari’ah [law] will prevail, or else people’s desires: “And if they do not respond to you, then know that they only follow their own lusts. And who is more astray than one who follows his own lusts, without guidance from Allah? Verily! Allah guides not the people who are disobedient.”[Qur’an 28:50]…The foremost duty of Islam is to depose Jahiliyyah from the leadership of man, with the intention of raising human beings to that high position which Allah has chosen for him.”[1]

Likewise, Syed Abul Ala Maududi (1903-1979), founder of the Pakistani political party Jamaat-e-Islami, which is still the largest exponent of political Islam in Pakistan, declared that non-Muslims have “absolutely no right to seize the reins of power in any part of God’s earth nor to direct the collective affairs of human beings according to their own misconceived doctrines.” If they do, “the believers would be under an obligation to do their utmost to dislodge them from political power and to make them live in subservience to the Islamic way of life.”[2]

This is a matter of religious conviction. These ideas will not be dislodged by education about Western values, which are all part of the jahiliyya these women and their husbands despise, or by better access to jobs or housing. One primary lesson that authorities should draw from these Internet postings is that Islamic terror is not a problem that can be solved by social engineering. It cannot be assuaged by gestures of good will, negotiations or concessions. There is in Western countries today a large and growing population of Muslims, among whom are many who have no intention of assimilating or adopting Western values and perspectives, and who regard the West with as much or more disdain and contempt as these women show in their Internet postings. The jihad ideology as such must be confronted and combated, or it will continue to spread, and breed terrorists and subversives.

But for authorities to understand this and take positive steps to deal with it, they would first have to admit that Islam has anything to do with terrorism at all – something they have taken great pride in denying. And that denial only ensures that there will be many more jihad cells in Canada and Western countries, with the wives of the plotters cheering from the sidelines.

ENDNOTES:

[1] Sayyid Qutb, “The Right to Judge,” http://www.islamworld.net/justice.html.
[2] Sayyid Abul A‘la Maududi [here, Mawdudi], Towards Understanding the Qur’an, Zafar Ishaq Ansari, translator, The Islamic Foundation, revised edition 1999. Vol. 3, p. 202.