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News Items and Comments

 

All the Lack of Truth Not Fit to Print  (14 February 2007)

"Why is this story buried? ... The media is majoring in minors right now but that does not excuse them for for underreporting and not reporting accurately about the shopping mall potential massacre this week. ... Did you know that those gunned down were done so by an 18-year-old Muslim who was 'perhaps traumatized from his experiences in Bosnia'..."

 

Dr Pipes Goes to London  (26 January 2007)

"Like bookends at the beginning and end of a week, two significant events occurred recently which, because they conflicted with the received unwisdom, were simply ignored by the mainstream media..."

 

My Debate With London Mayor Ken Livingstone  (22 January 2007)

"It all began with a faxed letter from Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, arriving out of the blue on April 4, 2006..."

 

Where is the Outrage and Press Coverage?  (16 January 2007)

"Some 21st century commentator said that today, 'What is up is down, what is down is up; what is right is wrong, what is wrong is right - and everyone is drowning in politically correct madness.' ... But the following story takes the proverbial cake..."

 

Saudi Conference Calls for Lawsuits Against Those Who Abuse Islam  (January 2007)

"The Muslim World League called for legal action against those who abuse Islam and its Prophet Muhammad and Islamic sanctities, at local and international courts of justice. ... If applied internationally this would make it illegal to to criticise Islam or its prophet, thus denying freedom of speech worldwide..."

 

Palestinian Television: Suicide is the Most Glorious Death of All  (10 November 2007)

"The lesson, delivered by a PA religious cleric, instructed Palestinians to strive for a violent death in which the martyred corpse has 'no head, no legs, his body completely burned ... intestines outside, fingers ... gone.' ...The Palestinian sheikh uses Islamic doctrine to justify suicide terrorism..."

 

Obsession  (7 November 2006)

"I have just viewed the film Obsession, ... It should be made compulsory viewing for every politician and pundit who clings to the misguided belief that all we face is terrorism rooted in various grievances around the world..."

 

Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West  (November 2006)

"Almost 70 years ago, Europe found itself at war with one of the most sinister figures in modern history: Adolf Hitler. ... How could the West have overlooked the evil staring it in the face, for so long, before standing forcefully against it? Today we find ourselves confronted by a new enemy, ... with all the means at its disposal, to bow Western Civilization under the yoke of its values..."

[Caveat from Bayith - We would disagree with this reviewer of the film 'Obsession' that Islam is a 'peaceful religion' that has been 'hijacked' by 'radicals']

 

Intimidating the West  (27 September 2006)

"The violence by Muslims responding to comments by the pope fit a pattern that has been building and accelerating since 1989..."

 

The Shadow Cast by a Mega-Mosque  (25 September 2006)

"When Abu Izzadeen, the firebrand Islamist militant, berated John Reid last week for 'daring' to visit a Muslim area, the Home Secretary bridled, as did many others, at his suggestion that part of London was off limits for a British minister of the Crown..."

 

Cathedral and Churches Burned in Nigeria as Angry Muslims Riot in Dutse  (22 September 2006)

"Christians have again come under attack by mobs of angry Muslims in Northern Nigeria..."

 

Islam's Silent Inroads  (20 September 2006)

"Islam will make inroads in quiet ways as well as revolutionary ways. The quiet or evolutionary means will be by gaining power in high places in America and elsewhere and changing the nation and the world from within without firing a shot..."

 

Who Should Apologize? Not the Pope  (20 September 2006)

"Pope Benedict XVI[s] ... speech, ... provoked a response that was reminiscent of last fall's Danish cartoons controversy. Then, as now, the perception of an insult to Islam resulted in Muslim violence..."

 

Christians in Muslim World are Attacked in Violent Reaction to Pope's Remarks  (19 September 2006)

"The well organized expressions of rage across the Muslim world in response to a quotation about jihad cited by Pope Benedict XVI last Tuesday 12th September prove once again that there are aspects of Islam which are intrinsically linked to violence..."

 

Is This What They Mean by 'Muslim Tolerance'?  (17 September 2006)

"Listen to this: 'Make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: ...' For years Liberals in the West have spread the myth of 'Muslim tolerance'. It does not exist and never did..."

 

Will 'Khaled' Centanni and 'Ya'aqob' Wiig, as Apostates, be Marked for Death?  (5 September 2006)

"It's not easy to be shocked by jihad these days, five years and numberless atrocities after the Twin Towers imploded on almost 3,000 citizens. That said, I admit my own jihad-fatigue was broken - shattered, really - by the 'conversion' to Islam of Fox journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig videotaped during their two-week ordeal as captives of Palestinians in Gaza..."

 

The Schools That Divide the Nation  (4 September 2006)

"Once there were tens. Then there were hundreds. Now Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard's Anti-Terrorist Branch, speaks of thousands of militant British Muslims, indoctrinated and radicalised in British mosques and madrasses..."

 

Just a Reminder About Who and Why We Are Fighting  (29 August 2006)

"Last year at UCLA, I debated a professor who argued that Israel and the Palestinians were moral equivalents. He is not alone (especially on college campuses) in his lack of understanding of the immoral nature of the Islamic enemies of America and Israel..."

 

The Convert  (17 August 2006)

"During the Cold War, American intelligence loved getting its hands on defectors from communism. The reasoning was that these people had the best information about the plans of the other side, information that would help America beat them..."

 

Beheading Nations: The Islamization of Europe's Cities  (13 July 2006)

"We have seen videos on TV of Muslim Jihadis beheading infidel hostages. Less attention has been paid to the fact that Muslims are beheading entire nation states..."

 

Cartoon: Palestinian Child Urinates on Lady Liberty  (3 June 2006)

"The current issue of the official Hamas weekly features a cartoon of a Palestinian child urinating on the Statue of Liberty, ... The cartoon in Al-Risala is typical of the visual and verbal attacks on U.S. symbols often seen in Palestinian Authority publications..."

 

The Land 'Down Under' Rises to the Top  (17 March 2006)

"Muslims who want to live under Islamic Law (Sharia Law) were told this week to leave Australia ... if Australian values do not suit their Muslim residents, would you kindly find the nearest exit door and hightail it out of the 'land down under'..."

 

Hamas: Know the Facts  (16 March 2006)

"Much has been written about Hamas following its victory in recent Palestinian elections.  Some have attempted to sanitize the organization's murderous past and its clearly stated ideological intentions.  But how much do you know about the Hamas?..."

 

The Day is Coming When British Muslims Form a State Within a State  (19 February 2006)

"For the past two weeks, Patrick Sookhdeo has been canvassing the opinions of Muslim clerics in Britain on the row over the cartoons featuring images of Mohammed ... 'They think they have won the debate, ... They believe that the British Government has capitulated to them, because it feared the consequences if it did not..."

 

They Want To Kill You, And If You Don't Wake Up They Will  (13 February 2006)

"All over the planet a new reality is dawning. ISLAM has vowed to conquer the whole world. Here are some of the words of Hamas Leader Khaled Masha'al which he delivered in a Damascus mosque, spelling out what myriads of others daily are saying in their mosques and through their media channels..."

 

Rent-A-Riot ABCS  (9 February 2006)

"'A blessing from God': So have Iran's leaders ... described the controversy over the Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad.  A closer look at the row, however, shows that the whole rigmarole was launched by Sunni-Salafi groups in Europe and Asia ... God had nothing to do with it. ... the whole thing was manufactured to serve precise political ends..."

 

So This is What Islam Means by Tolerance  (5 February 2006)

"Stupid attacks on religion make me angry ... So a large part of me sympathises with Muslims who object to cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. ... But, even so, I feel I have to defend the cartoons because of the nature of the protests against them..."

 

Iran to Hang Teenage Girl Attacked by Rapists  (7 January 2006)

"An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece..."

 

Western Muslims' Racist Rape Spree  (27 December 2005)

"In Australia, Norway, Sweden and other Western nations, there is a distinct race-based crime in motion being ignored by the diversity police: Islamic men are raping Western women for ethnic reasons. We know this because the rapists have openly declared their sectarian motives..."

 

Why Christians Leave Mideast  (27 December 2005)

"It is becoming an annual Christmas tradition - blaming Israel for the dwindling Christian population in formerly Christian towns like Bethlehem. Last year at this time, I noticed this new myth of the Middle East was being perpetrated by the so-called newspaper of record, the New York Times, in a story by Greg Myre. It began:..."

 

Do They Know It's Christmas?  (19 December 2005)

"Ahmad El Achwal was returning to his home ... near the West Bank city of Nablus after a hard day's work ... As he approached the entrance to his home, four masked gunmen approached and opened fire, killing him. On the streets of the West Bank and Gaza, where the rule of law is that there are no rules and no law, this type of rough justice is regularly meted out by PA 'security' forces..."

 

The UK Hijra and the Islamic Doctrine of Sacred Space  (12 November 2005)

"Trevor Phillips, Chairman of the Commission for Racial Quality, has warned recently of 'sleepwalking our way to segregation'.  Although he was not speaking primarily about Muslims, they have become perhaps the most dominant group in the British society..."

 

Seeing Islam Through 'Condi-Colored' Glasses  (8 November 2005)

"Last month, during a speech given at the annual Iftar dinner at the White House ... Condoleezza Rive referred to Islam as 'a religion of peace and love. ... We in America know the benevolence that is in the heart of Islam...'"

 

Is America Watching Europe?  (8 November 2005)

"Do not buy into the story that these are 'disillusioned youth'. ... Call it what it is: A European jihad ... being carried out by self-proclaimed terrorists who have a worldwide agenda. It isn't unemployment that causes the rioters to shout, 'Allah Akbar' as they torch cars and buildings..."

 

The Tragedy of Islam  (28 July 2005)

"I take no pleasure in saying it. It pains me to think it. I could very well lose my job in talk radio over admitting it. But it is the plain truth: Islam is a terror organisation..."

 

'Islamophobia' and the Reality of Islamic Terror  (16 December 2004)

"Last week Kofi Annan presided over a UN seminar on 'Islamophobia', explaining with a straight face: 'When the world is compelled to coin anew term to take account of increasingly widespread bigotry - that is a sad and troubling development. Such is the case with 'Islamophobia'..."

 

A Good Moderate Muslim is Hard to Find  (29 November 2004)

"Imam Siraj Wahaj is in great demand. ... Not long after 9/11, he said just what jittery Americans wanted to hear from Muslims: 'I now feel responsible to preach, actually to go on a jihad against extremism.' But what he thinks actually constitutes extremism is somewhat unclear..."

 

Death of a 'Blasphemer'  (3 November 2004)

"One of the prerequisites of the hard-won peaceful coexistence of ideologies in a secular society is freedom of speech .. to what extent are Muslim immigrants in Western countries willing to set aside Islamic strictures on questioning, criticizing, and leaving Islam?..."

 

Look Who's Teaching Johnny About Islam  (3 May 2004)

"A top textbook consultant shaping classroom education on Islam in American public [state] schools recently worked for a school funded and controlled by the Saudi government, which propagates a rigidly anti-Western strain of Islam, a WorldNetDaily investigation reveals..."

 

Is This the Justice the Western Supporters of a Palestinian State Wish For?  (No Date)

WARNING! The photographs shown here are extremely shocking and may cause the viewer distress.

 

 

Articles

 

Left Allows Europe to Fall to Muslims  (2 February 2007)

"In a recent interview, Prof. Bernard Lewis, famed historian and leading expert on Islam, warned that 'Muslims seem to be about to take over Europe.' The irony is that this takeover - be it in 10 years or 30 - is not because Islam has more tanks or better missiles than the Europeans. It is because the minority Islamic populations already living within Europe are making demands to Islamize Europe and no one seems to be willing to say no..."

 

The Religion of Peace? What, Exactly, is 'Moderate Islam'?  (10 January 2007)

"On 7 January 2007, I asked the Lexis-Nexis database to give me all appearances, just in the major Western newspapers it archives, of the word 'Islam' within 10 words of the phrase 'religion of peace', and it returned 738 results. By contrast, when I asked for all appearances in the same database of the word 'Islam' within 10 words of 'religion of war' I got only 66 results. This means that Westerners hear in the mainstream mass media that Islam is a 'religion of peace' more than 11 times more more often than they hear the opposite argument..."

 

Blair Praises Islam in CFR Journal  (January 2007)

"Tony Blair has written an article entitled A Battle for Global Values in the January-February edition of the journal 'Foreign Affairs' which is published by the Council on Foreign Relations. ... He began the article by stating that the war on terrorism is 'a battle of values, and one that can only be won by the triumph of tolerance and liberty' ... He then went on to make an astonishing statement about Islam:..."

 

Allah's England?  (November 2006)

"On the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11, [Muhammed Abdul] Bari [secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain] told the Sunday Telegraph: 'Some police officers ... are demonizing Muslims, treating them as if they're all terrorists' ... In fact, far from demonizing Muslims, the police have gone to inordinate lengths to accommodate their sensitivities. Scotland Yard now consults self-appointed community leaders like Bari before mounting anti-terrorist operations in 'Muslim areas' - thereby risking the possibility that secret information might leak out and compromise public safety..."

 

Israel and the Media Debate  (14 September 2006)

"The issue Israel has with Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas (and to a certain extent with the entire Muslim world) is not just a political issue but one which involves spiritual forces which are also confronting us here in Europe. It is about the Islamic desire to dominate..."

 

CAIR: Islamists Fooling the Establishment  (Spring 2006)

"The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), ... presents itself as an advocate for Muslims' civil rights and the spokesman for American Muslims. ... Its official mission ... suggests nothing problematic. ... But there is another side to CAIR that has alarmed many people in positions to know..."

 

The Danger Within: Militant Islam in America  (November 2001)

"In the aftermath of the violence on September 11, American politicians from George W. Bush on down have tripped over themselves to affirm that the vast majority of Muslims living in the United States are just ordinary people. ... The Muslim population in this country is not like any other group, for it includes within it a substantial body of people ... who share with the suicide hijackers a hatred of the United States and the desire, ultimately, to transform it into a nation living under the strictures of militant Islam..."

 

All People Must be Muslims  (No Date)

"Islam will take over Europe without violent force within a few decades, said Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in a speech aired on the Arab satellite network Al Jazeera. 'We have 50 million Muslims in Europe. There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe...'"

 

Tony Blair on Islam  (No Date)

"In an interview for Newsweek (3/Dec/01), Tony Blair says Christians would be fascinated to know how much of the Quran deals with Jesus, Joseph and Mary and the virgin birth and how revered Christ is within the Muslim religion. True Islam is immensely tolerant and open..."

 

The Struggle for the Soul of Islam  (No Date)

"Dr. Abdallah Al-Naggar, a religious columnist for the Egyptian government daily Al-Gumhuriya, wrote an article (7/Oct/01) which claimed that the attack on the World Trade Centre was a plot organised by the Zionists..."

 

BBC Promotes Islam  (No Date)

"BBC2 showed an hour-long film about the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) ... The most dramatic scene was the stoning of Satan, ... With aggression and violence written all over their faces, it was ... a very frightening situation ... 15 people were killed in the process on the day of filming, a fact that was simply recorded with no comment or condemnation. Imagine if 15 people had been killed at a Christian rally, the howls of indignation which would come from the BBC!..."

 

Milestones: The Islamist Manifesto  (No Date)

"The mushrooming rise of political Islam today has its roots in a slender volume called Milestones, written by an Egyptian member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb, ... Milestones is a call for nothing more nor less than the revival of Islam and for the faithful to imitate the first generation of Muslims..."

 

 


News Agencies and Other Links

 

Palestinian Media Watch
"Palestinian Media Watch was established in 1996 to gain an understanding of Palestinian society through the monitoring of the Palestinian Arabic language media and schoolbooks. Palestinian Media Watch analyzes Palestinian Authority culture and society from numerous perspectives, including studies on summer camps, poetry, schoolbooks, religious ideology, crossword puzzles, and more. Palestinian Media Watch has been playing the critical role of documenting the contradictions between the image the Palestinians present to the world in English and the messages to their own people in Arabic."

 

Islam: The Religion of Peace

"Peace can have two different meanings. Westerners usually think of peace as being free to live one's life as one pleases, and allowing others the freedom to do the same. But peace is also a condition that can be brought about through subjugation, in which unbelievers are brought under the domination of Islam to live meekly as dhimmis. Regrettably, this is the sort of peace that the Qu'ran and Hadiths teach. This non-partisan, straight-shooting Website provides a list of attacks committed by determined Muslims in the name of their faith. We also provide news from the world of Islam and links to other sites with additional information on the religion, for people that want to better understand the violence on the part of thousands and the support or apathy on the part of millions."

 

Olive Tree Ministries

"Daniel 11: 5 says that the "King of the South", the Arabs, "will grow strong." They have since the term "petrol politics" became so important. The Bible said that the Arab’s "hand would be against everyone" and that he would be as a "wild donkey" (Gen. 16:12). But God promised to multiply the descendents of the Arabs (Genesis 16:10), and bless them. He planted their tents on the oil wells of the earth! But the 22 nations surrounding Israel are determined to exterminate her. Read about it in Psalm 83."

 

Jihad Watch
"[T]he West is facing a concerted effort by Islamic jihadists, the motives and goals of whom are largely ignored by the Western media, to destroy the West and bring it forcibly into the Islamic world -- and to commit violence to that end even while their overall goal remains out of reach. That effort goes under the general rubric of jihad. ... Modern Muslim theologians have spoken of many things as jihads: the struggle within the soul, defending the faith from critics, supporting its growth and defense financially, even migrating to non-Muslim lands for the purpose of spreading Islam. But violent jihad is a constant of Islamic history. ... Jihad Watch is dedicated to bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology plays in the modern world, and to correcting popular misconceptions about the role of jihad and religion in modern-day conflicts. We hope to alert people of good will to the true nature of the present global conflict..."

 

Dhimmi Watch
"Dhimmitude is the status that Islamic law, the Sharia, mandates for non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians. Dhimmis, "protected people," are free to practice their religion in a Sharia regime, but are made subject to a number of humiliating regulations designed to enforce the Qur'an's command that they "feel themselves subdued" (Sura 9:29). This denial of equality of rights and dignity remains part of the Sharia, and, as such, is part of the law that global jihadists are laboring to impose everywhere, ultimately on the entire human race. The dhimmi attitude of chastened subservience has entered into Western academic study of Islam, and from there into journalism, textbooks, and the popular discourse. One must not point out the depredations of jihad and dhimmitude; to do so would offend the multiculturalist ethos that prevails everywhere today. But in this era of global terrorism this silence and distortion has become deadly. Therefore Dhimmi Watch seeks to bring public attention to the plight of the dhimmis, and by doing so, to bring them justice..."

 

 


Materials

Some books we would especially recommend:

 

 

 

From Time Immemorial:

The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine

by

Joan Peters

 

JKAP Publications, 1984

 

 

"A superlative book ... To understand what is happening in the Middle East, one must begin with its past, which Miss Peters traces to the present with unmatched skill" ~ Theodore H. White

 

"The reader comes away not only rethinking the Middle East refugee problem, but also the extent to which propaganda can be swallowed whole for lack of information" ~ Los  Angeles Times

 

This book is available from the following distributors:

 

http://www.amazon.com          http://www.powells.com          http://www.jewishbookcenter.com  

 


 

Philistine: The Great Deception

by

Ramon Bennett

 

Arm of Salvation Publications, 1995

 

 

"This incredible, thoroughly documented exposé gives a clear understanding of the  Arab mind and their intentions.  It reveals the fear and ambitions of politicians, the  double standards and prejudices of the  United nations and the news medias, and presents convincing evidence that Israel's 'Peace Accord' will  usher in perhaps  the most devastating and violent era of man's history, preceding the long awaited Messianic Age"

 

This book is available from the following distributors:

 

U. K.

John and Yvonne Hellewell, 5 Greenhill Ave., Hellaby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8HE.

Email: Yvonne.Hellewell@tesco.net  Tel: +44 1709 544198

 

U.S.A.

Shekinah Books Ltd., 8049 Butternut Drive, Citrus Heights, CA 95621.

Email: rose@shekinahbooks.net  Tel/Fax: (916) 721-6068

 

Israel

Goshen Marketing, P.O. Box 3721, Mevasseret Ziyon 90805

Email: gila@gilagoshen.com  Tel: (02) 533-7230  Fax: (02) 533-7289

 

Australia

George Houghton, 41 Kooyong Road, Rivervale, WA 6103.

Tel/Fax: (08) 936-15164

 

New Zealand

Joan Wards, 147 Broughton Street, Gore.

Email: joan.wards@e3.net.nz  Tel: (03) 208-4951

 

 

 

 

 

 

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